Rust - Chapter 894



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RUST -894

According to the memories of the Knife-Eater, the Count-level vampire who took over part of Kansas was a terrifying being.

Even though the dominance of high-ranking vampires was strong, the dominance of the Kansas vampires was even stronger. Roughly 1.5 times stronger.

Considering that the quality and number of cannibals that can be subdued varies depending on the dominance, it was at least 50% stronger than those around it.

But why couldn’t he unite Kansas? It was because his own abilities were weak in inverse proportion to his ruling power.

Although his physical abilities were weak, his dominance was so strong that there were several instances where assassins who came to kill the count were subdued instead.

In order to break through the control and strike a blow, a vampire of the same count level must come in person, but when he brought his subordinates, the subordinates fell under the control of the vampire who controlled this place and were defeated in return.

It was too risky to lose your subordinates and go in alone. Likewise, the vampires here could not expand their territory indiscriminately.

Top-tier cannibals weren’t that common, either. If they were sent out and lost, they would be helpless when an enemy came along that could resist their dominance.

“The strategy is simple. The dominance increases in proportion to the distance. So attack the enemy thoroughly from a distance. Hit and run.”

If it was Hee-yeon and Heuk-ma, the U+ team could have unilaterally forced a loss. The U+ team took their place, and Hee-yeon and Heuk-ma lured them and annihilated them.

“I’ll send a crow reconnaissance team and a bombing team. If it seems dangerous, bomb it and escape by airship.”

“all right.”

Heeeeling-

“If you get to the point where you can escape on an airship, the Count will send some of his guards. Don’t miss them and bomb them. Even if they counterattack with surface-to-air missiles, hold your ground.”

“yes?”

Ppurung?

Hee-yeon and Heuk-ma opened their eyes wide at the sound of being told to stay in their seats.

“I’m not telling you to hold out and die. My private airship is well-equipped with a defense system, so it can’t be hit by any surface-to-air missiles. I’m telling you to keep the aggro.”

“I will do that.”

Heeeeling-

I don’t know how safe it is, but it’s the King’s private plane, so it should be safe. Hee-yeon and Heuk-ma nodded.

‧

I tried to clear out the outer patrols based on the information from the cannibal with a knife, but things got messed up. The guy’s memories were from almost 4 months ago, so the patrol course and time were all wrong.

‘Tsk, this is getting annoying.’

Since she is a strong-willed woman, she will quickly notice if a subordinate dies in her territory. If she judges that a threatening enemy has invaded, she will hide in the bunker.

One of the reasons for using smoke and black horse as bait was to prevent the vampire bitch from escaping.

If a dark horse and a girl with full of vitality are hanging out in the area, they will try to catch them rather than staying in the bunker.

But it was a mess from the start.

[The information is completely different. What should I do?]

Since the bladed cannibal hasn’t been killed yet, I guess the information hasn’t been relayed yet. Maru answered Hee-yeon’s question.

“As planned. Draw their attention as much as possible.”

[yes.]

‧

Almost at the same time that Smoke and the Black Horse killed the patrolmen, the bastards reacted.

[There are too many.]

The number of enemies was greater than the information of the bladed cannibal.

“That’s fortunate.”

[······.]

Hee-yeon also remained silent as if she had realized something in response to Maru’s analysis that it was fortunate that there were so many. If you gain practical experience in the field like this, the gap between your memory and judgment will disappear.

[If there is this kind of reaction… it seems that the enemies are preparing a defensive posture.]

“They probably didn’t expect us to come, so that must mean there was a skirmish.”

And the fact that there were more of them meant that the number of higher-level individuals had decreased. They had some leeway in their dominance, but they couldn’t afford to hire high-level cannibals, so they went with increasing their numbers.

“Reduce as much as possible. We can easily take down the lower and middle tiers with our current firepower.”

[Wouldn’t they notice the ambush?]

“That could be possible. Let’s proceed according to the basic plan, but change the operation depending on the situation on the ground.”

[All right.]

The operation had begun and the target was their heads. Maru gave Hee-yeon full authority over the operation and rushed into the infiltration route.

‘You’re guarding it properly.’

