Rust - Chapter 703
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RUST [RUST]-703
The Holy Kingdom, which declared all-out war, gathered the crows scattered throughout the land.
“The numbers haven’t increased.”
There was an influx of wild crows as the Canadian territory was secured, but the number of crows killed during operations has not increased.
“How about recruiting other birds? There are hawks and eagles, and owls and barn owls would be ideal for night reconnaissance and surprise attacks.”
“Uh- That’s a little difficult. The crows don’t like recruiting other birds.”
The nurse explained the situation to Ki-sun. When the crows tried to recruit other birds, they harassed the target birds and drove them away.
When you first adopted crows, you had a tendency to be exclusive, and you still are?
“Is it still like that these days?”
“yes.”
Maru turned his gaze to the crow next to the nurse. The crow was pretending not to know or understand while preening its feathers.
“hey-”
Huh? (Yes?)
“Why are you doing that?”
Caw? (What are you talking about?)
“Why are you stopping me from recruiting other birds?”
Caw? (I don’t know?)
Maru’s eyes grew cold at the crow’s expression, which seemed to show that he was truly wronged.
“If you’re going to be responsible for the air by yourself, you’ll need to be a lot of people, right? But you don’t mate and you don’t lay eggs. Why aren’t you laying eggs?”
The crow turned his head in embarrassment and stroked the nurse’s hair. The nurse hesitated and spoke at the signal to help her quickly.
“Ah- but- this spring, the number of guys starting to mate has increased.”
“Really? I don’t see any new nests or mated crows around Detroit.”
“Yes. There are a lot of single kids here? DINK kids? Those that mate are crows from Canada, England, Ireland?
Ki-sun laughed as if she found it ridiculous.
“Are you saying that only kids from international marriages know? That’s ridiculous.”
“Let’s first look into why the kids in Detroit don’t mate. Once we find out why, we can find a solution.”
If the number were to decrease like this, the crows alone would not be able to maintain air support. Even if the crows were against recruiting other birds. If the air support force was insufficient like this, there was no way.
There are the Sanseong Gulls near the Newport News Shipyard, but they also took a few years to grow in numbers. The only way to fill the numbers needed right away is to recruit new ones.
As Maru’s story progressed, a crow that was trimming the nurse’s hair sent out a “knock-knock-” signal.
“Huh? Huh?”
“what’s the matter?”
“No. This is… I’ll check and let you know.”
The nurse spoke hastily and asked if it was okay to get up first.
“There are sacred crows in the outskirts. Let them receive support from the frontline search party in exchange for their pardon.”
“Sacred Ravens? Are you okay?”
These were the crows that PD had reeducated after falling for the temptation of the old medicine and the counterfeit nurses, and sent to the outlying strongholds.
“As long as the medicine is properly supplied, there will be no problem.”
The PD in charge of re-education agreed to the mobilization of the sacred crow.
When the order was given to the Sacred Crows to volunteer for the frontline search unit, the Sacred Crows, who wanted to escape the remote countryside, volunteered to join the frontline search unit.
“There’s a lot of support.”
“I think it would be better to wait near the city rather than at the front line fortress.”
Ki-soon said as if she agreed with the PD’s words.
“That’s right. You probably want to live a hot life because you never know when problems might arise.”
The Sacred Ravens were paying the price for their wrong choice, but the greatest price was the side effects that could come at any time and the prospect of death while serving in the military in a remote village with nothing to show for it.
In comparison, the vanguard search party was a chance to die with honor. The sacred crows were not the ones to miss this opportunity, so the vanguard search party was formed in a few days.
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“The important thing is to find out what the ants are hiding. Do you understand?”
Knock! (Okay!)
“The goal is to figure out how they dealt with air power and secure traces of the queen ant.”
Knock! (Net!)
The Sacred Crow Unit took flight after taking the newly issued medicine.
Kazuaaaah!!!
Kaaaaaaaaaah!!!
The crows flew madly and the airship loaded with supplies headed towards the southern border of the Holy Kingdom. After receiving supplies, the Holy Ravens headed straight for the missing area.
As the huge number of crows began their open search, the ants hid underground.
Kaaaak? (Where are they hiding?)
Cackle- (the drain is this way-)
Since the drains and drains were identified during the last search, the Sacred Crows were able to narrow down the search area.
The divine crows, full of aura, would fly low and even land to peck at the ground if they saw something suspicious.
A larger number than expected. The ants were confused by the sight of the Sacred Crow Search Party landing there and starting to scurry around.
Kaaaak! (feelers over there!)
Caw! Caw! (Bomb! Bomb!)
The sacred crows would swarm in, widen holes with their talons and beaks, and then throw napalm grenades. If you tried to surround them in response, they would fly up to avoid them and turn the place into a sea of fire.
“I sent them to search, and they’re turning the border into a wasteland?”
Ki-soon was surprised to see the sacred crows moving around the border area. Maru watched the ants’ reactions.
“They must be protecting themselves since they were suddenly hit by a large-scale air raid.”
I was in a hurry to hide because I didn’t expect the tens of thousands of sacred crows to swarm me and cause a ruckus, but the ants I’ve seen so far wouldn’t fall so easily.
“It certainly doesn’t look as good as it is.”
Ki-soon’s eyes narrowed. Although it seemed like he was achieving great results, the number of ants he caught was minimal compared to the enormous amount of napalm he consumed.
