The Military Chef of a Ruined World - Chapter 392



Only Noblemtl

Episode 392 Return (4)

“This is why I can’t stay here.”

When people look at you in disbelief.

Shin Young-jun shrugged his shoulders and said.

“I have a place to go back to.”

“… … .”

People only then.

I was able to confirm the identity of the young man who suddenly appeared.

‘Agent sent from the Legion… … .’

‘I got over the wall before it was even weakened.’

I really don’t understand how they got over that barrier.

If you think about it that way, it makes sense that he strangely had no interest in his position within the association.

‘I must have had to return to the legion someday… … so I’ve been stubbornly refusing any position that would hold me back.’

Let’s think about it that way.

Park Joong-goo opened his mouth with a cautious expression.

“Can I ask you one thing?”

“yes.”

“I… … had fun fighting alongside you.”

At first, I even tried to pick a fight on purpose.

I was also fascinated by its strength.

“I thought of you as a comrade who would fight together with me. Was this just our thinking?”

“Hey, Jung-gu hyung!”

He belongs to the legion.

perhaps.

The intimacy they had toward him might have been something only they had.

The people in the association were afraid of that part.

Park Jung-goo asked a question.

A question that others are afraid to even ask because they are afraid of the answer.

and.

“No way.”

To their serious questions.

Shin Young-jun responded with a sly smile.

“Right now, it’s just not the right time.”

“… … ?”

“I still think of him as a comrade who will fight together with me again someday. No, what should I say more than that?”

Shin Young-jun asks with a look of resentment

“Did I seem that heartless?”

“… … Phew.”

Only then.

People whose expressions soften.

‘Yeah, it doesn’t matter where you come from.’

What’s important is the time and experience we’ve had together.

The fact that they are comrades in arms will not change.

“By the way, if this gets known, there’s going to be chaos.”

“Well, I guess so?”

“I know it might be a bit odd to ask this after asking about comrades and such just now… … We are all members of the association. I have no choice but to report your true identity to the general… … the association president. Is that okay?”

“Well, I guess that’s okay. There’s probably going to be a lot of chaos, and it’s not my job to clean it up.”

“… … I guess I should just carefully inform the executives.”

“Haha, I’ll leave that up to you guys to decide.”

like that.

Shin Young-jun turns around after finishing the conversation and heads back to the soldiers.

Some of the soldiers who came out to greet him also followed him away.

“Oh, that’s right.”

“huh?”

And then.

Shin Young-jun seemed to have forgotten something.

He said, turning around hastily.

“You can tell that I’m from the Legion!”

“… … ?”

“Instead, please keep one thing a secret!”

“What do you mean by secret?”

When Shin Young-jun tried to answer that.

The first to react was… … .

“everyone!!!”

They were soldiers who saw Shin Young-jun approaching.

‘… … ?’

Apart from the soldiers who came out to greet us.

Hundreds of soldiers lined up at the back.

“Get ready!!!”

They.

At the same time, they change their postures in response to the shouts of the soldier at the front.

and.

“Salute to the Corps Commander who has returned from a difficult mission!”

“Loyalty!!!

So many soldiers.

They shout with one voice.

It was a short word though.

The earth shook at the unified cries of the Awakened, who possessed great power.

‘……uh?’

‘Legion… …what?’

Among the people of the association.

Not a single person has ever succeeded in understanding the meaning of those words at once.

Those who were already looking at me with eyes of disbelief.

Their faces were filled with horror.

“… … Can you keep this part a secret?”

Shin Young-jun smiled awkwardly.

I was receiving a salute from those soldiers.

***

Since then.

Shin Young-jun and the soldiers boarded the helicopter that had landed on the ground.

I returned to the fortress in the sky.

“… … Something just passed by in the blink of an eye.”

“I see… … that’s right.”

The fortress is getting further and further away.

Those who looked at the empty space where the soldiers had been standing until just a moment ago.

They muttered in a dull voice.

“… … What will happen to us now?”

“Since Youngjun, who I trusted the most, left like that… … things won’t be easy from now on.”

“What should I do from now on?”

Their faces were not entirely bright.

