Chapter 400 – 400. Flowers Bloom Even at Graves (8)
– One –
Chuck, Chuck, Chuck, Chuck!
Jeob, jebuck, jebuck, jebuck!
The power of the soldiers’ footsteps goes tight.
“At las…!”
“This heinous thing is over…!”
The soldiers are agitated.
Also, they start to get excited.
But the commanders do not dissuade it.
It’s because they also felt the same way.
“Once the entire force bypasses the cliff, today is a rest day! Got it?”
At the call of the commander standing in the center of the unit,
Yes!
Thump, thump, thump, thump!
The soldiers stomp their feet vigorously and reply with a loud voice.
They were the 1st Infantry Regiment advancing eastward and bypassing the cliffs, made up of the lowest-ranking men and rank-and-file commanders.
Everyone knew implicitly that this was an outright discard, but they still harbored a glimmer of hope.
For it was certain that they would be rewarded with great rewards if they would only succeed in crossing this precipice and arranging a siege as their lord demanded.
Of course, it was also natural for Regal’s evaluation of them to be upgraded.
That’s why they risked life and death on this mission.
“Kuheugh…”
“Huh…”
Shiver.
Tick, drop, drop.
Jerk, jerk, jerk, jerk.
Soldiers and commanders march in tears.
It could have been from the sadness of those who were not recognized, or it could have been from the thrill of finally having an opportunity to be recognized.
“Until the end of my life!”
I will live for the sake of the Whisky family!
Regal’s favorites were those who were close to superhumans, or those who could be classified as extremely fast brains, so-called geniuses.
On the other hand, those bypassing the cliff now were close to ordinary people.
Since they were not born with overwhelming talent, their loyalty has never been reciprocated, even if they tried to die.
Even though it was a loyalty made because of brainwashing, their loyalty was extreme and, also, sincere.
That’s why they were always frustrated, struggled with an inferiority complex, and struggled to be recognized by Regal somehow.
However, the peace in the empire fundamentally deprived them of the opportunity to prove their existence, and their desperate efforts always returned with greater frustration.
“Either alive or dead!”
I will give all my allegiance to the Whiskai family!
Aaaaagh!
Soldiers and commanders sublimate those negative emotions into greater loyalty.
It was because the brainwashing Regal had given them had completely deprived them of the option of giving up and betraying them.
“We are not scum!”
“Aaaaagh!”
The soldiers vomit their anger.
Chuck and chug!
Beep buzz buzz buzz buzz!
Their steps quicken.
“We, we will make it aaaaa!”
“Your Majesty will live up to your expectations!”
Aaaaa!
Finally over the edge of the cliff, the lead turns north.
A cheer breaks out.
But,
“Uh, uh…”
“Shit…”
“…”
Their shouts slowly began to die down from the beginning.
During their march, they visually check the size and thickness of the cliff, which could not be known just by looking at the southern slope of the cliff.
Experience firsthand how ridiculously large it was built and how fast it was growing at a speed beyond common sense.
That was the decisive reason why their mouths were blocked, and it was the main factor that made their faces pale.
Jerk, jerk.
Jerk, jerk.
Chuck, Chuck, Chuck, Chuck.
The soldiers’ steps slow down.
Feeling uneasy, silence and fear spread from the front to the entire regiment.
“What, how thick…”
“It must be over a hundred meters…?”
The thickness of the cliff was about 120 m.
It was over 100 km long and 50 m high.
No other building in the world has attained this scale, not even the great Emperor Shi Huangdi.
It wasn’t even enslaved to build it.
It was achieved only with this ability, or with magic or witchcraft.
There were no construction workers in sight, and even the building materials were living trees, so there was no room for doubt.
So it returned to the soldiers with overwhelming wonder and great terror.
“This, this… Is this what humans did…?”
“My God… What on earth are we dealing with…?”
Thousands of soldiers are silent all at once.
It is highly contagious,
Beat, beat, beat, beat.
Sabak, Sabak, Sabak, Sabak.
Even the footsteps of the soldiers were quietly fading away.
Commanders and soldiers alike,
Swoop.
With his head down, he continues his march with intimidation.
Their shoulders shrink.
The confidence that dwells in their bodies evaporates in an instant.
“What can we do with just us…”
“If you want to deal with guys who do things like this, you’d have to be at the level of a division or corps…”
“Are we really throwing away…”
Soldiers smile self-deprecatingly.
Drooping shoulders, drooping heads, slow steps, bitter smiles and tears on their faces remind us of defeated soldiers returning powerlessly.
Still, the edge of the cliff existed,
Sabak, Sabak, Sabak.
“Ahhh…”
Haha…”
The soldier in the lead finally climbs over the cliff.
Then I stop for a moment and look around with blank eyes.
