The Cook of a Perished World - Chapter 203

Episode 203 Dream

Let’s try to finish the difficult restaurant work to some extent.

-There are only a few days left until discharge. Thank you for your hard work.

-That’s right.

The successor to cooking disease.

Junhyuk came up to me and started talking to me.

-What do you plan to do when you are discharged?

-well.

The question of his successor was a thought that every soldier who was about to be discharged would ask at least once.

What do I do when I go out into society?

-First, I have to go find my family.

Of course, I also had thoughts.

-I found out that there are people alive in other areas, but I still don’t know the whereabouts of my mom and dad. First, let’s sort that out, and then step by step why the world is like this…

-Hmm. I see.

-…what? I think I have something to say.

The right successor.

Junhyuk was a guy who came to the community after learning how to cook Japanese food.

-I don’t know if it’s okay to say this.

Is it because I started my social life quickly?

He was good at restaurant work and had a friendly personality.

He often made oddly realistic points.

-There’s no way my family is alive… right?

-…What are you doing?

At the ridiculous words of the successor.

Let’s turn our heads.

-I died like this too.

Junhyuk’s body.

was looking at me

‘….’

One of the eyeballs is missing and shaking.

The flesh on his entire body was roughly torn with the marks of the animal’s teeth.

From the neck…

something that shouldn’t have come off has fallen out and is shaking.

How could you forget?

Last time I saw it.

Junhyuk’s appearance.

‘…indeed.’

Let’s take a quick look back.

The youngest member of the cooking class.

Yongjun was seen preparing dinner, scattering intestines.

Looking at that.

I muttered to myself.

‘Is this a dream again?’

After Doomsday.

It’s a dream I’ve been tired of seeing.

A truly trashy dream.

-Me and my youngest died like this in vain… Do you believe that the sergeant’s family, who are nothing special, are still alive?

At least.

The two successors who walk around talking in a disgusting manner are noblemen.

The really shitty thing about this dream is.

Even though I realized it was a dream.

The point is that it is not easy to wake up.

All I can do is…

well.

-If you have something to say, say it as much as you want.

Until I wake up from the dream.

All you have to do is listen to what this guy says.

-Do you remember? If I had done the errand that the sergeant had asked me to do at that time, it would have been the sergeant who would have died, not me.

-Well, whatever. I guess so.

-Are you a chef? You got a good job. But if you think about it… that job. Don’t you think it’s right for me, who originally learned to cook, to have it?

-That’s not wrong either.

Although he was a guy who spoke out of malice.

His tone of voice and expression were extremely calm.

-The sergeant survived because he was lucky.

Because he never got angry at me or shouted at me in his life.

It must be hard for me to imagine him being angry at me.

-How long do you think that luck will last?

-…well.

-It probably won’t last long. The world of beastmen and Dasmur were destroyed, right? The sergeant’s family too. Sergeant too. Everyone will step on a similar path someday.

-Is that going to happen?

-no. It could be worse than that. Those two were somehow able to escape here, right? Moving between dimensions… it would have been possible because there were many great beings in that world.

-okay. I wouldn’t be able to run away like that.

-Eventually, everyone will die. Sergeant too. Their families too. Other unit members… everyone.

Well…

it’s just a dream anyway.

That guy is probably just an illusion I created.

-hey.

Since there is nothing I can do in particular.

I was listening in silence.

-But still. Isn’t it a bit harsh to talk to your senior?

The guy who is the successor.

What is Malbon Bird?

-…yes?

The corpse of Jun-hyuk, who hesitates as if embarrassed.

okay.

It’s a shame.

Because I saw this guy’s ugly death.

I’m still

so afraid of death.

-I still feel sorry for you and the youngest.

but.

Being sorry and this are different.

-So… I didn’t want other people to end up like you.

Although I sometimes make mistakes.

I don’t plan on making the same mistake twice.

yet again.

Step by step, I look at the bodies of my successor and the youngest.

I saw it for the first time in my life.

It’s uglier than I could imagine…

I feel sick even now.

‘I’ve been struggling until now because I don’t want to see this happen.’

human death.

“…Whoop.”

Let’s wake up.

Cold sweat was flowing from my whole body and the bed was soaking wet.

“….”

Getting up from the damp bed.

I think while washing my face.

‘I never want to see a person like that again.’

okay.

For that purpose.

“You’ll have to suffer a lot.”

By any means.

No matter what terrible method.

Mobilize all that can be mobilized.

In any sordid form.

That you will definitely survive.

* * *

Monsters released from military base.

After the cleanup of those monsters was somewhat completed.

“It’s good to send people to military bases and rebuild the communication network… but I guess we’ll be short on manpower.”

“For now, let’s send the corps members to each unit and settle the survivors around them. There are quite a few survivors who have come in after sending out the radio. “Military bases have enough facilities to accommodate a large number of people.”

I returned to Vimana.

I was having a meeting with executives.

“what. “I think this will be enough to handle it for now.”

“In the end, I made a huge profit. “The production workers wanted to die because they liked the by-products of those monsters.”

It would not have been surprising if all humans, including us, had been wiped out in this battle.

Fortunately, it was all sorted out thanks to Taejun.

“It’s definitely a big deal.”

That’s definitely a huge deal.

In fact, we achieved tremendous results.

but.

Not everyone was just amazed by the work.

“Sergeant Shin.”

“uh.”

“We have not yet received an explanation as to how this attack occurred.”

