The Cook of a Perished World - Chapter 29

Episode 29 Article (1)

“I’m sorry!”

The guy who shouts loudly and lowers his head.

The soldiers standing behind him also followed him and lowered their heads.

‘What’s going on?’

Did they cause an accident without my knowledge?

As I stared blankly, not knowing what to say, the guy with his head down opened his mouth.

“When Sergeant Shin was in the trailer….”

“Uh-uh.”

“Us. “I gossiped about Sergeant Shin.”

ah.

I asked what they were talking about.

“I know I contributed with combat rations, but isn’t it a bit much to be left out of the battle? “I thought so.”

“Actually, considering the performance of the combat rations, you were contributing the most at that point.”

“I found out later. “The fact that Sergeant Shin was in the trailer to prepare for when the monsters came.”

One of the soldiers who appeared to be a wizard spoke.

Eyes filled with a bit of longing.

“I heard that Sergeant Shin collapsed due to mana depletion.”

“Ah… I think so.”

“Magicians sometimes experience the phenomenon of magical depletion itself… but most of them can no longer use their skills at the point where they get a headache. “This is the first time I have seen a case where a skill was used until one fainted.”

“It was like we survived thanks to you. “I was swearing behind my back…”

“I thought it was absolutely wrong, so I came to apologize.”

I wondered why they were so crowded.

It seems that these were the disgruntled soldiers that Minjae mentioned in the trailer.

Eat.

“I understand.”

Actually, I guess that was the case too?

No matter how great your contribution is, if you are not visible, it will not be felt that way.

It’s natural to feel bad if someone is left alone with their comrades fighting hard next to them.

“…No, no matter what. “Kids gossiping about their seniors!?”

“Ahh!”

He playfully put a headlock on the soldier who came out first.

It’s true that I gossiped about you, so you should suffer this much.

“It was a joke and a good thing. men and horses.”

“yes?”

I said as I released the headlock.

“Actually, I ended up becoming a guild leader by chance, but I doubt whether I am qualified to do so.”

“Ah…”

“If you praise me out of ignorance, you wouldn’t have done much better.”

I meant it.

I’m not that great of a guy when I think about it.

‘I can’t help but wonder how amazing a single soldier who was just waiting to be discharged was.’

In this case, it was true that I was trying to find a way to help in battle.

You could also say that I am a case of injustice.

But if there are no warning glances from others.

Maybe you will actually make a mistake later on.

I might be obsessed with my position as guild leader and try to benefit myself.

I cannot confidently say that I can resist such temptation without hesitation when it comes to me.

“therefore. “Keep doubting.”

“…!”

“I wonder if that guy is doing well. Are you trying to make a wrong decision? “I want you to keep checking.”

Only then can you lead the guild better.

There would be a higher chance of me surviving there.

“still. “I apologize again.”

“Oh, you already forgave me? “You keep apologizing, so I feel sorry for everything.”

I jokingly talked behind my back and everything.

You can swear at your senior, right?

When I was the youngest, I also cursed my seniors a lot.

Actually, I probably got scolded by my successors who were cooks.

‘ah. Now that I think about it….’

There was one part that bothered me.

Now that the soldiers are gathered together.

“If you’re really sorry. “Let me ask you a favor.”

“Do you mean a favor? “Please tell me anything!”

I think he was quite sincere when he said he was sorry.

Fortunately, the guys answered quite enthusiastically.

“I’m sorry everyone must be exhausted. “Can you take care of the corpses of the monsters you hunted nearby?”

This is what I was concerned about.

The corpses of monsters are a resource.

Meat becomes food and leather becomes material for equipment.

‘Actually, I think the meat I threw at the monsters will die because it’s such a waste. ‘If I can’t take care of other monsters, I won’t be able to live because I feel unfair.’

Fresh food must be secured as much as possible before the corpses rot.

It’s an apologetic order since everyone is probably in a difficult situation.

“ah. That’s what it was about. All right!”

“Actually, Corporal Jeon Gwang-il is already working with some soldiers. We will join you too.”

what?

