Rust - Chapter 826



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RUST [RUST]-826

[The bastard who was guarding the vampire ran away alone because it was dangerous.]

[I drilled holes in his thighs and butt and he started running around like a dog with his butt sticking out.]

[The Blizzard had also stopped, but he didn’t even bother to erase the blood trail and just ran away. He seemed to have no thoughts.]

Kim Yang said as if it was as expected.

[Good job. What about the others?]

Maru activated the stealth function of the Ripper suit.

[Ah. That’s right. But they were wearing something like bulletproof vests, so I couldn’t catch them by shooting their bodies, so I shot their heads···]

[Bulletproof vest?]

[I was wearing something like a quilt made of monster skin and spider web material. And my head was also hardened, so I used special bullets instead of regular bullets···]

So what he meant was that he had the heads of all the remaining guys blown off.

[Really? All of them?]

[Yeah. All of the guys who just came in.]

Now that I think about it, there were some cannibals with hard heads. Seeing that the ones who came to attack now also had hard heads, it seemed like cannibals were also evolving.

[It would have been difficult with regular bullets or armor-piercing bullets.]

[I was able to catch it because I loaded it with special bullets for monsters just in case… but I used up more bullets than I expected.]

The increased consumption of special bullets was something to think about. Even without considering the cost, it was because it took time to extract materials and process them into synthesis.

[Can’t be helped. What about the damage?]

[The core armor was so strong that there were no deaths. Yeah. So there were only 5 injuries. 3 of them were hit by the escorts, and 2 were hit because they couldn’t stop the corpses from approaching as shields.]

Maru nodded after checking the combat video that Kim Yang had sent. Even though they had just become cannibals, their movements were quite advanced.

‘It seems like the level of the lower-level cannibals has risen.’

Or maybe they ate a ton of people.

‘It could be both. I should cut off its head before it grows any more powerful.’

Maru approached the scene where the aftereffects of the blizzard were gradually fading away. Just as Kim Yang had said, the bloodstains that had poured down were clear and scattered. Maru’s eyes turned cold as he saw it.

[Can you confirm the escape of the cannibal from the current location of the stratospheric surveillance ship?]

The Ripper suit’s auxiliary AI immediately exchanged information with the stratospheric surveillance craft.

[A humanoid entity moving at high speed has been detected at a distance of 15km in the 1 o’clock direction centered on your current location.]

[As a result of calculating by inputting the direction of movement and movement, it was determined to be a cannibal who was injured at the scene.]

[Confirmed hemostasis of the target wound. Presumed to be caused by the use of a new hemostatic agent developed in the United States.]

Maru’s eyes sank heavily.

There was something odd about what Kim said. The guy who was shot in the thigh and buttocks ran away like a dog, leaving behind a trail of blood.

It was strange that someone who was supposed to be the vampire’s escort would just leave the bloodstains. And that was even though the snowfall was weakening due to the blizzard’s disappearance.

‘I guess it’s a lure.’

In addition, the hemostatic agent he used was a new type of hemostatic agent made from barnacle ingredients. The fact that he had that hemostatic agent, which was used by the US Federal Army, meant that he was from the Confederacy. It was highly likely that he was from the military or special forces.

‘Even if that’s not the case, it’s a trap that someone who uses a new type of hemostatic agent left traces.’

As Maru had expected, there were numerous life signs in the direction the bastard was fleeing. It seemed like they were unaware that the Holy Kingdom was using stratospheric reconnaissance craft as satellites.

‘Wait.’

What should I do if the pursuer doesn’t come? I’ll either go back to the base or go into Anga.

Maru, who was in hiding, avoided the trap they had set and followed behind. The cold wait began.

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A day has passed since the failed incursion operation, and two days have passed.

‘Aren’t you going to chase after the blood trail?’

Colton, the Count’s escort and commander of this operation, went back 10km to personally check the situation.

‘There’s no way the whole operation went wrong.’

A total of three operations were organically linked.

First operation.

Raid the Governor’s Mansion in Montreal. Capture the Governor and use him as a bargaining chip. Even if you fail to capture the Governor, you will focus the attention of the Holy Kingdom on the Governor’s Mansion in Montreal.

