Rust - Chapter 889



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RUST -889

In a world where guns are the main weapon, what if there’s a guy carrying a knife?

It was clear that he was either crazy or incredibly scary. It was unrealistic for a knife wielder to survive among the gunmen.

Hee-yeon knew the fear of the swordsman very well. It was only natural since she had seen and experienced it herself. So she grabbed the reins of the black horse that was charging at the cannibal.

Heeeeeeeing-

Suddenly he grabbed the reins, raised his front legs, and cried out loud as if to ask, ‘Why are you stopping me?’

“That’s dangerous.”

Purruk-purruruk!!!

“Hold on for now. You don’t know what power that has.”

Heeyeon used the link to send an attack signal to the U+ sisters.

Push-Pup-

Phu- thu- thu- thump-

In the ensuing gunfire, the knife-wielding cannibal began to move.

Ting- thump-

A cannibal who wields a flat sword that is too long to be a dagger, but too short to be a longsword.

‘Huh? That?’

The black horse cried out, “How did you know that was going to happen?” at the sight of the cannibal approaching, deflecting what needed to be deflected and avoiding what needed to be avoided with a wide blade like a gladius.

“I said that in this world, carrying a knife is crazy.”

Purururung-

The cannibal didn’t seem to be moving that fast, but it had already come within 30 meters. Hee-yeon read the cannibal’s gaze. It was a gaze that seemed to be hiding something.

She quickly spurred the black horse to a gallop. The moment it gained a long distance to the side, the cannibal’s movements changed.

8m-

8m-

8m-

The cannibal’s blade pierced the air as he lost control of the last step after shortening the distance by 24 meters in just three steps.

“Did you see it?”

Heeeek!

That cannibal was wielding a knife so similar to who he was. It was so similar to the battle video from two years ago when he was a mercenary of King Maru.

‘The cannibal is imitating the King’s swordsmanship?’

Can you imitate that?

What are you going to do by imitating knife fighting?

A black horse distanced itself from a cannibal wearing a mask, hood, and goggles. It accelerated in an instant and moved more than 150 meters away, and then the cannibal changed direction.

It seemed like they were trying to attack the U+ sisters first, who were sniping whenever they had a chance.

‘Respond with fire to prevent them from approaching, and retreat if they come within 150m.’

The U+ sniper team’s movements changed according to the link. The cannibal that rushed forward as if accelerating for a moment shot and the sniper team that ran away kept retreating and scattering, so they changed their target to the black horse as if they got angry.

‘Keep shooting.’

The explosive acceleration of the cannibal also required energy. If you keep circling it and exhausting it, it will eventually open up. This is the one who will win.

The battle continued for a long time, but the cannibal who was swinging his sword did not tire. Upon closer inspection, I saw that he was fighting while sucking something out of a tube.

As soon as he decided that he couldn’t fight a war of attrition, Heeyeon cleanly forced the U+ team to retreat.

‘retreat.’

It was right to retreat when there were only a few left. They were all armed with core armor and had high melee combat proficiency, but Hee-yeon had no intention of engaging in close combat.

‘You have to catch something like that to make a contribution.’

Unlike the first cannibal that was easy to catch, there were a lot of things suspicious about this one. It had evaded tracking for over three months, and its sword skills were fake.

A snowy field where a cold wind blows and snowflakes start to fall little by little. Snow has started to fall again on the snow-covered plains.

“Let’s spread some distance. Can we still track them even if they’re far away?”

Heeeeling-

The black horse’s reaction as if he couldn’t miss that scent.

“I will believe you.”

Heeeeeeling-

I should report it. It seemed difficult to delay the strange knife-wielding cannibal and the black horse issue any longer. Hee-yeon pushed the black horse back and began writing her report.

The snow that had been falling sporadically had suddenly turned into heavy sleet.

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‘This is more incredible than I thought?’

Maru was experimenting with the effects of enchantment.

bang!

A huge moose fell flat on its face. There was no life left in its lifeless head.

“One room.”

