It’s the Apocalypse, but My Summons Do Everything - Chapter 36

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Episode 36

 

#Episode 36

 

After passing through the main gate and entering inside, a second entrance greeted me.

 

This time, a pure white curtain completely blocked my path.

 

When I cautiously touched it, there was no resistance at all, like passing through the surface of water.

 

‘Is this also a device to block other people besides me?’

 

I slowly pushed my entire body inside.

 

With the strange sensation of passing through water, my view changed dramatically from the gloomy tomb it had been.

 

“Huh?”

 

In the dark space, familiar darkness welcomed me.

 

Two massive beings were having a conversation with a table between them.

 

One of them was an existence I knew well.

 

“It’s been a while, hasn’t it?”

 

“Senior, why are you here…? And who is that person in front of you?”

 

“My junior is overflowing with curiosity every time I see him.”

 

“Senior and junior… I didn’t know such a great being would use such human-like terms.”

 

The woman sitting across from us spoke teasingly as if surprised.

 

My senior answered nonchalantly.

 

“What does it matter? We’re fellow lords, so I have no hobby of creating rigid atmospheres by establishing hierarchies.”

 

“…I suppose you could see it from that perspective.”

 

She with green hair was draped in a pure white robe all over her body.

 

Around her, where I could feel dizziness, there existed a quiet power that pushed away the darkness.

 

She was quite a great being, so great that with my current state, I couldn’t even properly see her face.

 

Senior looked down at me like that, then lightly clapped his hands.

 

“Now that the person in question has arrived, let’s have a proper three-way meeting.”

 

With one gesture from Senior, a chair appeared in front of me too.

 

Their overwhelming presence that I had to crane my neck to look up at faded, shrinking to a similar size as mine.

 

“Ahem…”

 

She seemed not to have expected her size to shrink as well, flinching before soon giving up and adapting.

 

On the table, a chess-like game was being played.

 

Living black and white pieces on the chessboard were moving back and forth across the battlefield according to the two players’ commands.

 

The movement of the pieces themselves was similar to chess, but each and every piece was alive.

 

Therefore, countless variables were occurring depending on command ability and battle situations.

 

There were far too many things to consider beyond just the movement of the pieces.

 

It felt similar to the games of gods and was interesting, but since my purpose wasn’t that chess game, I quickly turned my attention away.

 

‘She’s probably the one who called me.’

 

It wasn’t difficult to tell since it matched the voice I heard in Baek Do-hyeon’s Tomb.

 

Moreover, the level I felt from her was quite high, to the degree that someone like me couldn’t even be compared.

 

Senior had intervened to prevent me from almost having a private meeting with that being.

 

Thinking this way and calming my mind, I could easily understand why that being had called me here.

 

Obviously, it must be because of Hunter Baek Do-hyeon.

 

Organizing my complicated thoughts, I offered my greetings first.

 

“I am the current Soul Lord, Cha Hyeon-su.”

 

At my answer, she stared at me intently for a moment.

 

Then she turned her gaze back to Senior and spoke.

 

“The Lord has found a proper junior. I’m envious.”

 

“Yes, I put some effort into it.”

 

Senior rattled his armor as if in a good mood.

 

She stared at me for a moment, then opened her mouth.

 

“I am the Wisdom Lord.”

 

Perhaps I wasn’t yet qualified to know her name, as her self-introduction ended there.

 

Since I could clearly feel the difference in our levels, there was nothing particularly offensive about it.

 

“I’d like to hear the reason you called me.”

 

She manipulated the chess pieces while simultaneously speaking to me.

 

“Don’t you already know why I called you?”

 

“If my guess is correct, it’s because of Hunter Baek Do-hyeon.”

 

“Precisely.”

 

The Wisdom Lord’s knight, which looked like a centaur, charged with skillful technique and instantly blew off a pawn’s head.

 

“Unfortunately, Baek Do-hyeon is already a piece that has been eliminated from this Divine Seat war.”

 

A piece, she said.

 

Her arrogant tone that treated humans like old shoes irritated me.

 

Of course, the irritation of someone as weak as me had no meaning here.

 

Knowing this as well, she continued speaking without hesitation.

 

“Is recycling another lord’s pieces truly an acceptable act in the Divine Throne war?”

 

“If that is the ability of a modern lord, shouldn’t it be duly respected?”

 

Recycling pieces.

 

At this point, her statement seemed blatantly intended to get on my nerves.

 

Someone who calls herself the Wisdom Lord couldn’t possibly be unaware of this, so she was testing my reaction.

 

How should I handle this?

 

Based on the previous situation, it was certain that my senior possessed more formidable power than her.

 

However, I had no desire to act arrogantly by borrowing my senior’s authority.

 

But since I wanted to give her a taste of her own medicine somehow, I carefully chose my words.

 

About three minutes passed.

 

Both of their gazes focused on me.

 

They seemed to be waiting for my opinion, so I politely clasped my hands together and answered.

 

“A lord’s pieces? I don’t understand what you mean. I’m merely reviving dead humans with my authority…?”

 

At my brazen answer, the Wisdom Lord’s hand stopped for the first time.

 

My senior, who had been playing alongside her, also flinched and stopped his hand, then trembled his armor.

 

“Well, technically that’s not wrong. What would a ‘mere’ human like you know anyway?”

 

“That’s right. I’m just a humble human, so I can’t possibly understand what the high-ranking Wisdom Lord is saying.”

