It’s the Apocalypse, but My Summons Do Everything - Chapter 109

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Chapter 109

#Episode 109

Stars fill the entire universe.

I shuddered at the fact that each and every one of them was a Monarch occupying a Divine Seat.

How do I know this fact?

It should clearly be a sight I’m seeing for the first time, yet it’s a familiar scene.

“Ugh, my head…”

Some dizziness still remained.

The blatantly violent kidnapping left my mind reeling.

“Where on earth is this place…?”

For a moment I wondered if Senior had brought me here, but I couldn’t feel Senior’s power anywhere.

[Is it you.]

“Kghheuuk!?”

The moment I heard the voice, my body was crushed under an overwhelming pressure.

Something that could crush someone like me as easily as killing an ant was looking at me.

The weight felt from the gaze itself mercilessly pressed down on my body, but I desperately maintained my consciousness and answered.

“Who are… you…”

[You can… answer.]

He answered as if slightly surprised, and I desperately pulled myself together and replied.

“It’s… possible but huff… huff… could you please… release this…”

His very interest in me is heavy.

The weight pressing down on my shoulders made me feel like I’d collapse to my knees at any moment.

[Impossible. Because I have done nothing to you.]

“…!?”

So just by existing, there’s such an overwhelming difference in our levels?

For a moment I thought about raising my head to look, but that thought vanished completely.

That being is a high-level existence that even Senior’s main body occupying a Divine Seat might not be able to compare to.

If someone like me tried to capture it in my vision, there’s no telling what might happen.

“So… what’s the reason you called me to this place?”

[Hmm… perhaps I called you at too early a time.]

He gestured, and a black curtain appeared around me.

It was power at a level I couldn’t understand at all with my current self, but this freed my entire body.

[The reason I called you is simply because I wanted to see you up close.]

“Specifically me, a human?”

[Yes, specifically you who are merely human, yet have reached a realm that humans cannot touch.]

“Even if you say that, I don’t really understand…”

[Hmm… as expected, you haven’t realized it yet.]

The massive being that seemed to cover the entire universe said this, then silently looked at me.

I couldn’t see anything, but I could clearly feel his overwhelming presence.

“I don’t understand anything about realization or whatever, but can’t you explain it in a way I can understand?”

At my question, he pondered for a moment, then casually threw out a statement.

[Your true goal was never something like a Divine Seat.]

“Well, that’s true…”

If I could just create a world where humans can live ordinary lives, I could give up any Divine Seat.

[It’s not such a trivial wish.]

As if reading my mind, he denied my thoughts.

He looked at me and was about to say something more when he suddenly flinched and stopped speaking.

It was because something equally massive had appeared and was staring at him intently.

Two enormous presences felt beyond the black curtain were glaring at each other in confrontation.

Unfortunately, it wasn’t Senior.

[…Blinded by greatness, you’ve made a contract with something truly wicked.]

“You don’t mean me, do you?”

[I cannot say more than that, as he is watching me…]

Are they about to have an all-out war?

The hostility I could feel even from inside here painted my mind with profound terror.

Feeling like I might go insane at this rate, I bit my lips hard enough to draw blood.

[Any more than this would only be torment, so I shall send you back now.]

With those words, my consciousness began to fade again.

Just before my eyes closed, something that had been hiding slipped in and settled into my left eye.

* * *

“…Ah, this is calming.”

“You’re probably the only one in the entire universe who would say that while looking at me.”

The place where I newly opened my eyes was Senior’s Domain.

It seemed he had brought me here quite urgently, as the space was in terrible condition.

The half-destroyed space transformed into a paradise filled with black flowers with a single gesture from Senior.

“How’s your mind? You don’t feel like you’re going crazy?”

Senior seemed to roughly understand where I had been, continuously examining various parts of my body.

I was also unbearably curious, so I asked directly.

“Who exactly did I meet?”

At my question, Senior flinched and stared at me intently.

It was a calculating gaze, eyes weighing whether it would be okay to answer me or not, so I firmly grasped Senior’s arm.

“Just this once, I don’t care if it’s dangerous, so please tell me.”

Seeing my resolute will, Senior made a groaning sound, then slumped into a chair and drained his hot tea.

Hot steam leaked from his mouth as Senior exhaled a long-held breath.

After contemplating for a long while, Senior finally opened his mouth.

“The being you met is the Primordial Lord.”

“…Excuse me?”

The Primordial Lord?

“Does that mean… the first Monarch to claim the Divine Seat?”

“That’s right, he holds an absolute position among the Monarchs… even I, who currently occupy the Divine Seat, cannot treat him carelessly.”

“Then who was the Other Entity that appeared at the end?”

“Hmm? At the end?”

“Yes, the one who appeared at the end, who was confronting the Primordial Lord…”

At my question, Senior tilted his head as if asking what I was talking about.

“What are you talking about? There’s no one who can confront the Primordial Lord. Even if it were a supreme divine being.”

“Huh? But I definitely felt some enormous presence back then…?”

Was it my mistake?

Did my head see hallucinations because I was suffering so much I thought I’d go crazy?

Even at my puzzled gaze, Senior truly looked like he didn’t know.

