Rust - Chapter 766



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RUST -766

A being famous for swordsmanship, not swordsmanship.

A surprise attack using a suit with stealth capabilities.

There are even unverified rumors that it can paralyze humans it encounters and even kill them with a heart attack.

There was only one person who had all three of these conditions at the same time.

“Vladimir Kalin. Why!”

The moment he bared his teeth and let out a growl, Eclipse, who was blocking Stiletto, tilted slightly.

The stiletto that had been aimed at Maru’s carotid artery slid down the slope of the Eclipse blade and came out.

Klick

The stiletto that had been stretched out into the air was grasped in a circular motion and aimed for the space between Maru’s collarbones. As Eclipse headed towards the stiletto that was being struck down, the representative’s eyes were filled with a flash of joy.

While the stiletto in his right hand caught the eye, the representative’s left hand aimed for Maru’s ribs like an assassin.

A weapon created by studying fragments of the altar.

Stiletto.

It has a penetrating power that can even penetrate armored vehicles, so the meager defense of the Ripper Suit will absolutely not be able to stop it.

‘Piercing the lungs and heart at once···.’

puck!

My thoughts suddenly stopped and a terrible pain shot up my lower abdomen.

Ugh!

A momentary pause in breathing.

A terrible pain coming up from my lower body.

The joy of victory turned into sharp pain.

Whoosh- whoosh-

He instinctively swung the stilettos in both hands to try to block Maru’s approach, but the blades were dulled by pain and posed no threat.

‘just a little···.’

A little time. I needed time to recover.

So, it was a mistake to think that I could overcome the shock with my unique regenerative powers in just a few seconds.

Just as he was about to deflect the tip of Eclipse’s sword with his stiletto to block a stab at the shin, his knees gave out.

A low kick that landed properly on Maru.

As his center of gravity began to shake, a stab aimed at his eye came in. The representative gritted his teeth and blocked the stab aimed at his eye.

Low kick again at the same time.

As I tried to step back, Maru, who had been following me, swung a diagonal slash.

Kkw-

The representative stepped aside to avoid the strong blow.

A left low kick from Maru, as if he was trying to turn left to get out of range of the swing.

Pfft-

This time, a right low kick while the legs are still for a moment.

I was pretending to hit the right side but really was aiming for the left side, but it was a right low kick.

Now it’s really the left. Laughing at that, he does another right low kick.

Low kick.

Low kick.

As the pain in his lower abdomen subsided, the pain in both legs grew. Even though his thigh muscles and ligaments were repeatedly torn and regenerated, it was no use against Maru’s persistent attacks.

Swaying-

The representative, who was limping on one leg, cried out in despair, as if he was limping, like a dog holding its injured leg.

“Why? Why did you come here and do this!”

[I guess that’s something I should be asking.]

And why did they turn the country into a flesh factory?

[Those stilettos. Where did you get them?]

“······.”

[You don’t have to answer. You’ll know anyway.]

The bastard’s gaze wavered downwards at Maru’s brisk footsteps approaching him.

Another low kick? Do you think you’ll keep getting hit?

That low kick. Hit me. I’ll cut your ankles off.

The moment all focus was on Maru’s legs, it was his two wrists holding the stilettos that were cut off.

Kkaaaak!

The heavy low kick that followed twisted and broke the cannibal’s knee joint. With the sound of the joint snapping, the bastard fell to the ground, his head coming down in a perfect position for a kick.

So soccer kick-

The bastard’s neck was half-turned with a dull snap, but a high-ranking cannibal wouldn’t be bothered by a broken neck. Even if he died, his head… wasn’t broken, so that was fine.

Maru stretched his head from side to side as he sent a message to Kim Yang.

[The 3 o’clock cleanup is over. We need someone to handle the cleanup, so send them this way.]

[I cleared out 9 o’clock. I was trying to catch 5 o’clock, but the 5 o’clock guys must have noticed and are moving. They’re heading that way.]

hmm-

[Okay. I’ll catch them, so don’t come near me. Just stay away and surround them.]

