It’s the Apocalypse, but My Summons Do Everything - Chapter 58

—————
This chapter was translated by Lunox Team. To support us and help keep this series going, visit our website: LunoxScans.com
—————

Episode 58

 

#Episode 58

 

Countless chains of souls pierced through Karnaq’s body, causing him to cough up blood.

 

Red blood flowed down from the corner of his mouth as he looked at me with disbelief.

 

“How…?”

 

Even while dying, he seemed curious about it, looking at me with eyes full of doubt.

 

The scythe was placed against Karnaq’s neck.

 

A chillingly cold smile spread across my lips.

 

It wasn’t the smile of a victor, but the refreshing feeling of revenge for what I had suffered before.

 

“Why, couldn’t you do it?”

 

At my light sneer, Karnaq made a cynical expression.

 

His eyes gradually lost their light as he spoke in a voice full of regret.

 

“Soon… the time of the Lord’s War approaches…”

 

“You won’t be there anyway, so why worry about it?”

 

With cold mockery, I severed Karnaq’s neck.

 

That wasn’t enough, so I pierced through his heart with my hand and crushed it directly.

 

As if he truly hadn’t died until then, only now did a message appear saying I had defeated him.

 

My level rose significantly, and the first thing that came into my hands was a box slightly different from before.

 

If the previous one was a box decorated with platinum, this time it was decorated with rubies and red diamonds.

 

It was much larger than what I had obtained from dealing with the Bloodsucker.

 

When I carefully opened the box, inside was a Monarch’s fragment befitting the phrase “the most massive.”

 

This time too, as soon as I acquired the fragment, that large piece was absorbed into my heart.

 

I had seen Monarch fragments before so there wasn’t much excitement, but this special channel was a very significant benefit.

 

Normally, to converse with Monarchs who had reached the Divine Seat, it was impossible unless they invited me first.

 

But now I could just speak to them and have a conversation?

 

Just in case, I first tried speaking to Senior, who was the safest option.

 

After a moment, a System Message began appearing before my eyes.

 

‘Hmm… I guess having a voice conversation with Senior was indeed impossible.’

 

Even as something like an avatar rather than the main body, he had such overwhelming presence.

 

Perhaps this was only natural.

 

‘For a special channel, this is quite an indirect communication method.’

 

As I began communicating with Senior, the stopped time started flowing again and I could see my companions.

 

‘Huh? Karnaq? Why?’

 

Thinking it wouldn’t be something stupid like just looking with my bare eyes, I activated Soul Sight to check.

 

‘Huh?’

 

Something red was rippling around his body, quietly holding its breath.

 

‘What is that now?’

 

My body moved before I could get an answer.

 

I completely wrapped Karnaq’s soul, which had lost its body and was quietly dormant, with my death force.

 

‘Don’t tell me he was pretending to be dead just now?’

 

‘Ugh… He’s persistent.’

 

I had wrapped him with death force for now, but I was troubled about how to use this.

 

I thought about reviving him like Hunter Baek Do-hyeon, but as Senior said, this was someone who had even occupied a Divine Seat.

 

There were too many unsettling aspects to just use him as a servant.

 

But I also didn’t know how to completely annihilate a soul.

 

‘Come to think of it, this wasn’t used for Soul Gathering?’

 

‘Then, this is just difficult to dispose of…’

 

Senior, who had been pondering for a moment, muttered something and then spoke to me again.

 

‘Huh? I can offer something to Senior?’

 

After a moment, a black flame appeared before me.

 

It was a small flame the size of a fingernail, but the power I felt within it was so great that my eyes couldn’t fathom its limits.

 

I recognized it as Senior’s flame and tactfully fed Karnaq’s soul to the flame.

 

‘I should at least have this much sense.’

 

‘Understood.’

 

He would surely handle it well on his own.

 

I approached my companions who were lying exhausted behind me.

 

They had suffered various injuries, but none were fatal enough to be life-threatening.

 

“How can you be useful anywhere being this weak?”

 

At my joking words delivered with chuckling laughter, my companions finally relaxed their tension with relief.

 

I recklessly poured death force into my companions’ bodies.

 

Though crude, there was no more certain treatment than this.

 

My companions quickly regained their composure and got up from their seats.

 

Since Jinu couldn’t receive divine power, he came to his senses through Seo Iram’s prayer.

 

“If you’ve come to your senses, let’s hurry and go. Hyeon-i must be waiting.”

 

“Ugh… This time I really want to rest a bit.”

 

“Yeah, yeah, this time let’s really get some good rest.”

 

When I released the Black Crown, Karnaq’s sun disappeared and everything returned to its original scenery.

 

In the distance, the dawn sun rose and the sand that had covered the ground crumbled away, revealing the original appearance of Hamhung City.

 

“Still, before we go, we should thoroughly loot everything we can take.”

 

“Of course!”

 

“Oh, I suddenly feel energized!”

 

Humans are indeed worldly creatures.

 

* * *

 

When we returned to Seoul, the startled association presidents came running out barefoot.

 

They seemed greatly shocked by the sudden loss of connection.

 

Fortunately, there was no time discrepancy this time, so we were able to conclude the expedition within a week as planned.

 

Of course, I couldn’t tell the association presidents about Karnaq or the Divine Seat, so I made up something about variables involving S-rank monsters.