Wheein.
“…”
Except that a huge cliff is to their left, a scene of desolate plains and forests unfolds, not much different from the south side of the cliff.
There was no such thing as joy as I thought.
I was just convinced that their role was just a hand to be consumed and discarded while scouting.
A decisive role would have been played by those who planned the operation at the command center and who halted the growth of this cliff.
They were just insignificant chess pieces whose cliffs created the need to stretch left and right, and who had no choice but to achieve their goals simply by walking.
“Haaa…”
“Whoa…”
A sense of wonder sets in.
I wonder if I have devoted all my allegiance to this, and a misery that is hard to express in words comes over me.
No one urged from the rear,
“Let’s go.”
“That’s right…”
Sabak, Sabak, Sabak.
The leading soldiers begin to step back.
Their steps were slow, but far from leisurely.
It reminded me of a condemned prisoner being dragged to the place of execution.
When they haven’t even taken a few steps,
Sabak, Sabak, Sabak.
Took!
“Hmm…?”
As the foremost soldier steps forward, something catches on his boot and breaks it.
Swoop.
The soldier lowers his head and looks down.
It was a slender plant stem hanging horizontally from the shank.
Rumble.
In an instant, the soldier’s back was stained with cold sweat.
Plants usually grow upwards.
Even if they bend their heads to follow the sun, growing toward the top where the sun is is like an instinct inscribed in plants.
Even if you don’t know the word phototropism, it’s common sense.
Therefore, the plant stems that grew horizontally in this way had no choice but to look very unnatural to the soldier’s eyes.
“Stop!”
“Stop, stop!”
“Stop!”
Chuck, Chuck!
At the soldier’s cry, the soldiers who followed stopped all at once.
Thousands of soldiers,
Chaeng, Chaeng!
Chwwwww!
Sureureung!
He draws his weapon and guards all sides.
Tat tat tat!
A man who appears to be a platoon leader runs towards him.
“What’s going on?”
“I found something suspicious! It looks like a trap!”
The soldier reports his findings to the platoon leader.
The platoon commander nodded his head with a stiff face.
The moment I was about to run to report directly to the regiment commander,
Kurrrr.
Rumble.
“Ugh, whoops?!”
“Uh, uh uh?”
A sudden earthquake begins.
Soldiers stumble or struggle.
Fluff, flop!
Quadang!
Those who fall come one after another.
Everyone trembles with anxiety.
“Floor! Floor, kuck, the floor vibrates! Everyone, avoid the vibration, ugh, spread out!”
The regimental commander urgently issues an order.
But even he seemed to have a hard time controlling his body.
The earthquake was so strong.
Tup, Tup, Tup!
Cheeky!
“Oops!”
Soldiers crawl to the ground as they try to escape.
Degurur!
“Aaaaa!”
Most of the soldiers roll on the floor.
Chaeng, Chaeng-Grang!
Crack!
They miss their weapons.
There is no time to pick it up again.
It was because the vibration was getting stronger.
And the weapon they missed,
Quadang, bang!
Woowook!
Poojjik!
“Keah, kuhuheouk…”
“Kkeiik…!”
It burrows into the bodies of soldiers rolling on the floor.
Simply by an earthquake, the soldiers die too easily.
“Run, run!”
The regiment commander orders them to run until their throats are broken.
However, he also fell down and could not get up, so the orders he gave to the soldiers did not have any persuasive power or authority.
“Get up quickly and run away.”
The moment he urged the soldiers again, building blood,
Rumble!
Woojik, Woojijijik!
“Sigh…!”
“Aaaaagh!”
With an ominous crushing sound, the vibration intensified.
The survivors tried to escape by crawling, but
Clumsy!
Wooooo!
With a huge explosion, the floor explodes.
Pooh!
Shaaaaa!
Whoa!
Fallen leaves scatter and dust rises, blocking the soldiers’ view.
All the dust scatters in such a way that I can’t even open my eyes.
“Quaaaaagh!”
“Kkeuk…!”
“Save me!”
Huge vibrations and obscured vision, continuous explosions and screams of allies, all of this drove the soldiers into a state of panic.
At that time,
Kurrrr.
“Uh, uh…?”
“Is it over…?”
Vibration suddenly subsides
The dumbfounded soldiers,
Tup, stub.
“Sah, are you alive?!”
“Damn it…! I can’t open my eyes because of the dust…!”
He gropes on the floor and takes care of his comrades.
As if they thought everything was over, there was a lot of relief in their voices.
However, the soldiers were ignorant of the person who designed and set up the trap, the Monohorn.
If they had known his disposition and his tendencies beforehand, they should have reminded themselves that they must get out of there, before taking care of their comrades or groping around.
Ignorance brought their complacency, and complacency brought catastrophe, his best friend.
