Steel eating player chapter 176

 
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Lee Hyun-wook knew better than anyone how clever the villain was and how he wielded that power.
So, I couldn’t reveal the identities of them recklessly.
Like this man who is now dead, William Cain, the breath of villains was reaching the powers of the world.
In other words, if he was arrogant, he could be hit by a headwind and Lee Hyun-wook himself could be driven to a dead end.
For that reason, rather than directly touching the villain, he focused on steadily increasing his strength and power.
Of course, clashes with the villains occurred from time to time, and each time, the gap was narrowed with big wins.
As a result of growing up through all kinds of events… … .
‘… … Now it is possible to compete head-to-head with the villain.’
Now, when his fame reached its peak and the world’s attention was focused, it was the right time for revelation.
“… … I have been fighting a secret group for a long, long time.”
Confusion spread across the faces of the players gathered around him at his first words.
“What did you just say?”
“Huh? You’re fighting, who the hell are you with?”
Sure enough, when asked what’s going on with this, it’s suddenly a secret organization, isn’t it a sudden development?
It would have taken quite a few words to convince the world of this absurd conspiracy.
However, he couldn’t pour everything out hesitantly, and he calmly chose his words.
“This man, I didn’t kill, experienced players would have noticed.”
Hyun-wook Lee pointed to the corpse of William Cain lying on one side.
He had a ruptured larynx, and Lee Hyun-wook had never attacked it.
‘But in the world, it will be produced as if I killed it, so it will take a lot of effort to explain it.’
But then, Brian Thiel nodded and stepped forward.
“… … He died of a ‘latent spell’. I can see the author’s signature.”
As an A-rated analyst player, he quickly noticed that.
This was unexpected support, which relieved Lee Hyun-wook’s explanation.
“Yes, that’s right. It’s a forbidden dark spell. It’s not something I can use.”
“then… … Are you saying that the person who was the leader of the EPU is what kind of powerhouse?”
He began to engage in Lee Hyun-wook’s revelations as if he had become an MC. However, his question did not feel like a rebuttal or a rant. Rather, it was closer to a certain kind of response, but it felt like support.
‘Brian Thiel is assassinated by the Shadow Baron after being in the European Reconstruction Commission after Titanomachia.’
Lee Hyun-wook remembered that this man also had a list of high-ranking officials who were removed by the villains.
And he didn’t even check Lee Hyun-wook much for his position as the leader of the Omega team after the ‘Great War’. Rather, he emphasized that Lee Hyeon-wook is an overwhelming force and insisted that we work together.
‘I don’t know much about this man, but he seems to be an opportunistic and realistic person.’
In other words, he believes in Lee Hyun-wook now, and he seemed to want to stick with Lee Hyun-wook.
‘Okay, that’s good.’
Hyun-wook Lee made eye contact with Brian Thiel and nodded, then looked at one camera lens.
“It’s not just the EPU. It’s spies are infiltrated all over the world. That means it’s been taking root in the world for a very long time and slowly encroaching on it.”
The remarks were quite unconventional, so gossip started all over the place.
“And the evil deeds of that organization, in fact, all of you have been witnessing. … Kaito Okita, Demon Worshipers, Baron Baron Ki, Baek-Jun Ki, Pit Bull Brothers, Necromancers from Ganghwa Island, etc. The world still knows why they suddenly acted as terrorists. I can’t reveal it, and I think it’s just a mystery.”
Everyone’s eyes widened as the villains that the whole world knew appeared one after the other.
Lee Hyun-wook took a step forward, paused for a moment, and then opened his mouth again.
“… … They all belong to the secret society I’m talking about.”
Everyone who listened to that passage must have felt that something was hitting it hard. It was the first moment when the terrorist acts of unknown cause were woven into one framework.
Even those who expressed wonder in Lee Hyun-wook’s first words became captivated by a strange shock.
“And today, the Hellfire that slammed into me is a continuation of all that.”
This was the explanation of the cause of the ‘Hellfire Incident’ that just happened.
“… … So they were trying to assassinate you, knowing that the secret society existed.”
“Yes, and do you remember what happened a while ago, right after the attack on the Dragon Labyrinth in Korea?”
