The Cook of a Perished World - Chapter 372
Episode 372 Demon Lord (2)
“Inside…”
“There were tens of thousands of such powerful monsters?”
I briefly told them what happened inside the gate.
People’s expressions were astounded.
“It’s fortunate that most of them couldn’t move.”
“The 20 overlords and kings…”
An expression of tension and fear mixed together.
One of them
said while breaking into a cold sweat.
“Doesn’t that mean that each one is at least the same as the guy that showed up earlier?…”
“No, that guy called the king was probably much stronger than him.”
“….”
The beings inside that gate.
When the tension spreads due to wariness about those beings.
“I have a question for you.”
Heo Yun-chang looked at me and said.
“We heard what the giant said. It was amazing to hear a sound that seemed to resonate directly into my soul… but what was important was the content. “After hearing the story of the monsters inside the gate, I became more curious.”
He opened his mouth with an expression of complete disbelief.
“I heard that they massacred their greatest brothers and hid the king… That’s impossible.”
“Oh, that’s literally true.”
I nodded slightly and said.
“Everyone, please rest assured. “I think everyone was really nervous because there were 21, but it’s not that bad right now.”
“….”
“There are probably only 12 left in there now.”
Such light words.
People stare blankly at my face.
“If there are only 12 left, what about the remaining 9…?”
“I was lucky.”
“….”
“It would have been better if it had been a little faster… Phew. “If I had been a little late, I would have been in real trouble.”
“….”
While people were breaking into a cold sweat.
“Haha! After all, it’s Youngjun!”
Park Jung-gu managed to change his expression.
He said smiling happily.
“By the way, is this the beginning of a counterattack?”
“What do you mean, Jung-gu?”
“So, that’s right. “Isn’t Youngjun the monster that he eliminated nine of by himself?”
He shouted confidently.
“If we join forces there! “Can’t we somehow solve the remaining 12 as well?”
In Park Jung-gu’s words.
“Oh, I guess not.”
“huh?”
I opened my mouth resolutely.
‘…hmm. ‘It wouldn’t be good to show weakness in the current situation.’
still.
There is a need to tell you the reality.
“As I said, this time it was possible because we were really lucky.”
“Wasn’t that a humble remark?”
“no. Besides… I also overexerted myself in the process.”
With those words.
I raised my hand.
OK.
People who saw my hands had a hard look on their faces.
Shake…
my hands are cold.
Because I was trembling.
“If we fight again now, we will never win.”
and.
This wasn’t acting.
‘The side effects of [beer-bombing] are more serious than expected.’
Although this is the only way to draw strength from Gyeonggi-do right now.
The burden was too great.
The result of using Berserk over and over again, ignoring the aftereffects.
To the extent that the aftereffects still remain.
‘I probably won’t be able to fight at full strength for a while.’
No, not in the first place.
Blue grade monsters are naturally much stronger than me.
The reason I was able to defeat them was thanks to the seal.
Even if I could fight with all my might.
Even if I had more power, I wouldn’t have been able to stop those monsters.
“Then…”
“What should we do? “If we reorganize ourselves and fight again, will we be able to win then?”
People looked at me with eyes longing for hope.
I said, shaking my head.
“You can never win.”
“Such…”
At those words.
Beomseok Jo said with eyes filled with despair.
“You, who once said that nothing is impossible, would go so far as to say that…”
A subtle sense of despair spreads among the people.
Still, I can’t lie.
‘The remaining 12… we can never win with the current expeditionary force.’
No matter how much I try to make things that shouldn’t work happen, that’s true.
This doesn’t even come up with an estimate.
‘…That’s why I have no choice but to regret it.’
if.
If the Association President’s attack team had not been fooled by the enemy’s bluff and continued to focus on the attack.
He found 20 overlords who were sealed and unable to move.
The subjugation should have been easily successful.
‘There was no way Gyeonggi-do would end up like this.’
Although I believe that I arrived here at the best speed after crossing over to Gyeonggi-do.
Still, it was a little late.
…Still, whatever.
Bygones are bygones.
What’s important is what happens in the future.
“Isn’t it time to let them know? “Why did you ask me to come here?”
“Hmm.”
“If we had to defend, it would have been much more advantageous to order the defense from my southern branch. Nevertheless, isn’t there a reason why we were gathered in this northern branch?”
Definitely true to what it says.
The northern branch, which has less defensive facilities than the southern branch, cannot stop the enemy.
No, not in the first place.
The current strength of the association will not be able to overcome the approaching monsters, even if some defense equipment is added.
‘It’s the same even if my strength increases… or even if all the unconscious members of the old attack team wake up.’
In the first place, the difference in power was too big.
You will not be able to stop it even for a moment and will be pushed back.
If so….
there is one thing you need.
“Additional troops are needed.”
“…what?”
“Reinforcements.”
With 12 giants with blue magic.
An enormous army.
“I came here looking for that.”
Unless we can stop them with the power of the association.
Additional troops were needed to stop it.
“You mean reinforcements…”
“Most people in Gyeonggi-do are members of the association. Even if we say that they are unsubscribed, there are only a few groups of really serious criminals, so it won’t be of much help.”
