The Military Chef of a Ruined World - Chapter 433



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Episode 433 Opportunity (1)

“Let’s stop here.”

The Jang Young-woong I had met before had a very neat appearance.

This was true not only when I stood proudly as a representative of Seoul, but also when I was hiding behind the scenes.

“I don’t know how a human being can have such powers. I don’t know the identity of those monsters that suddenly appeared. Above all, I don’t know how they noticed my secret and were able to free themselves from it.”

But not now.

A man who looks very gaunt and haggard.

If you look at it wrong, it looks like a skeleton with only skin attached to it.

At first, I couldn’t even tell if the author was the same person as Jang Young-woong or not.

“But I know one thing. No matter how many times I try to do this, I probably won’t be able to stop you.”

“No, why did you suddenly appear and talk nonsense… …!”

“for a moment.”

The soldiers were wary of Jang Young-woong’s sudden appearance.

I stepped forward, holding them back.

“You give up a little too quickly.”

“You… … ?”

“Honestly, I thought I’d have to do this a hundred more times.”

Okay then.

Jang Young-woong looked at my face, opened his eyes wide, and said.

“I see… … It was you.”

The gaze is directed to the surroundings.

He soon found Lieutenant Kim looking at me and Jang Young-woong with an expression that said he didn’t understand English, and said.

“The one who was opposing this force was… … not Lieutenant Kim Hyeon-seok, but you.”

“… … .”

“Ha, haha. Oh my god. Of course I thought it would be Lieutenant Kim… … What a ridiculous mistake.”

I just arrived in Gangwon-do.

At this point, Lieutenant Kim hasn’t even confirmed that his level has changed.

The answer must have been found in the expression on his face as he looked at the man who suddenly appeared, as if he had no idea what was going on.

“Haha. You said I give up quickly? Maybe that’s true. To be honest, I haven’t run out of strategies to think of. But I’m not stupid.”

“What does it mean?”

“Even if we somehow manage to stop you from running wild and buy some time… … additional troops will arrive within a day or two, right?”

“… … Ahem.”

As you said.

Since I started this repetition.

As soon as I set foot on Gangwon-do soil, I was requesting troops from the corps.

“We couldn’t stop a mere hundred or so men from running wild. If the main force of the Legion arrives, we have no chance of winning. The only answer is to subdue you within a day. That feels almost impossible.”

“Still. Don’t you still have some energy left? If we keep going, you might be able to find an opening in us someday.”

“That may be possible. But isn’t there another way?”

Unlike the other side, who can still repeat this fight over and over again.

The moment we are overpowered by them, our defeat is certain.

I thought it was a little too early to give up.

“I suddenly had that thought. We are all people who are trying to live together, so is there really a need to fight like this…?”

“What is that?”

“I don’t know about other people. You guys probably already have some idea, so there’s no point in hiding it here.”

He seems to have a lot to say.

He suddenly fell down in front of me.

“Do you see that view?”

He said this while looking at the scenery of Seoul right before his eyes.

“I had to repeat my life a thousand times to get this view back.”

“… … .”

“To be honest, it was never easy. It was so hard, but if I kept going like this… … I gritted my teeth and kept repeating the same times, with the hope that one day I might be able to completely overcome this destruction.”

He said that far.

He looked at my face and opened his mouth.

“It’s 4872 days.”

“……yes?”

“That was the last number I counted. I gave up counting after that.”

It was a random number though.

I could sense the meaning of those numbers.

“What the hell are you?”

That’s why.

I couldn’t help but be astonished.

“How many times have I gone through this cycle?”

* * *

[00:00:00]

One day.

Jang Young-woong was looking at the transparent window that appeared before his eyes.

[Beginner protection system is lifted.]

I was looking forward to it though.

Reading it was not an easy task for him.

The letters are so blurry and dark.

Eventually, I gave up even reading the content.

{… … You are a pair of children.}

‘… … ?’

In his ear.

No, there was a sound in my head.

{Poor, poor child. I can see the mountain of regrets in your heart. How many days have you spent regretting… … .}

A voice mixed with regret.

At that warm voice, Jang Young-woong felt like tears were about to flow.

