It’s the Apocalypse, but My Summons Do Everything - Chapter 21

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Episode 21

#Episode 21

Squeeeeek!

The battle began with the command of the Goblin King whose belly protruded grotesquely.

The Goblin Warriors guarding the front line charged forward with terrifying shrieks.

“Let’s hold this line as much as possible and just buy time.”

“Got it!”

With one punch from Kim Yeo-ul, four Goblin Warriors carrying large shields went flying.

I also struck the shield of a charging Goblin Warrior.

One enemy at a time.

It was an honest strike.

“Tch…”

The number of souls collected is still too few!

Even though I wanted to rampage properly, my own weight class was lacking, so I couldn’t produce satisfactory attack power.

‘Rather than making things unnecessarily tiring, it’s better to just guard the entrance.’

Fortunately, thanks to the garbage piled around the orphanage building and the building ruins, the gaps they could enter through were narrow, so the disaster of thousands of goblins pouring in all at once didn’t occur.

Like sand flowing through an hourglass, a limited amount of enemies poured in.

A meaningless war of attrition was rather welcome on our side.

Kim Yeo-ul, wrapped in Yeonje’s flames, and I steadily struck down the creatures coming in.

But since the numbers were what they were, we had no choice but to be gradually pushed back by the brutish advancing attacks.

’11 percent… faster than I thought.’

Does it bloom faster in urgent situations?

When I had crushed about 50 goblins, the bloom rate had already surpassed 11 percent.

“What is it! What’s behind us!?”

“Oh, there’s definitely something there, so let’s just keep inducing a war of attrition.”

“…Got it!”

A strange light flashed in Kim Yeo-ul’s eyes as she glanced behind us following my gaze.

Then she looked at me again and nodded.

“We just need to buy time, right?”

“Yeah.”

“Then rather…!”

Flames began to surge in Yeo-ul’s fists.

Her fists, which had been mere embers, blazed fiercely and gathered magical power.

The King of Fists and Yeonje raged and devoured the filthy green monsters.

The pushed-back front line recovered, and we could continue fighting at the narrow passage again.

As souls entered the soul collection, the light of my fists also gradually grew in size.

I hoped this meaningless war of attrition would continue, but that wish didn’t last very long.

The enemy was an army.

That meant there was someone commanding the goblin army.

After a considerable number of goblins had been swept away, the Goblin Assault Troops no longer approached and kept their distance.

As if they knew the line we had set, they just held their shields in front of it and glared at us.

It seemed like a brief lull would continue, but arrows that flew in as a surprise attack maintained the tension.

“Where do you think you’re going!”

Crack-!

Kim Yeo-ul clicked her tongue after breaking the incoming poison arrow.

As if this naturally wasn’t the end, the number of attacks flying from beyond the front line began to increase exponentially.

Kim Yeo-ul, who protected the front of me, began to deflect all the incoming attacks as if she had expected this.

“Fixing the front line and using ranged attacks…”

Goblins are cunning, but they’re definitely not monsters that understand military tactics.

That meant there was something else beyond there commanding the goblins.

Kim Yeo-ul, who had been endlessly deflecting the pouring attacks, waited for my command.

I calmly observed the situation and continued checking the bloom state.

‘Hmm… I need to endure twice as long as the time I’ve already endured.’

I calmly contemplated the situation.

Even though the shadow of death had approached closely, my mind was surprisingly calm.

“Yeo-ul, let’s use some strength.”

“Got it!”

This is a lure.

It’s also a silent threat asking how long we can hold out inside there.

If Kim Yeo-ul and I joined forces and fought for our lives, that legion wouldn’t be able to avoid annihilation either.

Yet the fact that they’re provoking us like this also meant they still didn’t know the detailed extent of our power.

Kim Yeo-ul, who had been silently blocking ranged attacks, folded the ground and charged forward.

With one kick that carried her body weight, a thunderous roar erupted and the goblin’s body exploded into pieces.

The Goblin Thieves waiting on the left and right sides of the entrance tried to ambush her, but as if shocked by the extraordinary situation, they couldn’t even think of swinging their daggers.

Squeak! Squeeeeek!

The thieves, who belatedly came to their senses at the Goblin General’s roar, tried to swing their short daggers, but I had already blocked Kim Yeo-ul’s rear.

I struck the goblin thief’s head as brutally as possible.

My fist, which had gathered quite a bit of soul, began to truly show its power.

Green goblin blood splattered everywhere, creating a scene of carnage.

Of course, this was intentional.

Sure enough, the goblins who had been charging forward confidently began to cower in fear and slowly retreat.

“Come at me if you’re confident!”

Kim Yeo-ul, seeming to understand my intention, also burst a goblin’s body with a single punch.

The goblin’s blood, leaving no trace behind, splattered onto other goblins.

Fear began to creep into the eyes of the goblins who had been filled with fighting spirit.

The terror of possibly dying right now grew far greater than the relief that there were only two enemies.

The goblin guarding the front line saw the corpses of his instantly slaughtered comrades and began backing away in terror.

Squeak! Squeeeeak!

However, the General wasn’t just watching the fleeing deserters.

The enraged General caught the escaping goblins and ripped their heads off with his hands.

In this desperate situation where death awaited whether they went forward or backward, the goblins chose to charge at us again rather than face the General.

Squeak, squeeeeak!

I felt a momentary sense of despair from the goblins advancing with expressions full of hopelessness, but as a human, that wasn’t my concern.

Just as another fierce battle was about to continue with souls gathering.

Piiiiiiik-!

With a sharp whistle sound that pierced the ears, all the goblins simultaneously stopped their attack.

Then, after looking around cautiously for a moment, they began hesitantly backing away.

