Rust - Chapter 885



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RUST -885

Hee-yeon, who had led the U+ sisters out of the city with Link, attempted to escape with the Black Horse. They ran through the 2nd and 3rd floors of the building, even slicing through 5-6m of ice and snow.

There were tunnels dug through the ice in every alley and road, but the black horses and smokescreens ran around destroying them rather than using them.

Ting-

Explode a grenade

Puhwaaaaak-

Burned with napalm.

“Kyaaaaah! Catch me!”

“You have to catch that to survive!”

“Life!”

“Life!”

Does it smell when your flesh melts in napalm? The answer is that it smells terrible. The smell of burning flesh mixed with the smell of oil evokes an indescribable emotion.

The memory of a Middle Eastern desert town that suddenly comes to mind, a corpse roasted in napalm, a corpse mutilated by a South American cartel. The smoke of those memories and reality mixed together tightly held the reins of the black horse.

Heeeeeeeing-

The black horse’s cheerful cry drew smoke from the fleeting memories. The important thing now was to escape. She loaded on the shaking saddle.

The EMP countermeasure device of the dedicated core armor was activated at that moment. The EMP countermeasure device that was supposed to block at least 1 and up to 3 times was immediately disabled.

Heeeeeeeeeing-

Purrrrrrrrr-

The black horse started to run like crazy, as if it felt something. The black horse ignored those who rushed at it and just ran, even as it melted in the napalm.

Pitter-patter-

Bang-bang-bang-

The thick hide of the black horse was impenetrable to bullets from hunting rifles. The spears made of cut iron pipes and rebar were bent like sticks and cut through the alley.

It wasn’t that there were no wounds at all. It was hard to tell whether the dripping blood was from the black horse’s wound or from the trampled and torn human.

Pururur-

The black horse let out a heavy breath. Even though its powerful leap was slightly shaken, the black horse did not stop. It was as if it was being chased by something, desperately…

As we made our way through Old East Village, the pursuit became less intense. Those who had been rushing at us like demons suddenly stopped chasing us and started running back in a hurry.

It was an incomprehensible behavior. The black horse clearly looked tired, but he was turning away without pushing.

‘You’re saying you’re going back exhausted?’

It was clear that something was happening in that empty lot. But Hee-yeon remembered what Maru had ordered.

‘Get out of the city without looking back.’

Even though the siege was lifted, hot sweat and drops of blood flowed from the black horse’s body, which did not slow down. Hee-yeon slowly pulled the reins of the black horse, which was running as if it were a sweaty horse.

“Calm down. It’s okay to go a little slower. The siege has been lifted.”

The black horse, breathing heavily, was tense as if he was still feeling something.

Purururuk-

Puruk-

The black horse urged them to hurry and go. But even his taunts were lacking in strength.

“I understand that you want to go. But it’s dangerous to continue like this. Let’s rest for a moment and then go.”

Purururuk-

The black horse said that they should go quickly, but Hee-yeon was stubborn. Hee-yeon was now armed with No-shim armor.

Even though it was a black horse, it was difficult to run around with a core armor weighing over 200kg. In order to escape the city, the black horse needed at least time to recover.

“It’s right to rest for a bit now. They’ve lifted the siege now, but what if they come after us again? What if something other than them comes out? Can you fight in this state?”

Purruk! Purruk!

The black horse was no ordinary horse. It would recover a lot if it consumed water and energy and rested for only 30 minutes.

“Let’s just rest for 30 minutes.”

Purrrrrrr-

It was a black horse that followed Hee-yeon’s guidance to the mart while insisting that it was okay.

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The mid-sized supermarket was half-a-messed.

The convenience food and canned goods were all empty, as were the candies. However, there were quite a few waters and drinks that were hard to carry. The sugar cubes displayed in the coffee, green tea, and black tea sections were still there.

Hee-yeon immediately mixed the electrolyte drink with water and fed it to the black horse. She said it didn’t need to rest, but judging from the fact that he drank it as soon as she gave it to him, it was indeed hard.

He piled up a lot of sugar cubes, beans, whole wheat, and frozen carrots, and washed the black horse’s body with fresh water. Red clumps of blood and flesh fell off one by one, and the water, which had turned dark red, flowed down to the floor.

Choaaaak- While spraying water, Heeyeon carefully examined the black horse’s body. Fortunately, there were no deep wounds.

‘huh?’

