Rust - Chapter 908



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RUST [RUST]-908

Pa-kaaaaak—

A crow flew up with a long, strange cry.

“Did you hear that?”

“what?”

“What kind of crow cries like that?”

“These idiots… the crows are the problem now!”

“No. That’s a really weird crow.”

“I told you, I think you understand Japanese.”

“Does the crow understand? Are you out of your mind? Are you going to run away? Where? Are you going to let the monster out? What about us? Do you think we can run away from a rampaging monster? Do you have any thoughts at all!”

“Brother. No, Captain. Don’t we have that? The fragments.”

“That’s right. If I have that, I can get through the monsters without any problem.”

“If you hold it, the monsters will become calm. Why don’t we take turns holding it as we pass by?”

“Are you saying that after seeing that crazy kid a little while ago?”

“Then what do you want us to do?”

“Everyone, disarm and lie down. We all surrender together, without exception.”

Even though he looked like that, the one who killed the monster was the King of the Holy Kingdom. Even though he looked like he was alone, there must have been a guard somewhere. If we were to consider that, no matter how much we thought about it, there was no chance of winning.

‘It’s right to surrender cleanly without any trouble.’

It wasn’t just a passing remark. If there’s anything to lean on, it’s that it was broadcast live.

Considering that they broadcasted live footage of them dealing with the Chinese armed group, there was a good chance that they were filming somewhere right now, either by airship or drone or something.

What if a video of unarmed, non-resisting people being massacred is captured while filming diligently? Even if it was a Chinese armed group, it would have been controversial because they massacred people so unilaterally.

I don’t think they’ll want to be branded as someone who kills people who surrender unarmed. After all, even if you surrender, you’ll die. If rumors start to spread that even if you disarm, you’ll die, what will happen in the future?

If the refugees find out, they will die anyway and fight without regard to means and methods. The Korean government and the King of the Holy Kingdom will not want to see this mess.

“You understand? We’re all going to dogeza (sit down on the ground) so that anyone can see that we’ve surrendered.”

“······.”

“Brother, to be honest, I don’t think they’ll spare us if we surrender.”

“I think so too. If you think about it, no matter what the reason, we threw the monster and released it, so do you think that thing that got attacked would save us?”

“Yes. Even if I tried to save them, I would have killed them if I saw that the container was full of monsters.”

“I was caught collecting monsters. Would the Korean government just sit by and do nothing? Even if they spare me, I’ll be in prison for life.”

“I can’t live like that. I’d rather die.”

“Let’s just let it go. If things had gone as planned, weren’t you going to let it go?”

At his subordinates’ words, the man’s face crumpled into a grim expression and turned red like a boiled octopus. Hoo- The man took a deep breath and shook his head.

“If I could just let it all out at once, then so be it.”

If we could release the monsters on all three container ships at the same time, it would be possible, as my subordinates said. But right now, isn’t it impossible to release them at the same time?

Since the numbers here are small right now, we might be able to release around 3,000 to 4,000 if we try hard. It was obvious that the other side would notice and react before that.

“We sent a monster, so unless they’re stupid, they’ll be watching us from airships or drones. Do you think they’ll just sit there and watch us release a monster from a container? It’s hard.”

“What would they do if they saw the monsters being released from the container?”

“It might be safer for them to see us release the monster. They’ll know that if we fire a missile and the container explodes, the monster will be released.”

“That guy is the same. If it took five minutes to catch two hundred, it would take at least fifty minutes to catch two thousand. If it’s four thousand, it would take more than a hundred minutes.”

“What is 100 minutes? You could easily escape in an hour.”

“Running a snowmobile is enough. Yeah.”

“Tracking with airships and drones?”

“Can’t we just split up and go?”

“You just have to go as far as the edge of the volcanic ash and dust.”

“How about we go to Tsushima or Kyushu first and then meet again before the ice melts? We can hide for a day or two and then come out.”

It was difficult to ignore the subordinates speaking in unison like this. It was even more dangerous because they were my younger siblings and subordinates that I had known for a long time.

There were many times when I had to do hard things to survive great disasters and the apocalypse. If I had unconditionally opposed it, I might have been stabbed in the back.

The reddened hair began to cool down.

Phew- The man took another deep breath and confirmed.

“Do you all think the same? Do you all think that you should run away rather than surrender?”

“yes.”

“There’s no guarantee that everything will be okay if I surrender.”

“you’re right.”

“Okay – I got it – let’s run away. The fragments come back in turns. No exceptions.”

“yes.”

