The Military Chef of a Ruined World - Chapter 451



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Episode 451 Escort.

In the end, that’s it.

I headed to Seoul with selected members of the reconnaissance team.

‘… … That’s amazing.’

and.

I turned my head slightly and looked at the woman standing next to me.

“That’s where the commander said. However… … There seem to be too many dangerous elements around to approach right away. Please wait a moment.”

Director Jeong Su-ah.

‘I knew that the unit members’ abilities had improved over time.’

The reason I wanted to go to Seoul alone.

Because I thought it would be safer that way.

But in reality, that wasn’t the case.

Just like no matter what I do as a chef, I can never be better than a combat worker.

The Awakened display abilities that no one can surpass in their respective fields of expertise.

‘I didn’t know it would be this bad.’

Infiltration of Seoul with a reconnaissance team.

It was done safely and quickly beyond my imagination.

-Stop for a moment. Hazard ahead.

If Chief Jeong Su-ah says so.

– Try to remove it as quietly as possible.

-Loyalty.

The soldiers of the reconnaissance team hid themselves with a swoosh.

We will return soon after removing that risk factor.

In the past, reconnaissance teams were pretty sloppy, just going forward and carefully checking for risk factors.

It was truly admirable to see the scouts now creating safe routes in this dangerous Seoul.

If you think about it, there’s a reason why search teams in the military are so tough.

Infiltrating a place where danger may lurk before anyone else.

How could the soldiers of the reconnaissance unit that took charge of such work be weak?

“Leader Jeong Su-ah.”

“Yes, my benefactor.”

and.

The most prominent one among them is.

“It seems like your abilities have gotten considerably stronger.”

“……! thank you!”

It was team leader Jeong Su-ah who answered with a moved voice.

‘Just how wide a range can it detect?’

The range of risk factors she could detect was ridiculously wide.

No, the range itself was already wide.

It is understandable if you say that it gets wider as the level goes up.

but.

“Didn’t you just rely on the spirit’s vision before?”

“you’re right.”

“It seems like I can sense places that are invisible to the eye now.”

“Huh huh! You noticed… … !”

To my words:

Jeong Su-ah said with an expression that suppressed her joy.

“It’s all thanks to the teacher my benefactor introduced me to.”

“If it’s Master, then it must be Borjin.”

“Yes. Through the Master… … I learned from scratch how to communicate with spirits.”

The old Borjin couldn’t come here with us because his physical abilities weren’t very good.

That spirit magic was truly amazing.

And, the result of that spirit magic being passed on to Jeong Su-ah.

“Right now I feel all the sensations that Bangul feels.”

I looked up at the sky.

A large water droplet that appears translucent.

[High-level water spirit]

[Bubble]

The bubble had a similar shape and size to a person.

Now he looks so powerful that his cute name doesn’t even suit him.

‘If it’s [Advanced], it’s the level right before [High-level].’

That Bangul has become a high-level spirit.

This means that Jeong Su-ah’s spirit magic is about to enter the level 30 range.

and.

“Bubble… … shares all the senses with all the water that exists in nature.”

In that regard.

I couldn’t help but open my eyes wide in surprise.

That makes sense.

“The water that pools around me, the groundwater that flows underground… … all of it is like my eyes, ears, and skin.”

“… … !”

“The vibrations near where the groundwater flows. The sight of a monster moving through stagnant water… … I can see it all, I can feel it.”

In the past, it was literally a drone-level reconnaissance capability.

The sensation felt by the water spirit now.

Because it was said that all the information from all the water around her was flowing into her.

“and…….”

A woman who has acquired that absurd sense.

Jeong Su-ah looked ahead with an ominous look in her eyes and said.

“Over there… … .”

That’s exactly where she’s looking.

The destination I wanted to go to.

“I feel a very ominous aura.”

The land where the monster I encountered in the repetitive Seoul resides.

It was Gangnam.

* * *

I looked at Gangnam and thought.

‘That’s amazing.’

Most areas of Seoul were destroyed beyond recognition.

The last time I went to see Jang Young-woong, Yeouido was so remote that it was hard to tell it was Yeouido, except that it was an island on the shore.

but.

This wasn’t the place.

“Most of the buildings remain.”

It was extremely old, and there were strange flesh-like things stuck to it here and there.

Still, it was a bit like seeing Gangnam, which I had visited a few times in the past.

