Rust - Chapter 839



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RUST [RUST]-839

Kwajik-

The sight of a hideously large vampire’s head disappearing cleanly.

Ewwww

The sound of something chewing, but it’s not visible.

Somehow, a strange sound seemed to come from the slightly dull knife.

The headless vampire’s torso seemed to collapse, but then a small head popped up from the torn neck.

A head smaller than a fist shouted at the floor.

“Please give me some rice!”

“I swear by the law!”

A small head that was pleading with a whining voice. The vampire’s body, already engrossed in the death of Maru, began to slowly collapse, making such pleading meaningless.

Hair grows back?

What is this?

If it had been split in half, would it have been a real split?

While Maru was momentarily dumbfounded by the new phenomenon, the small head shouted desperately.

“Crap! Crap!”

“Please give me some rice!”

“Oh my god! Oh my god!”

“Jjabi!”

“Ppaehaaaa …

The mumbling voice began to slowly sag as the death that had dug into his body began to eat away at him. Although the words his head was saying were absurd, Maru mercilessly swung his Nuclipse.

Crunch – With a sound like someone biting into something with their mouth wide open, the small head and part of the upper body were ripped off.

The vampire’s torso, which had lost its head and part of its upper body, tried to regenerate again, but death began to eat away at its insides faster than it could regenerate, causing the vampire’s torso to collapse.

The vampire’s body, which had become wrapped in black vines, began to slowly shrink.

The vampire’s body began to return to its previous size before it grew larger after eating the sludge containing life. The sight of the vampire losing its head and part of its upper body and turning into a naked corpse was like a scene from a movie.

‘This is also···.’

In many ways, there were many things that happened for the first time.

When I made up my mind and planted the seed of life, a three-dimensional space like a garden made of vines appeared. I even saw death digging into the flesh of a vampire.

It was a scene that wasn’t captured by cameras or sensors, but it was unrealistic to be able to see it with my own eyes.

In a world already overflowing with unscientific events, things kept getting weirder.

First of all, it was necessary to secure the vampire’s corpse. If a count-level vampire was like this, then a vampire of a noble rank higher than this would be considered a disaster in itself.

‘No. No one will ever have their head regenerated like this.’

There’s another vampire with incredible regenerative powers that can regenerate severed heads? If there were another vampire that could even make bombs using blood, the chaos in the Confederacy would have ended long ago.

The fact that the Confederate territory continued to be an arena for the struggle between vampires and superior cannibals was proof that no absolute being had emerged.

“Tell the guards to come this way. Bring the preservation container.”

[The escort has been called.]

“Naruzu, order the corpses of the Imperial soldiers attacked by vampires to be immediately incinerated.”

[Order given.]

And that order was stopped due to opposition from the commander of the Imperial Army’s Rapid Deployment Force.

[The Imperial Army is preventing the body from being recovered and cremated.]

The Imperial Army and Naruzu, who were trying to cremate the body, confronted each other.

[Why is the Holy Kingdom burning the corpses of Imperial soldiers at will? Is there some secret in the corpses? If not, shouldn’t the corpses of Imperial soldiers be transported to the Empire?]

Maru’s brow furrowed at the Imperial Army Commander’s words. Although his words were reasonable, the suspicion and wariness in the Imperial Army Commander’s eyes were clear.

“It may be contaminated with vampire blood, so it needs to be completely incinerated.”

[···I see. But why is the Holy Kingdom doing that? Wouldn’t it be reasonable for the Empire to take responsibility for the bodies of Imperial soldiers? What right does the Holy Kingdom have to do anything with the bodies of Imperial soldiers?]

At the same time, Maru recalled the vampire’s grumbling before he died. The small head that called itself the king and begged for its life. It was possible that he had heard that nonsense or that the scene had been captured on a tactical camera.

‘Even so, this kid is a piece of shit.’

