Rust - Chapter 481



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RUST -481

The cannibals who ruled the village for a long time were almost god-like. While enduring the harsh winter, the cannibals became inviolable.

The cannibals who grew stronger the more they ate people actually showed powers that surpassed those of humans. They were the ones who caught mutated monsters, they were immune to disease, and their keen senses even allowed them to detect danger in advance.

Some of the townspeople even declared themselves to be servants of cannibals, saying that they wish they had become a new human being long ago and that they want to become a new human being now.

But the moment Maru descended upon the village, the dream of becoming a new human became a vain dream. The scene unfolded as the powerful new humans were slaughtered in real time.

The villagers, who had been calmly eating people as if they were a new species, now saw in real time that they were turning into useless pieces of meat, quietly returned to the embrace of the kingdom.

“You follow along well.”

Hood said, looking at the townspeople who followed him obediently, as if he was wondering.

“Huh? Isn’t that obvious?”

The nurse’s eyes widened in confusion at Hood’s appearance.

“If you think about it, I pressed it down with force. I knew it would bounce back.”

“Ahhh- The people here are people who were once subservient to cannibals anyway. And that. It’s really scary.”

Hood nodded at the scary thing the nurse said.

“That’s scary.”

It was such a strange ability that it almost seemed like a psychic ability. The villagers had experienced the fear firsthand, so Hood had no choice but to agree with the nurse’s words that it was quiet.

If Maru had really decided to kill, he could have massacred them without shooting or using a knife. How could the villagers who had experienced such a being think of rebelling or plan to resist?

“Every time I see it, I think to myself, it’s amazing.”

“Yes.”

Maru took over five villages in just one week. And he did it perfectly.

[When do the Holy Cultists say they will arrive?]

“Huh? Huh. He said he’d arrive on the afternoon airship.”

The nurse who had been chatting away suddenly answered Maru’s sudden call with an “Aaah.”

[We’ve taken care of all the cannibals, but we have reports that they have followers, so we need to find them. What about Erica?]

“I think I feel a lot better.”

Erica had a hard time confirming information about the cannibals she had caught with psychometry, but she had to try a little harder. She didn’t know what the cannibal followers would do if she left them alone.

Unlike cannibals, their followers were difficult to track down because they were old neighbors and were tied by blood, regional, and school ties.

The villagers thought that now that the cannibals had all been defeated and they had tasted the horror of holy death, their followers would come to their senses.

Since most people thought that things would get better with time and that there was no need to report it, Erica the Psychometrician had to work.

[Even if it’s hard, just ask them to find the followers. It’s okay to take breaks in between.]

“Hi-yeah.”

Maru chuckled at the nurse’s ‘Hi!’ and called Hood.

[Oh, and Xenia.]

“yes?”

[The wolves said they found something, and I was on the move so I sent them straight over. Check it out and get back to me.]

“Yes, I understand.”

A sacred crow that had been patrolling the village sat on the nurse’s shoulder and cried out.

Kaaaak! Kaaaak! (Those who don’t have faith! They must be killed!)

The sacred crow was indignant.

“Huh? What are you talking about all of a sudden?”

Kaaaak- kkaak- kaaak! (The followers ask who he is- but he doesn’t answer!)

“Could it be that it doesn’t understand crow language?”

The crow raised his voice in excitement at the nurse’s words.

“Chururur-jongga-ak- who are you! Kkaak?” (Who are you? That’s what I said.)

Uh- I guess I couldn’t answer this because I was a little scared.

The nurse rolled her eyes and asked Hood to help calm the excited crow, but he would not make eye contact.

Because the hood was inspecting the small machine the wolf had brought.

Not only did it have a battery and memory, but it also had a small solar charger attached to various sensors. It was also capable of moving on a small orbit.

“It’s a kind of CCTV. If it was just for surveillance purposes, there would be no reason to make it with such high specifications. Where did you get this?”

Krrrrrr- Krrrrrr-

The nurse immediately interpreted.

