Rust - Chapter 801



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RUST [RUST]-801

Spider webs pouring from all directions.

‘These kids.’

The webs, woven and overlapping, entangled the floor like a net. The core’s shield automatically blocked the webs, but the webs blocked by the shields began to form a cocoon around the shields.

Maru had fought in simulation battles so many times that it was hard to count. He had been honing his skills through mock battles that assumed various environments and situations for a long time. That was why he could figure out what the current situation was.

‘I have no intention of killing.’

The spider web attack they were making just now had no intention of killing Maru. Since they had no intention of killing, their special senses were not activated.

Moreover, they shot their webs just barely within Maru’s unique killing range. It was as if they knew that Maru’s ability was killing power.

Maru has two abilities: the ability to react to dangerous attacks and the ability to kill across space through the will to kill.

[Chijijijik- Chiiik—]

There was even a communications hit. Not only did the web itself have a slight disruptive effect, as it had during the engagement at Richmond, but the spiders swarmed around it, creating a biological EMP (Electro-Magnetic Pulse) zone.

Maru, who was wrapped in a gochi in an instant, took a deep breath. This had never happened in countless battle simulations. However, one thing was certain: the spiders did not know Maru’s personality.

Kwajik-

Eclipse burst through the white cocoon and began to tear at the cocoon, ignoring the sticky spider web.

A small gunshot echoed as if ignoring the spider webs pouring down more fiercely to block Eclipse’s movements.

In the dungeon, Maru fired a gun at Eclipse’s blade. The impact of the bullet transformed into Eclipse’s vibrations, tearing apart everything it touched.

Jiiiiiing-

Maru popped out from the cocoon that had split in half like a white egg splitting in half. The spiders that had been spinning webs from afar were startled by the sudden turn of events and began to form entangled webs here and there.

Ting- ting-

As the vibrating blades of the Eclipse tore through the cobwebs pouring down from all directions, napalm grenades and flashbangs scattered here and there exploded simultaneously.

Kwakwakwang- flash-

Whoosh whoosh–

Napalm flames reaching up to 3,000 degrees Celsius and flash grenades powerful enough to instantly burn retinas struck the surrounding swarm of spiders.

Kkieeeeeek-

Keeeeeeek-

A 15m radius turned into a sea of ​​red flames, with black smoke billowing into the sky.

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The escort unit that had been following Maru at high altitude reacted at the command of Ki-sun and the artificial intelligence Diana.

The signal suddenly cut off.

Rising flames and smoke.

And the information from the ground sent from the stratospheric multipurpose airship was connected in real time.

[His Majesty was attacked.]

[Carpet bombing with napalm.]

This was a possible method, as the core fuselage equipped with Maru could withstand even napalm carpet bombing.

[Sweep the entire area.]

The captain of the guard turned the entire area where Maru was into a sea of ​​fire.

And some who saw it from afar shook their heads.

“Whew- That’s terrible. It’s going to be hard to catch that thing without using nuclear explosive devices.”

“Troops were following us at high altitudes. That’s not what I expected.”

“That’s true.”

Vladimir Kalin emits an aura that kills living things within a certain range. He appears to have the ability to detect gunfire, and reacts to killing intent.

Because the aura of death he exudes makes it impossible to distinguish between friend and foe, Vladimir Kalin often goes into action alone.

Although they tried to capture him using the information gained through death and failure, they failed due to Maru’s quick response.

“It would be best to prioritize securing the enemy’s reactor core.”

“Well, it would be meaningless if we can’t break through that barrier.”

It wasn’t easy in many ways. Even if we fought them in the field, they would rely on their defensive shields and special armor, so they could just carpet bomb them with napalm.

“Micronuclear weapons are also a problem.”

“It is clear that the gap is widening as he predicted.”

It’s called a prediction, but it’s a prophecy. A prophecy that in order for the new human race to survive, they must capture Vladimir Kalin.

