Rust - Chapter 624



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RUST [RUST]-624

Sosososososo-

Dodododododok-

The sound of something moving was coming closer.

‘Fuck! What the hell?’

He was embarrassed by the feeling he felt for the first time after becoming a noble, so he decided to leave the place for the time being.

He stepped on the wall, climbed up the streetlight, and jumped to the next building. Knock-knock-knock! After a refreshing sound, he jumped 8~9m and looked down.

The place where he had been was suddenly covered by a gray, swaying mass.

‘mouse?’

The free fall started while I was looking down for a moment.

His brow furrowed as he reached out to the windowsill to steady himself.

There were already thousands, maybe even tens of thousands of rats swarming the road. It was so absurd and absurd that I stopped for a moment, and then a pain so strong it made my hair stand on end spread across my body.

“Ahh! Shit! What the heck!”

A swear word escaped his lips as he felt the pain of having his finger chewed off. The hot pain he felt in his fingers that were holding onto the window frame.

!!!

And then there was this little rat whose eyes met his.

A little mouse with a red snout looked at him and cried softly.

Sizzle-

The strange cry made me feel as if I had been splashed with cold water. Not ‘like my finger was being chewed off’, but actually being chewed up by a rat.

“What the f–k!”

He grabbed the window frame with his other hand and launched himself. A flat can landed on his face as he lightly defied gravity.

Can?

canister?

Phew!

A can-shaped thermobaric bomb exploded in his face. The man’s body crashed to the ground as fast as it had risen against gravity.

Choaaaak-

A man who stopped his fall by shooting black spiderweb-like things with a device attached to his forearm. The man, hanging in the air, let out a hideous scream with his face burned.

“This is fucking bullshit…!”

A live replay of the sizzling face.

Sizzle-

Before the man could finish screaming, the black thread that was supporting his body snapped and he fell to the floor. A sound echoed in the empty space, as if it was just waiting for the man to fall.

Iron-pudeok-

A pack of rats rushed at him all at once, as if they had been waiting for the moment to hit the ground. The first rat to bite the man’s ankle was kicked away before it could chew it a second time.

Boom- A rat flew away with the sound of a leather bag, got tangled with other rats, and collapsed. And a swarm of rats climbed over that tangle.

Ugh-

Knock-knock-

Agjak-

The wounds on his face were healing in real time, and the torn Achilles tendon was closing, but it was no use. The rats that covered his entire body were biting him one by one faster than the wounds were healing.

Kkaaaak!

A desperate scream rose from the circle of rats that had formed the hill.

In just a few seconds, most of his fingers had been ripped off, one eyeball had been eaten away, and his face was gouged out, exposing his cheekbone.

“It’s all gone!!!!”

The red blood flowing down turned into sharp thorns that rose up.

Bam!

Papapapak!

Even though there were dozens of rats hanging around the man’s body like fish cakes on a skewer, the rats still rushed at him.

Once, twice, three times···.

Gasp-gasp- gasp—

As the thorny vines made of crimson blood spread out, the field mice are skewered one after another. And then a group of field mice trample on the dying field mice and run over them.

“Fuck!”

Am I going to die here like this?

juvenescence!

Just knowing that rejuvenation exists in the Divine Realm…

The man, who was still alive despite his ribs and spine showing in gray, jumped desperately. He had to climb up to the next building and avoid the wave of rats rushing in like a tsunami.

uh?

Only after jumping in a hurry did the man realize.

That the exterior walls of the building were shaking.

And because of the blood flowing from my eyelids being chewed, my vision became red and I couldn’t distinguish colors.

The exterior walls of the building were already swarming with rats. He jumped toward the swarm of rats.

Sizzle?

Sizzle!

And the sight reflected in the pupil of the one remaining man.

It was like the rats that had been stuck to the wall were jumping towards him.

“Ah. No!!!”

Tub-

Turbo method-

Kwajik-

The last flight filled with the will to live ended in failure.

