Episode 47. [ Dongdaemun Station, erosion factor, giant sword -2 ]
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Lee Hyun-wook is a sanctuary The office was a bit messy.
It was staged as if there was a physical fight.
Immediately after, I radioed and called Ahn Min-tae and Kim Se-hee.
“What is this…”
They were startled as soon as they entered the sanctuary.
The sanctuary manager was dead with his head on the desk, so they couldn’t help but wonder.
“Sergeant Lee Hyun-wook, how did this happen?”
Lee Hyun-wook recited a scenario he had prepared in advance.
When this man accidentally spilled the coffee he had served on an iron bead containing sacred power, black smoke rose up, and when he expressed his doubts, the man pulled out a knife and rushed at him.
So I had no choice but to kill him immediately.
The two people seemed to believe that without question…
“No! What are you doing?”
Kim Se-hee burst into anger.
“yes?”
“Why are you sitting here alone? “Didn’t you tell me earlier not to walk alone?”
“Haha…”
“Are you laughing? What should we do if the commander goes wrong in a place like this…”
In fact, we can’t say that we planned everything, so we can’t help but look embarrassed at the criticism…
“ “But isn’t this… related to the terrorist who attacked our unit?”
As Ahn Min-tae said, they were on guard against ‘terrorists’ other than monsters even before departure.
But I really didn’t know that something similar would happen.
Instead of answering, Lee Hyun-wook held out a black box.
It was the ‘Devil’s Alarm’, an item that attracted hell-born people from around the area.
“I’m not sure, but they tried to control the monsters to massacre the refugees in the shelter.”
“Crazy…”
Currently, there are more than 3,000 civilians gathered in this shelter… It was scary to even think about it.
“But don’t tell anyone about this yet.”
“Yes, I’m anxious even if I’m not, but if this becomes known, there will be a real uproar.”
“That’s right and… there’s one more problem.”
Lee Hyun-wook raised his coffee cup.
“I bet there are already quite a few people who have drunk this strange coffee.”
At that, the two frowned at the same time.
“Wow! Then you don’t know what will suddenly happen to anyone, right?”
“I don’t know what the poison is, but someone could die suddenly. “It may not end there.”
“Now—”
Lee Hyun-wook took out a glass bottle filled with brown liquid from the cabinet and held
it out to them. The moment he held it in his hand, item information appeared before his eyes.
– I obtained Beast Transformation Potion No. 3. (Player-made item)
That is, that Anyone who drinks coffee becomes a beast and turns into a ‘werewolf.’
“The symptoms are kindly written here, but the problem is that we don’t know who drank it.”
At this, Kim Se-hee opened her mouth as if she remembered something.
“Right now… there is one kid who has the skill to analyze these ‘curses’.”
Kim Se-hee called Priest Corporal Choi Yu-jin of the 2nd Company, and she rushed over.
“Eujin, can you find out who in the shelter drank this potion?”
In response to Kim Se-hee’s question, Choi Yu-jin examined the beast flower potion and made a troubled expression.
“Yes, that’s true, but I will have to use my ‘scan skill’ to inspect each person one by one. But wouldn’t it be unreasonable to test more than 3,000 people without explaining the reason?”
In fact, it would have been difficult to conduct a thorough investigation without informing people of this terrible fact.
If the truth could be known in the first place, it would have been an issue that would have ended if only the people who drank coffee were asked to come out separately.
“Then when do you think the monster transformation will start?”
“I… I don’t know if I should call it fortunate, but for the curse to manifest, the caster must memorize the spell… but since the caster died like this, it would be difficult for the magic to manifest right away.”
“So that means we don’t have to worry right now?”
“There may be other factors set by the orderer, but yes for now.”
Lee Hyun-wook, who heard that far, summarized the situation.
“great. “Let’s bury this fact for now… Bring in Guard Captain Ahn Min-tae and Lee Jeong-jun.”
“yes? uh? “Can I show this scene to them?”
“I can’t help it. I need their help to control the situation.”
In this shelter, in addition to the Steel Company, there were several player forces.
Among them, the station guard and Lee Jeong-jun’s group were friendly groups to the Steel Company.
In order to control the shelter, it was necessary to use them.
Soon, the guard captain and Lee Jeong-jun arrived at the sanctuary. Lee Hyun-wook explained the current situation to them.
“It doesn’t make sense… Why on earth is that person…”
The security commander’s eyes twitched uneasily as he looked at Gong Hyun-jun’s corpse. He
was embarrassed and was holding back his stomach. It was an expression on his face, and he said that several of his subordinates, including himself, were served that coffee and drank it just this morning.
