Rust - Chapter 901



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RUST [RUST]-901

What is that?

New humans. Among them, special forces. They were at the top of the food chain, viewing humans as livestock.

Although they had been through all sorts of hardships during the brutal civil war, it was their first time seeing a tiny rat the size of half the palm of a hand pierce a person’s eyeball and throat raw.

I have seen rats bigger than my forearm. Cockroaches bigger than a grown man’s shoe were common. I have seen poisonous snakes over 10 meters long and cats bigger than tigers.

I killed them all. Of course, they left corpses. No matter how big the rodent, insect, or cat, there was always a corpse left when it died.

But what is that?

After being shot, he turns into black particles and disappears into thin air?

All that remained was a human corpse with its eyes gouged out and gray matter flowing out. A strange phenomenon where not a single trace of the black rat could be found.

Tudadadadadak!

After killing dozens, hundreds were coming in.

Where on earth does it come from?

“Kill him!”

“Shoot!”

Tudadadadadak!!!

Clank. Clank.

“Wake up!”

“Flamethrower!”

“Where’s the kid with the flamethrower?”

“Shoot outside!”

“Get out of the way. You little idiots are scared.”

A flamethrower with a blue flame was aimed out the door.

“Shoot!”

Puhwaaaaaaaah!

A swarm of black rats was engulfed in flames hot enough to burn the entire reinforced concrete wall.

“Did you see it?”

“Isn’t that the body disappearing?”

“Leaving no trace?”

“I saw it.”

A swarm of rats disappear into black particles in the blazing flames.

“Is it the ability to summon a swarm of black rats?”

“The ability to summon such a monster?”

“If you have such abilities, why haven’t you used them until now?”

“If Korea had a summoning ability, it would have been used a long time ago.”

“Yeah. I guess so.”

That meant that he was a person with abilities brought from the Holy Kingdom.

“Can’t you guys get one proper piece of information?”

“Damn it. How did you know we were here?”

“What idiot leaked the location?”

“Shut up and shoot again!”

The black waves surge again even though the flames have not yet died down.

Puhwaaaaaaaaaaah-

Tsk- tsk-

The man firing the flamethrower shouted.

“This is weird! These things are weird!”

It was nothing but fire. And not just any ordinary fire, but the flames of a vicious flamethrower. Of course, being hit by flamethrower fire would cause both humans and animals to writh in pain.

But the monster rats that were now turning into black particles and disappearing had no fear of flames at all. They did not show any pain from being burned by flames, and they did not have the fear of flames that any living creature would have.

“Get out before your flamethrower runs out of fuel and ammo.”

“Fuck!”

“We have to get out of here immediately.”

“Where is the escape route?”

“If you go straight along the back entrance···.”

Kujik-

The cannibals’ expressions hardened as the ceiling above them collapsed and a swarm of black rats poured out of the back entrance.

小西八 [xiǎo xībā]

Shit – I’m screwed.

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Maru concentrated his mind.

‘You can control it. You can control it.’

A floor that controls the garden of death that is about to unfold.

Perhaps because they had consumed and digested the life of a Count-level vampire force, the radius in which the rats could move, including the Garden of Death, had greatly expanded. In terms of rats alone, they could now be sent over 5km away.

In fact, it was a distance that allowed the attack on Bupyeong-gu Office from Bucheon City Hall, so it was possible to sweep away everything from the front lines to the command center in one fell swoop.

■■■■■■■■■■!!!

The sight of tiny, miniature vines swaying in the tiny garden of death spread out at the tip of my feet was vivid.

Even though they seemed to be begging to be sent away, saying that they wanted to go too and that they could do well, Maru did not lose control.

Pak-

Pachijik-

Papa Pot-

It was a cute little garden, about the size of a large bowl, but the giant death writhing inside caused all nearby electronic equipment to become unusable.

Maru ordered the black mouse running around in the cute garden.

(Attack only those with weapons.)

Sizzle!

