It’s the Apocalypse, but My Summons Do Everything - Chapter 40

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Episode 40

 

#Episode 40

 

When I opened Desperado, a list of skills that could be fed appeared in a long line.

 

Hunter Kang Cheol-u’s skills that I had deliberately saved, Super Regeneration, and Hunter Baek Do-hyeon’s skills were all laid out.

 

Desperado is a growth-type weapon.

 

But that didn’t mean I planned to reveal all my cards and feed it everything.

 

For now, I fed it all of Hunter Baek Do-hyeon’s non-mainstream skills and Hunter Kang Cheol-u’s potential skills.

 

The black bar at the top of Desperado filled up to about 70%.

 

“What the hell… why does it eat so much!?”

 

The remaining skills were ones like Thought Acceleration that I wanted to keep for myself.

 

‘This is such a waste…’

 

I couldn’t help but sigh, but there was no choice.

 

With tears in my eyes, I completely emptied out the remaining skills from Hunter Baek Do-hyeon.

 

And what I saw was a 99% requirement.

 

It was clearly demanding that I give up the remaining Super Regeneration as well.

 

‘Even so, giving up Super Regeneration is a bit much.’

 

It was practically equivalent to having an extra life.

 

Where else in the world could you find a skill that could instantly restore even a severed limb?

 

Kim Yeo-ul had repeatedly urged me never to feed this one to it.

 

“Hmm…”

 

I raised my head to look at the situation.

 

The battle seemed to be proceeding with some balance, but there was a smile hanging on Arc’s lips.

 

From my perspective, seeing the overall battle situation, it looked like he was deliberately maintaining balance and toying with them.

 

As evidence, he was deliberately pulling out and throwing the blood spears that decorated the sky one by one.

 

No matter how much they were both lords, there was an insurmountable gap between Baek Do-hyeon, who had been dead for a long time, and Arc, who had steadily accumulated power.

 

‘Is there no choice?’

 

I fed the last Super Regeneration to Desperado, which was greedily opening its mouth.

 

With those words, my vision was dyed in darkness.

 

The darkness that burst from Desperado swallowed me whole.

 

* * *

 

When I opened my eyes, the first thing that entered my sight was a massive gate.

 

The firmly closed door was displaying its majestic grandeur as if waiting for me.

 

It reminded me of the Gates of Hell I had seen somewhere before.

 

Since there was no handle or anything, just a push-to-open format, I pushed the door with all my strength.

 

However, the firmly closed door showed no intention of opening and didn’t budge at all.

 

“Well, look at this?”

 

I instinctively realized that opening this door was the first trial.

 

If you can’t even open a door like this, don’t even think about challenging what lies beyond.

 

I immediately summoned Desperado and tried various things.

 

Unfortunately, this space seemed to strictly prohibit the summoning of summons, as mana manifestation itself was completely blocked.

 

So they’re telling me not to think about taking the easy way out.

 

I lightly warmed up my body.

 

Since I didn’t know what trials lay ahead, I gripped Desperado and circulated mana throughout my entire body.

 

Whether it should be called mana or the power of death, this now ambiguous force enveloped me.

 

The roughly surging energy seemed to roar toward enemies, making me feel enterprising.

 

“Well then, shall we give it a try?”

 

The surging death clung to Desperado.

 

I immediately swung the scythe toward the door with all my strength.

 

With an unwavering strike, the door split diagonally and was cleanly cut.

 

Beyond the door was a pitch-black space that seemed to have no intention of showing its interior until I entered.

 

‘How thorough.’

 

As I entered inside with a feeling like passing over water, someone was staring intently at me.

 

I instinctively knew that this was the gatekeeper of the boundary.

 

Walking further in, I could see the gatekeeper wearing rusted black armor.

 

Even though I was definitely seeing him for the first time today, I felt a strange sense of déjà vu.

 

Strange…? That can’t be right?

 

Why do I sense Senior’s aura from that guy?

 

Strength entered the hand holding my weapon and my body began to tense up.

 

“This generation’s lord is somewhat acceptable.”

 

Clanking as he approached me, he gestured lightly.

 

He also held a scythe similar to mine in his hand.

 

However, unlike mine, his scythe had cracks here and there.

 

The rusted armor and cracked scythe made him seem like an easy opponent, but my instincts were screaming danger louder than ever before.

 

“Your eyes are decent, and you’re not some fool who charges in like a newborn pup…”

 

He looked me over as if grading various aspects of me.

 

The atmosphere seemed like it might relax for a moment, but the fighting spirit flowing from him was clearly directed at me.

 

I involuntarily gritted my teeth at the intense fighting spirit that felt like it would crush my entire body.

 

After circling around and observing me, he finally nodded his head.

 

“Good, I shall allow you to undergo the trial.”

 

“…What?”

 

“Just as I said – it means you’ve earned the right to face the trial.”

 

For a moment, I was dumbfounded.

 

I had filled Desperado with countless S-rank and A-rank skills and even broken down the door to get here.

 

And now he was saying I had only just earned the right to face the trial.

 

Just what kind of difficulty level was this test that it required such outrageous conditions?

 

I maintained my distance from him as I spoke.

 

“What kind of trial awaits me?”

 

He looked at me, still tense, then calmly raised his hand.

 

Then he pointed his thumb at himself.

 

“My name is Bex, and I am your trial.”

 

“…What?”

 

“There are two conditions to clear the trial.”

 

A giant hourglass appeared in the sky above.

