The Military Chef of a Ruined World - Chapter 367



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Episode 367 Seal.

– Among those there, there are those with particularly strong spirits who have not yet become our brothers.

-It will be especially valuable to you who cherishes native species.

What’s inside the ice.

Clearly, it was the image of the parents they had been searching for so desperately.

I stood before him, flinching.

-I’m not sure, but I guess you like those two native species.

The voice of the soul was heard.

I flinched for a moment.

“… … There are some familiar faces.”

-You too are wearing the body of a native species… … so that makes sense.

After responding as if nothing had happened,

Toouk.

Without saying a word.

I put their bodies in my shadow.

-I have handed them over. Now go back, defender of the native species.

– Take care of your children and cherish them. We will not touch you in the meantime.

– It’s a ceasefire. We’ve already lost a lot. It would be better for you to postpone the next fight for a little while.

With the parents who had been aiming for it so much.

A situation where the missing humans were successfully recovered.

Deep down, it was a very exciting situation, but… … .

‘Calm down, Shin Young-jun. Don’t get excited.’

Try to be as calm as possible in your head.

Even as I was gathering people’s bodies in the shadows, I was listening to their words.

‘When you get excited about family matters, you make mistakes.’

Because I already knew that from experience.

I am not a perfect person.

I make mistakes often though.

‘I don’t intend to make the same mistake twice.’

Here’s the exciting moment.

I knew I would make the same mistake again!

‘I don’t know why, but right now, those guys can’t physically stop me. And they know it.’

They are probably quite powerful beings.

These guys can’t do anything right now except talk like this.

If I could have stopped it in the first place, I would have stopped it by the time I picked up those monsters.

‘And yet you’re guiding me here?’

The problem was how the guys responded.

‘why?’

The human bodies here are extremely useful.

It didn’t simply mean that the Awakened contained tremendous potential.

‘If they had noticed that I cared about humans, they could have used them to blackmail me.’

But the guys showed me this place without any hesitation.

If this happens, I’ll just take care of these people.

Just go back the way you were before.

It’s a ceasefire proposal and all.

If you don’t accept it, that’s the end of it.

‘There’s no way those guys don’t know that.’

And yet, here they are talking nonsense about proposing a ceasefire and such.

… … What possible reason could there be for that?

“indeed.”

After I put everyone’s bodies into the shadows.

He nodded and said.

“You’re just wasting time.”

To my words:

-… … .

-… … .

-… … .

The voices that were noisily talking about a ceasefire and such.

The group is silent.

“I’m not sure. I think it’ll be fine if we just buy a little bit of time.”

-I didn’t mean to do that.

“That’s why I turned my steps elsewhere.”

-Do not misinterpret our meaning. We are purely… … .

“I understand why you didn’t threaten me. If you threaten me for no reason and my feelings get hurt, that’s the end of it. The card you’ve worked so hard to secure will be useless.”

I’m not a very nice person.

If those guys were threatening for no reason.

In anger at the threat, he might have gone to extremes and eaten [the food] and headed towards the guys.

“You probably don’t want to take that risk. On the other hand… … if you guide me down a different path by talking about a deal or something, the burden is less.”

-… … .

“It was just a temporary change of direction. I guess he thought I would accept it easily. And to some extent, that’s actually how it turned out.”

then.

The answer is simple.

“I guess I have to hurry.”

-… … !

If the guys want to stall for time.

I have to pull the trigger.

‘Oh, shit.’

Even if you walk as fast as you can.

There were limits to what I could do with my current physical condition.

‘then.’

I have no hesitation.

He put his hands into his pockets.

[War Chef’s Devotion to Fury Yeti’s Foreleg Jerky]

What was taken out was.

Of course, cooking.

And then, the moment you try to put that food in your mouth.

[caution!]

[Side Effects – ‘Serious Aftereffects’ are still ongoing!]

[If you eat food again while you are still suffering from aftereffects from cooking, there is a concern that the side effects will be even greater… … .]

A long warning message appeared before my eyes.

But, unfortunately.

There was no time to read that warning.

‘I don’t know what will happen later, though.’

Gulp!

‘Please take good care of me later!’

I chewed and swallowed the food.

[Trait – Acquire ‘Frenzy’!]

Effects applied instantly.

I am inspired by the effects of that dish.

Pfft!

I started running outside, dragging my heavy body.

‘Crunch… …!’

Pain digs into my head.

I feel every joint in my body screaming for me to stop.

‘I went too far with [Berserk] while the side effects from last time weren’t over yet.’

The physical condition is absolutely the worst.

Since the destruction.

I’ve been injured more seriously than this, but I’ve never been in worse condition than this.

‘I had another meal there.’

I can’t even imagine how strong the side effects will be in the future.

So I tried to save as much as possible.

Now, I had the ‘confidence’ that I had to run even if it meant pushing myself.

-Stop!

“X it.”

Ignoring the voices that were telling him to stop.

I run as fast as I can, dragging my heavy body.

A pain so severe that I felt like I might faint at any moment engulfed my entire body.

I grit my teeth and take a step forward.

‘It was an inevitable bait.’

Rescue the surviving humans before they are taken over.

That’s something that has to be done somehow.

I had already noticed that this was most likely a bait.

Still, I had no choice but to follow.

‘The delay isn’t that long. What are you trying to do by dragging out that short amount of time?’

I ran as fast as I could.

Grab the frozen bodies of the monsters and push them backwards.

Swish.

Clang!

Some of them fall into my shadow.

Some of them were broken though.

I did it because I wanted the corpses of those monsters.

It wasn’t something I did because I wanted to break it.

