It’s the Apocalypse, but My Summons Do Everything - Chapter 16

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Episode 16

#Episode 16

On the road back to Cheonan, Doctors Without Borders, or the National Assembly for short, was following us.

Since we hadn’t exactly invited them to come along, I rolled down the window and asked.

“Why are you following us?”

“When people are going to their deaths, shouldn’t we at least collect the bodies?”

“For someone saying that, you don’t look like you think we’re going to die at all.”

“Did it seem that way?”

Lee Hyeon-cheol chuckled, then looked back and forth between Kim Yeo-ul and me in the passenger seat before shrugging his shoulders.

“Shouldn’t we at least earn back the cost of the chocolate bars?”

“…Do as you please.”

Actually, earlier when we found out those people were from the National Assembly, Kim Yeo-ul had released her power control.

The openly flowing aura of an S-rank Hunter wasn’t something you could pretend not to notice even if you wanted to.

They must be following because they think there’s some kind of method.

Actually, even if there is some method, running away from a wave is still the best option, but still, they’re following us.

They’re grateful people.

As I chuckled for no reason, Kim Yeo-ul, who had been yawning lazily beside me, asked.

“So, do you have a method?”

“Yeah, I got a new skill this time and I have you too.”

“Well, I’m always on the front lines.”

To Kim Yeo-ul stretching lazily, I added with a grin.

“And most importantly, there’s something good in the car trunk.”

“Huh? What is it? I didn’t see anything.”

“I’ll tell you later.”

And so we raced toward Cheonan at full speed.

* * *

When we arrived near Cheonan, we gradually began to see Heon Rebits one by one.

Fortunately, since Heon Rebits were low-grade monsters with the characteristic of clustering together for survival, they weren’t spread out as widely as we had thought.

As we advanced while dealing with the visible Heon Rebits, Cheonan gradually came into view.

“…Whoa.”

“Wow! Oppa, there are tons of rabbits!”

Cheonan was covered in snow-white rabbits.

“It’s summer right now, so why did it snow…”

“So, what are you going to do now?”

When we got out of the car, the National Assembly people who had been following us also stopped.

“It’s simple.”

I got out of the car and opened the trunk.

Inside were four fuel containers filled up, prepared for just in case.

“Oil? Are you going to set a fire?”

“Yeah, that’s right.”

“Hmm…? You think you can handle all that with just this?”

The number of Heon Rebits right now easily exceeded several thousand by rough estimate.

They were covering all of Cheonan like white snow had fallen.

“Of course it’s not ordinary fire.”

“…Hey, you don’t mean.”

“Wow, Kim Yeo-ul’s intuition is sharp today?”

When I activated Yeonje, overwhelming flames that devour enemies began to flicker.

“If we sacrifice one city to close the wave, that’s a profitable deal, right?”

“That’s… that’s… right…”

This isn’t by Korean Peninsula standards, but by other developed countries’ standards.

There are countries that blockade cities and even launch indiscriminate bombing when there’s no answer.

Lee Hyeon-cheol, who had been listening quietly beside us, clicked his tongue at the talk of burning down an entire city.

“Is that really possible? Burning down a city with just four oil containers.”

“Since it’s not ordinary fire, it’s definitely possible.”

“It does seem that way, but…”

Still, as a human being, Lee Hyeon-cheol seemed troubled by the idea of committing arson.

“Or would you rather go and catch them one by one yourself?”

“…Come to think of it, one city seems like we’re getting off cheap.”

“So, how about making an investment?”

“Excuse me? An investment?”

“Yes, just give us one car you’re not using.”

Lee Hyeon-cheol thought this was crazy talk, but seeing Seo Iram and me getting out with oil containers, he tapped his forehead.

“If we can reclaim a city with just one car, I’ll gladly sacrifice it.”

“Oh, if you’re short on cars, you can go to Sejong City and pick one up.”

“…What?”

“There’s something like that, I’ll tell you about it later.”

Thanks to the noble sacrifice of the National Assembly, we were able to get a car.

We poured oil on the car’s surface and loaded the remaining oil in the passenger seat and trunk.

We fixed the steering wheel and prepared a stone to press the accelerator.

Since it had to go without people, we needed to get a bit closer to Cheonan.

Sure enough, as we stood at the entrance to Cheonan, the Heon Rebits that had been clustered together began to notice us one by one and started running toward us.

“How much further do we need to go!?”

Kim Yeo-ul, who was running beside me at a speed equal to the car, asked while looking at the approaching rabbits.

I pressed the accelerator harder and quietly prepared to place the stone.

“Not yet… not yet…!”

The distance had narrowed considerably, reaching a point where each individual Heon Rebit could be identified.

Then the Heon Rebits also charged forward, thrusting their sharp horns that they had been waiting to use.

Large and small holes began to pierce through the National Assembly’s car.

“Hyun-soo!”

“Now-!”

I placed the stone on the accelerator and activated Yeonje.

Yeonje’s flames caught the oil, instantly creating a fire demon traveling at 80 kilometers per hour.

As I jumped out of the speeding car, Kim Yeo-ul caught me as if she had been waiting.

Then she began running in the opposite direction.

“Run at full speed!”

“Got it!”

The physical abilities of an S-rank physical-type Hunter were at a terrifying level.

So she had been moderately controlling her speed when running beside the car earlier.

After we fled like arrows, the burning car raced toward Cheonan.

The car, which had traveled several hundred meters in a straight line, soon collided with the mountain-like pile of Heon Rebits.

Kwaaaaang-!

Yeonje’s flames, having devoured 4 containers of oil, raised a massive body.

The flames began rampaging as if they had been waiting, instantly growing to the size of a house and mercilessly devouring the Heon Rebits.