“Ah! Come to think of it, then, when your party came out of the labyrinth, a large-scale freezing magic exploded. Ha, that’s a terrible story. But who the hell are they and why are they doing such a thing?”
It was Brian Thiel who asked a question like the MC this time, but… … .
‘… … Now I don’t have to testify to people all over the world in such detail.’
Lee Hyun-wook knew a lot about the villain, but that didn’t mean it was all grounded.
If even one of the revelations turns out to be unfounded, public opinion is easily turned around.
Rather, it would be giving them a political chasm, and the villains would use all their political, media, and economic methods to drive Hyun-wook Lee as a false propagandist.
‘In other words, you still have to eat the villains slowly while maintaining the world’s interest and increasing trust.’
If so, what are the benefits to be pursued from these revelations?
‘That is the successful resolution of the big event at hand. For that… … We need troops.’
  is not over yet. Now it was important to lead the war to victory.
Because, in this big event, the villain will also bet his life and death and put a lot of resources into it.
‘No matter how hard I try, it’s impossible to achieve a perfect victory at this rate.’
From now on, the Titans, Dark Elf Corps, Black Orc Corps, and the Alliance of Villain Forces will have to deal with a huge number of monsters from all over Europe, so we had to prepare a significant army too.
‘And when I infiltrate the Dark Elf Kingdom, I need a frontline that draws attention and time.’
After thinking about it, Lee Hyun-wook looked at Brian Thiel and opened his mouth.
“Behind this   and the Dark Elf Corps’ action is that group.”
At those words, Brian Thiel’s eyebrows, who had remained calm until now, shook violently.
If the conspiracy of the unidentified ‘evil organization’ is not at the level of a single terrorist organization, but is the subject of a catastrophe that threatens the entire world, would it make sense that the world was not aware of it?
“… … Aw, that’s a bit absurd.”
“Hey, how do you collude with monsters anyway?”
Of course, there were a lot of people who didn’t believe it. No, maybe most of them.
However, Lee Hyun-wook predicted this too, and prepared the next card.
“I have the evidence.”
Simultaneously with Lee Hyun-wook’s answer, a vibration that shook the earth’s axis began to approach in the dark in the distance.
Thump, Thump, Thump, Thump
It’s a feeling I’m so used to… … It was a giant’s footsteps. The searchlights turned towards it, and a metal body was seen reflecting light in the darkness beyond the multiple magic shield.
“Tyl, would you mind opening the magic shield surrounding the camp for a moment?”
At Lee Hyun-wook’s words, Brian Thiel raised the mana messenger with a blank expression.
“… … Alert Team Leader, please release the magic shield now.”
As the magic shield was removed, the Orichalcon giant Talos approached in a few steps.
“Master, we have arrested the bad guy who was hiding in the forest after he ran away!”
The guy bent his knees and showed his palms open, and at that moment, shouts erupted everywhere.
“Huh! That pointy ear… that monster, right?”
“That look… it must be a dark elf!”
Yes, obviously, a monster known as the Dark Elf was being held by Talos.
“ね! Let go, let go— release me!”
It struggled in Talos’ grasp like a grasshopper caught by a human hand.
“This dark elf is responsible for triggering the Hellfire Magic Scroll and escaping.”
Lee Hyun-wook secretly planted ‘Fly Eye’ in his clothes and tracked the location.
The process was recorded with another ‘Fly Eye’ and perfect evidence was secured.
As Hyun-wook Lee gestured, a video played on Talos’ face.
It includes a scene where a man uses a magic scroll near Stilane’s dormitory, then hurriedly leaves the Omega Team’s camp and enters the nearby forest, where his pocket suddenly explodes, and he is caught by Talos. But after being captured by Talos, wouldn’t he become a dark elf?
“… … What, what, that!”
“Huh, is that real?”
These players were surprised at first, but… … .
“Damn, so we were being played by the dark elves?”
“No, it’s not that there is a traitor hiding within us!”
Soon, he realized that he had been deceived by someone until now and began to get angry.
At that time, Hyun-wook Lee took another step forward, and soon the murmur subsided.
