Rust - Chapter 504



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RUST [RUST]-504

Kwaaaaang!

explosion?

What could possibly explode near an aircraft carrier?

There was no way the escorting Aegis ship had exploded, so all that was left were fighter jets.

Maru changed into his ripper suit and headed to the bridge.

‘If the fighter had exploded, it would have happened while slowing down to land.’

They say you have to eat it to know if it’s shit or soybean paste, but in the end, he lost all his precious power in vain. Even so, Maru thought generously. If he thought about it from a different perspective, it was understandable.

If you imagine yourself as the commander of the 2nd carrier battle group in your late 40s, you can understand. What if an Asian man who looked to be in his early 20s called himself the king of a kingdom he had never heard of before and captured an aircraft carrier with a single sword?

It must have been an unbelievable reality even if I saw it with my own eyes from beginning to end. Several days had passed, and now was the time when my senses, paralyzed by shock and fear, were slowly returning.

What would you think if the soldiers he commanded entered the five Aegis ships and began to manage the ships, and in fact, all seven aircraft carriers and Aegis ships were under his control?

On the positive side, he might have wanted to hammer home the point about securing command, and on the negative side, he might have been waiting for an opportunity, but Maru didn’t think someone like Edmund Garfield would be the one to take command.

‘It didn’t feel bad to you.’

He was a man who quickly surrendered and saved the lives of his subordinates, and he did his job without a hitch when there was no mention of his command authority.

‘Tsk- Should I have told you this when we were alone instead of in the control room?’

Well, if he thought that he was doing this and that while his subordinates were watching, then it couldn’t be helped.

I thought it was a pity to kill half of the veteran soldiers who had first taken control of the aircraft carrier control room. Then, Edmund Garfield ordered his men to surrender, and they all followed the order.

‘A general who is trusted and followed by his subordinates.’ In a world like today, he was a necessary talent. Maru had valued that aspect highly, but in an emergency like the present, it had become a source of conflict related to command authority.

‘It’s difficult. Where advice becomes an order.’

He was the king of the Holy Kingdom. Even if he had given advice with no ulterior motives, it would have been heard as an order by the recipient.

Kwaaang!

The explosion was heard again. It was close. It seemed like it had exploded while landing again.

Maru was more disappointed than angry, as he had been thinking of properly absorbing the entire 2nd Carrier Squadron.

‘What a waste of time losing a skilled pilot and fighter jet.’

It was really difficult to find skilled pilots because the reality was going to be ruined. It was important to minimize damage at all costs.

‘Then what should I do?’

Maru, who had calmed down, entered the control room.

“Clear the deck quickly!”

“We need to clean up the damage···.”

“The body comes later. The living come first!”

“Push the debris aside for now!”

The control room was in chaos.

It wasn’t a cold and mechanical response like it was depicted in movies or novels. It wasn’t without a certain amount of restraint, but it wasn’t a quiet atmosphere at all.

As Maru, fully armed, entered, the noisy control room suddenly became quiet. Maru ignored the pouring gazes and approached General Edmund Garfield.

“Let’s go outside and talk.”

“······.”

He nodded slightly toward his subordinates and followed Maru.

“How are things?”

Edmund Garfield’s face was twisted with grief.

“It’s not good.”

He was a man of sense. That was why Maru did not reprimand him further. After briefly controlling his emotions, he sighed softly.

“···They used tactics. Seagulls, you know.”

The seagulls were smarter than expected. Realizing that the Aegis ships’ firepower was formidable, the seagulls began hovering outside the Aegis ships’ air defense zone and waiting for an opportunity.

After waiting like that, conserving strength, the aircraft approached the aircraft carrier and followed closely behind.

“Because it came right next to the aircraft attempting to land, the Aegis ship’s air defense network could not respond.”

They came down together, using the landing fighter as a shield.

“I tried to catch the guys on the deck, but the standard 5.56mm bullets and 9mm bullets didn’t work at all.”

It took less than two minutes for the seven gulls that came down like that to cut the eighty-odd deckhands in half. Edmund Garfield said, wiping his face with his palm.