It was like the Vietnam War, where the US military burned down the jungle with carpet bombing, but failed to capture the main force of the Viet Cong.
‘Are you planning to counterattack at night?’
The crows had poor night vision because they were birds that were active during the day. If the ants knew that, they would be waiting for the night to come.
‘You’ll know if you wait and see.’
The sunset settled over the fields burning red here and there.
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Maru was prepared for a night raid without letting his guard down.
“Do ants really attack at night? When the field mice dig trenches and burrows?”
The field mice defending the border area dug trenches and tunnels above and below ground to fight against the ants. They built a defensive line in layers like pastry so that the ants could not rush in all at once, so Ki-sun thought that a night raid would be ineffective.
“If we don’t get rid of the crows, there’s no way out.”
The ants were beaten so one-sidedly by the search and air raids during the day that they couldn’t even think about the exchange rate.
The ants’ casualties were not great compared to the napalm consumed, but the problem was that the battle was going one-sided.
If the ants were reading numbers, they would definitely try to recoup their losses. And that method would probably be a raid.
[The Empire is said to have used a nuke on New York.]
Diana made an emergency report. Dan Brown, who had been holding on while being replaced by new clones and punitive forces, ended up using a hydrogen bomb.
The power of the new hydrogen bomb was tremendous. New York was completely vaporized in one fell swoop.
The swarm of rats that had come up to the surface, numbering over 7 to 8 million, completely disappeared, and the center where the hydrogen bomb exploded was completely melted.
[The horde of rats that attacked New York appears to have been virtually wiped out···.]
[The Empire has made Boston its temporary capital. This has led to growing conflict.]
[The construction of the Empire’s mega plate is shifted from New York to Boston, which could delay plans to build a new city on the ocean.]
From New York to Boston. And with the construction of the Mega Plate also delayed, Dan Brown’s path was not likely to be easy.
“Whew, that old man does it when he has to.”
“We were tied up with an army of ants, so there was no other way.”
Maru was also considering using the hydrogen bomb if necessary, so he approved of Dan Brown’s decision.
“I guess so, because there is a possibility that the ants might go that way.”
Kisun Do also understood Den Brown’s decision.
“What about radiation mutations?”
“You have to take risks.”
Even if it meant risking radiation mutation, I had to use it when I had to. If it was pushed out right away, I wouldn’t be able to use it even if I wanted to.
While Maru and Gisun were chatting away, a signal flare exploded in the dark sky far away.
Phew!
Once the signal flares started to explode, they began to spread along the trenches and tunnels dug by the rats.
Boom-blow!
[Urgent Report. Ants have begun to attack across the border.]
Ki-soon turned her head toward the status board with an expression that said, ‘Is this real?’ The map along the border area began to turn red in an instant.
Maru’s eyes grew cold as he checked the information he had searched during the day and the information he had gathered at night. When he overlapped the two pieces of information, the area where the queen ant was likely to be overlapped.
“Prepare the crow infiltration team. The sacred crow unit is to support the rats.”
Maru, who had given the order, stood up from his seat.
[Engage with the enemy’s air power, the Sacred Crow. It’s Winged.]
Winged ants? Ants?
[Air raid warning issued throughout the kingdom.]
[Winged air strike towards Toronto, Canada.]
[Raids on Montreal and Quebec.]
[The winged ant is transporting the soldier ant.]
Ki-soon’s eyes grew wide.
“Crazy. Training? Ants running an airborne unit?”
Maru silently packed his equipment.
“Catch the queen ant. At least a princess.”
If that fails, we’ll have to resort to nuclear weapons like Dan Brown.
“Prepare the nukes.”
“Both feet?”
“Yes. And all tactical nukes.”
“Ah- shit- I get it.”
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The private airship carrying Maru increased its altitude. This was because the equipment malfunctioned when the altitude was lowered. Maru’s forehead furrowed as this meant that the density of ants was high.
‘There are too many numbers.’
There couldn’t have been this many ant colonies. That would have meant that the ants had united. Or else, one queen ant had produced several princesses and split them off.
‘It could be an ant empire.’
The suit Maru was wearing was not a ripper suit. It was a black and dark blue shiny material, like the color of a crow. It was a suit made to deal with formic acid.
[5 minutes left to reach the expected location.]
The elite crows that had been waiting with Maru also couldn’t hide their nervousness. Since it was confirmed that they had wings, they knew that it would be difficult for them to fly away like before.
[Arrived at expected location.]
Maru jumped into the sky with the crows.
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The queen’s nest was filled with various pheromones. The real-time battle situation was tense.
Crows don’t move at night, so how did they respond to night raids?
We’ve broken through the defense line the rats built, but there’s another defense line?
I’ve caught and eaten many wild rats, but this is the first time I’ve seen such a response.
The queen ant sprayed pheromones.
We will continue to break through the rat defense line.
We will disrupt the rear with ants.
The main force of soldier ants and general ants will cross the lake and strike the enemy’s center.
The human kingdom was across the rivers and lakes.
The queen ant pushed forward with her double and triple-prepared plan. No matter how much preparation humans made, they would not be able to stop the main force crossing the river and lake.
In an instant, pheromones warning of danger began to spread from all directions.
It was a pheromone that notified intruders.