The Cook of a Perished World - Chapter 301
Episode 301:
Most likely.
An unidentified enemy attacking them.
To get rid of me.
The monsters nearby must be coming.
‘How many? ‘Where does it come from?’
I pick up the kitchen knife.
I turned my head towards the direction where I felt those signs.
‘…!’
OK.
The scenery I saw before my eyes…
was quite shocking.
Heavy snowstorm.
Whereby.
I can’t see anything about the figures behind me.
but.
[Identification of ingredients (strengthening)]
[Combat power meter]
For me, it is a characteristic that visualizes the magical power of the opponent and shows it in numbers.
There is a combat power meter.
That thick snowstorm.
after that.
‘What is that number?’
Countless colors are mixed together without distinction.
It was painting a gorgeous white snowstorm.
Even.
Between those shapes.
‘Even blue…?’
Because it is very light.
It may not be compared to Alaune or Ariella, whose saturation has become extremely dark recently.
Nevertheless, the blue energy was deep within.
Near it are yellow green lights.
The colors that should have been something to be wary of were also mixed together without any problem.
‘Inside… how many monsters are there?’
Crack….
I muttered as I strengthened the hand that was holding the kitchen knife.
“Okay… this is good.”
anyway.
You have to head inward to find the attack team that includes the parents.
Although you might die in the process.
If you have the power of [Environmental Assimilation], you may be able to somehow survive and find the footsteps of the attack team.
I got up trembling and tried to take a step inside.
Sreung….
“Master’s master!”
at that time.
blocking my way.
“You’ll just have to stop there!”
“…what man?”
There were two hands.
* * *
“Master’s master!”
“You’ll just have to stop there!”
Two vampires blocking my path.
I frowned at that sight.
“What are you doing?”
These guys call me their master’s master.
in other words.
These guys are members of my family.
There was a difference in status between slaves and kings, not just lower class people.
“It’s an order. “If you don’t want to be rummaged through, get out now.”
Blocking my way like this.
Normally, it shouldn’t be allowed.
“Umm, what should I do, brother?”
“Are you still asking that? How can I do it? “I must follow my master’s orders!”
In those words.
Of course I thought they would hear me and stand aside.
“Master’s master!”
“…?”
surprisingly.
“You are absolutely not allowed to go any further than this!”
These vampires.
He was refusing my orders.
‘…how?’
Their owner.
Even Ariella cannot disobey my orders.
Even if death were ordered according to the oath of [family], it would be impossible to refuse.
A feeling of doubt passed through my mind.
The reason was quickly apparent.
“The order we received from our master is… to put your master’s safety first!”
“what?”
Their owner.
Ariella is a member of my family.
To be exact.
Even Ariela’s family members were not my family.
If it were Ariela, she wouldn’t have been able to refuse my orders, which were bound by the ‘covenant of clanship’.
Those who crossed one bridge.
Since that is Ariella’s order, just follow me.
‘Does this mean you don’t feel forced by my orders?’
I couldn’t help but frown.
Something like this.
I didn’t expect it.
“If your master heads in there…”
“No matter how hard we try, we won’t be able to avoid death!”
Their red eyes shine.
“Then we are.”
Let’s two people stretch out their arms.
Pot.
There was a small wound on his wrist.
A huge amount of blood flows from that small wound.
but.
The blood that flowed like that did not flow toward the ground.
It settled in the air near my wrist.
Red liquids soon forming a single shape.
[Blood Shadow Blade]
A weapon allowed only to ‘elite vampires’.
A blade like a dark red jewel forged with their blood.
I knew its power better than anyone else.
Because I have seen that blade being swung at my word over and over again.
The two vampires pointed their blades at me and said.
“I will use every means possible to protect your safety, my master.”
“Even if it means cutting down my master’s master!”
Guys who say that with a nervous expression.
The content was quite tragic.
Smirking.
In fact, around that mouth.
It seemed full of laughter.
Even if you become a vampire.
That nature does not disappear.
At least to keep my master’s orders.
For the first time in a long time, there was an opportunity to cut down a human being.
Two siblings who were pleasure killers.
It’s hard for those vampires to stop laughing.
‘The tension of having to deal with myself… and the excitement of being able to cut down a human for the first time in a long time.’
This is the result of two emotions appearing simultaneously.
It was that bizarre expression.
‘…how will we do it.’
Looking at that.
I smoothed the handle of the kitchen knife at my waist.
Elite vampire.