Although the smoke and black horse took quite a large number, they did not let their guard down because they survived the fight between the demons. If the number of guards seemed small, they were supplemented by CCTV.

‘If we kill the guard here, they’ll think it’s a bucket and go straight into the bunker.’

In that case, the place to break through was the CCTV. Maru spread out a small garden of death. In the small garden with a radius of about 5m, as if waiting, the leaves and vines bloomed in the sky.

Maru sent his will towards the rats running around in the meantime. The rats, responding to Maru’s will to disable the CCTV, ran.

“The black horse and the kid tried to invade?”

“Yeah. I went to catch them all, regardless of whether they were Team 3 or Team 4.”

“Suddenly. Isn’t this a trick?”

“They said to bring him here even if it was a lure.”

“You told me to capture him alive, even though there was a possibility that it was a bait or a diversion. Are you a superior?”

“I thought you weren’t a noble?”

“They say it’s a more perfect armor than the Empire’s exosuit.”

“They say he was hit directly by a 12.7mm special bullet and still survived.”

There was no power nearby with such technology. If not even the Empire, then the Holy Kingdom. Why is the Holy Kingdom suddenly here and making a fuss?

Could it be that they’re forming an alliance with other guys and attacking us? It’s a bit odd to think of it that way. A black horse and a little kid in armor are running wild? Not even a squad or platoon?

“It could be an ambush.”

“Even if it was an ambush, it would have been caught if a large number of troops had moved.”

“That’s right. If you came in avoiding my eyes, the numbers are obvious.”

“If ambush isn’t the goal, then what is?”

“Stop talking small talk and look straight ahead. It might be a diversion. Don’t let your guard down.”

“Yes. I am watching it well.”

Pot-

One of the CCTV screens went out.

“CCTV number 13 has gone out.”

Chijik-

“I went out 17 times.”

Two went out at once?

“Check it out. Quickly.”

I moved the nearby CCTVs 14 and 16 and checked the area around CCTVs 13 and 17, but there was nothing. Could this be a natural malfunction? Is it a coincidence that two cameras broke down at once?

“Contact the patrol team and send a repair team.”

‧

Maru jumps from rooftop to rooftop. Then he goes down to the veranda, cuts through one wall, and jumps again. Maru laughs bitterly as he moves to the center to avoid the patrol team’s eyes.

‘You changed your fighting style too quickly. Have you lost your original intention?’

As the combat style changed from stealth-based infiltration attacks to suppression using the Garden of Death, the frequency of using Ripper Suits and Core Armor decreased.

It was a natural thing, as it not only blocked all enemy ranged and close range attacks, but also close range attacks and bombs.

As we received the faith of the rat pack and the worship of AI, our sense of being wary of death began to change. The sense that had warned us of danger instead led us toward danger. We went in the direction of expanding the garden of death through mass murder.

Is that why? This operation was the same. If it had been like before, I wouldn’t have done it on the spur of the moment. If I had known that the information from the cannibals and the information from the scene were different, I would have prioritized obtaining new information.

After finding new information and infiltrating using the Ripper suit, he would have achieved his goal while the outside world was in turmoil.

As he gained control of the realm of death and the vines of death, he was losing his original intention. Maru took a deep breath.

Mistakes can be changed.

[The ambush area has been discovered. The U+ team has retreated first.]

[We are focusing our attacks on the black horse.]

Blocking the enemy’s mobility was the basic tactic. Hee-yeon immediately began to retreat. However, he had caught the enemy’s tail and they were not the type of people to just run away.

The persistent attack tore open the warlock’s wounds. The blood that flowed out as the wounds opened up transformed into tentacles that instantly blocked the attacks of the cannibals that were swarming in from all directions.

?

!!!

Heeeeeeeeeing!

That was the beginning of the aggro. A black horse with blood control(?) ability and a girl controlling(?) that black horse. It was a bait that was so tempting that it made the count’s butt wiggle.

As troops moved in large numbers to capture Heukma and Heeyeon, the number of guards on the Maru side also decreased significantly.

“good job.”

The black horse was able to keep its cool without being swayed by the parasitic blood, as if Maru’s warning had worked.

