The Military Chef of a Ruined World - Chapter 360



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360th episode strategy team (4)

“Keuk… … !”

The president of the association falls to his knees, vomiting blood.

One side of the head had all the skin torn off, leaving the bones visible.

His left arm was completely torn off, rolling around on the floor.

All the muscles in my legs were cut off, so I couldn’t even stand properly.

“Coolook… … .”

Those who dealt with him were not in good condition either.

Of course, all of them suffered serious injuries.

In the case of some awakened people at the level of captain or vice captain.

Because he was lying on the floor, you couldn’t tell if he was alive or dead.

But still.

“Association President… … !”

“Why did you betray us!”

Whoever wins the battle.

It was the attack team, excluding the association president.

Leaving the association president behind, who has become a complete wreck.

Some people cried and shouted.

“That’s why… … .”

In that regard.

The kneeling association president answered with a hollow laugh.

“If that’s what you’re really curious about, then yes. I can tell you.”

“… … !”

“I have seen their power.”

The old man continued speaking with eyes filled with despair.

“I am telling you. I believed in the power of the Awakened.”

“… … .”

“If I can become this strong, then others can become as strong as me if they put in the time. Then, if all the Awakened fight together as one, we can overcome anything… … That’s what I thought.”

A united association is strong.

This is the reason why the president created the association.

This is how the slogan they shout in battle came to be.

“It was a ridiculous misconception.”

“What is that?”

“Their power couldn’t be strengthened like that. So what can we do?”

He said with a smirk.

“If you want to survive somehow, you have no choice but to side with the stronger side.”

“Really, for that reason… … !”

People frown.

Those who are fascinated by the strength of the association president.

There were many cases where it was thought that he had as much character as he had strength.

But those who were with him knew.

‘He may be a hero, but he is not a person worthy of being called a saint.’

The president of the association is definitely strong.

He was a man who had no hesitation in wielding that power.

If there is anyone blocking your path, no matter what the reason is.

A character who actively uses that power to crush people’s heads.

‘Rather, closer to a tyrant.’

Still, there were many people who followed him.

It was because he wanted to lead others with that power, and there were many people who were helped by that power.

In the end, it was something he did because it was advantageous to his survival.

If only there was a good reason to do so.

It was said that he was the kind of person who could betray others at any time.

“There is no way the president is sincere.”

“……mister.”

“You might have been under some kind of mental attack.”

A man who was said to have been saved by the association president in the past.

Park Sang-hyun said that and turned his back.

“First, let’s knock out and arrest the president, then somehow hold back the incoming monsters.”

“… … Putting aside whether that’s possible or not. What about after that?”

“First, I need to return to the association.”

He glanced at the association president who was lying on the ground with his eyes closed and said.

“These are the enemies who made the president like that. They might be much stronger than we thought.”

“… … .”

“Especially if they have powers of the spirit or soul type… … We can’t deal with them with our current power.”

He looked around at the other executives except himself.

“Don’t forget, everyone. We are no longer the small party struggling to survive in that hellish Anyang. We are a large guild, [Gyeonggi-do Awakened Association].”

“We know that too.”

“We’ve been able to resolve all the difficult battles so far, but I have a feeling this time it’ll be different. We need to ask for cooperation from other branches.”

Park Sang-hyun continues speaking with an ominous look in his eyes.

“The power of the association is not limited to our central branch. If we borrow the power of other branches, we will be able to resolve any crisis, no matter how big it is. Let’s retreat for now, somehow heal the association president’s spirit, and then try to attack again.”

“Treatment? Are you really sure that it was a mental attack?”

“I’m not sure, but… … I heard that Han Yi-seo of the Northern Branch is an Awakener who specializes in the mental field. If we get help from them, we might be able to figure out the exact cause.”

The destination is not far away.

It was a situation where we had to retreat after arriving there.

“Come back.”

“It was the same during the last Demonic Realm. We’ve been failing all these years.”

“How can I explain to others that the president of the association has become like that… … .”

People’s expressions weren’t good though.

[Priest] Seong Jin-hye smiled and comforted them.

“But compared to the time of the Demon Realm, there aren’t any dead people, right?”

“That’s true.”

“The side that’s blocking the monsters will also be able to block them well since Team Leader 1 is heading there.”

Her hands were filled with warm divine power.

He said this while pushing people’s backs with his hand.

“Everyone, don’t be so gloomy! In the end, what’s important is being alive. If we’re alive, we can look forward to the next time.”

“… … That’s right.”

at last.