After a while, the mice that had been moving as a group suddenly stopped and slowly dispersed.

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As soon as he received Gi-sun’s call, he took a private airship and came to New York, but he was one step late. The field mice that had gathered in a circle like a grave had dispersed and there was not a single bone left.

‘What a pity.’

It was a shame. If I had arrived a little earlier, they would have asked me to leave my head behind. But fortunately, I was able to take a video because I was outside the electromagnetic range of the rat swarm.

Maru turned the airship around and headed to the Holy Kingdom embassy where Kisun was.

Ki-sun was terrified when she saw the video Maru had taken.

“crazy···.”

It wasn’t a rat, it was just a disaster. If it weren’t for Maru’s unique killing instinct, there was no way he would have gotten out of there alive.

“Did you order this?”

“No. Didn’t you ask me to do that?”

Both of their heads turned back to the monitor.

“Then you’re saying the field mice moved on their own?”

“This is… Should I bring a nurse?”

Ki-soon reacted to Maru’s monologue.

“It’s dangerous to bring a nurse. There are those who think there are druids who control rats and crows. It’s obvious that old man Den would tacitly agree.”

“You want to touch me and die?”

Ki-soon shook her head.

“Even if we don’t kidnap them, we just need to obtain their genetic material.”

“Clone?”

A slight wrinkle formed between Maru’s eyebrows.

“Yeah, clone creation. If you end up getting a real conversationalist, it’s true that both parties will get tired.”

If the Empire’s cloning technology were to leak to the Confederacy or any other independent state, things would be a mess in an instant.

“This was discussed last time, but I think we need to approach it systematically.”

“Systematic? You want to teach a system to a field mouse? Isn’t that too dangerous?”

“In my view, religion is also a system. Faith is a system.”

Ki-sun’s answer was that since we have already established the Maru faith, let’s proceed systematically.

“Should we go further from here? I made a scripture and gave it to you, and the heretic judge came in, and I decided to pressure you to live once in a while, wouldn’t that be enough?”

“Uh- Now that I think about the situation, I don’t think that’ll work.”

“Are you serious? You’re not even a PD, so why are you suddenly talking about religion?”

“I overlooked the fact that even if they weren’t nurses, there might be people who awaken similar abilities. The moment an interpreter is created, it’s clear that it’ll be difficult to manage with only shallow faith or fearful faith.”

“why?”

“If there were interpreters, wouldn’t people be able to discuss with animals?”

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If people talk about this and that, either for fun or to persuade, the animals will realize that this human does not believe in the god of death.

The reaction would be divided into two. ‘Humans are infidels and pagans.’ Or, ‘The god of death that humans do not believe in?’ Either way. It was not good.

“Even if it’s not that extreme, what would happen if we started to know human history?”

“Yeah. I guess so.”

Maru also readily agreed. If you know human history, you will definitely feel the need for revolution.

If you think that they are already smart crows, wolves, and field mice, and say things like, “Crows of the world, unite,” or “In order to secure the living space of the superior wolf race, the wolves must fight,” or “Sharpen your teeth and sharpen your claws, field mice!”…

Now that the topic has come up, Ki-sun added her opinion.

“I’m sure PD Ajae agrees, but the Holy Kingdom needs to be integrated into HOLLY. And systematically.”

“Haa- really···.”

Maru, who had to systematically follow the path of God, let out a deep sigh. Ki-soon said to Maru, as if asking why he was acting weak all of a sudden.

“Didn’t you think it was necessary? When I saw you catching rats, I thought you were determined to instill fear in me.”

“I saw that the crow was watching. I thought it wouldn’t work if I just let it go. Let’s discuss the matter first.”

Maru and Ki-soon’s theme shifted from religion and system to vampires in the Confederacy.

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President Den Brown confirmed the information sent by Bernard Green and Kim Ki-sun.

As he predicted, the Confederacy succeeded in reaching the level of vampires. Unlike cannibals who cannot control their appetite and must eat human flesh, the aristocrats who can only suck blood were an attractive temptation.

