Genius Salsu of the World to Be Destroyed - Chapter 36
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Episode 36
A few hours later.
A group of KPA cadets who had gone hunting returned to the wild.
But when I came back, the visuals of the wildness had changed slightly.
The puppeteer, Heo Young-ah, said.
“You know those trees surrounding the shopping district… Were they originally like that?”
“Yeah. It seems… a bit tighter.”
Yeongsu used his skills to replicate the seeds of the sacred tree and planted them around the wild shopping district.
We succeeded in arranging the large trees in such a way that they completely embrace the wildness.
But no matter how densely you grow the trees, there are bound to be gaps between them.
But now the gaps between the trees were filled with something.
How should I put that into words?
Should I say it’s a net made of wood…?
“Oh, you’re here.”
Youngsoo welcomed the group of cadets.
“I’m back. But Professor, what the heck is that between those trees… .”
“Oh, that one. They converted the trees into a real wall. Have you heard of Yeonriji?”
“Are you connected?”
“The phenomenon in which the branches of trees with different roots become intertwined and connected to each other to form one tree is called intertwining. It is a rare phenomenon in nature, but surprisingly, it can be created artificially. All you need is a growth promoter, a saw, and an axe.”
“Then what about that net-like structure between the trees… … .”
“They made wounds in the trunks of the trees to force branches to grow, and once the branches were thick enough, they were woven together like a net to form a network.”
“… … !”
By filling in the gaps between the large trees with a net structure, it now looks like a real castle wall.
Of course, it was weaker than walls built of stone or brick.
However, this had the advantage of being able to be immediately repaired with a growth promoter the moment it was damaged.
The baby asked Youngsoo.
“…How do you know this, Professor?”
“I didn’t do it. These people did it.”
At that moment, Mok Won-ho, who was passing by, nodded lightly to Yeong-su.
The baby asked.
“Who are they… …?”
“Gardeners. You are the best experts when it comes to handling trees and grass. By the way, have you been doing what you were told?”
“look.”
The infant pointed to the game he had caught with his fellow cadets.
Each truck was filled with all sorts of monsters, caught from semi-abandoned hunting grounds that were not very popular.
Youngsoo smiled brightly as he looked at that.
“Okay, let’s slaughter them all, turn them into meat, and stockpile them.”
“Professor, but rather than stockpiling monster meat, it would be better to stockpile general preserved foods first… … .”
“I’m already doing it.”
“Oh, really?”
“No matter how much food there is, it’s never enough. We’re not stockpiling monster meat, we’re stockpiling ‘monster meat’ too.”
In fact, the KPA was in the process of scouring the market for all kinds of preserved foods, including canned goods, dried noodles, and dried foods, as well as nutritional supplements to combat nutritional imbalances, and storing them in the wild.
In preparation for the collapse of civilization.
“Oh, and you guys, did you bring all your family members to the wild?”
“Most of us are orphans.”
“ah.”
“What about the professor?”
“Me too.”
“also.”
“What the heck, you guys.”
As the KPA’s preparations were steadily approaching completion.
Risk factors were being conceived in unexpected places.
On the rooftop of a high-rise building some distance from the wild shopping district.
Hongryeon’s Ko Jong-yeop, who was spying on the wild nature there through a telescope and drone, could not hide his expression of shock.
“You raised the sacred tree… the sacred tree of Candleley?!”
This was the most shocking sight Jongyeop saw through the drone.
A sacred tree of Candleley growing in the middle of a wild shopping district.
Common sense tells you that the sacred tree shouldn’t be there.
The Candlelight Tree is a tree that only exists in Korea.
If a tree that had been there suddenly started growing in an unexpected place, the reason was simple.
“… Could it be that they were the ones who stole the seeds of the Candleley Sacred Tree?!”
In fact, a few dozen days ago, Youngsu burned down a garden under the Hongryeon Mountains.
And in the process, he killed the garden manager.