The association is a unified force.
When we talk about reinforcements, is there anything that comes to mind?
People were just puzzled.
“I’ll just say it first.”
I’m scratching my head.
He looked at the faces of the gathered leaders and spoke.
“This might sound a little strange.”
“What do you mean?”
“perhaps. “I’m telling you this because you might not believe me and say it’s just crazy talk.”
In those words.
People smiled and said, as if asking what they were talking about.
“Do not worry. “Your skills are recognized by everyone here…”
“I know that it is actually thanks to you that we have been able to survive until now.”
“It’s just a slightly strange operation, but I can trust Youngjun to carry it out!”
People who speak with full of faith in me.
“Everyone…”
I couldn’t help but be a little moved by that appearance.
When I first came to Gyeonggi-do, I was a complete stranger.
I can’t believe you trust me that much now.
“You said that… Then I guess I don’t have to hide it anymore.”
Grinning.
“Our destination is not actually the Northern Branch.”
“huh?”
“If not here, then where?”
I also respond to their faith.
He said with a happy smile.
‘The meeting point is the northern branch, but…’
The destination.
It’s a little further north than there.
“We are going to the devil’s land!”
“…That’s crazy!!!”
Until the gaze that was full of faith was shattered.
It didn’t take a long time.
* * *
The tip of the northeast.
Near the place where the black wall wavered, there was a forest covered with white snow.
A world dominated by extreme cold.
Anticipating the cold, countless demonic beasts gathered near the black barrier.
A forest filled with countless monsters.
People called that place Magyeong.
Monsters gathered near the heat barrier.
However, the area around the wall was too narrow for countless monsters to gather.
So many monsters crowded into a small place.
Originally, their numbers could have been greatly reduced through competition among themselves, but…
surprisingly.
Magyeong had its own rules.
-There are too many other monsters nearby.
It is said that monsters born with magical powers are often ferocious.
Nevertheless, the most important thing is one’s own survival.
-Most of them are weaker monsters than me, but if I make a mistake… I could get injured.
The world of monsters is close to wild.
No matter how powerful the monster is.
Once you are injured, the smell of blood spreads to the surrounding area.
No matter how strong the monster is.
If you get injured in battle, you have no choice but to go down as a weak person.
Now that there are so many enemies everywhere, it is difficult to even find a shelter to heal your wounds.
Animals seeking survival had no choice but to fear injury.
-Hunt only hunt those that can be hunted with minimal certainty.
like that.
A demonic world filled with a huge number of monsters.
Surprisingly, not many battles took place there, and also…
– I do not approach the territory of those who are stronger than me, or even if I do, I act with as much caution as possible.
Depending on the power the demonic beasts have.
The area within the Demonic Sutra was also divided.
And in that demonic world.
‘We have to run away…!’
A monster with a ferocious appearance.
I was running around like crazy.
‘It was better when Black Claw was king…!’
A demonic realm divided into areas according to the power of the demonic beasts.
Even within that demon world, there were monsters with the strongest power.
A person who freely roams the demon world and monster land with his family.
[White Mane]
A powerful demonic beast that dominates the wide sky of the Demon World.
[Torn Wings]
A wise yet cruel monster that claims the large river that crosses the Demonic Land and the streams that flow from it as its own territory.
[Light Scales]
And finally.
There was a demonic beast that was powerful on the same level as those monsters, but was located in the deepest part of the demon world.
King of the dark forest.
[Black Claw]
A large forest where the demonic spirit is located.
The deepest place in the forest….
The entity that made the area near that ‘black barrier’ its territory was the Black Claw.
Black Claw and his group were the strongest and most ferocious monsters on earth.
The culprit that made it impossible for the monsters located near that area to sleep in peace.
Even though the forest beasts were trembling in fear.
The Black Claws have been hunting in their own territories to avoid the hungry times, but…
‘Those guys! It’s been hell since they came!’
recent.
The ecosystem of the demon world was changing significantly.
The reason was simple.
lately.
‘The black claws that were powerful demons… that’s what happened.’
Pushing away those black claws.
There were some who began to reign as the new rulers of the forest.
These people were so powerful and warlike.
They suddenly appeared at some point and gained strength in an instant.
Even the existing strongmen who soon dominated the Demon World.
They have become so powerful that they avoid fighting when they encounter them.
…If only that were all.
I guess I just thought that a new ruler had appeared in this forest and moved on.
There was another reason why the monsters of the Demonic World were afraid of their new ruler.
When caught by a black claw, it was just a matter of being hunted and eaten, and that was the end of it.
-I’d rather die than die, I don’t want to end up like that…!
The moment when you are hunted by the newly established force.
The price that came from that was…
because death was not the end.
That moment.
-It’s like that. That’s too harsh.
-…!
A monster running away.
A compatriot’s voice came from behind him.
-Well…it would be natural for inferior species to have inferior seeing eyes.
Saaagh….
-Your thoughts will change a little after you become brothers.
Red magic power flickers.
I hugged his back.