Rust - Chapter 1044



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RUST [RUST]-1044

7.62mm and 12.7mm sniper rounds rained down from all directions. They were armor-piercing bullets. Black vines sprouted from under the floor, spreading their leaves and wrapping the bullets.

In the past, the leaves would tear and pierce, requiring multiple layers of wrapping, but now that it had become stronger, it was a vine that could easily stop a 12.7mm bullet with just one layer.

‘I was just trying to catch a moderately large sinkhole monster.’

Is the Indonesian commander crazy? Even if he just cuts the vines, he knows it’s Maru himself, so he gives the order to attack?

‘Did you think the Garden of Death was unusable because there were civilians there?’

So Maru finished off one building. Not only was sniping impervious, but he also showed that he could take down a building in an instant.

However, the Indonesian army continued to fire snipers, machine guns and RPGs until the end. Not only at the floor, but also at the Singaporean civilian protesters who were running away in all directions.

‘These kids are no good.’

The vine that had read the thought sent Maru flying towards the next building with spring-like elasticity. Maru, who was shot out like a catapult, flew several hundred meters.

Indonesian soldiers who saw the scene from the rooftop and the top floor desperately fired machine guns and RPGs, but could not shake off the circular vine-covered floor.

Wajangchang-

The tempered glass exterior wall broke open and the vine ball burst open, sending black vines creeping across the floor.

Mungkul-

Then the realm of death began to unfold.

“Shoot over there!”

“Huh? On the floor?”

A soldier who saw the ground starting to turn black warned them to look down, but what they saw was not the blackened ground, but the creeping vines and the floor at the center of them.

“If I just kill that bastard, all this will go away!”

“Shoot!”

Puhwaaaaak-

Several RPGs flew towards the culprit, but split in the middle after only a few meters. Blades of grass sprouting from the realm of death cut them down.

The same was true of the machine gun. The 12.7mm armor-piercing bullets could not penetrate the vines or the grass. And then came death.

The blades of grass climbed through the soldiers’ combat boots and cut off their ankles and calves. The soldiers were trampled by the vines and blades of grass, starting with a terrible scream.

The survivors fled to the upper and lower floors as they saw the life force being sucked out of them in an instant and turned into fertilizer, but those places were already filled with vines.

What was spread on the floor was a fine powder. The traces of flesh that had been turned into fertilizer and the empty military uniforms were a sight that told of what had happened.

“Can’t stop it!”

“They’re all dead!”

I shout into the walkie-talkie but I can’t hear anything

[Chijijijijik- chijijijik-]

It was just noise created by the disconnected communication.

Just as the mutant monsters came together to create a biological EMP, so did the realm of death. Electronic devices and equipment went out of service, and communications were cut off.

That was also the reason why Maru moved on his own. Even if he was on the same side, it was not easy to confirm his position, and the moment he lost control of his death due to a slight loss of concentration, a disaster occurred.

But now, the building. The Indonesian army was huddled on the upper floors of the building to avoid the sinkhole monster. Even if Maru were to open up a garden of death, all they had to do was keep them from leaving the building.

“damage!”

“where?”

The imminent death was an unavoidable fate.

“Eww! Shoot!”

It took a monster bullet to poke holes in the vine leaves, but that was it. The soldiers who had been huddled together like that were turned into manure.

[chijijijik- chijijijik- chitch-]

In an instant, the second building fell silent.

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Depending on the size of the building, one building typically housed a battalion or regiment of troops.

The fact that two buildings were silent meant that at least two battalions and two regiments were annihilated. That means that between 2,000 and 6,000 troops disappeared in the time it takes to eat a cup of ramen.

The Indonesian military command was in shambles in an instant. The grand strategy of using the sinkhole monster to occupy Singapore and then push Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia, and South Vietnam all at once was shaky from the start.

“Shoot a cruise missile at the building where Vladimir Kalin is!”

“Launching missiles.”

‘If the entire building collapses, that monster will be buried as well.’ I thought this for a moment, but the cruise missile that was flying powerfully was intercepted by a Sacred Kingdom airship.

“Crash that damn airship first!”

“Launching surface-to-air missiles.”

“Launch missiles!”