{Don’t be sad anymore.}

and.

{I will give you a new chance if you want.}

That warm voice.

She said, embracing him gently.

{A chance to correct that regret… … .}

In that regard.

Even though Jang Young-woong was unable to move a single finger.

Just a little bit, with a hazy mind.

Nod… … .

He nodded.

Okay then.

Paaaaaaaaaaah… … .

That body.

I felt like I was being dragged somewhere.

“uh?”

After coming to my senses.

What is before your eyes.

“honey?”

“Huh? Huh huh… … .”

“What are you doing? Not going to work.”

Not seen since the day of destruction.

No, to be exact.

Long after, when I returned home with my weary body… … .

Those who faced the corpses that were rotting horribly.

“honey……!”

“Huh? Why is this guy like this?”

It was his family.

And only then did he notice.

“It wasn’t a lie… … !”

An opportunity was given.

“I guess I can do better this time.”

All the things he regretted.

A chance to rewrite it again.

* * *

The identity of the voice that gave him this opportunity was unknown.

However, it is an opportunity given after a miserable failure.

He vowed not to miss this opportunity.

This time, absolutely.

I will protect my family and survive.

“… … What are you going to do with all these things you bought?”

“You don’t need to know.”

The day he returned was one month before the day of destruction.

Realizing this fact, he prepared for the day of doom by pulling out all his assets and even loans.

At first, everything he had experienced was just a dream.

All of these preparations he made were in fact completely useless, and he hoped that destruction would never happen in reality.

-Ku …

“That can’t be true.”

at last.

The day of destruction has finally arrived.

‘At this point in time, there is definitely useful information… … .’

If there is one thing that is fortunate.

The point was that he was an Awakened being specialized in gathering information.

There was a lot of information obtained from a previous life.

However, this is information that I was not able to properly utilize in my previous life.

The reason it could not be utilized was because the information was already too old to be utilized by the time it was obtained.

If I had known that information in advance, I would have been confident that I could use it to survive somehow.

In his first life, he was desperate to survive on his own, away from his family.

In the life that was given to me again, I tried to survive somehow with my family.

Because I know more information.

You’re trying to survive this destruction with two non-combatants… … .

It was an absurd amount of greed.

Crunch.

“uh……?”

To realize that that confidence was an illusion.

It didn’t take long.

‘Oh, is that so?’

The result of being stubborn about greed.

What he saw before his eyes was the cold sight of a family being eaten by monsters.

‘This destruction.’

After devouring his family, he watched the monsters of the other world approaching him to eat him too.

He could realize.

‘From the beginning… …it was meant to be unwinnable.’

In that desperate realization.

He ended up dying even faster than in his first life.

And then, when I came to my senses.

“uh……?’

He again.

I was back one month before the day of destruction.

“I told you I would give you a chance.”

A destruction that could never have been overcome.

but.

“You didn’t say you’d only give it to me once… did you?”

If you were given the right to retry indefinitely.

The story changes a little.

‘No matter how insurmountable the destruction may be.’

If you keep challenging yourself.

Someday.

I didn’t know if I could win.

* * *

Since then.

He has dozens, hundreds.

No, repeating it thousands of times.

The fight against this destruction that has swept the world has begun.

The struggle was not easy.

‘People… … do not awaken.’

Given another opportunity, most people fail to awaken.

Even the rare Awakened ones would suddenly stop growing after reaching a certain level.

The reason would become apparent soon enough.

‘Those who died without awakening in the first life… … will not be able to awaken in this new opportunity either.’

I don’t know who gave him the opportunity.

An unidentified force that creates the Awakened.

It seemed to be a separate entity from [the system].

Even if I were given another chance.

The Awakened ones only grow to the level they reached in their first life.

‘Unless we can increase the number of Awakened indefinitely, it is impossible to overcome this destruction with just a few people.’

then.

The answer was simple.

‘Save as many people as possible.’

A number that goes beyond ‘a certain amount’.

The goal was to save as many people as possible.

“… … The Prime Minister is alive, is that what you’re saying?”

“Hmm. It seems like they’re rallying around that gentleman. For now, they’ve lost contact with other regions, but this won’t last long. The military will soon take care of the monsters.”

