Rust - Chapter 586



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RUST [RUST]-586

The sight of living creatures being turned into pieces of meat evoked awe in those who saw it. Awe that went beyond fear.

Roy Stern’s men had no intention of firing even after filling their empty magazines with special bullets. Major Roy Stern was no exception.

The armored soldier he was piloting had his arms torn off and was broken here and there, almost beyond repair. He fought with his life on the line, but the buffalo monster was a monster that was difficult to maintain aggro against.

Later, they realized that they were drawing aggro, so they split into two groups and tried to escape the minefield.

‘······’

What can you say when the monster buffalo you fought so fiercely is torn apart like packaged meat from a supermarket in less than a minute?

Only Kim Yang shrugged his shoulders with shining eyes. How wonderful it is to use one’s major. It’s good to be the king and the highest dignity, but sometimes seeing someone like that just made me shine.

[What are you all doing? You’re not even packing meat. We need to drain the blood first. Get ready quickly. It’s a waste of blood, so move quickly.]

If you do it right, you can even make Seonjihaejangguk. Although Sagol Gomtang is good, isn’t it the season when Seonjihaejangguk is also great? Under the command of Kim Yang, the guards and soldiers prepared their equipment.

‘Is that a chainsaw? No way?’

What are you guys doing now?

Are you going to eat the monster buffalo?

Although Major Roy Stern and his men’s expressions turned pale, everyone in the Holy Kingdom, including Kim Yang and the guards, were licking their lips.

‘What is this?’

Didn’t they say that undercooked monster meat is at risk of being infected with a mutant virus? They said that it’s okay if it’s cooked enough, but it’s not like there’s nothing to eat, so why would you eat it while enduring the discomfort…

While Roy Stern could not hide his bewildered expression, a dozen monster buffaloes were quickly moved, bled, and then dismembered.

The surviving buffaloes were unable to move, covered in urine, even as they watched the humans rush in and tear apart their fellows right before their eyes.

Muo-

Mooooo-

Just a low whine.

Despite the mournful sound, Maru shook off the blood and fat stuck to Eclipse.

‘Are there 12 left?’

Maru approaches the monster buffalo as if he were going for a walk.

And the buffaloes, unable to escape from such a floor, were frozen as if they had been cursed with petrification, and cried softly.

Mooooo

Ummmmmm

The once fierce gaze had turned into a gentle cow, as if nothing had happened. Maru chuckled at the sight of her tears hanging down her face.

[Hey. Open your eyes again. Stick your horns out.]

You roared that it was good, but where did you get your emotions from?

Kim Yang sent a message to Maru, who was trying to resume work.

[But. If we catch all of them, we won’t be able to carry them. Right now, we’ll have to go back and forth twice? Three times? And if we catch them all here, wouldn’t it be bad for freshness and other things?]

[hmm-]

That’s what it was.

[What should I do? Our freezer is overflowing with what we’ve caught so far. Oh, and it’s cold these days, so it might be okay to store it outside.]

Maru thought for a moment, then called in Psychometric Erica. First, he needed to find out where these things came from and why they came.

[And bring a nurse with you when you travel back and forth on the airship.]

[nurse?]

“Why Unit 1?” Maru answered, pointing to Buffalo, who was frozen in place, as Kim Yang looked at him with a questioning look in her eyes.

[To see if I can communicate with those too.]

[-Okay.]

While Kim Yang flew towards Detroit with the first batch of meat, Maru and Psychometry began to work on finding out where the monster buffalo came from.

“You came from very far away?”

“Where?”

“Wood Buffalo National Park.”

“Wood Buffalo?”

“yes.”

Maru’s expression hardened as he checked the map. Wood Buffalo National Park, where the monsters were said to have come, was a whopping 4,500km away from here, north of Ottawa.

“How did you end up here? Did humans intervene?”

Either they were under the influence of psychic powers or they were given orders by someone who could communicate with animals, like a nurse.

“No, it’s not. It looks like they escaped a really big bear and a pack of wolves.”

A bear so big that it can run away from a herd of buffalo the size of a two-story house?