The little deaths that were granted freedom began to scatter in all directions from the black garden.

(Attack their command center.)

The number of rats overflowing from the Garden of Death quickly exceeded 100,000, then 200,000, and then approached 300,000.

A whopping 300,000 deaths rushed towards the gathering place of the refugee armed group like a tidal wave. After a while, I felt like a bubble burst and dozens of deaths disappeared.

As soon as the presumed command center was discovered, all the death rats that had been searching the area began to flock towards it.

Dozens and hundreds of rats began to swarm in, starting to die in an instant. As the special forces cannibals barely managed to kill the thousands, the black deaths of the tens of thousands surged in behind them.

Maru walked slowly and focused on his senses.

The feeling of disappearing like a bubble bursting is probably the mice being summoned back. Then, could the faint sense of satisfaction that is felt here and there be the feeling of harvesting life?

‘Even in the ten thousandths, it lasted over a minute. Are special forces really special forces when it comes to cannibals?’

But that’s all. If there’s one thing I’ve learned from catching ants and spiders, it’s this: there’s no business in endless quantities.

If Maru himself had not had the Garden of Death, the result would have been clear. If he had only had the existing life force, he would have been swept away by the amount of material the moment his mental and physical strength were exhausted.

Even he himself was like that. No matter how veteran the cannibals who came from China were, they could not escape the endless hordes of rats causing death.

The sensation of bouncing around gradually diminished and the feeling of death grew faintly. In the end, dozens of special forces cannibals were wiped out before they could last three minutes.

‘Are you done? Hmm?’

What is this little feeling?

Were you so focused on the special forces that you missed out on the subtleties?

As Maru focused his control, he felt the current situation.

This was a phenomenon that occurred before the special forces could even reach the scene where the cannibals were being caught. A pack of rats that had lost their way were attacking armed refugees with weapons.

As Maru had commanded, ‘Attack only those with weapons,’ the horde of death rats were harvesting those with weapons.

Death began to spread as it swept away the armed refugees who were fighting in the streets. A swarm of rats of death spread like black ink falling into clear water, turning the entire water black.

Jjii-■-

■■-ik-

The swarm of 300,000 rats quickly grew to over 400,000. Maru’s forehead furrowed slightly as the swarm of rats grew by the thousands every second.

‘Stop. That’s it-‘

The horde of death rats that had encroached upon the city had turned into black particles and slowly disappeared into thin air. As if to take their place, the small garden of death that had spread out began to encroach upon the surrounding area along with the vines.

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Ki-soon and PD were speechless as they watched the footage taken by the stratospheric reconnaissance airship and the drone from a distance. A swarm of black rats splitting up and coming out of the small garden spread out at Maru’s feet.

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One became 3~4, two became 10, and four became over 20. They increased as if they were being copied without any rules.

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In an instant, the number exceeded 100,000, then 200,000. In the end, the horde of rats that numbered well over 400,000 turned the estimated 200,000 armed refugees into dung in an instant.

Street fighting? Hide, cover? Lock the door and hold out? The black wave sweeps away without giving you time to do so. It was clearly death in the shape of a rat.

“Start with the footage taken by drone number 12.”

“Here is the Holy Kingdom’s King Vladimir Kalin himself···.”

“I will connect you with the situation on the ground.”

“Please understand that close-up shots are difficult.”

“Currently, the armed group in Bupyeong···.”

The broadcasting station’s cameras and reporters were moving busily. It was because they had decided to broadcast it live.

I expected that if I just showed off my overwhelming presence, everyone would recognize me.

‘Should the elderly, pregnant women, and minors have been banned from viewing?’

Ki-soon glanced at the Holy Church leaders who had come with PD. The Holy Church members were looking perplexed after watching the video.

A defender of humanity who commands a horde of death rats?

A savior who summons a horde of proliferating rats to prey on armed refugees?

The Holy Cultists stare blankly at the screen as if their heads are laggy.