“Is it Gwangil?”

It means that work has already started even before I give the order.

I stuck my head out the old window of the farmhouse and peeked outside.

-Corporal, no matter what, there is no need to move three of them by yourself…

-And then he collapses.

-I’m doing it because I can, so don’t worry. The trailer over there was full. Could you please call the ice wizard?

-…yep!

Outside the window, Corporal Jeon Gwang-il is transporting the corpses of monsters to a trailer.

Several soldiers could be seen following him.

This is right after the difficult battle is over.

Everyone might be exhausted.

“Those guys. “Since when have you been doing that?”

“Corporal Jeon Gwang-il started work as soon as the battle was over. He said he couldn’t do anything in this battle and only brought trouble to Sergeant Shin… I think the other warrior group soldiers joined right away after a short rest, as if they couldn’t bear to watch the leader work alone.”

Securing the monster’s body is definitely necessary.

It is never easy to step forward like that in the midst of difficult times.

‘Well, that guy was that kind of guy.’

He wasn’t the ace of the facility class for nothing.

A guy who did difficult work even when he was in the military.

“Then let’s go join us.”

“Uh oh. Thank you for your hard work.”

“yep. Rest in peace, loyalty!”

The soldiers I had asked to clean up soon went out and started helping Gwangil.

‘I guess I’ll have to give those guys something more later.’

I feel like I want to help right away.

To be honest, it’s hard to even stand up right now.

I need to sleep some more and then think about it.

* * *

Sergeant Park Tae-jun, who awakened at the [Planetarium], advised us to head west.

For your information, I don’t even know the reason.

According to your fortune telling, do you have more luck?

I honestly don’t know what luck is like.

The advantages of choosing the west are clear.

‘It’s wider. ‘It’s familiar to us.’

After taking a deep breath due to exhaustion of magical power, I took another nap.

With my health somewhat restored, I came out of the farmhouse.

“Come to think of it. “What happened to the grandparents who own here?”

“well? There was no one there when we arrived. “I think he probably evacuated somewhere after the situation broke out.”

“Hmm.”

A farmhouse that sometimes came down with public support.

It’s a bit uncomfortable not being able to see the owner and his wife.

Still, I should be thankful that it gave me a place to rest for the night.

After thinking, I scanned the surrounding scenery.

There were times when I came to a farm as soon as I came down from the military base, and there were times when I came to support the public.

The scenery around here looked familiar.

“If you go that way, you can go to the downtown area. “Was it that way when you went to the shooting range?”

“you’re right.”

Although I can’t say it was crispy, it was a somewhat familiar place.

This would be the advantage when coming down to the west.

I left my unit members behind for a while and headed to a nearby rice field.

Quite a large farmland.

If it’s like this, maybe.

[There is not enough space for summoning.]

“Tsk.”

For me, it was a ridiculous result.

‘Does it make sense to say that the item I got was so big that I couldn’t use it?’

[Mobile Fortress Vimana]

At first, I thought it would be a huge tank.

When I couldn’t summon it even at our unit’s parade ground, I thought it was as big as a fortress as its name suggests.

but.

‘It’s more than that.’

Although it may be a little absurd.

There were some things I looked forward to.

There is a basic principle of the game.

The more difficult it is to use, the better the performance.

If something is this difficult to use.

How powerful it will be when it becomes available.

‘what. Looking at the current situation, it seems like it will be a long time later.’

After a while.

“Be careful not to fall.”

“It would be okay since the electricity was cut off, but just in case…”

“Please leave it to me! Did I tell you? “My specialty is tree climbing.”

A group of soldiers, including me, were gathered near an electric pole near a farmhouse.

“Tskcha.”

One of the soldiers was hanging from a telephone pole, holding a telescope in one hand.

That guy.

The awakened profession is a thief.

I remember that I was originally very agile.

This guy is said to be good at climbing trees, so he climbs up a telephone pole and sits on top.

“Let me see.”

He sat on top of a telephone pole and put a telescope to his eye.

“how is it!”

“Do you see something?”

