The Military Chef of a Ruined World - Chapter 364



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Episode 364: The castle covered in frost.

“Oh, Lord, you won’t die.”

A large old man.

Those eyes vibrate at incredible speed.

“Wh, what are you planning to do… … No, are you planning to do it… … .”

“I told you not to worry. I’m sure it won’t be a bad thing for your father-in-law either.”

The items the clones brought out.

I took the item and said,

“When I was with you earlier, you were swearing like that.”

“I’m sorry… … .”

“But considering how you usually act so politely and how you spare your monster’s strength when dealing with me… … you seem to be a person who is quite respectful.”

“… … .”

“Is that right?”

“you’re right……!”

Smile.

“So, don’t worry.”

“… … ?”

“The president will remain a great figure of this association as he is now.”

The thing that was in my hand.

Bring those dishes to his lips.

“The people of this Gyeonggi Province depend on the president of the association to a significant extent.”

“Ugh… …!?”

“That association president was actually a traitor, and that’s why he was killed… … Well, whether you believe me or not, there will be many people who will be sad if that story becomes known.”

In the first place.

Because of that part, I couldn’t tell others that this guy was a traitor.

Gulp… … .

“What, what is it? What did you feed me… … !”

“cooking.”

Let me put some cooking into it.

The president of the association took a bite of the food and swallowed it.

“It definitely tastes… …?”

He seemed briefly surprised by the taste.

“What, what is this… …?”

within.

He said in a voice full of fear.

“This, this feeling… what is it… .”

“So, the president won’t die.”

“What on earth did you feed me… … !”

“Rather, you will become the same great person you have been until now… no, you will become an even greater person.”

As my cooking began to seep into his body.

The old man cried out with tears in his eyes.

“What do you plan on making me into…?”

“Well, well. What should I say?”

To the old man’s question.

I opened my mouth with a smirk.

“A great fighter who gave everything for the survival of the Association members.”

He keeps stuffing food into his mouth.

And then I thought.

‘It’s a desperate situation where we have to survive day by day… … but we also have to prepare for what will happen later.’

You may or may not be able to survive the immediate battle.

Still.

I also had to think about what would happen after I survived.

‘The human power in Gyeonggi-do is very unstable.’

The association was originally a group centered around the association president.

So when he disappeared.

It appeared to be shaking violently.

‘It was like that until just a little while ago.’

Even though I knew the dangers of this source.

Because they were different groups, they couldn’t get along at all.

The abilities and numbers of its members were certainly not lacking.

The stability of the group has become close to the worst.

‘For now, they are rallying around me.’

I will return to Gangwon-do someday.

Because I was a [Legion Commander], not a [Association President].

If I ever have to leave my seat.

Gyeonggi Province will once again revolve around the heads of each branch.

Even if they say that they have a cooperative relationship.

‘Unless there is someone who can be the center, you could be torn apart by even the slightest trigger.’

The only person who is worthy of being a leader is General Jo Beom-seok.

That general lost his authority.

Now it’s relying on my authority.

The moment I disappear, his authority as a commander will also disappear.

‘General Cho… … Although he is excellent as a commander, he has many ambiguous aspects as the leader of a group.’

It can’t go on like this.

For humanity to survive.

These are the ones who will become a major axis of human power.

This association has to come together somehow.

‘Because a united association is definitely stronger.’

……then.

All you need is one thing.

“You will bring the people of Gyeonggi-do together in one place.”

“Eww… … Ewwwww!!!”

Even if someone lacks authority, he or she may become a leader.

Something that might unite them… … .

There was a consensus.

“A hero who united all Gyeonggi Province residents. A symbol of human solidarity.”

“Please… … .”

“In the end, I lost everything in the process… … but still,

A human who once stood above them all.

The person that everyone in Gyeonggi-do depends on mentally.

“A great president who gave everything for humanity!”

Even now, a long time after he went missing.

Without losing that authority.

A human being whose name many people sought in times of crisis.

The sympathy that was gained by using him.

Crunch, crunch.

I continue.

He stuffed the food the Bimanars offered into his mouth.

“If necessary, I will erect a statue for you. If there is anything else you would like, please let me know.”

“That, that guy… … .”

“But… … I can give you everything else.”

Without even being able to put up a proper resistance.

An old man who forcefully chews and swallows the food I stuff into his mouth.

“rather!”

Kang San felt an unfamiliar ’emotion’ rising inside him that was not his own.

He cried out in a miserable voice, tears and snot running down his face.

“Rather, kill me… … !”

“I can’t hear that, dude.”

The man who put my family in danger and tortured them.

He’s not a good enough guy to kill someone like that so easily.

* * *

like that.

Even the president of the association was put into the [Shadow Curtain].

The wound on his back has also healed to some extent.

When I was able to move around a little bit.

[The duration of Berserk ends.]

In front of your eyes.

A message came to mind.

“……ah.”

When I saw that message, I couldn’t help but flinch.

That makes sense.

[Penalty for going berserk is triggered.]

That means the cooking effect has ended.

Because it also meant that the time had come for the aftereffects to strike.

[Serious aftereffects]

“Take it… … gasp… … !”

My body, which I thought was finally able to move.

Rolling on the floor again.

“!@%!@$!(@#!!!!!”

An excruciating, excruciating pain engulfed my whole body.

My mind turns blank.

‘it hurts……!’

I knew that the aftereffects of [Frenzy] would be serious.

But, this is… … .

‘More than before… …!’

Even more frenzied than I’ve ever experienced before.

It was even more serious.

I could guess the reason.

‘Because I used Berserk again before the aftereffects were over… … .’

The aftereffects of [Frenzy] last longer than when you cook four times.

However, the time given to us is not much.

I didn’t even get to take the break I needed when I cooked four layers of food.