“What’s worse is that the aircraft doesn’t have much fuel left.”

The Seagulls’ Nest bombing was a really simple short-range bombing operation. They just dropped napalm on the Seagulls’ Nest, which had no anti-aircraft missiles or anti-aircraft guns.

Since it was a short flight, with a total operational distance of less than 140 miles (225 km) at best, there was no need to top up the remaining fuel.

Considering the variable of a night flight and the possibility of delays during landing, we refueled with ample fuel, but the variable of the flight deck being taken over by seagulls as it is now was not anticipated.

In any case, if we can’t deal with the seagulls that have taken over the flight deck and the flock of seagulls that are eagerly watching in the sky, the aircraft that ran out of fuel will end up crashing into the sea.

“How many seagulls are there?”

“We estimate there are 7 on deck and between 9,000 and 10,000 in the sky.”

They tried to sweep the flight deck with 25mm machine guns for close-in defense, but they couldn’t do that because of the aircraft on the flight deck.

“How many are on deck?”

“I’m in my teens.”

“The aircraft on standby for good.”

“It’s the 11th.”

Even if you do one every two minutes, it takes 22 minutes, and if you do one every three minutes, it takes 33 minutes. If an accident occurs or a problem occurs during the process, it takes even longer.

“I have no intention of interfering with the command. But is there any way to resolve the current situation?”

“······.”

Maru waited for a moment.

“···If not, let’s do this.”

The expression on General Edmund Gilbert’s face gradually changed as he listened to Maru’s plan while sleeping.

‘You’re crazy. You’re really crazy.’

And that madman was the King of the Holy Kingdom, the asymmetrical power, and the Blade of Death.

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Will this crazy thing work?

‘There is no other way···.’

General Edmund Garfield had no choice but to see the Holy Kingdom’s King Vladimir Kalin again. It was no wonder that Maru’s operation was a completely risky one that he had to face alone.

“All fleet. Lights out.”

“Fleet lights out-”

“Lights out!”

“Turn off all lights.”

The aircraft carrier battle group that had been shining like lanterns on the dark sea was suddenly plunged into darkness.

In pitch-black darkness.

Maru, with her stealth function activated, silently stepped onto the deck. Fortunately, the small, curved crescent moon was hidden by clouds.

‘Where are you?’

If the lights were suddenly turned off, wouldn’t he have been startled and collapsed in his seat? That would be nice. I tried to walk quietly, but I couldn’t hide the slight creaking sound.

Squeak-

The rusty sound was followed by a strange sound.

Creak-

A slimy feeling running up the soles of your feet.

Bird poop?

Here and there, there were marks from emergency repairs and bird droppings spread out like landmines. Fortunately, the seagulls did not react to the small sound.

‘Look at these.’

‘If you’re not deaf, then it’s probably psychological warfare?

Like it or not, Maru moved according to plan.

The soundless, silent footsteps were followed by the occasional, faint sound of metal being trampled.

‘Found it.’

Seagulls entered the HUD screen, which was spread out in green and lime green.

One was stuck to the landing gear, one was stuck next to the missile storage box, one was crouching under the aircraft’s roof. They were all positioned in places where they could avoid gunfire.

Maru chuckled at the sight of the bird burying its beak in its wing without moving at all, as if to say, ‘We’re sleeping.’

It hadn’t even been 5 minutes since I turned off the lights, and I had already fainted and fallen asleep? It would have been better if I had kept my eyes closed. Maru slowly narrowed the distance and reached within 10 meters, and held out Eclipse.

after-

Take a deep breath.

A slightly forward-leaning posture.

Bam-

And just one step.

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Each step was shot like an arrow, each sword was struck like lightning.

‘One.’

There was no sound of cutting, no sensation of piercing. The Eclipse simply passed through the carotid artery of the lowered seagull and headed for its next target.

Ppoduk- Ppodduk-

The heads of the seagulls that had buried their heads in the water were raised by the sound of the seagulls struggling with their carotid arteries cut off. The eyes of the seagulls, fluttering, turned to their fellow gulls who were fluttering pitifully.

Thump- The sound of light footsteps blended into the sound of the flapping wings of the dying seagull.

