The Cook of a Perished World - Chapter 354
Episode 354: Traitor (2) When
the battle begins and
the awakened people who were part of the attack party appear one after another.
‘I’m sure there will be that person too.’
Yunseong looked around.
And only after some time has passed.
I was able to notice one thing.
‘I can feel it.’
Not far from here.
That the person he was looking for was calling him.
‘The heart…’
The energy embedded in his heart.
That it is connected to a distant place.
He moved following the guidance of the energy.
For some reason, not even the monsters interfered with his path.
How much did it take to do that?
“It’s been a while. “Yoonseong.”
“…Yes, old man.”
A huge black curtain covering the mountain range.
The old man standing in front of him spoke to him.
“Just in case, I called you… Seeing as how you responded to that call, I guess you were prepared too.”
“yes.”
“Then don’t tell me too much.”
The old man nodded calmly.
He raised a sword so large that it did not fit his body.
“I’m sorry.”
like that.
A huge greatsword is swung.
“…!”
Yunseong clumsily tried to block the blow by swinging his sword.
It was impossible.
Kwasik!
The sword raised to block the attack broke with a single blow.
The old man’s great sword broke the sword and cut open Yunseong’s chest.
“Let me give you one piece of advice: don’t think that this is permanent death.”
The old man approaches Yunseong, who has fallen on the floor.
He said, reaching out for the body.
“I just… think of it as being reborn.”
“Cough…”
“Then you’ll feel a little better.”
That hand.
The very moment when I was about to touch Yunseong’s body.
“…hmm?”
Kaang!
The old man retrieves his hand.
He struck down the daggers that were flying towards him.
“What about you?”
In the direction from which the dagger flew.
“nice to see you.”
A young man with a sharp look.
He was approaching with leisurely steps.
“…President of the Association.”
* * *
‘…Heo, heo, heo…’
Yunseong fell down in the cold snow and put his hand to his chest.
Drooling…
I could feel the sticky blood circulating inside his body.
The liquid, which must have been warm, cools down rapidly due to the surrounding temperature.
Let the blood disappear.
I feel my vision becoming blurry and my mind becoming dizzy.
In that situation, Yun Seong-eun.
“You… you look like a face I’ve never seen before. Do you know me?”
“yes. “It’s my first time seeing you, but I’ve heard a lot about you.”
Having a conversation.
I looked at the two people.
“Hmm. Well, that could be it. But then, I have a question.”
“What are you curious about?”
“You said you heard a lot about me.”
The president of the association tilted his head and asked.
“And yet… you came here alone like this?”
“…haha.”
A tone of voice that makes it seem like he doesn’t understand why people come to him alone.
It wasn’t difficult to feel the confidence contained in those words.
Shin Youngjun just smiled lightly.
“Seeing how you look so relaxed, rather than embarrassed when you see me here… as expected. “It seems like you have already figured out that we have been controlled by them.”
“Well, that’s how it happened.”
“The brothers would not have opened their mouths easily. “How much did you hear?”
“To put it roughly, the raiding party was captured by monsters, and 80% of them are controlled by the monsters’ souls. And that rule works well for those with weak mental powers.”
“…I know everything there is to know.”
In those words.
The old man smiled with a helpless expression.
“So… how did everyone react?”
“What reaction?”
“I’m talking about how I ended up being dominated like this. “There must have been many people who were disappointed.”
“Oh, not really.”
“hmm?”
towards the old man.
Shin Young-jun said with a warm expression, as if telling him not to worry.
“Because no one expects someone like you to be in control. “Everyone in the expeditionary force believes that you have not fallen under the monster’s control.”
“…is it. “I actually feel sorry about that.”
The old man pointed to his body and said.
“I feel sorry for those who trusted me. Anyway, this is what happened.”
“….”
“Should I say…? Apart from his strength, the owner of this body was not that strong in spirit. Rather, those with strong mental strength were the first to fall when they were somehow holding on.”
The old man looked at Shin Young-jun and asked.
“How about you?”
“What do you mean?”
“You said you heard a lot of stories about me… but most likely, they were extremely exaggerated stories of heroism. So are you disappointed? “That the great president of the association finally succumbed to the monsters’ mental attacks?”
To that question.
Shin Youngjun shook his head and said.
“No, in that sense I wasn’t disappointed at all.”
“…I guess so, thank you.”
“Thank you?”
“You may not understand that a ghost attached to this body would say something like this. But no matter what, I am the owner of this body now. “There is a recognition that the memories of this body are my memories.”