“Uh…”

I and the soldiers watching below shouted.

However, the guy keeps talking without answering.

After a while.

The guy looked down and shouted.

“Sergeant Shin!”

“why!”

“we! Are you going in there!?”

“Nothing has been decided yet! why!”

“if so! “I want to oppose it!”

“what?”

Slurp.

A soldier slid down a telephone pole.

His face seems to have become a little pale.

“You want to oppose it? what does it mean?”

“I mean it literally.”

The guy who speaks in disgust.

“I think going in there would just be suicide.”

The guy begins to describe the scenery he saw.

Although it is difficult for us to imagine exactly because we cannot see it in person and only hear about it through words.

Still, one thing was certain.

“It’s serious.”

“Inje-gun where we were going out. “I guess it’s completely turned into an outside world.”

If you climb down the mountain range to the west, you will arrive at Inje-gun.

Most of the survivors who joined our unit, including Captain Lee Sang-ah, are from Inje County.

It is also a guard area for unit members when they go out.

The place had now half turned into hell.

“hmm. “That’s what I heard when I heard stories from survivors.”

“I also had some expectations. “It was worse than I imagined.”

Basically, monsters see humans as prey.

And the place where the most prey is gathered is the city.

It probably looks like a free buffet to monsters.

Numerous monsters flock to hunt the humans gathered like that.

The commotion caused by those monsters brings more monsters.

Humans killed by monsters rise as zombies.

This is the process by which a normal city becomes hell.

“What do you plan to do? Going in there is a bit…”

“That’s right. “It would be impossible.”

Close to 100 awakened people.

We also think that it is quite a powerful force.

but.

‘There are too many variables in urban warfare.’

Some even compare it to modern siege warfare.

A structure in which the entrant is at an overwhelming disadvantage.

City buildings limit our visibility and firepower.

Moreover, the entire city is overflowing with monsters and zombies.

Each building will become a target of alert, with no one knowing what might pop out from inside.

“Maybe after I increase my power a little more. Now that the treatment of the injured has not been completed, it is impossible to even dream of entering the city. Even now, the two healers are covering the limit, so if the number of injuries increases further, there will definitely be deaths.”

“Then what are you going to do?”

The soldier’s question made me think for a moment.

‘I can’t stay here forever anyway. If you really have to move….’

There is one place that bothers me.

“Let’s go to the official residence.”

“You mean official residence?”

The most remote place among the outskirts of Inje-gun.

Our unit’s official residence is not far from here.

Our unit is a first-class, remote unit that takes several hours to travel by car.

Even for the soldiers living in the base, it is a place that is too isolated from society for the executives who commute to work.

Official residences were created for such executives.

This place is also called BOQ.

In fact, it is not a place only used by executives.

Our unit members also stop by the soldiers’ lounge at the official residence and spend the night before and after their vacation.

The default is to go on vacation or return after that.

Every time that happened, the unit members were dissatisfied with the location being far from the downtown area.

‘Why isn’t there a convenience store near the official residence?’

‘What’s with all these buildings in the middle of nowhere?’

There were reasons, etc.

“It’s actually better now.”

“indeed. That’s why.”

“It’s also good to be away from dangerous downtown areas. “The fact that there are only buildings in the middle of nowhere is an advantageous terrain for us.”

Once on the ground, the most important thing is to secure a base for activities.

An official residence could be a decent base.

“Then let’s find out the way to the official residence.”

“Drivers often live in official residences. They tell you to take all the roads you know.”

So the unit’s next destination was decided to be the official residence.

Unit members talking about the route to the official residence.

As I was looking at that, I was thinking of something else.

‘It is true that the official residence is a good base.’

actually.

That wasn’t the only reason I decided on the official residence destination.

I didn’t necessarily tell the soldiers.

Some people are probably thinking the same thing as me.

As I said before.

The official residence is a place where unit members and executives stay before and after vacation.

‘Those people must have been in the official residence on the day of destruction.’

Although they did not fight monsters together, they were also members of the same unit.

what happened to them

You have to check it out.