[Okay.]

It was already difficult to control the output of the living, so I needed some practice, but this is good. I guess a high-level cannibal can endure it to some extent.

Maru warned Kim Yang and the expedition team not to approach him again, and then moved on. The fleeing men were heading north in the 3 o’clock direction, so Maru headed south.

!!!

???

And then I immediately ran into them.

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The stiffened cannibals made a noise.

It was a small scream, perhaps even a desperate scream.

Shut up-uh-uh-uh-

Ohh …

If it had been a loud scream, it wouldn’t have felt so alien and scary, but it wasn’t.

The sight of him screaming like an asthmatic, unable to even move, as if something was eating away at his head and intestines, was horrifying in itself.

“······.”

“······.”

“······.”

After that long, long scream died down in vain, all that remained was a slowly cooling chunk of meat.

“Fuck. F**k. F**k.”

“What is that?”

The sight of a colleague who suddenly froze and died without doing anything.

“Run away.”

“Didn’t you see that just now? You were targeting the person who turned their back.”

“I attacked the one who ran away first.”

“You can’t run away. He’s faster.”

So, it would be normal if they couldn’t see anything, but they were. There was clearly something moving blocking their path.

“It’s not on camera.”

“Then what is that swaying thing?”

Whatever had horribly killed their comrades was approaching them, hidden in the swaying shadows.

“He’s coming. He’s coming this way.”

“calm down.”

“Fuck. Don’t just talk. Do something about it.”

“What should I do? You do it.”

When we first encountered it, everyone was relaxed. There was only one of them, and its stealth function was obviously broken, so it was clearly shaking.

Now that I think about it, that ripple wasn’t caused by a malfunction in the stealth function. It was the guy intentionally revealing his presence.

‘Was that a presence?’

At first, I thought so. Whatever it was, there was only one person there, and there were more than 10 people here. Naturally, I was happy that the lunch box(?) had arrived on its own feet, but the result was terrible.

Numerical superiority meant nothing. That thing hidden in the shadows was toying with them, just as they had toyed with ordinary people and those with abilities.

“A monster. A monster···.”

The ripples that had been slowly approaching stopped in place at the sound of the word monster. A voice flowed out softly.

[What about the monster? If you lie down quietly, your legs will just stay together.]

A voice that was so creepy that it gave me goosebumps just listening to it, perhaps because it was mixed with machine sounds. One person flailed as if trying to shake off his fear at the disparate voice.

“All. Shut up! Your legs? If you don’t get down, I’ll cut your legs off?”

“Where are you going! Shit.”

“Just give it a try!”

“You fucking monster!”

A shout erupted, perhaps from a desperate resolve or from panic.

“All at once!”

“Fuck!”

“Let’s go!”

“Kill him!”

Fear and anger reacted chemically and burned.

He was holding a long sword that was probably 30cm long in his left hand and a .45 caliber Desert Eagle in his right hand. He did this because he had seen that even if you shoot from a distance, you can hit with an Eclipse.

“If we don’t catch them now, we’ll all die!”

“Stick. Stick.”

“Hold on tight!”

“Don’t go first. At the same time.”

It was an action to induce a melee by sticking as close as possible, but it was not a proper judgment because they were already consumed by fear.

Even when there were more than 10 people, they were slaughtered unilaterally, so having just a few people rushing to kill them is worse than running away in all directions.

In an instant, the cannibals who had approached within 5 meters all aimed their guns at the floor. Even though no one had said to shoot, it seemed as if they had simultaneously heard the sound of ‘Shoot!’ in their minds.

At the moment when someone was about to pull the trigger, aiming for the head and someone for the heart, something seemed to be blooming in the swaying shadows.

‘There was nothing visible, but it seemed to be visible’ is a logical contradiction. The ripples were not captured on camera, but neither was something that burst forth from the ripples.