This included all goblins, even the Goblin General.

It wasn’t an order from the Goblin King.

I had been watching carefully just in case, but the Goblin King was merely patting his protruding belly.

‘So the one giving orders isn’t a goblin…’

This actually worked out well for me.

Since there was no reason to pursue the enemies further, just as we were pulling back and creating distance as if by agreement.

Fire arrows began flying from far away again.

However, this time the attacks weren’t aimed at us but at the trash and debris piled up around us.

I frowned at this clearly intentional attack.

‘They read my intention…’

My purpose had simply been to buy time, but this changed the story entirely.

While the arrows themselves had pathetic attack power, the mercilessly pouring fire arrows devoured the trash and ruins, rapidly growing in size.

The wall of trash that had been surrounding the orphanage in a circle caught fire, creating a conflagration.

The barrier that had naturally protected the orphanage now became the worst enemy that would devour it.

Even in this situation, Kim Yeo-ul was calmly waiting for my response.

“There seems to be one troublesome guy over there.”

“It looks that way. Too smart for a goblin.”

Actually, flames like these aren’t much of a threat.

I could just blow away the entire burning wall.

But if I did that, the orphanage we’re currently protecting would be put in complete danger.

The enemy knows we’re protecting the orphanage.

Breaking down the wall would also be exactly the move they want.

“Hmm…”

This has gotten a bit troublesome…

Looking at the position, if I’m not careful, the flames might spread to the orphanage too.

Should I put them in the car and run away even now?

The massive flames were emitting a blazing threat as if they would devour the orphanage at any moment.

I didn’t like how this situation was flowing according to the enemy’s intentions, but no clever solution came to mind immediately.

‘It might be better to just run away like this…’

“Huh?”

“What! What is it!”

When I turned around, I saw pure white light gathering around Jinu’s body.

It seemed others couldn’t see it, as only I had Jinu in my field of vision.

The awakening rate, which had been only 70%, was rapidly approaching the 80% range.

At the frighteningly steep rise in awakening, I smiled with a bitter taste on my lips.

“Yeo-ul.”

“What! What’s there?”

“Let’s just leave now.”

“After protecting it all this time?”

I could see brilliant clusters of light gathering.

The beauty emanating from that body was indescribable.

“Yeah, it looks like it’s almost done now.”

Kim Yeo-ul, who seemed to have noticed long ago, curved her lips into a smile.

“How strong is he?”

“Stronger than you, but not as strong as me.”

At those words, anticipation filled Kim Yeo-ul’s eyes.

Kim Yeo-ul steadied her breathing, clenched her fists, and walked forward with heavy steps.

“A natural-born S-rank Hunter…”

Deep smiles curved across both Kim Yeo-ul’s and my lips.

“You’ll kill it, right?”

“Of course.”

All the boy with the massive light that filled everyone’s vision needed was time.

Fortunately, Kim Yeo-ul and I could buy him that much time.

Kim Yeo-ul exploded forward, detonating the air as she charged.

The furious wrath of the King of Fists and Yeonje, filled with fierce determination to engage in head-on collision, shook the battlefield.

The center of the battlefield exploded outward, creating a massive hole.

I kept watch at the entrance, monitoring for any enemies that might try to sneak in.

Naturally, no fool was stupid enough to ignore the S-rank Hunter rampaging in the center of the battlefield and charge at me.

However, the goblins began confronting Kim Yeo-ul with surprisingly swift speed.

They positioned shield-bearers around Kim Yeo-ul and began unleashing close-combat attacks.

It was confrontation at a skilled level, beyond just being quick.

They appeared cautious as if facing a beast like a lion, but unfortunately, an S-rank Hunter fighting seriously wasn’t something that could be stopped by mere goblin formations.

Who could possibly stop a monster that sent five shield-bearers flying with a single punch?

If they had been orcs instead of mere goblins, it would have been a much harder fight.

But the opponents before us now, whether they were warriors or whatever else, were ultimately still goblins at their core.

Just as multiplying by 1 still gives you 1, they were ultimately swept away by Kim Yeo-ul’s fists like autumn leaves in the wind.

However, what concerned me was whoever was controlling the goblins from afar.

If they could command goblins to this degree, they should know that the current battle was disadvantageous, so why were they holding out like this?

As if to answer that question, the sorcerer beside the Goblin King raised his staff and began chanting a spell.

I could sense an ominous flow of magic power, as if this spell had been prepared since the battle began.

The bloodstains scattered across the ground began to rise.

The dance of blood droplets illuminated by moonlight gathering into a flow was momentarily even majestic to behold.

Kim Yeo-ul must have realized the situation was taking an ominous turn, as she had returned to my side at some point.

The blood gathered to form veins in human shape.

The veins in human form stretched out long, and goblin corpses began clustering on top of them.

The giant formed from the combined corpses of hundreds of goblins we had killed was roughly the size of a four-story building.

Naturally, its physical strength was also tremendous power befitting its size.

“So this is why they kept fighting head-on.”

“Tch… but we couldn’t just not kill them.”

Having apparently finished their role, the goblin army had already retreated far back and was watching us.

“Can we win against that thing?”

“It might take some time…”

“Hmm…”

I looked back at the goblin side.

They were reorganizing their formation so they could re-enter battle at any time.

Were they planning to restrict Kim Yeo-ul’s actions and break through to me?

This was getting a bit troublesome…

I looked around, but there was no clever solution.

As if it wouldn’t wait any longer, the giant swung its fist.

Just as Kim Yeo-ul and I prepared to counterattack against the strike pounding the ground.

Slash-!

A shadow illuminated by moonlight split the giant’s body in half.

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