“Wow…”

“When dealing with large numbers, it really is at an insane level…”

Once we retreated to a safe distance, the National Assembly members were also watching this spectacle with their mouths hanging wide open.

“Th… those definitely aren’t ordinary flames…”

“To be able to create such fire in just a few seconds…”

“Don’t just stand there gaping! We need to deal with the ones that are escaping now.”

“Oh, ah! Understood!”

“You can ignore the ones that are on fire! Just kill the intact ones!”

The National Assembly members snapped to attention and began dealing with the Heon Rebits that were leaking out.

Perhaps because they had originally been tightly clustered in the city, the number escaping wasn’t very large.

Later, there were hardly any crawling out, to the point where the surroundings were completely empty.

“Is it okay to deal with a wave this easily…?”

One of the National Assembly members who couldn’t stand watching any longer spoke up, but of course, normally it couldn’t be dealt with this easily.

Setting fire to kill monsters?

People aren’t fools, so why wouldn’t they have thought of that?

It’s just that ordinary flames wouldn’t even come close to working.

Only Yeonje’s flames could make this possible.

“It burns well…”

“Oppa, I want to eat roasted sweet potatoes.”

“All you have in your head is food.”

“Then, marshmallows?”

“…Yeah, that’s so like you, it’s nice to see.”

* * *

Had a little more than half a day passed?

I could see the intense Yeonje flames that had filled our vision beginning to die down.

That would mean there were no more monsters left to consume.

“Let’s slowly enter the city.”

“Understood!”

As we drove into Cheonan, a blackened city burned by fire now greeted us.

“It’s completely different from just a while ago.”

“Right.”

An ominous atmosphere seemed to hover over the city that had been burned black.

“Do you know the location of the wave?”

“If you look at this map here… yes, it’s around this area on Bongjeong-ro.”

“At this point, the wave basically erupted right in the middle of the city, didn’t it?”

“…That’s right.”

Hyun-cheol’s expression twisted at the terrible memory of that day.

His right hand was trembling, so it seemed he had unfortunately been in Cheonan that day.

“Let’s go check if the Gate has closed first.”

“…We should.”

We got in the car and drove deep into the interior of Cheonan.

Throughout the journey, the expressions of the National Assembly members, including Lee Hyeon-cheol, weren’t particularly good.

Everyone carried the terrible memories of that day.

In the tense atmosphere, only Seo Iram was cheerfully looking around.

After leaving Trash Village, every scenery must have been a new stimulus for her.

“Oppa, would that rabbit meat taste good?”

“It would taste disgustingly bad.”

“Hmm… Then I won’t eat it.”

…So you were thinking of eating it if it tasted good?

Several people chuckled “pfft” at Seo Iram’s nonsense.

Whether her words had lightened the mood, voices could be heard again.

Since this was much better for me than the tense atmosphere, I let out a sigh of relief.

Had we been running diligently for about 20 minutes like that?

Gradually, a path similar to what Lee Hyeon-cheol had described began to reveal itself.

“I think it’s around this area?”

“Yes, that’s right. If we go just a little further, we should be able to tell…”

Lee Hyeon-cheol’s words were cut off.

This was the same for everyone else, including me.

“Th… those, why are there two… open?”

It was because not one, but two Waves were open.

Massive blue Gates swirling like whirlpools.

Those were definitely Waves.

And not just one, but two were open.

Overwhelmed by that overwhelming sight, everyone gulped for a moment.

“I came because of the strange flames, and it was you guys?”

On the ruined rooftop, a woman with red hair was holding and petting a Heon Rebit in her arms.

Red hair – she was a First Progenitor like Leon.

Kim Yeo-ul immediately entered combat stance and blocked my front.

“One closing is understandable, but I wondered why the remaining one didn’t close…”

“Oh, right, I did that.”

The Bloodsucker giggled as if the Heon Rebit in her hands was so adorable.

“It would be troublesome if you recklessly burned up our precious experience point supply source like that, wouldn’t it?”

Her jade-white skin gleamed as red wings revealed themselves.

“H-Hyun-soo, what the hell is that thing…?”

“It’s called a Bloodsucker… You know vampires, right?”

“Yes… I’ve seen them in movies, but…”

“That one is real.”

Hyeon-cheol, who had been staring intently at the Bloodsucker, blinked and asked.

“Th… then… is it human?”

“It was human.”

“…Ah.”

Despair cast over Lee Hyeon-cheol’s eyes, which had held a glimmer of possibility.

“D-does that mean if it was human, other humans could become like that too?”

“Yes.”

“…”

Killing intent rose from Hyeon-cheol in streams.

While feeling murderous intent toward monsters was natural, right now the level difference was far too severe.

The power I felt from that Bloodsucker was beyond even Leon’s.

Not S-rank, but power almost equivalent to it.

Moreover, for some reason, that Heon Rebit wasn’t being hostile toward the Bloodsucker.

A Heon Rebit with intelligence that couldn’t feel fear was being petted so docilely.

It was highly likely that it wouldn’t be attacked by fellow monsters.

“What are you thinking so deeply about? You’re all going to die soon anyway.”

“…What?”

The Bloodsucker’s lips curved into a crescent moon.

The two dormant Waves both twisted with eerie sounds as if announcing their awakening.

The Gates tore open even more grotesquely, truly like blue waves rushing in.

Soon after, a terrifying number of Heon Rebits began pouring out from both Gates.

“Hyun-soo, get away!”

“Everyone get in the cars quickly!”

Monsters rushing in like mad.

The combat personnel we had were only about twenty people.

No matter how S-rank Kim Yeo-ul was, fighting that many monsters while protecting us would be impossible.

No variables, a hopeless situation.

Just as a massive white wave was about to swallow us whole.

The King of Fists and Yeonje descended upon me.

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