Steel-Eating Player Chapter 86

Episode 86 [ Alchemy Factory, Blood Magic, Plague – 1 ]

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Lee Hyeon-wook, Park Jun-mo, Yeo Sang-min, the three people are on a new path. Arrived at [Gangjeongdu Item Production/Laboratory].

“Uh… it looks like something just happened in the past few days?”

Park Jun-mo said that and looked around the lab. As he said, all kinds of facilities, including barbed wire, CCTV, and magic alarms, had been installed in the place where there was only a building until a few days ago. This was installed by a company specializing in ‘shelter consulting’ at the request of Lee Hyun-wook to Park Cheol-soo

. It was the result of being entrusted with it.

“But since it is one of the few important facilities in our guild, we have to pay attention to security, right?”

“Ah! Yes, that’s true. A lot of rare items are being made.”

“There is also a magic shield installed in the main building, so it can serve as a personal ‘shelter’ in case of emergency.”

“Wow! Is that that bad? Wow…”

The shelter was installed here. Of course, it may not be at the level of a very large shelter operated by the government, but it would be able to survive for a few days even if most monsters attack it.

‘In the future, Kang Jeong-doo’s lab here, along with Laputa, will become the core of the development of magic engineering.’

Therefore, we planned to invest generously to raise the level of security to the highest level.

“…But where is this?”

It was Yeo Sang-min who asked that question.

Since he moved to Redhall Village when he was very young, it was his first time leaving the black market and the slums of Incheon and coming to Seoul. That’s why this whole situation seemed unfamiliar and surprising.

“Oh, since you’re here, you just need to get a weapon.”

“…Huh? Me? My weapon?”

“Yes, you are a player too, so you must know how to protect yourself.”

Of course, since Sangmin Yeo was a non-combat type, he would hardly have to fight.

But you never know when a crisis will strike.

“Do you have any weapons you know how to handle?”

“Uh… I tried shooting a pistol or something. “It was a pretty good fit.”

“Isn’t there anything proper other than the weapon you used when you were a robber?”

“yes? Speaking of robbery times, I didn’t commit robbery! “Still, I kept what I had to protect.”

“Really? It seems like your friends often do it, but I guess you didn’t join in?”

“…….”

After a while, the three met Kang Jeong-du and Kang Hee-seol at the warehouse.

But the warehouse, which was spacious enough for Friedwen, had been turned into a shooting range.

Sandbags were piled up here and there, and there was a hole in the distance. There was a drilled iron target hanging there.

“Here’s this item. “Please take a look.”

Tung— Gang Jeong-doo put down a metal case on the table.

And after that, Kang Hee-seol came out in a hurry.

“Water owner, this is really amazing! It’s like shooting a cannon!”

“…This is dangerous, so don’t be so foolish here!”

“Ah! Grandpa! I contributed a little this time too! Let me say at least one word!”

“…….”

“Oh really… And I also named this shotgun!”

With Kang Hee-seol’s fuss playing in the background, Kang Jeong-doo opened the case.

“I’m not good at putting on a show, so it’s rough, but the performance is good.”

As he said, it was a ‘pump action’ type shotgun that didn’t seem to be anything special.

‘Players who are treated as heroes often pay attention to style as if they are stars, but not me.’

Lee Hyun-wook only valued performance.

[Item Information]

– Name: Black Rhino (Skilled)

– Effect

1) Subspace Magazine: 30 ‘shells’ can be ‘shot’ into subspace.

2) Destruction Spray: Consumes all the magazines in the subspace magazine and fires at the same time.

‘[Skill] grade I can’t believe they’ve already made this level of items…’

The skill level is the third among the grades of manufactured items and ‘ It is said to be equivalent to the ‘Hero’ level, but since ‘skills’ are not given to manufactured items, they are generally evaluated at a much lower level. However, thanks to the hammer

of Hephaestus, this item had as many as two ‘skills’ attached to it.

‘In other words, in effect , It’s the same as hero level… no, it’s even better.’

