It’s the Apocalypse, but My Summons Do Everything - Chapter 26

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Episode 26

#Episode 26

‘Oh, this is actually possible?’

A familiar energy wafted from the scythe in my hand.

The way it fit perfectly in my grip, as if it had originally been mine, was the best part.

‘Should I try feeding it everything except Super Regeneration?’

After all, both Yeonje and King of Fists are only half-versions of me anyway.

Since there wasn’t really anywhere else to use them except for Super Regeneration, I put all my abilities into it.

“Hmm.”

As I put all three abilities in, a subtle current began flowing over the blackened Desperado.

“What!?”

“Why! What is it!?”

Being able to move while ignoring the laws of physics – what kind of overpowered skill is this?

I have to try this right away!

When I activated Death God’s Dance, I felt my body’s physical weight disappear.

At the same time, I could see my fairly large mana reserves decreasing at a terrifying speed.

‘It consumes quite a lot of mana…’

By offering mana as payment, my body could move like a ghost, without leaving a single footprint.

‘Is it possible to attack in this state too?’

Just in case, I raised the scythe and attacked a withered tree nearby, but the scythe only passed through the tree without dealing any direct damage.

‘Ah, so I can’t deal physical damage.’

When I deactivated Death God’s Dance and swung the scythe, the tree was cleanly cut in half.

“Whoa, what was that?!”

“Could you see it?”

“Not really, just that you were wearing a black robe and moving like a ghost?”

“So that’s how it looks to you guys.”

“It’s fast, but more than that… it felt like it was hard to even perceive.”

“Oh, that’s exactly it.”

Since physical constraints disappear, there’s no limit to speed as long as I can control it.

If Kim Yeo-ul, a physical-type Hunter, says that much, the performance is definitely solid.

It seems like there won’t be any problems as long as I’m careful about the rapid increase in mana consumption during intense actions.

‘This level would be too much to deploy constantly, so I’ll use it as a variable.’

Even just this is an overpowered enough ability.

When I put away the scythe, it was smoothly absorbed back into my wrist and slept like a tattoo.

“Is that a newly acquired power? It looks incredibly good?”

“Yeah, it’s something I got recently. It feels like it grows by devouring abilities, so I’m not sure what its limits are either.”

“Devouring abilities?”

“Yeah, since I can also obtain my summons’ abilities, I fed those to it.”

“Ohhh…”

From now on, I should also consider the approach of reviving anything with good abilities as a summon, taking only their abilities, and then discarding them.

As I was having somewhat sinister thoughts, Kim Yeo-ul asked curiously.

“I’ve been curious for a while – can’t you use that on monsters?”

“No, I already tried it, but it didn’t work.”

When I tried to revive monsters, a notification appeared saying they were already corrupted souls.

Just in case, when I tried to forcibly grasp their souls, they melted and disappeared like crumbling sand.

It seems monsters are monsters for a reason.

After hearing my story, Kim Yeo-ul clicked her tongue regretfully.

“That’s a bit disappointing…”

“Why, did you want to ride around on a wyvern or something?”

“I didn’t think that far, but I would like to try it once.”

“Wake up from that dream.”

“Tch, can’t even dream?”

After that, we killed time with meaningless chatter.

Maybe because we’re such close friends, time melted away in an instant.

* * *

Perhaps because I woke up after getting sufficient sleep for once, my physical condition was excellent.

I feel like I’m increasingly becoming a survival specialist who can sleep sprawled out anywhere, even on the streets.

Today’s goal is to reach Hunter Kang Cheol-u’s grave.

The car loaded with plenty of fuel roared as it raced down the road.

Maybe because the country has fallen, today’s roads were also completely empty without a single car.

“Come to think of it, hyung, do you know exactly where Hunter Kang Cheol-u’s grave is?”

“Yeah, the National Assembly members told me properly. I even have a map here.”

“That’s reassuring then. I was worried we’d be doing some grave-hunting that’s not in our fate.”

The place where Hunter Kang Cheol-u is buried is clearly marked anyway.

Taean Dongmun-ri Stone Tripitaka Buddhas.

I heard he’s sleeping in the center of that cave.

Since Hunter Kang Cheol-u himself was Buddhist, they enshrined it there as a concept of a guardian deity.

Originally, they even stationed a separate gatekeeper nearby to prevent grave robbers, but I wasn’t sure what the situation was like now.

As we raced down the wide-open road, Baekwha Mountain appeared before long.

The damage from monsters seemed severe, so the situation in Taean couldn’t be called good either.

Would the tomb be intact? I was worried enough that I controlled my speed and carefully climbed Baekwha Mountain.

After passing through rough terrain like driving off-road, I could see the protective pavilion of the Buddha statue that was said to enshrine Hunter Kang Cheol-u in the distance.

However.

“Hyung, aren’t those people?”

“Oh, you’re right?”

“But they don’t seem to be Korean?”

“Would foreigners have any reason to come all the way here?”

Since something smelled fishy, my companions and I naturally got out of the car and walked.

Before long, they stopped us first from over there.

It was a man with black hair wearing a suit, with a sword at his waist.

“This is the tomb where Hunter Kang Cheol-u rests. Currently, civilians are prohibited from entering.”

His pronunciation was too clumsy to call him Korean.

I strongly felt the ending pronunciation leaking out as if he had come from Japan.

With the country already ruined, it was absurd that they were pulling this kind of stunt.

“Who are you to be ordering us around?”