A bleak future where if we fail to keep the Holy Kingdom in check, we will be forced to live in hiding forever, unable to handle the ever-widening technological gap.

“It’s going to be difficult if things continue like this.”

“We are working to divide the ant forces, and if they succeed, the Holy Kingdom will also be weakened.”

“It’s a good thing that insects have great communication skills.”

“Because He prepared it.”

Him.

Joseph Meyer.

He was omnipresent.

And he said that if Vladimir Kalin becomes a new human being, all problems will be solved. The Holy Kingdom will also belong to the new human being, and all science, technology, and infrastructure will belong to the new human being.

Hurrrurruk-

Even though they were a few kilometers away, the hot heat felt on their faces. The scene continued with Vladimir Kalin’s escorts burning the entire surrounding area with carpet bombing.

Even the napalm bombs that were poured out in such a haphazard manner felt like they had incomparably greater firepower than the existing ones.

“It’s not that I don’t believe what he says,”

“It seems like capturing him alive will be difficult.”

Since I’ve fallen into a trap this time, I won’t be going alone.

“I guess there is no other way than using ants.”

The ants that mutated were smart. Being smart meant that they tried to predict and prepare for the future, while at the same time pursuing power and security.

So, it was inevitable that multiple ant kingdoms, each vertically connected to the ant empire, would come into conflict.

Before the mutation, ants would have to devote their lives to increasing their colony. In the process of increasing the colony, if the queen ant’s egg-laying ability decreases, she is eliminated and a princess ant takes her place.

That was a natural situation. But is it still the case? Even though the mutation has increased the lifespan? The situation where princess ants pile up trying to take over the throne even though there is still a live queen ant.

Continue to let the princess ants become independent? The ants will need much larger territories to support the food they consume.

The vast territory of the Holy Kingdom was not managed. They simply built base villages around places where resources were available and used them to collect them.

The rest of the area was home to a variety of mutated monsters, and a colony of ants was one of them.

How long can we continue to be with the Holy Kingdom? How long can the food mass produced by the Holy Kingdom support the increasing number of ants?

How long will the independent ant queen, living far from the central city of the Holy Kingdom, follow the orders of the central government? Will she be able to keep her hands off the easy-to-eat humans until the end?

“There will inevitably be a queen ant that puts her colony first.”

That’s what mutation is, and that’s how evolution, which leads to improved intelligence, works. So as time goes by, the ant empire will split apart.

“Using ants···.”

Kwaaaaaaaang-

A powerful heatwave and storm that erupted just a few kilometers away. Then a mushroom cloud rose up.

Although small, it was definitely a nuclear weapon.

“Shit!!!”

“Is that a nuke? Did you just use a nuke?”

“······.”

uh?

It wasn’t one foot.

Small nuclear bombs began to fall from the sky, sweeping the surrounding area.

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Maru walked through the sea of ​​fire.

[Your Majesty. Are you alright?]

Communications that had been cut off by spiders and webs were restored after the napalm bombing.

[It’s okay.]

A bombing that burns down an area within 2 to 3 kilometers.

The spiders that had been waiting in ambush were turned to charcoal without even being able to escape.

Tsk-

Maru’s eyes, which had been clicking their tongues, turned cold.

‘Was the tail a trap?’

What if the spider sorcerer itself was a trap?

People with abilities probably aren’t that common.

There, the spider sorcerer’s memories and personality were fragmented, as if he had been mind controlled. He didn’t think it was a trap because he had found the tail while searching for scattered memories and information.

And even if they did set a trap, I thought I could easily avoid it with my crisis response, but that wasn’t the case.

‘I never knew spiders and webs could be used in such a way.’

Perhaps because there was no intention of killing, no sense of crisis was expressed.

‘What are these kids thinking?’

It happened once last time, and the cannibals’ behavior has been strange. So now it feels like they’re trying to capture people rather than kill them?

‘Are you planning to force me to become a cannibal?’

