Steel eating player chapter 41

〈Steel Company-2〉
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The command and control room in the basement of the 1st Battalion, where the main personnel of the battalion were gathered.
Not only the executives, but also some soldiers squad leaders, including Lee Hyun-wook and Lee Hyun-wook.
And now, Captain Park Taek-soo, who returned with Kim Gang-seok, was briefing.
“Look here.”
There was a picture on the screen.
It was a satellite image of Seoul.
However, a strange thing stood out.
A huge white circle was drawn in the center of Seoul overlooking the sky.
At first glance, I thought it was a cloud, but it was a very honest prototype.
“As you can see, a 10km radius from the center of Seoul Station has been’closed’ by the system.”
It was a fact that I did not know because of repeated battles.
“It is also a dome shape, but unlike in the’Unlucky Event’, it is impossible to even enter. It is completely isolated. The blocking magic of this scale was only the’Spear Field’ of Archmage Anton Makachef except Wave… It turned purple, so yes, the wave is clear.”
Of course, the conclusion was that way.
“……The 4th wave that humanity was worried about, the place of its origin is here, Seoul.”
Wave
The worst catastrophe of this game… … It was the name of such a long and long hell, where monsters rush in like waves and overturn humanity’s home like a small ferry.
There have been a total of three waves so far, with tens of thousands of players and millions of civilians killed each time. Nevertheless, humanity has never been victorious.
And the land that was so deprived became “eroded” and turned into a completely different environment-distance.
It became a volcanic zone dominated by Wave 1, California, and Red Drake.
The Second Wave, Shanghai, and the Kingdom of Orcs were established and turned into a rugged grassland with a steppe climate.
The third wave, Berlin, a rainforest covered with man-eating plants, became a green hell.
And the 4th wave… … This was Seoul.
What is this place going to change now?
“… … And for this reason, many executives were unable to return, resulting in a leadership gap.”
“Well……”
There was no time to return unless they were staying at the BOQ in the premises or in the nearby soldier’s apartment.
However, Kim Gang-seok, who was in Incheon Port to pursue Okita Kaito, heard the news that a gate had occurred in the unit and chose to return immediately, and made a narrow goal just before the area was closed.
“First of all……are there any neighboring units that can be reached within the closed area?”
Park Tae-soo shook his head as he turned over the documents at Kim Kang-seok’s question.
“For now, there is nothing other than the brigade headquarters.”
There were several more units within a 10km radius of Seoul Station where the 4th wave took place.
However, it was confirmed that’gates’ were open to all of those units.
“And it seems that the brigade headquarters has not yet completely suppressed it.”
There were as many as four gates on the side of the brigade headquarters. Of course, there would be no villain like the five butchers, but no one knew the future and responded like Lee Hyun-wook, so the response would have been much late.
“… … Did you contact the Cheonghwa Guild?”
“I’m communicating every 30 minutes via Mana Messenger, but they’re still responding.”
“In that case, first of all, you have to turn off the urgent fire.”
Kim Gang-seok got up from his seat with a sigh.
“In the premises, we will attack the two gates that are being blocked. After that…….”
He opened his right hand and five fingers.
“… … It is the next 5 days. As with the previous wave, the closing period of Seoul will be 5 days, and after 5 days, this place is no longer Seoul as we know it… … It will turn into a part of the world.”
5-day regional closure starting at the beginning of the wave,
Mankind called it the “rapid erosion period.”
In just five days, all environments, ie climate and topography, change.
In other words, the Golden Time was only 5 days.
“We have to stop it somehow.”
Otherwise, you will lose Seoul.
“… … By the way, Sergeant Lee Hyun-wook?”
Everyone looked at Lee Hyun-wook at Kim Gang-seok’s call.
“I don’t have a good complexion, but where did I get hurt?”
Kim Gang-seok asked anxiously.
It was because Lee Hyun-wook was sweating cold.
“No. Maybe it was because I was overwhelmed in the last battle, I have a little headache.”
“I think I used my abilities too much in battle, but go to the medical officer. You shouldn’t get sick now.”
“……Yes, I understand.”