‘Now, let’s go to the last part.’
He slowly raised his left hand. Knowing the weight of the gesture, everyone swallowed dry saliva.
However, as usual, his hand slowly closed, and his index finger pointed somewhere.
“… … Even at this moment, innocent civilians are being eaten by the titans. And it is true that the Dark Elves are preparing for war in ‘Green Hell’, the eroded area of ​​Berlin.”
At those words, the players around them let out an anxious sigh.
“At this moment, it means that the monsters that have invaded our world are uniting and preparing for a war to exterminate us. If this is really a game, then the so-called ‘bad ending’ is coming.”
A few players nodded their heads. Yes, there has never been a crisis like this.
Wasn’t even the wave, often called the worst crisis, a local threat?
However, if left unchecked, the whole of Europe, or even the whole world, was about to be conquered.
“At this moment, even a group of evil in human disguise is dividing us.”
As Lee Hyun-wook’s words continued, the players’ eyes gradually began to sharpen.
Today, players are seen more like a new nobility than a hero.
As such, there were many players who took care of personal succession and survival rather than honor and responsibility.
However, in the end, they too had a fundamental sense of belonging to ‘humanity’ as ‘humans’.
In other words, if there was any stimulus and motivation, not a few of them would die on the battlefield.
‘I saw that it could be. And I was one of those people… … .’
In their previous lives, players who seemed to only care about their own successors faced the villain in front of the danger of extinction.
They suffered a devastating defeat, then rose again to face it, but repeated defeats with even greater losses.
It was Lee Hyun-wook himself who somehow survived the massacre and grew up.
‘It’s a pretty tragic history, but in this life, such trials and errors do not repeat.’
Lee Hyun-wook took an item out of his pocket. It looked like a crystal ball.
[Item information]
– Name: Room of Solitude (Special)
– Effect: unknown
It was the “pocket space” where the second prince was trapped a while ago.
Lee Hyun-wook gave it mana while floating it in the air.
woo woo woo… … .
Black smoke rose from there, and something poured out and filled the sky. And a mechanical sound rang out softly.
However, buried in the deep darkness of the night sky, the shape could not be seen properly, and soon a few searchlights lifted their heads to illuminate the night sky.
“That… … A fleet of steel!”
That’s it. Dozens of airships caught my eye.
When Lee Hyun-wook summoned Talos through ‘World Bridge’, the steel fleet also came.
However, I couldn’t keep walking with those huge objects, so I used pocket space.
In other words, at this moment, all the power that Hyunwook Lee has accumulated so far has appeared in the sky of Dresden.
“I have an army, folks.”
When Lee Hyun-wook opened his mouth again, the gaze that had been directed towards the steel fleet fell back to him.
“And you are… a much stronger army.”
Lee Hyun-wook spread his hands and pointed to all the players gathered around him.
“If the enemies are uniting at this moment, we must unite too.”
Shouts of ‘That’s right!’ were pouring out from here and there, and Lee Hyun-wook also raised his voice.
“So we must gather, march forward, and fight to prove who the true masters of this land are!”
But then, as if an incandescent lamp had lit up in the sky, a white light swept away the night in half.
As everyone’s attention was drawn to the overwhelming brilliance, Lee Hyun-wook’s speech was cut off midway.
“uh?”
On the steel fleet… … The Wide Hall, the World Tree’s signature skill, a wide-area portal was opened.
Go One Oh One Oh One Oh One Oh One
From there, a ray of light hit Lee Hyun-wook’s back, and from that light, Yggdrasil’s two hermits, ‘Saint’ Emilia Muller and ‘Manager of the World Tree’ Donald Harris, had rarely appeared in the world until now. I walked forward and stood on the left and right behind Lee Hyun-wook’s back.
“Now there is really no need to hide. Rather, I have to fight proudly.”
“Great, no matter what monstrous things you do, my promise of support is still valid.”
After making eye contact with them, Lee Hyun-wook looked at the camera again.
“If you give me the strength to lead this war and the wars after that…”
Stilane, he said his last words to the world.
“… … Let’s see the end of this game.”
Steel eating player chapter 176

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