In the fourth iteration, he discovered something surprising.

Government officials who were thought to be dead.

The fact that some of them survived for quite a long time after the day of destruction.

He decided to cooperate with elements of that government.

“Is that the group that has been growing rapidly recently… … We think you guys are worth accepting. Welcome to join.”

Dying several times to gain new information.

By sharing that information with government officials, we gradually overcame this destruction.

The process went pretty smoothly.

For the first time, he saw hope that if things continued this way, he would eventually overcome this destruction.

but.

“It’s good to have ability, but… … tsk tsk. It would have been better if you had shown off your abilities in moderation.”

“Your Majesty… … What on earth is this?”

“You must have noticed that your position within the group was growing too much, right?”

His twelfth death wasn’t caused by a monster.

It wasn’t even by the enemy.

“You have great ability, but you seem to know very little about politics. Even though your influence is growing to the point where it threatens me, you haven’t done anything about it. This is how it is… … I have no choice but to act first before you take my place.”

“Coolook… … .”

“Don’t feel too wronged. Well… … you won’t be able to feel wronged after you’re dead.”

Death due to betrayal by someone you thought was a comrade.

At that moment, he was able to realize.

‘I tried to save as many… as possible… as many people as possible.’

but.

sometimes…….

“I guess there are some people who just have to be killed.”

“Honey? Why are you saying such horrible things when you’re on your way to work?”

He took advantage of the opportunity to assassinate the Prime Minister.

No one suspected him, thanks to his clever use of monsters.

“Well, then… … No way.”

“From now on, the Minister will assume the acting authority.”

“oh my god.”

The next person to become the head of government was the minister of a certain ministry.

A person who was originally supposed to die, but survived by cooperating with the government.

He was a good man, unlike the Prime Minister who was a traitor.

“I, I… … I didn’t study to the point of something like this!”

There was a reason for the quick death in the original history.

Despite his high position, he was too weak and incompetent to overcome this destruction.

‘We need to establish another character.’

In the next life.

No operation was carried out to rescue the minister.

“So, His Excellency the President, His Excellency the Prime Minister, the ministers of each department, etc… … Since all the legally designated acting presidents have passed away, I, as the Vice Minister, must assume the ministers’ powers and act as the Acting President?”

“Yes.”

“What the hell is this?”

And after that.

Legally qualified to become head of state.

The result of weeding out all those who did not have the ability or character to do so.

“You know this is nonsense, right? I don’t want to get involved in this kind of wordplay.”

“But there’s nothing we can do about it. People are now rallying around the government. If the rightful person doesn’t take the lead, society will collapse rapidly.”

“… … This is ridiculous… … . Haa, if that’s the only way to save people, then I have no choice but to bark a little.”

On the 82nd life.

The turn came to someone who had the ability to assume the position of leader, and the government power was stabilized.

“Why did you save me! You could have saved the president instead of me!”

“It was a mistake. Anyway, you are the one who survived… … You are the highest ranking officer in the military unit.”

It wasn’t just the government.

After experiencing several deaths, I figured out the weaknesses of the monsters that had taken over the military base.

Although they succeeded in recapturing the military unit, they did not have the people or system to use the equipment they had secured.

There was a need for someone to re-establish the military structure and train people to be soldiers.

“It is my duty to protect the country, so I will take that position for now. But… … Remember. I am not following you. I am only being faithful to my duty.”

“I understand.”

He drove to death the highest commander in the military, who would have survived for over a month without his intervention.

We secured a general with outstanding abilities who would have been attacked by monsters and died in just one day as soon as the Day of Destruction began.

He was entrusted with the training and command of the army.

‘I have to save interest… … but to do that, I have no choice but to kill that family.’

It is impossible to save everyone.

After that, he began to choose who to save and who to kill.

‘These people may not have bad personalities, but they are useless, so it would be better to sacrifice them here.’

He quickly kills anyone who gets in the way of his survival while alive.

Those who are alive and help his survival are saved even at the expense of others.

‘like…….’

Meanwhile.

He suddenly came to a realization.

‘I feel like I’m a god.’

He was already.

I have become a messenger of death with the power to decide between the living and the dead.