Foodduck- Kiru- Peodeok- Peodeok-

The moment the seagull perched on the missile storage box stretched its neck out, the black line hidden in the darkness left a red mark on the white seagull’s neck.

Then, with a thud, the seagull’s head fell and rolled onto the missile storage. As if it had just realized that it had lost its head, its headless body began to squirm.

Flap-flap-flap–

Foodduk-Puduk-

‘Two.’

The once silent deck began to fill with the sound of flapping wings and the final moans of a dying seagull.

Kkuruk- kkirururuk-

Kiruru Kirururu-

Only then did Maru rush towards the five seagulls that were starting to look around.

The sound of footsteps was already drowned out by the sound of flapping, struggling bodies, and the seagulls’ night vision could not detect the Ripper suit’s hiding place.

Crunch-

‘three.’

He skewered the one sitting under the wing of the plane and swung it around, throwing it at a seagull under the landing gear.

Puck – The moment the two seagulls tangled, Eclipse deeply connected them so that they became one.

‘four.’

In an instant, the number of seven was reduced to three, and the three remaining seagulls flew out from where they had been perched, raised their heads to the sky, and cried out.

Kkirurururuk!

Kkirurururur!!

The three survivors emerged from their hiding places and desperately banded together.

The seagulls, huddled together as if to protect each other’s backs, cried in unison. Between their cries, the sound of the air being torn penetrated.

The sound of feathers being cut, hide being torn, and neck bones being severed was one syllable.

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‘Five. Six. Seven.’

The desperate cries echoed through the silent night sky for only a moment.

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The aircraft carrier control room, where live footage from Maru’s tactical camera was being viewed, was filled with exclamations.

“Oh My God···.”

“What the Hell···.”

“JES···.”

It took a little over a minute to deal with all seven of the monster seagulls that had slaughtered 40 of the 80 armed sailors.

It was a movement that could only be noticed after playing it in slow motion, as you wouldn’t know what was happening just by looking at it.

“Oh my god. Is that possible?”

“······.”

You’re saying you can cut down a monster seagull that can’t be hit by 5.56mm NATO bullets with just a knife? That knife isn’t some kind of super-vibration cutter or plasma thing, right?

“Everyone be quiet.”

The control room, which had been noisy, became quiet at Commander Edmund Garfield’s words.

“Radar. Situation report.”

“Ouch. Uh- Uh- A flock of seagulls are moving.”

The flock of seagulls that had been hovering in place began to move. The radar screen became white with the movement of the flock of over 10,000 seagulls.

“The direction of movement is toward the friendly fleet.”

“I repeat, Flock of Seagulls, moving towards friendly fleet.”

“The seagull’s speed over a distance of 20 miles (32 km) is… The speed is….”

A radar soldier who can’t speak properly.

“Speed?”

“The speed is weird. It says 221 miles (355 km).”

The top speed of a seagull is known to be around 100 miles per hour. That’s about 150-160 kilometers per hour. But this crazy monster seagull was going at more than twice that speed.

Biologically, physically, aerodynamically, it was impossible for a seagull to reach that speed. It wasn’t a vertical dive from the sky, but a 200 mph flight by flapping its wings?

General Edmund Garfield could see the surrealism that Vladimir Kalin had warned him about. A flock of ten thousand monstrous seagulls were flying madly toward him.

“The main seagull force is now approaching according to plan.”

[Chick- How long does it take to get there?]

“I think we’ll get there in three minutes at the earliest. I think we’ll get there in four minutes at the latest.”

[Beep- Even if they arrive and attack, you must not attack before the signal.]

“Okay, then.”

[And. Beep- deck emergency repairs.]

“yes.”

[Did you repair it with rusty materials?]

“Rusty stuff? That’s impossible.”

[I’m saying this because the repaired deck section is completely rusted and crumbling.]

What is that?

Just as General Edmund Garfield was about to respond to Maru’s words, the radar operator shouted.

“We’ve arrived. Seagull Flock over the fleet! We’re heading for the carrier!”

Foodddddddd

The air began to tremble slightly.