 

At my answer that went around in circles about three and a half times, the Wisdom Lord showed an unexpected reaction.

 

Contrary to my expectation that she would be angry, she actually laughed as if genuinely amused.

 

“The great Death seems to have excellent humor as well.”

 

“Don’t they say jokes are the lubricant of life? Since we are beings who live for eternity, wouldn’t it be even more important?”

 

“That might be so.”

 

The Wisdom Lord, having shed her pretense, lightly brushed back her hair.

 

“Since you seem to want a direct conversation, I’ll speak a bit more clearly as well.”

 

The Wisdom Lord tapped the chessboard.

 

The game that had been in progress began to reset as if time was reversing.

 

“For a lord, commanding subordinates is also an essential virtue.”

 

Her gaze was directed precisely at me, not at my senior.

 

“If you want to take the child I cherished as your subordinate, prove it once.”

 

My senior looked back and forth between me and the chessboard, then solemnly nodded.

 

“Not bad. How about giving it a try?”

 

As my answer was delayed, I heard the Wisdom Lord’s mockery.

 

“Of course, I am the Wisdom Lord. Considering fairness, I’ll proceed without the knights and rooks…”

 

“No, let’s just play evenly without removing any pieces.”

 

At my request to proceed one-on-one without removing any pieces, she showed displeasure for the first time.

 

“…How arrogant.”

 

“If it’s ignorance, then it’s arrogance. If it’s wisdom, then isn’t it confidence?”

 

Her green aura rippled rapidly.

 

After a moment, the Wisdom Lord sighed and glared at me as she spoke.

 

“Since this arose from your own ignorance, don’t regret it.”

 

“Of course.”

 

Eventually the chessboard was completely reset and my senior stood between me and the Wisdom Lord.

 

“Mutual agreement is complete. Are you ready?”

 

“Yes.”

 

“I’m ready.”

 

My senior’s darkness completely surrounded me and her.

 

At the same time, my senior’s solemn voice resonated loudly in my eardrums.

 

“The game between Wisdom Lord ᚨᚱᚲᛖᛚᛁᛞ and human Cha Hyeon-su begins.

 

Under my watch as the Lord of Souls, the end of this match will result in only one truth.

 

Neither side may deny the result. This I proclaim under my authority that governs life and death.”

 

With my senior’s declaration, my consciousness was sucked onto the chessboard.

 

Complete with a crown on my head and a throne that cushioned my back.

 

“So this is how it works?”

 

It seems I had become the king on the chessboard.

 

* * *

 

Fortunately, even though I had entered inside the game, I could still see the overall flow of the chessboard.

 

What was fortunate was that I was playing white.

 

It seems the Wisdom Lord had shown some consideration for the first move.

 

‘Well, I should experiment with various things.’

 

When I glanced at the opposing Wisdom Lord, she nodded indifferently and gestured to me.

 

To think she could afford such leisure.

 

Perhaps she was being careless against me, a human.

 

I first tried summoning Desperado.

 

“Oh? This works?”

 

Fortunately, my ability seemed to have no restrictions as I could summon without any resistance.

 

Second, I tried activating Demonic Necromancy on my pieces.

 

Darkness flowing from my fingertips seeped into my subordinates.

 

The previously hazy presence of the guys became distinct and they grew much stronger.

 

‘I wonder if this works too?’

 

Just in case, I tried summoning Kim Yeo-ul.

 

‘Hmm?’

 

An incorrect method?

 

Then that means there’s some correct method.

 

After experimenting with several things, I was able to understand the limits of my ability to some degree.

 

‘The restrictions on my ability are more lenient than I thought… At this level, wouldn’t that be possible too?’

 

Since it would be awkward to drag out time any longer, I first advanced my pawn.

 

The buffed pawn advanced two squares and it became the Wisdom Lord’s turn.

 

And the Wisdom Lord immediately deployed her knight as if there was no need to wait.

 

Since there was still quite a distance between us, just as I was about to mobilize my left knight as well.

 

Shwaaack-!

 

A spear shot from the enemy knight pierced straight through the head of my advancing pawn.

 

“What…?!”

 

The pawn with a hole through its head died, and a spear appeared back in the knight’s hand.

 

The Wisdom Lord was sitting far away with her legs crossed, looking at me expressionlessly.

 

She shrugged her shoulders as if deliberately showing me that ‘this kind of thing is possible.’

 

‘So this is how she’s playing…’

 

I advanced my left knight as originally planned.

 

The knight that leaped over allies and appeared on the battlefield immediately launched its spear at my command.

 

An overwhelming spear imbued with Demonic Necromancy shot out like a laser.

 

My target wasn’t some pawn, but the King.

 

Kaaang!

 

The spear that flew through the air tearing the atmosphere was blocked with powerful sparks flying.

 

The Queen waiting beside the King easily cut down the incoming spear.

 

It was quite a powerful strike, but seeing how easily she neutralized it, it seems each piece possesses different levels of power.

 

‘Hmm…’

 

My mind, invigorated after a long time, began spinning even faster.

 

‘Anyway, if it’s the Wisdom Lord, I can’t win through normal methods.’

 

When I saw the chessboard earlier, that guy was evenly matched with Senior.

 

So it would be impossible for me, a mere human, to win through orthodox methods.

 

Therefore, I need to create a major variable.

 

And that variable was already forming in my head.

 

‘Shall I cause some chaos?’

 

For some reason, I felt like Senior watching me was smiling.

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