The Cook of a Perished World - Chapter 229
Episode 229: Saved from evil (3)
After finishing the explanation.
“Something like that.”
“…Eating the devil’s meat?”
“okay. “If there’s someone you don’t like, tell me now…”
The moment he continued talking like that.
Stumble-.
do.
I felt like my body was shaking.
‘uh…?’
My legs are losing strength.
Vision becomes blurry.
The reason…
I could guess it right away.
‘Damn, did I overdo it?’
They say it is superior in terms of compatibility.
It is a task to deal with more than 100 such strong Abnormal Appetizers.
I had to nest several dishes.
In that situation, I overexerted myself tremendously.
‘Penalty due to excessive cooking….’
Ariella’s blood was what at least offset that penalty.
I’ve suffered quite a few injuries.
Just treating the wound with vampire blood would have been too much.
A skill that consumes a large amount of magical energy in such a state.
I cooked too much and even used five loaves and two fish.
He used his divine power to turn them back into humans.
‘What’s normal is strange, damn it.’
Ariella and Kamangi will still be waiting in the shadows.
Even if you fall, there will be no problem.
However, you can’t suddenly faint like this.
“Those who are not dissatisfied… follow me.”
Even though I felt my eyes closing.
I gritted my teeth and continued speaking.
“Then…”
I felt my body being weighed down by gravity.
I spoke as much as I could. “I
take responsibility
for you….”
I’ll make you one soldier.
I couldn’t continue the story.
dump.
My body completely collapsed.
My eyes are closed.
Consciousness disappears.
‘Well… I guess you understand what I’m trying to say at this level.’
Thinking like that.
I fell asleep for a while.
* * *
Flutter.
“…?”
“What is it?”
The person who caused them great pain.
The man who freed them from the devil.
As he continued speaking, he suddenly collapsed.
Those gathered could not help but be embarrassed.
“…for a moment.”
When he didn’t move for a while.
A few people carefully stood up.
“…Whoop.”
Just by getting closer.
It feels like the pain I felt for a while when I was a monster is coming back.
Fear took over my entire mind.
I approach carefully and look at his face.
“I guess this is….”
“Hmm. “I think it’s true that I fainted.”
After carefully examining it to see if it might break.
This soldier clearly appeared to have fainted.
“What is this, talking so loudly that you suddenly pass out?”
“…Isn’t it like a trap?”
“A trap?”
“Why is there such a thing? “It’s like seeing how you’ll get out when you’re down defenseless…”
Even so, I wondered if I should go that far.
People’s eyes turn to the face of the fallen soldier.
‘…what should I say.’
‘It looks really sharp.’
Although he has an ordinary handsome face.
A face that looks oddly sharp and cruel.
“…Hmm. “It makes sense.”
“He is a person who did such a cruel thing. “It wouldn’t be surprising if they dug some kind of trap.”
I looked at that scary face.
The weight was tilted towards the theory that a vicious trap had been dug.
but.
“Well….”
Wonjun.
I shook my head at that opinion.
“Wouldn’t it be more likely that he was the one who really fainted?”
“what?”
“Because they forcibly broke our contract and changed our jobs. “How can you commit such a ridiculous act and not feel anything?”
“Ah…”
“I don’t know, but there must be some side effects.”
This too is quite persuasive.
People nodded.
People are in trouble.
After a moment of silence.
“Then… what will you do now?”
Someone broke the silence and opened their mouth.
“What does it mean?”
“Assuming it’s true that the man fainted defenselessly, then what are we going to do?”
He is the people around him.
He said this while looking at his former comrades.
“If it’s not a trap and it’s really knocked out… then it wouldn’t be difficult to kill it.”
“…!”
“Thank you for changing my job, but don’t you all remember that? The pain the author gave us…”
Becoming an [abnormal eater].
Everyone has lost most of their reason.
Although it was a short time.
Most of my memories from that time had disappeared or remained only vague.
But still.
The only thing I remember is…
‘the pain of cutting flesh and having blood drawn alive…’
Even though it was a situation where reason did not exist.
Even though I can’t remember anything about what happened then.
As much pain as I felt at that time.
It was stuck in their minds and was still tormenting them.
Rattling….
Let’s think back to that pain.
My hands were shaking with fear.
An opponent who caused them tremendous pain.
It was clear that it was that soldier.
And that soldier now.
“He’s passed out.”
“….”
