The Cook of a Perished World - Chapter 264

Episode 265: Water Drop (1)

= What does it mean to say that you will create a body?

“There is such a thing.” “Just wait a moment.”

I left him behind and

picked up the small receiver in the middle of the communication room.

‘Inter-unit communication network.’

After being able to send a certain amount of radio waves with Minjae’s abilities.

Minjae traveled around the unit’s major bases and set up this type of communication equipment to operate.

And of course it is.

The base that first sent radios across the country.

‘Same goes for the ammunition battalion.’

Rurrrrrrr…. A moment after

the phone call

.

-Communication Security~ This is Private First Class Lee Yong-wan of the Steel Corps Ammunition Battalion Engineer Team.

Private First Class Lee Yong-wan.

He is a private first class and is the first soldier to come down from the 423rd Battalion.

In the current corps system, he is at the highest level.

Although there are cases where some soldiers who joined later became stronger than those from the 423rd Battalion.

This is because it is a very small minority.

‘The rank of private first class is quite high.’

Most of them are just called by names such as combatants.

To that extent.

I could feel the tone of voice of the guy answering the phone being a little sluggish.

“Uh, communication security. “I’m Youngjun.”

-Who are you saying… Sergeant Shishin!?

Craddangtang!!!

The moment my voice is heard.

It sounds like the guy that was hanging down is getting up.

‘Why do I feel like I can see something when I can’t?’

The guy who roughly answered the phone while drooping.

Realizing that it was a call from a senior, I imagined him quickly standing at attention even though he was on the other end of the phone.

-Sergeant Shi Shin. What did you contact me for?

“It’s nothing special. “There’s something I’d like you to bring me.”

-Is this something you want me to bring…?

That spirit.

The Vimanar is actually the same as the Vimana of this fortress.

He was actually calling out to me as if he had seen me for a fortress or something.

so that.

He remembered every single thing that happened on top of the fortress as if it had happened on his own body.

He was giving me advice based on this information.

but.

To put it the opposite way.

‘You might not know anything that didn’t happen on top of the fortress.’

After finishing all the work, I came to the fortress and cleaned it up.

That guy seems to think he knows everything our unit has been through.

You are welcome.

‘He’s strong at things he doesn’t know.’

Among them, the most representative one is:

‘Objects obtained before even summoning the fortress.’

and.

Before getting this fortress.

The headquarters of our unit was none other than that ammunition battalion.

Most of the resources we got back then too.

A place this fortress cannot understand.

It remained in the ammunition battalion.

-Ah… that. I remember.

“Isn’t there a battalion commander’s office I used to use? If you open the drawer there, it will be there. “Please bring me some as quickly as possible.”

-I understand, loyalty, loyalty!!!

I gave the name of the object over the phone.

and.

Even though I said the name of the object clearly.

=…?

Vimanar does not seem to know the meaning of the object.

All I could say was doubt.

“Now all we have to do is wait.”

Railroad between Chuncheon and Inje-gun.

As these are the two most important bases of our unit, they have been remodeled to make it easier for engineers to move there.

As far as the railway is concerned, it will be able to achieve the same speed as when the road was in good condition in the past.

I asked you to bring it to me as quickly as possible, so you should receive it within a few hours at the latest.

and.

During those few hours, I

“I was thinking about it earlier.”

I decided to ask the question that arose in my mind.

“There seems to be something strange about your behavior pattern.”

=…? It is difficult to understand the meaning of the Lord’s words.

This is something that was a bit puzzling from the beginning.

According to what the status window says.

This guy is loyal to me and acts for my benefit.

That is a clear fact declared by the status window.

but.

‘That guy tricked me.’

I said it was for my own benefit, but

if you think about it, this doesn’t make sense.

“Why do you judge my benefits?”

= Lord Seong. This fortress is for the sake of the lord of the castle…

“No, I’m not talking about such a general discussion.”

It is at the discretion of the castle lord to decide whether it is beneficial or not.

Why would a spirit created for the purpose of a secretary judge that?

Do you even have the right to act autonomously based on that judgment?

‘The guys who built this fortress created this spirit with intent.’

If so,

there is no way the spirits would have allowed such an act of acting contrary to their intentions.

It couldn’t help but feel strange.

“You in the first place. “What do you think my purpose is?”

=I understand that the Lord of Seong’s top priority is… survival.

Well, what can I say?

‘This guy is so accurate.’

Because it’s so true.

This is something that leaves no room for refutation.

Actually my goal is survival.

okay.

That’s true, though.

“I wonder if there is a case in this world where that is not the goal.”

Unless it’s a special case like the devil contractor I met a while ago.

For most living beings in the world, the primary goal is survival.

“It would be even more so if he was someone who would even try to receive a fortress like this.”

=What do you mean…?

“It’s a bit strange that any action was allowed under the pretext of [prioritizing the castle’s goals]. You said you were my advisor? Doesn’t this feel strange to you?”

Absolutely.

After the castle owner was subdued by the spirits in order to survive.

Even if it means having to endure tremendous pain and live for hundreds of years.

