Rust - Chapter 939



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RUST -939

Unlike the first attack, the attack had no effect as time passed.

[No bombardment effect.]

[The enemy counterattacks.]

Deep wrinkles were engraved on Olbaek’s forehead. This was because the Holy Kingdom’s men had resisted tenaciously, using the shell craters as trenches.

There was no chance of another rocket hitting the shell crater. Nor could the tank’s main gun, a direct-fire gun, hit the inside of the crater.

The only way left was to just keep pounding them with mortars, but even that wasn’t guaranteed to be effective.

Since the core armor’s shield was reactivated, it would be wrong to take it down with a mortar shell. So they started digging. They were trying to make a real trench out of the hole they had used as a trench.

As the powerful core armor dug in, simple shell craters quickly began to take the form of trenches. The attackers were becoming quite tired.

“I thought it would be easy to catch them all. They’re a bigger headache than I thought.”

The only good thing was that the enemy’s airship was driven out of the port. The main attack was carried out by launching hypersonic missiles from submarines that had been positioned in the Pacific Ocean.

“When are you coming? You said you were coming? Vladimir Kalin is coming.”

“They’ll come. We’ve already blown away at least half of the guys that landed there, so they’ll come to rescue the rest.”

So I stopped jamming the radio waves to send out rescue signals. The airship that had escaped from the port would come. That was my chance.

If we could secure the airship and core armor of the Holy Kingdom, and even Vladimir Kalin… we could go higher.

“It’s a kingdom, so why would a king come openly?”

Scarlett bit her lower lip nervously.

“They will come. The Holy Kingdom is only a kingdom in name.”

There were no proper nobles except for the king. To put it nicely, it was equality under the king. It was a clumsy structure that seemed to mix absolute monarchy and constitutional monarchy.

“If you look at his behavior pattern so far, he will definitely come to rescue the soldiers himself.”

Citizens of the Holy Kingdom had the right to vote. Although the right to vote was never directly implemented, as it was only given to those who had completed military service, the existence of the right to vote meant that the majority’s opinion could be reflected at any time.

Vladimir Kalin, who has been cosplaying as a soldier-lover, abandons the isolated unit here? He didn’t come in person?

Some people save themselves and some don’t? Will they be able to handle public opinion? You will experience the results of giving citizens the right to vote.

Scarlett suppressed her impatience at Malloy’s assertion.

“They’re definitely coming, so relax.”

“······.”

If democracy grew by feeding on blood, then in order for a new world to unfold, what grew by feeding on blood had to be stamped out first.

Those idiots keep talking about feudalism and aristocracy, but if you look at human history objectively, it wasn’t like that.

‘A sham democracy is a system that gives the right to vote to trash.’

Olbaek threw his head back with a disgusted expression.

The violence in the name of democracy was not simply a problem of mob politics. It could have easily been contaminated by the corruption of the press. If we look at modern and contemporary history that has been so mucked up, the aristocracy was the system that was most suitable for the new world order.

The new human race manages humans. Could there be a more rational and efficient social structure than that?

There wasn’t any.

It is often said that the modern middle class lives a more splendid life than the kings and nobles of the Middle Ages, thus supporting democracy and capitalism.

If we think about it the other way around, doesn’t that mean that there are that many people who eat and consume like nobles or kings? That means that they are devouring the Earth’s resources and that we have an irrational production and consumption structure.

‘It is true that democracy and capitalism are ending and that population reduction is necessary.’

Malloy used his power, slicking back his messy hair. His surroundings became clearer, and a certain space appeared in his mind as if he was looking down from a satellite.

If you try to see the whole 360 ​​degrees, it would be difficult to see a large area, but if you narrow the scope like now, you can see quite a distance.

If we are to consider it as a superpower, it is a kind of clairvoyance ability.

So I could see what they were doing in the shell craters, and I could see if the Holy Kingdom’s airships were coming from beyond the sky covered in steam and smoke. I could also call the coordinates of the submarine I had set aside for the Pacific Ocean and use them to guide hypersonic missiles.