A peculiar sight caught Hee-yeon’s eye. A clump of blood that should have been washed away in the water was not being washed away.

‘What is this? Is it a scab?’

As he tried to spray water and wipe it away again, a clump of blood began to move. It was a clump of blood that avoided Hee-yeon’s hand that was trying to grab it and stuck to the black horse’s wound.

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Maru cut off the bastard’s neck before the Garden of Death could completely swallow him up.

It was a rather disappointing ending for all the struggles that went on and on about “I won’t die,” “I can’t die,” and “I will be resurrected.”

He could be evaluated that way because he had the Garden of Death, but in reality, he was a very tenacious guy. Later on, he fought to live even when he was turned into a half-mummy.

Even when his neck was cut, he didn’t die right away and tried to move the drops of blood. If it weren’t for the vines that were absorbing his life force, he would have had to dance with his sword for quite some time.

Maru, who had placed the head of the half-mummy-like living creature in a preservation container, turned on the radio to call the drone. Maru shook his head slightly at the unresponsive communicator.

‘When I opened the Garden of Death, all my electronic equipment went dead.’

The floor was already spread out. The garden was expanded with the intention of cleaning up the remaining premises. The garden of death that encroached upon the empty lot swallowed up the people who rushed in.

‘huh?’

I thought they were just crazy people, but that wasn’t the case. They all had stronger vitality than normal people.

I thought they were crazy because they were running around without a care in the -20 to -30 degree temperatures, but it wasn’t that simple.

“Kwaaah! Life!”

“Life!”

It was definitely strange to see him convulsing like that even after cutting off the leader’s head.

Quaddukduk-

Sizzle-

Whether or not, the vines and the grass squeezed the convulsive life-cultists, and the swarm of death rats ate them. The space of death became more distinct and stronger as it harvested life. In an instant, tens of thousands of humans were turned into manure.

Seeing the Life Cultists running madly towards the Garden of Death, seemingly unaware of the fear despite seeing the scene right in front of them, they were definitely not in their right minds.

‘Let’s see how far we can go.’

Maru let the Garden of Death run wild, harvesting life to its heart’s content. Only after most of Old East Village had been covered in the Garden of Death did the maddening mob of people screaming for life completely disappear.

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Na Ju-yeon and her research team dissected the upper body of a person who had demonstrated healing abilities and created a brain tumour with part of the brain and spinal cord.

“Did you succeed?”

“It was a success.”

The life ability user’s heart had stopped, but because Maru quickly placed him in a preservation container, his brain was still alive, making it possible.

“Let’s give it a try.”

“The brain waves are stable.”

“Initiate information extraction.”

“Information is displayed on the monitor.”

Pogurruruk-

The healer’s memories appeared on the monitor along with the sound of bubbles rising.

[It’s a miracle that the wound healed this quickly.]

[Is it a miracle?]

[Yes. It is a miracle. Would you like to have a thorough examination to see if your healing powers have awakened?]

[No, it’s okay.]

He wanted to avoid being talked about by people after committing a big scam and going into hiding. It would be dangerous if the world changed and he had to face scam victims. The bullet would come before the law.

Although private revenge was limited by the Holy Kingdom’s control, he wanted to be safer and underwent plastic surgery, relying on his ability to heal wounds quickly.

It was true that the regenerative power had been strengthened, and the swelling that would normally take several weeks to go down returned to normal overnight.

[Oh my goodness. What an incredible ability. Not only are all the bones healed, but there are barely any scars.]

[I think it would be a good idea to check if it is regeneration or healing. If it is a healing ability, it is a welcome ability in any place, whether it is the Holy Kingdom or the Empire.]

[it’s okay. ]

The man whose face had been restored refused the doctor’s advice. He thought that his life of hesitation was over and a new life was beginning.

But it was inevitable that rumors would spread in a hospital with many patients. Rumors would spread that someone had received the grace of healing, especially among those with incurable diseases. These rumors gradually began to gain substance.

When the Holy Church sensed this, they tried to convert him to Christianity, but he unknowingly displayed his talent as a conman.

The problem was that this light-hearted fraud was intertwined with religion. It was supposed to be a simple fraud that said that if you just pray, you will get better. But it turned out that people were actually cured.

[So you’re saying your diabetes really got better?]

[Ughhhhh – Really.]

So, people who had diabetes complications decided to pretend to get better, and they really did get better. Of course, it wasn’t always like that. But it was clear that sometimes the people who were pretending to get better actually got better.