Go Je-yeop, garden manager of the Count of Candeley.
I’m talking about Jongyeop’s older brother.
“These little bastards… … !”
A look of anger appeared on Jongyeop’s face.
The fact that the Candleley Gardens were attacked.
And the fact that the seeds of the Candalay tree flowed into the KPA.
Putting these two facts together, it was almost certain that the culprit who burned down the Candleley Gardens and killed Je-yeop was in the KPA.
When the Hongryeon cadets were defeated by the KPA cadets, Jongyeop was angry, but he somehow got over it.
Because his teaching method might have been wrong.
But when this happened again, entangled with the KPA, Jong-yeop completely exploded.
“You KPA bastards… I’ll destroy you somehow… …!”
It was a moment when Jong-yeop’s position, which had always been opposed to attacks on the KPA, was completely reversed.
And as this fact became known, the internal atmosphere within Hongryeon also began to slowly tilt to one side.
“The one who attacked the Candleley Gardens is in the KPA… …?”
“Wouldn’t it end up being that we were the victims of a preemptive strike?”
“The story would be very different if that were the case. I am against the idea of attacking the KPA simply because they have become stronger, but if the KPA had attacked us first, it would have been a different story.”
“What should we do, Master?”
The branch managers’ gazes were all directed towards Hong Mu-jong, the master of the Hongryeon Guild.
After much deliberation, Mujong made a decision.
“Hit the KPA.”
A serious tension began to appear on the branch managers’ faces.
“We will mobilize all of our player forces as well as our regular forces.”
“… … !”
This was a declaration of total war.
“We’re going to wipe the KPA off the map and take back what’s ours. Got it?”
“yes!”
Hongryeon started to move.
To completely erase the existence of KPA.
* * *
Flash.
At 4 a.m., Youngsu suddenly opened his eyes.
Unable to bear the ominous energy that ran through his whole body.
“what……?”
This sticky, slimy, unpleasant feeling.
Youngsoo, who had just woken up and was half-asleep, couldn’t immediately figure out what this feeling meant.
But soon Youngsoo succeeded in interpreting this feeling.
“Live?”
This is what it felt like to live.
A very thick, heavy, and profuse murderous feeling that came from all sides.
Yeongsu’s skill, ‘Life Sense’, was detecting this huge life force and sounding the alarm.
“What the heck… … ?”
This is far beyond the scope of what a single individual can achieve.
In other words, this is a life created by a group.
And the group that can create this kind of life is… … .
“army.”
Nothing came to mind other than the military.
But at the same time, it was questionable.
What kind of army, and for what reason, harbors this level of murderous intent toward the KPA?
“… Let’s check first.”
Yeongsu went out right away and started climbing the sacred tree.
This is because the height of the sacred tree was slightly higher than that of the wild market.
As I climbed higher, the surging murderous intent became more apparent.
But at the same time, life was very far away.
It didn’t come close enough to hit the wild market.
In short, the current situation was the eve of war, which had not yet begun, but could break out at any time.
‘… What should I do?’
After thinking about it for a moment, Youngsoo came to a conclusion.
Yeongsu sent a radio message to the sleeping captain.
“Hey, Lee Gap-seok, wake up.”
“Ugh, what is it… … .”
“There might be a fight.”
“yes?!”
Gapseok came to his senses.
“What are you talking about?!”
“First, wake up all the wild people. Don’t sound the alarm, but go around one by one. We can’t let anyone outside see that we’re awake.”
“What about Youngsu?”
“We need to find out who is trying to hit us.”
“Wait a minute, is this a war?”
“I hope that isn’t the case.”
“What on earth is going on… … .”
“I want to know that too, so I’m going now.”
Phew-
Yeongsu used his lightness technique to quickly escape the wild realm and go outside.
Youngsoo’s purpose was spying.
Spying to find out whose forces and for what purpose have come here with murderous intent.
