The Cook of a Perished World - Chapter 156
Episode 156: Tianshan Military Academy
[Gate – Entering the Tianshan Military Academy.]
[Tianshan Military Academy]
[This is a military office located on the steepest and highest mountain range in a world that has now been destroyed.] [There are mountain ranges so high
that they are obscured by clouds, so there is no place to step on. Because it was the closest to the sky among the earth, Cheonsan was also considered a place for rituals to communicate with the sky.] [
Now that even the sky has collapsed, it has unfortunately become past tense!]
[I entered a destroyed world.]
[The old world. This is a place where the remnants of good energy reside.]
[The following effects are applied.]
[Bonus given to training speed when practicing martial arts]
[Slight increase in stamina recovery speed]
[Gives attribute – Unified Language to all those present. ]
[Unified language]
[This is a language created by the gods of the sky to look down on the various peoples of the earth.] [
It enables communication between people who speak different languages.]
A world that has been horribly destroyed, leaving only rubble.
This is right here.
“Your hometown?”
“Yes.”
A man nodding his head.
“You said… a dungeon? That probably means erosion land.”
“Erosion?”
“A land where transformation into another world is in progress.”
According to the system.
The dungeon is for beings unsuited to Earth’s environment to survive.
It was a place created by ‘terraforming’ the area.
Is that why?
‘Every dungeon I discovered… the system was getting angry.’
This is an unacceptable act of aggression.
Never forgive your enemies.
When you discover a dungeon.
System messages were always accompanied by hostile text.
On the other hand.
“This space is different from those. “In our world, we called him Lee Gye-moon.”
“Lee Gye-mun….”
In this place.
The system was not showing any hostile intentions.
“It is different from the erosion of the world’s environment that is forcibly repaired. “This is literally my hometown.”
If the dungeon is the Earth’s environment terraformed by beings from another world.
The gate is said to be a door that leads to the other world itself.
“…Now it has been destroyed and only one small mountain remains.”
“oh my god.”
If that’s what you said.
This land I am currently walking on.
‘You mean it’s not Earth?’
* * *
Monsters have invaded our world.
Earth’s civilization was shattered in an instant.
It is said that the number of remaining humans is not small.
Many people did not hesitate to say that ‘the world was destroyed’.
but.
‘Compared to the true destruction, what we experienced was nothing.’
Our world has not yet been destroyed to this extent.
The sight of only one mountain floating in the vast universe.
It couldn’t have been like this in the first place.
It would be correct to say that all the world except this mountain was destroyed without leaving a trace.
‘Could it be that they just suffered a slightly worse destruction than us? or not.’
someday.
Will our world also change in this way?
‘no. ‘Let’s not think negatively.’
More and more powerful monsters will appear and the world will become desolate.
This was expected to some extent.
There is only one thing for us to do.
We must somehow stop the stronger monsters that will appear in the future.
Restoring a lost civilization.
There is a possibility that our world will be horribly destroyed in this way.
but.
If such a future is approaching, all we have to do is prevent it somehow.
‘I came here to gain the strength to do that.’
When I saw the scenery at the gate, I had mixed feelings in many ways.
After organizing my thoughts like that, I calmed down a little.
“I guess the explanation will end here. “Follow me.”
Me and the soldiers.
And Monk Seungju began to climb the mountain, following the guidance of the masked man.
“…oh my god.”
“If I fall there, I’ll die, right?”
Soldiers look around anxiously as they move.
The outer part of the mountain where the temples were built was completely devoid of land.
I’ve seen so many unrealistic scenes.
A scene that is perplexing even to us.
It’s a completely different world, so it makes sense.
‘That’s it too.’
I looked at the man guiding us.
Evenly developed muscles.
Old and worn clothes.
A mask that covers the face.
and.
‘…Ears and a tail?’
It doesn’t match the atmosphere at all.
The tail of the man guiding us was waving around his waist.
‘A rat…?’
Looking at it, there was one thing that became clear.
This guy is not human either.
[Identification of food ingredients (enhancement)]
[Primates – Beast-human species – Western people]
[Freshness – Average quality]
[Secrets of high-class cooking – Understanding how to prepare beast-human rats and humans]
[Beast-humans are born with half the characteristics of beasts and humans. It is a species.]
[It is not considered a common food ingredient as it is impossible to farm due to its strong innate wild nature, but it boasts a firm texture as it boasts a lot of exercise…] ‘
Beastman… It is a beast-man.’
In order for the word beast-man to come into existence, there must first be the concept of human being.
I don’t think there are ordinary people like us in the world that man came from.
‘Because this system is a bit rough when it comes to translation.’
It’s probably the same as referring to Ariella, a ‘noble of the night’, as a ‘vampire’.
The status window simply expresses a roughly similar concept.
The actual race name may not be Beastman.
Climbing the mountain while watching the tail flutter like that.
