The Cook of a Perished World - Chapter 273
Episode 274: Attackers
“Why aren’t you saying anything?”
“Hehe. Were you scared? These guys aren’t that bad. “First, please guide me to where you are staying.”
…What should I say?
It was a line that overlapped with something I experienced from my high school friends when I was in middle school.
“If you are thinking of resisting, I hope you wake up from your dream.”
While saying that.
A man takes out a weapon from his chest.
That weapon.
surprisingly.
‘gun?’
Even though he doesn’t really look like he had a military background.
It was one gun.
“Do you see this?”
“….”
“My job is [gunner]. huh? I also don’t want to make a big noise here. “Let’s move on quietly.”
Anyone can see that it looks like a threatening predator’s textbook.
Ariella was cleaning up all the looters around our unit.
To be honest, I was a little embarrassed because it had been a long time since I had experienced this.
When they first tried to rob me.
It was for the same reason that I didn’t realize it was an attempt at looting.
‘ha.’
but.
It’s a little different now that I’ve properly grasped the situation.
This is the first human I met.
I wanted to be as good as possible.
-Master’s master!
In the shadows.
The voices of two children are heard.
-we!
-Should I pester you?
Voices chattering and unable to contain their excitement.
‘Be quiet, you guys.’
Should I say I am fortunate?
[Ingredients Identification (Enhancement)]
[Shooter Lv.12]
[Shoplifter Lv.11]
[Shield Master Lv.9]
The level of these guys didn’t seem to be very high.
I answered, scratching my head.
“I can’t see very well.”
“what?”
“I asked if you could see it. It was shown so briefly that I couldn’t see it clearly. therefore.”
Although I am not in a combat position.
Still.
‘The level is gangster.’
Pop!
“Let’s take a closer look.”
Throw yourself away.
I fall into his arms in an instant.
“What!?”
The embarrassed man quickly took a defensive stance.
It didn’t mean much.
-Crash.
The cool feel of a familiar firearm.
Because I could feel it in my hand.
“It’s an M16. “Did you steal some reserve troops from somewhere?”
“…!”
After snatching the gun in an instant.
Let’s take a look at that gun.
“Damn it….”
They.
It seemed like he had finally realized what was happening.
“Brother tongue.”
at that time.
One of the men behind him cautiously opened his mouth.
A man who had the profession of [thief].
“Look at those snow marks…back there.”
“what…?”
The thief identified nearby traces.
Did you have the ability to track the opponent’s movement path?
In what the guy said.
I also turned around and looked in the direction I came from.
‘…What’s wrong with the snow marks?’
Because it is a place covered in snow.
Even if I wasn’t a thief, I could observe the path I took.
There doesn’t seem to be any problem.
“The direction that guy came from… towards [Makyung].”
“…What nonsense…!”
I guess I was the only one who thought that didn’t seem like a problem.
Their faces turned pale when they realized the direction I had come from.
‘?’
Why are they reacting like that?
Although I couldn’t figure it out.
When they noticed the direction I was coming from, their whole bodies started shaking.
“I’m sorry!”
“We did a great disservice to Senior Seo!”
Guys who bow their heads at 90 degrees.
“what?”
It would be understandable if you felt the difference in skill through the movements I showed you.
What can I say?
‘As if the direction I came from is more important than my ability to see with my own eyes…’
What kind of situation is this?
I’m not sure.
“First of all…”
I scratched my head.
Soon he opened his mouth.
“Should we start by giving away everything we have?”
me too.
It’s a mess now.
* * *
“This way.”
As soon as I realized the direction I had come from.
These guys started to bow down rapidly.
I was also a rich person who constantly extracted ‘battle rations’, a commodity that was only available in the legion.
It’s literally just dog hair here.
First, I asked for guidance to the base where they were staying.
-Brother, are you really planning to guide me?
-For now, we have to do it this way, man.
-Still….
-It’s better than dying, so don’t regret it. He cheats his way out at the right time.
-ha. Even after coming all the way here, I’m still being chased.
of course.
The guys weren’t giving us guidance in a pleasant way either.