Around that time, the Holy Church members, sensing something strange, brought a really sick person to test the miracle. And, whether by coincidence or fate, the man’s power cured the sick person.

[Ooooooh-]

[A miracle has occurred!]

[It is the grace of healing!]

The faith of the Holy Church turned to him, and everything changed.

“This is the worst.”

Na Ju-yeon’s eyebrows furrowed deeply.

“Huh? The worst?”

Instead of answering, Na Ju-yeon conducted an experiment.

“Let’s check if you can use your abilities while in a bionic terminal state. Let’s get started.”

Dismissal-

As electrical stimulation was applied to the healing brain, a milky white light began to form on the bio-terminal.

“That is the light of healing.”

“It is a success.”

“It is as per the AI ​​simulation results.”

“The ability is being expressed steadily.”

And after a while, the withered head of the life ability user came in.

“It looks like a mummy?”

“They say he has the ability to give life, so why is he so dried up and twisted?”

Na Ju-yeon checked the video. It was a video showing a person being rejuvenated by extracting blood from a living person on an ice platform at the beginning.

It was not just the ability to handle life, but the ability to handle life through blood. Na Ju-yeon’s brow furrowed again. It was an ability that was easy to miss in the middle of healing and life, as well as faith in Maru.

[But I don’t think that’s the essence?]

Ki-soon said this while looking at Na-ju-yeon with her eyes narrowed. As expected, it was Ki-soon. Judging from the way she realized in an instant what she said was the worst.

“Yes, because the most important issue remains.”

Although some people, including PD, think of Maru as a god, most of the Holy Church think of Maru as a god’s agent, prophet, savior, etc.

Rather than God himself, he is a superhuman being who has received the power of God. So faith goes to God, and Maru becomes a being who has received power from such a God.

[This is driving me crazy. The animals believe Maru is the god of death. The Holy Church people think of him as a savior, a protector of humanity, and an agent of God.]

The differences between them were too great.

“Now that we have evidence that faith has real power, we need to decide what to do about it.”

If things continued this way, the Holy Church, which had finally built up its power, might become a religious hotbed for those who had awakened to miraculous abilities. Na Ju-yeon told the PD that she had to inform him of the current situation.

[From a king to a god. This is really.]

“We must make sure that the faith does not leak out in any way. Once the blood-manipulating ability gains faith, it allows them to manipulate the life force within the blood. If we do not manage the faith as quickly as possible, we do not know what will happen.”

At first, the life ability user was a person who could manipulate blood. It was not water, but the ability to move blood. It was just the ability to stop bleeding or, on the contrary, to force bleeding.

However, he was believed to have the ability to manipulate blood by someone who saw his ability to move blood and was reminded of a vampire, and rumors spread that he had the ability to manipulate blood even though he was not a vampire.

Although my faith was weak, I was able to extract life from blood and manipulate it, which gave me the effect of my skin tightening for a few days.

The phenomenon of wrinkles being smoothed out and skin becoming clearer. Women were crazy about the ability to rejuvenate. The ability to be young, the ability to rejuvenate, and the ability to control life, making him the god of life.

His ability was to move blood, but after being mixed with faith, he became blood that controls life. Blood is life itself, so he uses blood to extend life and uses blood to regain youth.

Such a miraculous sight brought more faith, and as faith grew, the ability to control blood grew stronger, and he gained power as strong as a vampire count.

[You mean you’ve become strong enough to take down five Inquisitors?]

“He is strong, but he used his abilities well.”

Blood transformed by faith was put into the Inquisitor’s meal. The Inquisitor also experienced the vitality seething within his body and his blood flowing according to his command, and soon became corrupted.

One of the five refused to obey until the end and died, while the remaining four were infected with the contaminated blood, completely turning them into puppets.

[So the blood full of vitality was eating away at the person?]

“Based on what I’ve seen so far, yes.”

[It’s not like Joseph’s dregs copied the memories in blood and transferred the personality, right?]

“It’s not to that extent, but I think it’s possible to burn life force to strengthen physical abilities and get to that level.”

[Conceptualization. Crazy. Faith actually becomes power. Ha- Seriously- Anyway, I think it would be good to wipe out all the blood that guy shed.]

“Yes. I think that would be a good idea.”

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When Ki-soon explained the situation, Maru nodded calmly.

It was because I understood why those who rushed in like crazy had high vitality.

“You don’t have to worry.”

Those guys all became fertilizer.