Lee Hyun-wook slowly looked once again at the ‘Black Rhino’ that Kang Hee-seol had named.

Meanwhile, Kang Jeong-du stood next to him and began to explain its function.

“It was something that was a part of that bronze giant….’

“Ah— [Agni [Crystal]! “Oh, it’s frustrating!”

“Yes, I was just about to remember this! Yes, it emits a tremendous amount of energy. So it uses its power as a kind of charge to fire a bullet, and the power is truly terrifying. And if there are no bullets, it is… a single-shot spray type. It can be used like a flamethrower.”

So, instead of ‘charge’, the warhead is fired by condensing and expelling the power of ‘flame magic’.

‘Plus, it’s a subspace magazine…’

Having a subspace magazine attached to a firearm-type item is the best option. It was one of the following:

‘Jean de Thurrell, a French hero who would later be called the best magic bullet gunner, used to attach a subspace magazine and rapid fire skill to an anti-materiel sniper rifle and fire it like a heavy machine gun…’ He was on his side

. I once saw a scene where he was walking around holding two anti-materiel sniper rifles and turning two trolls into a mess by shooting wildly as if he were Rambo, even chewing up their unique regeneration speed. “Then, can I try shooting this?

”

At Lee Hyun-wook’s words, Kang Jeong-du pointed to one side of the warehouse, where there was an ugly hole in the wall.

“It happened like that even though I set up a target with dozens of iron plates. And…”

Kang Jeong-du vaguely said and pointed at someone.

He was a man in his 40s, the youngest among the lab staff. For some reason, he was wearing a cast on his right shoulder, but given the circumstances, it seemed like he had dislocated his shoulder from the recoil while firing a test shot.

‘Well, there’s no way he could handle driving a crystal with that crazy firepower and using it as a charge…’

But Lee Hyun-wook would have been able to withstand it.

“I will be fine.”

Soon, the workshop staff prepared a target and piled sandbags at the back in preparation for grenades.

Lee Hyun-wook ordered everyone to step back and fastened the adjustable buttstock.

Clack— When

he pulled the pump on the barrel cover, the bolt released the shell. The sound of the gun being swallowed rang out heavily. And the moment the

trigger

was pulled

, a red magic circle appeared on the barrel of the gun.

The highest level flame medium [Agni Crystal] was manifesting flame magic.

Woe—evil——!

In that moment. At that moment, a tremendous amount of heat rose from the inside of the crenellated crenellated wall,

followed

by a loud roar that hit his ears. Lee Hyun-wook took a step back from the shock.

“Crazy…”

A curse came out.

About fifty meters ahead. The target’s

3cm steel plate turned into a complete mess and bounced off, hitting the warehouse wall in the distance.

“How about it! “It’s huge!”

At Kang Hee-seol’s cry, Lee Hyeon-wook nodded.

Certainly, it was destructive power to be called a personal weapon.

But the test wasn’t over yet.

“Huh……”

It was Lee Hyun-wook’s turn to use the second skill.

Before that, weight was added to the rigid body to prepare for the impact.

– ‘Black Rhino”s skill ‘Destruction Spray’ is now available!

Lee Hyun-wook injected mana into the gun barrel.

Then, this time, as many as five red magic circles came to mind.

Qua—and—and—and—gwang——!

The heavy drinking and shock continued one after another. Lee Hyun-wook held on with all his strength in both hands.

The ‘shells’ of the 14 remaining rounds in the subspace magazine were sprayed all at once.

A total of 126 pellets, 9 per shell, tear through the air and fly

away!

The vast area in front was literally crushed.

Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu related Match order used of Match Match

Match Match Question order of the attack caused a cloud of pale dust to rise up.

“Wow, crazy…” Yeo Sang

-min muttered behind his back.

“I don’t have to use that weapon, right? It’s so scary…”

Lee Hyun-wook carefully put it down. It was a weapon that could not be used without hardening.

‘With this level of firepower, if you shoot it from close range, you can knock down a troll with one hit.’

