It’s the Apocalypse, but My Summons Do Everything - Chapter 24

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Episode 24

#Episode 24

The place where I opened my eyes again was in darkness.

Since it was a place I had visited once before due to the aftereffects of Soul Absorption, I was able to regain my composure without much difficulty.

“I don’t have time to be here like this….”

I don’t know what kind of trouble Karnack might be causing outside.

I need to go out immediately and fight against him….

[I’ve dealt with the remnant of the old era, so don’t be too hasty.]

“…Huh?”

When I raised my head, once again a massive black entity was looking down at me.

In the endless vast universe, he was definitely looking at me with worried eyes.

“Don’t be hasty… what do you mean by that?”

At my question, the massive being’s eyes dimly tilted.

After seeming to contemplate for a moment, he quietly opened his mouth.

[…Since the time of war has arrived, it wouldn’t be bad to have a direct conversation at least once.]

With those words, the darkness that had filled the night sky reduced in size.

In the blink of an eye, he had shrunk to human size and was standing before me.

The pitch-black entity, completely black from head to toe, gestured, and chairs and a table appeared before me and him.

“Please sit for a moment.”

Something was standing before me, but its presence was not human.

It felt like some unfathomably distant something that I couldn’t even dare to predict was in front of me.

To think I couldn’t identify what it was even though it was standing right before me….

Normally, I should have felt chills from such an alien feeling, but for some reason, I didn’t feel the slightest sense of alienation from him.

Rather, as if it had always been natural, only a subtle fondness flowed through me.

Since I couldn’t easily understand that fondness, I asked without hastily sitting in the chair.

“How strange. I’ve never met you before, yet I feel this way.”

“…Oh ho.”

As if my answer was interesting, the black entity nodded his head with satisfaction, seemingly pleased about something.

“In this situation, you’re actually harboring suspicion toward me….”

It seemed like I was captured in his eyes.

Even though the darkness of the abyss lingered beside me, there was no discomfort.

“That’s why I chose you.”

“Won’t you speak in words I can understand?”

“I feel the same way, but it’s still too much for now.”

He offered me the chair again.

Since it would be awkward to refuse twice, I quietly sat in the chair.

“As I said before, I’ve dealt with Karnack, so don’t worry too much.”

His tone was light, as if he had swept away some dust-like something rather than an enemy.

The Karnack I had seen was a monster among monsters, so his current level of strength was so unfathomable that I couldn’t even dare to predict it.

I couldn’t understand at all why such a powerful being would treat me so warmly.

Perhaps seeing my expression full of doubt, he leaned back against the chair and smiled faintly.

“You look like you have many questions.”

“…I suppose so.”

“If I tell you everything, do you have the confidence to handle it?”

At his mocking question, I couldn’t answer carelessly.

I couldn’t easily imagine what would happen if I rashly asked for information that such a being possessed.

“Are you telling me to know my place?”

“I don’t intend to use such sharp words.”

With a single gesture, tea and refreshments appeared on the previously empty table.

The cheerful tea party that didn’t match the dark, pitch-black table was quite jarring indeed.

“Is this your taste?”

“I just brought out whatever came to mind, is it not good?”

“Hmm… honestly, it looks like something I shouldn’t eat.”

“If you’re scared, don’t eat it.”

“…You know how to provoke people.”

Since he had eaten first anyway, and it didn’t seem like he would harm me at this point, I drank the tea.

“Whoa….”

The warm tea gently warmed my insides.

A fragrance I had never experienced in my life lingered around my nose.

All kinds of flowers were harmonizing together to create a rhapsody.

It was a dizzying storm of fragrances, but somehow it wasn’t bad.

“Not bad.”

“It’s good to see you enjoying it, yes.”

Only after I had finished the entire cup did he begin the conversation again.

“Since you seem to have finished your tea, let me answer a few of your questions.”

“Really?”

“As long as it’s within the bounds of what you should hear.”

Within the bounds of what I should hear….

That means there must be things I shouldn’t hear.

Trusting that he would handle that part well on his own, I threw out my first question.

“Why are you being so kind to me?”

As if my question was unexpected, he rested his chin on his hand with an intrigued expression.

“That’s more curious to you than who I am?”

“I believe there’s no kindness without reason, but I can’t understand what meaning I could possibly have to someone of your stature.”

“Hmm, do you have no awareness that you’re a special existence?”

It was an answer that subtly touched on the heroic psychology within me, but unfortunately, I didn’t think I was special.

Because all those who acted like they were special had died in the first place.

“…If I were special, wouldn’t I have done something before losing precious things?”

“What if you became special precisely because you lost those precious things?”

“If that specialness only applies to you….”

What kind of expression was I making right now?

It certainly wasn’t an expression I should be making in front of such a powerful being.

For some reason, I could read the expression on his face despite its pitch-black features.

He was definitely making a pitying expression.

With eyes that looked down upon a fragile being, he asked me again.

The quality of his voice was a bit deeper.

“What do you think about the idea that one must lose precious things to gain the power to protect precious things?”

There were no additional words that followed.

He cut off any elaboration as if it was my freedom to interpret it however I wanted.

It was similar to the saying about closing the barn door after the horse is stolen, but I didn’t want to interpret his words so one-dimensionally.

For some reason, deep sadness was emanating from him as well, so I fell into contemplation for a moment.

From the moment the premise “one must lose precious things” was attached, my head began to ache.

It seemed like I could only awaken my current power by losing my family.