 

“Survive until that hourglass runs out, or kill me – that’s it.”

 

“…What happens if I die?”

 

“You die in reality too. Any more questions?”

 

A trial that risked my life.

 

I could feel my lips going dry.

 

The approaching aura of death felt like a guillotine placed against my neck.

 

Bex, as if he couldn’t care less about my emotions, raised his scythe and struck it into the ground.

 

Kuuuuung!

 

The aura of death shot toward the sky and the hourglass flipped over.

 

“Now then, let’s begin the trial.”

 

No more words came from Bex after that.

 

The explosively surging aura of death answered in his place.

 

Realizing this was his final courtesy to prepare for battle, I also drew out my aura of death even stronger.

 

Three seconds later.

 

Bex made the first move.

 

He sliced through the air with his scythe, then stepped into it.

 

Without a moment’s hesitation, I gripped my scythe and swung it in a wide 360-degree arc.

 

Kaaang-!

 

His scythe and my Desperado clashed for the first time.

 

The death-laden auras bit and tore at each other to kill one another.

 

For an instant, it looked like black flames were exploding.

 

But as if this wasn’t the end, Bex now grabbed my ankle from the ground.

 

And death settled into his hand blade.

 

It seemed like he was trying to cut off my entire ankle, but I kicked his wrist with my other foot.

 

‘It’s like kicking a rock with my foot…’

 

With a ringing sensation, a shockwave burst and the distance between us widened again.

 

He revealed himself again at a distance of more than twenty steps.

 

Then he lightly swung his scythe and changed its form.

 

An antique bow that looked like a decisive weapon at first glance revealed itself.

 

When he drew the bowstring, death automatically compressed and formed an arrow.

 

Arrows poured down at terrifying speed, persistently targeting my vital points.

 

Honestly, they were obvious attacks, so I deflected all the incoming arrows.

 

Anyone else would have sighed in relief, saying they had easily dodged them, but I carefully observed every single one of his physical reactions.

 

For some reason, he seemed somewhat displeased and increased the speed of his attacks.

 

As evidence, he was shooting even more arrows at me like a madman.

 

Now hundreds of indiscriminate arrows that didn’t care about vital points poured down every second.

 

Simply defending with my scythe was starting to become overwhelming.

 

Arrows shot with a twisted bowstring moved bizarrely, even targeting the back of my head.

 

Each arrow was as sharp as if it contained divine energy.

 

I couldn’t hold out any longer like this.

 

‘Ugh…’

 

Surely he wanted something from me, which was why he was pouring out only such wasteful attacks.

 

Arrows flew from everywhere – up, down, left, right, front, and back.

 

To at least buy time to think, I activated Death God’s War Dance.

 

Unfolding the death god’s war dance that blooms with death, I instead approached Bex.

 

However, Bex mocked me and widened the distance with the same death god’s war dance.

 

He even maintained a constant distance as if daring me to follow if I could.

 

‘This isn’t the right answer either…’

 

I need to think a bit more.

 

How can I break through this situation?

 

“Kugh…!”

 

Just a moment of lost concentration and an arrow grazed my body.

 

It seemed the power he wielded was superior to mine, as it penetrated my energy and wounded my body.

 

I deflected all his attacks while observing him more closely.

 

Naturally, the first thing that caught my eye was that bow shooting arrows too fast to see.

 

‘Come to think of it, that bow is also a transformed scythe…’

 

Couldn’t I do the same?

 

I gripped the scythe more firmly and infused it with death energy.

 

It wasn’t simply covering the scythe’s surface, but the sensation of penetrating my power deep into the scythe itself.

 

‘Oh ho.’

 

I felt the scythe, which had only contained cold death, suddenly become as soft as clay.

 

I could easily realize this was weapon transformation.

 

As I twisted the scythe’s form with my energy, eventually a massive great shield revealed itself.

 

The shield that appeared like a giant door easily blocked the incoming arrows.

 

“Quick to learn.”

 

Then the arrow barrage stopped and Bex’s voice was heard.

 

“Let me show you something more interesting.”

 

Bex changed from bow back to scythe form, infused death power into the scythe, then transformed it into two swords.

 

And again rushed toward me like a fired bullet.

 

But I have no intention of just taking it lying down.

 

Who does he think he’s dealing with? I’m a lord too.

 

I applied transformation to the shield, creating countless sharp spikes on its surface.

 

Then I charged forward and collided with Bex.

 

“Hmm!”

 

Bex seemed fairly pleased with my idea, letting out a small exclamation.

 

But having no intention of being hit by the attack, he infused power into his twin swords in that state.

 

Then he struck my shield directly and exploded the force.

 

Using that recoil to create distance, Bex leisurely changed back to scythe form.

 

‘That’s possible too?’

 

His combat sense itself is on a different level from mine.

 

Bex, having created considerable distance, stared at me intently, then created another scythe.

 

“Certainly, talented ones are easier to teach.”

 

With those words, he split the scythe and created numerous blades.

 

Blades that looked like crescent moons began flowing like a river following his gestures.

 

“Now learn by watching on your own.”

 

A storm of blades engulfed me.

 

The spirit felt from the blade storm imbued with death was breathtaking for a moment.

 

I realized that Bex had been considerate of me until now.

 

The spirit I felt from him now was definitely a massive wall.

 

A massive wall that even felt arrogant, as if saying try to overcome it if you can.

 

But why was it?

 

In my eyes, I could see small cracks in that wall.

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