Although Lee Hyun-wook’s attack method was focused on ‘firepower’, it depended on ‘quantity’.

In other words, there was a feeling that it was somewhat lacking in that it was a ‘definite and powerful oriental medicine’.

At least it was to the extent of using ‘Shockwave’ after the attack using Mowgle.

‘Actually, I own the legendary item [Ge Bolg], but…’

There was a good reason why I didn’t carry that item with me.

‘That spear is somewhat unreasonable for me to use now.’

Gebolg was a weapon that became famous for sending the ‘Twin Ogre Champions’ in one shot.

However, a lesser known fact is that, like Hugin, he had a huge ‘over handicap’.

Therefore, it was a kind of trick that even the Zmunnarae side did not easily use.

‘Because it consumes life force each time it is stabbed, now it may be exhausted or die.’

Lee Hyeon-wook knew that fact, so he didn’t go to the guild to find it.

‘Okay, I guess I can use this shotgun until one day I can use it.’

However, ‘Black Rhino’ was not the only gift prepared this time.

“Oh, and my granddaughter improved the airdrop device. Would you like to take a look?”

“Oh that’s right! That really got better! So I gave it a new name!”

Now that I think about it, I’ve only been calling this item an ‘air drop device’ until now.

After a while, Kang Hee-seol came, pulling a cart.

“This is AD-1!”

It was a new version of the airdrop device on top of it, but its appearance did not seem to have changed much.

“If it’s AD-1, it doesn’t mean it’s 1 AD, right?”

“no! It means ‘Airdropper Mark 1’!”

“…What, you just said air drop device in English?”

“Isn’t this more subtle?”

He didn’t really think so, but decided to respect the producer’s opinion.

Anyway, as a result of Kang Hee-seol’s upgrade, it became lighter and had a better center of gravity.

“…I adjusted the position of the magic ejection port to improve the center of gravity. . By adjusting the ejection port, the accuracy and bullet speed were enhanced… Oh, and two ‘fly eyes’ were installed on the upper part… Also….”

Kang Hee-seol excitedly talked about his work like this.

“Okay, it’s definitely better? Can I ask you to keep upgrading?”

“yes! “As much as you want!”

When Kang Hee-seol received the praise, he clenched his fists with enthusiasm.

‘He’s still doing well, but soon dwarves will appear who will greatly increase his abilities.’

Lee Hyun-wook mounted 12 of these ‘AD-1’s in Friedwen’s luggage compartment and turned them into ‘shields’.

This meant storing countless items in a small shield.

And I engraved it again on my right wrist.

In other words, a huge number of weapons were equipped on the body using multiple subspaces.

Now, to add a little bit of exaggeration, he was becoming a walking aircraft carrier.

***

The next evening, Lee Hyun-wook was sitting across from Woo Seong-moon in an office.

And finally, he revealed to Woo Seong-moon that he was the ‘manager of Laputa.’

“…….”

However, Woo Seong-moon didn’t seem to be that surprised by Lee Hyun-wook’s shocking declaration.

“also… “To be honest, I was expecting it.”

He just smiled helplessly, but at the same time he looked a little sad.

“Then why did you hide it so much? Do you not believe me?”

“No, that’s not it… Actually, I only discovered this ability a while ago.”

Although Lee Hyun-wook only gave it away, the real reason why he hid it was clear.

It was to endure until the situation came when Lee Hyun-wook could completely monopolize this ‘authority’.

If the existence of this ‘Ancient Heritage Master Key’ had been made public as soon as it was obtained…

‘We could have been swayed here and there from right after the end of the 4th wave until now.’

But not anymore.

“Actually, I was waiting for you to reveal it yourself someday… Not long ago, I received intelligence that a Chinese guild was rumored to have obtained the key to Laputa. So I was about to ask you again when you said this. “It was a good thing I waited.”

Woo Seong-moon spoke as if complaining.

However, there was one word that bothered him.

“…What do you mean, the key to Laputa?”