“If you open your eyes again, you might cause us that pain again. But in the current situation… it might be possible to deal with it.”
“Handling it.”
“Think about it. We’re not tied to the devil anymore, so if we just take care of that soldier, we’ll be free. “If I go somewhere and hide quietly, those soldiers won’t be able to find me again.”
In those words.
A commotion spreads among the former contractors.
“There’s still a possibility that it’s a trap…”
“…No matter what, I’m the one who released you from the contract in the first place, so betraying it seems a bit…”
“But… you’re free.”
A situation where no one can make a hasty decision.
at last.
We needed someone who could make decisions on behalf of everyone.
and.
Their eyes were focused on one place.
“You decide.”
“…I?”
Wonjun Choi.
He was once a man called a guide.
“I made the decision… everyone knows. I am.”
There is one reason why he was able to lead the contractors.
Because he was the first to make a contract with the devil.
The contract was even close to fraud.
“I am the one who offered you that fraudulent contract. Rather, he deserves to be punished by you. But for me to make a decision on your behalf…”
“You deserve to be punished.” “It’s definitely not wrong.”
In the current situation.
He was clearly a sinner.
When the true nature of the contract with the devil was revealed.
There were quite a few people who held a grudge against him.
But…
“Because it was you who risked death and opened your mouth at that time.”
“….”
At the point when I spoke words against the devil.
The probability of death was overwhelmingly high.
Nevertheless, Wonjun represents them.
He opened his mouth saying he wanted freedom.
“You spoke on our behalf even then.”
If Wonjun is the reason they became contractors.
It was also him who was able to regain his freedom.
“Then I think he should continue to represent us.”
“In the first place… this isn’t really a reward or anything.”
The role of leading them is.
It was never a reward.
Because leading people in a world like this is never easy.
“We committed the sin of making a contract with the devil…”
“You will have to take responsibility and lead us from now on.”
The sin he committed.
To pay for that sin.
In this confusing world.
That we have to lead them in the right way.
“…i get it.”
It won’t be easy, though.
That is clearing away one’s sins.
Wonjun nodded.
Eventually, he took on the role of leading people again.
but.
I wasn’t called the leader like last time.
“Then, Mr. Wonjun.”
“Let’s hear what we should do.”
“…well.”
In those words.
Wonjun
walked
silently to the fallen soldier.
Looking at that.
People thought.
‘Is it really killing me?’
A man who caused them extreme pain.
If you deal with the author and leave somewhere far away.
No matter how many soldiers there are, they won’t be able to retaliate easily.
Everyone thought so, but
“…Tskcha.”
“…huh?”
He put his arm around the unconscious soldier’s shoulder.
Wonjun gets up.
“What are you doing?”
“What are you doing?”
He was recognized as a leader again.
I opened my mouth casually, as if it was such a natural thing.
“This person told me to follow him, so I should follow him.”
“I beg your pardon?”
“We have already determined the location of the military unit they came from. “Did I say Chuncheon? It’s going to be a long journey.”
In those words.
People couldn’t help but wonder.
“Why on earth…?”
“We could work freely on our own. “Do we really need to follow the author?”
The answer to that question is.
Actually it was simple.
“Even if we were to work freely on our own… what difference would it make?”
“….”
They fell into despair because they thought destruction was inevitable.
Even though they say they have regained their freedom for a while now.
As long as the proposition that destruction cannot be overcome remains the same.
Life expectancy is only temporarily increased.
The inevitable despair still remains.
but.
“This man told me to follow him.”
“….”
“I didn’t hear his last words because he collapsed in the middle, but… I guess it was obvious what he was trying to say.”
follow me
If so.
The man collapsed after saying that.
There is only one thing to say next.
“I guess it means he will save us.”
“…!”
Other than that, there
wasn’t anything I could guess about.
“Can I trust you?”
“well. But in reality, he has proven some of his abilities.”
Wonjun.
He saw the face of a soldier hanging on his shoulder.
“Because you saved us… from evil.”
Although it looks a bit harsh.
I could see it when I looked closely.
“You’re much younger than I thought. I heard he was a sergeant, so he must be a soldier and not an officer… “At most, he could be in his mid or early 20s.”
“….”
“It hurts my pride to rely on such a young guy.”
Jerk.
Wonjun, carrying a soldier, takes a step forward.
He did not believe in the existence of God.
But…
“The devil wasn’t a god for us either. “Our trust has been betrayed once again.”