Even without that, the Confederacy was already trying to lure key figures from the Empire. The temptation to become nobles. Even if it wasn’t rejuvenation, the temptation of immortality was very strong.

The empire was constantly fighting against such temptations. Even those who said, “I will live like a human and die like a human,” or “It is God’s providence that we grow old and die,” fell for the temptation.

In the past, when explaining the existence of vampires and nobles, it was done with laboratory data, but now it was different. The fact that vampires entered the empire meant that a successful case of nobles could be shown right before our eyes.

‘I guess I’ll have to disclose the information.’

President Den Brown has decided to open the footage sent from the Holy Kingdom.

Images of Confederate vampires and swarms of rats shocked the Imperial ministers.

“Look at that blood-manipulating ability.”

“Is that rapid regeneration? The regeneration speed is as fast as that of a person with regeneration abilities.”

“That’s strange. Didn’t you say that cannibals can’t awaken their abilities?”

“Don’t you say that they are beings that evolved from cannibals?”

“Well, since you’re a vampire, it wouldn’t be strange if you had rapid regeneration abilities or the ability to manipulate blood.”

“Have you forgotten that you killed a crow and sucked its blood? You should also consider the ability to read memories through blood.”

“Huh- So, does that mean that you already have three abilities that have been revealed?”

“No. There is something most important.”

“What is that?”

“It’s immortality.

“Ahem- big.”

“Hmm- Heum-”

President Den Brown singled out those who had even the slightest positive comment.

“I understand why the traitors betrayed.”

“······.”

“Have you ever seen what happened to a vampire with so many abilities?”

“What a shabby ending. Just rat food.”

A being beyond human. The abilities of the nobleman, who was said to be the pinnacle of the new human race, were amazing, but the ending was shocking and terrifying in itself.

“Yes, in the end, they were just swept away by a pack of rats.”

“Hmm. It looks like you can definitely control animals.”

It was surprising that there were no civilian casualties when the horde of field rats attacked the vampires. There was also almost no destruction of buildings. That was proof that field rats could be controlled.

“By any chance. Could it be that the last incident was something like that?”

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Suspicion that the Holy Kingdom was behind the previous rat incident? Was it an incident that was intentionally set off to gain an advantage over the Empire, or as a first step toward taking control of the Empire?

General Dan Brown called attention to this.

“What a ridiculous thought. If the Holy Kingdom had its sights set on the Empire, they would have used a swarm of rats to attack you and me first.”

“······.”

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“And don’t you all know the limits of cannibalism?”

“······.”

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The limits of cannibalism.

This meant loss of freedom.

The moment you become a lower-level entity, you become unable to resist the dominance of the higher-level entity. And you cannot resist the desire to eat. If you think about it, if you do not eat for a certain period of time, you become a monster that has lost its reason, then that was it.

Above all, the empire was born after two operations to subdue cannibals. But now that vampires, the superior beings of cannibals, have appeared, you’re saying you’re going to fall for the temptation?

It was as if General Dan Brown was saying this through a video of a pack of rats tearing apart a vampire.

‘If you betray the Confederacy, you’ll be fighting the rats of the Holy Kingdom. Do you think you can survive as a vampire?’

‘If vampires are immortal, why don’t we just catch them and study them? They’re just rat food anyway.’

‘The Holy Kingdom will not target the Empire, so the Empire can survive by just taking care of itself.’

“At the beginning of the cannibal incident. What happened to those who joined the cannibals, claiming they were new humans? They lost their freedom and died as meat shields. Don’t you think vampires would be like that?”

You could tell by the titles like knight and baron.

“My hope is that we will not forget why we created the empire.”

In a world where order has collapsed, they chose an empire to survive and declared an empire with the determination to regain the lost territory of the United States, but its foundation was to restore liberal democracy and a market economy.

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President Den Brown used the incident as an opportunity to discipline and rally the party internally.