It’s the Apocalypse, but My Summons Do Everything - Chapter 14

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Episode 14

#Episode 14

“How far are they going to follow us!?”

“I don’t know either!”

“Wasn’t it supposed to be safe if we went in there!?”

“They must have been watching you from the beginning!”

Sweeping away the people chasing us now would be easy.

But then Kim Yeo-ul and I would end up massacring innocent civilians deceived by the monster.

Anyone with a normal mind shouldn’t do such a thing.

“Oppa, should I just kill them all?”

…Anyone with a ‘normal mind’ shouldn’t do such a thing.

“Let’s just go up to the rooftop!”

“Where!?”

“Anywhere that’s highest! They’re just ordinary people anyway!”

“Got it!”

Kim Yeo-ul picked up Iram and leaped onto the church roof in one bound.

Since it was only about three stories high, Park Min-jae and I could climb up without much difficulty too.

Since it was a rooftop without even a ladder, those who had been following us couldn’t do anything more and just circled around the church.

“Phew… I’m completely exhausted.”

“How can a B-rank Hunter say such weak things?”

“Then what rank are you guys to be so energetic!”

“…Good point.”

Below our feet are civilians who have lost their reason.

The Memory Devourer that actually created this situation is nowhere to be seen.

Are they really alive?

They’re chasing us like zombies.

Just in case, I activated ‘Rise’ and scanned the people.

Naturally, since they weren’t dead, resurrection was impossible.

They really are all living people.

Since massacring civilians was unthinkable, I turned my head away with regret, but then something that shouldn’t be in my sight appeared.

“…Huh?”

“What? Why? Did you find something?”

“No, it’s not that…”

My mind started spinning rapidly.

The fragments of information I had gathered from yesterday to today began coming together.

‘…Ha.’

I’ve been played from the beginning.

“Excuse me, mister.”

“What?”

“All those people down there are alive, right?”

“Of course, if those people died, where would I get memories from?”

“Is that so?”

Just to be sure, I scanned the ground once more with the Soul Lord’s eyes.

Then I turned my gaze back to Park Min-jae.

“But why are you dead?”

“What-!?”

“Where do you think you’re going.”

In case he might cause trouble, I tripped Park Min-jae and knocked him down.

Then I pressed down firmly on the back of his head.

“Keh…! Cough cough! Wh-what are you doing!”

The panicked Park Min-jae screamed loudly, but I trampled his head even harder.

“Hyun-soo?!”

“Oppa, should I kill the old man?”

“Yeo-ul, hold ‘this thing’ tight.”

I’m no longer dealing with a human.

Kim Yeo-ul followed my command and completely subdued Park Min-jae.

I glared at Park Min-jae from the front again and asked.

“You bastard, why is a monster using a dead person’s body to play around?”

“…!”

The reason I was certain beyond expectation was simple.

The system can’t lie.

“H… how did you know?”

Park Min-jae looked at me with a panicked face.

“You don’t lose memories if you don’t sleep at night? What kind of ridiculous bullshit is that?”

Does he think he’s the only one who stayed up all night in this vast Sejong City?

Just today, I saw several graduate students on the streets who had pulled all-nighters until morning.

But they also had no memory of yesterday just the same.

And earlier he said he took out a loan to buy the inn, but there’s no proper bank in Sejong City.

They somehow managed to put together the appearance of a bank building, but they couldn’t have implemented the complex banking systems.

And I didn’t see any third-tier financial institutions either.

Moreover, how could someone borrow money when they have no memory of yesterday?

The reason I’d kept my mouth shut until now was to quietly organize my thoughts.

Most importantly, seeing that he was the last target for the skill ‘Rise Up’ confirmed my suspicions.

“It’s you, isn’t it? Memory Devourer.”

The strength slowly drained from Park Min-jae’s expression as he began making bizarre laughing sounds.

“Your memories are quite tempting.”

“Go ahead, take them if you can.”

“Kehehehe… Kahahaha!”