Whoa!
DUeeeee!
As if a spring had been applied, the floor they had been rolling on stood up as if it were bouncing to one side.
Like a clam closing its mouth, the bottom begins to fold at high speed towards the section at the eastern end of the cliff.
Whii profit!
Shuuuuu!
“Turn it off…!”
“…!”
Soldiers fly into the air.
The soldiers on the cliff and far away soared high into the sky.
Feeling weightless, they struggled desperately with their whole bodies in the air.
Because of the force so powerful that they flew high into the sky against gravity, they couldn’t even make a proper sound.
“Kuaaaaa…!”
“Woo -wook, big, uh!”
Chaeng, Chaeng-Grang!
Whoa!
Degururrrr!
Quadang!
The situation of the soldiers who were relatively close to the cliff was slightly better than them.
Because it was not strong enough to fly into the sky, it was at least able to let out a scream.
However, there was no significant difference from the situation of the soldiers running through the sky in that they were helplessly swept away by a huge violent act of the level of natural disaster without being able to control their bodies or escape from there.
Aaaaagh!
It was only slow to see from a distance, but the speed at which the floor rose and closed toward the cliff was unimaginably fast.
That is why the soldiers who fell between the two approaching sides could not even escape,
“Khehehe,”
“Keuhuk, kuhuhuhh!”
“Kureup…!”
I’m going to have a good time!
Deude Deuk!
Perpuck!
Chwack, chuaaaaagh!
It was being squeezed between the cliff and the bottom.
Tutuk!
Rumble!
“Kreukreuk…!”
The soldiers’ eyeballs pop out.
Deude Deuk!
Woodeuk, fast deuk!
“Ugh…”
The soldiers are held together between the floor and the wall, and every bone in their bodies, from head to toe, is finely chopped.
Aaaaagh!
Push shush shoot!
“Ahhhhh…!”
“Kureouk…!”
Blood spurts.
Red vomit flows.
Squeeze
Splat, squeak!
Quarrrr!
A mixture of gooey mass and liquid, something turbid and filthy protrudes from every orifice in the soldiers’ bodies.
The brain fluid bursting out of the skull mixes with it.
The bodily fluids of the soldiers are squeezed out.
Since the two sides did not have feelings, they were relentless even in the face of the soldiers’ pain and moaning.
Rumble!
Ripple ripple.
The life of the soldiers drains from their bodies.
Sink to the floor
It seemed obvious that no one, other than a mollusk, would survive there.
“Hee, hee, hee, hee hee…”
“Kreak…”
Dying
Kwajijik!
Scolding.
Burst out
Woo woo woo!
Scolded.
The cliff and the floor are completely interlocked.
Ripple ripple.
A valley of blood arises.
The soldiers who ran through the sky while they died,
Kwa-kwa-kwa-kwak!
Cheolppuk, Cheopppuduk!
Deude Deuk!
One by one, they begin to reunite with the ground.
They passionately express their yearning and joy for each other, closely adhering to the ground and their bodies becoming one.
It was just too violent.
“Quaaaaa!”
“…!”
As they reached terminal velocity just before the crash, they could make a sound.
Of course, it was a commemorative speech to celebrate the reunion with the ground, and a will left by a person who died because he was happy.
Everywhere in the desolate fields of early winter,
“Quaaaaa!”
“Save me,”
Pupper puck!
Come on!
Red flowers bloom.
The petals that welcome the reunion of the ground and the soldiers are beautifully embroidered wherever they land.
Those who sometimes fall headfirst,
Deude Deuk!
Smack!
It also produces grayish-white protein flowers.
Thump, thump thump!
Chulppuduk, pupuk!
Like wet leaves, they cling to the ground.
He forms a flower tree with his whole body.
Their limbs become branches of flowers, and the pouring blood forms the image of blooming flowers.
That would be the ultimate means of expressing the joy of reunion.
This is because it was a performance that could only be done once, for the first and last time in one’s life, by giving one’s whole body, even one’s life, by throwing out everything an individual could give to express that joy.
Whoa!
Smack!
“Grrruk…”
From the first reunion to the last reunion, the land waits for all the heat.
The fact that the land is always generous, anyone who has watched it will not be able to deny it.
Wheein.
Squeak.
The dust is lifted.
The heat from the ultimate reunion gradually cools down.
The earth also deserved to be called the mother of all things.
Rumble.
Squeak, squeak.
It was because I was embracing all of them with my own body, including freshly made fresh organic squeezed human juice and flower pots shaped like human flowers.
The earth swallows all the monstrosities that some might say are disgusting, without complaint.
And until they completely turn into white bones and turn into dust, I will embrace and caress them in a cozy way.
As it has always been since life arose on this earth.
