Rust - Chapter 1008



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RUST [RUST]-1008

To Korea and the Empire, the actions of the Holy Kingdom were madness beyond heinousness.

‘The sinkhole is closed. Please cooperate.’

‘If I don’t cooperate, I die? If I stop them, I die?’

Then he started killing them twice without saying a word.

Diplomacy? Negotiation?

Is that how diplomacy is done these days?

International relations? Trade?

Throwing away the reserve currency status like this? What about the economy?

They ignored everything and just made a graveyard.

Myanmar, which is at war with rebels, kept saying things like, “We have a lot of soldiers,” “There are a lot of awakened people because of the civil war,” and “If the Holy Kingdom comes in, we will be guerrillas and suffer,” and as a result, the fires in the crematoriums did not go out.

In the face of the unprecedented situation of the annihilation of the Myanmar military and the disappearance of its troops, the Philippines immediately fell flat on its face, saying, “Oh, it’s hot. What is this? It’s scary.”

Unlike the Philippine government, which was completely shocked, Indonesia was skeptical. Something like black smoke rising from a crematorium could have easily been created using CG using artificial intelligence.

In the first place, you could wipe out the Myanmar military in just an hour or so? It was physically impossible. It would have been understandable if a nuclear weapon had been dropped, but that wasn’t the case.

And most of all, it was suspicious that the Philippines was lying flat on its face. Even more so because it was secretly supporting the Islamic militant group in southern Mindanao.

‘The Holy Kingdom and the Philippines are conspiring and deceiving each other.’

This was a more realistic scenario. Besides, who would be sad if the Holy Kingdom’s essential raw material exports were cut off?

Indonesia has the largest nickel reserves. What happens if there is no nickel, which is essential for alloys and new batteries?

‘The Holy Kingdom must comply with international law. (Stop fraud and intimidation) Stop disturbing the peace and balance of Southeast Asia. (What if we close the sinkhole? Isn’t it enough to just remove Thailand? Stop lying about clearing out Myanmar.)’

The Indonesian ruler who gave his proud speech was never seen again, because the already sinking capital of Indonesia disappeared into the sea overnight with an earthquake.

‘Even if the capital sank due to a sudden earthquake, why did the leadership go missing?’

‘Wasn’t more than half of Indonesia’s upper class newcomers?’

‘Earthquakes are a bit strange, aren’t they?’

‘It wasn’t a strong earthquake that would have caused the capital to sink, was it?’

‘That’s right. It didn’t collapse because of the earthquake, but rather, it seems like the vibrations were caused by the entire city collapsing?’

‘You have to make sense.’

‘Isn’t it true that the Myanmar military has disappeared?’

‘What happened to the divine being in the capital of Indonesia?’

‘Does it matter? An entire city has just sunk into the ocean!’

‘Ah- why are you making a fuss about a city that was already sinking underwater just sinking a little faster?’

‘There was an earthquake. What does it matter whether it exploded and sank or sank and had an earthquake? It was an earthquake. An earthquake.’

‘That feels refreshing.’

While the countries of Southeast Asia were making a fuss, Korea and the Empire were in serious trouble.

The disappearance of the Indonesian capital was a shock to Korea, which had its own intelligence network in Southeast Asia and an empire that could use stratospheric reconnaissance airships.

It was shocking that they had wiped out the Myanmar military, but now they have submerged an entire city. Not metaphorically, but physically, into the sea.

How on earth?

In what way?

Korea, whose country was on the verge of ruin due to armed Chinese and Japanese refugees, knew the power of Maru, but it also knew its limitations.

[I could only use my power on living things···.]

[Are you saying that your abilities have changed?]

The ability to instantly turn 100,000 refugees into manure. The ability to instantly render surrounding electronic equipment useless as the area of ​​death unfolds, and to cause vines of death and shadow rats to burrow into even the smallest gap.

It was an ability similar to the summoning ability, but it clearly had limitations. There were time limits, space limits, and control issues. Above all, Maru, the subject of the ability, was not immortal.

“But to kill a god?”

“Wasn’t the Thai god a being with the highest risk rating?”

The Thai god of war was a famous god of war. It was uncertain whether it could be killed even with a nuclear bomb. It even had the ability to be in opposition to darkness and shadows.

But not only did he kill the god of the opposite sex, he also wiped out the King of Thailand and his entire royal family, who were powerful and rulers.

“Didn’t you say that cannibals have no inherent abilities?”