It wasn’t a little.
It hurt as if my head was breaking.
And that’s… … .
-A’signal core’ is being formed in the central nervous system. (62%)
* May be accompanied by excruciating pain!
It was a terrible pain that accompanies the digestion of the “devil’s medal”.
“Okay then, we’ll start attacking in 20 minutes. I’m a troop, get ready by then.”
After the briefing was over, Lee Hyun-wook returned to the dormitory.
“You are here…… Uh! Sergeant Hyun-wook Lee!”
And fell down.
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Lee Hyun-wook was closing his eyes. It seemed like he had probably lost his mind.
In front of him, a blurry scene was reproduced.
“… … So, you mean, the 5th wave is going to be Singapore?
This voice was sad.
It wasn’t Eunha Seo now.
future … … No, it was right to say it was the past.
She was now asking Lee Hyun-wook, and many other people were looking at Lee Hyun-wook. Lee Hyun-wook nodded and pushed the button on the remote control to flip the screen.
“Yes, the only thing in common with the four regions where the wave has occurred so far is that the frequency of occurrence of high-grade gates in the neighboring region has dropped sharply from one month before the wave. Like… … .”
“… … It’s like putting together your strength for one explosion. In order for the gate to open, there must be a lot of mana condensed in that area. Instead, I opened a lot of small things. For smoke screens.”
“If so, could this information be a hint on how to respond to the wave?”
Seo Eun-ha and other team members shook their heads.
“Well, it is virtually impossible to stop the wave even if we know the origin in advance. It is a pre-determined fact that the beginning itself will destroy the area.”
“I think so too. but… … Taking advantage of knowing in advance where and when the wave will take place, we have to think about how to use the wave.”
Using the wave, the team members looked puzzled at the words.
“As everyone knows, this wave is actually guided by villain.”
“right.”
“The purpose is to destroy and conquer cities, and…… items obtained from waves.”
It was true.
The villains grew dramatically stronger each time they went through the wave.
This was because Wave poured out legendary-grade items.
“So, you have to find a way to intercept all of that.”
“Ah…….”
However, the method was vague.
It was because I couldn’t know when and where it would come out.
On the other hand, the villains already knew the coordinates.
In the end, it was bound to be a losing fight.
“Many heroes such as Lee Seong-yoon, Han Tae-san, Choi Jeong-cheol, Kim Gang-seok, and Steffe Marine were killed by the mythological grade item’Mistiltain’ that appeared in the 4th wave.”
“If at that time, someone else got the item first…….”
“… … History must have changed.”
Lee Hyun-wook nodded and everyone looked bitter.
After a while, the briefing ended.
When the team members went out of the conference room, Lee Hyun-wook grabbed Seo Eun-ha’s arm.
“Seo Eun-ha, look at me for a second.”
“……Huh?”
Lee Hyun-wook looked around and whispered a little in Seo Eun-ha’s ear.
“Tomorrow, take care of yourself. There has been an intelligence report that Yue-na has trained a horseworm with “ether” claws that can break your “hoshinganggi.”
Seo Eun-ha smiled.
“Well… … If that’s the case, you should be alert and be careful from the team leader, wouldn’t I be careful? Do you know roughly who I am torn and bruise because of who I am every day, right?”
“that’s… … right.”
“So keep up close, if you don’t want to kill me. I’m your first life.”
While saying such scary words, Seo Eun-ha smiled brightly.
Lee Hyun-wook’s first life, she always referred to herself that way.
It was self-proclaimed’shield’ to protect Korea’s best firepower.
“… … okay. Let’s finish this wave with both lives completely.”
But those two lives,
I couldn’t keep it in the end.
Ugggg—-
I heard the sound of something hard bent.
Ooh-uh-
I even heard a beating sound.
“-Ugh!”
Someone’s scream… … .
At that moment, Lee Hyun-wook opened his eyes.
Then the bending noise disappeared.
“Uh, Lee, Sergeant Lee Hyun-wook?”
I heard Park Joon-mo’s voice, and the first thing that caught my eye was the system message.
– Congratulations! New “skills” are given by satisfying special conditions.