“Fired continuously!”

Two Indonesian naval frigates stationed in the Singapore Strait fired surface-to-air missiles, but none of the sixteen Aspide missiles reached the airship.

“All friendly missiles have been intercepted.”

“All sixteen feet?”

A single airship shot down 16 surface-to-air missiles traveling at Mach 3-4? And that wasn’t even the latest Aegis ship?

The Holy Kingdom’s military technology was rumored to be incredible, but good firepower and defensive capabilities were separate issues.

Even Ukraine, which was supposed to be defended by American and European air defense systems, was breached. No matter what they say, the reality so far has been that they will be breached in actual combat.

“Attack enemy airships.”

“It’s not a missile.”

“Speed ​​is Mach 8.5 or higher!”

“Fraiders. You can’t avoid it!”

At such a close range, it was difficult to see the acceleration of a hypersonic missile. Above all, what was captured on radar was too small.

The marks are too small to be missiles. Could that be a railgun? Are they firing a railgun from an airship?

“Fraider evasion failed!”

“Direct hit!”

“Fraud ship number one sunk.”

“Confirmation of sinking of ship No. 2···.”

“Both ships sank.”

“Diponegoro-class corvette sinks.”

In an instant, two frigates and one corvette were blown away. The sinking of two Italian corvettes was a painful loss.

With air power already useless because of volcanic ash, dust and mutated algae, sea power has become a key force in the defense of Indonesia, a country with many islands.

But before we could do anything, the two escort ships and even the new corvette were blown away, so the entire operation was a mess.

‘A railgun on an airship.’

How did you manage that power? Did you mount a modular nuclear power plant on an airship?

The Indonesian Commander-in-Chief frowned. There was intelligence that a battle had broken out between the Empire and the Holy Kingdom, with the Empire attempting to assassinate the King of the Holy Kingdom.

Although it is said to be a calm for now, there are predictions that most of the Holy Kingdom’s forces will be on the Imperial front to keep the Empire in check.

Not only that, the Holy Kingdom said that their forces were dispersed in Korea because of the sinkhole monster incident.

Even if we only consider the Empire and Korea, there were two fronts that the Holy Kingdom had to handle. The general opinion was that it had no capacity to intervene in the Southeast Asian war, and it was a natural thing to say.

As expected, the Holy Kingdom began to gradually withdraw troops that had been maintaining security in each Southeast Asian country.

Likewise, the Holy Kingdom had clearly signaled its intention to withdraw from the Vietnam Civil War. I don’t know why it suddenly intervened, but the situation was at its worst.

“Have you heard from your home country?”

“Four. There is no signal.”

This problem could have been solved neatly if only the sinkhole monster waiting on Batam Island had come in properly, but the damned Holy Kingdom tore the green bridge apart.

What’s worse, they were killing the soldiers waiting in the building. If what was broadcast in Korea is true, the building could have become a graveyard for the soldiers.

Even as the commander was pondering, another building was hit. What was shown on Korean TV was just the tip of the iceberg.

Attacking armed refugee groups was a completely different matter from attacking regular troops. Even battalion troops had at least platoon-level capable personnel.

The fact that they were being defeated so easily meant that the King of the Holy Kingdom was a nuclear-level monster in and of himself. However, the new government said that they could definitely win.

“I can’t help it.”

We have no choice but to use the plant weapons sent by the new government. They were originally intended to be used to create a defensive line after pushing the offensive to its limit.

“Deploy a defensive line.”

“Prepare for defensive operations.”

“Operation commencement!”

“Begin defensive operation. Stacking the sacrifice.”

The Indonesian troops stationed in the building began to attack Singaporean police, soldiers and protesters, ignoring the rampaging Maru.

A street where blood and flesh are sprinkled.

Human corpses piled up like garbage in a garbage dump.

The sky, where the heavy rain had stopped, was darkened by clouds of volcanic ash and dust, and searchlights shining down from buildings searched for victims.

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Maru, who had already swept away the fifth building, felt that the Indonesian army’s response had changed. They were desperate to block the entrance, stall for as long as possible, and kill the people outside.