[Escape immediately by airship.]

As Hee-yeon and Heuk-ma took off into the sky on the airship, the cannibals, who had been chasing chickens but now looked up at the roof, fired missiles at random, but not a single missile penetrated the airship’s air defenses.

Maru took advantage of the chaos to infiltrate the building where the Count was, and what he saw was a giant cage. Eat, poop, sleep. Wake up again, eat, poop, sleep, and repeat endlessly.

There were no bars or guards. People just ate canned food and drank alcohol and soda. And when the signal came, they got up, shitted and peed in plastic bags and bottles, and went back to bed.

There was no resignation, no fear, no future in the eyes of those who could not find even a shred of reason. There were people there who had chosen to become livestock.

Maru hurried his steps, pushing back the Garden of Death that was rising in response to Maru’s emotions. There were fewer guards inside the building than expected.

Churiq-

A vine of death woven with daggers cut out the eyes of a guard at the end of the hallway and gagged him. The vine of death completely subdued the enemy soldier, just as a skilled special forces unit would subdue an enemy soldier.

Huhu-

Ugh-

The moment Maru, who had incapacitated more than ten guards in an instant, opened the door to the great room where the vampire count was and entered, sparks flew from all directions.

Bang- papapapapapak!

Silenced pistols fired at the floor, but to no avail. Bullets fell, blocked by the leaves sprouting from the vines of death.

A .45 caliber armor-piercing bullet falls down, unable to penetrate the thin leaves of a vine. It looks like the kinetic energy of the bullet has completely died.

When the gun failed, death rose up at the feet of the cannibals who charged at them with swords, axes, and spears.

Between scenes of bladed grass cutting their ankles and sucking the life out of them, and death vines wrenching off their weapon-holding arms, a small mouse was seen gobbling out the cannibal’s eyeball.

It was a moment. The Garden of Death was no longer just laid out on the floor like before. It was a three-dimensional Garden of Death that stretched out from the walls to the ceiling, and it swung toward the vampire sitting on the platform as if it was just giving orders.

A slender woman sat on the throne.

“Huh. Why? Why?”

The count, who saw his guards turn into fertilizer in an instant, desperately poured out his power, but it was no use.

It was a power that could dominate even a passing fly, but it could not dominate even a single mouse. The same was true of blades of grass and vines.

She took back all of her dominance and fired it towards the floor.

Jeokbuk-

Jeokbuk-

Heavy footsteps were heard approaching the woman.

“Get down!”

“Kneel down!”

“Get down!”

A vain cry rang out through the hall. When his power of control failed, the count crossed his legs seductively and lowered his voice. It was a sweet voice that was 180 degrees different from when he had been shouting at him to kneel just a moment ago.

“Just wait a minute.”

“Stop.”

The bleak atmosphere of Daejeon suddenly changed into a dreamy atmosphere. It felt like a pink current was dispersing. And Maru’s footsteps did not stop.

“Okay. Just a moment.”

“Stop right there. Please.”

The vines of death moved as if to bring about that emptiness.

Churiq-

A vine of death that tore through the air and dug into the woman’s right shoulder.

Kkaaaak-

The woman tore off her right shoulder with her left hand as her life force was sucked out through the piercing wound. The shoulder, detached from her torso, dried up and twisted in an instant, turning to dust.

“You. You. You.”

“You. Who are you?”

Being a count and all was of no use to this monster.

12 counts?

They had been fighting with each other without knowing anything until now.

If we all come together and fight as one, maybe it will be different.

No, even if we all gathered together and fought, we would just become food for this monster.

The woman recalled the pain she had felt when she had been impaled by the tentacles. It was not simply the sensation of life being sucked out of her. Rather, it was the feeling of death being eaten away.

Where on earth did this monster suddenly come from?

Churiq- Pak-

The woman couldn’t help but lose her thoughts as the vines of death stuck into her legs.

“surrender!”

“I surrender!”

“Please save me.”

Dominance didn’t work either.

Even temptation didn’t work.

Die.

asleep.

A calm face was reflected in her terrified eyes.

“Who am I? Are you saying this without even knowing who I am?”