‘You think you can’t hear?’
Although some abilities were restricted.
Still, the level and stats don’t go anywhere.
Especially since my stats are very high compared to my level.
Even some quiet sounds were quite easy to perceive with my physical abilities.
what.
It doesn’t matter what those guys are thinking.
“It doesn’t look very good.”
“I’m sorry!”
“I’ll at least turn on the lights!”
These guys didn’t seem to be in very good shape.
After entering the base of a building that seemed to be devoid of monsters.
There’s just a few firewood there.
‘It’s been a while since the world turned out like this, but it’s still like this.’
If only we had come together properly during that time and built up our power.
No matter what, it has to be a more proper base than this.
And yet it’s like this.
These guys only recently came here and don’t have a proper base.
or not.
‘The people in this area didn’t come together properly.’
After sitting in the corner with that thought in mind.
I am the first.
I asked the guy who pulled out a firearm at me.
“you.”
“Yes yes! Seniors.”
“First of all, the name.”
“…yes?”
“name.”
“Oh yeah! “I will answer!”
It would be nice if we could serve dishes using [special sauce].
There are no materials right now.
‘[Elemental Cooking] can only be used freely during battle.’
furthermore.
[Special sauce] is a power that can be noticeable if used incorrectly.
At the same time, it is a power that can become dangerous if discovered by others.
I can’t help it, though.
It seemed like I had to take a slightly more complicated approach.
“you?”
“My name is….”
“Next you are.”
Something like that.
After hearing everyone’s names.
“Next is a job.”
“Are you talking about your job…? “Why do you have a job?”
“Are questions supposed to be answered with questions?”
Clap…
Let me pick up the gun next to me.
They answered in horror.
“It’s the gunner!”
“I am a shield master!”
The two people in front were shocked and responded.
The last one had some hesitation.
“I am… a scout.”
and.
“you.”
“yes?”
I am at the end.
I called out to the guy who answered that he was a scout.
“You should take a hit.”
“What is that!”
Although I don’t really have any combat skills.
Still, the level difference is so big.
“I’m sorry!”
somehow.
It was possible to cause some damage.
‘As expected, this method is not to my taste.’
They say there’s nothing we can do about it now, so we’re going to use this method.
Really.
It wasn’t a method that suited me.
‘But it’s also difficult to simply believe what the looters say.’
Right now, I have absolutely no information about Gyeonggi-do.
I’m in a situation where I have to listen to these trustless predators.
“…kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk.”
“again. job.”
“Joe is a petty thief!”
“okay. “Is it okay if I say it right from the beginning?”
like this.
You have to drill it into their heads that they shouldn’t lie.
“You’ve all seen it, but this is what happens when you try to fool me.”
“I’m sorry… I thought you might punish me if you heard about my occupation.”
Shoplifter is, after all, an occupational name for criminals.
It seems like he really wanted to hide his occupation.
Even.
“You… weren’t a scout?”
“You’re a petty thief.”
Even to this guy’s colleagues.
It seems that his original job name was a secret.
“Even my colleagues didn’t know what my job was, so how can I lie?”
“…what. Just know that there is a way to know everything.”
The power of discerning food ingredients.
There’s no need to tell me that.
I sat down again.
Keep mixing up the questions.
“you. “Come here.”
“It’s real!”
“okay. “You really lied.”
Let’s repeat that a few times.
Only then did they stop lying to me.
Only after I became like that.
“Here… briefly explain what happened in Gyeonggi-do.”
“yes! But why do you know everything anyway…?”
…clack.
“I’ll tell you!”
I’m in earnest.
I was able to ask questions.
‘Those guys won’t think I’m from another region.’
You would think that it would be easier to detect a lie than a question related to the status window.
It is only now that we can hear the real story with confidence.
“At first… contact was suddenly lost and a monster appeared…”
“The tagari I was carrying around turned into a zombie…”
The content was surprisingly ordinary.
‘As expected, zombies only appeared in Gangwon-do.’
No, whatever.
If you think about it, the appearance of zombies or monsters is not an ordinary story.