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It wasn’t just them. South Korean government officials were also there to witness Maru’s majesty as he went alone to clear out armed refugees, and the eyes of those who watched the live broadcast were shaking as if an earthquake had occurred.

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Ki-soon could see that their emotions were changing quickly.

At first I was worried.

In the middle there is anticipation.

And the people are shocked when Maru starts summoning a horde of death rats.

A swarm of rats breaking through a reinforced concrete building. Not only are they gnawing at the metal plates of cars, but they are also eating armored vehicles. This is clearly death in the shape of rats.

oh my god.

The only emotions people were left with were shock and fear.

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Ki-sun’s thin, squinty eyes became even narrower.

If things continued this way, there was a possibility that he would become a god of fear rather than a god of death.

‘Should I lead them towards death?’

no.

Maybe it was better not to know.

‘The god of death and fear.’

Yeah, expanding the area isn’t a bad idea either.

Ki-soon’s gaze, filled with deep fear, turned to the PD. The PD’s emotion was unchanging faith.

‘But why are the PD uncle’s eyes trembling?’

Ki-soon looked at the PD whose emotions and physical reactions were out of sync, and then looked at the monitor where the PD’s wavering eyes were fixed.

‘Ah- shi-‘

Inside the monitor, there was a floor that spread out like a garden of death. The vines and steel blades of grass were rising up into the sky and worshiping, as if they were happy to release what had been suppressed.

Shuriri■■–Lyrical!

■■Parr–■-Le-

[Kill him!]

[It’s a monster!]

[Ah- Devil!]

[Shoot!]

Chinese anti-tank missiles and machine-gun bullets rained down on the floor, but it was meaningless. Neither anti-tank missiles nor machine guns could penetrate the death vines and blades of grass that worshipped the floor.

Thud-thud-

The sight of Maru slowly approaching as if nothing had happened was in itself unbelievable. And then the vines of death that had been waiting for him to shoot out.

Those whose lives were sucked away by a terrible scream. The armed group members turned into a handful of fertilizer. The death cries of humans echoed throughout the middle of hell.

The sight of being sucked dry of life in an instant, turning into a mummy, and eventually turning into dust. The moment of being entangled in the vines of death that spread out from all directions. The ending of writhing in agony and turning into fertilizer.

Thud-thud-

Amidst the echo of death at every step, a swarm of black rats swarming people. Someone muttered as they watched an armed group of over 100,000 people turn into manure in an instant.

“devil-”

A single line of monologue started by someone grew louder and louder.

“Save us from the valley of the shadow of death.”

“Maha Prajna Paramita-”

There were even people who recited some kind of Buddhist scriptures to those who did not believe in Maru, but prayed to be saved from Maru.

Ki-sun was speechless for a moment.

There is a god of fear and a god of death, what is this reaction?

It was as if something had come down to destroy humanity.

The people’s emotions were nothing but deep fear and horror.

Then shouldn’t we call him the God of Terror?

‘Fuck – this isn’t it.’

Even now, it was being broadcast live across the country. The plan was to gather the faith of the Korean people and at the same time, to break up the armed refugees.

The idea was to warn the refugees while also taking care of their faith. But if things continued this way, I felt like the devil or some strange beliefs would emerge.

‘Crows, rats, and wolves immediately bring to mind the god of death. Or at least the god of fear.’

It’s just scary.

I didn’t even think about the god of terror until the very end.

···Humans are the substitute.

The only person I could trust was the PD who I had previously talked to. If there was a PD who I could trust in any situation, he would be able to turn around the strangely changing atmosphere.

It’s now.

Say something before it’s too late.

Ki-sun was sending signals to the PD, but the PD was focused on the screen with shaking pupils.

When Ki-soon, who had her eyes tightly shut, poked the PD in the side, the PD reflexively spread his hands out in a Y shape and shouted.

“Worship the God of Death!”

At that intense shout, all the media cameras broadcasting the live broadcast turned towards the PD.

“Behold! The Lord of Terror has descended!”

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