Rust - Chapter 497



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RUST -497

How long had it been since General Edmund Garfield went out with his adjutant? Somehow, as time passed, Maru began to feel a little uneasy.

“······.”

“······.”

But since he came as the king of a country, shouldn’t he have brought something to drink or something like that, even if he neglected me?

“Can I take a look around?”

Since it was my first time on an aircraft carrier, I wanted to take a look around. Since it was my house anyway, I thought it would be good to take a look around beforehand.

“Please wait a moment.”

[···You said you wanted to look around the ship. Yes···. Yes. Okay.]

I could faintly hear the soldier’s voice explaining the situation through the walkie-talkie. From what I could hear, it seemed like things weren’t going well.

“They say it’s a bit difficult right now.”

“Well, then there’s nothing I can do.”

Maru sat down and calmly drew his sword.

The bodyguards standing nearby flinched, but no one aimed their guns or pulled the trigger.

‘The level of training is quite high.’

It was a floor that felt a little disappointing somehow.

Since I knew there were cannibals, I was going to have to run into them at some point anyway. So I thought it would be good if they laid out the plan for me, but I held back.

‘I see you’re wasting time by going into a meeting, so I guess an opportunity will come.’

Krrrrrr- The sound of metal rubbing against metal was scary.

Is this a difficult decision?

Will you come to the kingdom or not?

Or can I meet somewhere else and then decide?

It takes time to decide this?

That must mean he’s thinking about something else. Then what could he be thinking? The female soldier came in carrying a tray filled with various things.

“Would you like something to drink? What would you like?”

Maru glanced at the drinks on the tray and chose a bottle of water.

“To Navian···.”

“yes.”

After opening the cap of the water bottle, the female soldier poured some into a transparent glass and placed the glass gently in front of Maru. Maru looked at the woman for a moment, then pushed the glass to the side and spoke.

“Ah- That would be better than this. Loria Lemonade.”

“···Would you like to do that?”

She poured a bottle of soda into a glass, pop pop pop pop – the sound of the carbonation rising was refreshing. She filled the glass and carefully placed it down on the floor in front of her.

“······.”

“······.”

Maru, who was looking at the cup containing clear water and the glass of sparkling lemonade, smiled and spoke to the woman.

“The name is… Yes, Lieutenant Sheryl. Since I have a good ear, I was curious. At first, I thought it might be possible, but the second time was the same. Why didn’t I hear the sound of a bottle cap being opened?”

“Huh? What do you mean?”

“What do you mean?”

“I don’t understand what you are trying to say.”

Maru, with the corners of his mouth curved long, pushed a glass of lemonade in front of him toward the woman.

“Okay. Try it.”

“!”

Sweat beads began to form on So-called’s forehead.

“I told you to drink it quickly.”

“I. That···.”

Maru nodded, leaving her hesitating.

“It’s probably not poison. Maybe some kind of sleeping pill or anesthetic?”

At that muttering, one of the bodyguards standing right next to him pointed his gun at Maru’s legs.

Chul-chul- che-jeok-

After getting shot in the leg, whether you were a war hero or something from the Holy Kingdom, you would start squeaking like a chick.

‘So let’s just hit him once and calm him down.’

Just as the bodyguard was about to pull the trigger, Maru moved first.

bang-

Bam-

The scabbard on the table was pushed to the side and struck the bodyguard’s gun.

Huh-

Lieutenant Sheryl, who was sweating profusely at the command to drink, suddenly fell to the ground after being shot.

“What the heck!”

The guard who fired his gun in the wrong place kicked the floor while swearing, but it was no use. The floor was sitting and the scabbard was extended.

Kkeuk-

The center was wide open with a kick. As the scabbard was firmly embedded in that precious spot, the bodyguard who had collapsed froze in place. Even though he was making a strange sound like a squeak-squeak- the other soldiers did not rush in hastily.

‘As expected, it’s pretty good.’

Maru was glad because it was hard to find properly trained soldiers. If he said he would attack, it would be quick, but these people here are experienced aircraft carrier soldiers. They were too good to be thrown away.

