It’s the Apocalypse, but My Summons Do Everything - Chapter 113

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Chapter 113

#Episode 113

The man bound with an eerily excessive number of restraints was tied up so cruelly it was hard to look at.

Despite this, he seemed to have enough energy to speak as he muttered something while looking at me.

“So, how did you end up tied up like that?”

Looking roughly at the chains, I could see quite impressive divine power flowing through them – this wasn’t human work.

This meant humans hadn’t gone through the trouble of doing this.

Then it meant he was bound by gods with considerable power who were wary of him, but what kind of great criminal was he to be tied up like this?

Even with hundreds of chains piercing his body, he seemed to feel no pain.

“I swear on the heavens, I am innocent!”

“Then why are you in such a state?”

These restraints took quite a bit of effort.

For what reason had they bound him so cruelly?

In this obviously suspicious situation, I couldn’t find any reason to bother freeing the man.

The man must have felt my cold gaze as he lowered his head and began trembling.

“I merely gave you people magical power…”

The man answered in a crawling voice and stretched his body as if exhausted.

“Magical power?”

“Yes, magical power. You’re a bit different, but I’m the one who gave humans the magical power they use now.”

What’s that supposed to mean…?

“Wasn’t magical power originally flowing in the world?”

“Of course not. If it were, you people would have been able to sense and use it from the beginning.”

“Then you’re saying you put in a power that didn’t originally exist in the world?”

“That’s right. I used the power of the Divine Seat to create the ‘concept’ of magical power that didn’t exist in the world.”

I looked at his wounded soul.

Though it wavered with wounds, he wasn’t telling lies.

“Then… is your current state punishment for giving magical power to humans?”

“That’s right. You’re quite perceptive. Originally, magical power was a force only Monarchs could wield – a power that shouldn’t have been given to humans so carelessly.”

“And you just gave it away.”

“Yes.”

Still, the flame of his soul remained spotlessly clear.

This meant all his words were true.

Then from my perspective, he was certainly someone good for humanity, but that alone didn’t help me understand this situation.

“If you used a Divine Seat, that would be a legitimate right, so why would they punish you for it?”

“…”

“Hello?”

“…Well, I didn’t really have enough power to claim a Divine Seat.”

“…?”

My head became momentarily confused and I held my forehead.

“Don’t tell me you stole it?”

“…Ahem, well, it was the time of creation so there were many loopholes here and there.”

“No way, you’re crazy. You stole a Divine Seat?”

“No, well… this isn’t the first time… it’s the second time, so I thought you’d just accept it…”

“…? What is your name?”

With talk of creation and such, he seemed to be in the ranks of higher gods, so I asked for his name first.

“Me? Prometheus. The ‘theus’ sounds unlucky, so call me Mete.”

“Wh-what…? Prometheus?”

Isn’t that the god who stole fire and gave it to humans, then got punished?

And now he’s being punished again for giving magical power?

“More importantly, won’t you untie me soon? Even I have limits to how long I can block your Previous Overlord’s eyes…”

“Hm? Why did you block them?”

“Well, the Monarchs and gods made me like this, so there’s nothing good about you seeing it.”

“Earlier you seemed to know quite well how to call me, saying ‘Hey, Lord of Souls!’ and all.”

Prometheus broke out in cold sweat and lowered his head again.

“…I got caught stealing a bit of his liquor long ago.”

“Wow, I thought you were a real hero, but you’re just a crazy kleptomaniac.”

“I did properly give things to humans! If it weren’t for me, everyone except you Monarchs would be dead! Like in other worlds!!”

“Other… worlds?”

There’s too much information unraveling in my head.

I organized the information step by step and asked one by one.

“Then you also know well about the Gates and monsters appearing now?”

“Of course, what do you think I am?”

Since Senior hadn’t told me these stories, I sat in front of him with shining eyes.

“Then let’s make a deal like this.”

“What kind?”

“I’ll untie your restraints, so please answer the things I’m curious about.”

“I can’t answer everything. There are some things that would kill you just by hearing them.”

“You don’t have to answer those, but if you lie, I’ll cut off your fingers one by one.”

“…You say such things so casually.”

No matter if he’s Prometheus, right now he’s hardly worthy of being called a god.

Honestly, right now I’m almost at the level of a Monarch.

In terms of rank, he’d probably be around a lower-tier god?

I could subdue him easily enough now, but I didn’t particularly want to kill someone who had helped humans twice.

“Fine, I’ll do that.”

“Okay, then let’s make a contract sworn on our souls.”

“A… a contract might not be necessary, right? Between us, I mean.”

“….”

“….”

Our gazes clashed.

Naturally, I held absolute power in this situation.

“Every time you open your mouth, lies automatically come out.”

Just as I was getting up to leave, Prometheus’s desperate cry reached me.

“I’ll do it! I’ll do it! Any condition is fine, so please just let me out of here!”

I paused.

“Any condition is fine, you say?”

“…Actually, thinking about it, anything too inhumane might be a bit troublesome.”

“No take-backs.”

I immediately pulled out a contract written with all my power.

I wrote the contract on a black scroll with the tip of Desperado’s scythe.

Shortly after, a contract modified to my liking fell in front of Prometheus.

‘Senior, you’re watching, right?’

[Of course, the time that bastard can hide is only that much at most.]

‘This contract, there won’t be any problems with it, right?’

[I can handle the notarization, but you’re missing one thing.]

‘Huh? What is it?’