This means that he was able to force it without the castle lord’s permission, saying, ‘The castle lord’s purpose is survival, so this is right.’

‘It’s blatantly suspicious.’

This kind of behavior is possible.

First, put in an algorithm that acts for the sake of Seongju.

Using that as an excuse, they tried to allow the spirits to act autonomously…

=… It is definitely as the castle lord said.

“yes?”

The guys who built this fortress.

This is only possible if their intentions are involved.

=This spirit’s algorithm… was distorted in some way.

“I’m glad you can at least feel that.”

What if this guy didn’t even notice his strangeness?

I would have swung my knife and cooked this guy right away.

The creators’ intention that even they themselves are not aware of.

That means it’s inside this guy.

No matter how much this guy might be of help.

Because it’s impossible to operate with such an unstable guy at the center of the fortress.

=As the Lord of Seong said, there was no need for this type of design originally.

“I know yeah.”

=From the perspective of this spirit… I can see the intention of the person who designed this spirit.

“Intent?”

the problem is.

Although I may notice that this is strange.

However, it was difficult to determine the cause.

First of all, this guy also functions as my advisor.

A little different shape.

=As the Lord of Seong said, anyone who needs this vimana will make survival their goal. This spirit was able to do things that even the castle lord did not know about because it was for its survival.

“yes.”

=I think what that means boils down to one thing.

“?”

The spirit seemed to be thinking for a moment and did not speak.

It was only after a while that I spoke up.

=You want the person who becomes the lord of the castle to survive as much as possible.

“…Eh?”

what.

Such a good reason?

“I think it’s not just for such naive reasons.”

=It’s not such a naive reason.

“huh?”

=No matter what happens in the process, you can feel the intention to somehow keep the castle lord alive, even if things that the castle lord never wants happen endlessly.

“….”

No matter what pain the castle lord suffers.

Any intention to just keep them alive.

=I don’t know the reason, but… the Babylonian engineers who designed this fortress.

“Are you saying that you somehow wanted the owner of this fortress to survive as long as possible?”

=It seems so.

“….”

At those words.

It reminds me of the process by which this guy brought this fortress to Earth.

‘I said it was a deal.’

I don’t know what was exchanged in that transaction.

A transaction they made at the moment when their world was destroyed and they themselves were about to die.

It won’t be normal content.

and.

These guys who made the deal…

must have wanted to gain something from this fortress moving to another world.

The way to profit from this is to maximize the survival of the castle lord.

‘…indeed.’

After all, this fortress.

It seems like there are some aspects that are a bit awkward to handle just like that.

‘Are the other perks that appeared on the list at that time similar?’

It’s an invitation from Lord Balak.

It’s the call of the deep sea.

I chose this fortress simply because it was the most intuitive name.

Digging inside, there was something suspicious.

I wonder if the other perks were ordinary…

If they were, it would just be that we were unlucky and received something that was a bit lame.

If the same goes for other perks….

‘The reason we were able to choose the perk was because we were the first to succeed in the occupation war in Korea.’

If we say that there are people who were the first to succeed in the war of occupation in other countries.

There is a high probability that they also received that privilege.

Those perks we didn’t receive.

What would happen to the people who received it now?

I was a little curious, but there was no way to know.

Still, whatever.

There is something fortunate about it.

“If you personally said that to me, it means that my survival is your goal right now and you won’t do anything strange, right?”

=The highest priority condition for action in this fortress is the order of the castle lord. I wouldn’t know if the Lord of Seong didn’t point out that fact, but since he pointed out that fact and ordered it, something similar will never happen again.

Rather, I think I was lucky.

This time, the problem was discovered rather quickly.

If it’s a really important moment.

As in the example above, in an extreme situation where I can only survive if I endure endless pain.

What if the same thing happened now?

‘Maybe they made a choice so that the fortress and I could survive even if the army was annihilated.’

That kind of thing could have been prevented in advance.

Rather, it is fortunate.

Why did those Babylonian guys want me to survive as much as possible?

I don’t know now…

but that too.

“If you survive as long as possible as they want.”

someday.

The very moment when they succeed in surviving as long as they want.

Only then will you be able to find out.

* * *

and.

By the time the conversation with Vimanar was somewhat concluded.

“Sergeant Shin. “I brought the items you mentioned!”

“Oh Yongwan, it’s been a while.”

“Oh, it’s been a while!”

The person who spoke to me on the phone.

Private First Class Lee Yong-wan entered the communication room with busy steps.

‘It came really quickly.’

In the past, someone as high as a division commander asked me to bring it to him as quickly as possible.

Even in the past, it must have been extremely urgent for a guy who was roughly equivalent to a sergeant.

and.

I held the item he brought me in my hand.

I approached the spirit core and spoke.

“Make this your body.”

=This is…?

What I gave to the spirit.

Small plastic bottle.

and.

What’s in it…

is one of my favorite combat rations.

When we first subdued it.

He survived even though he was subdued before he could detonate the nuclear weapon.

[Blue Drops]

[Freshness – Best]

“It will be much more useful than any ordinary spirit.”

It is a magical creature.

A life form that has a [nucleus].

It was a blue water drop.