The bullet that blessed death was literally a one-hit spear. No matter where it hit, it would cut you with one shot once it made a wound.

The downside was that it was less effective if it didn’t cause any damage. That is, it had to penetrate leather, armor, or bulletproof vests to cause a small wound to the skin to be effective.

So it was effective to enchant death onto special bullets with certain penetrative power. The spear bullets were bullets, but what was even scarier was the horde of rats that had mutated through faith.

The front teeth and claws that contained death were truly terrifying. From the beginning, they were a pack of rats that could gnaw through reinforced concrete, but when death was added to them, they displayed a disastrous attack power limited to living things.

Click! (Click!)

Phew!

Kuuuuung!

It was surprising that the large buffalo could not withstand a few black rats and died. The buffalo’s defenses, which were impervious to high-explosive shells and 20mm Vulcan guns, could not stop the rats’ front teeth that were consecrated to death.

What if a swarm of these death rats swarmed by the hundreds of thousands?

The creature was just finished.

“The war is won.”

At this rate, the war against the spiders was a sure victory. All it took was time to enchant the death of the half-million rats. Victory was certain.

[Didn’t you say that it evaporates over time?]

“are you okay.”

Since rats mutated by the belief in death are still living beings, there was a disadvantage in that the effects of enchantments would gradually disappear, but there was no need to worry because the enchantment process took a short time.

Maru concentrated. Concentration came naturally even without that strange breathing.

‘deployment.’

When the Garden of Death was opened, an area was created consisting only of vines of death. It was a development that applied the control power created by the faith of artificial intelligence.

If it had been original, it would have been a vine thicker than a finger, but now, depending on Maru’s will, it was possible to shape it into a vine that was pulled out as thin as a hair.

The vines that rose so thinly began to enchant death to the teeth and claws of the black rats. In an instant, the floor was pierced with bamboo spears by a swarm of rats that reached 500,000 in number.

[···Wow – you did it all in that short time?]

As the Garden of Death unfolded, Ki-soon, who had been out of touch for a moment, became excited.

[Watching in real time and then doing it again right away when the effect wears off? Now I really should call you a god king, not a king.]

Maru shrugs his shoulders at Gisun’s teasing.

The result of absorbing the AI’s faith was definitely good. Being able to freely open and release the Garden of Death meant that the EMP effects derived from the Garden of Death could also be controlled to some extent.

Ki-soon, who had been making a fuss, sent a file toward Maru.

[Oh. And a report came up regarding the pursuit of the cannibal.]

“Heeyeon?”

[Oh. I’ve been tracking this weird guy for over three months. He seems a bit odd to me.]

Maru’s forehead slightly furrowed as he watched the video footage sent by Ki-sun.

“This. Are you imitating me?”

[Well, it wouldn’t be difficult for a high-level cannibal or mid-level vampire to imitate you.]

It is said that Maru’s physical abilities have steadily improved, but in terms of physical abilities alone, he was at best a low-level cannibal. So, if it were a high-level cannibal or vampire with overwhelming physical abilities, it wouldn’t be too difficult for him to copy his movements.

[You’ve seen the video, so you know, but the instantaneous acceleration and bullet bounce seem to be similar.]

“So what do you think?”

[Looking at what he’s doing… it seems like he’s imitating his old days as a mercenary. Should I assume that the information from the combat video is leaked?]

Not on our side, but on the Empire’s side. When we worked with the Department of Homeland Security, the level of movement was similar to that of a combat video. Maru nodded at Ki-soon’s analysis.

“It seems like information is leaking not only from the Empire but also from here.”

It had already been three months since Hee-yeon had gone out to catch the cannibal. It had been even longer since Maru had moved separately because of the Garden of Death.

I don’t know the exact details, but it was leaked that the King was traveling alone in the Canadian region. It had to be leaked that he was raiding the northern strongholds and outer forts of Canada alone. And there was also leaked information that he was traveling alone in the Canadian region after that.

[Hood and Samantha are controlling the information, so there’s no way they would have gotten away with it.]