Even if you heard that, it wasn’t normal to look at the king of an ally like that. And what’s more, the commander can’t even assume that the vampire bastard might have tried to instigate the situation by telling him to eat shit while he’s dying?

Maru’s gaze scanned the surroundings. The battle formation between Naruzu and the Imperial Army was like facing off against an enemy force.

‘Did you eat your age through your butthole?’

What orders were given to have the Imperial Army ready for battle and confronting Naruzu? Even the Imperial Army was present around the area where the escorts were collecting the vampire corpses and clearing the area.

Maru couldn’t trust what the Imperial Army was doing. Especially not the words of a brat who suddenly jumped out of the blue and claimed his rights while digging.

“Connect me to General Dan Brown.”

When Maru, who had refused to answer the phone, called, it was Dan Brown who answered as if he had been waiting for the call.

[What if you don’t receive the emergency line? There could be conflict between the two. There could be problems. But what if you unilaterally refuse to communicate? Wouldn’t the conflict deepen and the problem become more complicated? Even if the situations are different, shouldn’t you have a conversation to find out how they differ at some point?]

President Den Brown must have been very upset by the unilateral refusal to communicate, so he spoke first about that. But Maru did not say that he would understand.

“We captured the vampire count. Before that, there were quite a few casualties for the imperial army.”

[Oh. Is that so? Anyway, thank you for keeping your promise.]

Dan Brown, who realized that capturing the vampire count meant that Maru had moved himself, was the first to express his gratitude.

“We are planning to cremate the Imperial Corps immediately. The Imperial Commander insists that the Corps be transported to the Empire. I think it is dangerous.”

Dan Brown’s response to Maru’s story was delayed.

‘Why is the corpse dangerous?’

While I was thinking about the reason, a report from the Imperial Army Commander came in. It was an analysis of the situation, including footage of the engagement.

[I think it is right for the Empire to take responsibility for the bodies of its soldiers.]

“···Do you guess why I said to incinerate it immediately on site?”

[······.]

“······.”

Silence fell between Den Brown and Maru.

Maru swallowed a bitter smile at the bitter silence and tried to vent his anger by saying, “You said we should find out each other’s thoughts through conversation, so why aren’t you talking?”

“Well, that’s fine. There’s no reason to forcefully stop the Empire from taking the bodies of Imperial soldiers back to the Empire. However, I hope you reconsider whether it’s a good idea to transport bodies that may be contaminated with vampire blood back to the Empire.”

[Thanks for the advice.]

Maru wanted to wrap up the story at this point. Judging from the actions of the Imperial Army Commander, the person who put this kind of person in the position of Commander of the Rapid Deployment Force was Dan Brown.

Or maybe it means that the Imperial Senate and the military have enough influence to appoint such a person as the commander of an elite unit.

In either case, it seemed unlikely that relations with the Empire would progress well. Even if that were not the case, the movements of the Rapid Deployment Force were clearly based on the assumption of a being like Maru himself.

‘I guess they trained to deal with high-level cannibals and vampires.’

Judging from the shields the Rapid Deployment Force had, they were clearly shields for close combat. So Maru spoke frankly about what he thought of the Empire.

“Although there was some give and take, the truth is that the reason the Holy Kingdom helped the Empire was because without lips, your teeth would get cold.”

Dan Brown nodded at Maru’s story of helping the empire by losing his lips and teeth.

“The idea of ​​immediately burning the bodies of Imperial soldiers on the spot is the same. It was born from the idea of ​​eliminating the cause in the first place rather than risking an unknown risk. So why would anyone think that way?”

[······.]

“To be honest, it’s because the Empire wasn’t pretty.”

[······.]

“I retrieved the clone data because it was not good. If the Empire mass-produced clones, then when a problem occurred, it was not just the Empire’s problem. And surprisingly, there were problems with the U+ program and Naruz. It was because the number was small and they could be directly controlled, but if they were mass-produced, it would have been a problem that could not be ignored.”