“Ah, I heard that those ghosts are greatly influenced by the body.”
“To that extent, the reputation of this body has fallen… It is a little painful for me to be a disappointment to others. “I feel a little relieved that you didn’t disappoint me.”
“Ah… So that’s what you said?”
To the old man’s serious words.
Shin Youngjun turned back.
“If that’s what you mean, there’s no need to be grateful.”
“hmm?”
Walk calmly.
He knelt in front of Ha Yun-seong, who was watching him.
“Mr. Yunseong.”
“…Mr. Youngjun.”
“Why did you bother to come when you told me to leave it to you?”
Even as Ha Yun-seong’s mind was fading.
He gritted his teeth and said.
“I… thought I had to do it…”
“Ugh, what a foolish old man.”
The old man just watched him calmly.
“Well, at this rate, I won’t die.”
“…I’m sorry.”
“Why are you sorry there? See if you can keep an eye on it.”
After confirming that it was not a fatal wound.
Shin Youngjun stood up and said.
“Yeah whatever. “Roughly?”
“Then can we continue the conversation from before? “What does it mean to not have to be thankful?”
In those words.
The young man calmly put his hand on his waist.
I took out a knife that was hanging there.
“That’s not what I meant when I said I wouldn’t be disappointed.”
“…?”
Is it a small sword or a long dagger?
Or a knife that looks like it’s hard to tell if it’s a long kitchen knife.
“Young man, do you know why I respect you?”
“Well… Isn’t this something of a courtesy to the former president of the association?”
“you’re right. But there’s something you need to know.”
Those eyes.
Facing the old man.
“If I were to be a ghost, I would say it was a ghost. “He’s not someone who deserves to be treated with respect.”
“….”
“So… stop acting.”
at the same time.
The blade is extended towards the old man’s neck.
“Being mind controlled by a monster? “Is it because your mental power is weak compared to how strong you are?”
“….”
“Still, I think you know that what you did was dirty and dirty. “You’re trying to gloss over it like that.”
okay.
Because my mental strength was weak, I was dominated by monsters.
“Still… this isn’t right.”
This.
In the end, it’s just a story about being a victim of a monster.
“Isn’t it true that one must take responsibility for what he or she has done? huh?”
We can never blame him for his weak mentality.
Among the raiding parties cooperating with the enemy.
Those who were merely controlled by that spirit had no sin whatsoever.
“You traitorous bastard.”
Not controlled by the enemy…
except one.
“…hmm!”
An old man who looked as if he was swayed by a strange sense of guilt until just moments ago.
He said with a gentle smile.
“Yunseong’s mouth must have been covered well. “You managed to figure it out.”
Looking at that figure.
Yunseong’s wounded eyes slowly close.
Like a lantern.
Memories of the past began to appear in my mind.
* * *
“It’s really cold… but strangely, there’s nothing there.”
“Um… that’s right.”
A raid team dispatched to investigate the cause of that cold air.
They advanced southwest at great speed.
There was no expected threat.
rather.
“…Before we got closer, there were still a bunch of monsters, but the cold has gotten stronger around here, so there are no monsters…”
“Is this really the right place? If we go further, it looks like we will reach the border of Gyeonggi-do… the wall.”
The closer you get, the more you get.
Until the number of monsters that appear decreases.
“…Are you sure it’s not a big deal?”
perhaps.
The idea that targeting the cause of the cold might not be a big deal began to spread within the attack team.
Although it has great power.
Something like an item without any will is left in a lump.
In that case, all you have to do is destroy the item.
“Well, if you go further, you’ll find out. “I’m going to rest around here today.”
Although we advanced fairly quickly, it was not a distance that could be reached in a day or two.
They decided to make camp nearby and rest for the night.
‘I thought there might be a bunch of ridiculous enemies like that Demon Lord.’
and.
‘…Maybe it was a really trivial reason.’
Yunseong also has hope in those thoughts.
I lay down on the uncomfortable camp bed.
If the cause is minor, removal will not be difficult.
If only that would happen.
The unstable situation in Gyeonggi-do could also improve in an instant.
But….
‘Will that really happen?’
A strange feeling of anxiety blooming deep inside my mind every time I try to fall asleep.
Because of that anxiety.
Yunseong couldn’t fall asleep easily and tossed and turned in his sleeping bag.
-$!@!…–….
“…?”
Thanks to not being able to sleep like that.
There was a sound I heard.
Even though everyone was asleep except for the watch guard who was on guard.
A strange voice coming from a nearby place.
It’s such a small sound.
