The Cook of a Perished World - Chapter 221

Episode 221 Contractors (2)

“Without God… what should humans do?”

When the guy’s story was finished.

I am….

“….”

I am at a loss for words.

I could only leave my mouth open in a daze.

What this guy said.

For me, who was busy trying to survive each day.

I wasn’t paying attention…

no.

It was a story I had to try not to care about.

‘Our world is falling apart.’

then.

The result is that destruction continues.

‘What if the world is completely destroyed?’

It may seem like a distant story, but it is.

I already know that case.

‘Seo-hwan and Miho.’

They have a strong power that we do not have.

Despite having martial arts.

Their world.

It was completely destroyed, leaving only one mountain behind.

‘Dasmur.’

The Pope, of course.

The guardians and divine beasts who protected the world under the Pope were people with tremendous power.

nevertheless.

The moon that illuminated the world warmly has fallen.

All life in that endless sea has become immortal even if it dies.

‘Green Mane Tribe.’

According to what I heard just recently.

They too, eventually.

Unable to avoid destruction, he fled to another world.

okay.

‘The important thing is that I run away.’

Seohwan and Miho.

The Pope and children of Dasmur.

Green Mane tribe.

they.

I was able to abandon the destroyed world and escape.

Even though their hometown was destroyed.

Their species itself.

I could have been given a second chance in another world.

But if you say so.

‘Can we… run away?’

Seohwan and Miho said.

Even though their world was destroyed.

This is probably the reason why [Tian Shan Mu-gwan] and their death penalty system were able to survive while swimming in space.

‘The gods and… Master must have done something.’

Their teacher is Shinseon.

So, did you say that he is a person with powers comparable to that of a god?

That great man used some method.

Only that ‘Cheonsan Military Official’ was evacuated from destruction.

The reason why the Pope of Dasmur and the children were able to escape.

I can guess.

[Divinity is established.]

[Lord of the Endless Sea – Dasmur]

A world called Dasmur.

A god with the same name as that world.

He used some method.

He probably helped his people escape.

The Green Mane tribe too.

-The Grassland God… extended a helping hand to us who had once abandoned him. That’s how we do it. I opened the portal and escaped.

Said to be the god of the grasslands.

A great-looking guy helped them escape.

okay.

then.

‘We without God….’

We couldn’t even run away.

On this Earth.

Isn’t it a fate that they must all be destroyed?

“You can’t do that.”

Did Wonjun get emotional?

He continued speaking in a growling manner.

“Even though we may not have a god… even though we may be a race abandoned by God!”

Monsters are beings from a destroyed world.

The moment I realized that.

This guy was convinced that the Earth would not be able to avoid destruction either.

“Humanity should not perish like that.”

And maybe.

You must have been thinking the same thing I am doing now.

‘Escape the world…’

Grassland God said he opened a portal.

It was probably a technology that could enable the species to escape to another world.

Awakened people have abilities that transcend humans.

In the case of wizards, they can make truly impossible things become reality.

‘Running away to another dimension… probably won’t work, right?’

Doing things like that.

No matter how powerful the awakened person is, it is impossible.

Yes, like other races.

Unless there is the help of an absolute being who can be called God.

Absolutely impossible.

“When I was thinking about that.”

At that thought.

When I too was at a loss for words.

“The devil spoke to me.”

Wonjun continued.

Coming destruction.

Humanity didn’t even have a way to escape.

Make them run away.

Because mankind did not have a God who could be their shadow.

[Do you wish for shade?]

No.

There was just one.

[If you want, you can do it.]

A being with power comparable to that of a god.

An absolute person who could become the shadow of humanity…

spoke to humanity first.

He said he would take his place.

The devil made a promise to Wonjun.

“He said he would come down to this world someday.”

someday.

When you land on the ground.

The devil will take away the species called humanity.

Finally under his shadow.

Humanity…

will be able to receive the protection of someone who can be called God.

“Until that time comes… serve yourself.”

In Wonjun’s words.

I quickly raised my head and looked for a presence in the air.

[….]

The bloody hostility I felt earlier has diminished significantly.

Still looking down at me.

An extremely powerful presence.

‘They call him the devil… but his real name is probably not the devil.’

The concept itself.

Because it was born on Earth.

In the eyes of the system, it is only a being that is best called a devil.

If you say it’s not a real devil.

For a devil to offer to protect humans…

it’s not that awkward.

“So you served the devil? “The name is a devil?”

“Hehehe… I’ve also tried a few bad names.”

The murderer’s son.

orphanage.

Wonjun has also been called a bad name.

Is it thanks to that?

He was not tied to the meaning of the name.

“I just thought the nun’s teachings were wrong. But it wasn’t.”

In fact, it was the opposite.

“There was no God, but there was a devil!”

“….”

“It’s proven that half of the nun’s teachings were right… This makes me happy. “Don’t you think so?”

I asked, frowning.

“Even if we ignore the name, how can we trust a being who suddenly made such a suggestion?”

“To be exact, I don’t believe in the devil.”

When the devil first offered a contract.

What appeared before his eyes.

It wasn’t a paper contract or anything.

* * *

Tiring.

[The devil presents a contract!]

[Demons cannot tell lies due to their nature, and they are a species famous for unconditionally carrying out contracts.] [

But check the contract carefully!]

* * *

With a refreshing sound Covering your eyes.

It is something that is extremely familiar to those who have awakened.

“I believed the text of the system.”

Even though the translation may require some paraphrasing.

The system doesn’t lie.

Although I have turned the impossible into possible a few times.

That too.

It’s just because the power called divine power was the power that made the impossible possible.

The system didn’t lie.

