Rust - Chapter 1026



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RUST [RUST]-1026

The pistol aimed at Emperor Leon Bonnard fired as if it were a machine gun.

Tudadadak-

The sight of dozens and hundreds of bullets narrowly passing by, bent by an invisible force field, seemed unrealistic.

“Is that Dan Brown?”

Leon Bonnard’s mutterings were drowned out by gunfire. The shots were coming from close range, less than 10 meters away, and all of them missed.

Even as the bullets strayed, the eyes of those who pulled the trigger remained unchanged. The belief that only by killing the mad emperor could a nuclear war be prevented.

Leon Bonnard’s expression turned cold at the sight of those trusting eyes.

‘Did even a middle-aged man gain faith?’

No, this is···.

It wasn’t a belief in Dan Brown.

Then why?

If he had wanted to assassinate him, he could have done so a long time ago. It may be true for the soldiers, but those among the staff could have attempted to assassinate him at any time.

But that wasn’t the case. If they had aimed for the moment when the tactical nuclear weapons would explode, the probability would have been higher. But that wasn’t the case.

The same goes for the plan to strike Vladimir Kalin, which they clearly did not oppose but rather supported. But why?

Reports from the string planted on Den Brown’s side indicated that recent trends were not reaching Den Brown.

So, these people were clearly the ones who abandoned Den Brown and switched to this side. Why did they do that?

‘Is it a psychic ability?’

No. If he had used his psychic powers, he would have used them long ago. Leon Bonnard’s gaze turned to the assassins who were reloading their magazines and pulling the trigger again.

There was a look of conviction in his eyes.

A look in his eyes that believes that killing the mad emperor is justice.

Woof woof woof-

The special bullet penetrated Emperor Leon Bonnard’s abilities. It did not penetrate completely, but passed through Pit- grazed his face and arms.

[Vladimir Kalin’s airship is said to be lowering its altitude – should I help?]

“······.”

[This is not a debt. It is a service.]

Crunch- crunch-

Quaddudduk-

Five assassins were instantly killed, leaving only blood-sucked husks behind.

“Where is it? Where is the altitude lowered?”

[Near the volcano. Sent out a crow scout.]

Leon Bonnard concentrated his mind. The faintly spreading ability worked like radar.

‘Come down.’

The airship entered my senses and a flock of crows scattered in all directions. In an instant, the surrounding terrain and the airship’s structure became three-dimensional. The information from the sudden ascent and acceleration just a moment ago was mixed together.

“Now. Tell them to blow up the volcano.”

[Volcanic eruption.]

Kururururung-

A large eruption caused by an explosion.

Volcanic bombs and volcanic rocks were scattered in all directions.

Leon Bonnard’s eyes began to glow bloodshot as he wiped the dripping nosebleed with his sleeve, feeling as if his brain was going to get used to the sudden surge of information.

Ugh-

The scene unfolding in his mind as he swallowed a low groan.

There was a white airship desperately maneuvering to avoid a sudden volcanic eruption. It tried to gain altitude while protecting itself against volcanic bombs and volcanic rocks, but failed due to the endless pouring of pyroclastic flows.

Leon Bonnard shouted as they tried to cut through the jungle at high speed by lowering their altitude.

“Watu Gajah – 12 o’clock direction centered on D5.”

The red woman answered, barely able to follow Leon Bonnard’s firing order, which he had called out in rapid succession, the coordinates in detail.

[—firing!]

Over 20 200mm warheads rain down near the elegant white airship. Leon Bonnard’s ability intervened in the special bullets that fell from the highest altitude.

It was a very weak force due to the long distance, but it was enough to fine-tune the direction of the warhead. The trajectory, which should have been completely off course, was deflected and struck the white airship struggling to escape the aftermath of the volcanic eruption.

The sound of gunfire seemed to echo in my head. One, two, three, four… And on the fifth hit, the airship’s shield broke and it began to lurch. It seemed to be swaying as if its engine had been hit.

“now!”

Emperor Leon Bonnard called out the final coordinates, his mouth bleeding profusely.

[firing!]

More than 20 special bullets hit the damaged airship. The airship twisted its body until the very end to avoid direct hits. However, the engines went out one by one and eventually it lost speed.

‘Die – now – just die -‘

Pit – Leon Bonnard’s mind flashed as he began to see blood not only from his nose but also from his eyes, blood starting to flow from his ears, and the image of a tattered airship crash-landing appeared in his head.

I could sense something similar, but I didn’t feel it this clearly.

Is this a welcome or a hallucination?

[Let’s do this with debt.]

The red-haired woman who had been watching mixed a sedative and a sleeping pill.

“Lord- Lord-”

The words, ‘We need to confirm that he is dead’ did not come out.