“Usually, yes. But even if you look at high-level vampires, don’t they use things like bloodline abilities?”

“The King of Thailand and his entire collateral line were able to use the bloodline powers, but they were all wiped out.”

“I heard that it is not a bloodline ability, but rather an ability similar to that of an elephant spirit.”

The Korean government and business community were stamping their feet. They had been enjoying honey from trade with Southeast Asia, but the Southeast Asian market was about to completely disappear.

“The incident has already happened. What will Indonesia do?”

“First, let’s talk about what the Holy Kingdom will do next.”

“We spent 300,000 people to maintain security in Thailand, so it will be difficult to manage Indonesia as well.”

“That’s a good idea. We’ve finished the war with the animals, so we have some spare troops.”

“Let’s start with the mines. If a civil war breaks out, there will be no answer.”

“Hmm. How about we go with the Empire instead of just ourselves?”

“Like peacekeepers?”

“Wouldn’t that be better in terms of both purpose and appearance?”

“That would be good. It would also be good to intervene to prevent terrorist attacks or civil wars from breaking out.”

“Is the King of the Holy Kingdom truly crazy?”

There was a cause. And the Holy Kingdom was a country that took care of cause and benefit well. But this incident was different.

The way they handled Thailand, and then suddenly wiping out the Myanmar military, and finally sinking the Indonesian capital into the sea, it looked really dangerous.

“Let’s talk to the Empire first.”

In any case, we couldn’t just blow away the resources and markets of Indonesia, Myanmar, and Thailand. In any sense.

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General Dan Brown chewed on a headache pill and took a deep breath.

‘Are you crazy?’

It was simply incomprehensible that the Holy Kingdom was causing trouble in Southeast Asia.

‘Bernard Green. Kim Ki-soon is in charge of foreign affairs and administration, so what?’

Even if the King of the Holy Kingdom was a nuclear bomb, there was a safety device called Ki-sun in operation. Compared to the power it possessed, the Holy Kingdom did not deviate significantly from ‘reasonable justification’ or ‘universal morality.’

Whatever decision was made, he presented a suitable justification, and even if the justification was insufficient, he acted within a range that could be understood.

Even if we look at recent events, it was the same. Despite announcing the principle of non-intervention, the process of sending rescue teams to the empire that was hit by a major earthquake and tsunami, and then withdrawing the rescue teams, was the same.

‘The Holy Kingdom, which had been operating within the bounds of legitimacy and minimal morality, has run wild.’

No matter how you look at it, it was a runaway. It was not without its signs. It was difficult to see it as a rational judgment to even think of withdrawing from the empire.

‘If it were Ki-sun, I would have opposed it.’

The fact that Bernard Green’s opinion was not accepted means that he was pushed out of the political power structure of the Holy Kingdom.

‘Then who found that spot?’

Considering the information that she had landed a tactical nuclear weapon during the attack on Shinsoo in Thailand, there was a high probability that she would have been ranked second in the hierarchy.

The only person who would do something crazy like plant a tactical nuke while the King is nearby is Yani Kim. That is, Miss Kim. There was no one else but her.

‘VX nerve gas, napalm fire, and the nuke-loving woman is number two on the list.’

Has Ki-sun been purged?

Even if it wasn’t a physical purge, it might have been a political purge, as if he had stepped down from the position of President.

‘Is that why?’

Just as he had stepped down from the presidency and made a deal with the emperor to become prime minister, Ki-sun may also have stepped down from politics through some kind of deal.

‘It seems like you haven’t been out of Detroit for some time.’

Ki-sun, who had been traveling around the Holy Kingdom on diplomatic and administrative business, was not moving out of Detroit. He was not even told to come to Detroit, but was coming to the Empire.

I thought it was simply due to the principle of non-intervention, but it could be otherwise. Maybe it was the situation of being exiled to the Detroit Vladimirovich Tower.

“This is difficult.”

A sacred kingdom without safety devices.

The results were unfolding in Southeast Asia. In reality, there was no country that could stop the Holy Kingdom from using force.

If we try to stop it with a nuclear war, we can stop it, but the price would be destruction. Is it really necessary for the Empire to risk a nuclear war with the Holy Kingdom to prevent the situation in Southeast Asia?

[It is necessary to prevent the Holy Kingdom from doing as it pleases in Southeast Asia, even if it means armed conflict.]

“The Holy Kingdom has never had a good ending with the leadership of a country that has ever been in armed conflict with it.”