“….”
“But if I really had one last chance….”
Even though I don’t believe in God or the devil.
Human good will.
I still believed it.
“I don’t think it would be a bad idea to trust this person.”
“….”
“And more than anything.”
These people became monsters in a short period of time.
But before he became a monster.
“It’s the devil’s meat.” The taste of the piece of meat
that remained in the mouth
was still vivid.
“The taste of chewing… doesn’t seem like it would be quite good.”
“…Tsk tsk. “That is correct.”
“Hmm. “I’m a bit curious what it tastes like!”
Wonjun walks somewhere without saying a word.
And respond to that.
Several more people came forward and put their arms between the soldier’s armpits.
Those who once served the devil.
The sight of so many people gathering in one place and lifting a man…
it’s more like support.
It seemed closer to worshiping the one who had lifted it.
[Stats – Spiritual strength increases.]
Sinners carrying soldiers are heading somewhere.
There is a military base where they are heading.
Smashing the devil’s army.
The iron army.
And…
looking at that figure.
‘…I thought I could immediately restore my lost family.’
The vampire in the shadows.
I laughed lightly.
‘Anyway, lucky guys.’
* * *
A few weeks later.
“Whoosh whoosh….”
“Uweek….”
The soldiers were sweating profusely all over.
There were many soldiers who were breathing hard and nauseating.
At least the tired soldiers are good.
Around there…
tanks reinforced by engineers.
Of course, several of those powerful war weapons were destroyed and lying around.
All the surrounding buildings were completely destroyed.
“Medic, quick!”
“I’m going!”
“This way too…”
Here and there, soldiers with serious injuries from the battle were lying against the remains of broken buildings.
Meanwhile, soldiers wearing medic epaulettes were busy running around.
“Ugh….”
“Be careful. “If you step on the corpse of a monster and get buried, it will be difficult to get it out.”
The corpses of monsters were spread out so much that there was nowhere to step.
It showed how difficult this battle was.
but.
No matter how difficult the battle was.
There is an end.
“Phew…”
A man relieves the stress caused by an exhausting battle by eating a piece of combat ration instead of a cigarette.
Sergeant Lee Min-jae shouted.
“The battle is over!”
“…Thank you for your effort!”
In that cracked voice.
The soldiers also responded loudly.
The enemies were definitely powerful, though.
Due to the corps commander’s possessed prophecy, the battle ended in an overwhelming victory for the corps.
and.
This victory was far from an ordinary victory.
“Huh….”
The leader of the warrior group.
The strongest soldier in the legion.
Corporal Jeon Gwang-il’s huge body moves forward, shaking the ground.
On that shoulder.
A large flag was raised.
A pattern symbolizing the corps.
A flag featuring a lizard with steel scales.
That flag.
Let’s stick it in the middle of the broken remains of the county office.
Tiring-
Soldiers belonging to the corps.
A few lines of message appeared before their eyes.
[Conquest was successful!]
[We have taken control of the territory ‘Small City (1) – Hongcheon’ in the ROK.17 region.]
[Additional occupation points are earned while control of the territory is maintained.]
Contractors and After the great battle of
Several weeks passed.
The corps finally succeeded in occupying an additional area… Hongcheon-gun.
Looking at the message that appears before my eyes.
Sergeant Lee Min-jae thought.
‘Finally…’
Yeongseo region.
North of Daegwallyeong.
[Guild – Steel Legion]
[List of controlled territories]
[Region – ROK.17]
[Mountains – 3%]
[Small city (3) Inje – 3%]
[Small city (2) Hwacheon – 3%]
[Small city (1) Hongcheon – 5%}
[Big city (2) Chuncheon – 6%]
[Allied territory list]
[Korean Jogye Jong Myoyangsa temple – Small city (5) Yanggu – 3%]
If you include the power of the alliance force Myoyangsa temple.
Total 23%
of the entire area except Cheorwon-gun, where a civil war between the Green Mane tribe is taking place.
Recognized as the territory of the Legion…
and also.
[World Event – Conquest War Status]
[Region – ROK.17]
“It took a long time.”
“That’s right.”
[Status of occupation war in the region]
[1. Parasite B-36S variant (36%)]
[2.Steel Legion – 20%]
Successful in occupying about a quarter of Gangwon-do.
Excluding zombies…
ROK 17.
This was the moment when they clearly established themselves as the largest force in Gangwon-do.