So I couldn’t ask Senior anything more about that.

“Then, why did the Primordial Lord summon me?”

“Who knows, rather, because of that, all the Monarchs in the universe are now watching you closely.”

“Ugh… that’s troublesome.”

“Right, perhaps things like this incident might happen more frequently.”

“Outright invasion… I don’t like that.”

I’m confident in myself, but innocent citizens and Hunters would die.

“That’s exactly why you need to win the Lord’s War even more.”

“Sigh… come to think of it, since the preliminaries are over, it’ll start in earnest soon?”

“That’s right, you were unconscious for quite a while, so there are probably about 3 days left now.”

“What!? I was unconscious for that long??”

“Yes, you were unconscious for about a week and 3 days.”

When I asked in surprise, Senior nodded as if it were natural.

“It’s natural since you met him. In the first place, a human having a private audience with him is impossible. The density of time itself is different.”

“Even so, what the hell, being unconscious for a crazy 10 days…”

I don’t have time for this. Rather, I need to get up quickly and diligently prepare for the Lord’s War.

“Please send me back quickly, I have more than one or two things to prepare!”

“Hmm, what’s the rush? You’re the preliminary winner anyway?”

“…Huh? Then what’s different?”

“It’s different. While the preliminaries basically start from the 512th round, you start from the 64th round. There’s no reason to make a proven person compete with riffraff.”

“That’s fortunate to hear… wait? 512th round?”

Why are there so many?!

Didn’t the preliminaries eliminate quite a few?

Reading my expression, Senior chuckled and answered.

“There are some who didn’t bother participating in the preliminaries. Either cowards, or those powerful enough that they don’t need preliminary rewards.”

“Even so, 512 rounds… that’s ridiculously many.”

“It is, but on the other hand, it’s also one of the few entertainments for the Monarchs.”

Senior got up from his seat and rummaged through subspace to hand me a golden ticket.

“Since it’s come to this, how about you enjoy watching it too? It’s quite entertaining to watch.”

A golden ticket?

“Does having this make something different?”

“You can watch the Lord’s War from the best seat. It’s an enormous privilege.”

“If I can watch from the best seat, does that mean the seat with the best view?”

“Well, in many ways, yes. You’ll probably understand what I mean better if you go and see for yourself.”

Since there was no reason to refuse Senior’s offer, I received the ticket and carefully put it in my pocket.

“Then please send me back now.”

“…You’re going to leave this lonely old man behind after just taking what you need?”

“I’m your junior, not your grandson.”

“I thought of you like a son…!”

“My parents passed away… Oh.”

I was about to ask Senior about something that came to mind belatedly, but Senior raised his index finger and placed it on his lips.

“Let’s agree not to ask about family matters.”

“But these are my parents, not Senior’s parents?”

Despite my earnest gaze, Senior made a bitter expression and answered.

“Human affection is infinitely fragile before reincarnation. Your parents’ souls have already forgotten your existence.”

“…”

It was a heavy answer to hear so suddenly.

“Is there no way I could meet them?”

“You can meet them. It’s not particularly difficult. However, I wouldn’t recommend it.”

“…I want to see them.”

“I don’t recommend it.”

Senior shook his head as if he truly cared about me.

Usually when he refused this firmly, I would give up, but this time I wanted to be stubborn.

“Still, even if it’s the last time, I want to see them.”

“…Hmm.”

“Please, I’m begging you.”

At my earnestness, Senior finally let out a deep sigh and gestured.

A door appeared from somewhere and opened, and two souls walked out from the door.

Though they were in the form of white souls, they definitely had the appearance of my mother and father.

The two souls had empty eyes.

Like dolls.

I vaguely understood why Senior had said those words to me.

“…Mother, Father, I’m doing well.”

I approached the two and spoke to them.

There was no reaction at all.

It was like speaking to marble statues that had the appearance of my parents.

“Yeo-ul is also… doing well with me for now, and I’ve made lots of companions to live with.”

The two souls’ gazes turned toward me.

Still no change in their expressions.

“You know Our Home? They built a 5-star hotel there now. They say they’ll put up a statue of me soon too.”

The two souls listened to my words without any reaction.

I shed endless tears and poured out all the words I had been holding back.

About the adventures I had been on.

About the Monarchs and the world.

My goals and the new people I love.

I told them everything about the changed country and the difficult times.

“I’m… I’m living well…”

Tears poured out uncontrollably.

Regardless of how unsightly it looked, just having my deceased parents in front of me made tears flow like a waterfall.

“So please don’t worry about me…”

The knees that hadn’t knelt even before the Primordial Lord gave way.

I held the two souls’ hands and rubbed my cheek against them as I spoke.

“May you attain paradise…”

Just as I spoke that final wish and was about to slowly let go of their hands.

Suddenly-!

The two souls embraced me.

Still, there wasn’t the slightest change in their expressions.

But the two souls had definitely embraced me first.

Mother stroked my head while Father patted my shoulder.

It was the comfort they had given me whenever I was struggling in life.

“…Perhaps something greater than reincarnation might exist.”

Senior quietly raised his head toward the Sky.

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