The Military Chef of a Ruined World - Chapter 423



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Episode 423: Star.

“… … Private Shin!”

“Please hold on a little longer!”

As soon as I confirmed that my surprise attack didn’t work.

The two corporals started running to help me.

“You’re a cook, not an assassin?”

Jeon Gwang-il’s movements to protect Lieutenant Kim are limited.

Private Seo Su-hyeok is also specialized in firepower, and breaking through troops is not his specialty.

in other words.

“That’s a ridiculous lie!”

I’m up against the highest level awakener in Seoul.

It’s gotten to the point where I have to grit my teeth and hold on until those two come.

Crunch.

‘Ugh… … !’

I looked at the torn uniform and flesh.

I looked at the weapons he was wielding.

A dagger and a pistol.

“I’ll ask you again. What is the Legion’s goal in bringing an assassin like you to Seoul?”

Taang! And.

Jang Young-woong shouts and fires a pistol at me.

“A stealth technique so advanced that even if you concentrate, you cannot read the presence of others, and a poison so extreme that even high-level Awakened users will struggle in pain and die.”

Boom!

“It was ridiculous to call yourself a chef with that kind of ability… … . Now… … .”

That bullet seems to be reinforced like Seo Su-hyeok’s.

It tore through my uniform and put a hole in my shoulder.

If there is one thing that is fortunate.

“How long until the wound heals?”

“… … .”

“You’re an outrageous cook, aren’t you?”

Although it is said to have become weaker than before.

The vampire’s healing powers that still remained were quickly filling my wounds.

“You came to Seoul with an assassin like this and are talking nonsense like asking for cooperation!”

Crunch!

“If you think the cooperation is going well, then in the end, grit your teeth and refuse!”

Taang!

“What the heck… … !”

Kuung!

“What on earth did you come to Seoul for!”

Jang Young-woong shouts while swinging his weapon at me without hesitation.

I barely managed to block that attack.

Or, if you can’t stop it, you may end up getting seriously hurt.

‘It hurts so bad… …!’

His uniform is torn and his body is riddled with holes.

In that excruciating pain.

I couldn’t help but feel a strange sense of discomfort.

‘It’s extremely poisonous.’

I just took out [Nepenthes] though.

The poison was actually blocked before it could be used.

However, the author spoke as if he knew about my poison in advance.

‘Even if you have the power to gather information, that’s not the case.’

[Nepenthes] is a power that even the leaders are unaware of.

If you have the ability to figure that out.

This meant that the author’s information gathering ability was on a level that overwhelmed Private Park Tae-jun.

Boom!

“You are the one… … .”

With this level of fighting ability.

Surpassing Private Park Tae-jun, who only specializes in information.

‘It’s impossible.’

Even though I specialize in cooking, no matter how hard I try in combat, I still feel like I’m lacking compared to pure combat professionals.

It is impossible to have information gathering capabilities that surpass those of Park Tae-jun, who is purely specialized in information.

“I think you’re hiding something from us.”

“… … .”

“Well, I guess you don’t intend to tell me.”

There were a lot of things to be concerned about.

Unfortunately, I didn’t have the luxury of spending time on that.

Kaang!

I said, desperately trying to block his attacks.

“We have a lot of questions for you, too. But… … it seems like you have a lot of questions for us, too.”

I guess I should say it’s fortunate.

The interest seemed to be aimed at solving that curiosity rather than killing me.

“and.”

If it weren’t for that, my body wouldn’t have lasted much longer and would have been torn apart.

If it were me, I would have done that.

“That is your downfall.”

That makes sense.

Kuuung… … .

“… … !?”

“This sound.”

The immediate battle appears to be in their favor.

That’s only a ‘right now’ story.

“Up!”

“… …There’s someone fighting up there!”

If only we could hold out for time.

Because we were the ones who benefited.

‘Soldiers of the Legion.’

Maybe when I’m deep underground.

If we’re this close to the exit, the legion’s soldiers should be able to find our location.

“I’m sorry, sir. My friends will be here soon.”

The troops in Seoul are also quite threatening.

Most of them were said to be spread out on the outskirts.

‘For me and my soldiers, it wouldn’t be difficult to escape from here.’

To get out of Seoul, I’ll have to get through the soldiers stationed to the north…

‘The main body of the legion will arrive at that time.’

Kaang! And.