Chorrrrrr-

There was something strange about the soldiers who frantically pulled their triggers downwards, not caring even as the vines of death pushed upward.

Kkaddeuk-

The sight of Indonesian soldiers firing at the protesters below as if possessed, even though dozens of soldiers were being tied up and turned into fertilizer right next to them.

‘Is it medicine?’

It was definitely not normal for him to react like this when he was being cut to pieces and stabbed right next to him.

The only ones who were still sane and blocking the floor were those who had awakened their abilities. In each building, there were at least a platoon, and at most a company-sized group of ability users blocking the floor.

“Here it is!”

“Kill him before he uses his powers!”

“Block the hallway entrance!”

“All damage!”

Woodddddd-

The reinforced concrete building twisted as if it were alive.

Card ddeuk-

The corridor that had been blocked in an instant began to work together like a beast’s stomach, but that was all. A few slashes of Nuclipse’s sword blew a hole through the reinforced concrete stomach.

“What the heck. What is that!”

“Come out alive from there?”

“Cover it again. Block the hole!”

“Attack! Stop them from getting out!”

Grenades, mortar shells, and improvised explosive devices poured into the gaping holes. Although they were simple throws, the ones thrown by those with awakened physical abilities were enough to cause death.

It was a powerful physical force, but it was useless against Maru. The vines of death and the grass that had risen up distorted the hole that was beginning to block it, and forced it open.

They sent back mortar shells and improvised explosive devices that were flying at high speed. Bombs exploded all around. When the napalm and white phosphorus bombs in the mortar shells mixed together and exploded, even the capable people could not hold out and retreated.

By retreating, they came closer to death.

As soon as those blocking the entrance gave way, the floor dug into the gap. A black line ran horizontally through the napalm flames and white phosphorus smoke.

▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬—-

The swaying napalm flames and the thick white light distorted upwards and downwards for a moment, leaving tiny cracks in the waists of the ability users who had distanced themselves from them.

?

!

The ability users shouted at the shadow that fell behind them as if something had passed by.

“Chew- It’s out!”

“Catch him!”

“Stop it again!”

“I fell backwards!”

The moment the ability users who had been surrounding the hole in a semicircle turned their bodies toward the floor through which they had passed, the upper and lower bodies were separated and collapsed.

!!!

!!!

Maru rose through the ceiling, leaving behind those whose upper and lower bodies were separated.

“What?”

“Behind!”

The ability users who tried to block Maru from the stairs were immediately caught on the back as Maru broke through the floor.

The reaction speed of those with awakened physical abilities was quite fast, but the moment they turned their backs, that was the end. Starting with those with weapons similar to hammers and those with thick shields, various ability users had their heads and torsos separated before they could even use their abilities.

Maru, who had harvested the heads of the two-rowed capable men blocking the stairs with just two slashes of his sword, grabbed the lieutenant left in the corner by the collar.

Maru asked what he was doing now.

“What are you doing now? Why are you killing unarmed civilians?”

“Ku …

He was a lieutenant who kept me alive because he was the highest rank, but he started making incomprehensible noises.

You can’t get out?

Why don’t you just take a blimp from the rooftop and leave?

Are you crazy?

Although he was only a lieutenant, he had clearly commanded people with abilities, so it seemed like he was also a person with abilities. But seeing him laughing while being grabbed by the collar, it seemed like he would need to use an information extractor to find out proper information.

Crunch-

Maru, who had his throat cut cleanly, placed the severed head of the lieutenant in a preservation container. Even inside the preservation container, the face that had been smiling with a mad expression slowly began to stop.

Maru’s heart began to pound slightly at the sight of that unusual face.

Thump-thump-

Something was happening.

Maru looked down instead of going to another building. The Indonesian army was throwing drum-like objects onto the street.

bang!

A drum made of a jar or ceramic material that shatters into pieces when dropped on the floor.

Wow!

Clang!

A sticky liquid spread in all directions, and the brown and green lumpy things inside scattered like fragments.

Blood, guts, flesh, and something moving scattered on the corpse-strewn road.

Moved.

Maru’s heart beat faster along with the movement.

Thump-

Wiggle-

Green and brown shards quickly began devouring the blood, entrails, and corpses.