Corporal Seo Soo-hyuk.

He crossed his arms and looked at me.

“I’m glad it was resolved well, but shouldn’t you explain this part properly?”

“Hey hey. “Be polite to the sergeant…”

“Be polite. Work is work. “Kwangil, stay quiet.”

A guy who speaks with an expression full of dissatisfaction.

Looking at that.

“It’s still the same.”

“yes?”

I muttered like that.

Then Corporal Seo Soo-hyuk wonders what the noise is.

“What do you mean it’s still the same? I apologize if the way I spoke seemed a bit harsh, but I don’t really intend to cause a disaster like last time…” “

No, that’s not what I meant.”

“?”

“I just thought it was amazing.”

After returning from the 423rd Battalion.

The way the unit members looked at me…

‘Awe.’

Looking at something incredibly great.

I had that feeling a lot.

“…?”

This guy.

The attitude toward me hasn’t changed.

‘No, this guy isn’t the only one like this.’

Gwangil, Suhyuk, Minjae, etc.

The senior officers in the unit admire my abilities, but that’s it.

When something needs to be pointed out, point it out, etc.

He didn’t seem to be in awe.

‘I guess it’s because we’ve been through some hardships since the beginning of the unit.’

Rather than looking up to me.

They just see him as a person with somewhat superior abilities.

actually.

This attitude toward the corps commander may be considered arrogant.

‘Sometimes I say nonsense like telling my senior to hit me.’

But…

from my perspective, I actually liked that attitude more.

If you feel pressure from the gaze of people who think of you as some kind of god.

A gaze that sees me as a human being.

Would you say that it actually makes you feel more at ease?

“…You just have to stay like that.”

“…?”

what. That’s my personal business.

now.

It was time to talk about the unit’s affairs.

“Hmm. “To answer your question, there isn’t much I can tell you.”

“What is that? Is it a secret even from us?”

“no. “I would like that too.”

In the first place.

I mean, I don’t know much.

“I only heard about this attack after I met Taejun.”

Other than that.

well.

“ah. Come to think of it, I saw for myself how many people were responsible for this attack.”

“…!?”

About that story.

Captain Lee Sang-ah shouted in astonishment.

“Are you saying this is a human!?”

“…ah.”

Come to think of it.

It’s me, the humans who came to the 423rd Battalion.

I saw firsthand how they tried to liberate the monsters that would have originally been in the battalion.

Naturally, I knew that the culprit was a human being.

‘Because it means liberating monsters from the military base.’

A being that is usually a bit more powerful than a human.

Even if you can’t do it, it’s rather natural to think that it was done by another powerful monster.

“Have you found out anything from those humans?”

“okay. “If it were you, Youngjun, there would have been something you could have found out.”

“that is… “I was thinking of doing the same.”

After capturing them alive.

If you succeeded in giving a full meal of [honest feelings].

Things would have become a little easier.

But unfortunately.

“He died before I could capture him alive.”

By sacrificing his own life.

Because we summoned a monster to attack us.

Let the monster fail to kill us.

Humans screaming into the sky and turning into dust.

The result of humans playing into the hands of other beings.

Dying gruesomely is…

honestly.

It was very unpleasant to see.

“Well, anyway.”

I’m glad I somehow got through it.

The same goes for the monsters those humans summoned.

The same goes for monsters released from other military units.

It was an attack that Taejun would have suffered helplessly if he hadn’t been there.

“I had a lot of questions, but there was no way to find out, so it was still frustrating.”

Those who inflicted this level of attack on our troops.

It is a fatal fact that there is no information about them.

‘They’re not normal guys.’

The moment I was subdued by the hands of myself and my unit members.

They sacrificed their lives to summon a being that could pose a threat to us.

‘It wouldn’t be easy to sacrifice one’s life.’

A basic desire that humans are born with.

Among them, the most powerful one is the desire to survive.

They did something that denied that desire to survive.

Maybe he was brainwashed and lost his desire to survive?

Or was he willing to sacrifice his life for some great goal?

I don’t know anything about it.

“All I know is… their job is as a demon contractor.”

“What a devil.”

“And one more thing.”

If there is any hope.

This is what Taejun said before leaving the unit.

“I thought someone with information would come find me…”

At that time.

“Joe leaders?”

A room in a meeting.

A soldier came there to report.

“what’s the matter?”

“Well, a customer came to visit.”

“customer?”

“I’m in a meeting right now, so I’ll do it later…”

“I was going to do that too, but the customer said it was urgent.”

…?

That’s one of the guests visiting our unit.

There is no one who is not in a hurry.

‘If anything, it would have been sorted out by the soldiers.’

What is the reason you came here to report?

I was a little puzzled, though.

The answer was simpler than I thought.

“That’s because it’s him.”

After the soldier finished speaking.

A man appears behind him.

“It’s been a while.”

“…ah!”

Wearing a suit made of monster skin.

A man carrying a long spear on his back.

Of course, it gives off the feeling of being a seasoned hunter.

The magical power emanating from his body proved that he was quite powerful.

A face that is quite familiar to us.

The reason why the soldier could not kill the customer was simple.

That guest.

‘Because he is a very important person in our corps.’

The leader of the group we met in Dasmur.

The man who has now grown the group to the size of a guild.

‘…Taejun said that there was definitely someone who would come with information.’

One of our unit’s largest allies.

Leader of [Avengers].

“I have an urgent matter to discuss with you.”

It was Changsu.