“It is still just a rumor, but the source of the rumor and the route of its spread are somewhat suspicious. For some reason, circumstances have been detected where they are intentionally trying to spread the rumor.”

Lee Hyun-wook was lost in thought for a moment.

‘It’s a key… Do you know that Laputa’s administrator authority is the key?’

Of course, it could have been just an idiomatic expression being passed around like a rumor:

‘But it is certain that the villains will never give up Laputa.’

However, since the Taesan Guild, the outpost of this land, has been neutralized, Lee Hyun-wook had already expected that China, the closest and most powerful force, would do something. ‘And especially, the

villain has taken over the public security and has completely gone over it by now. .’

There was no way they could stay silent, a private organization affiliated with the Ministry of Public Security, China’s largest force.

Lee Hyun-wook knew such things, so he guessed the flow of events just by looking at fragments of the situation.

‘Soon, inevitably, they will do something. ‘That’s it.’

There was a need to prepare for that moment and wait.

“…Director, I would like you to keep looking at that point.”

Woo Seong-moon’s eyes lit up at Lee Hyun-wook’s request.

“Um, is there something bothering you?”

“Well, I don’t know. But a lot of people will be keeping an eye on Laputa, and someone will take action at some point. I think we need to detect such movements in advance.”

Woo Seong-moon nodded.

“That certainly makes sense. All right. Even if that wasn’t the case, I was keeping an eye on it.”

Woo Seong-moon thought that he could not let down his guard until the terrorists who had targeted this land were hunted down.

And a new department called the ‘New City Planning Department’ was created within the Special Secret Police Bureau.

It was headed by Hyun-wook Lee and was located in Laputa. It was the department leading ‘development.’

Lee Hyun-wook first took 10 ‘analyst’ players to explore various parts of Laputa.

The process was to draw up a map of the huge facility and organize ways to utilize it.

And on the other hand, there was another plan that would come soon. The incident was set as an ‘important goal.’

‘Now, a huge incident is slowly approaching.’

Soon, a big incident was scheduled to occur at an ‘alchemy research center’ in eastern Seoul.

***

A week had passed since then.

Lee Hyun-wook was sitting across from Kim Se-hee in the Hope Guild office.

But her expression was not very good.

“Kim. “Don’t be disappointed, team leader.”

“…Who says you’re disappointed?”

“That’s a good enough job. It’s important to finish the raid without anyone getting hurt.”

The second joint attack was carried out as agreed with Yoo Hae-na yesterday.

And this time, Kim Se-hee took charge of the attack team leader and commanded 22 guild members.

However… as a result of the strategy, the Hope Guild’s contribution was only 17%.

She was surprisingly competitive and couldn’t shake off her anger.

“Probably because of what happened there the other day, we put in too much firepower.”

“That’s true, but in the end… I’m still not good enough. “It’s different from anyone else.”

“Well, we’ve just taken the first step, right? Would you like to use the Laputa Surreal Training Center?”

She nodded as if she had been waiting.

“Yes, I like it. And… can I stay there for a while?”

Sparks seemed to fly from her eyes.

‘Yes, you need an opportunity to grow quickly.’

Knowing her potential, this kind of positive attitude was always welcomed.

And that day, I brought Soiler from Redhall Village to Laputa.

“—That’s ridiculous!”

The moment Freedwen made an emergency return to Laputa, Soiler

jumped with his small body—jumping quite high.

And the whole time I was walking to the Order Tower with Lee Hyun-wook, I muttered the words, ‘This is ridiculous.’

“So… Now, is this really the settlement you were talking about?”

He gaped as he looked down from the Order Tower into Laputa’s ‘upper urban area.’

“Yes, that’s right. Do you like it?”

“Isn’t this Laputa? “Oh my god, I can’t believe I’m here in person—!”

As a dwarf who admires gnome technology, there is no way he would not know about the masterpiece called Laputa.

He could not stop admiring the circular Order Tower along the glass wall of the Order Tower, as if spinning a treadmill,

as if he were Prince Anpyeong who had seen the spectacular view of Mongyudowon.