After the mad laughter echoed, Park Min-jae’s body suddenly went limp as if the connection had been severed.

At the same time, the fog that had been widely distributed around the outskirts of Sejong City began to gather.

Rough winds started blowing, and the massive fog began to clump together.

The mist bound together to form a complex and bizarre shape.

Something that looked like muscle or flesh eagerly intertwined with itself, and after a moment, it took the form of a giant human brain.

“That’s disgustingly hideous.”

“Ugh… gross.”

The giant brain slowly descended before my eyes and began speaking in human language.

“Mighty hunter, though your memories are tempting, this is my sanctuary. If you quietly leave this place now, I won’t hold you accountable any further.”

“…Well, look what it’s saying.”

Why do these damn monster bastards always act like they’re in charge and tell people to leave when they have something to hide?

“Why should I?”

At my cold response, the Memory Devourer’s brain turned red.

“I merely take human memories as fair compensation, and I care for them humanely.”

“So?”

“In these troubled times, by what authority do you intend to destroy this ray of light-like peace?”

The Memory Devourer mocked me.

There was underlying contempt, as if asking what a mere human could do, as if I thought I was some kind of judge.

But such logic only applies to humans.

“How is a machine-like life of living the same daily routine while having your memories devoured every single day any different from the life of livestock?”

“…”

“This village is merely the optimal form for collecting ‘memories’ to your taste, not something you seriously built for human peace, is it?”

For example, that’s it.

Don’t spout nonsense while pretending to care for humans when you’re just a monster steeped in elitist ideology.

“Is living an idiot’s life while losing memories every single day really the life these people want?”

“…”

“Where exactly are the fools who would want a life where their memories could be murdered by a monster’s hand at any time?”

“Do you truly intend to see blood?”

Kim Yeo-ul, having finished her battle preparations, was quietly waiting for orders behind me.

“Take it out?”

“Yeah.”

Demon Devouring Technique.

Kim Yeo-ul, now buffed, kicked off from the church rooftop and flew forward.

Just as her fist, imbued with the solemn power of the Flame Emperor and King of Fists, was about to burst the brain.

A yellow beam shot from the Memory Devourer engulfed Kim Yeo-ul.

“Mighty female warrior… I’ll devour your memories first!”

The attack launched at Kim Yeo-ul had no effect whatsoever and crumbled away.

“What…!?”

The Memory Devourer was startled by the easily nullified mental attack and hastily dodged.

Being a flying entity, it barely managed to avoid Kim Yeo-ul’s attack.

Unfortunately, since Kim Yeo-ul didn’t have the ability to fly, her attack couldn’t connect.

“My attack doesn’t work… what are you!”

It attacked Kim Yeo-ul but was asking me for the reason.

It probably noticed that Kim Yeo-ul was a summon.

Even so, there was no reason for me to tell it.

Without answering, I picked up a stone that was lying nearby.

When I activated Flame Emperor, flames transferred to the stone.

Now I too possessed abilities approaching level 30.

“Just die!”

I put all my strength into my arm and threw the flaming stone.

The creature was startled by the stone flying in a straight line and urgently evaded.

Kim Yeo-ul didn’t miss this opportunity and swung her fist to land a punch on the fleeing Memory Devourer.

‘It can’t dodge this…!’

I clenched my fist momentarily at the well-timed attack.

“…Tch!”

Along with the Memory Devourer’s displeased sound, something like a red orb emerged from its body.

Kim Yeo-ul’s fist struck the orb.

Paaang-!

With a sound like a balloon popping, one of the people below the church collapsed.

Since I had been watching in case those people might attack again, I could tell immediately.

“…Yeo-ul, wait, stop!”

“Ugh…!”

Kim Yeo-ul, who was about to throw another punch, frowned and landed beside me.

The Memory Devourer seemed pleased with my troubled expression, letting out a vile laugh.

“Quite perceptive, aren’t you.”

“Don’t tell me they’re dead?”