A sudden feeling of uneasiness welled up in me. My guess seemed to be correct.

[Upload surrounding map and biometric detection data.]

[Upload the location information and sensor information.]

A map of the surrounding area appeared on the HUD (Head-Up Display). The reactions of life forms detected by the detection sensors were marked with red dots.

The red dots around them were moving away quickly, avoiding the napalm bombing. And among them, there were three relatively large red dots that were not moving.

There were points that were not running away, about 2~3km away. When I saw them, I started to feel uneasy again.

‘Are they those guys?’

[Nuclear bomb the entire area being sent now.]

[Are you talking about small nukes?]

[Yes. So that the ranges do not overlap.]

[All right.]

The escort airships began dropping small nukes. Nine mini-nukes, completely obliterating the area where the red dots had been.

‘Doesn’t the feeling of uneasiness go away?’

Maru headed straight to where the dot was.

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The three who jumped into the deep well and saved their lives were shocked.

Even if the killing radius was 300m~400m, a nuclear weapon was still a nuclear weapon. No matter how small it was, there was a risk of radiation, and there was a risk of promoting the mutation of mutant monsters. There were other problems as well, but they just bombed it like a regular bomb?

“Crazy. You didn’t even bomb with pinpoint accuracy. You used nukes like this?”

“He’s out of his mind! He’s crazy. He’s definitely crazy. He’s a crazy guy!”

He said he was the one who would become the king of the new human race, but that wasn’t it. If I knew where it was, I could have finished it off with one shot. Is it in my right mind to shoot nine times?

“Everyone, be quiet. How did you know we were here?”

“You probably didn’t know for sure. If you had, you would have used just one nuke.”

“Then what should we do? Hide here until they leave?”

“Should we just stay in the well? What if they come searching? They’ll definitely check the well.”

“Yeah. Let’s move right away since the nuke just exploded.”

A man who was jumping up in a zigzag pattern, kicking off the well wall, stopped midway.

“What? Why are you stopping?”

“How did you know we were here?”

“You didn’t say you used the nuke like that because you weren’t sure?”

“No. That’s not it. You only used nukes around here and not anywhere else.”

“···Still, go up. Since the nuke has exploded, they won’t come here right away because of the radiation. They won’t be able to see us from the sky because of the dust from the nuclear explosion.”

The one who had paused for a moment in the middle of the way picked up again. The sky was filled with nine long, towering mushroom clouds and flames were rising from all directions. The smoke and dust mixed together, making visibility almost impossible.

The three of them looked around and made eye contact with each other.

“All the fucking spiders on this side are finished.”

“I guess this winter will just have to pass like this.”

“The guys working on the empire should do a good job.”

A movement rippling through the thick dust.

“Then let’s secure the ants this winter.”

“damage!”

“···!!!”

With a single swing of the sword, thick smoke and dust parted, revealing Maru’s core armor. Seeing this, the three took out the swords and guns they had on their waists.

[He doesn’t run away.]

That sounds good.

As if responding to Maru’s voice, blades stabbed from three different directions. The sharp blades, like fencing swords, seemed like an upgrade from the skewer swords I had seen before.

Woooooooooo-

The floor was blocked by a barrier from the blades that were piercing deep. Their swords were not ordinary; they stopped after piercing the barrier. But that was all.

Fugue, ga-ga-ga-gak-

The blades of those who had half-pierced the barrier stopped at the same time, and the Eclipse swung horizontally, separating the two men in half.

One was completely torn apart, while the other fell backwards and had its stomach split open. The scene where the intestines spilled out as the pressure of the split stomach could not be withstood due to the backward evasive action.

The man who had been stabbing me from behind let go of his sword handle and tried to run away when he saw that horrible sight, but he was unable to escape Maru’s grasp.

Sigh!

A terrible murderous feeling soon froze his legs.

Wheein- kujik-

A heavy kick from the core armor shattered his knee.