The raiding party decided to hold off the oncoming monsters and then retreat as safely as possible.

“Well then, let’s all hurry up! Other people will be fighting hard to hold off the incoming monsters.”

“yes!”

“Perhaps the battle there is much more difficult than here.”

People tired from battle turn their backs.

The moment we headed towards where the other attack force was fighting.

“Everyone, prepare yourselves well… … .”

Crunch-

“do?”

Park Sang-hyun turned his back and started moving.

A muffled sound escaped his lips.

‘uh?’

dump…….

The footsteps that were moving collapsed.

The field of vision is drastically reduced.

When he fell to the floor completely against his will.

The last thing that appeared in my fading vision was.

‘Inspiration… … ?’

The association president, who just now seemed to have no strength to stand.

Kangsan was seen swinging that greatsword.

* * *

[Awakened – Park Sang-hyun is now incapacitated!]

[The ‘Senior Knight’s Shout’ that was spread across the battlefield is neutralized.]

dump…….

“……what!?”

“You must have torn all your muscles!?”

The old man, who was thought to have been clearly incapacitated, rose again.

He turned his back and cut down Park Sang-hyun, who was moving.

The only person who could withstand the association president’s attack in an all-out war.

As Park Sang-hyun collapsed helplessly.

“Tch!”

The first to react was the assassin.

It was Jin Sa-hyeok.

Shushuk-

He kicked the ground without hesitation and stood behind the association president at incredible speed.

And then,

After crossing his hands over his head.

Knock knock… … !

“… … !”

With such great strength that it’s hard to believe he’s an assassin.

He broke my neck 180 degrees.

“Oh my god, Mr. Sa-hyuk!?”

“I might have been under a mental attack, but you killed me… …!”

No matter what, he was their leader.

He killed in one fell swoop a person he thought should be subdued but not killed.

People were perplexed by the sight.

“I had to do this much.”

Despite the bewildered looks on people’s faces.

Jin Sa-hyeok said calmly.

“I don’t know for sure, but even though all the muscles in his body were torn, he suddenly moved. I don’t know what might happen, so I definitely have to end his life… … .”

however.

Phew!

“… … Keuk!”

An old man who was thought to have died with his neck broken.

The old man waved his arms.

He struck the assassin’s forehead, who had his neck held by his elbow.

‘……how!?’

assassin.

Jin Sa-hyeok thought even as he was flying through the air after being attacked.

‘Just in case, my right hand holding the weapon was on guard… … .’

He wasn’t a foolish person either.

Someone who was thought to be completely incapacitated has risen again.

I was fully alert, thinking there might be an unexpected counterattack.

… … It wasn’t the old man’s right hand that he swung.

‘The left arm that Park Sang-hyun cut off… … .’

Something like frost appeared on his left arm, which had clearly been cut off.

The frost was gathering and moving to replace the severed arm.

“… … The president is alive and well!”

“We have to drive them in and kill them completely!”

As shown before.

The unidentified ability to manipulate ice and the sudden enhancement of physical abilities were also quite bewildering.

I never showed such an absurd sight.

Those who realized the situation once again prepared for battle.

“Got it!”

A swordsman’s swordsmanship.

The head of the association president is cut off.

Crunch-

The young prosecutor felt the taste of the hand passing over his neck and thought to himself.

‘That was the cleanest sword I’ve ever swung in my life!’

He is already a powerful inspector and a leader-level awakened person.

The best blow he’s ever delivered in his life.

It was such a beautiful sword that even he himself wondered if he would ever be able to strike such a blow again.

‘No matter how monstrous that association president is… …!’

The attack was effective even against that powerful association leader.

The old man’s severed head flew into the air.

Ugh.

“……uh?”

The chairman of the association, whose neck had been cut off, calmly extended his hand.

He caught his flying head with one hand.

And then.

Crunch.

“Keuk… …!?”

He swung his other hand, which was holding the greatsword.

He stabbed the captain in the chest as he was blankly staring at the sight.

And then.

“… … Phew!”

Gugit… … .

Fitting his bare head into the neck.

An old man opens his mouth indifferently.

“As expected, that kid has sharp hands.”

“… … .”

“I already thought you had talent. But I never thought you could strike this hard.”

Frost formed on the cut area.

Hair that would have clearly fallen off is naturally reattached.

People who saw that sight muttered in a daze.

“Immortal… …?”

After that, the fighting continued.

Those who confirmed the association president’s abilities went into battle with some degree of care.

But still.