“excuse me.”
“Why are you doing this, traitor?”
“…Hmm. “Can I ask you one question?”
Monk Seungju hesitated and opened his mouth.
“What you said outside earlier was that you thought you were my student. “Did you really mean that?”
“joy.”
Although I can’t see it because I’m wearing a mask.
I felt the man guiding the tour look sideways at Monk Seungju.
“It’s the culture of my hometown.”
“hmm?”
“Those who teach martial arts are like parents, and those who receive instruction are like children. No matter how weak you are, it is true that you learned my martial arts. “I just thought that he could be similar to a disciple.”
About that story.
Monk Seungju asked in disbelief.
“But you didn’t say that you would kill me if I passed on the technology as you wish or if I told others about it!”
“That’s also the culture of my hometown. The transmission of martial arts must be conducted strictly. I only taught you martial arts because it was an unavoidable situation. I thought you shouldn’t spread it again. “The reason I told you not to let others know about my existence is…”
He seemed to be thinking a little deeper.
The man looked around and continued speaking.
“just. “Because I didn’t want anyone to see this place.”
“You said you thought I was your disciple, and if I violated that, you would have killed me?”
“Of course, I didn’t really intend to kill him. I just thought that my warning would work if I said it a little more strongly… I don’t take the life of a guy who taught me martial arts that easily. “They probably imposed their own sanctions.”
“that.”
“In the first place. “Are you in a position to question me?”
The man stopped talking and suddenly sighed.
“It’s me who wants to argue. I never thought I would be betrayed like this. “I couldn’t even imagine.”
“…You mean it?”
at last.
That masked man had no intention of harming Monk Seungju.
From the author’s perspective, it was a betrayal from the person who taught him martial arts.
Monk Seungju lowered his head with a gloomy face.
“I’m sorry. “I didn’t know that was the case.”
“…There’s nothing to be sorry about. As I said, that’s just the culture of the world I was in. “It’s my fault for forcing my culture on otherworldly beings and thinking of them as disciples and all.”
A masked man looking around while climbing a mountain range.
Wherever the gaze is directed.
Only shattered pieces of the earth were floating in space.
“The culture of a destroyed world has no meaning.”
The muttering voice.
It seemed like it was directed at himself, not at Monk Seungju.
“It’s my fault for not being able to let go of my regrets.”
* * *
Let’s follow the mask man’s guidance and arrive at the halfway point of the mountain.
The palaces listed nearby began to appear.
“Let them come in.”
Wooden buildings that you only see in historical dramas.
Although it was an old building, it was not very dirty, perhaps because it had been maintained consistently.
I went inside, feeling strange.
“Then…”
A moment later.
The unit members were asked to go to their respective rooms and rest for a while.
I sat down with the masked man and started a conversation.
“What you wanted was to learn my martial arts skills. “Okay, who do you want me to start with?”
“Before that, let’s first say the whole name.”
Why do you keep calling me a masked man?
“It’s called Tongseongmyeong. It’s not like we’re going to be friends, so I wonder if it’s really necessary. “Call me Seohwan.”
“My name is Shin Young-jun. “Then I have a question.”
“…a question. “Wouldn’t I just have to teach martial arts?”
Seohwan frowns.
“I had no choice but to do it in response to your request, but it is not a pleasant situation to have outsiders in this land. “I want you to finish teaching martial arts as quickly as possible and then leave.”
“no. “I think you misunderstood the conditions.”
“what?”
Learning martial arts is one of the conditions.
The condition I made in exchange for sparing his life.
“I told you to give everything.”
“….”
“The knowledge or memories you have. “These are some things I need.”
“Whoa.”
Although I don’t think it feels very good.
Black is still waiting in my shadow.
“Did you say it was a question? “I don’t know if I can answer, but I’ll try.”
I wonder if he also wants to take risks.
In the end, I sighed and nodded.
I can’t believe I’m looking at that. The
[Combat Power Meter]
attribute has been activated.
The energy emanating from its body is…
‘blue.’
also.
The opponent was just bad.
This guy is also a fairly strong monster.
“The question is simple.”
Why is this guy like that?
“How this world came to an end.”
Have you been living alone in this fragmented world?
I think you need to know.
* * *
Monsters that suddenly appeared in our world.
Now I know roughly what it is.
‘A being from another world.’
The system window is.
That’s how monsters were referred to.
but.
I had no idea why they had invaded our world.
Ariella said that after being sealed by vampire hunters, she opened her eyes and found herself on Earth.
[The Pope of the Deep] seemed to know something.
Maybe it’s because I cooked my own people.
In the end, it didn’t tell me anything important.
“How did my hometown perish?”
And now.
This guy might know something.
“Let me explain it simply. “Monsters have appeared.”
Monster.
You probably mean monsters.
The Pope even said that a monster had appeared in their world.