In other words, they too could become ‘wild beasts’ at any time.
“…I don’t understand. On the outside, they are good people. “It looked like that.”
“Yes, I almost got tricked like that too.”
Lee Hyun-wook took out a secret note from Gong Hyun-joon’s drawer and opened it.
“This is the true nature of this person. He was someone who enjoyed unethical research.”
“Crazy…”
The contents of the secret note were absolutely horrifying.
It was full of pictures of dogs and cats being dissected and cut into pieces. Another note even contained information about experiments on lured homeless people, but that was never brought up.
This was a diary of a biological experiment related to ‘black magic.’
“There are many crazy people in the world. For those people, the lawless situation called the Wave would have been an opportunity to reveal their hidden desires. “You shouldn’t judge based on appearances alone.”
“Ah…”
In fact, as a result of analyzing the ‘victim types’ in the area where the wave was held, there were statistics showing that killings between players accounted for a significant percentage.
In other words, the moment it became a lawless area, someone who seemed like an ordinary citizen turned into a robber and targeted other people’s property and lives.
Depending on the situation, faith becomes a distraction.
“And I have something to ask of you, Team Leader Jeong Jun.”
The two people looked at Hyunwook Lee.
“From now on, our unit will go underground and subdue monsters.”
“…yes?”
“As I said before, our mission is to search for ‘erosion factors’, which inevitably exist in places where there are many monsters. “There must be a lot of monsters underground, so we have to check.”
“No matter what, it’s still too dangerous. Above ground and underground must be two different environments…”
The guard commander did not hide his skepticism at Lee Hyun-wook’s declaration.
They, too, underestimated the strength of the AMT and considered it impossible.
Then Lee Jung-joon supported Lee Hyun-wook.
“I saw it. These guys aren’t really kidding. If you evaluate them based on their appearance, you will get hurt.”
“Um…”
“It’s true. I guarantee it.”
“Hmm…”
Despite Lee Jeong-jun’s emphasis, the guard captain was still shaken.
The man named Lee Jeong-jun also seemed to think that he was not great enough to vouch for someone.
To this, Hyunwook Lee added a word.
“When we get downstairs, reactivate the magic shields in the passage. And even if we are in danger of being wiped out, never open it. “If we do that, there will be no damage inside the shelter.”
“Uh, that’s a bit…”
“Please.”
The guard captain nodded as if he couldn’t do it.
“Ha— I understand. I hope it is the right choice.”
However, Lee Jeong-jun’s expression was completely opposite to that of the guard captain.
He looked at Lee Hyun-wook with a determined expression and nodded.
“It may be a little bit, but we will help.”
Lee Jeong-jun’s group had a total of 18 people.
Compared to the steel company, including Lee Hyun-wook, which had 40 people, it was a very small number of people.
In this situation, it was foolish to shake off their hands.
“Thank you, but maybe it will be a good opportunity for you as well. ”
“Huh? What…”
Lee Hyun-wook grinned.
“Yes, this would be an opportunity to level up very quickly.”
***
The subway platform with the lights off was so dark that you couldn’t tell even an inch in front of you. Only the emergency lights installed sparsely gave off a pale green light, creating an eerie feeling like a deep limestone cave.
There
… Ang——
A strange sound, similar to a grandfather clock in a mansion or a bell from a mountain temple, was ringing out.
“…It has begun.”
The ‘Devil’s Alarm’ installed in the center of the platform had been activated.
As
that heavy, low sound spread deep into the tunnel.
Crying!
A loud cry began to flow from the darkness. .
Coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo
coo co
! I was near the tunnel, but I couldn’t see through the darkness.
My only sense was sound.
Before I knew it, the sound of crying and vibration came right in front of me…
Boom-gu-gu-gung!
There was the sound of something hitting there one after another. It rang.
But I couldn’t tell what was happening.
At that moment, a red flare fell on the track, pushing away the darkness.
Pod!
And then the terrible sight came into view.
“Oh my god…”
A group of Hellets came out of the tunnel. They were rolling around like waves on the tracks. They were trampling on each other, scratching, entangled, and pouring into the previously opened screen door.
Squeak! Squeak! Squeak!
It was disgusting. It felt like a sticky liquid was pouring in, not a herd of animals.
At the same time . An indescribable stench filled the subway.
Fortunately, all AMT troops were wearing gas masks, so they were not exposed to the stench.