‘If the system doesn’t lie… then it’s also true that the devil doesn’t lie.’

What if Wonjun and his colleagues work for the devil?

The devil said he would preserve the human race.

It was a sincere promise.

but.

then.

“What about you?”

These guys.

How was it possible to accept that contract?

“I heard that in exchange for the contract… your lives will be sacrificed.”

“…You know it in strangely detailed terms. Were there people in the same situation as us elsewhere? So you also knew the weaknesses of those minions?”

“There’s no need to know that. According to that contract, you are destined to die someday. why.”

While asking questions.

I could have guessed the answer to some extent.

“I was prepared for that much.”

“….”

“Everyone here decided that if our sacrifices allowed humanity to survive somewhere, that would be enough.”

“….”

About that story.

I wiped my face in silence.

‘Of course I thought they were enemies.’

An enemy who never knows when they might do something annoying again.

I just tried to subdue them as quickly as possible.

The same applies even after successful suppression.

After solving my curiosity, I planned to throw it to Ariella.

That’s how all incorrigible evildoers have been dealt with.

But this.

‘It’s not that kind of story at all.’

I… have been struggling until now because I don’t want to die.

As much as I have lived that kind of life.

Guys who try to achieve something even by sacrificing their lives.

I didn’t like it at all.

‘Because this is who I am.’

but.

How do you think about this?

‘You could say it’s selfish…’

These guys were different.

Those who sacrificed themselves to save humanity.

To do that.

He was even willing to throw his life away without hesitation.

It may vary depending on your perspective.

Someone other than me would definitely….

‘An act worthy of being called a sacrifice.’

then.

‘The only thing that mattered to me was that I survived.’

Is it okay to criticize

those who have that kind of will ?

* * *

That’s what I think.

The moment I couldn’t continue speaking.

“joy. “That’s stupid.”

“…!?”

Behind your back.

I heard someone say that.

‘what?’

Surprised, I looked back with a pale expression.

OK.

The soldiers who were listening to Wonjun’s story were seen opening their mouths.

“Humanity will be destroyed.”

“Isn’t this saying that in the end, I gave up without even trying?”

Soldiers looking down on the contractors.

There was even a bit of contempt mixed in those eyes.

“Foolish guys….”

“If we hadn’t given up too hastily, we could have easily overcome it.”

In those words.

I muttered to myself.

‘You…!’

That’s why soldiers say things like that.

I understand.

In fact, our unit has not given up until now.

I have overcome many hardships and survived until now.

but.

I was in a position where I couldn’t sympathize with the soldiers.

Crack….

‘You… ‘I can say that because I didn’t see it.’

I saw the memories of [Chef Dasmur].

The creatures that lived in that wide sea.

How they perished.

I experienced it myself.

feel it

I also experienced death.

‘Shinsu was an incredibly powerful being.’

Let’s say it was before the human army was destroyed.

A being so powerful that one wonders if it could even inflict a single minor scratch on its scales.

In order to deal a useful blow to that divine beast, wouldn’t it be necessary to detonate a nuclear bomb?

Of course, such a powerful being.

Even though the god who is the owner of that existence has descended.

‘The war ended in defeat.’

Even that great divine beast.

In the end, I ended up turning into a zombie.

‘I can’t believe I can overcome something like that.’

To those words.

How can we easily empathize with this?

“Tsk tsk… You really have a lot of confidence.”

Wonjun seemed to have the same thoughts as me.

He said while glaring at us.

“I don’t know how they would have defeated the monster that appeared in the unit, but… after that, the only thing left to do was to keep winning. If the military had powerful firearms and tanks, most monsters would not have been enemies. “You’re just overflowing with confidence.”

“….”

“But one day… there will come a moment when even those powerful firearms you have will lose their meaning. No, there may already be such monsters everywhere. If you face an enemy that you can’t defeat, you too…”

“What are you talking about?”

Although Wonjun opened his mouth as if he knew us well.

In those words.

“What about fights that you can’t win…”

“Haven’t you been in a lot of fights?”

The soldiers seemed to be wondering what that meant.

He answered in an absurd tone.

“what. That’s not true.”

“If you look at it coldly, surviving the 423rd Battalion was ridiculous. They say all other units were wiped out.”

“Is that it? Just the battle we went through when we came down from that mountain range…”

The difficult battles we went through.

The names go on and on.

A huge warrior.

Corporal Jeon Gwang-il thought that one day he would be dominated by madness.

Now he.

Fight with your inner madness under control.

A white-haired soldier.

Lee Hyun-jin thought he would live his whole life as a monster and then die.

There were painful times, but she was able to return to human form.

Spiritist Jeong Soo-ah thought she would never be able to open her eyes for the rest of her life.

Now I look at my surroundings through my own eyes and the eyes of spirits.

‘Things that were thought to be impossible.’

but.

Ultimately, the Corps.

It all happened.

“Poor people…”

Some of the unit members.

He looked at the contractors with sympathetic eyes.

“Why choose the wrong belief?”

“There is nothing we can do because they have not even been given the opportunity to find the proper object of faith… They are pitiful people.”

In those words.

Wonjun muttered as if he was dumbfounded.

“That’s ridiculously optimistic…”

The monsters are gradually becoming stronger.

And human civilization has already collapsed once due to monsters.

This is a fact that everyone here knows.

“What on earth can you believe and be so confident?”

nevertheless.

There were very few corps members who had anxiety written on their faces.

“Hmm? Really…?”

Me too, listening.

I was curious about the reason for that confidence.

The eyes of the unit members…

were focused on one place.

‘….’

Only one person here.

Toward the corps member with anxiety written on his face.