The best-case scenario would have been for the King, known as the greatest power in the Holy Kingdom, to come to Montreal, Canada to rescue the Governor, known as his friend.

Once the King of the Holy Kingdom arrives, the Count and his special forces will raid him and take control of the entire Holy Kingdom.

Second operation.

An operation to forcibly evolve key figures of the Holy Kingdom in the Vladiak Tower into new humans, taking advantage of the time when the King of the Holy Kingdom vacates Detroit to rescue the Governor General of Canada.

Even if the King of the Holy Kingdom says he will not negotiate with the new humans, will he still be able to do so after those who have followed him have become new humans?

It wasn’t like there was no alternative. Should we kill our subordinates unconditionally when we have secured the technology to create an effective original inhibitor?

‘There’s Oh Jin Pharmaceutical and Na Ju-yeon, so they won’t kill the subordinates who have become new humans.’

If that happened, it would certainly break his principle of not being tolerant of the new humans.

‘Unless you kill all your subordinates.’

If they couldn’t kill him, that would be the end of it. The key figures of the Holy Kingdom who became new humans through the Count’s power would have no choice but to follow the Count’s orders.

Leaking information, blatant betrayal, even self-destruction. Literally being reborn as the Count’s loyal servant.

‘Even if you kill your subordinates mercilessly, the Holy Kingdom will be weakened.’

But somehow they realized this and set a trap for us. We started fighting thinking that we could win even if we just used force, but that wasn’t the case.

The powerful exosuit and new core armor are on par with the new humans. The performance of the machine is one thing, but the guns they use are also a problem.

‘Bullets are dangerous.’

Just as mutant monsters evolve, so too do new humans. The bones surrounding the brain and heart, which were considered to be obvious weak points, have become several times stronger than before.

Even a bullet of moderate power would be useless if it were to hit the vital points of the head and heart. But a bullet that could shatter the skull and chest bone of such a new human being?

Even if both operations failed, there was one last operation.

This is a strategy to lure the enemies when they are defeated. If you retreat during a battle, the Holy Kingdom will pursue you. The Trojan Horse strategy is to lure the pursuing enemies into traps, capture them, and then send them back as new humans.

‘Why is there no response?’

Those who had the upper hand in firepower could not possibly not be pursuing him. It was hard to understand that it had been almost two days and there was still no sign of his pursuers.

‘Surely the plan didn’t fail?’

If the third and final operation also failed, there would be no cards to negotiate with the Holy Kingdom. The Holy Kingdom must be brought to the negotiating table and a meeting between the King of the Holy Kingdom and His Excellency the Count must be held.

‘No matter how evil the rumors are, he cannot defeat the Count, a great nobleman.’

His master, the Count, was one of only twelve great nobles in the Confederacy. In fact, he was practically a king in his realm.

The reason the Earl went to Canada in person was to expand his power while avoiding interference from the nobles who were trying to keep him in check.

Other nobles had their eyes on the Empire and the Holy Kingdom of Canada, but only his master had succeeded thus far, eliminating any and all competitors who entered Canada.

Now all that remained was to neutralize or subjugate the Holy Kingdom. Things were going wrong. After two nights of waiting without any sign of the pursuers, Colton had no choice but to retreat.

“Going to the Empire.”

This was because the invasion operation unfolding in the Holy Kingdom was also unfolding in the Empire.

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Empire. Boston.

October. It’s already been three years since the once cool autumn weather turned into bitter cold.

Until mid-September, the highest temperature had been around 35-38 degrees, but now, at the end of October, the outside of the window was covered in white snow.

‘It’s October and the port city is engulfed in a snowstorm.’

Whether it’s New York or Boston, they were port cities. Port cities that were influenced by the ocean should not have drastic temperature changes.

Heavy snow? It could have fallen.

A cold wave? It could have come.

But it was not normal for a port city to be paralyzed by heavy snow and a cold wave in October.

‘Is that so? Was it already headed towards destruction?’

They were barely able to harvest a crop from the farmland where they used to grow two or three crops. It was fortunate that they were cultivating a huge area of ​​farmland and that the population had decreased significantly. If the population had remained the same as before, there would have been a food shortage a long time ago.

Agricultural products imported from western France were cut off, as were seafood imported from northern Europe. Corn imported from the Corn Belt was also out of the question.