“They say it was scattered throughout the village?”

Hood took the equipment out of his small toolbox and started disassembling it on the spot.

The high-power radio transmitter and receiver inside was revealed. Even in the current radio interference situation, it was clearly a high-performance device that could transmit and receive about 8 to 10 km on its own. Hood immediately reported to Maru.

“The machine the wolf brought appears to be some kind of CCTV.”

[Really? It wouldn’t make sense since it’s radio interference.]

“It had high-performance transceiver equipment attached. There was talk that it was under development. That was attached.”

therefore

“It seems like the village conquest footage has been leaked.”

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The villagers who had been standing in a circle are now lying down and writhing like caterpillars.

[Big! My heart.]

[Gasp! Breath. I can’t breathe···.]

[······!!!]

Those who move among the struggling people.

The three men, shaking off their fear, began to stab their spears into the air.

[Grab the space!]

[I didn’t say he was that kind of guy.]

[Shut up and stab me. Block the back there!]

The spear, which was swinging wildly, repeatedly stabbed and slashed as if taking up space, but to no avail.

[Vulcan Cannon, shoot here!]

[I don’t care! Just hit me!]

[Shoot ahead of us!]

Three men ordering to fire at the Vulcan cannon.

Wheeeeeeeeing-

Cookies and cookies-

As ordered, the 30mm Vulcan cannon swept one side clean off.

The attack began, completely tearing down the villagers who were still struggling and struggling to keep their bodies in check. The horrifying images of people being torn apart by 30mm bullets followed.

And one place.

There was a space that a 30mm bullet could not penetrate.

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It was clearly revealed that as the bullet hit, the area of ​​something transparent started to grow larger and larger.

And a long black solid line.

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From one end to the other, a space with a radius of several dozen feet was cut off in one blow.

This is not CG or an illusion, it actually happened.

Beep-

The vibrant screen seemed to freeze in time.

It was a video recording of an incident that occurred in Blackrock Village.

The cursor appeared as a circle on one side of the screen.

Inside the circle, a sword floating in the air was clearly visible.

“This is the weapon in question.”

“A mere blade has that much power.”

“A fly? Does that look like a simple fly?

“The problem is that whatever it was stopped a 30mm round.”

A blurry, film-like thing that appears on a still image.

The dust rising up looked like a shield depicted in movies or games.

“Could this be a shield?”

“It looks like it’s not a barrier, seeing as it’s getting bigger.”

It was not easy to figure out that the Eclipse converted the impact of a 30mm bullet into vibration, so various interpretations were rampant.

Ding- Ding-

The Virginia Company representative rang a small bell to call attention. As the noisy conference room became quiet again, the representative summarized the current situation.

“As you can see, Vladimir Kalin’s fighting power far exceeded our expectations.”

“···It seems like the attacks on our lab up until now were also his doing.”

“It appears he did at least some, if not all.”

“This operation was a failure.”

“Failure? Aren’t there still traps left?”

“Yes. If I can lure him into the trap I’ve set up between Green Hill and Black Rock…”

The Virginia Company officer answered the military officer who was turning the hope circuit in a tired voice.

“That trap is over too.”

“What do you mean?”

“Ha- You pretended to be lured, but you blew up the entire trap zone with 155mm artillery fire.”

“···155mm?”

“Yes, 155mm. The 155mm we were against.”

“Fuck.”

An operation in which the Confederate Army and the Virginia Company worked together to control the St. Lawrence River. An operation to neutralize Aegis ships coming up from the Atlantic Ocean and control shipping lanes and water sources, thereby gaining control of the new kingdom and empire.

This was a Virginia officer who reminded us of the conflicting opinions of the military, with Virginia wanting to fight with 120mm mortars, drones, and new human special forces, and the military wanting to attack the Aegis ships with support of 155mm self-propelled howitzers and even 155mm howitzers operated by the Canadian military, and then establish a stronghold base centered around the battery.

“Didn’t you agree with that too?”