“It must be ability. I haven’t gotten the latest information on that either.”

The corners of Maru’s mouth slightly rose as he watched the video of the cannibal using his speed to deflect bullets. The bastard didn’t know how he had changed.

“This guy seems to want to face me one-on-one.”

[You want to do one-on-one with me?]

If you open the Garden of Death, you know that it will end with a single blow of a bamboo spear, let alone a sword. The story of wandering alone means that you do not know about the Garden of Death.

“Good.”

Snap! (Die!)

Phew!

Wooooow!

The sight of a bear with terrifyingly tenacious vitality slowly collapsing while surrounded by a swarm of black rats was reflected in Maru’s eyes.

Jeeeeek! (Victory over the God of Death!)

Jeeeeek! (I’m going to the garden of death!)

“good.”

[······.]

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Huge sleet particles, like coins, began to fall, turning the whole place upside down. The sudden blizzard was enough to turn Hee-yeon and the Warlock as white as snowmen.

“The sensor is dead. Can you tell?”

Infrared detection, motion detection, everything was dead, and even the tracking of the stratospheric airship that had been requested in advance was over.

Purururung-

In this situation, the black horse groaned as if it was difficult. The snowstorm was so severe that the black horse’s senses were dulled and he missed the location of the sword-wielding cannibal.

Hee-yeon made all the U+ sisters retreat to the base with Link. A mid-level or higher cannibal would not miss their prey even in such adverse conditions. It was better to get out early.

“Let’s go too.”

Heeeeeeling-

We can search right after the blizzard ends, so let’s just go? We almost caught him, so let’s lose him here again? The warlock shook his head.

“No. I already reported it and decided to come to support. Even the stratospheric airship has been mobilized. It’s only a matter of time before we find him again. There’s no need to take risks.”

Purururung?

Then what about the merits? If you make merits, you can get special food and even get custom orders? The black horse couldn’t shake off his regret.

“He said that safety and survival are more important than achievements.”

It was something Maru had always emphasized. No matter how good your achievements are, what good are they if you die? Doing your best was a statement that presupposed survival.

“Good posture. I don’t know who you are, but you taught me well.”

The black horse jumped up at the faint voice heard in the snowstorm. Psik- The sleet that had piled up in an instant made the black horse’s movements slightly uncomfortable.

That slight difference made the difference between the blades touching and not touching. The sharp stab of the blade, like a gladius, drew a red line on the black horse’s side.

Heeeeeeling-

The black horse, whose side was scratched, twisted its body and kicked, but there was already empty space. It kicked again, jumped, kicked again – and at the moment it was about to run forward, the red line drawn again was engraved on its hind legs.

“It’s really strong. It’s like steel.”

Are you there?

The black horse’s back kick and Hee-yeon’s vocal cords searched the direction where the voice was heard, but there was nothing there. Hee-yeon turned up the output of the core armor to maximum.

“I’ll use the shield on the right. Open the right side.”

Purur-

The bastard’s movements were so similar to his own. If he sees an opening, he’ll stab. He definitely will.

Knock-knock-knock-

Drops of blood flowed down. White vapor rose from the black horse’s mouth.

“now.”

Hee-yeon shot randomly to the left, and the black horse also turned to the left.

The right side is clearly visible.

A powerful blow pierced the black horse’s neck and the defensive barrier clashed.

Kwadeng—

The honeycomb-shaped shield appeared and disappeared as the snow fluttered. The impact was enough to shake the shield of the core armor that could block anti-tank missiles.

Before the muzzle of the smoke gun and the black horse’s forelegs could point to the right, the blade changed direction and aimed for the black horse’s side where bleeding was flowing.

And. The moment the blade was about to pierce the wound, the blood that had been flowing out moved like tentacles and stopped the blade.

Push shu shu shu!

Rainwater moved like tentacles and burst in all directions, creating red dolls.

“Handling blood?”

The cannibal, who had brushed off the falling red snowflakes, looked at the black horse with an interested look. At that moment, a small sound was heard from beneath his feet.

Click!