Even if you were an awakened person, it was a sound you couldn’t hear properly.
The sound was coming from quite close to Yunseong.
Yunseong’s ears, who had been unable to fall asleep at the time, focused on that sound despite his will.
-This power… how…!
‘…President of the Association?’
And only then did I notice something.
There is a tent in the direction from which this sound is coming.
That tent is their association hall.
This is a place that Hwang Bo-seok uses.
‘Who are you talking to?’
In it.
The president of the association looked as if he had gone through an uphill battle.
-Nonsense.
He was breathing heavily and talking to something.
-There is no way humanity can overcome something like this…!
I couldn’t even hear the other person’s voice.
The president of the association was so embarrassed.
He continued to talk to something without even noticing that there was someone listening to him.
-So, why are you showing me this…! Are you telling me to die of despair? Do you really want to see an old man who lived his life in such a miserable way?
It was only at that point that Yunseong realized that there was something strange about the conversation.
He held his breath and hid his presence as much as possible.
What Yunseong knew.
Just three things.
-Is this really true?
-You’re going to let me… sit there?
first.
The inaudible voice is said to have made a suggestion to the president of the association.
-Then…
the second.
-What can I do?
The president of the association.
I accepted the offer.
-…Yes, indeed. I was too excited to notice.
-You don’t have to rush too much.
third.
-Even if you don’t say that, I will get rid of it on my own.
“…!?”
towards yourself.
A tremendous amount of life began to pour out.
* * *
‘…Die!’
Instant intuition.
Yunseong quickly lifted his body from where he was lying down and rolled around on the floor.
It’s not that Yunseong’s skills were good.
An incredibly fast reaction that was only possible due to luck.
OK.
Damn…!
“…!”
Where Yunseong was lying.
A large knife mark was left.
‘You… attacked me? ‘The president of the association?’
Although it was a short moment.
It wasn’t difficult to figure out what was going on.
‘why?’
but.
I couldn’t figure out why it was like this.
He hurriedly opened his mouth and tried to scream, but…
“…a…?”
Even though I opened my mouth.
No proper sound came out of that throat.
The very moment I was about to say those words.
“Big…”
In that heart.
Because there was so much pain.
‘This.’
Let’s turn our attention to the floor.
The attack he had just dodged with all his might.
Around the floor that was hit by the attack…
a dark energy was creeping up.
‘The association president’s skills…’
Although he was not directly hit by the attack.
He was unable to avoid that dark energy from invading his body.
[Blade of Silence]
[It is a cursed blade that settles around the heart and oppresses the target.]
[The person who is the target of the curse will not be able to say anything that could be used against the caster.]
[The Blade of Silence is the heart. It has the ability to read the heartbeat of the target and understand the will of the target.]
[If the curse caster shows a will to spit out information that could be used against him or her to others. The blade goes straight towards the heart and attacks the target.]
[Instead, the target of the curse will be able to determine the location of the caster who is connected to the curse at any time.] The
person who is cursed will never say anything that could disturb the caster of their own will. A curse that makes it impossible to spit it out.
If used against a wizard-type enemy that requires chanting.
It was a very powerful skill that could seal the chant itself.
‘Was there… a purpose like this?’
grasp!
Realize that you can’t scream for help.
Yunseong quickly threw himself out of the tent.
Another tent nearby.
Or maybe he wanted to ask for help from the awakened people who were on watch.
‘…far.’
Of course, the physical distance is never far.
Although the tents were built with a certain distance between them, for the awakened people, the distance was like a nose away.
but.
In Yunseong’s eyes, the tents nearby… seemed so far away.
Of course.
Easy profit!
To escape while avoiding the association president’s attack.
Because it was an eternity away.
‘Ugh…!’
The second attack came less than a second after I left the tent.
Yunseong’s thigh gets a big cut.
It’s an insignificant wound that will heal quickly as long as it’s handled by a healer.
but.
It was also a huge wound that took away hope from those who tried to escape.
“Yunseong…”
That’s right….
“I’m sorry, I’m really sorry.”
Just two cuts in a short period of time.
The old man, who had succeeded in subduing a level 20 combat awakened person with just that, approached him at a leisurely pace.
“President of the Association…? “Why…”
“I think it would be difficult to give a detailed explanation. You probably won’t even believe it, but…”
The old man.
He calmly raises his sword.
“If you were in my situation, you would completely understand.”
“….”
“I’m sorry.”
like that.
Just when I thought I was going to die without making a move.
Kaang!
Blocking the weapon.
Two humans appeared.