The Cook of a Perished World - Chapter 344
Episode 344 Negotiation (1)
“The entire expeditionary force advances!”
After completing all preparations.
The expeditionary force left the wall again and began its advance toward the source of the cold.
…Rattle.
“…Wizards, increase the output of the flame!”
As we got closer to the source, the temperature dropped rapidly.
They are awakened people who can survive in areas where most people would freeze to death.
Even for those awakened people, just standing still makes their whole body tremble.
While we were silently walking through the snowstorm.
someone said
“…It’s eerily quiet.”
Definitely true to what it says.
While before, there were at least a horde of wild monsters attacking.
Perhaps because the temperature has dropped drastically, the number of such monsters has also drastically decreased.
No sound is heard except the howling snowstorm.
‘Should I say it’s the night before the storm…’
Rather than that, yes.
‘I feel like I’m entering a wild beast’s nest… holding my breath waiting for my prey to approach.’
People were anxious and continued to move forward.
Meanwhile.
‘It will become visible little by little…
around the time the city starts to become visible.
An unusual event occurred.
“…uh?”
“Something is approaching!”
Those who sensed a presence approaching from afar quickly took a alert posture.
When the awakeners raise their weapons and the ranged awakeners aim their weapons at the enemy.
“Now wait a minute!”
“Do not shoot!”
“…?”
What I heard from the approaching figure was none other than that.
It was an ordinary human voice.
“Us, us. This is Park Sang-cheol and Jang Seok-ho! “Of the central branch!”
“Please don’t attack me!”
What appeared beyond the blizzard was.
They were two people wearing thick clothes and looking shabby, as if they had gone through all sorts of hardships.
“…Oh my god”
“It’s really Sang-cheol and Seok-ho.”
People who saw that reacted as if they were a little surprised.
Although it is my first time seeing this face.
It looks like he was a human who was part of that attack team.
“Oh my god. “Who is this!”
When I just realized that.
There was someone who moved before me.
“You guys are alive!”
“General Joe…!”
General Cho Beom-seok approached the two people with an emotional expression on his face.
Jo Beom-seok opens his mouth in a worried manner, touching the dirty faces of the two people as if they had gone through a lot of hard work.
“How did this happen? “What is this face?”
“Hehehe… General.”
“I heard you guys went missing… what happened?”
“The truth is… the raid team was attacked by enemies…”
“Hmm, I guess so. Looks like a lot happened… I get it. “It’s going to be cold, so don’t stay there. Come inside.”
Beomseok Jo welcomed the two people warmly.
With a worried look on his face, he led me inside the formation.
* * *
“It’s so warm….”
“It’s been a while since it’s been this warm. Hehehe.”
Let’s have them sit by the fire the wizards have lit inside the formation.
Two people shedding tears as if they were truly moved.
“First, warm up slowly… and tell me. What on earth happened? I thought the Association President’s attack force was completely destroyed. To be honest, I thought you were already dead.”
“Ugh….”
“The enemy… there were too many monsters.”
“How many?”
“To the extent that even the president of the association was unable to stop them all and was buried among the monsters…”
“Huh…!”
Beomseok Jo looks surprised with a sad expression.
“The enemy’s strength is that strong… Anyway, how did you survive? “For monsters of that magnitude, it wouldn’t have been easy to survive.”
“As the battle continued, when I thought I couldn’t win… I ran away.”
“You ran away?”
“Yes… even the president of the association has disappeared and the enemies are constantly coming, so I just want to survive.”
The two people said, lowering their heads in guilt.
“You can call me a traitor who abandoned my comrades and ran away. Because that’s true.”
“But I want to live so badly…”
“What a traitor! Don’t say things like that. Because I understand everything.”
Beomseok Jo said as he warmly hugged the two people.
“It’s been a really, really hard time.”
“Huh.”
“General…!”
Two people with expressions full of emotion.
and.
One of the two people looked around and said.
“But… General.”
“hmm? Something. If you have a favor, please tell me anything. “A person thought to be dead has come back alive, so what kind of favor can I not grant?”
“Well… should I say please? “I have a question.”
He looked a little nervous.
He said while looking around.
“Those people… why are they approaching us with weapons?”
“huh? iced coffee.”
As the saying goes.
Beomseok Jo is talking to the two people and they are talking in a touching atmosphere.
Suddenly.
Because there were people approaching with weapons nearby.
“I did something and it bothered me.”
“Yeah…”
“Don’t worry too much.”
Jo Beom-seok pats the two people on the shoulder with a friendly smile.
“That’s it… Sangcheol and Seokho. “It’s for the two of you.”
“….”
At those words.
Did you feel that something was unusual?
Sreuk.
Between the sleeves of the man who was shaking just moments ago.
Two short daggers stuck out and were held in both hands.
“It’s been a while, you two!”
“…Tsk!”
It’s already late.
While they were talking, two people approached here from far away in the formation.
Because Park Jung-gu and Heo Yun-chang swung their respective weapons at the two people!
“What is this! General Joe!”
“What did we do wrong…! “I was so happy that I finally met someone!”
The two people shouted as if they truly felt betrayed.
“Oh, I see. okay.”
Beomseok Jo picked his ear as if he had no interest in the story.
He said with a huff, blowing away earlobes.
“I understand, but first, let’s talk after removing the evil spirit from his body.”
“…!”
“He’s a traitor and all… There’s a guy who says things like that in someone else’s body. Wouldn’t it be for Sang-cheol and Seok-ho to get rid of him?”