‘I thought the airship that got lost in the harbor would come right away.’

There was nothing hanging in the surrounding airspace.

And then the emergency report followed.

[It’s the enemy’s turn. Genji, Heishi, and Tachibana have been killed.]

“what?”

“!!!”

The all-white and fireworks woman rushed to the scene. The top floor of the hotel, which had been built to withstand even the most severe bombings, was in shambles.

Malloy swept his unkempt white hair back as was his custom. He swept around the hotel with his abilities in play.

According to Scarlett, Vladimir Kalin used a stealth suit to attack. It is not known what level of stealth it was, but if it was an optical system, it would not be able to hide from his abilities.

“There is none nearby.”

As if trying to hide the headache caused by the continuous use of his abilities, Olbaek swept his hair back again and examined the traces.

The holes scattered here and there were clearly Genji’s abilities.

It wasn’t good.

There are holes all over the place like this, but there’s no sign that the guy was hit.

“······.”

“······.”

The only scent of blood that lingers everywhere is the scent of Genji, Heishi, and Tachibana.

Is this possible?

Not one, but three at once?

A high-ranking noble with unique abilities?

Genji with throwing ability.

Heishi of instantaneous amplification.

And to Tachibana of Domination.

Three of them fought and didn’t even inflict a small wound on Vladimir Kalin?

“The body has no head.”

“Did you take the head?”

Judging from the traces left at the scene, the guy didn’t even use his unique death power. If he had, there wouldn’t have been a corpse or bloodstains left behind.

The problem was that he insisted on taking the head.

why?

For what reason?

It was the same when Scarlett was attacked.

The guy who broke into the lab cut off the head of the research team leader. He also took the head of the security team leader at the hotel where Scarlett was staying. Her secretary was found headless.

They only took 6 heads.

why?

What are you going to do with the head?

‘Surely these guys… have the technology to extract memories from dead heads?’

Research on extracting information was stopped a long time ago. There was no need to invest resources and time in research on that field since information was easily extracted when control was gained.

This was especially true among the nobles, who had the ability to absorb memories through blood. But what if the Holy Kingdom had acquired the technology to extract information from corpse heads?

‘It’s dangerous.’

Genji, Heishi, and Tachibana knew the locations of the bases in Kyushu, Kansai, and Hokkaido respectively. He and Scarlett knew the bases in North America.

It was Malloy who explained his reasoning to Scarlett.

“If my thinking is right, we should consider the Japanese stronghold as finished.”

“Let’s go back. There’s no reason for us to be here. Now.”

When Scarlett said that since everyone was dead, there was no reason for them to stay, Malloy simply shook his head instead of answering.

“You’re not going? This is the wrong place anyway.”

“······.”

Scarlett wanted to get out of here. Her power was the ability to burn or explode using blood as fuel.

If you have strong vitality blood, the stronger it is, the more powerful the flames and explosions you can create. Flames that burn life. Explosions that burst life are the highest level abilities in terms of firepower.

But once she got to know him, she could sense that Vladimir Kalin was somehow her polar opposite.

“Just as he feels that you are his enemy, he will think of you as his enemy too.”

“So? You want to fight?”

“It’s the worst case scenario, but let’s say he finds a base in Japan and attacks it. What happens to the new world? What happens to the personnel and facilities in Japan?”

“······.”

“We are the hunters, not the prey.”

“······.”

The aristocracy, the pinnacle of the new human race, was not a being that occupied and ruled, but rather abandoned and ran away. So how can they run away like this?

It was clear that he couldn’t go any higher. On the other hand, if he could catch the bastard or not, and steal the technology of the Holy Kingdom? That would be an opportunity.

“Maloi. Do you know what you’re talking about with me right now?”

“You’re running away? How? They’ve taken control of the port. They’ve got railguns and bombs.”

Scarlett’s eyes shot up fiercely. There were speedboats hidden here and there for emergency escapes.