‘It doesn’t fall down.’

Even if you cut off the neck.

Even if you split the spine in two.

Even if you smash my head.

Even if they pull out your brain and tear out your heart.

Even if his entire body is burned by intense flames.

“You’ve really… become a monster…!”

The president of the association.

Never fell down.

“I told you, you can try to kill me as much as you want.”

The association president said with a grin.

“No matter how much you try to kill me, I won’t die.”

“… … .”

“And… … as long as I don’t die, time is on my side.”

The meaning behind those words was quickly apparent.

“Blind people… …!”

“… … You!”

While the battle was in progress.

Behind them, an Awakened one runs towards them.

“Why are you here! You were sent to stop that monster!”

“Where did Team Leader 1 go and you… …!”

“Cho, the captain… … sob.”

That awakener.

He shouted with tears and snot running down his face.

“The captain… was captured by monsters.”

“… … !”

“The remaining ones are somehow holding on… … but most of them have already been captured by them… … . I can’t hold out any longer… … !”

A dark shadow fell over the faces of those who had been fighting over the association president.

‘The Association’s elite have already been annihilated… …?’

‘No, it’s not like they’re already annihilated.’

Although he is overwhelming the president of the association.

A situation that cannot be subdued.

‘That much time has passed.’

Time had passed more quickly than they thought.

Much more so than when I first thought I had taken down the association president.

‘Even that association president is an unbelievable enemy.’

‘If monsters come here too… … .’

they.

There’s no choice but to be annihilated.

“… … .”

“Hey, officers? What orders… … .”

If it were original.

He probably judged that there was no chance of winning and ordered a retreat.

but.

[Effect in effect]

[Curse of No Return]

[This is a curse cast with all the might of the ‘Dark Knight of the Curse.’]

[Cursed targets cannot leave the battlefield unless the curse caster dies or is otherwise unable to maintain the curse.]

[However, the curse caster cannot leave the battlefield.]

“I was wondering why you put this curse instead of the more commonly used [Curse of Decline].”

“… … Did you think this far from the beginning!”

The curse that lies beneath their feet.

Even retreat was blocked, making it impossible.

“Sister Jinhye! You’re a priest. How can this curse not work?”

“It’s impossible. The chairman’s curse is too strong… … .”

“that……!”

A situation where there is no answer in sight.

At that moment, when everyone was about to fall into despair.

“……for a moment.”

One of them.

He discovered something and shouted.

“Yoon Seong-ah!”

“… … Captain?”

This is the starting point of the fight.

Laying on the floor, injured by the association president.

One person who had to just watch all the battles.

Ha Yoon-seong.

“Run away!”

“Oh, running away?”

The Chairman’s curse can only be applied once per entity.

“… … !”

Due to the [Curse of Immatureness], a black shadow has settled at the feet of all Awakened beings.

At his feet… … .

It didn’t exist.

* * *

‘The [Curse of Immatureness] hasn’t taken hold… …?’

It was only a brief moment.

‘Ha Yoon-seong is the first person to be attacked by the president of the association… ‘

‘I was cursed with something else, so I wasn’t subject to the curse of immortality!’

Those who witnessed the absence of a shadow at Ha Yoon-seong’s feet quickly figured out the cause.

And then.

“… …Everyone move!”

After everyone has reached the same decision.

Start moving quickly.

[Priest] The awakened one, Seong Jin-hye, approached him.

Put your hands on the body.

[Blessing – Light Steps]

[Intermediate Divine Healing]

“Mr. Yoonseong. Listen carefully.”

“Yes, yes… … ?”

“You must run away.”

A pure white light came down from that hand.

He made Ha Yoon-seong, who had cut his thigh, into a body that could walk.

“Oh, running away?”

“You have to run away… … and report it to the association.”

“what……?”

What was the answer to that question?

Ha Yoon-seong’s direct superior and team leader.

“The president of the association fell for the enemies’ trick!”

“… … !

Seo Young-hee stood next to Ha Yoon-seong, holding a shield, as if trying to protect him, and shouted.

“I haven’t figured out what caused the cold, but it’s definitely not an auspicious being… … so we have to subdue it at all costs!”

“Ha, but.”

The fate of this battlefield is uncertain.

maybe.

Everyone here will kneel before those monsters.

In that situation, how can you run away alone?

“How can you do that… … !”

“… … In the first place.”

and.

There was an intruder who interrupted this conversation.

“Who said they would send it?”

“Ugh… … !”

Seo Young-hee quickly stood in front of him to block him.

