It’s the Apocalypse, but My Summons Do Everything - Chapter 34
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Episode 34
#Episode 34
That night.
Various conversations were taking place in the barracks where the Russian and Chinese hunters had gathered.
Among them, the hottest topic was undoubtedly about Kang Cheol-u.
Since he was a top-tier tank who was among the best not just on the Korean Peninsula but in all of Asia, countless hunters knew his face.
However, since he was known to have died along with Hunter Baek Do-hyeon, his appearance this time was shocking even to them.
“What could be the reason they intentionally hid their whereabouts all this time?”
“What else? Even if they acted openly, they couldn’t stop it anyway, so they were probably aiming for what comes after.”
“If they planned for things to collapse and aimed for reconstruction, that could make sense.”
“The other hunters weren’t ordinary either… It’s probably a dream team that the Korean government gritted their teeth and assembled.”
The Russian and Chinese hunters nodded with difficulty at Situn’s statement.
“To think they’d carry out missions in a ruined country… Their patriotism is incredible.”
“That’s right, with that level of skill, they’d receive state guest treatment even if they went to advanced hunter nations right now, but they’re staying to work.”
“Certainly, at that level, they seem quite trustworthy.”
“I agree, at that level, we can definitely entrust them with the other side.”
Situn and the Chinese hunters also nodded as if in agreement.
Situn in particular seemed fed up with the Korean Peninsula, trembling with irritation.
“From our perspective, Korea needs to exist. Does it make any sense for a landmass this size to have five S-rank monsters?”
“If it were me, I would have already run away.”
“Anyway, what’s good for them is good for us too, so let’s help them as much as possible.”
“Sounds good.”
“I agree.”
Just as the Russian and Chinese hunters were joining forces and preparing for the battle that would take place the next day, on the other side in Hyun-soo’s barracks.
“We’ll quietly enter while they draw the aggro.”
Russia, China, whatever.
You guys are living well.
We’re ruined.
They were showing what the fearlessness of those who have nothing looks like.
* * *
The next morning.
As promised, we split up from the Russian and Chinese hunters.
We reached an agreement that we would enter when they attacked first and drew the bloodsuckers’ attention.
After receiving walkie-talkies as our minimal communication network, we confirmed that the Russian hunters moved first.
They advanced to Cheonggyesan to take advantage of the geographical benefits.
Since it was a battle between many and few, they planned to lead the enemy into a war of attrition as much as possible.
“We’ll move to Gwacheon City and enter straight to the National Cemetery.”
“Gwacheon? Isn’t that too much of a detour?”
“No, rather, we need time for the battle to start on their side and draw the bloodsuckers’ attention, so this much of a detour is actually good.”
“Oh, indeed, my lord’s insight is different. My thinking was short-sighted.”
“It’s nothing much for just this.”
Under the assumption that the Russian and Chinese hunters would buy us time, our plan had quite a bit of leeway.
After completing the final check of supplies, we started moving with the roaring sound of engines.
Perhaps they had consumed quite a lot of forces when dealing with the Cheonma before, as we didn’t see a single bloodsucker even while driving on the highway.
Now that I had some breathing room, I sat calmly in my chair and began to think.
There were various matters to consider, but after pondering deeply about what was most urgent right now, the answer was Hunter Kang Cheol-u.
This was because I had never used Spirit Awakening yet.
‘This is my first time trying it on a natural-born S-rank hunter, shall I give it a try?’
I activated Spirit Awakening to check Hunter Kang Cheol-u’s awakening conditions.
‘What is all this…’
Treasures that seemed like they would cost trillions just from their names were listed.
Naturally, since these were things I had never heard of, I asked Kang Cheol-u just in case.
“Hunter Kang Cheol-u, do you happen to know what the Golden Scale Guardian Orb and the Shield Spirit’s Core are?”
Screeeeech!?
“Ouch!!”
“What are you doing stopping so suddenly!”
“Ah, sorry, sorry! I was so surprised…!”
Fortunately, Kim Yeo-ul caught Seo Iram who was flying forward, otherwise it could have been a major accident.
I let out a sigh of relief and asked.
“So it seems like you know what they are, what are they?”
“I can answer that… but where did you hear about those?”
“I have a skill called Spirit Awakening that can strengthen summoned creatures, and those two are the conditions for strengthening you, Chul-woo.”
“Hwaeeek…”
He stepped on the accelerator again and began smooth driving, while Kang Cheol-u openly grimaced.
Since he had never shown much displeasure until now, this reaction was quite refreshing.
“Umm… First, the Golden Scale Guardian Orb is the heart of the S-rank monster Spirit Guardian Golden Dragon in China.”
“That golden dragon that China treasures so much?”
“Yes.”
S-rank monsters have intelligence similar to, or even superior to, humans.
Among them, the Golden Dragon has such a gentle nature that it’s almost inappropriate to call it a monster.
It was the Golden Dragon that erected the massive protective barrier around Beijing, China.
It’s practically worshipped like a god within China, and of all things, we need its heart.
“The acquisition difficulty is practically hellish.”
“Yes… For reference, the Heart Core of Banryeonggyeol is the heart of the five spirits that protect that Golden Dragon.”
“Hm? So there are five Heart Cores?”
“I’m not sure about that. I’ve only heard they exist, but I haven’t discovered anything beyond that.”
Of course, I knew it wouldn’t be easy since it’s an S-rank Hunter, but I didn’t expect it to be this difficult.
Isn’t this almost impossible?