My senses of sight, hearing, touch, smell, and even taste were all distorted. Every time I breathed, it felt like something sticky instead of air was rising into my lungs.

‘Shoot.’

‘Shoot.’

‘Shoot.’

‘Pull the trigger.’

I desperately tried to move my fingers, but not only my fingers, but my entire body was frozen solid.

‘please.’

‘in action.’

‘Move.’

All I had to do was pull the trigger, but my fingers wouldn’t move. My arm trembled, unable to pull the trigger. That thin, trembling arm had gradually frozen into a stone statue.

The lungs that had been gasping for breath stopped moving, and the heart that had been desperately resisting gave one more pounding, squeezing beat before stopping.

Now the only thing that can move is the eyeball. I rolled my eyeball and looked to the side, but it was the same everywhere. No one succeeded in pulling the trigger.

That’s why it was like that. That’s why it suddenly started foaming at the mouth and died.

By the time I realized why my comrades had died, it was already too late. This was not something I could catch. I should have avoided it at all costs, and I should have scattered and fled at all costs.

‘This monster came down from the 3 o’clock direction.’

It meant that both the representative and the deputy representative who went in the 3 o’clock direction were dead. And the last thing I saw was the cannibal who made eye contact with the thing mixed with the ripples and let out his last breath like a scream.

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There was no sound around the shadows that swayed like that.

There is no sound in death.

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Maru’s expression as he looked at the corpse of the cannibal that had been lying around was a little confusing. He said he was controlling his life, but he was uncertain whether it had gone in properly.

‘High-level cannibals recover quickly from being bitten, and can move to some extent.’

That means he can move. He couldn’t display the athletic ability typical of a high-level cannibal. That’s why he was defeated by a low kick.

‘I need to make sure that I can live as freely as possible.’

It would be nice if it could just freeze for a while, but if I had enough time, I could kill it without lifting a finger.

‘You’ve definitely gotten stronger.’

I don’t know why, but it seemed like my fighting spirit had gotten a lot stronger. I heard that there was a soldier who suffered cardiac arrest even after being injected with cardiotonic drugs and combat stimulants. It was clear that my fighting spirit had gotten stronger.

High-ranking cannibals were driven mad by being shot with a live bullet, and as the time spent being shot with a live bullet increased, even mid- and low-ranking cannibals began to commit suicide or harm themselves.

If a cannibal with dominance were like this, then to ordinary people or those with powers without mental resistance, Maru himself would be like a real god of death.

‘Did the rat and the crow know it first?’

Anyway, that’s it for organizing my life.

Next was Eclipse.

Eclipse, which was unaffected by normal acids and bases, was damaged by the acidic saliva and secretions released by the mutant monsters. When the damaged Eclipse absorbed the blood and flesh of the mutant monsters, it began to regenerate itself.

So Maru confirmed it.

Cook – A subtle sensation felt when stabbing the cannibal’s heart with Eclipse.

The same feeling I had when I killed the giant rat and cut down the black tentacles came back. It was as if Eclipse was absorbing something.

[All bodies are to be placed in preservation devices and sent to the research department.]

[ancient]

[What about Namsan Bunker?]

[We’re putting out the fire right now. Oh, and. There are a few power users alive here. What should we do?]

[What should I do? If you need treatment, treat it. Oh. Check if you can remove the leash around your neck. Just in case, check carefully to see if there’s a detonator.]

[Okay.]

Then a message came to Ki-sun.

[Ha- I think the detective here is wrong.]

The story is that no matter what conversation you have, feelings of distrust are deeply rooted.

[You’re saying that you’re a mass murderer. So I can’t believe it.]

[···That’s not wrong.]

Maru was calm.

[Just leave it for now.]

If you can’t get help with tracking, speed is the answer.

[There are no cannibals that were missed in the Namsan bunker, right?]

[Never before.]

[Let’s finish the Bukhansan bunker right away.]

This time, let’s pop out with a bunker buster.