“Do you think I don’t know that there’s an emergency escape craft? It’s easy, just take it out to the Pacific and meet up with the submarine.”

“Easy? Are you sure you can survive on that? You never know when an airship might attack you. And even if it’s not an airship, if you get caught by a crow, you’ll just drown in vain.”

The two people’s gazes collided.

“······.”

“······.”

Malloy, who had his slicked-back hair swept back, let out a long breath and sighed.

“We have no choice. If they took our heads to extract our memories, we can assume that our information has been leaked. Then will they let us escape? They will go after our heads to learn about our North American base.”

“······.”

“In order to successfully escape, we have to strike them so they can’t pursue us. Otherwise, they’ll keep pursuing us.”

It had to happen at least once anyway.

“There is no need to beat Vladimir Kalin. Just showing him how hot it is is enough.”

“Okay… what’s the plan?”

Malloy smiled, trying to cover up Scarlett’s discontented gaze by turning his back on her.

“Are you splitting it into two pieces right now?”

“No. It’s a misunderstanding.”

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Ki-soon’s eyes fluttered as he extracted information from the three heads.

“This. There are strongholds here and there in mainland Japan, too?”

The Kanto region of Kyushu and Honshu, and Hokkaido. Each head knew one. And the two people in their memories.

Information about a woman with hair that was almost crimson and a man with his hair slicked back. These two were also high-ranking vampires.

“A woman who burns blood… That white bastard. This bastard was the problem.”

Ki-soon opened her eyes wide as she saw the ability of the slicked-back hair. Maru nodded while looking at the monitor.

“Should I call it clairvoyance?”

“Yeah. This kid took the coordinates of where the airship is.”

“It would be difficult to hit with precision just by marking the coordinates.”

“If you give me some rough coordinates, I’ll make fine adjustments with a laser pointer from below.”

It was clear that it had been hit by a hypersonic missile.

‘Is it similar to radar?’

Since it is an ability, it would be different from radar. The information in the head was fragmentary. I knew the general ability, but there was no detailed information. It must be because of the habit of those guys who check each other.

“By the way, these guys seem to have good families to begin with?”

“In Japan, there are people called nobles. There are people like local lords.”

“I know that. These guys call it a new world, but it seems like they’re trying to create a feudal society or an aristocratic society.”

“The Confederacy?”

“Ah. I think they’re connected to you. And the guy who threw the marbles. He’s from a family in Kyushu, and he seems to have connections to the Kadama family and China. He was famous in China for something like the Tanjishinkō (彈指神功).”

The one who did the instant amplification and moved the corpse by inserting a needle was also a family that did it in one go.

“I was trying to study the immortal monster. If I could use that damned thing’s power to control the monster, it would basically be game over.”

If you unleashed a nuclear or nuclear-like amount of firepower, you could burn it, but if you unleashed that much energy, there was the risk of additional sinkholes. There was also the risk of a volcanic eruption or earthquake.

“I think we need an altar or a fragment of an altar. But that’s about the only information they have. Oh, and the fireworks girl and the white bastard are from the US. I think it’s because of the stake in the immortal monster research. Well. We weren’t exactly on good terms.”

Now that I know the locations of the three branches of the guys in Japan, I can catch the sparks and the all-white and find their base in America.

“I need a head.”

That bastard’s head.

“Aww- C- Can’t you just say you’re going to catch it? I’m not some kind of head collector, ow-”

[Distress signal from the assault unit. Enemy fire is intensifying.]

“Which airship was dispatched for rescue?”

[We will arrive at the operation location soon.]

“What are the Crow Bombardment Squadron doing? Tell them to stop the artillery fire first!”

[Order given.]

That was for a while.

[An airship dispatched to support the retreat operation was attacked by a hypersonic missile.]

[Ship No. 4 destroyed. Leaving the operation area.]

[Ship No. 7 loses flight capability. Emergency landing begins.]

“The Crow Bombardment?”

[Crow bombing squad. Behavior abnormal. Crashing.]

Maru and Gisun’s faces hardened at the following report.