It’s the Apocalypse, but My Summons Do Everything - Chapter 56

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Chapter 56

 

#Episode 56

 

A truly blazing sun rose, not something like the Black Sun.

 

Along with the midday sun, Karnack’s power began to grow madly strong.

 

“Even so, to become that strong…”

 

The breath of the red sun settled on Karnack’s sword that had lost its light.

 

His body and hair, which had been red like a bloodsucker’s, began to shine brilliantly in the sunlight.

 

It truly felt befitting of a god, making me feel intimidated.

 

“Hunters, was it… Indeed, humans imbued with mana are rich in nutrition.”

 

“…Tch.”

 

I wondered how he had become so strong in such a short time, but it seemed he had devoured all the subjugation teams and hunters in this place.

 

“This Daejeon is quite peculiar – even vermin who aren’t monarchs can wield power.”

 

Karnack, who smiled while licking his sharp teeth, certainly had the face of a beautiful young man, but the power I felt from him was utterly chilling.

 

“Phew…”

 

He was stronger than any enemy I had faced so far.

 

My intuition, which had remained silent even when facing S-rank monsters, rang alarm bells for the first time in a while.

 

Karnack gracefully gripped his sword that had regained its power and swung it lightly.

 

Whoooosh-!

 

Just that alone caused the surrounding sand to burst out magnificently.

 

“Thanks to this, I can conveniently build up power before the Lord’s War arrives.”

 

“Don’t make excuses when the Throne War has already begun. You’re just a crazy psychopath.”

 

“What I mentioned wasn’t the Throne War, but the Lord’s War…”

 

The corners of Karnack’s mouth twisted grotesquely.

 

“Don’t tell me you don’t even know what the Lord’s War is?”

 

“…”

 

Karnack began laughing heartily while holding his stomach.

 

Whatever was so amusing, his maniacal laughter seemed to chip away at my mental strength just by hearing it.

 

“I’ll just beat you up and find out about such things.”

 

“Kehehehe… To think you still can’t grasp the situation.”

 

Suddenly Karnack disappeared from my sight and appeared right in front of me.

 

Clang-!

 

The sword that flew toward my eyes was caught by the scythe’s handle and deflected.

 

“Try it if you can, little monarch!”

 

My heart sank for a moment.

 

For just an instant, I had lost track of his movement.

 

Befitting his reputation as the former Sun Monarch, his power under the sun was truly absolute.

 

“Now your expression is finally worth looking at.”

 

Karnack appeared like a mirage, scattering sand, and persistently aimed for my eyes.

 

I calmly parried Karnack’s attacks with my sword transformed into dual-wielding form.

 

“Right, if you panic over just this much, there would be no entertainment!”

 

The attacks aimed at my eyes began to get even faster.

 

As if this was just the beginning, the attacks that seemed to mock me gained variations.

 

His attacks gradually tightened around my throat, adding stages.

 

The sticky attacks became increasingly complex and disheveled, making me feel as if unpleasant tentacles were wrapping around my entire body.

 

“Let’s enjoy this a bit more! My monarch who bloomed my sun!”

 

I changed form to a shield and concentrated all my strength to unleash it.

 

Unable to ignore even this and push through, Karnack retreated for the first time.

 

Then he blatantly gestured with his sword as if telling me to try whatever I could.

 

‘This is my first time trying this…’

 

I steadied my breathing and divided Desperado into blades.

 

Fifty blades, more than before, moved freely according to my will.

 

Then I divided my strength finely and created hundreds of identical blades.

 

A wave of black blades mixing void with reality slowly began to move.

 

Karnack, who had been acting leisurely throughout, frowned unpleasantly for the first time.

 

“You’re doing the same thing as that one…”

 

Muttering to himself, he once again manifested the magnificent power of the sun explosively.

 

The smile that had been hanging on his lips disappeared, and his mocking eyes filled completely with golden sunlight.

 

“I didn’t expect to see that unpleasant thing again.”

 

Intense light began bursting from the sun sword that had been emitting a gentle golden glow.

 

“From now on, as monarch against monarch, I’ll face you seriously.”

 

As soon as those words ended, the sword stream and Karnack collided.

 

Against the countless blades pouring down like cherry blossoms, Karnack met every single attack head-on.

 

Sparks from the collision of darkness and sun burst forth spectacularly.

 

When a scattered blade is destroyed, I pour all my strength into creating another blade.

 

The relentless attacks seemed to give me the advantage at first glance, but those countless blades crumbled without even leaving a small scratch on Karnack.

 

Rather, Karnack was deflecting all those sword strikes while steadily approaching me.

 

‘Isn’t the gap in our levels way too big?!’

 

It was the first time I had ever thought ‘Can I even win?’ – we were in completely different dimensions.

 

With my strength and blades being meaninglessly consumed, I eventually had to make a choice.

 

‘Rather than continuing this meaningless war of attrition…!’

 

I gathered all the scattered blades and poured every single blade forged with my strength onto him.

 

For the first time, I saw Karnack step back before the overwhelming quantity pouring down in an instant.

 

I transformed Desperado into a spear and forged it with death.

 

The tyrannical aura close to a demonic spear roared toward the world without any intention of hiding.

 

“Hup-!”

 

Strength filled my entire body and heat surged through my arm muscles.

 

I thrust my left foot forward and threw the spear toward the sun with all my might.

 

The spear that flew tearing through the atmosphere never reached the sun no matter how far it traveled.

 

Even when it became a black dot and disappeared from view, the sun showed no change whatsoever.

 

“…This is insane.”

 

I thought it might have deployed a domain like the Black Sun, but that wasn’t the case.