I lifted the contract again in front of the trembling Prometheus.

[Absolute obedience to the words of Lord of Souls Cha Hyeon-su. If violated, offer your soul to Lord Cha Hyeon-su. You must include this clause.]

‘I understand, but isn’t it a bit much to only wield the whip?’

[As long as you let him meet your companions, there won’t be any problems.]

‘Hmm? I don’t quite understand, but alright.’

Seeing how angry Senior was from the force in his words, I simply nodded obediently and placed the contract in front of Prometheus.

“Either sign it, or live here for the rest of your life. Your choice.”

I had deliberately written the contract in Korean, but Prometheus made a tearful expression as he read it, apparently already knowing the language.

“You’re really bringing shame to all gods…”

“Really? It’s not necessarily all bad, though?”

I did write in a few good clauses.

Things like meal provision and lodging provision.

What a privilege it would be to stay at our hotel.

Of course, in exchange I did include a few things like absolute obedience and education for training future hunters.

Since he gave magic to humans, he should teach them how to use it properly himself.

Prometheus thought for a moment, then added one clause to the contract.

Provide a sufficient amount of alcohol daily.

And I wrote one more line below that.

‘To be provided only after completing all assigned tasks.’

Prometheus made a tearful expression at the contract with no loopholes, but from what I heard from Senior, he was quite the playboy, so these kinds of shackles were necessary.

[That bastard has stolen over 200 items from the Lords. That damn bastard brought shame to all gods, there was almost a war between gods and Lords…]

The more I heard, the more I felt like I was hearing things I shouldn’t, so I smiled gently and planted Desperado in front of Prometheus.

“There are no more additional clauses.”

“….”

Prometheus’s pitiful gaze turned toward me.

His hair that had turned black upon becoming human, his pure white skin, and the blue eyes of one who had been a god possessed an inhuman beauty, but that wasn’t my concern.

“Stop looking at me disgustingly and sign it.”

“…Even if I wanted to, how can I do it in this state.”

Since his whole body was bound, I suppose there was no choice.

Just as I was about to free one arm to let him stamp his seal, Senior stopped me.

[Magic alone is sufficient for making a contract. Even that is a trap, so don’t be fooled.]

‘Huh? Really? This guy’s a complete con artist!’

I withdrew my scythe and glared at Prometheus.

Kneeling Prometheus stared at me blankly, then his cheeks trembled.

“By… by any chance, is Senior watching me?”

“Yes, he says he’ll tear you apart when you come to the Heavenly Realm. He’ll divide your limbs like cube pieces and stuff them in your mouth…”

“Aaaaah! Stop! Stop! I don’t want to hear it! That One is truly more than enough of a bastard!”

With a single scream, Prometheus’s seal was stamped on the contract.

I lightly bit my finger with my molars to draw blood and stamped it with my blood seal.

[This is a solemn contract made under my notarization as the Lord of Souls… It shall be the greatest promise to be kept for all eternity to come!]

With the solemn declaration, the contract destroyed the Black Space and flew up to the sky.

At the same time, all the chains that had bound Prometheus were completely destroyed.

“Ah… now my body feels a bit lighter.”

With a single gesture, he normalized his beggar-like appearance and put on a pure white suit.

“A suit?”

“I just copied something I liked from the human clothes I saw around.”

“Come to think of it, what was that ring-like thing from earlier?”

“It’s an artifact that automatically brings anyone capable of destroying these restraints here when they wear it. I personally scattered them all over the world just before I was bound.”

Prometheus grinned and smiled brightly.

Breaking out of the shattered space, we naturally found ourselves back inside the Shopping District.

Since no one seemed to find our sudden appearance strange, it seemed like perception reduction was in effect, making it seem like we had been here all along.

“Let’s go meet those colleagues of yours first, since I should introduce myself.”

“Let’s do that.”

Prometheus’s most important agenda was nurturing humans.

Hunter Baek Do-hyeon was too much of a genius, so he was terrible at teaching.

He would get angry saying ‘Why can’t you do this?’, earning him the reputation of being the worst as a teacher.

In contrast, Prometheus was the god who directly gave magic power to humans, so he seemed to have talent for teaching.

First, Hunter Baek Do-hyeon, who had been waiting outside the Shopping District, greeted us.

At the sight of the rough beauty with red hair, Prometheus immediately ran over like a dog.

“Pleased to meet you, mademoiselle.”

Prometheus naturally took Hunter Baek Do-hyeon’s hand and smiled more clearly than ever while gently brushing her hair.

“Even in chaos, children are bound to be born. How about a wonderful dinner with me tonight…”

“Hey. What’s with this guy?”

Hunter Baek Do-hyeon’s spirits pulled Prometheus away.

She clicked her tongue, then linked arms with me and stuck her tongue out at Prometheus with a “bleh-“.

“Don’t be too harsh, he’s going to be our colleague.”

“Ugh!?! Then I have to travel with that thing from now on!?”

“No, he’ll mainly serve as a magic instructor. Just call him Mete for now.”

Despite being instantly rejected, Prometheus smiled nonchalantly and waved his hand.

“I need to introduce him to the other colleagues too, so let’s head back.”

So when we returned to the room where our colleagues were.

“Aaaaah! Lies! Liiiies!”

“Life! Rever! Sal!”

“Ahhhhh, this is skill! Only skill overwhelms everything!”

“Pleased to meet you, mademoiselle with beautiful black hair. I am the one who taught miracles to humans…”

We witnessed complete chaos.

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