The Cook of a Perished World - Chapter 222
Episode 222: Fraudulent Contract (1)
The soldiers’ gaze.
I can feel it reaching towards me.
“If you just follow what Sergeant Shin says, everything will usually work out.”
“It’s always been like that until now.”
Only then.
I was able to realize
‘Here… I sympathized with the despair of those contractors.’
One day, when the world is destroyed.
Humanity will simply perish without anyone to protect it.
I was so desperate.
‘Is it just me?’
I guess.
It seemed like I was the only one
in the corps who had such thoughts .
‘How can that be?’
In particular, other soldiers are psychopaths with no empathy.
That’s probably not the reason.
It is said that he paid attention to mental management through cooking.
Nevertheless, it would not be possible to deny that clear fact.
The difference between me and other soldiers.
As for what it was…
I could guess it right away.
The reason Wonjun despaired was simple.
I realized that there is no such thing as God in this world.
Because I lost someone to rely on.
But they.
‘Because I’m there….’
In the meantime.
I was overestimated too much compared to my abilities.
Having a strong leader is not a bad thing from the group members’ perspective.
I knew to some extent that there were rumors going around.
It has been deliberately neglected.
In addition, not long ago…
due to Taejun’s advice.
I even made things I didn’t do into something I did.
As a result.
Their evaluation and trust in me…
has risen too high.
‘To the point where it far exceeded what I expected.’
Contractors despairing of the fact that there is no God.
It was obvious why the soldiers did not sympathize with that feeling of despair.
‘Even if there is no God… there is someone nearby who gives as much faith as God.’
Let’s think about it.
A doubt crossed my mind.
‘Is this what Taejun was talking about…?’
He said I should have more achievements.
Even if it’s not an achievement I did myself, but rather stealing someone else’s credit.
My evaluation needs to be infinitely inflated.
‘So that they can have faith?’
Was this really the reason he said that?
Or maybe there is some other reason, I don’t know.
but.
At least the immediate effect was clearly visible.
‘Because it’s a confusing world.’
I don’t think ordinary humans would be able to survive if they banded together.
A world so chaotic that no one can be trusted.
People who realize that there is no one they can rely on naturally have no choice but to despair.
Those contractors are in despair over that fact.
It’s not strange to want to lean on a subversive being.
When people fall into despair like that.
In order to prevent that despair…
you need someone you can trust and rely on.
‘Do I… have to play that role?’
That was also the reason why they didn’t stop the rumors about me in the first place.
Hasn’t this become too big?
The whole world is destroyed.
Unlike other races who could rely on God.
It is said that mankind was not even given a place to escape to.
“If you just listen to Sergeant Shin, everything will work out!”
“That is correct.”
That we will be able to overcome it in the end.
A ridiculously optimistic belief.
I have to give that kind of trust to my unit members.
In order to do that.
I really need to build up a feat that is no different from a god.
Honestly, it’s so burdensome that it makes me feel sick.
Until recently, he was thinking about working as an intern at a restaurant after being discharged from the military.
There is no way I could achieve that level of feat.
Despite my lack of ability.
If only to give them faith.
‘Should I be as ostentatious as possible while taking away the accomplishments of my classmates?’
By making something that never happened into something that happened before.
I have to just trust myself and shout out to them to follow me.
‘No, it’s tough. this.’
I wonder if I really am such a great person.
Because in reality, I am a person with a lot of shortcomings.
Although I am confident in my combat abilities for a very short period of time.
After demonstrating his full power, he suffered from the side effects of [absolute taste].
I don’t think he’s particularly intelligent, nor do I think he has a lot of leadership skills.
At least I am confident in my cooking skills, but that only goes so far.
Doing such great things.
I thought
there was no way it was possible .
“Of course, we might lose someday.”
Corporal Jeon Gwang-il steps forward.
I opened my mouth towards them.
“Sergeant Shin is a great person, but monsters are not ordinary guys.”
“Why does he know that?”
“That’s right. “You don’t know until you try.”
I couldn’t help but be a little shocked
by those words .
“Even if I lose one day, I will struggle like a dog until that day comes.”
“….”
“That is the sergeant’s teaching. So, if something doesn’t work, until it works.”
I looked away from the contractors.
I looked at the soldiers standing behind me.
“I only challenge with evil and violence.”
and.
I was a little surprised to see the soldiers.
‘Huh…’
A world where snow piles up beyond the horizon.
Half-destroyed buildings lie on top of them.
And in such a destroyed city.
Powerful monsters that we couldn’t have touched before.
The corpses were spread out endlessly.
The ones standing trampling on them are….
‘Soldiers of the Legion.’