Push-

Leon Bonnard’s consciousness subsided, accompanied by a tingling sensation at the back of his neck.

‧

[Shield destroyed.]

[Enemy ballistic calculations are impossible.]

It was impossible to evade by calculating the ballistic trajectory with the auxiliary AI. It was crazy enough to evade the pyroclastic flow pouring down from a volcanic eruption, but then there was concentrated artillery fire on top of that. Didn’t they get swept away by tactical nuclear weapons?

“Where is the shelling position?”

[The trajectory is curved, so reverse calculation is not possible.]

The sensors were already messed up because of the volcanic eruption, but the volcano’s eruption made it difficult to distinguish shells.

[Engine 1 failed.]

[Engine 5 malfunctions.]

[Engine 2 failure.]

[Engine 6 fire.]

The speed was decreasing in an instant. As the speed was slowing down, the barrage became more concentrated. I twisted my entire body left and right to avoid the direct hit, but there was a limit to that.

The airship, which had been as orphaned as white marble, had turned into a rag, torn and burst here and there. It had survived until now because it was an airship, but if it had been a normal airplane structure, it would have ended long ago.

Tsk-

Maru quickly checked the map.

“Get the lifeboat ready.”

[Escape ship ready.]

“I’ll go after them right away. Build a bunker and hold out.”

[Deploy emergency bunker. Build emergency facilities. We will defend in stronghold defense mode.]

Maru sat on the nuclear battery motorcycle. The hatch slowly opened with a loud warning sound, and thick volcanic ash and dust poured in through the open hatch.

Phew- Phew-

Swoop- Whoo-

Maru, who had Newclips mounted next to his motorcycle, pulled the accelerator.

OMG-

Even after Maru left, the airship pushed forward several hundred meters and deployed a bunker.

Boom- Boom- Boom!

As if waiting for it to fall, Imperial artillery shells began to fall on the bunker, which was convex in a semicircle.

An emergency escape ship managed to escape from the bombardment and flew at extremely low altitudes to avoid the area.

[Evade enemy fire.]

[Check the safety zone.]

[Pyroclastic flow. Check the hill to avoid a direct hit.]

[Laser logging begins.]

[Start base construction.]

[Building a stronghold defense system.]

Near the bunker containing the emergency landing airship, another circular structure was quickly constructed.

Wheeeeeeeeing-

Leaving the emergency base behind, Maru’s motorcycle raced through the volcanic debris falling like hail.

Break-

Black vines rose from the motorcycle’s footpegs and kicked away the volcanic rock.

Breaking- breaking-

Maru maintains a speed of 50 to 60 km/h despite not being able to see clearly ahead. This was possible because he narrowed the area of ​​death and sent out shadow rats to replace his vision.

Although I tried to minimize the consumption of death by using it this way, the consumption that occurred while unfolding and walking through the Garden of Death was inevitable.

The same goes for Shadow Rat. He had to be filled with death to get far out of the Garden of Death, but since he was using it sparingly, he disappeared even with a small shock.

Death was consumed like a drizzle, but Maru was not worried. He thought he could harvest the nearby life with the Garden of Death and the Shadow Rats.

‘That’s strange.’

There should have been animals or insects, but there weren’t.

Even if a volcano erupted, wouldn’t it be normal for there to be rats underground? Or maybe frogs or snakes? Or maybe there should have been bugs, but there weren’t any at all.

Tsk-

‘Should I reduce the search area? It will take a long time if I reduce the area.’

The sound of gunfire echoes from afar.

If their batteries are alive and the trajectory of the missile has changed, it means Emperor Leon Bonnard is nearby.

‘The volcano has already erupted, so he can’t escape right away.’

When you can’t escape by airship, you have to catch it.

‘They said they would tie us up with a volcanic eruption, so they should experience it too.’

If he had tied his own feet, would the feet of the Emperor and the Imperial Army be safe?

The Imperial Army’s self-propelled guns must have been tied down by the volcanic eruption. All we have to do is find the ones that were tied down.

‘Stay nearby. Stay nearby.’

A motorcycle running over the blackened death dug into the thick dust fog.

‧

Caw! (Found it!)

KAAAH! (It’s a sinkhole!)

Cackle! (There are self-propelled guns and bunkers!)

Now that we’ve found it, let’s go back.

So when the crow scouts returned, the airship that should have been there was gone.

What should I do with this?

There’s not enough time to purify the tank.

It is impossible to escape from the volcanic zone with only the purification tank remaining.

Looking around, I saw shell craters everywhere.

So that means it may have been attacked by the imperial army and left or crashed.

You abandoned us?

No way.

There isn’t any.

So you want me to just stay still and fall?

It’s possible that he was attacked and ran away.

Should we wait here?

How much time is left for the purification process?