The Confederacy did it, and the cannibal regime in Korea, the warlords in southern China, and Thailand, Myanmar, Indonesia. So far, the results have been like that.

[That is why we must not let Southeast Asia do as it pleases.]

“Are you serious? If you really intend to resort to armed conflict, I would like you to change your mind. The supplies that we need to retake Philadelphia can be maintained thanks to the Holy Kingdom, so why would you oppose the Holy Kingdom?”

[That’s why. If we leave what the Holy Kingdom is doing now alone, the Southeast Asian market will be devastated.]

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Leon Bonnard was not without political and economic sense, but that led to a military perspective.

“What would happen if Southeast Asia collapsed to the Holy Kingdom? The empire’s economy, which had begun to revive, would collapse, and wouldn’t the empire become incapable of fighting without the Holy Kingdom’s supplies? The Holy Kingdom’s bastards are trying to check the empire by collapsing the Southeast Asian market. Can you guarantee that this isn’t the case?

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[Even if you don’t think so, the result is the same. In order for an empire to grow, it needs a market. An empire must grow in order to be able to afford supplies. With sufficient supplies, we can continue the war of unification. That’s the only way I can keep my promise. Isn’t that right?]

Leon Bonnard’s argument was correct, after all, except that he did not hesitate to engage in physical conflict with the Holy Kingdom.

“If you want to go to war with the Holy Kingdom, I oppose it.”

[It is the job of the Prime Minister to prevent physical conflict. However, I hope you understand that even if we go to war with the Holy Kingdom, we must protect the Empire’s economy and markets. That is why the people elected me as Emperor.]

At Emperor Leon Bonnard’s words, Dan Brown had no choice but to take his headache medicine again.

“Contact the Korean government.”

With the collapse of the United States, overseas intelligence networks were in shambles.

We have been building a new information network as we resumed trade with Southeast Asia, but it has not reached a satisfactory level. If Korea had resumed trade with Southeast Asia first and created an information network, we would have been able to know more about the situation.

Perhaps because he had been taking painkillers in quick succession, his migraine seemed to have subsided a little. He drank some ice water and collected his thoughts.

The Holy Kingdom has established a supply factory in Korea. What is happening now and the supply factory established in Korea. Is that a coincidence?

The worst case scenario would be if Korea and the Holy Kingdom made some kind of agreement. What if they decided to completely dismantle the existing Southeast Asian political powers and split it between the two?

Emperor Leon Bonnard would never have accepted that the two countries were dividing Southeast Asia. War would have broken out, even if not immediately.

‘Fuck···.’

[A special envoy has arrived from Korea.]

“What? How long has it been since you told me to contact you···.”

Dan Brown was surprised. He thought that Korea had created a high-speed vehicle.

[No. They say he is a special envoy who left at dawn.]

Korea sent a special envoy? Dan Brown’s eyes sank.

“Is that so? Okay. Let’s meet up right away.”

And the two countries joined forces to quell the rampage of the Holy Kingdom in Southeast Asia.

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The two countries, the Empire and Korea, used emergency lines to urge the Holy Kingdom to exercise restraint, complaining that the country would be ruined because of the Holy Kingdom.

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The idea that the country would perish was not just a joke.

Even if you look at Korea right now, it was the same. When the Southeast Asian market suddenly disappeared and the supply of raw materials was cut off, Korea would have a hard time holding on.

What will happen to the refugees from Japan and China who lost their jobs? The combined refugee population of the two has exceeded 20 million. Not 2 million, but 20 million.

What would happen if nearly 40% of the entire population suddenly lost their jobs? Korea would not have the power to handle that.

Naturally, I had no choice but to hold on to the trouser leg of Ki-sun, who was in charge of diplomacy.

‘If this continues, it’s not Southeast Asia that will perish, but Korea that will perish.’

The same was true for the Empire. Dan Brown suspected that the Holy Kingdom was deliberately destroying Southeast Asia in order to keep the Empire in check.

‘Whether intentional or not, if things continue this way, the result will be the collapse of the imperial economy. And our emperor will not just sit by and watch the economy collapse.’

Korea, the Empire, and even the surviving Southeast Asian countries came looking for Gi-sun. Gi-sun felt like she was going crazy and jumping for joy.

Urgent news was delivered to Ki-sun.

[It is said that the Cambodian military, which attacked Thailand to reclaim its ancient land, was erased.]

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