 

What was floating there now was truly that sun in the galaxy.

 

“Things don’t seem to be going as you planned.”

 

“What…!?”

 

In that brief moment, Karnack, who had completely exhausted my strength, seized the opportunity and got behind me.

 

I hastily summoned Desperado to block the blade thrust aimed at my heart.

 

Clang-!

 

“Kugh-!?”

 

Since I couldn’t block it properly, Desperado’s handle struck my back.

 

Still, it was a hundred times better than being stabbed by the sword, so I carefully regulated my breathing.

 

But Karnack didn’t wait and continued to pressure me.

 

Irregular attacks poured down on every vital point of my body.

 

I could feel cold sweat flowing down my forehead.

 

The vicious killing intent targeting me seemed to take shape and rampage.

 

‘I didn’t want to use this power for a while.’

 

I activated the Soul Gathering I had carefully saved up.

 

When I exhausted all remaining souls to strengthen my body, the one-sided battle finally became evenly matched again.

 

Every time Karnack’s sword and my Desperado clashed, the atmosphere rang thunderously.

 

The surrounding sand was torn up countless times, and before I knew it, numerous giant craters had formed around me and him.

 

I finally had some breathing room to think again.

 

I responded to the powerful attacks that made my wrists tingle with attacks of my own.

 

Against the wind-like rushing attacks, I instead created spears and poured attacks from as far a distance as possible.

 

Karnack’s persistence in penetrating with his spear tip at the slightest carelessness was sickening.

 

Moreover, seeing that his breathing didn’t falter even once, he seemed to have some other hidden power.

 

How should I break through this situation?

 

My companions were busy hunting the Earth Dragon, and fortunately seemed to have gained the upper hand.

 

But could I really ask my companions for help?

 

Could my current companions really be of help in this level of fight where two Monarchs were brutally clashing?

 

I love my companions and can always trust them with my back, but my answer right now was ‘No.’

 

Then somehow I had to break through this situation alone.

 

“I can see your composure disappearing, little Monarch.”

 

“Little Monarch, little Monarch at the end of every sentence… Don’t you get tired of it?”

 

Sunlight concentrated on Karnack’s sword.

 

The sword that absorbed light to its limit and turned pure white seemed to glare at me.

 

Swish-!

 

With a movement one beat faster, Karnack’s sword slashed toward me.

 

Not a physical attack, but a brilliant white line imbued with sunlight was drawn across my body.

 

I immediately deployed my strength to defend against the attack, but that alone couldn’t block Karnack’s sincere strike.

 

Beyond the mercilessly torn strength, a sword mark was carved into my chest.

 

Whoosh-!

 

“Kughhhh!”

 

Blood trickled from the deep blood line carved into my chest.

 

Flames flickered from the wound, eating away at me so it couldn’t be easily healed.

 

The terrible pain of my body burning made even breathing difficult.

 

If I let my guard down even slightly, it felt like my organs would spill out.

 

Hot blood surged up from my mouth that had been tasting metallic.

 

“Huu… heuuu…”

 

With Desperado planted in the ground, barely managing to stand, Karnack slowly approached me.

 

“Though admirable, you unfortunately faced the wrong opponent, little Monarch.”

 

This time, I couldn’t hope for luck.

 

Senior also seemed to have no intention of helping me, as I felt no particular sensation.

 

“What are you saying… It’s not over yet… you bastard…”

 

With trembling hands, I gripped Desperado again.

 

I could feel my dimmed death force desperately struggling to protect me somehow.

 

“Someone like you who governs life and death should know your own condition better than anyone, so why are you being so stubborn?”

 

I could actually feel the shadow of death drawing much closer.

 

A chilling death was watching me as if the grim reaper had placed my neck on a guillotine.

 

“This side… unlike a bastard like you, has many lives to carry…!”

 

I converted my death force into physical power and forcibly sealed the wounded area.

 

The flickering flames were mercilessly torn away by the death force, and finally the wound was completely healed.

 

However, unlike treating the external injury, I couldn’t completely heal the accumulated damage in my once-wounded body.

 

Not knowing I could recover even this wound, Karnack looked at me with a disgusted expression.

 

“Despite being so well-versed in death, your own life is tenaciously persistent.”

 

“You know what?”

 

Ptui!

 

I spat out the blood remaining in my mouth and took my stance again.

 

“A man with much to protect becomes strong… You don’t have anything like that, so you wouldn’t know—!”

 

Desperado, swung with my remaining strength, was easily blocked by Karnack’s sword.

 

Karnack, floating in the sky, had eyes that couldn’t understand.

 

Because in the eyes of this bastard who contained the sun, I was a pitiful sight.

 

My legs were shaking and the arm holding my weapon was painfully about to fall off, but somehow my head was clearer than ever.

 

Karnack stared at me intently, then gripped his solar sword with both hands again.

 

“You’re not even worth listening to anymore.”

 

Light began gathering in the solar sword once more.

 

My slowly moving legs seemed to be writing a will, saying they couldn’t dodge this.

 

Nevertheless, I had no intention of just taking it lying down, so just as I was about to swing Desperado with all my might.

 

Kwaaaaang—!

 

“My lord—!”

 

Kang Cheol-u’s massive shield and barrier covered me.

 

Above it, thick ice created by Baek Do-hyeon withstood Karnack’s strike.

 

In an instant, ice over 1 meter thick was shattered and a huge crack appeared in Kang Cheol-u’s barrier.

 

Jinu’s dark grasp gently brought me over, and immediately Seo Iram’s prayer healed me.

 

The companions I thought wouldn’t be of help were now standing before me, protecting me.

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