The power contained in the old man’s greatsword is unstoppable and bounces off.

The moment Ha Yoon-seong’s body was about to be split in two.

Kaang!

“… … You really are annoying me to the end, Sa-hyuk!”

“Who has something to say… … .”

The assassin appeared without even wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth.

Jin Sa-hyeok’s dagger forcibly changes the path of the sword.

“Ugh…!”

The president of the association tried to cut down Jin Sa-hyeok like that.

Pfft!

[Pushing Arrow]

“… … Are you saying that to your brother, Jihan?”

“Damn, how long are you going to drag your sworn brother out after getting drunk and getting all messed up!”

The shot fired by the trembling hands of the gunner, Jang Ji-han.

Pushing the president’s body back a few meters.

[Fire Pillar]

“I… … have no magic power… … . I can’t maintain this for long, so hurry… … !”

The gap between the association president and Ha Yoon-seong.

The wall of fire fills.

When the president of the association tried to break through the wall of fire and approach them.

Ugh.

“Run away!”

“… … Ha, but!”

Jin Sa-hyeok.

He grabbed Ha Yoon-seong by the nape of his neck.

“This is not a request, it is an order!”

grasp!

“It’s our role to fight here! So you have to take on the role we played when we lost!”

Jin Sa-hyeok shouted as he threw the man he had caught with all his might.

“There are still many people left in the association!”

“… … !”

“So that they can avenge us… …!”

Ha Yoon-seong was thrown out by Jin Sa-hyeok.

I focused on the command I heard while flying in the sky.

“So that they… … can survive the coming fight… …!”

In his head.

Only one command was engraved.

“I’m going to tell others what I saw here… … !”

* * *

While my eyes were getting blurry.

Ha Yoon-seong thought.

‘I thought I should tell you, but… … I couldn’t open my mouth because of this curse.’

After somehow returning alive.

He wanted to tell others what he had been through.

[Silence Blade]

Under the influence of a curse.

He couldn’t open his mouth.

It doesn’t even appear in the status window.

A curse that prevents one from saying anything harmful to the president of the association by one’s own will.

-The president will endure it!

‘… … Mr. President, you are the one.’

The moment when he wants to reveal the truth he knows.

Dozens after that.

No, there have been hundreds of times.

‘I’m sorry… … I’m sorry… … .’

Every time.

Yunseong gritted his teeth and suppressed the words that were about to come out of his throat.

but.

It wasn’t because I was afraid of death.

‘Not yet… … No.’

When I abandoned people and ran away, I survived alone.

When I was given a mission from those people.

Yoon Seong had promised.

‘Still… …no.’

It is a foregone conclusion that if he breaks the constraints of this curse, he will die.

then.

‘Just once.’

When I felt most confident.

Most of all, when it can cause great damage to the association president.

‘Yeah… … right now.’

That he will open his mouth.

* * *

“I never once thought I could beat the president. But the reason I came here was… … to have confidence.”

“What is that…?”

“You’ll probably only get one chance to speak, so listen carefully.”

He felt the sensation of blades coming towards him to stab his heart.

I held my chest and opened my mouth.

“The president of the association… … formed the party for the first time and obtained the item… … .”

“… … ?”

“They said the item they got as a reward back then was a sword.”

I heard that story too.

The association president formed the second fastest party in South Korea.

He said he received a sword as a reward.

“That greatsword didn’t seem to be anything special.”

Of course I do.

I thought that the greatsword he was wielding would be the reward.

but.

“……no.”

I guess so.

It seems that I was mistaken.

“I heard from the executives. The reward the association president received back then wasn’t something like a greatsword.”

“……then?”

“dagger!”

……dagger?

“The reward they received was a dagger. The president of the association took it.”

“… … !”

“But at some point, the dagger disappeared. Even the executives didn’t know where it had disappeared to… … Now I’m finally sure.”

Kwaaaaaaaaaaah!!!

Let’s start opening our mouths.

He felt the blade lodged in his chest begin to stab his heart.

Still.

“Coolook… … .”

Yoon Seong-eun even spat out blood.

Gritting his teeth.

“Here, hey.”

He said, clutching his chest.

“In the last fight, and in this fight… … the chairman didn’t care at all whether his head was blown off, his heart ripped out, or his brains smashed. But… … in just one place!”

The only person who has witnessed the association president’s battles more than twice.

“In the middle of the heart!”

“… … !”

“That place was somehow protected… …!”

That’s why I was able to know the facts.