“I was against it at first. Have you forgotten?”

“Why did you oppose it? Didn’t the military tell you to get out?”

“Would things have gotten this complicated if the military had been out of the way?”

“I think the work our military was involved in was a great success.”

“That’s true. I can’t help but be amazed at the capabilities of the Virginia Company. They have 30mm Vulcan cannons and surface-to-air missiles, but they can be wiped out by someone with only a sword.”

“······.”

“······.”

The Virginians were silent at the military’s sarcasm. But only for a moment.

“Ah- Now that I think about it, the Aegis ship of the new kingdom. Where did it come from?”

“It’s not like the Aegis ships fell from the sky as soon as the kingdom was declared.”

“By the way- what happened to the Aegis ship that was in Wilmington last time?”

The gazes they gave each other gradually became fierce. The Confederacy was a coalition of several forces, but the two axes in charge of military power were the Confederate Army and the Virginia Company.

Ding- Ding-

A bell rings, breaking the tense atmosphere.

In fact, this side was also tangled up here and there. Who would have thought that Vladimir Kalin, who only owned one building, would gain power and suddenly declare a kingdom?

Who could have predicted that Dan Brown, the Director of Homeland Security who was struggling to revive the United States and the self-proclaimed defender of the Union, would declare an empire and take the seat of the President?

No one would have thought that what had been worked on in a remote Canadian village for a year could be swept away like this.

“Are you going to keep doing this? If it continues like this even before the NEW WORLD begins, it will be a problem.”

“······.”

“······.”

The Virginia Company representative bowed his head slightly, expressing regret to the Confederate commander. The military commander nodded in return, calming the mood.

“Let’s first sort out the issue of the Holy Kingdom.”

The Holy Kingdom was weak.

If it weren’t for the nukes, it would be enough to wipe them out in an instant.

However, since the capabilities of Vladimir Kalin and his key personnel were very good, it was determined that if they were not captured at once, significant damage would be incurred.

“It’s better to let them play kingdom.”

“Yes. Certainly better than the creation of a terrorist group with nuclear weapons.”

“The more I think about it, the more regrettable it becomes. If the operation had been successful, we could have controlled both the kingdom and the empire at the same time.”

All that was needed was to seize the Welland Canal area, establish a foothold on the St. Lawrence River, or even seize a remote town.

It was Vladimir Kalin who could have dragged the kingdom into a dirty war, ruining the economy and everything, but he destroyed not one, but all three.

“I don’t know what the Kingdom’s strategic capabilities are, but given its tactical destructive power, it is certainly a dangerous entity.”

The sound of someone muttering.

“How ridiculous. The king himself is playing, and even the best card is… He’s not a knight king from somewhere in the Middle Ages.”

The problem is that since all three attempts have been blocked, there is no other way to check it. And the situation has changed.

Even if they succeeded in eliminating Vladimir Kalin after many twists and turns, it would only benefit the neighboring empire.

“The enemy we must focus on now is the Empire.”

In every way the Confederacy’s main enemy was the Empire.

“I agree. We shouldn’t let the kingdom easily consolidate its power, but I don’t think we need to put all our efforts into it.”

The two Confederate factions, the military and the Virginia Company, decided to focus on the empire rather than the Holy Kingdom.

“Still. I can’t just leave Vladimir Kalin running around making a fuss.”

“Do you have any good ideas?”

“Since ancient times, beautiful women have been the most effective in killing men and destroying countries.”

Beauty trap.

A classic, but always effective method.

Coincidentally, Vladimir Kalin had some capable women by his side.

It is not clear what kind of feelings they had for Vladimir Kalin, but if there was an emotional connection, their relationship would gradually fall apart the moment the beauty trap worked.

“Is there really a need to exert extra effort? If you just throw in a little bit of beauty, they’ll react on their own.”

“If we use that well, we might be able to put pressure on Chairman Na, who just joined.”

Physical pleasures, emotional exhaustion, jealousy and love and hate will rust that sharp blade.