Each and every one of them is as strong as a squad leader in our unit.
No, based on the state of not having any equipment, it would be correct to say that he is stronger than the squad leaders.
Although there are various penalties, vampires are stronger than humans.
but.
‘If you want to kill, you can kill.’
Although vampires are a strong race.
As such, the penalty is also certain.
It won’t be easy at all.
If you attack that penalty.
It wouldn’t be impossible to cut down those two.
But after I turned my gaze away from them.
That swirling snowstorm.
I looked at the color of ‘magic power’ that existed vaguely like fog beyond it.
As of now, I can’t resist.
Infinitely powerful energies.
‘Those guys can’t win.’
There is only a handful of reason left.
He was yelling at me like that.
Even if you go with these two, it will be nearly impossible to break through there.
After defeating these two in that place.
Going alone in a wounded state… is
not only close to impossible, but absolutely impossible.
“…ha.”
at last.
I sigh.
I approached the two guys holding a knife.
“Uh huh!?”
“Master’s master!? Are you really going to do this!?”
Is it really okay to cut down their master’s master?
Guys who are embarrassed.
I approach those guys.
bean.
“I’m coming back, kids.”
“evil!”
“Aiko.”
I hit him on the head with the handle of a kitchen knife.
‘Shit.’
Although I am angry.
Those two were right.
My specialty is not combat.
I’m confident that if I had the [Legion] with me, I could at least break through there.
Currently, there are only two of them.
Break through that place alone.
It was difficult to move in search of missing humans.
“…return to [Central Branch].”
At best I ran out and went back.
but.
‘I’m not giving up on this.’
The will to find those missing humans.
It was never broken.
It’s just… the enemy’s strength was stronger than I thought.
I just had to find another way.
‘It’s difficult for me to break through alone.’
Then what is needed is….
‘Troop to replace the corps.’
Fortunately.
There were quite a number of humans around here that could be used as troops.
‘We have to use that association.’
the problem is.
The question was whether they would go together to that dangerous place.
When you first leave the ‘Northern Branch’ and head to the ‘Central Branch’.
I remember what Park Jung-gu said to me.
-The way to persuade others…isn’t it just about words?
okay.
As the saying goes.
If it was a way to persuade others…
I was the one who had more than anyone else.
* * *
“It’s over there!”
“The direction the monster disappeared from! Break through there!”
The awakened people of the ‘Southern Branch’ were attacked by an invisible monster.
they. In such a hopeless situation.
I tried to accept death as is.
“Someone came to help us…!”
“Everyone move forward! “Follow the direction pointed by that shadow!”
Something unidentifiable.
When they cut off the head of the monster that was attacking them.
[Command’s shout – the command to break through rings out!]
In the eyes of those who had given up.
The desire for life took over again.
at last.
The result of struggling for so long.
“Huh… Huh…!”
“…pierced!”
“We did it…!”
I don’t know why.
The unidentified figure gradually eliminated the monsters that were surrounding them.
Thanks to that.
Those who succeeded in escaping through a hole in the siege.
Barely escaped the enemy’s siege.
They moved to a safe area.
“Who helped us?”
“…well.”
In their heads.
One question arose.
It appears suddenly and is not even visible.
A being who declared that he would help them with just his voice.
Although they were people whose identity I was very curious about.
There was nothing left to guess.
“Are they even human in the first place?”
“well. “I think it’s more likely that it’s another monster that has a hostile relationship with those guys.”
“That’s my opinion too.”
Their group was by no means weak.
The Awakened forces came prepared properly as they set out on a long journey.
Despite being the enemy that gave them such a hard time.
That unidentified something seems to have completely escaped the monsters’ detection.
He freely roamed the battlefield and cut off his head.
‘Who is it?’
Their leader.
Jo Beom-seok was also curious about his identity.
but.
The reason was a little different from others.
‘It was definitely a voice I heard somewhere…’
That voice.
Because I was very used to it.
‘It’s familiar, but… ‘It seemed a little different.’
What can I say?
I think the sound quality was a little worse… but
the identity of the voice was none other than Jo Beom-seok.
“General Joe.”
“…Oh, what’s going on?”
At the voices of group members calling him.
Beomseok Jo had no choice but to stop thinking about it.
“This guy looks like the monster that attacked us.”
“hmm. “Did you collect the bodies when you broke through?”
“yes. “It seems like this guy was the one that was cut by that unidentified being.”
A monster that attacked them.
Beomseok Jo looked at the corpse and said with a frown.