“We don’t know the exact cause. Why did you target our world? What is the purpose of those monsters…”
“Tsk. “It’s useless.”
“…there’s only one thing I know.”
A masked man clenching his fists and gritting his teeth.
“Someone with clear malicious intent intervened in the process.”
“…!”
In those words.
I felt a shiver run down my spine.
Of course.
‘I… thought the same thing.’
Monsters that invaded the world.
It’s strange that monsters suddenly appear.
Among them, it was none other than particularly strong monsters that appeared and concentrated on destroying them.
“They were the first to overcome the force of our world.”
The power that might have been able to resist those monsters.
Because it was the military.
“The first to collapse was the imperial family. After that, it’s blind. Black horse. Even Daemyeong Bridge…”
“Cheonsim… what?”
“These are the forces that were the strongest and most powerful in our world. Even if they were monsters that overturned the entire world, if their full power was intact, they would have been able to deal with them well. but.”
“So it was the first thing that collapsed.”
“…I heard from the survivors later that they were not even given time to react to the monster that suddenly appeared.”
also.
It was as if the military bases of our world were the first to collapse.
Seohwan’s world and our world.
The flow of phenomena that occurred in the two is the same.
‘That malice… is real.’
It was a vague guess, though.
It was only now that I became convinced.
“The monsters became stronger day by day. “The monsters that appeared in the beginning were somehow manageable, but those like the powerful Great Demon Beasts that overthrew the imperial family ended up wandering the world without a problem.”
This is also something I heard from the Pope.
As time passes, the monsters that appear become increasingly stronger.
‘It’s going to turn.’
Even now, it’s not easy to subdue monsters.
I can’t believe that stronger and stronger people will appear here.
“From around that time, I lost contact with others. “It got to the point where we couldn’t go outside any more… so they probably all died horribly while resisting the demon beast.”
“Why are they invading other worlds like that? “What is the cause and how to prevent it?”
I couldn’t contain my curiosity and asked.
“Didn’t I tell you? I don’t know either. “I don’t even know how this place is the only place left in a destroyed world.”
“You don’t know. “You survived that invasion, right?”
“I just survived. “I didn’t do anything great.”
What is this guy?
It’s absolutely useless.
“If there is anyone who knows anything… well.”
Seohwan turned his gaze and looked out the window.
“He’s probably like my teacher.”
“teacher?”
Top of the mountain.
A large pavilion built there.
“I wasn’t that strong in our world. “It’s all thanks to Master that I was able to survive.”
“Was that teacher very strong?”
“He was recognized by everyone as the strongest person in the world. Because of his dislike of clutter, he didn’t join any specific organizations… but since he occasionally interacted with heavenly immortals, he may have known something. “Nothing was specifically told to me.”
…What did I just hear?
A heavenly hermit.
“It is only possible for immortals that this place remains in some form. “No one would know other than Master.”
It’s ridiculous, though.
It’s a story from another world.
It wouldn’t be strange even if there were some kind of existence.
“Then I’d like to meet that teacher.”
“Hmm… that might be a bit difficult.”
“Why? ah. “Maybe he’s already dead…”
“That’s not true. He is alive. the problem is.”
Seohwan sighs.
“You are just alive.”
“…?”
“Master was strong, but the enemies who flocked to the final battle were even stronger. In the process of fighting those guys, Master suffered a poison spell… and even I couldn’t see him after that. The reason is simple.”
I followed Seohwan’s gaze.
I looked at the pavilion built on the top of the mountain.
Let’s focus a little and look at that place. The
[Combat Power Meter]
attribute has been activated.
And…
I flinch.
To the scenery of the mountain top seen through its characteristics.
I couldn’t help but become rigid.
[Combat power meter] tells you the strength of the enemy through color.
Strength is determined in the order of Paljunochopanambo.
The strongest monsters I’ve ever met.
It was emitting blue energy.
however.
‘…Purple?’
A large pavilion at the top of the mountain.
It covered the place like fog.
A huge and gorgeous purple energy.
“To see Master. “You will have to prepare for death.”
* * *
at last.
Seohwan’s plan to meet his teacher had no choice but to fall through.
What can you do?
‘Suddenly the purple was a bit too much.’
Among the monsters I’ve met so far.
The strongest ones were emitting blue energy.
Now I have never even seen indigo energy.
Suddenly it’s purple.
Even thinking about it again gives me goosebumps.
A deep purple aura spread as if surrounding the entire mountain.
Blindly heading to the place where a guy with that kind of energy is staying?
It would be nothing more than a somewhat novel act of suicide.
After that.
“Now then, let me teach you martial arts as promised.”
The purpose of coming here in the first place.
The transmission of martial arts began.
Although I heard a vague story from Monk Seungju.
I was a little curious about how martial arts are passed down.
“Okay…let’s start with sparring first.”
Couplet?