Raised body.
It was a dormitory.
“Uh…… are you getting a little conscious?”
The frame of the bed on which Lee Hyun-wook was lying and Lee Hyun-wook’s building were skewed like a sheet of paper. While dreaming, it seemed to unconsciously exercised “metal control”… … .
‘Is this possible with just my metal control right now?’
I couldn’t figure out what was going on, but it was obvious that in a moment my ability had risen dramatically.
He immediately reconfirmed the system message that came to his eyes.
– Congratulations! New’skill’ is given by satisfying special conditions.
Absorbing the Devil’s Medallion (Legion), a new body organ was formed again.
However, since the central nervous system was newly built, it was frankly worth fainting.
‘Yes, it wasn’t a pain that could endure with mental power.’
And now, it was time to see something that was born out of that pain.
[Skill information]
-Name: Signal Core
-Grade: D
– effect
1) Transcendence Sense: Metal control increases. (+30%)
2) Centurion Force: The maximum number of turns increases. (+10)
* When the hidden conditions are satisfied, the skill level is improved.
What is this?’
Lee Hyun-wook was inevitably surprised.
‘The control power… … To be strengthened by thirty percent… … .’
I thought I knew why the Necromancer was so strong.
With this item, maximum control is enhanced by 30%.
In other words, it meant that it could raise as much as 30% at the rate of growth.
‘And you shouldn’t simply take this figure as it is at face value.’
Because growth is a kind of snowballing, in simple terms, if you grow faster than your competitors, you will be able to get a good chance ahead.
So, the amount of metal that Lee Hyun-wook can control now… … .
-Currently maneuverable’metal’ weight: 65,658g
* Transcendence sense (+30%) is being applied.
… … It went up to 65kg in an instant.
‘If I climb a little more, I could float my body.’
Of course, I couldn’t fly at high speed just by getting my weight.
This means that you can carry the weight you swing with one hand based on 300g.
‘Then… … .’
And, the second skill,’Centurion Force’
In translation, can it be called the power of the white captain?
This was the ability to belong to the family (卷屬).
‘This is one of the reasons Necromancer, he was able to create so many corps.’
No matter how much Necromancer, there were times when I thought that there were too many.
There may be other factors, but the number of households was greatly increased by receiving this power.
‘It’s unfortunate, but I’m not a trait related to family.’
But there was a way, and it has already been realized.
It was to use’Living Armor’.
Until just before, it was possible to control only 3 aircraft, but now it has increased by 10.
‘Well, it’s the Steel Legion… … .’
In fact, I used it in my last life, but I didn’t have much fun and it melted into the Necromancer.
This was because it stopped at the maximum of 33 aircraft.
However, if I had this skill, I thought that a slightly different picture could be produced.
The higher the skill level, the more the number of families that can be controlled will increase. It might have risen to a maximum of 100 as the word of the white captain.
‘If you use this well, maybe… … .’
I didn’t know I could push the devil’s legionnaire, the Necromancer in reverse, into the legion.
It may still be in the distant future, but I loomed over it. An army of steel in sacred armor,
Yes, if it is such a configuration… … .
Lee Hyun-wook turned his head and looked at Park Jun-mo.
“Junmo Park, how long have I slept?”
“Uh, about 3 hours… Are you okay?”
“Is the battalion commander in the command and control room?”
“Yes, maybe…….”
Lee Hyun-wook kicked up and got up and went to the command and control room.
“Loyal!”
When Lee Hyun-wook appeared, the executives gathered in the control room turned their heads.
“Yes, you… … Is it really okay?”
Kim Gang-seok asked with a worried expression.
He also heard the news that Lee Hyun-wook had fallen.
“Yes, I’ve been awake since morning shift yesterday, and it seems like I was a little tired. Sorry.”
“I didn’t seem to have such a weak constitution…….”
Lee Hyun-wook looked like a bloody smile.
“Yes, I think I came here because I have something to say, isn’t it?”
“Yes.”
Lee Hyun-wook approached the battalion command a little closer.
“The battalion commander, when this first happened, he instructed me to serve as a temporary platoon leader.”