“That’s right.”

Let’s run away. The tense atmosphere somehow calmed down. If they had forced surrender unilaterally, something really bad could have happened. The man pretended not to know and finished it off.

“If you can’t stand the fragments and go crazy, leave me alone. Come to your senses.”

“yes.”

If you’ve decided to run away, you have to focus on that. To increase your chances of escaping, you have to release as many monsters as possible.

“The key is to open as many containers as possible. Unpack them all at once after five minutes. Get ready.”

“ancient!”

A crow was circling over their heads.

Pa-kaaaaak!

‧

Maru, who had cleared away two hundred monsters, was burning the remaining pieces. If bodily fluids, pus, and flesh were left behind, it was certain that a large-scale ‘infection’ and ‘erosion’ would occur.

Kaaaak! (These guys are crazy!)

A crow who knew a little Japanese reported the results of his spying.

So that’s why- Pagaadri- (So that’s why you fools-)

It’s about trying to release the monsters in the container.

The second in command was to surrender unconditionally and ask to be spared, but his subordinates were all against it, so he decided to release the monster and run away.

What should I do with this?

First, Maru releases the Garden of Death that was causing communication failure. The 2km-long Garden of Death turns into black particles and disappears into thin air, reconnecting communications.

“Gisun-ah. This is causing me a headache.”

Maru summarized the situation simply.

[So they’re trying to release the monsters and run away? Why can’t you just finish them off?]

“The fragments they have. I think they’re fragments or pieces of an altar. If we kill them, there’s no one left to control the fragments, so there’s a chance that all the monsters in the container will go berserk.”

When the Garden of Death and the Shards meet, something unexpected may happen.

[That’s true too. Ah- They’re all really crazy kids. If we let them loose in the waters off Busan, most of those monsters will go to Busan, and that’s where the Japanese refugees are.]

So, are you saying that the people who were supposed to rebuild Japan would do something that could potentially destroy Japanese refugees with their own hands?

Even the situation was not good. In reality, the refugees had to fight off the monsters on their own. After Maru destroyed the Reconstruction Association’s ability users and troops, they were severely lacking in troops.

In this situation, would they release a monster to save their lives?

Are you in your right mind?

The person with the second-highest support base is doing crazy things just to save themselves?

Listening to the crows, the atmosphere was quite tense. No matter how scary fragging is, why would you listen to them say that you should release the monster and run away?

They were a bunch of guys who had no chance of reform.

Ki-soon slapped his own snout, telling him to at least try talking.

They say that if you see one, you know ten. If their lives are in danger again later, you never know what they might do with that excuse.

[Is it hard to just push away the undead monsters? Or just get rid of the ones with fragments.]

“It takes a long time to catch a monster with only the Garden of Death.”

It took another five minutes to dismantle 200 of them. And that was because Maru had to hold the Newclips himself and cut it. If he hadn’t cut it, it would have taken even longer.

If 100,000 or 200,000 of those monsters were released, it was difficult to predict how long it would take. Furthermore, since they were already dead, the problem was that killing them did not replenish the consumed death points.

[It wasn’t 100,000 or 200,000. I said that the total number of monsters loaded on the three containers was over 1 million.]

“That’s why it’s more problematic. Because the deaths expended in killing monsters aren’t replenished.”

It took a huge amount of effort to catch just 200 of them. But if it was 100,000 or 1 million, it was clear that death would run out before that.

[The compatibility is the worst.]

“Anyway, we need to reduce the number of people quickly. Before those guys open the container.”

According to the crow’s report, there was no time to watch the burning wreckage go down. Maru started running towards the container ship in the distance.

Ki-soon, who had been thinking about something, clapped his hands together and folded his arms. With his eyes squinted, his hands clasped together, and one corner of his mouth slightly raised, he looked like a great example of a mastermind.

[They were filming our conversation and you dealing with the monster.]

“however?”

The container ship that had seemed small began to appear slightly larger in real time.

[So let’s broadcast this directly to the Japanese refugees.]

“so?”

[The story is about how they came to know why this situation happened and who protected them.]

“···Because of faith?”

[Yes. As you said, the people nearby you pushed away thought of you as a different being from a human.]

“You do as you please. Send out the Crow Bombardment Squad. Tell them to spray fragmentation grenades and such on anyone trying to open the container.”

It’s not enough to damage the container, but it’s definitely enough to cause damage to people. Even if it’s not fatal, you can’t just open the container and go around with the grenade exploding.

[Okay. I’ll send it out right away. Then, I’ll go straight into broadcasting, so please be careful not to be filmed.]