I had to use Berserk while my body was still suffering from the aftereffects.

‘Is this the result… …!’

Pain is pain, but.

I felt like I wasn’t controlling my body properly.

maybe.

For a while, my physical abilities will be seriously impaired.

And that’s not all.

[Loss of True Energy]

I feel something inside my body being suddenly removed.

… … unlike aftereffects that may recover with time.

Something that will probably be lost forever.

“Crunch.”

My body feels heavy as if weights were attached to my limbs.

Even taking a single step.

Even just lightly raising my hand feels incredibly difficult.

And what’s worse is…

It wasn’t me, it was others.

“Your Majesty… ….”

“… … ?”

“The penalty… has been… taken… out.”

A being that had a buff applied at a similar time to me.

The Bimanars opened their mouths as if they were about to report something.

Phew!

“… … .”

The body exploded.

A silvery-gray liquid covered my face.

Purrrrrrr… … .

All the gray liquids that made up the spirit and flesh disappeared.

What remains in the middle of it all.

It was just the core of [The Drop of the Legion].

“Are you okay… …?”

-The aftereffects… … are more… … severe… … than expected.

It’s fortunate that at least the cores remain.

Even after crossing that wall of fire, he was still able to have a conversation.

Now, I’ve reached a point where I can’t even speak properly.

‘I’m like this even with just one berserk effect applied. These guys have added other dishes to it.’

It’s because the organisms that carry out their life activities center around that nucleus that they’re able to survive.

Maybe if I did something like that.

I would have died without being able to move.

“Thank you for your hard work.”

I dragged my heavy body and picked up those cores in the shadows.

Then he turned his head and looked at the battlefield.

‘The expeditionary force is still fighting well.’

It looks like they’re continuing to push back against the incoming monsters.

It seemed like there was still some cooking buff time left on that side.

If they hadn’t held out, other monsters might have attacked me while I was fighting the association president.

It was because of them that we were able to achieve victory over the association president.

but…….

‘If the buff ends on that side, that’s the end.’

The average power will be stronger this way.

That’s why you can rush in with that buff.

but.

‘The difference in absolute numbers is too big.’

Those monsters still swarmed the city.

I am an ‘environmental fairy tale’.

Yoon Seong-eun somehow managed to find the president of this association thanks to the effects of the ‘Silence Blade’.

‘It would probably be impossible for that expeditionary force to get here while fighting through the monsters.’

okay.

The reason I came here in the first place was not to catch this association president.

‘While they’re holding on… … we have to lay the groundwork for a comeback.’

Turn your body.

Move with heavy steps towards your destination.

Where the association president stood.

Behind it, an unidentified black energy was rippling.

‘The president of the association was nothing more than a gatekeeper.’

That’s why I came here.

The culprit who drove humanity in this Gyeonggi Province to destruction.

[You have found a gate.]

Fragments of a destroyed world.

Because I was there.

* * *

[Fragments of a ruined world – Gate discovered.]

[The castle covered in frost]

The president of the association was the one who was here to block this gate.

It seems like he intentionally let Yoonseong approach him

An intruder like me would have tried everything he could to stop them.

‘From these guys’ perspective, someone as powerful as the association president must have been a powerful force.’

It looks like they gave one person the role of goalkeeper to guard the gate.

The story was that they judged that someone as the association president would be sufficient to play the role of goalkeeper.

But now.

The president of the association was buried in my shadow.

A giant wall of shadows.

I stood before him in deep thought.

‘The president of the association… … said that he decided to betray them after seeing the power of those monsters.’

Even the army of monsters that the expeditionary force is fighting right now is powerful.

That force was a force that could probably be defeated by the Association’s power.

Now that my power has been added, the fight is pretty evenly matched.

If the president had not betrayed them and the central branch and all the associations had cooperated, they might have been able to push them out.

And yet, the president of the association decided to betray.

The power he saw was not those monsters.

‘The power inside this… must be it.’

That’s why.

I tried to protect those Vimanars as much as possible.

Who knows what kind of beings might be lurking inside that gate.

As a card to be taken out only in the last situation.

However, the power of the Bimanars was not mobilized.

‘The loss is huge.’

To deal with the president of the association who even displays immortality.

We ended up mobilizing all our power faster than expected.

“… … Phew.”

My physical condition is the worst.

It’ll take a few weeks for the cards I’ve been saving to recover.

In that state.

The situation is that we have to invade the enemy’s base.

“What the hell am I going to do?”

If we waste time here, the expeditionary force will eventually be unable to hold out and will collapse.

It’s the same whether you die then or die a little sooner.

‘You already realized it in the early stages of destruction.’

In order not to die.

You must be prepared to die.

“It really is… … a fucking world.”

I was gripped by tension.

I threw myself into that black curtain.

* * *

[The Imperial City Covered in Frost – Ariant]

[A world destroyed by eternal winter, where all life disappears.]

[This is the frost-covered imperial palace, the home of the evil spirits that destroyed the world.]

[The world that once possessed a beautiful appearance was destroyed one day by evil spirits that appeared.]

[Ariant’s god, seeing the world frozen over, disappeared in disappointment, and its destruction continued for a long time.]

[But, every world has a lifespan.]

[The world that existed for a long time after the destruction reached the end of its lifespan and began to float through the gaps of the world in ruins.]

A message that obscures your eyes.

but.

There was no time to read the message.

Hwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!

The moment you enter the gate.

Filling my eyes.

[Battle Power Meter]

“… … !”

A deep color that seems to have been painted on countless times.

And the lights of those magical powers are so powerful.

“Ah… … Shit.”

Standing there with that magic power in him.

Hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands… … .

Maybe hundreds of thousands.

“At this point, it was worth betraying.”

Mighty monsters.

Because you were looking down on me.