The monster bear that made the ‘bear’ soup was also quite large. The wolves were as big as an SUV. But even bigger bears and wolves?

“Deer? Moose? I think they ran away from bears and wolves too.”

“Compared to our kids?”

“It makes a lot of difference. A lot.”

So the story is that the current monster wave situation was caused by herbivores running away because of carnivores in the north.

If they had beast heads, they would have wandered around the surrounding area, but this means that herbivores with smarter heads have migrated.

“Why now of all times and why here?”

“Uh- so, we left last year. I think we just arrived now.”

It is said that as it fled south, it found a road made by humans and went east on that road. Because it was so big, it ate a lot in a day, and eventually continued to move east.

“First of all, if you go on the road, there are humans, and if you destroy human houses and buildings, humans will buy time, so they attacked.”

“So the reason these guys attacked the fortress was to destroy the building and divert the attention of the bears and wolves that were following them?”

“-Uh, from what I read with psychometry, it seems like that.”

“Crazy. If that’s the case, why don’t you lure them near the fortress and have them fight each other? Why are you destroying the building and attacking the fortress?”

“If the fort or building is still standing, the wolves and bears will avoid fighting humans, so it must have been done on purpose.”

“under-?”

So, it was said that the bear and the wolf noticed that they were going to fight and avoided it. They said that they would not eat the shell unless it was broken and the meat was exposed. The buffalo and moose knew this and attacked the human buildings and forts.

The herbivores, with their intelligence, searched for groups of humans that could pose a threat to the bears and wolves even after the building collapsed, and the area they ended up with was the northern part of the Holy Kingdom.

“These are the ones who are thinking of each other.”

“yes.”

The herbivores were looking for humans and predators to fight, and the carnivores, who realized that they were trying to induce a fight with humans, avoided it. When the carnivores avoided humans and rushed at them, the herbivores tried to buy time by throwing humans, which were good to eat and tasty.

And when the humans threw them to eat, they moved to areas where strong humans gathered to inflict more damage on the carnivores.

The reason they didn’t extend the front line too far and instead penetrated deep was simply to allow the bears and wolves that followed to enter deeper into human territory.

“So that’s what happened.”

This was the reason why the wolf unit was annihilated. The large carnivores were closely following the buffalo and moose, so they went out to scout and got caught.

That evening, Ms. Kim returned with additional troops and nurses. Maru immediately called a meeting, summarized the situation that Erika had found out, and posted it on the bulletin board.

“-The current situation doesn’t end with catching the herbivorous monsters. Carnivorous monsters are following them.”

The operation was revised. It didn’t end with the herbivores killing the transformed monsters. They had to catch the ones that followed them all at once.

“Can you communicate with Nanae Buffalo?”

“Uh- It seems possible, but it’s difficult to talk.”

“Why? Did you say you wanted to die?”

“Oh, that’s not it. I’m too scared to communicate.”

So, Maru had a cold expression on his face when the nurse explained that he was not in his right mind because he had a strong case of PSTD.

“Go and tell me now. If you don’t answer correctly, today will be your last day.”

There are currently 14 surviving buffalo. Four were seriously injured but were slowly recovering, and the 10 with minor injuries were almost fully recovered.

“What should I say?”

“Would you rather be slaughtered alive or fight a carnivore?”

The buffaloes had no choice. The one with the highest chance of survival was to fight the carnivores.

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The place where the mutated moose herd trampled was nothing but ruins. There was no sign of life in C-Sector 11 and C-Sector 18.

In order to avoid the radio interference that becomes stronger as the monsters gather, a squadron of crows was mobilized. Thanks to the crows that were stationed at regular intervals carrying small repeaters, communications were connected all the way to the northernmost fortress.

[Chijijik- His Majesty Vladimir Kalin has arrived—. Beep— He has captured the monster buffalo that has invaded the center, and is now advancing north! Chiik- Beep- His Majesty will soon arrive at the northern fortress area. Beep- Beep- Gentlemen, do not waste your lives and Chijik- hold your ground. Beep–]

“Ooooooh-”

“Long live the Holy Kingdom!”