I said, parrying the guy’s attack.

“I’ve already seen the power of the soldiers guarding this place. They look quite impressive. But you know.”

Still.

I never, not even once.

“You won’t be able to defeat the Legion.”

The Legion never thought that they could be defeated by them.

They were clearly a powerful force.

Still, there was confidence that the Legion was stronger.

“……that.”

and.

“I guess so.”

“what?”

I guess so.

It seemed like I wasn’t the only one who thought that way.

* * *

“ha…….”

Jang Young-woong, who had been attacking for a while, suddenly stopped attacking.

He said with a deep sigh.

“I thought things were going really well this time.”

“… … ?”

“You’re right. The moment the troops running wild up there arrive, the security forces I’ve set up here in Yeouido will be instantly overrun.”

Even putting down the hand that was holding the weapon.

A man with a bitter smile.

“Even if we somehow manage to block them by sending out a signal flare and using the troops waiting in the north, they will eventually be broken through by the main force of the legion and suffer a miserable defeat.”

I couldn’t help but frown when I heard that.

Well, that’s what I said.

‘The author has yet to see the power of our main force.’

He.

Because I was so obediently accepting that fact.

“I invested a lot in this bunker this time because I was afraid something like this would happen… … .”

“what?”

“I already knew that I couldn’t stop the escape once I joined up with those soldiers outside. I was planning on finishing it off inside.”

A man suddenly sighs and continues to talk.

“It was so hard to set up a barrier that even I had a hard time breaking through… … Do you know? I didn’t even give the soldiers a detailed route description in case you figured out the escape route through them.”

“you…….”

“But you guys… … didn’t even question the soldiers, and just breached that bunker so easily.”

“What are you talking about?”

I am.

I couldn’t understand that at all.

“I really thought I would succeed this time. But, well, I got something out of it… … so I guess I’ll have to be satisfied with that.”

He glanced at me.

He started to have a long monologue.

“Private Shin Young-jun’s occupation is an assassin, but when questioned, he lies and says he is a cook. Lieutenant Kim Hyeon-seok, who seemed to be actively cooperating in all cases, sometimes appears negative about cooperation… … .”

“what?”

“I’m sure about Shin Young-jun’s occupation, so I don’t think I need to ask him about it again. Oh, and I also need to keep in mind that monsters might attack at any time I don’t know… … .”

When I heard that, I realized.

That wasn’t something I or anyone else was supposed to hear.

‘I’m memorizing it.’

While repeating it to myself.

Something you do to imprint something in your mind.

“However, seeing as you hesitated to attack Lieutenant General Kim Myeong-hwan unlike last time, it seems like sending Lieutenant General Kim to greet him was the right answer.”

“You little punk… … .”

“Should I change my attitude again next time? It would have been nice to at least find out why the cooperation broke down.”

“What kind of guy is he?”

“Haa. I don’t know about other forces, but I have to get my hands on the Legion… … .”

The moment I saw that sight.

My intuition screamed.

“What are you hiding… … !”

By any means necessary.

We have to stop what that guy is trying to do.

Sling.

Until now, I’ve only focused on defense.

This time, he does the opposite, rushing at the guy with a kitchen knife in both hands.

“Is this already the fifth time in the Legion… … I can’t believe I failed again.”

It didn’t matter whether that guy was stronger than me or not.

I had to stop that bastard, even if it meant tearing my limbs off.

“How long has it been since I’ve suffered this much?”

like that.

Just before the two blades I was holding reached the guy’s neck.

Iron Man.

“Still, I did gain something. It was a life without regrets.”

The guy who was muttering to himself seemed to have finally gathered his thoughts.

With a relieved expression, he put the gun he was holding into his mouth.

‘……no way.’

I just saw it after.

I was able to realize that my thoughts were mistaken.

I have to stop him even if it means killing him.

It was a ridiculous misconception.

That makes sense.

“I can do better next time.”

That’s exactly what that guy wants to do.

Because it was he who was going to die.

Taaaaang-!

A man who was called the hero of Seoul and all.

A great man who saved the lives of millions of people on this land.

The leader of all of them.

dump.

He was shot in the head with a pistol he had shot himself.

I fell to the floor in vain.

“What the heck is this… … .”

The acrid smell of the bullets he fired.

The smell of blood spraying into my face as my head exploded was terrible.

