The Military Chef of a Ruined World - Chapter 380



Only Noblemtl

Episode 380 Legion

“We… … are real.”

Listening to Han Yi-seo’s words.

I looked at the giants.

“Oh, the monsters of the Demon Realm… …like that.”

“… … Is it our turn now?”

Giants who defeated the demons of the Demon Realm.

They too seemed to be hurt.

The numbers were also smaller than before.

‘There are 8 of them.’

In the face of overwhelming odds, the enemy’s numbers were reduced by four.

This could be called a tremendous effort.

Honestly, I can’t even imagine what kind of battle went on while I was unconscious that allowed me to cut down four giants in that disadvantaged situation.

but.

-It’s time to end it now.

In this world.

The statement, “We lost but we fought well” meant nothing.

Kwaaaaang… … .

The giants begin to break down the barrier.

However, the batteries installed on the outer perimeter of the wall that remained intact opened fire.

-A ridiculous resistance… … .

“Ugh… … !”

A huge ice spear was flying out from the giants’ hands.

Sniped tanks and artillery.

“Artillery, even the artillery batteries.”

“… … It’s over.”

Even the shelling, which was one of the biggest reasons we were able to endure until now, became impossible.

People’s expressions are filled with despair.

… … that moment.

“… …Hold on a little longer!”

Someone shouted from a gap in the broken wall.

A person who was commanding the Association’s battles.

General Cho Beom-seok.

“Just a little longer, hold on as long as you can!”

He was able to hold on even as the batteries installed on the wall were destroyed by the monsters’ attacks.

He was adjusting his position alone so that he could cling to the intact battery and attack the giants.

“Hold on a little longer.”

It was a tremendous effort though.

Those who saw that sight gritted their teeth and responded.

“It’s over now.”

“What’s the point of holding out here for a few more minutes, a few dozen more minutes… ?”

Did you hear what those people said or not?

The old man shouted as he somehow managed to dig out the shells buried in the rubble of the destroyed wall.

“If you hold on, something might change… …!”

I’m not even sure of this myself.

An old man who keeps repeating those words.

“… … The general never gives up until the very end.”

Han Yi-seo, who saw that sight, said with a strange expression.

“No matter what, he’s really an amazing person. He came all this way and still didn’t give up.”

“… … Has Mr. Lee Seo completely given up?”

“There’s nothing we can do about it since we’ve come this far.”

She turned her head again.

I looked at the giants trying to completely destroy the half-collapsed barrier.

“Still, I think it wasn’t a bad fight to this extent.”

“… … ?”

“I had a thought a while ago, but if we hadn’t decided to fight like this. No, if Youngjun hadn’t been here, I think we would have been destroyed by now.”

I looked up at her face, wondering.

Her expression as she looked at the giants was not visible.

“I heard from General Cho. He said he was almost kidnapped when he headed to the center for the last meeting. If General Cho had been kidnapped then, the bodies of the awakened people in the Southern Branch, including the General, would have fallen into their arms. The Southern Branch has many experts in large-scale combat… … The enemy’s power would have been greatly strengthened.”

“… … .”

“If the enemies had brought up the monsters in that state, we would have been helpless, not knowing that the enemies had information about us, let alone their true identity.”

She shrugs.

“When that meeting was over and it was decided to organize an expeditionary force, it wouldn’t have been strange if humanity had already been destroyed by then.”

It’s pointless to assume what if.

If only they had continued to fear the source of that cold air.

Surely it would have been as she said.

“But we dragged on there for quite some time, and have held out until now. The time we have held out like that is only a little over a month at most.”

But Han Yiseo still had her face turned away.

I guessed what that expression meant.

“Still… … I think it wasn’t a bad fight to this extent?”

“… … .”

Because my voice was shaking.

Fear, dread.

“To this extent… … I’m satisfied and I’ll die… … .”

In a situation where death is imminent.

To somehow overcome that fear.

He will have the face of someone trying to pretend to be innocent.

but…….

“That’s not it.”

“……yes?”

“You say you can die satisfied? That’s ridiculous.”

I opened my mouth, cutting off Han Yi-seo’s words.

“There’s no way a death like this could be satisfying.”

“… … .”

It’s hard to even open my mouth.

Still, there’s something I’d like to point out.

“I saw the first human being killed after the world was destroyed. The sight of a human being dying an unwanted death was much uglier than I had thought… … It was disgusting.”

“… … .”

“No matter how hard you try, you will never be satisfied with the outcome.”

“Why are you suddenly saying something like that?”

To my words:

She said through gritted teeth.

“I know I shouldn’t say this to Youngjun, who has worked so hard for us, but… … We are all destined to die here. We are destined to become that ugly, disgusting thing that Youngjun talked about!”

“… … .”

“No, they’re planning on using our bodies, so it might not end up like that. At least on the outside, we’ll be fine. But you know what? That could be worse than being a brutally murdered corpse!”

It is a situation where death is imminent.

Some people try to accept death calmly.

That too is just an effort.

“I just wanted to… … die with peace of mind.”

No matter how hard you try.

Because it is impossible to accept the end of life so calmly.

Her too.

No, everyone here.

But I gave up everything and put it down.

In fact, you will want to live somehow.

and.

I have to tell those people something I can say.

“Don’t give up hope.”

It was just a cliche of consolation.

“……under.”

Han Yi-seo said with a hollow laugh.

“Hope… Are you still looking for something like that?”

“… … .”

“Even you, my last hope, have become like this… … That kind of thing… … .”

and.

To her words like that.

“… … Phew.”

I couldn’t help but laugh.

“… … What’s so funny?”

“No, I wasn’t trying to laugh, but I thought it was a bit coincidental.”