“Not dead, but they’ve lost all their memories up to now, so they’re no different from a newborn.”

“…”

Dementia… no, much worse than that.

At a newborn level, they’re no different from mindless creatures.

Essentially, one human’s life has come to an end.

“Are you starting to understand now? What it means to possess the memories of every human in this city?”

“…”

It was the same as being able to turn everyone in Sejong City into that state if it wanted to.

This wasn’t even an ordinary city, and turning people into idiots on the Korean Peninsula was no different from death.

“…What do you want.”

“How quick-witted.”

As if it had been targeting something from the beginning, the Memory Devourer leisurely approached me.

Preparing for any possibility, it had over thirty orbs floating around.

“Give me your memories, and I’ll spare those innocent humans.”

“…”

I am not a hero.

I have no intention of becoming one either.

But that doesn’t mean I’m cold enough to give up with so many people’s lives right before my eyes.

“If you take my memories… you’ll release those people’s memories?”

“Of course.”

…It’s lying.

Making a promise with a demon is absurd to begin with.

But right now, I’m not the one with absolute power. It is.

To think so many people’s lives are in the hands of a demon.

“…Instead of giving you my memories, release the people first.”

“What reason do I have to trust you? Don’t you know who’s in the position of power here?”

Is it really right to give this thing my memories?

My memories would also be held hostage by it, and I could become an idiot at any time.

Kim Yeo-ul and Seo Iram were also looking at me with anxious eyes.

It’s a demand I don’t need to comply with.

There’s no reason to release all these people just for eating one person’s memories.

Since it needs to grow its body, it would gather memories even more viciously.

But why is it?

Before being human Cha Hyeon-su, I felt like there would be no problem as a Soul Lord.

It’s not without basis either.

I have a track record of showing overwhelming authority even against a Lich.

To think I’d gamble my life to save this many people.

Even I thought I seemed like someone who’d lost their mind, but this is the Korean Peninsula.

It’s a living hell where you can’t survive without going crazy.

So I decided to bet my life.

Trusting in the Soul Lord.

“…Fine, take my memories.”

Kehehehe… Yes, I shall certainly keep my promise.”

A tentacle extending from the Memory Devourer attached to Cha Hyeon-su’s forehead.

A blue light began to enter the sticky and unpleasant tentacle.

* * *

‘Foolish creature…’

Vile malice was transmitted through the tentacle.

It had seen countless humans, but this was the first one this strong.

The memories of a strong human possessed an indescribable ecstasy.

And this human was stronger than any human the Memory Devourer had ever seen. Just as the memory passage gradually opened and the human’s memories were about to flow in.

“…Huh?”

When it came to its senses, it found itself inside a pitch-black space.

‘Teleportation? No, I didn’t detect any mana usage, so what the hell is this…?’

In the dark, gloomy space, a clanking sound scraped against his ears.

The sound of something wearing heavy armor moving.

Just hearing it was enough to bring overwhelming terror.

“What… what is this! This isn’t what we agreed on!”

It was a scream born from trying to overcome fear, but what returned was a chilling aura of death.

Something that emanated death just by appearing had descended.

[Does a lowly insect of the mortal realm dare speak of promises to me, who commands the mandate of life and death?]

The voice echoing in the black space wasn’t simply a ‘sound’ but rather like chilling death reverberating inside his head.

The terror of death overwhelmed him as madness began rising to the point his brain felt like it would split.

Something with blue flames pierced through the darkness and revealed itself.

An overwhelmingly massive figure that made the Memory Devourer, already several meters in size, look like a grain of millet was looking down at him.

There was no emotion in the process.

It was a contemptuous gaze that regarded him as less than how humans look at ants.

[Foolish insect who knows not heavenly authority, I shall strip you of the joy of life and death.]

Then it pressed down on the Memory Devourer with its finger.

An execution without even a trace of emotion.

In that entire process, there was nothing a foolish earthly insect could do.

The Memory Devourer’s repulsive body disappeared without leaving a single trace.

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