“What the hell. Edit it yourself.”

Do you really care about being caught on camera when you’re just slicing? Crows started to take off from the airship.

Corn

A grenade as big as a chestnut is seen falling into a container ship.

The grenade exploded with a loud bang, but there was no sign of the stacked containers collapsing or making a hole.

As expected, the fragmentation grenade was the answer. Those who had gone outside to open the container were frightened by the crows’ fierce bombardment and crawled back into the cabin.

good.

As we approached the container ship, we saw open containers. Three empty ones. And two that had just opened.

Tsk-

When the container was opened, a grenade hit him. Bloody corpses were strewn about.

Kwaaaa …

Kwaaaaaaaaaaah–

The monsters, stimulated by the smell of blood and the sound of grenades, began to react. The half-open container doors were torn open, and monsters poured out.

The moment their eyes met with Maru’s, who was running towards them after looking around, the guys started jumping towards Maru.

Monsters jumping from heights that must have been about 15 to 20 meters without a care. Maru focused on the guys running towards him in the order they jumped.

“Line them up-”

The moment the vines of death that stretched out from Maru’s running footsteps caught the ankles of the running monsters and formed a line, Maru’s movements created a black afterimage.

▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬—-

The moment the heads of the monsters gathered at a straight distance of about 15m rise up, a solid line is drawn in the opposite direction again.

▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬—-

The headless upper body was severed again. The head, the neck, and the lower body wrapped in vines of death were cut into three pieces, and the monsters sprayed pus and blood.

The vines dripping with pus and blood disappear into black particles, leaving dark red marks on the white ice sea.

‘Catch him!’

Two slashes of the sword cut through the vines that stretched out through the black particles, entangling the ankles and limbs of the newly leaping monster.

simplicity and honesty—

Scream-

The monsters split into three pieces, leaving behind only a slicing sound, leaving only a crimson stain. Monsters falling from above and rising from below, stepping on vines, passed by in the air.

Creak–

The plan was disrupted by the crow bombing, and those trapped on the bridge watched the live broadcast and screamed.

“We have to run away!”

“Coming up!”

No one could have imagined that a flock of crows would suddenly throw grenades. Those who were suddenly trapped on the container ship panicked.

“Brother. What should I do?”

“······.”

I put my fist into the snout of the octopus that had turned the color of red, ripe octopus and was urging me to do something.

Woojik- The panicked roaring became quiet as he flew away with a loud crash and a jaw-breaking sound.

The man’s eyes were looking back and forth between the CCTV and broadcast screens.

Only two containers were opened.

The guy holding the shrapnel was killed by a grenade dropped by a crow.

When you go outside, you’ll be showered with grenades.

That said, if you were on the deck or bridge, you would be wiped out by those who would slice up monsters like fish.

The gazes of his subordinates, who wanted to live, seemed to heat up Min-meori’s face.

Those idiots.

When I told him to surrender, he started making a fuss.

“Drop all your weapons. Go out at once and lie down.”

“The grenade bombing was….”

“Shut up, kid. No matter how many people die, you’re the first one to shout unconditional surrender and die. You first.”

“yes?”

“If you stay inside, you die. The only way to survive is through the broadcast. Go out and surrender. Now! If that thing comes in, you won’t have a chance!”

The bald man grabbed the man who had been setting the mood by the neck and threw him out of the deckhouse.

“Scream!”

“Aaaah, I surrender. I surrender! Please save me!”

Kwakwakwang! Bang!

A bloodied corpse was left behind by the grenade bombing of the Crow Bombardment Squadron.

Heeeeek!-

Regardless, Min-meori threw the two people next to him out at once.

“I surrender! Please save me!”

“No weapons! Please!”

Boom!

Unlike the first time, two grenades fell. One person was killed, but the other survived with shrapnel in his arm.

He was right in thinking that he couldn’t openly kill someone who surrendered without resistance if it was a live broadcast. Min-meori sent out his remaining subordinates.

“Get out. Quickly.”

The men realized that the bombing had stopped and hurriedly ran outside and lay down.

“Please save me. I surrender.”

“Please. Save me.”

The bald man also quickly went outside and lay down.

Jerk- Jerk-

Before I knew it, I had climbed onto the ship, and I could hear footsteps.

“Surrender. Are these kids joking?”

With an emotionless voice.

The deck I was lying on began to change. Into something black.

“Ha. Surrender, huh!”

A black vine was stuck to the snout of the bald head that shouted with its head down.