“I’m a Hunter hired by the family to prevent grave robbers.”

He presented seemingly legitimate documents, but naturally, such scraps of paper were meaningless.

“Family, my ass. Don’t you know Hunter Kang Cheol-u was from an orphanage?”

“….”

At the sharp response, the man quietly placed his hand on his sword hilt.

Silent pressure followed, but I found it merely laughable.

Jinu, who quietly summoned darkness, and Kim Yeo-ul, who manifested the King of Fists, blocked my front.

“Draw that and you die.”

“I’d rather not kill people yet….”

Even while saying that, they were smiling coldly while radiating streams of killing intent.

Especially when the man saw Kim Yeo-ul’s fist, his eyes shook like crazy.

“You… you, where did you get that power!”

Being a fellow Japanese, he seemed to know about the King of Fists’ power.

But I had no obligation to tell him such things.

“You don’t need to know, right? We’re busy, so move aside quickly.”

“…I can’t do that.”

Behind him, people who appeared to be Westerners approached with weapons.

They all seemed to be skilled, with at least B-rank presence, and the stronger ones felt like A-rank.

Yes.

Exactly that level of power.

It was a laughable level compared to the force we currently possessed.

There was an indescribably huge wall between S-rank and A-rank.

“I’ll go in first to handle business, so don’t kill them.”

“Got it.”

“Be careful, hyung!”

“Ha, you think you can break through this many people?”

I summoned Desperado.

The aura of death enveloped my entire body and the war dance of the reaper unfolded.

Had I taken three steps?

Movement that far transcended physical laws was not something humans could observe.

“Acting tough when you can’t even react….”

“What…!?”

The eyes of everyone guarding the entrance widened as if they would tear.

They belatedly tried to rush at me to stop me, but Jinu and Kim Yeo-ul, who appeared instantly, blocked their way.

“Noona, but what about Iram?”

“If she dies, we can just revive her.”

“Ugh.”

“And Iram doesn’t die easily even if she wants to.”

Even in this situation, Seo Iram was lying comfortably in the back seat of the car, snoring loudly.

* * *

As I entered the Buddhist shrine, I could see Hunter Kang Cheol-u’s coffin placed beneath the Three Venerable Ones carved in rock.

I first respectfully clasped my hands together and paid my respects.

I had no intention of ignoring all etiquette and forcing my way through.

I placed simple offerings on the altar and bowed twice.

“Please forgive the rudeness of having no incense or alcohol.”

After performing a final half-bow, I carefully placed my hand on the coffin.

“Rise.”

The moment I activated Rise to revive Kang Cheol-u.

[Who are you to dare awaken one who has entered eternal rest?]

Along with a solemn warning that shook my mind, my consciousness was shot somewhere.

I felt as if my body was soaring to the heavens, far transcending perception.

In an irresistible current, my spirit leaped helplessly.

* * *

The place where I regained consciousness was not where the Buddha statue was.

It was similar to the place I had seen my senior before, but the aura flowing here was not the energy of death.

As if knowing I had regained consciousness, three massive beings soon revealed their presence.

Shining with golden light, they were incomprehensible entities I could never dare approach.

The light emanating from them was incredibly warm yet possessed absolute power to punish evil.

Having seen the Buddha statue I had visited, I could roughly guess what kind of beings they were.

I first knelt down and bowed.

If my guess was correct, they were distant venerable ones I could never dare look upon.

“Shakyamuni Buddha, World-Honored One.

You who attained the supreme Dharma and illuminated the darkness of the three realms.

Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva and Mahasthamaprapta Bodhisattva seated at your sides.

You who guide sentient beings with the light of compassion and wisdom.

This humble one dares to bow my head and offer my respects.”

At my words, I felt their light become even more gentle.

The absolute power that had been pressing down on my body until just now weakened slightly.

As if my courtesy was not displeasing, a much softer voice descended.

[You who seek to shake the bonds of life and death, is this truly from compassionate intent?

Or

do you seek to summon again

the Steel Shield for the coming Divine Throne War?

If that heart is stained with desire,

your soul too shall be bound here.]

Though it was a gentle voice overflowing with benevolence, its meaning was not entirely warm.

I could feel the Buddha’s will that they could punish me at any time depending on the circumstances.

Lies would be meaningless to them.

They were beings who could easily see through someone like me.

Even so, the Three Venerable Ones had given me an opportunity.

I realized that the answer I gave now would be the greatest turning point for Hunter Kang Cheol-u and myself.

“I am not without interest in the Divine Throne.”

[….]

A subtle gaze pressed down on my body.

Even under the pressure that felt like my organs would burst, I had to carry through my will to the end.

“But I have no intention of becoming a god.”

The Three Venerable Ones’ oppressive presence weakened.

The truth or falsehood of my words was something they could see at a glance.

So I continued to speak my words.

“What I desire is simply to remain human and heal the pain of the lowest places where the gods’ light does not reach.”

The overwhelming weight of the great venerable ones pressing down on my body completely disappeared.

And a warm light that made my spirit relax enveloped me.

It felt like they were stroking me, and the tension in my body melted away.

[Child who bears great death.]

An answer that already somewhat recognized my identity.

I quietly kept my head bowed and did not raise it.

[To refuse divine status and save sentient beings is also a form of sudden enlightenment, so Kang Cheol-u’s fate shall now flow with yours.]

With those words, I returned to the real world.

“You’re awake.”

When I opened my eyes anew, the Korean Peninsula’s greatest shield was looking down at me.

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