Now that we’ve lost the association president and all of the elite members.

The person they trusted the most was gone.

That gap was bound to be big.

……but.

“What should I do?”

“……huh?”

“As you said, senior. It may not be the right time right now, but we will fight together again someday.”

Towards the trio of the Northern Branch.

Chef Howard responded as if he was stating the obvious.

“Then, until then, I have no choice but to work hard to build up my strength as much as possible.”

“……ah.”

“Well, I don’t know how much trouble I’ll have to endure to keep up with that senior.”

If what Shin Young-jun said is true.

They will fight alongside that legion again someday.

“We have lost too many talented people. Is it possible to build up strength to that extent…?”

“Oh, you don’t have to worry about that part.”

“huh?”

When Kang Jae-ho muttered in a voice without confidence.

Howard said, scratching his head.

“There’s something that my senior often says. Well, I don’t think he meant for me to hear it.”

“what……?”

“The potential of the association is enormous.”

The people of Gyeonggi Province had to endure a difficult winter.

but.

Before that winter came, Gyeonggi-do’s environment was very blessed.

The result of monsters flocking to the Demon Realm.

Outside of the Demon Realm, the number of monsters was extremely low.

They were able to level up safely and gather forces safely.

“… … Now that I think about it, I’ve heard what the soldiers of the legion are saying.”

“?”

“They say there are an absurdly large number of survivors in Gyeonggi Province.”

The number of surviving humans was in the tens of thousands, approaching 100,000.

Even though the strongest ones have fallen.

By overcoming the harsh winter.

Those who survived were trained once.

Above all, we were able to come together as a proper group.

Even though the power right now may not be enough.

These are the ones whose potential may even surpass that of the legions.

“It’s still a long way to go, but… … .”

After the winter that had driven them to destruction ended.

Spring has arrived.

“It’s not a road I can’t take.”

Their potential also blossoms.

It must be from now on when spring comes.

***

“Phew.”

like that.

I was on board a helicopter that came to pick me up from the legion.

“How long has it been since I last came back… …!”

My longed-for home.

Returned to Vimana.

‘I feel like I’ve finally gotten back from a vacation that I’ve been putting off for months… … .’

I remember how I felt when I came home from my first vacation.

‘Actually, I didn’t plan on making such a flashy comeback.’

Because the wounds and aftereffects of cooking still remain.

The legion that had been secretly contacting them said that they would just come out to meet them secretly.

When I asked if that was possible, it turned out that the sound-blocking function of the Vimana that I briefly saw last time has become available for wider use?

‘I didn’t think it would be me who would be caught and not Vimana.’

Is it because the aftereffects still remain?

I never thought I would get caught by the people from that association.

‘I had no idea that these guys would gather soldiers like that and even throw a fancy return ceremony… ‘

Ahem.

To be honest, that was a bit embarrassing.

I was wondering if I had allowed him to come out to greet me for no reason.

I glanced down at the ground and thought.

‘I’m a bit worried that it might just disappear too quickly… … but I think those people will do well.’

There may be some confusion right now due to my absence, but

If it were them, they would be able to overcome it quickly and get things under control.

What is known about my identity as well.

Those people are pretty trustworthy, and I feel bad about having kept it a secret until now.

I thought it would be okay to just let me know.

Above all else.

‘My family has not yet been handed over to the Legion.’

I don’t know if it would have been better if the associations had been forcibly merged.

Since it would be difficult to absorb that large group right away, we decided to go with a separate force.

Given that situation.

The transfer of personnel belonging to the association was also carried out through coordination between the corps and the association.

The association may allow you to go over to the legion if you so desire.

‘My parents are in no condition to express their intentions.’

People who have not yet regained consciousness and are unconscious.

They were maintaining their position that it was absolutely impossible to hand over their personal belongings.

Well, I understand this part.

Even if the enemy was powerful, I would never have handed over a member of the legion who had fallen unconscious if asked to do so.

‘It’s a bit nerve-wracking to think that my family is in the hands of others… … but the association is a trustworthy organization.’

There.

Now, the friendly humans who know that I am the commander of the corps are at the center of the association.