They stood on the stairs holding their breath, waiting only for Lee Hyun-wook’s orders.
“…waiting. .”
Squeak!
A flock of Hellets tangled and flooded near the devil’s alarm bell.
I couldn’t tell how many there were.
It seemed like there were at least hundreds, if not a thousand.
Just then—
“—Now!”
Lee Hyun-wook’s cry rang through the platform.
At the same time, five rounds of freezing magic were fired and exploded at the entrance to the tunnel where the rats had entered, and in an instant, an ice wall tens of centimeters thick was formed, completely blocking the huge hole.
“They can’t escape now! “Go forward!”
Literally, it was ‘a swarm of rats in a poison’.
Chuck—Chuck—Chuck—Chuck—
The Steel Company formed a solid formation and headed down the stairs towards them.
“Fire two rows of fireballs!”
When Corporal Son Hye-min, the senior wizard of the 2nd Company, shouted that, the wizards standing right behind the tank cast fire magic and fell back at the same time, and the third row moved forward to prepare for the next attack.
It was like a ‘line infantry’ movement.
Qua—and—and—and—gwang—!
A column of red-hot fire rose from the center of the Hellet horde.
Jeez!
Dozens of them caught fire at once, and black smoke rose from every corner.
Because the sprinklers were turned off in advance, water pouring from the ceiling did not occur.
Meanwhile…
“……Please just close your eyes, shut your mouth, and do as I tell you!”
The one muttering like that in the center of the line was Kim Se-hee.
She could barely hold back the lust boiling inside her.
Then a wind spirit bloomed from the tip of her dagger.
“Ha- thank you, thank you!”
The spirit looked like a small girl, and her expression was full of annoyance.
And… he raised his middle finger towards Kim Se-hee.
Kim Se-hee was so dumbfounded that she laughed. I wondered how this happened.
“Okay… Huh — since you’ve come here, you’ll do your job, right? huh?”
The wind spirit nodded generously and shot forward.
And as if dancing, it moved in the air in all directions, and that alone stimulated the fire that was already rising, causing it to rise like a wave and engulf the group of Hellets.
P-uh-!
Fire and wind were also simple but clear synergy effects.
But even with all that wiping out, the swarms of these disgusting rats were still huge.
And how a cornered rat bites a cat…
Slap—! Take-!
They began rushing toward the Steel Company’s shield formation.
“…ruler! coming!”
Tankers lined up collided with a swarm of rats with their shields close together.
Rats the size of large dogs flew over the shield, showing their sharp teeth and claws.
bang-!
“Hold on! Don’t ever be pushed away!”
At that time, a black whip flew towards the Hellet attacking the shield.
Damn it!
With that one blow, four Hellet were electrocuted at once and fluttered around.
The person wielding that whip was none other than Park Jun-mo, and it was an electric whip. It was.
Lee Hyun-wook couldn’t help but admire inwardly.
‘Park Jun-mo… he’s using his abilities more and more properly.’
Park Jun-mo’s ability was not ‘magic’ but ‘control’ of a certain amount of electric current. Now, beyond simply sending out electricity, it was used as a melee weapon while maintaining a ‘certain form’. ‘It is still impossible to use a large amount of electric current
. Although there is no, it is slowly extracting considerable efficiency.’
The current whip slowly discharged and disappeared after about ten seconds, but it was much more efficient than the past method, which only fired five projectiles at most, and it was indeed a dramatic increase in combat power. Lee Hyun-wook confirmed this guy’s potential once again. ”
Good
! They are slowly melting! “One step forward!”
When Ahn Min-tae shouted like that, the tanks worked together and moved forward little by little.
Every time he did that, Helet’s corpse piled up in front of him was trampled and crushed, and blood soaked his ankles. As he pushed forward like
that,
the group of Hellets instinctively began to run in the other direction.
However,
clunk-clack-clack-
they had already prepared troops on the other side.
Living Armor They blocked the road in two rows and swung huge hammers and axes.
Fur-billion-!
Hellet clung to it and swung its claws, but all it did was scratch the surface of the armor.
‘Now is the time.’
At Lee Hyun-wook’s gesture, the iron beads hidden inside the empty living armor poured out.
They rolled across the floor and squeezed through the hordes of Hellet.
‘Born Hellet’s fur is quite thick and abundant, so it is difficult to damage it with a piece of metal.’
It was like a fiber-based bulletproof vest.
However, it would be a different story if the fur had been scorched and completely burned, as it is now.