“You look familiar.”
“yes. This guy is called [Frost Monkey]. It is certainly a difficult monster, but…”
[Frost Hunter Panteron]
A monster often called a frost monkey by the awakened due to its appearance.
“It wasn’t a monster this strong.”
Although it is a monster that is quite strong and boasts great agility.
Throwing a spear made of ice like the monster that attacked them this time.
It was not a monster that had skills such as moving through the snow at incredible speeds.
‘What the hell… I don’t understand anything.’
So in the end.
Jo Beom-seok and his group were unable to resolve that question.
The destination they were originally heading for.
I was able to reach the central branch.
“…General!?”
Once they arrived in front of the barrier.
A man who acts like a leader of the central branch.
Yunseong welcomed them with his eyes wide open.
“Cluck. Why are you so surprised? “If anyone saw it, they would think we were wishing for death.”
“No, even if it’s just a joke, what are you saying…”
Jo Beom-seok said with a light smile.
Yunseong’s expression was stiff.
“You didn’t come even after the scheduled time. I wondered what had happened. I was thinking about sending an investigation team. But…”
“Heh heh. “I should have sent it sooner.”
Jo Beom-seok’s expression, which had been jokingly speaking, suddenly turned serious.
“On the way here… we were attacked by monsters.”
“…I’m sorry. The Southern Branch has been late for meetings several times in the past, so I thought it might be the same reason this time, but… I guess we should have acted a little faster.”
“Well, that’s okay. Because I somehow survived. The problem is….”
As if he was recalling the monsters that attacked him.
He closed his eyes for a moment and then opened his mouth.
“The thing is, those monsters weren’t ordinary.”
“yes? “What is that…?”
“It seemed like he had a close to perfect understanding of the route we had been using.”
“Yes?”
“I knew that monsters were smarter than I thought when they hunted, but this was my first time seeing something like this.”
Due to the harsh snowstorm, it is difficult to recognize the existing terrain.
In order to move to another area, it was basic to use only routes that had a certain level of safety.
“Maybe… they might be monsters that go beyond just being good at hunting and have information about us.”
however.
The enemy knows that kind of movement route.
“I came to this meeting to get food… but now the story has changed. “I need to tell each group that we will need to strengthen our guard and double the number of troops on the move.”
“Do you mean that much….”
“Hmm. Moving between groups will be more difficult than before… but it will be necessary.”
In those words.
Yunseong nodded with a heavy face.
“What the general says is definitely wrong… I understand.”
“hmm. “Thank you for understanding.”
“First, I will let people know that people from the southern branch have arrived.”
Yunseong said while looking at Jo Beomseok’s group.
“Originally, we would have created a place of harmony right away…”
“You’ll see, but I think we need some time to rest now.”
“yes. “The injured people will go here separately. The rest of us will rest for a day and we will work on group harmony tomorrow.”
“Thank you Maui.”
like that.
The humans of the southern branch succeeded in escaping from the monster siege after struggling for several days.
They were able to rest for the first time in a while.
and.
Getting my wounds treated by a healer at the central branch.
‘I’m glad I survived, but… there are a few things that are puzzling.’
Beomseok Jo thought.
‘The reason monsters attack humans is usually to use them as food.’
But…
the guys who attacked this time didn’t feel that way.
‘I heard that intelligent monsters, like humans, sometimes want to expand their territory.’
Did they attack them to take over their land?
Because they have 3% of the occupied territory by occupying ‘Uiwang City’?
‘If that’s the case, then what should we think about the fact that he was aware of our movement route…’
It’s just a monster with a good head.
You observed them for a long time and figured out all their movement routes?
‘Or…’
In that head.
A terrible imagination took hold.
‘Someone among the humans… told the monsters the movement path?’
I had a lot of questions about many things.
There wasn’t a single answer.
‘Who is the person who helped us… Huh. As expected, I don’t know much.’
Even if you try to plan something.
They knew very little now.
at last.
All he can do is.
‘Tomorrow…a meeting between each group.’
There.
I think it would be a good idea to talk about this matter in earnest.
* * *
And the next day.
at las.
The meeting between each branch, which had been postponed due to the southern branch’s absence, began.
‘As always, an ‘architect’ came from the east… Is the central one Mr. Yunseong? And the northern part… is Park Jung-gu.’
Mostly familiar faces.
however.
‘Who is that person?’
Jo Beom-seok is the only person I see there for the first time.
I looked at the sharp-faced man.