That means being ordinary.
‘It’s similar to us.’
A monster appears.
Dead humans become zombies.
A particularly powerful monster appears at the military base…
and to fight against it, several awakened people appear… and form a group among themselves…
most of them.
It was similar to what I experienced in Gangwon-do.
If there is a difference.
“You mean this cold?”
“As you may know, the weather strangely became cold from the first day of Doomsday.”
From the first day of Doomsday.
Strangely enough.
Temperatures across Gyeonggi-do have dropped sharply.
“But it wasn’t a big problem.”
“It was actually better in the summer because it was cooler.”
Still, it seems there was no major problem.
“…Then since when did this weather start to be like this?”
“That’s right…”
“It was after winter came.”
Their gaze.
I headed to the outside of the old building.
“Before that, I was still scared of monsters, but the weather was normal. In preparation for the coming of winter, people were also looking for ways to somehow prepare for winter… In fact, there was some success, so it seemed like we could somehow get through an ordinary winter, but… the problem is.”
“This winter’s weather was anything but ordinary.”
…hmm.
“It was not at the level of the biggest cold wave since 100 years, which was mentioned in the weather forecast in the past. No matter how you look at it, there’s something strange about it…”
It’s more than just the weather getting a little colder.
This place has become so bad that even the North Pole can be told to go away.
That was right after winter came.
“If it weren’t for that radio, about 50% of humans would have already frozen to death.”
“…huh?”
however.
The words of the guys who came out casually right after that.
I couldn’t help but open my eyes wide.
“Is there any problem?”
Seeing myself like that.
The guys who had been talking calmly were even more surprised and horrified than me.
‘Radio, no way.’
no.
This is obviously…
“You guys! Let’s talk about that in more detail…”
“Yes? “That’s it…”
Finally.
Just as the information I wanted to hear was about to come out of his mouth.
“for a moment.”
“yes?
I’m sorry for asking you questions.
Unfortunately.
I had no choice but to stop talking.
and.
“What’s the problem again… Wow!”
bang!
The guy continued talking while looking at me.
I quickly got up.
I kicked the guy’s body roughly.
“Kuh keuhuh…”
“That’s not a lie! I told you the whole truth, but why suddenly…”
“I know.”
The looters were looking at me with perplexed eyes.
Right at that moment.
-Quaaang!
“!?”
With a tremendous sound.
The walls of the old building are falling apart.
Right where the guy who answered me just now was kneeling.
Fragments of the destroyed wall flew wildly.
“Hee hee hee…?”
He seemed to realize that he had just almost died.
The astonished looter.
and.
To that guy.
“I finally found it.”
“You committed such a crime and then ran away to such a remote place.”
People who appeared after breaking the wall.
It was growling with hostility.
* * *
When I suddenly felt a force rushing towards me.
First of all, I had something to hear from these guys.
In my haste, I had no choice but to kick the guy and save his life.
by the way.
‘What are those guys again?’
A group of humans suddenly appeared after destroying the building.
Although it was a short time.
Unlike those guys who tried to rob me.
‘They are properly awakened people.’
The energy radiating from the body.
In the faintly felt energy of magical power.
Even properly made equipment, not store-bought.
People who look like proper combatants.
It was a moment when I became curious about their identities.
“First, let’s suppress it right away!”
“!?”
It’s like they don’t even want to talk.
They came swinging their weapons in a question-and-answer dance.
“Whoops…!”
“Damn it!”
The three marauders are instantly pushed back by the raiders’ attack.
A group of humans suddenly attacked the building.
Under the circumstances.
Their purpose seemed to be those three people who were trying to rob me.
“This guy is the last!”
A large man wearing armor.
The huge ax he was swinging rushed towards me.
‘Why me!?’
Is it because I was with them?
Attacks raining down on me.
A large middle-aged man who appears to be their leader.
On the giant ax he wields.
Right before my head split in two.
Kang!
I held the [store-bought kitchen knife] diagonally backwards.
I blocked that blow.
OK.
“…what?”
On the faces of the raiders.
Astonishment began to set in.