After experiencing countless battles.
Each and every one of the soldiers of the legion was reborn as an elite.
They wore gray military uniforms.
He stood firm and looked at me.
I’ve never been conscious of it until now.
Looking at it like this.
‘…I’ve gotten a lot stronger.’
What should I say?
It seemed incredibly reliable.
‘With evil and with gang.’
‘If it can’t be done, make it happen.’
okay.
In fact, it was a terrible thing to say during my normal military service days.
In a world that has been destroyed.
It was those words that allowed us to survive.
‘Shin Young-jun, you sick bastard… What are you doing after I taught you this?’
Such great soldiers.
They believe in my teachings and are following them.
Such a powerful army…
was supporting me.
‘under.’
then.
“Why do you think this is worth a try?”
“yes?”
That we might lose someday?
There is no way to escape then?
I feel dumbfounded at myself for thinking like that.
‘Why are you thinking about that now?’
If you look at it objectively.
Such as overcoming powerful enemies that will appear in the future.
There is no way something like that would be possible.
Until a few minutes ago.
I also had a little thought that I might have to cling to that devil.
but.
Our unit members were different.
I sympathized with the despair of the contractors.
Unit members who could not sympathize with that.
The reason for the difference was clear.
‘Because in the end, I didn’t have anyone I could trust or rely on.’
Contractors despair over the lack of God and turn to the devil.
If the legionnaires leaned on me.
I am well aware of my limitations.
You can’t trust me.
However, that being is something that is extremely unpleasant.
You can’t believe in the devil.
Unlike others.
I can’t rely on anyone or rely on anyone.
‘So… I thought so.’
Monsters that will appear in the future.
No matter how strong those guys are.
I saw that the unit had grown so well.
I also feel like it might be worth a little bit of tweaking.
‘I fed…my army.’
No matter how powerful the monsters are.
That corps could be defeated somehow.
If that happens.
I can [cook] that monster.
Even those powerful enemies.
It will be nothing more than delicious ingredients that will make us stronger.
‘what. I think it’s really worth doing.’
Some of those unit members.
They may be thinking that they survived thanks to me.
That’s probably why they’re giving me an undeserved amount of faith.
but.
Actually, that is a big mistake.
‘I was able to survive thanks to those guys.’
Why did you decide to raise the unit in the first place?
Anyone can see that I, a support worker, need to survive.
Because this unit had to be raised somehow.
Actually, I had a really hard time raising it like a dog.
Thanks to the unit members who raised me like that.
I could still be alive.
‘okay. If you want to believe in me, believe as much as you can.’
Although it is a bit burdensome.
Please accept as much as you want.
instead.
‘Isn’t everything in this world about giving and receiving?’
Contractors believe in the devil.
If my unit members trust me.
Me too.
You have to believe in one thing to be able to endure it.
And…
there is only one person in this world I can trust.
‘I am going to trust you.’
Pushing behind me.
You just have to trust this corps.
In my mind.
I feel an emotion rising up.
Some enemies as strong as dogs came rushing in.
Even if it means rolling around in dirty mud.
I feel like I can somehow survive.
‘Unreasonably optimistic and unfounded confidence.’
A unit I trust.
If those unit members trust me.
“Why don’t you try something?”
Me too.
The unit members trust me…
they can trust me.
[Stats – Divine power is naturally integrated.]
[The efficiency of spiritual power increases slightly.]
[The efficiency of spiritual power increases significantly.]
* * *
“…What have you gone through that makes you not afraid of destruction? “Are you saying there is one?”
The attitude of our unit members.
Won-jun is muttering as if it is absurd.
Until just a moment ago.
Although I was quite sympathizing with what he was saying.
“Who said they weren’t scared? I’ll just hold on like a dog until then. This is it.”
Now, unfounded confidence is blooming in my heart.
The anxiety that was clinging to my mind disappears.
I’ve only thought about surviving.
That may be a bit selfish.
but.
‘In a world like this, it can be a little selfish.’
What’s wrong with being a little selfish?
All you have to do is not cause harm to others.
‘These guys are the opposite of me.’
Even if the motive was altruistic.
The act was hostile to other humans.
then.
What we have to do is fixed.
‘Because we are soldiers.’
No matter what the motive is.
Those who are hostile to our military and other humans.
There is no reason to harbor sympathy for that person.
“Let me ask you one more thing.”
Is it because my anxiety disappeared and my mind became clearer?
One of the things he said.
“You said you would preserve humanity?”
“…what does that mean?”
“Well, there’s something that bothers me a little.”
There’s something I want to check.
“Guys.”
“yes. “Sergeant Shin.”