“… … Mr. Hero!?”

“older brother!!!”

and.

It seemed like I wasn’t the only one who was taken aback by the sight.

* * *

“What on earth happened!”

“Tongue, brother… … suddenly on his own… … .”

“You yourself… … there’s something wrong!”

“This is not the time to be thinking about that! I have to save him somehow… …!”

Jang Young-woong is lying on the floor, bleeding.

The people of Seoul rushed to Jang Young-woong and fought to save him in any way possible.

“… … My brain exploded all at once.”

“Saving someone in this state… is impossible, no matter how great an Awakened one is.”

When he realized that he was in a state of no return.

Those who bite their teeth.

“You put a gun in your mouth and shot him?”

“……yes.”

“Everyone knows this. This guy isn’t the type of guy to suddenly make that kind of decision.”

Their gaze.

He turned to me, who was blankly staring at the sight.

“That guy… … .”

“… … .”

“That kid must have done something!”

I was staring blankly at the sight with my mouth open.

I felt the ‘taste’ of the man who said those words.

‘Sadness, sorrow, regret, remorse, anger.’

When a man named Jang Young-woong died.

A look of genuine sadness and anger at that fact.

“What is it?”

but.

I, however, am the target of that anger.

“Why on earth… … why did you make this choice… … ?”

I don’t understand English.

I was just confused.

“Kill the author!”

“The enemy of the hero… …!”

“Legion… … I will never, never forgive you… … !”

They attack.

Against those people.

“Where the hell are you going, you arrogant… …!”

Boom!

Corporal Jeon Gwang-il’s fist comes out to protect me.

“Sergeant Shin! You must escape!”

“… … .”

“Sergeant Shin? Sergeant Shin!”

“ah.”

I realized it after that guy Gwangil shook my shoulder roughly.

I could sense that fact.

“… …Are you okay?”

“It’s okay. For now… … For now, let’s escape. We have to somehow get out of Seoul first… … .”

“……yes!”

Two corporals clear the way.

Even as Lieutenant Kim and I ran after him.

‘He didn’t die fighting like other soldiers… … He committed suicide.’

I kept thinking.

‘Why would you make such a meaningless choice?’

How long did you run like that?

When it became possible to gradually escape this bunker.

Gugugugugugugugugu… … .

“… … !?”

The surrounding scenery.

It appeared to be distorted rapidly.

“What the heck is this?”

“… … Now that I think about it, it’s been strange since a while ago.”

The bunker that was in good condition is rapidly becoming worn out.

Black noise settles around the area.

Private Seo Su-hyeok, who was looking at the scene, muttered in a small voice.

“There were so many troops from Seoul just a moment ago… … I can’t see a single one.”

It’s not like you were away for that short period of time.

I couldn’t feel a single trace of the people who were so numerous around me.

“This is, no way.”

like.

The smell of decay and emptiness, as if visiting an old ruin that had been abandoned for years.

“… … Private Shin Young-jun!”

When I was looking at that sight and feeling embarrassed.

There was a voice grabbing my shoulder and shouting.

“It is an order!”

Lieutenant Kim Hyeon-seok.

It seemed as if he had noticed something.

He shouted at me.

Gugugugugugugu… … .

“As soon as you come to your senses… … .”

In the meantime.

Unidentified earthquakes and collapses continued.

“Check my level!”

[High command orders ring out.]

[Command Order – Check Commander Level.]

The moment I heard that voice.

The collapse engulfed the place where we were.

* * *

Kuuung… … .

Lastly, we hear the voice of Lieutenant Kim Hyeon-seok.

The world was plunged into darkness.

“… … .”

I stared blankly at the sky in that dark world.

A world without any light.

In that clear sky, countless stars were shining brightly.

[The divine power I possess… … .]

and.

Some of those stars.

[Sensing the presence of the outside… … .]

I was looking down at this place.

* * *

I lightly kicked the ground and climbed over the hole.

And, that was the moment I moved from Gangwon-do to Seoul.

[I understand… … .]

‘uh?’

I was overcome by a strange sense of discomfort.

A strange sense of discomfort that suddenly occurred.

‘… … What happened just now?’

It seems like I entered Seoul from Gangwon-do without any problems.

To that strange, inexplicable feeling.

“… … .”

I was a few seconds closer.

I had to just stand there blankly.