So, Maru thought that instead of killing him, he should just lightly touch him with his sword, so when he got up from his chair, the bodyguards’ mood changed.

“Just sit down.”

“You tried to give him medicine but failed, and then you suddenly shot him?”

Mungkul- The life force poured out of Maru’s body. Death rose up through the air. Several weak soldiers lost consciousness under the thick aura of death.

Ugh-

Unlike those who lost consciousness in an instant, the bodyguard who had been talking to Maru did not fall and held on. He was the bodyguard who resisted even though he was the closest and would have been exposed to the closest living being.

Although he controlled it appropriately so as not to die from a heart attack, it was still amazing that he could endure this much of his first taste of life.

‘It’s great, but why does it feel so uncomfortable?’

Bang- Maru, who had hit the bodyguard’s wrist and made him drop the machine gun, looked around at the scabbard in his hand. It was clean, without a single dent.

“That’s strange.”

One by one, soldiers began to appear, rolling their eyes and foaming at the mouth from the overflowing murderous intent.

“A monster. A monster···.”

‘What kind of monster is that?’

Maru’s eyes, which were about to pass by leniently since they were going to be taken care of anyway, changed in an instant. Those who could hold on to life to some extent were either people with abilities, cannibals, or mutants.

“Are you a cannibal?”

“FUCK YOU!!”

That’s right. A cannibal.

Maru’s eyes turned cold as he saw the guys pouring in through the steel door that slammed open.

Kkuddeuk!

Blood began to spurt out along with the sound of leather cracking.

Tadadadadang-

The narrow space with no place to hide, Maru, pushed out Eclipse.

As more bullets struck the sword, the invisible vibrations spreading from the blade grew stronger.

“What is that?”

“Why! Why isn’t it working!”

“Shoot! Keep shooting!”

As Maru, who had been pushed in, swung Eclipse, the aircraft carrier, its steel body torn apart, howled.

The walls were torn apart, the cannibals who had been shooting were torn to pieces, and even the tables and chairs were split into black lines.

Thud thud thud-

The other side of the conference room turned into a sea of ​​blood in an instant.

What those inside the tightly locked hatch saw was a crimson blade piercing through the thick iron plate.

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[Chiik- We have taken control of the aircraft carrier. We will receive the surrender of the frigate next to it and immediately hunt down the cannibals. Beep-]

“All right.”

Hood shook his head without realizing it.

He said he would go to the aircraft carrier alone, and took control of it in an instant. It only took 2 and a half hours to take control of an aircraft carrier with over 4,500 crew members?

‘I knew it, but it’s still ridiculous when I look at it again.’

Even if we lost half of them to the infection, that’s still over 2,200 people. So how many people did you catch per minute?

“Signal to enemy frigates. Our forces now have control of the aircraft carrier. Disarm and surrender.”

“The signal has been sent.”

“Warn them that if they don’t surrender, you will attack.”

“yes.”

There were only two frigates on that side. One was wrecked and the other was in bad shape, while this side had two airships, a Crow bombardment squadron of nearly ten thousand, and five fresh Aegis ships.

Because the difference in power was so overwhelming that even the aircraft carrier that had to be protected was destroyed, the escort ship gave up quickly.

“I surrender.”

“Start by hunting down the cannibals right away. Then send them to the aircraft carrier as reinforcements.”

It was the moment when the 2nd aircraft carrier group entered the arms of the Holy Ark Kingdom.

Unlike the smooth surrender process, the fight against the cannibals aboard the aircraft carrier went more messy.

[There appears to be a higher level entity. There appear to be at least three.]

“It’s more complicated inside than I thought. We need to clean it up before those cannibals get into trouble.”

General Edmund Garfield, who had been listening to Hood and Maru’s conversation, spoke in a deep voice.

“Don’t even rats try to hide from the dangers of death? If you think you’re going to die anyway, you have no choice but to resist.”

When Maru took control of the aircraft carrier, it was General Edmund Garfield who surrendered meekly.