They needed a smart farm that could produce regardless of weather and climate changes, but they installed it in New York City, where demand was high, and then it blew up.

‘The smart farm facility was completely blown away by two nuclear attacks.’

Dan Brown, who was reading the agricultural production and consumption report, closed his eyes for a moment. What would happen if this extreme weather continued?

A country that fails to respond on a national level will perish. An army that is not supplied will become a warlord, and plunder will begin, centered around the military.

If the awakened power users in the cities and towns here counterattack, a civil war will literally break out. What if cannibals or mutated monsters take advantage of this gap to expand their power? It would be seen that even the minimum order would come to an end.

It has been confirmed that the administration and security of most European countries, including the UK and France, have virtually collapsed.

‘Europe will be difficult.’

The divided powers of each European country asked for support from the empire that claimed to be the legitimate government and succeeded the United States, but the empire did not respond. This was because most of the governments were ruled by cannibals.

Supporting the cannibal government meant directly opposing the policies of the Holy Kingdom, and Chancellor Dan Brown himself had no intention of approving of the cannibal government.

‘The Holy Kingdom would not have given up its vast territory of Canada so easily.’

Losing the rich resources and productive capacity of the Canadian region would inevitably slow down the development of the Holy Kingdom.

Even if there was science and technology that had reached a singularity, it was meaningless if there were no materials to implement it.

‘Vladimir Kalin would know, and so would Bernard Green, the Governor General of Canada…’

But the Holy Kingdom’s response was completely beyond Dan Brown’s expectations.

When the Free Canadian League emerged, claiming to be self-governing and independent, Vladimir Kalin went on the air and revealed that the leadership of the Free Canadian League had chosen cannibals, and said, “If you want freedom so badly, do whatever you want.”

I couldn’t help but be shocked by Vladimir Kalin’s subsequent choices and actions. Not only did he single out those who supported the Holy Kingdom, he also ripped off almost all of the infrastructure the Holy Kingdom had invested in. It really seemed as if he didn’t care whether the Free Canadian League members were all dead or not.

To be honest, I was a little taken aback. When I told them that it was not good to control them through fear, they said, “It’s annoying. You can starve to death or freeze to death, that’s up to you. I’ll take everything I gave you.”

Some people wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to take control of the Free Canadian League, but Dan Brown opposed it.

‘We can’t afford to take on the Canadian Free League.’

Above all, if Canada were to be eaten up like that, it would appear that there was an empire behind the Free Canadian Confederation. In order for the empire to gain time to build up its strength, it had to make sure that its ties with the Holy Kingdom were not completely severed.

[Mr. President. The number of refugees fleeing from the Free Canadian League is increasing.]

“Follow the procedure. Those who do not comply with the procedure will be deported again, and those who try to sneak in will be shot.”

[All right.]

General Dan Brown’s gaze turned out the window again.

‘How many are hidden among the refugees?’

If you underestimate the Empire, you will pay the price.

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Colton and his men were whispering as they tried to enter the empire with the refugees.

“I am an Imperial Ranger.”

“Are you tracking the refugees?”

“I think so.”

“Looking at their unusual demeanor, they all seem to be capable people.”

It was unfortunate that they had to run into a unit of ability users. Even if we assume that most of the Awakened were physically capable users, it was not good. Their athletic ability was similar to that of the new humans.

“Let’s see what they do. Don’t attack until I give you the signal.”

“ancient.”

[Please stand in a line.]

[After you have been tested for any disease, we will guide you to the refugee center.]

[Don’t worry, we will help you obtain refugee status after a simple question and medical examination.]

Colton and his men merged into the line of refugees.

And it was Colton’s turn. The moment he entered the thick tent, the smell of blood filled his nostrils. There were clear traces of various chemicals used to mask the smell of blood, but his cannibalistic sense of smell could not be fooled.

Colton, who had confirmed the position of the Imperial Rangers surrounding him on the left and right, quietly moved his hand to the knife on his waist.

[You don’t have to be so nervous.]

Clank- clank-

An Imperial Ranger telling you not to be nervous and letting you hear the sound of his gun being loaded.

[Just spit here.]

A special product of the Holy Kingdom that identifies cannibals. It was a rapid diagnostic kit.