It felt bitter and unpleasant, as if I had traded my precious things for my current power.

Even though I never wanted it in the first place.

But the answer I wanted to give now wasn’t something so unpleasant.

I thought a bit more.

Since an answer didn’t come immediately, I carefully posed a question.

“Can the event of losing precious things be prevented by one’s own power?”

“…!”

A glimmer passed through his eyes.

“What if it’s an irresistible force that can neither be avoided nor stopped?”

Expectation filled his gaze.

I didn’t know what answer he was hoping for, but I could intuitively sense that this answer was very important for both him and me.

“In such a situation… I think one would vividly witness precious things crumbling before their very eyes.”

“You would walk the path of Asura, is that it?”

I could feel the darkness that composed him rippling.

My lips dried and cracked.

I remembered my parents, caught in the Gate, sacrificing their lives to protect me.

When I bit my lip, blood flowed.

I felt like my complicated mind was becoming clear.

“That way, when you gain power, your sense of direction becomes much clearer, doesn’t it?”

His expression twisted slightly.

Perhaps it wasn’t the reaction he wanted.

“The fate of a vengeful spirit isn’t good….”

“I’m not a vengeful spirit.”

The faces of Kim Yeo-ul and Seo Iram flashed through my mind.

Fragments of connections formed by the smiles of the National Assembly members, Jinu, and the orphanage children flowed past.

Since the current emotion in my heart wasn’t bad, I looked straight at him and said.

“You said it yourself, didn’t you? That I would gain the power to protect precious things, not the power for revenge.”

“….”

For some reason, it seemed like a small smile bloomed at the corner of his mouth.

The darkness that had only been cold began to emit gentle warmth again.

“I shouldn’t become a fool who loses precious things twice.”

I wasn’t sure what meaning this answer held.

But seeing his gentle energy gradually growing stronger, I had a strong intuition that it wasn’t a wrong answer.

“It wasn’t the answer I wanted, but it’s sufficiently satisfying.”

“Is that so?”

“Yes.”

With those words, the darkness began to peel away from his being.

What was revealed anew as the pitch-black peeled away was.

“…It doesn’t seem any different from before.”

“Do you know what happens when a mortal’s eyes behold a god’s true form before saying that?”

“Ugh… Wasn’t that giant thing from before your true form?”

“It was veiled by the movement of stars, so it held no great meaning.”

It was the figure of a knight clad in jet-black armor all over his body.

He wore pitch-black full-body armor that didn’t expose even a sliver of flesh, and his presence had definitely become more distinct than before.

The chair had changed too.

The thin chair that looked like something you’d put on a terrace had transformed into a dignified throne.

Not just his chair, but mine as well.

Sitting back down in his chair, he spoke with flowing dignity.

“The second question is predictable.”

“Is that so? What would you do if I asked some absurd question?”

“Then that too would be amusing, wouldn’t it.”

He chuckled lightly.

Though he said this, the question I had for him was obvious to me as well.

“Who are you?”

From within the armor, eyes holding blue flames gazed at me.

Sending me an infinitely warm gaze, he slowly opened his mouth.

The black aura that had been dominating the surrounding space began to swirl like a storm.

Within the eye of the storm, I could see countless stars raging.

In this overwhelming situation, a solemn voice shook the space.

“I am the death of gods, your predecessor, the divine deity who occupies the Divine Seat and rules the celestial bodies.”

At the same time, the storm cleared and stars began to twinkle one by one in the night sky.

A vast dance of stars so expansive it devoured the light of other stars fully revealed its presence.

“That is ‘me,’ and ‘I,’ and ‘the Seat.'”

“Wow…”

It was so beautiful that I momentarily lost my composure and let out an exclamation, unconsciously relaxing my eyes and praising this spectacle.

Only after taking in the night sky’s dance for quite a while could I finally come to my senses.

“It’s fortunate that you seem satisfied.”

“That’s all well and good, but… you won’t tell me your name to the very end?”

“I told you, didn’t I, that I would only give you answers you could handle.”

Seeing that there wasn’t even a trace of humor in his response, it seemed that just hearing his name could pose a threat to me.

Since I was already grateful enough that such a great being was answering me so kindly, I didn’t bother to probe any deeper.

“Then, what about this great war you mentioned along with the Divine Seat?”

“What do you think the Divine Seat means?”

“What meaning could there be? It’s literally the seat where gods sit, so whoever sits in that seat becomes a god.”

“Ho… truly my junior, how clever.”

Taking a moment to catch his breath, he carefully chose his words.

It seemed that difficult to filter what he could and couldn’t tell me.

“You probably understand the general outline.”

“Yes… well, probably everyone’s fighting to claim that Divine Seat, and if you claim the Divine Seat, you probably become like… the former lord?”

“Call me Senior.”

“Is that alright?”

“Wouldn’t something familiar be better than a grandiose title?”

Calling such a being Senior.

The words seemed to stick in my mouth like thorns, but since he wanted it, what could I do.

“Continuing on, if you claim that Divine Seat, don’t you ascend to divinity like Senior?”

“You understand the grand framework, that’s correct.”

With the self-proclaimed Senior’s confirmation, I could know even more certainly.

Just how massive a game I had gotten caught up in.

However, if that’s the case, one problem arises.

“Then… if I end up claiming that Divine Seat, I’ll become a god too?”

“That’s right, transcending humanity to become an absolute being who rules the flow of stars…”

“I don’t want that though?”

“…What?”

Senior’s armor trembled.

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