“Glory be to His Majesty Vladimir Kalin!”

“Quiet. You all heard me? All we have to do is hold on tight like a mouse. Just hold on. Just hold on.”

The outer and inner walls were breached, and now all that remained were underground bunkers. Fortunately, the monster moose had only destroyed the fort and were moving south along the road.

“If you were just going to go down like that, then why did you attack us?”

“That’s right, that’s right.”

“It’s difficult to stop such a large monster with a 30mm machine gun.”

“Even the Javelin missiles couldn’t do their job.”

If it was an anti-tank missile, it would have been powerful enough to penetrate tank armor. Of course, it should have been effective, but it didn’t work well on the monster moose.

“Only special rounds made from monster byproducts were effective. Armor-piercing incendiary and armor-piercing explosive rounds were also effective, but were woefully inadequate in stopping power.”

“Whew- Let’s transmit the engagement information while communication is maintained. Is there still no news from the Wolf Unit?”

“We’re trying to locate them by linking up with Crow Squadron, but there’s no trace of them.” “We’ve received an emergency video from Crow Squadron.”

“Put it on the screen.”

The footage taken by the crows showed a pack of wolves leisurely approaching from a distance.

“It’s not a wolf pack. It’s strange that a pack of that size remains in this area.”

As the wolves that had defected to the Holy Kingdom were conducting reconnaissance from a considerable distance, the wolves that had been living around the fortress were either driven out to other places or joined them.

“It’s not just a wolf. Look at the street. Look at the street.” “?”

distance?

The commander unconsciously rubbed his eyes. So, how can something this big be from this far away?

Wolves that were at least three to four times larger than the Royal Army’s wolf unit, if not as large as the monster Moose, were approaching.

Sniff sniff

The image of a pack of wolves approaching, sniffing around, and licking their lips as they looked toward an underground bunker hidden in the ruins appeared on the monitor.

The soldiers in the underground bunker hushed their voices at the ominous sight.

The wolves leisurely approached the underground bunker and began digging the ground as if they were looking for buried dog poop.

It began digging into the bunker’s reinforced concrete, using its huge clawed forelimbs like an excavator.

Although the soldiers who had been hesitating fiercely resisted, spraying tear gas and sauce and pepper, the wolves never rushed and took turns pressuring the bunker.

Boom! Whoosh! Whoosh!

“Tear gas!” “Tear gas, quick!”

“They’re all gone.” “Fuck!!! Where’s the flamethrower?”

“There’s no fuel.” “Then sprinkle some hot sauce on it! Sprinkle some pepper on it!”

Hot sauce was sprayed from the spout that came through the bunker ceiling.

Keeeeeeng. Keung. Keung!

A wolf with a hot sauce-covered nose and snout popped its head out.

Kkkkkkkkkk

Kreuk kreuk kreuk-

The other wolves laughed like humans as they watched the wolf glowing with excitement. The soldiers in the bunker seemed to be heartbroken at the sight of the wolves laughing like humans.

“Hang in there. He said he’d come if you just held on.”

“Whoa! Whoa!-”

The rifle bullets were useless.

12.7mm armor-piercing bullets were also useless.

The special bullets for monsters have been out for a long time.

Still, the soldiers held on and held on.

The soldiers held out, but the bunker could not.

Kwajik- Kwaddeuk-

The sound of the bunker ceiling, which was full of holes here and there, being torn off. And the sight of the monster wolves licking their lips like rats in poison approached like a slow fate.

The wolf that had been gaping like that raised its head.

The wolf’s ears perked up and moved left and right.

All the wolves who had been lying on their stomachs watching from the side sat up and looked south.

Krr?

Krrrrrr-

The atmosphere of the wolves changed in an instant, and the soldiers rebuilt the barricade in the gap. A subtle vibration was felt from the barricade that had been built.

Doo doo doo-

?

Knock knock knock-

Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo-

The roughly built barricade began to shake.

Mooooooooo!

Mwaaaaaaaaaaaa!!

A cow’s cry?

The scene captured on a crow reconnaissance camera was a herd of buffalo charging a pack of wolves.