‘Hmm. Maybe you still can’t let go of your attachment?’

‘It’s hard to find a general with experience commanding a fleet.’

If there was no tying or breaking, I couldn’t entrust the fleet to him.

If you watch, you’ll know.

“Do whatever you want.”

“Thank you.”

General Edmund Garfield began broadcasting himself.

They said that if they surrendered now, they would be given a small boat and a path to go anywhere. However, even after half a day, not a single cannibal came out to surrender.

“······.”

The general was quite shocked. Even if they were cannibals, he thought they were his subordinates. So he tried to find a way for them to survive, but this is the result.

“That’s the nature of cannibals. Even if they were following the general’s orders, it would have been an act. In fact, their true intentions were different.”

“···So what do you plan to do?”

“How about using nerve gas?”

“Because it is a state-of-the-art aircraft carrier, it is automatically prepared for radiological, chemical, biological, and radiological warfare.”

What I’m saying is that using a small V like an x ​​or tear gas isn’t effective.

But it’s not right to just leave the cannibals stuck there.

‘Huh? Just leave it? That’s a good idea, isn’t it?’

Since it needed major repairs anyway, we had to go into the shipyard. What would happen if they blocked the main entrance while they were doing the repairs?

These cannibals are not afraid to eat their own kind if their cannibalistic desires are not satisfied, so blocking the entrance and starving them was the solution.

They said that it would take at least three months to repair, so it was enough to starve them to death. The general spoke a little cautiously when he said that the entire fleet would be repaired.

“It’s the same for repairing Aegis destroyers, but you also need a large shipyard to repair aircraft carriers.”

What was needed was not just a simple shipyard, but a state-of-the-art shipyard.

“I know a good shipyard. My relationship with them is not bad either.”

The 2nd Fleet, consisting of seven Aegis destroyers and one state-of-the-art aircraft carrier, moved toward New York.

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A crack appeared slightly on General Dan Brown’s expressionless face.

“Are you saying that we failed even though we sent three legend-class ships and two ocean-going patrol ships?”

“The southerners brought the Aegis ship.”

“Even if it was an Aegis ship, wasn’t it a radio interference? The radar performance would have been reduced for both them and us. Do you think it’s reasonable to make the excuse that we lost because it was an Aegis ship?”

“It couldn’t be helped because the qualitative difference wasn’t enough to overcome it.”

The qualitative difference in the troops could not be ignored. The Coast Guard literally focused on coastal security work and training. The only combat experience was dealing with things like drug smuggling yachts.

The qualitative difference in the ships could not be ignored either. The Legend-class ship with a full-load displacement of 4,500 tons was considered large, but compared to the Arleigh Burke-class Aegis destroyer with a displacement of 8,200 to 9,000 tons, it was about half the size.

The same goes for armament. Even if they added missile launchers and various other equipment, they were not meant to be compared to Aegis destroyers.

This side is the Coast Guard, the other side is the Navy. Since the two of them fought, it was a great feat just to return without being completely destroyed. Moreover, didn’t they sink the other side’s Aegis ship?

“Yeah. Ha-”

General Dan Brown was so sorry. He was so sorry that his feelings were revealed.

If only the Second Fleet could be obtained, the way to the South could be opened. All that was needed was to seize the Florida peninsula, plant the Second Fleet there, and secure supremacy over the seas.

[Your Majesty, this is a message from Prince Vladimir Kalin. He wants to hold an emergency meeting today.]

“Today? Suddenly?”

Before the report could even end, the emergency bell rang.

[Emergency. A fleet of seven Aegis ships and one aircraft carrier is approaching New York from the Atlantic Ocean!]

“Are they southerners?”

[Not sure yet.]

[Confirmation of receipt! This is the Sacred Ark Kingdom···.]

[I repeat, approaching carrier flotilla. This is the carrier flotilla of the Holy Ark Kingdom.]

[Prince Vladimir Kalin is riding.]

The face of General Dan Brown cracked again.