The U+ program had a problem in that links could be hijacked in the middle. Just as Hee-yeon hijacked the link, an entity claiming to be the reincarnation of Director Yoo could hijack the link. That meant that if a terminal entity was created using cloning technology, the U+ program itself would become a time bomb.

“The same goes for nuclear bombs. It was hard to believe in them outright, so we had no choice but to install a control device for the hydrogen bomb. If we continue like this, I think it will be the same in the future.”

[······.]

What if something were to happen in the Empire? Or what if something serious were to happen in the Holy Kingdom? Can we be sure that the Empire would never attack the Holy Kingdom?

Even when Maru openly said that he couldn’t believe it, Dan Brown’s expression didn’t change. A calm face without shame or anger.

“I helped the Empire because it was true that the fall of the Empire would be a burden to the Holy Kingdom. I helped the Empire because my teeth would be cold without lips, but I plan to not intervene in the future. That is because I do not like the Holy Kingdom intervening in any way.”

It is a reality that not only are you not hearing good things, but your resentment is growing. However, if you help them without any gain, then on the contrary, discontent will build up in the Holy Kingdom.

I helped the empire because I thought it would prevent the spread of mutant monsters and prevent the growth of cannibals and vampires. But I couldn’t stand being cursed or held back for helping.

“That is why I will not interfere in the affairs of the Empire from now on, even if it results in the collapse of the Empire.”

[······.]

The Holy Kingdom was literally a kingdom where the king’s will was above all else. It was obvious that Maru would not be helping the Empire, even though it was a sudden declaration. Despite this, Den Brown kept his mouth shut.

That’s how Maru and Den Brown’s communication ended.

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Dan Brown reviewed the engagement footage sent by the commander of the Imperial Rapid Deployment Force.

The Vampire Count was indeed a monster, if not a monster that sucked and burst blood. What else could you call a monster?

‘Then what should we call Vladimir Kalin, who killed the monster that killed hundreds of rapid response troops with one stroke of his sword?’

He was also a monster. The problem was the content of the video reported by the commander of the Rapid Deployment Force. The vampire who regenerated his head even though it was cut off was truly scary.

The regenerative power was scary enough, but what was even scarier was what that little head said in a whining voice.

‘The problem is that the commander must have sent a report to the military, so everyone knows.’

Even though Dan Brown knew that Maru was not the King of the Cannibals, he was still shaken by the video. But what would the Imperial Senate or the military do if they saw this video?

‘Not good. Did Vladimir Kalin expect this and decide to withdraw from the Empire?’

It was really bad. And bad things happened one after another.

[Your Excellency the President. The Imperial Diet has requested an emergency meeting.]

“···It’s fast. It’s so fast, as if it was waiting for me.”

Den Brown pressed his temples together, took a gulp of ice-cold green tea, and stood up.

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Holy Kingdom. Detroit.

Vladiak Tower conference room.

Maru explained the situation calmly.

From the transformation of the Vampire Count, to the reaction of the Imperial Commander, to the conversation with Dan Brown, to the decision not to interfere in Imperial affairs in the future.

“I thought about it carefully. I’m all for it. If the Empire is overrun with cannibals, vampires, or mutated monsters, we should wipe them out with a large nuke.”

Kim Yang said that she had known about Maru since the cockroach incident and expressed her full support for Maru’s decision.

“Have you no thought? Have you forgotten that using strategic nukes can affect the Yellowstone volcano and seismic zones?”

He said to Yang Kim that he wanted to burn the body with a large and powerful nuclear weapon.

“It is the King’s decision not to get involved in imperial affairs, so the result cannot be changed.”

Ki-soon, who had sorted out the situation, continued telling the story.

“The King says he will not get involved in imperial matters. It means he will not get involved no matter what happens in the empire.”

So, even if the empire were to become a vampire empire, I would not get involved. And the story of how I decided to do that is…

Ki-sun’s thin, squinty eyes turned toward the floor.