‘A little faster!’

Using the bodies of those monsters as support.

To make progress a little faster.

“Ugh… … Ugh… … !”

Yes, I do.

The deepest part of this gate.

[Hall of the old castle]

In the deepest part of this castle.

We arrived at a huge and beautiful cave.

-… … You are truly a scary person.

-Not only is he powerful, but his schemes are also sophisticated. He is more than capable of acting as a protector of a race.

and.

What’s there is… … .

“What the heck, you guys… … .”

Reaching the top of this vast castle.

They were giants with huge bodies.

[Guardian of the Ariant Empire]

[The great guardians created by Ariant, the great empire known by the nickname Guardians of the Earth.]

[They faithfully carried out their mission to protect the world, and fought bravely against the enemies until the very end when the empire was destroyed.]

[Status – Ice]

[Frozen souls, possessed by Belsnickel’s leader-level entities.]

[Freshness – Best]

Just like the monsters I met before coming here.

Giant monsters trapped in ice.

If there is any difference.

‘Blue.’

That color.

The fact that it was a very dark blue color.

Back… … .

-Really… …It was close.

-Hmm. I thought the brothers’ fate ended here.

Unlike other monsters I’ve encountered before coming here.

“You’re alive.”

These bodies.

The point was that he was alive and well, and his eyes were turned towards me.

* * *

The great royal hall.

As I entered the castle’s entrance, there were nearly twenty giants standing around me.

‘There were monsters that were alive and preserved their bodies?’

Even that number was not small.

Just the numbers that can be seen are twenty.

If so, why?

Didn’t you come out to deal with the expeditionary force outside? … But.

The reason was quickly apparent.

“Is it a seal?”

This is the gate.

And according to my experience at the gate I went to [Cheonsanmu-gwan].

Beings with too much power were imprisoned in seals built by this world itself.

“… … Was it like that?”

I’m not sure though.

They originally fled from the world.

Many people lost their bodies in the process.

‘Those are the countless corpses of monsters down there.’

but.

Not everyone lost their bodies.

‘The monsters with powers greater than blue were alive.’

instead.

That it was sealed by this world that was wary of that power.

[Extreme Saint, Ballet]

-It wasn’t easy to escape from this powerful seal… … Fortunately, the soul seal was released a little quickly.

I also came to understand the climate of Gyeonggi-do.

These monsters are those whose soul and body are separated.

The seal on that soul was released first.

It was the power of that soul that lowered the climate of Gyeonggi-do.

These guys seem to be the leaders of these evil spirits.

‘From the moment these guys’ souls opened their eyes, the temperature in Gyeonggi-do dropped drastically.’

and.

I could also see why these guys were trying to buy time.

[Sealing… … .]

[Target Risk Level – 3]

Sealed souls.

The seal on that soul was definitely working, though.

[Time left until release – 59… … .]

[58… … .]

“… … Tsk.”

The time left until the seal is lifted.

There wasn’t much time left.

* * *

-It was really close… … .

The guys let out a sigh of relief.

The reason these guys were trying to buy a little more time.

That was because there wasn’t much time left before the seal was broken.

The time left until they can walk the world themselves.

Because there wasn’t much time left.

‘If the expeditionary force had arrived even a little later… … those guys would have woken up from their seal and attacked us.’

Let’s look at them with that thought in mind.

I got goosebumps without realizing it.

‘Each and every one of them is a boss-level monster… … .’

It’s the energy of blue.

The blue was by no means pale; it was very dark.

‘At the very least, an aura on par with Ariella, who has become a Baroness.’

Even Ariella was a very powerful monster.

Despite being a race specialized in raising armies rather than individual power.

It was a monster beyond imagination with just its own strength.

‘The fighting ability of the monsters here… … must be more than that.’

There are more than 20 monsters with such power.

If monsters of this level were to come out into the world intact… … .

Even the legions can’t stop this.

-If you had come to us just a little sooner, we would have met our end without even being able to resist.

and.

It seems like the guys know that too.

Voices mixed with laughter resonate.

[Ice King, Balthazar]

-But it seems like the victory will be ours in the end, you fool.

“… … .”

-You certainly had your chance. But your foolishness in wasting your time trying to save the native species led to the destruction of all the native species.

One of the giants.

He said that to me, looking down at me with an extremely arrogant attitude.

[Thick decision, Gelimbo]

-Hahaha! No matter how powerful a guardian is, in the end, it’s still a guardian of insects! It wouldn’t be strange if its intelligence were the same as that of insects!

Another giant seemed already confident of victory.

He made remarks that openly insulted me and humanity.

The result of running towards this place at full speed.

I was lucky enough to get there just before those guys were released from their seal.

[Inspector General, Illaon]

-Until we walk this world ourselves… …one minute left.

The remaining time is.

There’s not even a minute left.

[The Wise One, Iterek]

-Don’t be so pessimistic, defender of native species.

My physical condition is at its worst right now.

Even assuming you’re in peak physical condition, it’s impossible to do something in one minute.

[Anador, the Lonely Soul Understander]

-Your struggle was admirable, Ahaya. Now that you are our brothers, let us use your strength for our benefit… … .

In one minute.

Those guys are completely awakened from their seal.

He’ll crush me with that huge body.

but.

I see the guys smiling, confident of victory.

“… … 1 minute.”

I thought about the numbers they were muttering.

“thank god.”

When I realized those guys were wasting their time.

I thought it might be too late.

No, actually it was late.

… … It’s a little late.

“I don’t think it’s too late.”

-What?

still.

I don’t think it’s terribly late.