“what…….”

At my sudden laughter.

Han Yi-seo’s expression, which seemed to have a good personality, began to frown.

“Hope? Since when was I your last hope?”

“… … ?”

I ignored the sight.

He said this while lying down on the floor.

“It was you who told me about hope.”

“yes?”

When I first arrived in Gyeonggi-do

I remembered what Han Yi-seo had said to me.

– Everyone is tired and struggling… … and the spirit is definitely not sound. You asked how our group can function properly? That’s the answer.

-hope!

“Kuluk… … You were the first to tell me not to give up hope.”

“… … .”

“It was you who told me what that hope was.”

After moving to Gyeonggi-do.

Everything I experienced here was difficult and hellish.

I often thought to myself, why do I have to go through such hardships?

But the reason I was able to endure it somehow is.

When I first settled in that northern branch.

People gathered in a small room and listening to the radio.

Because I saw their appearance.

‘It was worth it.’

Although it is hard work like a dog.

Because I was able to realize that the act was worth it.

“It’s funny that you say things like there’s no hope.”

How important it is to survive with hope.

Because that’s when I realized it.

“I said it wasn’t a bad fight, right? I only lasted a little over a month, but isn’t that bad?”

“… … Are you trying to say that it’s not okay?”

How did you take my words?

Han Yi-seo said, clenching his fists in anger.

“Are you trying to say that even with the help of someone like you, this is all you could do?”

“No, no. I think there’s some misunderstanding, so let me explain it clearly.”

Cool.

“It’s not bad, is it? … It’s not just that it’s not bad!”

“… … ?”

Even though blood was leaking out of my mouth.

He said, unable to hold back his laughter.

“You guys did a great job.”

“… … You guys? Youngjun, why have you been here since a while ago.”

To my words:

Han Yi-seo frowned as if she sensed something strange.

“Are you talking as if Youngjun is separate from us?”

Her point was quite poignant.

okay.

They and I were different.

They think that if they hold out like this, the situation might change.

Beyond the ambiguity.

I was holding on to that thin hope that was so dim that I couldn’t see properly.

Holding on to that shallow hope.

I have fought to survive somehow and have made it this far.

‘This is a great thing.’

I’m sure of it.

In this regard, they are better than me.

That makes sense.

I don’t think I could have done that.

‘Those who have clenched their teeth and persevered until now, holding on to vague hopes that are not even certain.’

and.

‘One who had a firm conviction… …who knew that he only had to hold out for a certain amount of time.’

It is inevitable that the two people’s determination will be different.

“Ugh… … .”

“… … ?”

I somehow moved my trembling hands.

floor.

I put it where my shadow is.

[Shadow Curtain]

A hand pierced through the shadows.

I retrieved the item I was looking for.

“Ugh!”

Let’s somehow lift something that was too heavy to lift.

Han Yi-seo opened her eyes wide and shouted when she saw that sight.

“radio……?”

The radio that people from the northern branch gathered together and listened to.

Because it was the radio she gave me.

-Squeak… … Beep… … .

Unlike what I’ve heard in the past.

No voice was heard on the radio.

Just a squeak and a beep.

All I can hear is an unidentified noise.

“This radio too… … seems to have finally been disconnected.”

Her complexion darkened even more when she heard that.

but.

“no.”

“yes?”

“It’s exactly the opposite.”

I knew it.

“This noise is not the sound of a disconnected connection.”

“What is that… … .”

“Rather than that, what should I say… … .”

Direct.

Beep, beep.

Listening to that sound.

Laughter breaks out.

“I shout to convey my intentions more clearly.”

What they were trying to convey was extremely simple.

Even without a notebook to take notes in.

A short and simple message that can be interpreted just by hearing it.

-Go.

I looked at the status window that was open in front of me.

[Steel Legion (100%)]

A number that was a bit lacking until recently.

They were all filled.

“So! What on earth have you been talking about since just now… … .”

Was it because of the fear of death and my own repetition of words I didn’t understand that my anger was rising?

At that very moment, when Han Yi-seo was about to burst into tears and scream.

-Tiring.

“……uh?”

The change has begun.

* * *

Miserably and vilely.

Those who survived by enduring so ugliness that it makes you wonder, “Do you really want to live like that?”

And now, even that resistance is over.

At that time, everyone was in despair, thinking that they would lose their lives.

[Important Notice]

[World Event – Occupation War 1st Round Ends!]

As if I was teasing them.

A very light message appeared.

[A force that achieved 100% occupation rate in one region was born!]

[Area of ​​achievement – ROK.17]

[As the first achiever of the Occupation War event within the ROK region appears, the Occupation War event within the ROK region will end for the first time!]

Suddenly appeared before my eyes.

A status window that talks about an unknown story.

“… … The occupation war is over?”

“What are you talking about all of a sudden?”

Not everyone knows what it means.

When those giants were about to climb over the barrier, I just stopped walking and stood there blankly.

[With the Occupation War event ending, the beginner protection system will be weakened.]

[After 30 days, the beginner protection zone will be completely removed.]

Woooooooooooooooo… … .

“… … ?”

Behind their backs.

There was a noticeable presence.

At that sound.

“What the hell is that?”

People, of course.

-What are you talking about?

Even the giants who had just stepped over the barrier.

My gaze was suddenly stolen.

Gugugugugugugugugu… … .

That makes sense.

A black wall that burned everyone who approached it without leaving even a speck of dust behind.

Oh my gosh… … .

Something that was said to be absolutely insurmountable.

From beyond that barrier.

{Citizens of Gyeonggi Province, please rest assured.}

anything.

Something ridiculously huge.

{We are a legion.}

Because it was coming over.