Rust - Chapter 492



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RUST -492

[Mad···. The Holy Kingdom is advancing with tanks at the forefront.]

“A tank? A tank? Are you sure?”

[Yes- tanks and a lot of trucks, self-propelled guns and towed guns and… (Awww-) monster wolves! Everyone, scatter!]

“Wolf? What are you talking about? How far have they come? You have to tell me where you are. How far have the enemies come?”

All I could hear from the communicator was static.

[Chijijijik-]

“Are you sure you trained them properly? Even though we are short on manpower and recruited locally, this is embarrassing enough to call them our employees.”

The head office agent was muttering.

“What should I say in this situation?”

“Isn’t that what you’re saying in this situation? Branch Manager. If you lack the ability, you shouldn’t have taken that position. If you didn’t want to hear such words, you should have done your job of rebuilding the branch properly. Isn’t that right?”

The face of the Tully branch manager turned red.

“Is this what you were aiming for?”

“What are you aiming for? What are you aiming for? Wasn’t it expected that they would take military action? Didn’t you anticipate this too? Branch Manager?”

The branch manager’s face crumpled into a distorted smile. He spoke to the head office agent with a half-smiling expression.

“Psychic equipment. I’m talking about not telling you to discard it.”

“Ah- That. Now that we’re on the subject, isn’t that the same thing? I think you, the branch manager, were the one who ordered it to operate and escape. Am I remembering wrong?”

As the branch manager listened to the head office agent’s words, a vein appeared on his forehead.

‘이 개새끼가.’

Who brought that equipment in the first place?

Who was that guy who told me I made a good decision at the time?

“Are you saying that now?”

“You made the decision and now you’re passing the buck… When equipment is provided, isn’t it basic to check what the equipment’s capabilities are and what its purpose was?”

The advantage of operating as a point organization was that even if one stronghold collapsed, the other strongholds would not be affected, but on the other hand, the disadvantage was that it was difficult to respond immediately even if each stronghold was acting alone or was incompetent.

In preparation for this, the headquarters periodically dispatched headquarters agents to inspect branches. The headquarters agents were intentionally trying to get the branch managers to reveal their true intentions.

‘This is how you react if you put just a little pressure on yourself?’

Don’t you know you’re scratching right now? You should know, right?

If the branch manager of Tullydo was as good as he showed last time, it wasn’t a complete mess. He moved briskly to save the Tullydo branch staff who had gone to get help from the beauty queen, but if you look at what he’s doing now.

‘Were you thinking of selling the back hole?’

The head office agent’s eyes narrowed slightly. Those kind of branch managers were always like that. They would do something that would get them slapped, then take out their anger on something else, and use the slap as an excuse to do something else.

It’s obvious that he said that if there was a problem and the Tully branch died, he would die with them, but it’s like this.

“If you had properly checked the equipment, you would have known that you should have left it in place and not discarded it, and moved on to the next step. Are you saying that you did it without knowing that? Right now?”

“······.”

“Do I even have to explain this? Are you really incompetent or are you just pretending to be incompetent?”

“······.”

The moment the branch manager’s teeth were slightly exposed at the head office agent’s slippery answer, the branch manager’s clothes began to bulge out. Thick muscles and shaggy hair began to show clearly through the gap in his white shirt.

“That power. It wasn’t a power that was meant to be used so indiscriminately, was it?”

When the agent warned him, the branch manager shouted as if he could not bear it any longer.

“shut up!”

Crunch-

“Shut up!!!”

The branch manager, howling like an animal, swung his arms at the headquarters agent.

It wasn’t even a punch, it was more like a carnivore’s claws were raised.

A strange sight, with claws raised as if trying to tear the headquarters agent to pieces.

-Kadddddd-

The branch manager’s arm stopped as if blocked by a transparent wall.

As I put strength into my trembling arms, my muscles began to swell little by little, and a cracking sound of clothes ripping could be heard from the arm area of ​​my suit.

-Kudududuk-

The agent from headquarters didn’t even blink an eye at the fierce aura the branch manager was giving off.

“You. You···. dog.”

The branch manager tried to tear apart the brat who was teasing him by any means necessary, but he couldn’t control his body.