“The monster that occupied this place… …is a little less destructive.”

“Maybe so.”

There was something to that statement that made sense.

‘The monster I met in Seoul, created by my godmother.’

At least based on the conversation at the time.

The guy was a conversationalist.

Even thinking back on that conversation, he seemed like a pretty rational being.

At least it’s not a monster that enjoys indiscriminate destruction.

“… … My benefactor”

but.

That doesn’t mean he’s not a monster.

That makes sense.

“Do you really have to go there?”

“Unfortunately, there is no other way right now.”

Around there.

Countless monsters.

-Creeeeeeek… … .

Between the buildings that looked relatively intact.

Because it was full.

* * *

A land teeming with countless monsters.

The appearance of those monsters was quite familiar to me.

[Food ingredient identification (reinforcement)]

[Nightmare Amalgam]

[These are artificial life forms created by disassembling and reassembling various life forms.]

That repeating Seoul.

The monsters that attacked Yeouido in the meantime.

Now that I think about it.

Perhaps the ‘crack’ was a phenomenon that occurred as Jang Young-woong reached his limit.

The godmother covered Seoul with an otherworld she created with her own power.

When they attacked me, they dug holes in it and sent monsters.

When Jang Young-woong repeated time and got close to the limits of his body.

There must have been a hole in that other world.

These guys had crossed over to the other world of the Great Mother through that crack at that time.

and.

“… … They look like fairly strong monsters.”

“The numbers are huge.”

At that time.

Even though I had 100 of the best soldiers in my unit and the buffs from my cooking.

We judged it nearly impossible to kill all the monsters that entered through the crack.

Qualitatively as well.

It is also numerically superior.

He wasn’t someone who could be easily touched.

“… … Benefactor. I don’t know what you’re aiming for, but isn’t this place too dangerous?”

Of course, Jung Soo Ah.

All the soldiers in the reconnaissance party that was escorting me spoke with worried expressions on their faces.

“Stay back for now.”

“Ha, but… … !”

Unfortunately.

This was the only way that came to mind to treat my body right away.

furthermore.

‘If it’s like what that guy said last time.’

But don’t let your guard down.

… … The chances of your life being threatened right now are low.

‘… … If I am attacked, protect me by any means necessary.’

-yes.

After ordering the escort troops in the shadows just in case.

I cautiously headed towards the land where those monsters were swarming.

Okay then.

{Wow, you even came to such a shabby place.}

There was a being that appeared among those monsters.

A bizarre creature that flies around with only a bat-like membrane covering its skull-like head with stitched-up facial features.

{It is truly an honor, Your Majesty the Legion Commander.}

I personally stepped on it and blew it up in Seoul.

… … It was the very monster that was talking to me.

* * *

A bat-winged monster that appeared among the monsters.

But it looked exactly like the monster I stomped on last time.

It wasn’t particularly surprising.

‘Even then I knew that it wasn’t the main body.’

maybe.

It must be a monster that acts as a terminal for the master who rules over those monsters to convey his will.

-I don’t know about others… … .

and.

Last time, when I met that guy in Seoul.

He spoke clearly to me.

-You will come to me on your own.

At the time, I didn’t know what that meant.

Now I know.

“Mr. Doctor.”

If the information given by [Blue Bird] is correct.

The master of those monsters… … .

The guy hiding now is a monster called [Surgeon of Death].

“The last time… …when we met in [Godmother’s] realm, you must have noticed my physical condition, right?”

Although I am concerned about the prefix in front.

Anyway, it was said that it was a monster with excellent medical skills.

{Of course. It’s just that there is something strange.}

“How could that be possible?”

Although I say it with my own mouth.

The level of the Awakened beings our legion possessed was quite high.

And, there were quite a few Awakened healers in the Legion.

{You’re asking the obvious.}

but.

Even those guys couldn’t properly diagnose my physical condition.

the other side.

{You’ve devoted your whole life to studying medicine. If you can’t recognize a body as damaged as a corps commander at a glance, you’re not qualified to call yourself a doctor.}

That guy.

Even in the midst of that chaotic battlefield, he recognized my body condition at a glance.

He even left a message saying that he would come to see me soon.

It may be a bit insulting, but

The warriors of the Cheonsan Martial Arts Unit are stronger than the warriors of our unit.

Just as Borjin’s spirit magic was superior to Jeongsuah’s.

“I came here like you said.”