Lee Hyun-wook was waiting for that moment.
‘Shredding—!’
Fur-burr-burr-burr-buck!
Dozens of Hellets were torn to pieces as if a grenade had exploded.
“Their numbers have definitely decreased!”
“From now on, it’s not a monster, it’s just experience points!”
Thus began a one-sided battle of siege and annihilation.
The horde of more than a thousand monster rats, unable to resist in any way, was swept away by all kinds of attacks, bursting, tearing, burning, grinding, turning into a mere mash and starting to pile up on the platform. A cruel scene
. But it was never stopped.
It’s been about 10 minutes since …….
Hu Woo Woo — —
The platform of Dongdaemun Station was only a bitter acting and nasty odor
.
When someone said that, sighs were heard from all over.
It was a breathtaking fight, no, it was a massacre.
And it was also a level-up time of great efficiency that would never come again.
Lee Jeong-jun and his colleagues could not hide their surprise.
“Did you also level up?”
“Yeah, I went up two levels? That’s awesome.”
“Oh…”
A series of mysterious words, a mixture of relief, exclamation, and wonder, poured out.
It was something they had never experienced before.
Meanwhile, it was a moment where the nickname ‘Lee Hyun-wook Coin’ was once again proven among the battalion members.
“It was true that if you got attached to Sergeant Lee Hyun-wook, you would grow up very quickly.”
“No, it’s more than what I heard through rumors. “I’m crazy, I’m just…”
While the others were making a fuss, Ahn Min-tae nodded with a happy expression.
He had already experienced this several times, so he didn’t act rashly anymore, as if he were a prophet.
– Congratulations! Level up (LV. 30)
“Heh heh…”
Just like the system message that appeared before his eyes, he had already reached level 30.
Considering that 2nd squad leader Oh Sang-guk’s level was 31, it was a rapid growth.
‘I will soon too . It’s done. Grade C—!’
Even though it was a world where players were treated preferentially, grades F to D were honestly treated with cold feet.
Grade C, where there are tiers, were actually treated as real players.
Mintae Ahn felt that that stage was not far away.
But that was not the end.
– Congratulations . Do it! By satisfying special conditions, [Divine Protection] will be granted to the ‘party’!
“Huh? Corporal Ahn Min-tae, do you see this?”
“So, divine protection… what is this?”
A message appeared in everyone’s eyes:
‘…it’s an event buff.’
The wave was one of the biggest events in the game.
Therefore, there were various elements that were different from normal times, and ‘buffs’ were one of them. It seemed that the conditions for activating the hidden buff were met by achieving decent results through several battles. ‘This is absolutely small
. It’s a buff that hasn’t been done before. The power has increased significantly.’
It was a buff that allowed you to demonstrate divine power even without using a sacred weapon. This was a
huge advantage given the nature of this wave, which mainly featured dark monsters. It was
like having one more tooth to chew on the whale called the wave. “Let’s clean up the scene first.
”
Lee Hyun-wook ordered the fire to be extinguished and brought a sack to retrieve the ‘Mana Stone’.
There were so many mana stones that it was enough to fill five sacks.
“Wow…”
“This is a lot more than when we caught a bunch of zombies earlier.”
Everyone couldn’t stop admiring it.
It was a sight that an AMT soldier could not easily see.
‘But the real reward is different.’
The items that the boss monster must be guarding in the darkness of that tunnel…
they were real bargains that could not be compared to other miscellaneous items.
While the scene was being cleaned up, Lee Hyun-wook called Ahn Min-tae, Kim Se-hee, and Lee Jeong-jun.
“From now on, we must advance into the tunnel.”
At those words, they all glanced towards the tunnel. There was only darkness.
“But it’s narrower than you think, so it’s going to be a bit of a handshake for the whole army to get in. They can get confused and get tangled up. So I’m going to go in with only a small number of troops.”
Lee Hyun-wook looked at Kim Se-hee.
“I and Corporal Ahn Min-tae will bring a platoon in, so Sergeants Kim Se-hee and Lee Jeong-jun should stand behind us. If there is any problem with us, you can come to support right away.”
The two nodded.
“Ahn Min-tae, we are only taking 15 people.”
“Yes, I will pull it out.”
Now it was time to delve into the darkness inside that tunnel and eliminate the first ‘erosion factor’.
‘And get it.’ It was time to retrieve
the legendary greatsword
‘Morglay’, a huge sword
that Hyunwook Lee used in his past life .