“Yes, the order is still in effect.”
“Yes, then, I would like to ask you a favor regarding that.”
Kim Gang-seok folded his arms and nodded.
“Well… … If you ask for something, it’s scary now. You gave them permission to use the arsenal, didn’t you move the arsenal to the hillside? Another big business this time… … .”
He said that, but his face was full of anticipation.
“It will be at a similar level this time.”
“Ha- That’s fun.”
In response to the answer, Kim Gang-seok smiled lightly.
“When the gate is closed, shouldn’t we have to carry out an offshore operation?”
“It must be that way…….”
In order to stop the wave, it was not possible to stay within the unit.
After finishing the maintenance, it had to go outside the territory to find and destroy the ’cause of erosion.’
Of course, a powerful monster beyond imagination would be guarding the area,
Further, the traps of the villain organization would also be waiting.
“We are going to’organize’ a platoon for that operation.”
“Organization… … Does it mean that you are trying to build a completely new one, not the second platoon?”
“Yes, that’s right.”
It was never something that the soldier could suggest.
However, at this moment, Lee Hyun-wook was not an ordinary soldier.
In fact, he saved the entire 1st Battalion.
“Yes, let me explain.”
“We need half the weapons in the battalion arsenal and a truck to transport them.”
“Would you also need soldiers and escorts to drive that truck?”
“Yes, and I need at least 15 wizards to open the Greater Portal.”
“Well……there must be a tanker to protect them…….”
“And, I need 12 living armor from the last operation.”
Kim Gang-seok’s expression gradually hardened.
“Truck, more, quite a lot… Wait, that’s not a platoon, isn’t it a medium-sized?”
Lee Hyun-wook nodded.
“If you trust me, I will lead the troops down to Seoul and…….”
“… … We will outperform the cost of your investment.”
As if he was standing in front of an investor with a business plan, Kim Gang-seok smiled.
But that was the end of laughter.
He fell in agony with a stiff face.
“…….”
During the last few hours Lee Hyun-wook was away, he had a meeting with the battalion executives on how to protect Seoul. However, let alone a sharp number, there wasn’t even a possible way out.
I had to do that.
In the first place, the wave was not a confrontation, but a catastrophe that must be avoided… … .
By the way, Lee Hyun-wook made’su’ and appeared.
In the plan of operation, which was pure white paper, he engraved the first line.
If it were an ordinary army, it would be absurd to leave the operation to the opinion of the soldiers.
But now it was different. It is actually an exhibition, and Lee Hyun-wook was a better talent than any other officer.
“…Controller, what do you think?”
Asked Kim Gang-seok.
Since the operation manager could not return, Major Moon Tae-ho, the Great Area Magic Control Officer, was actually Lee In-Ja.
He pondered for a while, then nodded.
“Battle Captain, I’ve already seen it once. So I think I know the intention of Sergeant Hyun-wook Lee at least a little. A wide range of portals and a large number of weapons… … I’m thinking of driving a steel rain.”
Driving around the steel rain, Kim Gang-seok nodded to him.
Moon Tae-ho turned his head and looked up at Lee Hyun-wook.
“And, presumptuous, I think Sergeant Hyun-wook Lee saved our troops. Maybe…… Could we save Seoul? Of course, we have to discuss detailed operations together.”
Kim Gang-seok listened to it and looked at Lee Hyun-wook.
“Ha-Lee Hyun-wook, I didn’t know I would really say this, but… … .”
“Yes, tell me.”
“… … You are the greatest power of our battalion now.
Of course, there was someone who was more powerful than Lee Hyun-wook if it was only based on individual strength.
Right now, Kim Gang-seok himself was taken for granted and Seo Eun-ha was also there.
However, when dealing with the wave of quantity offensive, Lee Hyun-wook shows the best efficiency.
Through portal magic, the arsenal of battalions is poured over the heads of the enemies-
That ridiculous chained attack is possible.
Kim Gang-seok got up from the seat.
And he put his hand on Lee Hyun-wook’s shoulder.
“Yeah, let’s make it one time. Steel company…….”
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