{Then I guess there is only one business?}

“okay.”

That guy’s medical skills.

It was said that the level was overwhelmingly superior to that of the legion’s healers.

“I want to know how to heal my body.”

{Hmm.}

Even as I say that.

I stuck my tongue out and felt the ‘taste’ coming from him.

{I am confident in my medical skills, but… … .}

If you feel even the slightest hint of hostility.

I was thinking of immediately throwing the vampires in the shadows and running away.

Fortunately, it didn’t feel that hostile.

but.

{… … I think it’s a bit shameless to ask for free treatment.}

“what?”

If you feel a clear favor,

That wasn’t the case either.

“Didn’t you say you’d pay us back later for attacking us from that other world?”

{Haven’t you already paid that debt? Without my help, you would have had a hard time escaping that other world.}

“… … That’s because you didn’t like that [godmother] either, right?”

{It was one of the biggest motivations. But that doesn’t mean that I helped the commander.}

“… … .”

That’s definitely true.

now.

There was no debt relationship between me and that monster.

It’s not like that guy has any great favors for me.

{Unfortunately, I am not that altruistic, so I have no intention of working for others for free. So… …if you really want to heal that body.}

To heal my body.

{You have to pay the price.}

To that guy.

They said I had to pay for the treatment.

{If you want to cure that body even if it costs you money.}

Let the guy say that.

The procession of monsters that had been filling the interior of Gangnam began to move simultaneously.

{Come inside, Commander.}

“… … .”

{Do not negotiate about treatment costs.}

* * *

“Oh, my benefactor.”

“Commander… … !”

Countless monsters split left and right.

In the meantime, a path is created.

The monster’s invitation to come inside.

The unit members who heard that sound were shocked and grabbed my shoulder.

“You must never enter.”

“We may be able to provide some protection from the outside… … but if we’re attacked from inside, there’s nothing we can do about it.”

Okay then.

The monster with the eyes saw that and spoke as if it didn’t matter.

{If you want to leave, feel free to do so.}

“… … .”

{If I treat you, you will have to pay for it, so I am willing to negotiate the price. If you say you do not want to be treated, I have no intention of holding you back.}

and.

When I heard that… … .

“You may stay here.”

“Commander!”

I walked into the middle of those monsters.

“Come back, Commander!”

“As I said, you can wait here. I’m the only one who has things to do anyway.”

But the soldiers’ voices can be heard from behind to dissuade them.

I had no intention of stopping.

It wasn’t something I did without thinking.

‘I don’t get any aggressive flavor from that guy.’

Although negotiations may go awry internally.

The reason that guy invited me right now was not to harm me.

‘This world is one where you can’t survive by only choosing the safe options.’

Even if it means taking on some risks.

I had to choose a choice to heal my body.

Okay then.

“Oh, what should I do, Sister?”

“… … .”

From afar.

I could sense the soldiers looking at me in confusion.

You came to be my escort.

Because soon after I arrived in Seoul, I was thrown into dangerous enemy territory.

It must be quite a worrisome situation for them.

“You’re asking the obvious.”

……and.

“I promised my benefactor that I would assemble a group of people who could assist the commander no matter what happened.”

It’s okay to wait outside.

Despite my explicit permission.

“This too must be a test given to us by our benefactor… … .”

They seemed to hesitate for a moment.

within.

“We will escort the commander as per our mission. Please follow us.”

He followed me with quick steps.

He started walking around me as if protecting me.

“You really don’t have to come.”

“… … I’m sorry to hear that. Even if it means dying, we will complete our escort mission.”

and.

I looked at those soldiers and thought.

‘… … Since long ago, Jeong Su-ah has wanted to create my personal guard.’

She brought up the idea of ​​creating a bodyguard to me several times.

And now, these escort troops are those carefully selected by Jeong Su-ah.

Even though it is limited to this mission.

It was just like the role of my personal guard that Jeong Su-ah had wanted so badly.

‘I meant it when I said I could leave, though.’

and…….

‘If you really want to take a place in my guard, it would be absurd to leave me behind.’

If I had given up my escort here.

I was thinking of using this as an excuse to reject all future proposals for the Royal Guard.

“Well, then.”

They chose to follow me into a place where there might be danger, to protect me.

I looked at that sight and thought.

‘… … I never thought we needed a guard.’

That’s the minimum qualification.

I think it can be seen as proven.