Rust - Chapter 798



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RUST -798

To dissuade the nurse who said, “Just die. Just die,” Ms. Kim had no choice but to offer sincere comfort for the first time in her life.

If something happened to the nurse, it would have been difficult to unite with the ants. Normally, I would have given them mental education, but that wasn’t the situation, and honestly, it was a bit disappointing.

[It’s okay. I’m really okay. It’s just me who knows.]

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[And I know because we’ve been together for a long time(?), the King seems to be weak in that kind of thing.]

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The nurse, who had been bowing her head, raised it slightly. Her expression said, ‘That way?’

[huh.]

Miss Kim made a somewhat sly expression.

[It’s true. When I escaped from Korea with him, nothing happened. And when I was on a yacht in Japan, it was the same, right?]

The nurse cheered up a little when she heard him ask if she had ever experienced it.

That’s true.

When one feels threatened in life, one’s reproductive instinct is bound to awaken without one realizing it.

I remembered that if I had just reached out, I could have developed a deep relationship with Kim Yang and myself, but that didn’t happen.

‘Could it be that he was you?’

As the nurse’s eyes darkened, Ms. Kim shook her head.

[Not you. For sure.]

[······.]

It wasn’t don’t go.

If not that, then why are there so many women around you and yet there are no scandals?

The nurse glanced at Ms. Kim.

Unlike the hazy, inorganic gaze from a moment ago, his eyes sparkled and seemed to be filled with regret. The nurse turned her head as she felt something welling up inside her.

‘Yeah, it was because of that girl.’

The nurse opened her chest, which had been shrinking for a moment due to the anger she felt for the first time. It was scary and trembling just thinking about it, but wasn’t it already a body that had been abandoned?

When I think about it, that’s right. It was clear that that girl had been threatening women who approached him like that. Maybe she had killed them without anyone knowing.

The scene where he had threatened her a little while ago kept repeating in his mind. The sight of Ms. Kim asking how far she had gone was the epitome of yandere.

And yet, he pretends not to know. Even a broad-minded nurse could not forgive Kim Yang’s behavior. Punishment was necessary.

‘There is no other way.’

In order to punish him properly, I had to be ashamed and muster up courage. In order to punish him, I had to establish a fait accompli with him. Could Ms. Kim still threaten him after the rice was cooked and turned into rice?

The nurse’s mind was wavering. Ironically, it was the voice of the exosuit’s assistant AI that made her decide.

Wheeeeeeeeing-

[Decontamination and drying are complete.]

How long are you going to live only looking at Kim Yang’s face?

What if the same thing happens again?

Will you repeat the decontamination and drying functions then?

The feeling of wanting to die was real.

‘There is nowhere further to fall.’

The nurse’s eyes, flushed with shame, were filled with love and justice.

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Ant colonies had queens, and these queens belonged to an ant empire.

Even when making an agreement with Maru, the colony queen reported the situation to the ant empire and carried out the orders given accordingly.

What would have happened if the ant empire had sent an order to fight? The ant queen would have to choose whether to follow the empire’s orders or to ally with Maru and fight the ant empire.

In order to prevent things from getting messed up like that, the Ant Queen’s response was accurate. The swarm queen, who realized that Maru was truly a terrifying being, chose to make a truce with the Holy Kingdom and reported this to her superiors.

The ant empire, having received a detailed report from the queen ant, decided to make a truce and an agreement with the Sacred Kingdom, or more precisely, the god of death, Maru.

So the various ant colonies in and around the Holy Kingdom. The ants of the Ant Kingdom began to commute to and from the construction site of the Holy Kingdom as mercenaries.

Now, with the meat balls they receive in return for their work in the Holy Kingdom, they can solve their food shortage problem and increase their herd size sufficiently.

[□□□▯▯▯▯···.]

[Huh? Really? Got it.]

The nurse who spoke with the ant queen carefully informed Ms. Kim of the situation.

[They said that since the reconnaissance and border guard teams kept going missing, they were trying to search the area together with neighboring groups.]

It was a nurse who told me that a monster spider was trying to settle in an orchard area 30km away and that the Holy Kingdom was trying to subdue the spider.

When asked by the nearby ant kingdoms and colonies to directly participate in the war or, if that was not possible, to send ant mercenaries, the ant queen responded that the situation needed to be reported to the ant empire first.

[And since going to war or sending combat mercenaries is an important matter, it must be reported to the higher-ups first, right?]

[Report to your superiors? You didn’t report the search and just did it? If you come across a spider while searching, are you going to report it to your superiors and fight it? You guys are hilarious.]

Mr. Kim glanced at the ant queen.

Who messed with the scout ants and the guard ants?

If a creature has a swollen liver enough to touch a mutant ant, what else could there be but an anteater?

If it was an anteater attack, it would have been immediately noticeable, but there was no sign of it at all. This means that it was not a natural enemy like an anteater that attacked.

‘Are you doing this even though you know?’

Let’s guess from the situation where the reconnaissance and guard ants disappeared without a trace. Even if it wasn’t a spider, it would be a dangerous situation. It means that the ants disappeared without even being able to spread their characteristic pheromone signal.

This means that the enemies targeting the ant kingdom are dangerous. The culprit was almost certainly a spider.

[It’s obvious I’ll end up fighting spiders anyway, so I don’t even bother looking.]

Are you trying to avoid responsibility?

Wasn’t the ant kingdom the real decision maker anyway?

