episode_0366

There were no monster attacks until the next day when I woke up after a good night’s sleep with Thalia.

Even the soldiers who seemed to be lacking in stamina seemed to have relieved their fatigue after a day of rest and their complexions looked good.

“It looks like everyone had a good rest yesterday. “I like the faces.”

“ha ha ha! Yes, I rested comfortably. “I don’t know how long it’s been since I’ve had such a good night’s sleep.”

“Maybe because I’ve been in a polluted area for a long time, this place feels like home.”

“I even had a dream last night.”

“It wasn’t a nightmare, right?”

“Haha, fortunately not. “My dream was to destroy the hatchery and return to the Empire to reunite with my family.”

“It will not be a dream, it will become reality.”

When your body is tired, you have no choice but to become irritable and irritable.

On the contrary, everyone was in a good mood after a good rest, so there was a friendly atmosphere throughout the meeting.

Yesterday, when I heard information that I had not yet heard from my scouting, the cheerful atmosphere sank into gloom.

“The atmosphere is so gloomy right now, isn’t it to be expected that the monsters already know of our existence? Why are you scared again?”

“you’re right. “Our soldiers are doing really well.”

“Let’s just think about destroying the hatchery and returning to the Empire.”

Haven’t the soldiers who looked like a ragtag bunch at first have now become quite elite soldiers?

Even those who were worried at first because the level of monsters had risen too high now had confidence in the soldiers’ skills.

There was a belief that no matter how difficult it was to destroy the hatchery, today’s soldiers could do it successfully.

“But it’s an unusually large object. Doesn’t it seem like there are some in certain areas? “We knew there was a boss monster, but this is the first time we found out that it exists in each area.”

The nobleman made a fuss, saying it was a great discovery.

“It seems that we will have to continue to deal with such unusual entities in order to purify the contaminated area in the future. “Isn’t that right?”

“Yes, it is a monster with power that no one can catch. “I am worried that the cleanup work will not be easy in the future.”

“omg! Now that I think about it, would the punitive force be able to handle those guys?”

“!!!”

Everyone’s eyes widen.

“Those guys… “A punitive force?”

No matter how hard I tried, there was no way I could handle it.

We are the ones who felt more clearly than anyone else that we had skills that were different from others by seeing the skills of our direct unit members up close.

“The abilities used by ordinary soldiers didn’t work.”

“There must be talented people there too.”

“Well, even if he is a talented person, wouldn’t he pale in comparison to that brilliant talent?”

Everyone nodded as if they agreed with that statement.

“You’ll find out what happened to the punitive force when we get back. “Now is the time to focus on destroying hatcheries.”

Thalia shifted as the conversation took another direction.

The content of the meeting afterward was the same as what was always said.

There was no change in plan.

Boss monsters are from direct troops, and regular monsters are from soldiers.

And I took out the Yul potion I had prepared for this occasion.

“This is an alchemist’s potion prepared to be used to destroy monster eggs.”

“If it’s an egg in a hatchery, shouldn’t you just set it on fire?”

“You seem to think of monster eggs as eggs, but you are wrong. Monster eggs are not destroyed that easily. The Awakened must use their abilities to destroy the egg. We cannot stand by and watch soldiers who are already tired from dealing with monsters waste their abilities. “That’s why I prepared this potion.”

“Oh~!”

“I should have prepared for that too, but it almost caused a big problem.”

Everyone’s reaction to the potion I prepared wasn’t bad.

“But are you going to destroy all the monster eggs?”

“If we don’t destroy it, what can we use it for?”

“Since we’ve come this far, wouldn’t it be a bad idea to take some monster eggs, hatch them, and use them for various experiments?”

“Monsters?”

“Isn’t studying dead monsters different from studying living monsters?”

“I guess so.”

It was something that no one had ever thought of, but their ears perked up as if they were intrigued.

“This is our first time going this deep, so didn’t we encounter a lot of monsters we didn’t know about? We need to do more research on monsters. And these monster eggs could be valuable materials for research.”

What this person said was not strange.

It is true that research on monsters is necessary, and it is also true that monster eggs are quite good research material in that respect.

‘Because monster research has become more and more active in game scenarios.’

I know that in the game, monsters were captured alive and taken away to be studied.

However, for some reason, it is said that the captured monsters did not survive long.

‘I’ve already captured and studied monsters in the past.’

However, despite the research, there were no research results that could be helpful to humanity.

Thanks to this, it faded away over time, and now peace continues and the situation has almost disappeared.

‘It’s not a bad idea to start research again. However, monster eggs are not a very good choice as a research subject.’