Moreover, since it would involve forcibly destroying Beijing’s protective barrier, countless innocent citizens would be harmed.
“Tsk… I’d say it’s almost impossible.”
“Unfortunately, that’s correct. It’s an S-rank that’s friendly to humans.”
An S-rank monster friendly to humans.
Shouldn’t something like that appear on the Korean Peninsula instead of well-fed, prosperous China?
Grandfather Dangun, why are you giving me such trials…!
Even while lamenting, the car diligently continued forward.
How much time had passed?
Suddenly, with a crackling sound, contact came through the radio.
[We’ve entered combat.]
“How’s the situation?”
[There are only small fry on the outskirts, so it’s not particularly difficult. If we need to retreat, we’ll contact you again.]
“Thank you, please be careful.”
[Yes, that’s all for now!]
“Looks like they’ve started over there too.”
“Yes, now that they’ve begun fighting, we can take our time a bit more.”
“Let’s control our speed. We need to aim for hitting an empty house as much as possible.”
“Understood.”
So we took our time and drove slowly.
After quite some time passed, we crossed Gwacheon City and Seoul began to come into view.
Only the tattered sign for Seoul marked the boundary.
“The country’s ruined…”
“Can we even call this a country?”
Even after completely entering Seoul via Gwacheon-daero, no Bloodsuckers were visible.
However, traces of life remained here and there, suggesting the Bloodsuckers living on the outskirts had gone to provide support.
Moreover, the void left by Noeikjo’s influence was too significant to ignore.
“Speaking of which, even though this many Bloodsuckers went to provide support, there’s no news?”
“Right, they said they’d tell us if they retreated, but it seems this much isn’t a problem.”
“They’re probably talented individuals selected from Russia and China, so they should be able to hold out this much.”
Of course, as we gradually approached the shrine, Bloodsuckers began appearing one by one.
Since we could feel the Bloodsuckers’ gazes, we decided to hide the car in a secluded spot and walk from here.
“Their eyes are all bright red…”
“That’s proof they’re Bloodsuckers. Don’t draw attention and let’s enter quietly.”
We pulled our hats down low and stealthily infiltrated inside.
Thanks to Jinu wrapping us in darkness, no more gazes would be drawn to us.
“Do we just go to the National Cemetery like this?”
“Yeah, that’s the most ideal method, but…”
I have a feeling the enemy already knows about my abilities.
If so, there’s a very high probability they’ve set up something at the place where Hunter Baek Do-hyeon is buried.
‘The question is how to break through that…’
From the satellite photos, there weren’t any particularly noticeable devices.
However, the problem is that Hunter Baek Do-hyeon’s grave is specially built in the form of a ‘tomb mound.’
There’s no telling what they might have done inside.
I need to find a way to break through that.
‘Well, since we’ve come this far, we can’t back out now. Whether it kills us or saves us, we have to go to the end.’
After completely passing Gwacheon, Seoul’s heart that spread before us was serious.
Human blood was hanging everywhere in marts and grocery stores.
There were even Bloodsuckers walking around with leashes on humans.
Except for the Patriarch, they would have all been human once, so how can they do such things?
“It’s a bit disgusting…”
“Bear with it. If we cause a disturbance here, we’ll be massacred.”
“…”
Naturally, as humans, we couldn’t have good expressions.
Seoul, where Bloodsuckers had replaced humans in daily life, somehow reeked of a terrible smell.
It felt like we might drown in the fishy stench of blood.
Our faces naturally wrinkled in disgust, but we pressed forward anyway.
Moving mainly through back alleys to avoid the Bloodsuckers’ eyes as much as possible took quite some time.
To reach the deepest part of the National Cemetery, we had to take Dongjak-daero and cut straight through.
The scattered traces of human presence stirred up nostalgia.
Going a bit further in, buildings stained crimson with blood filled the area.
Among them, there were even buildings covered with unidentifiable life forms.
It was a horrific sight – buildings made of flesh and blood vessels with eyeballs attached.
“Ugh, damn it…”
“Hyun-soo, just bear with it a little longer…”
“I know… I have to endure it.”
The problem was that my Soul’s Eye was displaying the components of those things as ‘human’.
The place was full of disgusting things so revolting I didn’t even want to imagine how they were made.
It even felt like they were deliberately trying to show off their repulsiveness.
I bit my lips hard as I went inside.
The flowing blood instantly clotted and disappeared.
“Now we just need to go around that school and enter.”
“We’re almost there.”
“Yes, there are some annoying forests ahead, but we’ll just break through them since we can’t exactly walk through the front gate.”
“Understood.”
The moment we arrived in front of the school.
Shriiiiek-!
A blood-red arrow tearing through the air aimed for the back of my head.
Since it made such an obviously loud sound, Kang Cheol-u was able to block it without difficulty.
“Looks like we’ve been discovered.”
“Yes, since this is the deep interior, the Patriarch’s eyes must be spread everywhere.”
“At minimum, that Patriarch bastard can see through my darkness…”
“That would be the case.”
Since we’d been blatantly discovered, further stealth was meaningless.
I completely withdrew Jinu’s darkness and looked around.
“Hah.”
Countless red glowing eyes were glaring at us.
It even felt like wild beasts staring us down.
“I suppose hoping for backup would be too much?”
“Backup?”
As if hearing my words, one of the Bloodsuckers smiled with a fishy grin and held up something.
“This won’t be coming?”
Situn’s severed head was held in the bastard’s hand, his face frozen in shock.
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