If something goes wrong with my parents, I’ll do my best to handle it.

… … Anyway, like that.

“Congratulations on your return!”

“Okay.”

After that, I boarded the helicopter that came to pick me up.

I was able to return to the Vimana.

“however…….”

and.

I was not the only one who arrived on the Vimana.

“Oh my, oh my, oh my… … .”

“Who is that person?”

“Oh my god… … .”

“Mr. Father?”

“… … My name is Kim Jong-du. He will be working as a member of our unit from now on.”

Next to me is a talent recruited from that association.

Kim Jong-doo was standing there, trembling all over.

“Go, go go go, that’s the legion… … .”

“… Mr. Jongdu. Are you okay?”

“Besides, Mr. Youngjun’s identity is… … .”

He is already a member of the guild.

He looked into space for a moment as if he was looking at the guild information window, then looked at me and shouted.

“Youngjun!”

“yes.”

“I, when I first saw you, I didn’t mean anything bad by saying rude things to you… … .”

“I don’t care at all, and to be honest, I don’t even remember. Let’s just stop shaking our legs.”

“yep!”

At that unstable appearance.

Private Seo Su-hyeok said with a frown.

“Sergeant Shin. Is this guy okay?”

“He may look like this now, but he is quite capable.”

“Hmm. What job title is it? Combat job?”

“It’s a production job.”

“You’re in production. Then you must be the youngest.”

A tone of speech that makes you certain that he is the youngest.

That’s what that guy said.

It wasn’t simply because Kim Jong-doo was a latecomer.

“Our unit is a powerhouse.”

First of all, soldiers from the 423rd Battalion are still called by their original ranks.

The ranks in our unit are determined strictly by ability.

As time goes by, we will have to calculate the period of service, but as a group, we have only been together for about a year.

Among those who joined late, there are those whose abilities are considered outstanding.

There were many cases where they achieved higher positions than those from the 423rd Battalion.

and.

“The production side is the most competitive in our unit.”

Thanks to our continued investment in production from the beginning.

The legion’s production workers all possessed outstanding abilities.

“Still, if it’s that guy, he’ll get to a certain level in no time.”

“Is that it?”

Kim Jong-du’s abilities are similar to those of the engineers.

In terms of building construction, even if dozens of engineers were combined, they could not be compared to Kim Jong-du’s.

‘Plus, I have the [Construction Command] skill.’

The ability to use others as your servants.

Up until now, it seemed like they were just using regular Awakened people as laborers.

It seems that the workers’ skills were low, so they could only build simple, large buildings like those walls.

‘If engineers with considerable technical skills were to take command… … things would be different.’

If our army already possesses tremendous technological capabilities.

It will be possible to utilize the capabilities of the vaccine tens or hundreds of times more efficiently than before.

“Oh my, oh my, oh my… … .”

“… … Honestly, I don’t really believe that he’s that kind of person.”

“Ahem.”

… … That’s what it looks like now.

“Well, I guess I’ll just have to hope you adapt quickly.”

I can see beyond the fortress walls.

He said, looking at the black wall in the sky.

“That barrier will open soon.”

“… … .”

In that regard.

The soldiers’ expressions also harden.

‘The wall that started to open as we achieved 100% occupation.’

The heat held by those black walls was getting weaker with each passing day.

Soon the wall will completely disappear.

Regional boundaries within South Korea will disappear.

and.

“I don’t think that’s necessarily a good thing for humanity.”

“I think so too.”

The beginner protection period has ended.

And because of that.

[All protective measures affecting the world will be lifted sequentially.]

[Please, survive just a little longer!]

We couldn’t know.

The unknown protective measures that protected this world will gradually be lifted.

The system has informed me.

“In preparation for that time, we must secure as much strength as possible.”

In fact, this man is not the only talent that Gyeonggi Province wants to bring in.

[Strategist] Jo Jun, who is still unconscious and cannot be brought in.

If there was any talent that could be more useful to the Legion, I would bring them in by any means necessary.

This is just my feeling.

‘Until now, it was just the beginning of the game.’

maybe.

The full-scale invasion will begin from now on.