[Uh- Again- That didn’t seem to be it.]

It seemed difficult to create an ant kingdom that was completely independent from the ant empire. If the ant empire considered independence as a betrayal and gave the order to kill them, it would just be a sloppy ending.

[Okay. I need to hear the decision from my superiors. I guess I’ll have to wait.]

The group moved to the entrance of the ant hole and set up camp.

[Group 1 is on alert until 10 p.m.]

[Group 2···.]

The entrance to the ant hole was not a safe place since the guard ants and patrol ants were missing.

[Patrol, be careful not to fire at the guard ants. If you do fire, report it immediately.]

[ancient.]

Perhaps it was because of his experience leading the expedition to success, or perhaps because he had completed officer training in Korea, albeit for a short period of time, that Kim Yang’s command was appropriate.

[If there is a problem, you should talk to the queen ant right away. Make sure to check that part in advance.]

[all right.]

Kim Yang planned to sit down and rest until the ants made a decision.

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When humans set up camp at the entrance to the ant hole, some ants showed curiosity. Even in an ant society that moves like a giant machine, there are bound to be some unusual individuals.

[Why are these guys being so annoying?]

[Uh- Wait a minute.]

The nurse didn’t understand pheromones either. However, the pheromone translator that was made last time was distributed, so she was the one who used it.

(Spider. How. Attack. Possible?)

[Uh-uh- wait a minute. I wonder how the spider attacked the guard?]

Ms. Kim answered with an annoyed expression.

[They must have been hiding in a nearby tree and shot a web to catch them. Or they might have caught them in the air.]

(Air. Sky?)

[Yeah. I said that spiders can fly using their webs.]

You can fly like paragliding.

Is that the Earth’s magnetic field? They said that long-distance flight is possible using it.

So if you shoot a spider web in the air and it flies away, what can the search party or patrol team do? They’ll just go missing.

[Now. Spider. Attack. Defense. Method.]

[How do you defend yourself if spiders attack you now?]

[Tell them not to worry, they can just go into the cave and lay siege.]

What will the spider do if we go into the ant hole?

Since they wouldn’t follow me into the ant hole to get out, the best way was to hold out in the ant hole.

[Empire. Communication. How?]

[Huh? Huh? What about the messenger ants that went to the empire?]

Miss Kim’s eyes grew wide as she was annoyed by the nurse’s loud voice.

Huh? I see.

What if the spider years are waiting and snatching the messenger ants in the middle? The ant empire might not know about the current situation. Maybe the messenger ants sent by the ant empire got lost on their way.

[Ah. How long does it usually take for a messenger ant to go and come back?]

(6 times during the day and 5 times at night)

[It took about 5 nights and 6 days.]

So today was the 5th night and 6th day.

[If the messenger doesn’t arrive by tomorrow, we’ll have to take the messenger back to the ant empire. Tell the queen what’s happening. The messenger ant might have gotten cut off midway.]

Tsk-

Kim Yang looked at the forest darkening.

[And. I need to secure the view. I’m going to clean up the area.]

[Huh? Clear the area? Secure the view?]

[Don’t make me say it twice. Tell them I’m going to clear the nearby forest so those spider bitches can’t climb trees and cause trouble.]

[Ah. Okay.]

Ms. Kim started working right away.

[Cut down all the trees from here to there.]

[Burn the weeds.]

[Set up the mobile bunker here. Wait for support from the Black Drake.]

Maru confirmed that it was Kim Yang who was almost ready for war.

[Are you doing this because the spiders seem to be about to attack you?]

[Not sure, but we need to prepare.]

Maru nodded at Kim Yang’s story that if they attacked the guards and patrols and even caught a messenger ant, it wouldn’t be strange if something happened.

[Yeah. Good job. I found a trace of the tail here too.]

Kim Yang’s preparation was timely. There was a possibility that he would stir up the ants to prevent them from climbing up the tail.

‘You tried to use a spider to make a mess.’

Maru could guess the situation from the story about the ants attacking.

‘I made magpies and crows fight. I killed patrol ants and guard ants, and made them think there was an enemy flying in the air.’

Maru was lost in thought, looking at the map that appeared on the HUD (head-up display).

The first place the spider appeared was an orchard. After marking it, the spider attacked an ant colony 30 km away from the orchard.

’30km is not a short distance. They say they made ants, magpies, and crows fight each other.’

There must be a purpose.

[Upload the current troop deployment map.]

The assistant AI uploaded the Holy Kingdom troop deployment status onto the HUD.

[Current troop deployment status.]

[Mark drone, crow, magpie, and wolf respectively.]

Each mark appeared on the map.

The majority of drones and crows were concentrated in Montreal and south of Quebec. Wolf packs were scouring Michigan, particularly around Detroit, and newly arrived magpies were concentrated in border farmland.

The border was stable, and the capital Detroit seemed fine. Montreal and Quebec were empty, but here, there was already a fleet of Black Drake-class aircraft, including Maru. And there were drones and crows.

So I could tell.

That Toronto and Mississauga were empty.

From Richmond, if you go north, you will reach Buffalo, and from there, across Lake Ontario, you will reach Toronto and Mississauga. If the spiders could take over those places, they would be able to cut off the Canadian region from east to west.

As soon as the thought crossed his mind, Maru’s uneasy feeling grew stronger.

[Send all regeneration units to Toronto and Mississauga.]

Maru didn’t ignore that feeling.