“Head office, we don’t need a dog that bites its owner. If there is such a dog, we will dispose of it. You know this, right, Branch Manager?”

A sound came from the radio that had been thrown on the floor.

[Chijijik- Wolf. It’s a wolf. The monster wolves are attacking. Chijijik-]

“The problem is the bastards, both here and there. Aren’t they?”

Kkuddududduk-

Jjieeeeeek-

The branch manager’s clothes began to tear little by little, revealing his swollen muscles. Hairs growing on his arms as if time was being fast-forwarded.

Woooooooo-

“When you raise a puppy, it’s heartbreaking that there’s always someone like this. Really···.”

The head office agent muttered to himself and pulled out a syringe shaped like a gun. The moment the branch manager’s body, frozen in place, tried to shake off the transparent grip, the syringe was stuck in his neck.

Chick-

As the clear liquid was sucked into the nape of the branch manager’s neck, the fierce momentum subsided in an instant.

Krrrrrr-

As if asking when that happened, the head office agent snickered while looking at the branch manager who was growling softly.

“She is definitely an amazing woman.”

About one is really···.

I thought she was some crazy woman who didn’t know anything about the world because she wanted to have a partnership with the headquarters, but it seems she had the ability to show off like that.

“Then let’s see how it turns out. The branch manager will have to work hard.”

Krrrrrr-

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The Holy Kingdom’s strike force, led by tanks, arrived near Toledo in no time.

The basic range of the 155mm Paladin self-propelled howitzer and the 155mm howitzer was about 30km. The distance between Detroit and Toledo was only 20 to 25 miles (32 to 40km), so if extended-range ammunition was used, a direct shot from Detroit could be used to blow up Toledo.

However, there was a reason why it approached within 25 km.

“What is this?” (A trap?)

A voice that didn’t fit in the command vehicle asked Ms. Kim.

[Of course. Then did you think I would just slam it in?]

The plan was to focus their attention on Tollido. That is, to blow up the entire city with firepower. Not just pretending, but really.

“My baby has grown a lot.” (You’ve grown a lot.)

Director Yu Mark 2, who had grown up in the meantime, smiled while looking at the scoreboard.

“But. What about the Node Jjekyubye?” (But. What about the scouts?)

[The wolf kids are taking care of it.]

Hmm-

“Our Jjagyu?” (Our scout?)

[We’re scouting with wolves and crows. The footage you’re seeing on the situation board right now is the footage they sent.]

Scouting was important in war.

This is even more so in a situation where there are no satellites or drones like now. It was already a mess on the Afghan highlands front line where even drones were shot down by satellites, so it would be even more miserable in a situation where you can’t even see them.

‘I won the scout fight and went in.’

The bright areas on the map were gradually increasing. The areas where the wolves and crows had been sending reconnaissance images were increasing.

‘You said you were going to bomb with crows, right? You were going to pursue and destroy with wolves.’

The pursuit and annihilation battles and bombing were more advanced techniques than I thought. It was a tactic that I couldn’t know in my head. Being able to do that…

‘You’re going to use animals as skilled soldiers? Well, it’s not impossible.’

There is a saying called the Emu Wars.

This is the story that comes up every time people get excited about a war between animals and humans. It was the absurd result of the Australian government declaring defeat after failing to catch the ostrich that looked like a squirrel.

Although there were several reasons why the punitive force failed to capture the emu herd at the time, one important reason was that they made tactical moves on the subject of animals.

‘Even though we were shooting at point-blank range with machine guns, we could only catch 12 of them.’

Even the emu, which is just a normal animal, was like that, but in the current situation where animal mutations are accelerating, it is difficult to predict what will happen.

Director Yu Mark 2 thought the animals were dangerous.

“What the hell is this? What the hell is this?” (Is that okay? Animals are learning?)

Crows and wolves may be helpful now, but can we afford to have animals that have properly learned how to fight humans?

[Are you worried that the wolf and the crow might do something else later? Oh, come to think of it, you haven’t greeted our highest dignity properly, have you?]

“What about the body?” (Highest dignity?)

[Yeah. You’ll get a feel for it once you see it. I’ll make a place for you when this work is over. Look forward to it. You might recall many good memories. Yeah.]