Up until just before, the two people looked genuinely aggrieved.
The moment I heard those words.
“…Did you know?”
“The acting doesn’t suit a man who has lived his entire life as a military barbarian…”
Even the slightest vitality in his eyes disappeared.
The two people take a full-fledged fighting stance with emotionless expressions.
“I knew that the operation my brothers were involved in had failed, but I thought they wouldn’t have been discovered… but I was wrong.”
“My brother wouldn’t have opened his mouth easily. “If I had been subjected to severe torture, I would have abandoned my body and run away without hesitation… How did you find out?”
In those words.
Beomseok Jo answered with a sly smile.
“Well, just know that this side also has its own technology.”
“…He seems like a damn old man, so I guess the association had more power to keep it a secret.”
“On that topic, the subjugation of military units was resolved with the full power of the central branch? “This old man with no conscience…!”
Quang!
There was no time for the two to continue talking.
“Kahaha! Search!”
“You can’t kill him, you idiot! “Let me live, let me live!”
Park Jung-gu and Yoo Hyeon-chang.
Now that all of the central branch’s elites were gone, the two people who could be said to be the Association’s best warriors continued to attack.
“Ugh…”
The soul of that monster attached itself to the missing elites of the old central branch.
The two people who used the supernatural ability contained in that soul were quite powerful.
‘So, they must have been ordinary combat soldiers?’
No matter how elite they are.
Not at the guild executive level.
Kaang!
“Damn it…!”
No matter how powerful your ability is, you have awakened it.
It means nothing against two warriors who have been compared to those executives in the past!
The two people were blown away by the attack.
They slowly looked around.
“…I think it would be wrong to go back with this body.”
In addition to Jung-gu and Hyeonchang.
All the awakened people gathered around were surrounding the two people with their weapons drawn.
A situation where escape is impossible.
“Now that it’s like this…”
The two people made eye contact and shouted loudly.
“Invaders listen!”
Paang!
Is this also an ability imprinted in that soul?
A loud voice echoed through the entire expeditionary force, covering even the sound of the howling snowstorm.
“I commend you for coming all the way here. But this is all you are allowed to do!”
“This is land that is not allowed for you! purple!”
Let them shout and stretch out their hands.
Hwiiiiiii….
“…!?”
“The snowstorm… is going away?”
A snowstorm was swirling around, obscuring the surroundings.
It suddenly disappeared.
* * *
The extreme cold still remains.
My vision suddenly became clearer.
Thanks to that.
I began to see distant scenery that had not been visible until now.
What started to appear in the distance.
A once prosperous city of old humans.
and.
“What about that black curtain…?”
It covered the mountain behind the city.
A huge and grotesque veil of darkness.
‘A gate that size.’
and.
Filled the inside of that human city.
-Craa Ah …!
Countless.
It was a bunch of monsters.
“purple! “See our brothers gathered there!”
“…!”
“Do you think you can overcome those brothers? The difference in power is clear.”
The two seemed as if they were messengers of God.
He stiffened his head in an arrogant manner and opened his mouth.
“This is our last offer and mercy. Surrender.”
“….”
A huge number of monsters visible in the distance.
I could feel the spirit of the people who saw that shrinking slightly.
at that time.
“I hate you, you bastard.”
Before the team’s momentum is diminished any further.
The one who stepped forward was General Cho Beom-seok.
“General Cho. You still have a lot of confidence. “How… arrogant.”
The two people looked down at Jo Beom-seok and spoke with wry smiles.
“I heard that you have achieved the goal you have longed for. “Those tanks you see over there… aren’t they the result of your greed, which you wanted to gain even at the cost of sacrificing the troops of our central branch?”
“okay. Thanks to you, I am using it well.”
“Tsk… I don’t know how they solved the oil problem, but… it’s definitely a great power. I also understand that you deserve to be overly confident. But…”
They looked down at Jo Beom-seok with cold gaze.
“You don’t really believe they can subdue us with those scrap metals.”
“….”
“Surrender, General Cho.”
When Jo Beom-seok didn’t answer.
The two continued talking.
“As you said, we are not the original owners of this body. But… we share those memories.”
“The body’s original tendencies have a greater impact than you might think. Thanks to you… we even feel a little closeness to you. When you attacked us, I truly felt betrayed. And… this is a proposal for those of you who were once my colleagues.”
Jo Beom-seok answers those words with a chuckle.
“Is your offer for us to surrender?”
“exactly.”
“You’re talking too much bullshit. “Do you not know that you are coveting our bodies, you bastards?”
In those words.
The two frowned slightly.
“I don’t know what method they used, but…”
“It looks like my brother blew up all the nonsense.”
I guess this was a story I never wanted people to hear.
The two people sigh as if they are in pain.
“If you knew that much, the conversation might be simpler.”
“What do you mean?”
“The general was a soldier, so I think you know. “Surrender negotiations are something that takes place once you sit down at the table.”
The two said, crossing their arms arrogantly.
“If you show your intention to surrender, we are willing to make some concessions.”
“So you won’t try to steal our bodies?”
“For those who know that far, those conditions should be laid down as basics. “Aren’t the next conditions really important?”
“…Next conditions?”
“If you have any wishes, we will do our best to grant them as much as we can. Yeah…for example.”
As if it would delve into Jo Beom-seok’s heart.
Two people looking at him with keen eyes.
“Save your grandson’s life…”
“…!”
Jo Beom-seok’s confident expression from start to finish.
For the first time, a crack appeared.