Yeongsu ran through the dawn air.
* * *
Hongryeon Jinyeong.
Hongryeon’s forces were largely divided into four groups.
And each mass was to advance toward the wildness from four directions simultaneously.
Youngsoo was looking down on all of this from the roof of a tall building.
“There are a lot of crazy people here.”
Yeongsu couldn’t understand why Hongryeon was suddenly acting so crazy.
But after thinking about it for a moment, I soon understood why.
“Ah, the sacred tree.”
Since the Candlelight Sacred Tree was grown so openly that everyone could see it, it was only natural that Hongryeon, who had plundered the Candlelight Garden in the past, would be furious.
“… So this is how my karma comes back to me.”
But now it was inevitable.
All we can do is calculate the gains we can make from this war.
How to win this war.
What will you get from there?
“… Yeah, it’s better this way.”
Hongryeon Guild.
A group that is not only the largest in size but also very violent.
“Anyway, these will only be a hindrance in the war with the elves, so I should use this opportunity to get rid of them.”
Yeongsu used his lightness to sneak around Hongryeon’s camp without being noticed.
Of course, the Hongryeon military uniform that was stolen in the middle was also quite helpful.
Looking at the composition of Hongryeon’s troops like that, I was honestly a little shocked.
‘There’s a real army mixed in there?!’
Hongryeon had regular soldiers, not just players, as its troops.
I’m talking about real soldiers armed with rifles, grenades, military uniforms, tanks and self-propelled guns.
Originally, in South Korea, only the government could possess this type of military force.
However, Hongryeon was openly operating and having this kind of army.
This sight was evidence of how strong Hongryeon’s influence was in Korea, and at the same time, it was proof that Korea’s public authority had collapsed in an absurd way.
The presence of such military forces.
This was a serious threat to the KPA.
‘Of course we have elite player forces. But… … .’
Because the players were not monsters.
Unlike monsters, they are also wounded by guns and bombs.
That’s why it was quite difficult for players to deal with the military force.
Yeongsu rolled his head countless times.
How can I win against an opponent like this… … .
‘ah.’
There was a way.
There’s definitely a way to grind these guys out.
‘Let’s go back and get ready.’
Hongryeon These guys were still preparing for battle.
There is still some time left until full-scale war begins.
That is, the KPA also had time to prepare.
A blueprint for a strategy began to form in Youngsoo’s head.
A strategy to completely crush Hongryeon.
Shhh!
Yeongsu quickly returned to the base and the wild, and contacted Gapseok.
“why?”
“Tell the cadets to take ‘Formation W’. Then you’ll know what I mean.”
“Formation W… …? What is that?”
“Prepare for war.”
“yes?”
Gapseok’s voice trembled.
“What do you usually teach kids… … ?”
“How to kill monsters and people efficiently.”
“no…….”
“Anyway, just make sure to convey it clearly.”
“…Is this really a war?”
“It’s really war.”
Gap-seok nodded with a serious expression.
And he relayed the commander’s message to the cadets to take formation W.
The cadets’ reactions were something to behold.
“What the heck… … !”
“Hey, let’s move quickly! If you don’t want to get beaten up by Professor Chun!!”
The cadets began to move in unison to their respective seats.
After that, Youngsoo’s instructions continued to fly towards Gapseok.
How to deploy gardeners, where to place non-combat personnel, where and how to install certain supplies.
Gap-seok precisely carried out Young-soo’s instructions and commanded the interior of the castle.
Preparations for war were completed quickly.
That moment when the tension within the wild reached its peak.
Kookookookook… … .
In the distance, a group of soldiers came into view, their backs turned to the rising sun.
Everyone had a gut feeling.
That war was right around the corner.
The captain gave instructions via radio to the entire crew.
“All hands, prepare for battle.”
There are now three hours left until the collapse of civilization.
KPA vs. Hongryeon Guild.
Opening of war.