The monster egg will be a failed research.

Even if you take the egg, hatching it is difficult.

‘Hatching chicks in a place that isn’t even a contaminated area? There’s no way it’s possible.’

Even if you are lucky enough to be born, you will die before long.

At least those raised in polluted areas have a higher chance of survival, but since the environment has not yet been created to that level, it was obvious that even if we took the eggs, they would all end up as trash.

‘There’s no reason to put effort into something that’s just annoying and has obvious results.’

So there is no need to burden yourself by taking monster eggs while you are busy destroying them.

“It is said that a newborn baby recognizes the first person it sees as its mother. “Why not make the monsters on our side and let us fight them?”

“Oh oh! “It might be possible if we raise them from a young age.”

“There may come a day in the future when monsters can be adopted and raised like animals.”

Anyway, I’m crazy about money.

If that were possible, I would have done it first.

Catching monsters with monsters.

‘How good is it? ‘You don’t have to sacrifice someone’s life for no reason.’

But that doesn’t work.

That’s why you can click your tongue while looking at the happiness circuits that those people do.

“What on earth do you see as monsters? They cannot be trained like animals. “It’s nonsense.”

It may be that the training is done by monsters, but is this training done by humans, the objects of instinctual hatred?

Even if the training involves violence, the monster will never break its instincts.

“Are you thinking it won’t work?”

If I had been willing, it would have been easier to get Thalia’s consent.

Therefore, the people I was talking to felt disappointed and asked my opinion.

“It may be surprising if an awakened person who can control monsters appears, but it makes no sense to simply raise monsters from infancy and control them without such abilities.”

“Doesn’t that seem at all possible?”

“yes. “You’ve dealt with baby monsters on your way here, right?”

Even though his whole body is on fire and his body has not yet properly developed muscles, he is rushing towards us to kill us.

“Do you think that’s something that can be learned?”

“Umm… .”

The atmosphere quickly becomes gloomy, as if remembering the baby monsters running towards the soldiers.

“The murderous will to kill us is embedded in them as an instinct. Does a newborn baby follow humans like its mother? “That doesn’t make sense.”

Fortunately, my persuasion seemed to have worked, as the person who was talking with great excitement became depressed and nodded.

“After listening to the story, I understand that it makes no sense.”

“It would be nice if it were possible.”

After saying something comforting to the person who was feeling sad, I decided to return to the main topic.

“As you know, the start date for the destruction of the hatchery is tomorrow. “Everyone, please conserve your stamina and work hard to restore the soldiers’ stamina.”

Thalia took my words as if she had been waiting for them.

“The resistance of the monsters guarding the hatchery will not be easy. Our goal is not to kill monsters, but to destroy the hatchery. “Keep that in mind.”

There is no need to kill all the monsters.

Even if you kill them, monsters will continue to pour in from elsewhere.

“The unit that prevented the destruction of the hatchery must take all the potions Suhan brought.”

“yes!”

“Once the signal is given that the hatchery destruction is over, all units must be prepared to retreat. You must act quickly. “Make sure to emphasize to each unit member that they do not lose mobility.”

“yes!!”

If they are unlucky enough to fall out of line, the unit cannot move to rescue them.

This is because we could not throw away the lives of thousands of people just to save a few lives.

This had to be made clear to the soldiers so that they would never take rash action.

The day of the decisive battle was approaching.

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Toukwaang!!!

“Ugh!!!!! help me!!”

“Run, run…ugh! “Save me!”

Jeokjeok- Jeokjeok-!

The dismembered flesh and body of the awakened person fell to the floor as it was chewed by the monster’s teeth.

It’s a shocking sight just to look at, but wouldn’t it be scary to see a monster eating people right around the corner?

In order to survive, the awakened people stopped attacking and began to flee in all directions.

“no! Attack!! Don’t run away!! “Attack!!”

“How are you going to kill that thing? “You crazy bastards!!!”

“If we keep doing this, we’ll all die!!”

Just as Commander Thalia left with a large force to destroy the hatchery, the Awakened, formed by the royal family and nobles, left into the contaminated zone.

They had good momentum in the beginning and went about purifying the contaminated area as if there was no opponent they dared to confront.

However, their exciting spirit was dashed when they encountered a leader monster.

The problem was monsters that were several times the size of regular monsters.

“It’s too, too strong!!!”

“The attack doesn’t work!!”

The awakened people who had gathered to kill the monster were helplessly swept away.

It’s a big guy, so I thought I could catch it easily.

But no.

The results of being greedy were disastrous.