“Then does that mean our tribe will live like that over there?”

“Yes, that’s right.”

“Wow—our entire tribe was hiding in a damp tunnel right now, and this blessing…”

Then…

– (!) The quest content has been updated.

[Hidden Quest]

– Encounter with a Dimensional Traveler – 3

You have named the colony of Gray Mountain Dwarves.

They are scheduled to appear through the ‘rift’ in 8 days.

Be prepared for unexpected ‘accidents’ at that moment

* Quest reward: Paid differentially depending on performance.

‘Okay, it’s going smoothly.’

It was a three-step chain quest. If this was done successfully, there would be considerable rewards.

“After eight days, we will be able to open the dimensional gate here and bring our tribe!”

“Yes, but by any chance, how many people are there in your tribe?”

“Hmm… After several incidents, they were scattered and now there are only 415 people…” It

may be a tragic story from Soiler’s point of view, but for Lee Hyun-wook, it was the perfect number.

When too many people flock, it is difficult to manage in many ways. It’s inevitable that it will be overwhelming.

‘There will be an event in the future where more Gray Dwarves will join.’

And on the other hand, I needed to check what the ‘accident’ written in the quest content was.

“And that crow last time… Is there a problem that we need to prepare for in advance?”

At that point, Soiler’s expression darkened.

“Yes, wyverns… they have taken over our skies.”

“So, are they the ones who could be a hindrance to the migration in eight days?”

Soiler nodded.

“The possibility of that happening is quite high… The portal can be opened at the top of our mountain, but there is a high risk that they will attack at that moment… I hope that doesn’t happen.”

It was a flying monster of a considerable level that could be called a lower compatibility of the Wyvern dragon.

And more than anything, the fact that it moved around in groups was threatening.

‘Yes, since it is such an important event, it is likely that monsters of that level will appear.’

And since there would probably be a combat event when I first joined, I had to prepare to respond.

‘But right now, it’s time to focus on other things.’

It was because the time had come to face an important event that had been prepared for a week ago.

***

Lee Hyun-wook turned on the news channel and waited for the beginning of an event.

Soon…

– …This is a news report! A news report from Gangdong-gu, Seoul. While an unexplained fire broke out at an alchemy research complex, police said they responded after receiving a report that a murder had occurred at the location of the fire 10 minutes ago. Police authorities reported that the fire and the call were related… .’…

It has begun.’

Even though it wasn’t the case in the past life, while the country is in chaos due to wave erosion, another major event occurs there. To add insult to injury, the country is literally shaken to its core. Even though the future was changed by Lee Hyun-wook, this event remains the same

. ‘The situation is better now than then ,

but it will still be an unstoppable problem.’

– …As a result of the police’s on-site investigation, it was confirmed that the site was covered with an unidentified poisonous gas. Currently, the player identification team has arrived and is beginning to inspect the site… Lee Hyun-wook knew what kind of hell that site would turn into

.

Blood magic studied under the pretense of alchemy…

Before they could even be born, ‘experimental subjects’ flooded the earth.

‘At that time, an enormous amount of power was invested to somehow prevent them from coming out.’

However, they were unable to stop the massive offensive and eventually broke through.

They crawled out onto the ground and spread a terrible ‘plague’, and the eastern

part of the metropolitan area, including Namyangju and Hanam, was shut down and a ‘priest mobilization order’ was issued.

‘At that time, the number of victims who died due to that problem was estimated at 20. The number reached 10,000…’

The monster’s attack was an attack, but the problem was the ‘plague’ that accompanied it.

It spread within the shelter, causing numerous civilian casualties.

But now the outcome was going to be quite different.

Lee Hyun-wook stood up.

“We just have to stop them from coming out in the first place.”

Both of his hands now contained overwhelming firepower.

It was a disaster that could have been prevented if he blocked the passage and deployed firepower.

“And hidden underneath is the legendary grade consumable item Nectar… that’s what you get.”