“Bring the corpses of the monsters outside. “Only one of each type.”
At my command.
The soldiers who were standing proudly nod their heads and begin to move their bodies.
“All right. But why the monsters’ corpses?”
“There is something I want to try.
My job is a chef.
and.
What could a cook do with a monster’s corpse?
“I need to do some grooming.”
That guy called the devil.
This was said while cajoling the contractors.
Was that a normal suggestion?
I thought I should find out.
* * *
Teok….
Chin.
“I brought it!”
“At first glance, it seems like all the monsters I see are of different types.”
Not long after giving the order.
Between the subdued contractors and our legionnaires.
The corpses of the monsters called ‘the devil’s minions’ begin to pile up like a mountain.
“What… are you going to do?”
“what. “Just wait and see.”
The contractors looked anxious and mumbled or not.
I saw the monsters brought by the troops.
‘Well… about the visuals.’
The devil’s minions.
They all had a horribly disturbing appearance.
A monster whose shadow flickers even when it becomes a corpse.
A monster whose skin surface is covered with something like sticky oil.
A monster that was wandering around with its internal organs pulled out.
A monster with only strange flames fluttering where its eyeballs should be.
None of them look normal.
They were extremely strong, though.
Its appearance was absolutely terrifying.
“It was a little strange to begin with.”
“what?”
“If he was someone who could so obediently protect humans, there would be no way the system would have given him the name devil.”
It is true that this system has some rough edges.
Ariella’s race, vampires, was not originally pronounced as a vampire.
Because it was roughly similar, it was translated as a vampire.
but.
‘First of all, it’s similar.’
Except for whether the origin is the Earth or not.
Most of the characteristics of Ariela and the vampire, a monster passed down on Earth, were identical.
If only the devil could truly show good will to the point of obediently protecting humans.
There is no way the system can be named evil.
“When I think about it that way… I can guess one thing.”
The first person I pointed a kitchen knife at was.
It was a [Spirit of Darkness].
“Just like you met the mantis monster, we have also had conversations with other monsters.”
“What does that mean?”
“The guy we met also knew about demons. “In some ways, I guess he’s your senior?”
“…?”
“And according to what he said…”
I took a bite of the beef jerky.
After receiving the [Anti-Demon Light] buff.
A huge and disturbing shadow covering the spirit of darkness.
Take care of it step by step.
“They say that as I accepted the power of the devil, my appearance began to change at some point.”
“…?”
“I was so afraid of the change… the change was so obvious that I sealed away the children before the change.”
The egg that Borgin was hiding.
Fetuses crawling inside.
Unless I’m mistaken.
The fetuses in those transparent eggs…
‘had brown skin, not green skin.’
With the power of the devil.
From skin color to appearance and personality.
A lot of things have changed.
Suddenly,
a shadow covered the [Spirit of Darkness].
It is cut off one by one.
The cleaning will be finished soon.
There…
only one small sphere remained.
“Jeongsu-ah.”
“…? yes. “My benefactor.”
The moment the trimming is finished.
I was holding that small sphere.
I called the spiritist of our unit.
“What did you call me for?”
“Summon Bangul. So that other people can see it too.”
“yes. “As ordered.”
At my command.
Jeong Soo-ah summons the water spirit without saying a word.
[Ingredients Identification (Enhancement)]
[Intermediate Water Spirit – Droplet]
The water spirit looks like a water droplet floating in the air.
If there is a part where you can realize that it is not an ordinary water droplet.
The center of the water droplet.
[Water Spirit’s Spirit Core]
A small sphere there.
It looked very similar to the one I was holding in my hand…
It was the core of the spirits.
“…My benefactor. “This can’t be right.”
“That theory is probably correct.”
The first thing I noticed was Jeong Soo-ah, who was also a spirit person.
I saw Bell’s spirit core.
This time I turned my attention to the sphere I was holding in my hand.
[Ingredients Identification (Enhancement)]
[Spirit Core Distorted after Ugly Insult]
“You said humanity should not perish like this.”
“…what does that have to do with anything?”
“Then let me ask you one more question. “Assuming humanity is preserved as he said.”
[The once pure core of the spirit has been corrupted and polluted by external forces.] [
The spirit’s characteristics, which are in harmony with nature, have been forcibly modified to respond to death and demonic energy.] [
The structure itself is a remnant of the spirit . Although they remain and are called spirits, they are in fact corrupted to the point where they can be considered a different race…]
“They are preserved, though.”
What I held in my hand.
It was once an ordinary spirit, but it is not anymore.
“Is it okay to be transformed to the level of a completely different species?”
okay.
He was a predecessor to those contractors.