Crazy bitch. Are you still looking for the highest dignity or something like that? Maybe it’s because you’re from that side, but you think so. Director Yoo Mark 2 brushed off Kim Yang’s words like that.

Anyway, for now, the wolf and the crow are acting as scouts, so we had to take that into account when developing our strategy.

“It’s empty at 8 o’clock.”

So send a scout there.

“Ambush confirmed at the end of the road-”

Looking at the end of the road, it looks like a good place for enemies to ambush, so let’s check it out.

Kim Yang moved the military based on the information sent by Director Yu Mark 2.

The northern part of Tully was quickly engulfed in flames.

Tullydo Branch.

There was a low, muffled noise coming from the disconnected radio.

[Chijijik- chijijijik–]

[Beep- Beep]

[chijik- beep- chijijik- beep]

The Tully branch staff sent out as scouts were disappearing in an instant. It was the first time they had reported a wolf attack, but now they were all being wiped out without being able to report what had attacked them.

So, the wolf attacks had become more stealthy. More importantly, the wolves were hunting armed scouts, and the Holy Kingdom was using the wolves to hunt scouts.

“Crow bombing is dangerous enough, but wolves? I guess the kingdom is planning to set up an animal farm. By the way, if I hadn’t checked this, I think I would have been tired later. Isn’t that right, Branch Manager?”

Krrrrrr-

The headquarters agent who usurped command from the branch manager mobilized the Toledo branch staff to test the response of the Holy Kingdom military.

It wasn’t like there was no way to avoid crows or wolves.

Because just by detonating tear gas canisters, we could block the eyes and noses of the animals.

Ironically, the use of tear gas was also a method first popularized by Vladimir Kalin.

“Well, what are we going to do if we can’t use our Animal Farm friends? We’re going to use the exosuit soldiers as scouts, right?”

Contrary to expectations, the tank came forward. The eyes of the headquarters agent narrowed at this.

“I guess the tactics are a bit shaky. It’s disappointing to see the Javelin as water···.”

Before the word disappointment could be uttered, 155mm shells rained down on the ambush point set up by the Javelin. The artillery fire completely leveled the ambush point and the surrounding area.

From then on, similar situations continued. The suspected ambush area was simply cleared by artillery fire, and the remaining troops were literally massacred by charging forward with tanks.

There were no prisoners. No surrenders were taken.

“What is this···.”

The same thing happens when you rush into the northern part of Tully.

The Holy Kingdom forces move forward by demolishing any buildings or structures that they deem strange.

“There’s no choice. Let’s launch a suicide attack.”

The headquarters agents had no worries, as the Tully branch had created an excellent suicide squad using short-term brainwashing. Could this also be stopped?

“Please save me.”

An old woman approached with a child who appeared to be her granddaughter. As if that was a signal, people began to emerge from the corners of the collapsed building one by one.

[Stop there. If you move, I’ll shoot.]

The exosuit’s muzzle was pointed at the people, but the people began to slowly approach, centering around the old man in the lead.

“Here. At least the kids, please.”

Kim Yang’s voice penetrated into the exosuit helmet of the soldier who was unable to pull the trigger while aiming the gun.

[Hey- 3rd Platoon, Number 12, Idiot. I mean you. You. Get out of here right now. Get going.]

[Poem- Implementation-]

“Ms. Kim said, after clearing away a disorganized soldier.

[What did I say? I said I gave the civilians enough time to evacuate?]

[······.]

[······.]

[Then what are those things that surround the unit?]

[The enemy!]

[The enemy!]

[Yes. Enemy. Fire!]

Thud thud thud!

The 12.7mm bullets continued to rain down for a moment, but those with bombs strapped to their bodies began to explode.

bang!

Kwakwakwang!

Explosions began to spread here and there in Tully. The headquarters agent who saw it shook his head.

“That guy. He really is a crazy guy. There was a reason the head office told him not to scratch it.”

Krrrrrr-

“Well. Let’s try one last thing. So, Branch Manager, use your strength. All the employees here are going to die.”

Kwaaaaah!

As if following the branch manager’s somewhat twisted shout.

Wow! Wow!

Kwoooooo!

Responses erupted from all over the collapsed city.