The crows became noisy.

Caw! Caw! (Stop! Search.)

The crow in command made a decision. He judged that even if the airship exploded, not all of the supply crates would be blown away.

Just as they were about to leave to find Maru’s airship, the crows that had been scouting out other places returned.

Kaaaak! (Oh no!)

Kaaaak. (We also found self-propelled guns and imperial troops.)

Cackle cackle (Everyone over there is dead and only a few people are left.)

Kkaaak-kkak- (It’s not just humans- there are humans who eat humans.)

The reconnaissance and search were successful.

There just isn’t much time left.

Kaaaak! (Everyone goes together.)

It was not acceptable to suffocate to death because of a purification tank.

Thud-

As I shook my body, volcanic ash and dust fell like corn.

A flock of crows, their feathers slightly lighter, began to search for any sign of the airship.

Luckily, before the purification tank was completely blocked, the crow scouts managed to find a temporary base and were greeted by the auxiliary AI.

[Well done. His Majesty has now gone to capture the enemy himself.]

So, go out and deliver the information you found to the King.

[Now that we know the location, it will be advantageous to attack. Arm yourself with nuclear grenades when you go.]

The assistant AI briefed the area where Maru was predicted to be. The crows looked at each other as the assistant AI lightly commanded, ‘Nuclear grenade when you go.’

I just got back and you want me to go out again?

Should I just get rid of this?

“······.”

“······.”

[I will relay the location information to His Majesty, and if the airstrike is successful, I will give you a generous reward.]

‘Or jerky from the newly caught sacred elephant.’ That kind of thing.

At the assistant AI’s words, the crows purred as if nothing had happened – they shook off the dust and ash from their bodies and preened their feathers.

Kaaaak! Kaaaak! (Okay, here’s a special! They don’t have the right to serve, so this will be over in no time!)

The commanding crow raised the morale.

Kaaaak! (It’s a special meal!)

Kaaaah! (Let’s finish this quickly!)

The crows, who had replenished their stamina with emergency food, flew in the direction where the king was expected to be.

‧

Ppoduk-

The imperial army hiding in the beet was entangled in the vines of death. The sight that the soldiers saw in an instant, as their vitality drained away, was the sight of the imperial army being entangled in the vines and turning into fertilizer.

There was no screaming. There was no resistance.

Just the sound of bones breaking and twisting, and the last gasp.

Maru looked back at the beet that had been turned into a fertilizer warehouse in an instant and replaced the purifier. An hour had already passed, but Maru was feeling uneasy because he had only caught the beet and had not found the location of the enemy’s self-propelled artillery unit.

‘I’m consuming too much more than I’m absorbing. Should I use my own hands instead of using the vines?’

Fortunately, the Imperial Army also lost communications.

When I pushed the first beat and attacked the next beat, I thought the alert level would have been raised, but that wasn’t the case.

It was clear that he had not heard the news that the first bit had been attacked. The tactical nuclear strike had knocked out the communicator, and most likely killed the telepath.

A crow’s cry was heard in Maru’s ear as he was thinking.

‘huh?’

Because visibility was poor, a crow flying low discovered the volcano through the ash and dust.

Kaaaak! (Over here! The King is here!)

The cries of crows echoed from all directions as if responding.

KAAAH! (I found the location of the self-propelled artillery unit and their stronghold!)

The crow that discovered the floor explained the situation of the Imperial Army. There were some places that were almost completely annihilated, but there were also quite a few units that survived.

“I was getting ready to blow up a sinkhole.”

Caw! (Yes!)

“Is there a place protected by a red curtain?”

Kkack! Kkaaaak (Net! It seemed to be made of blood.)

A red curtain made of blood.

Did you make a deal with a vampire?

The first thing that comes to mind is vampires. The story goes that high-level vampires are needed to block the firepower of tactical nukes or nuclear grenades.

It started with a volcanic eruption.

Even a vampire in a sinkhole?

Maru, with an ominous smile, gave an order to the gathered crows.

‧

Leon Bonnard, who had lost consciousness, opened his eyes to a cold sensation. The hardened scabs fell off like eye boogers, and his blurry vision gradually returned.

“Is he dead?”

[no.]

The red woman’s usually relaxed expression was tense.

[Our kids’ signal was cut off at the same time.]

“······.”

All the cannibals and vampires that were on standby for emergencies just lost their signals at the same time?

[It’s a nuclear grenade bombing.]

“what?”

We shot down Vladimir Kalin’s airship? Is another airship coming?

[And then. The sinkhole monster came rushing this way.]

‘We’re surrounded.’

Leon Bonnard used his powers at the words of the red woman. The surrounding situation appeared in his head like a three-dimensional radar.

“······.”

The whole place was filled with immortal monsters.