 

Since it was such a massive undertaking, everyone seemed to believe it.

 

Of course, among them all, Hyeon-i was the happiest, like a fish in water.

 

He was so excited that when I mentioned giving him all the accumulated resources and full authority needed for Korea’s reconstruction, he almost tried to kiss my shoes.

 

After handling the urgent matters, we slept like the dead for an entire day.

 

The summoned creatures didn’t need sleep, but since they had human hearts, taking rest together allowed them to recharge their humanity even more.

 

The association presidents had also stayed up all night supporting us during the emergency, so they welcomed the mention of rest with open arms.

 

And so, the next day.

 

Having fully recovered physically, I moved to City Hall.

 

The association presidents who had recovered their stamina were sitting there with gentle smiles, along with some people they’d brought.

 

When I asked who they were, I was told they were ministers in charge of the technologies needed for Korea’s restoration.

 

Bringing minister-level officials right away.

 

The atmosphere had definitely softened considerably compared to before this expedition.

 

‘Well, that makes sense.’

 

Since I had proven my abilities, the key now was what kind of ‘sincerity’ they would show me.

 

Of course, Hyeon-i was also with me today.

 

To receive support, there were many things that needed to be prepared, including the damaged Trans-Siberian Railway.

 

Naturally, the ministers from various countries who had confirmed my abilities acted as if they would give me their hearts and livers.

 

“First, one of the most urgent matters is restoring the power grid.”

 

“For power grid restoration, we have superconducting neural fiber cables ready! They can withstand even A-rank monster attacks and have self-repair functions!”

 

“Neural fibers? When did you bring outdated technology claiming it’s the latest? Don’t use such old-fashioned stuff, use our shielded conversion cores instead! They show over 90 percent compatibility for not just power but also mana conversion!”

 

Starting with power grid restoration.

 

“For communication network restoration, we need to rebuild phase frequency transmitters first. We have them prepared!”

 

“To connect the entire nation, wouldn’t multi-spectrum transceivers be the trend?”

 

“Considering communication interference and monster disruption, we’ll install phase stabilization filters too!”

 

Even basic industries like communication networks.

 

They seemed desperate to impress me, but I couldn’t really understand what they were talking about even after receiving the materials, so only Hyeon-i beside me was nodding and his eyes were shining.

 

Hyeon-i, who was listening along with the AI robot he’d brought, kept tilting his head and glancing at me.

 

It seemed like he had something he wanted to say, so I lightly patted Hyeon-i’s back and whispered in his ear.

 

“I don’t understand what they’re saying, so go deflate their egos a bit.”

 

“Is, is that okay? What if I step forward and mess things up…”

 

“That won’t happen even if the sky splits in two, so go wild.”

 

Most importantly, they were also subtly watching Hyeon-i’s reactions.

 

They seemed concerned about his history of casually modifying American cars.

 

Hyeon-i kept glancing at me until the last moment, then cautiously stepped forward.

 

“Um… first, wouldn’t phase stabilization filters be unable to handle the distortion in monster zones?

 

That frequency band is already covered by atypical noise…

 

You’d need to use band correctors, not filters.”

 

The ministers who heard Hyeon-i’s response paused for a moment, then slowly tapped their devices as if calculating something, and were shocked.

 

“Indeed! You’re absolutely right!”

 

“And, regarding the shielded conversion cores, is that 90% mana conversion rate based on overclocking or normal operation?

 

From what I can see, this would cause heat accumulation problems. Wouldn’t it be better to use an open-type central module with only outer shielding?”

 

“How… how did you think of such an approach…!”

 

Gradually, the ministers’ eyes looking at Hyeon-i began to shine brighter and brighter.

 

Far from being upset by the unexpected feedback, the ministers were breathing heavily and frantically taking notes on the feedback.

 

It was hard to tell if this was technical support or Professor Cheon’s feedback session.

 

The atmosphere became quite heated as the ministers abandoned their pride and raised their hands as if competing to be first, then Hyeon-i grinned and quietly hid behind me.

 

“Hyung… sorry, but their level is lower than I expected, so I’m embarrassed… Do we really need to accept such technology? Wouldn’t it be better to just receive materials and develop it myself?”

 

Judging from his reaction when he saw the American car, he wasn’t saying this because the level was actually poor.

 

He was deliberately asking me to further elevate my position in this negotiation.

 

‘I guess geniuses really are different.’

 

It was a statement that could have been offensive, but the genius Hyeon-i had shown so far was enough to give credibility to that claim.

 

In fact, it would be entirely possible if given the right materials.

 

I quietly patted Hyeon-i’s shoulder and said.

 

“Hyeon-i! Even so, that’s no way to talk – those words are rude to people who came all this way to visit us.”

 

“Hiiing, but still….”

 

Hyeon-i looked at the ministers with displeasure, then quickly hid behind me.

 

And it worked brilliantly.

 

The ministers, their pride wounded by Hyeon-i’s claims, gritted their teeth and began stepping forward one by one, leaving the Association President behind.

 

“I wasn’t planning to show you this far….”

 

“This was developed in top secret even in our country.”

 

“Have you heard of barriers that can withstand attacks from S-rank monsters?”

 

“Maglev trains are old news – this exceeds 900 kilometers per hour….”

 

The fired-up ministers suddenly began revealing their true capabilities out of spite.

—————
This chapter was translated by Lunox Team. To support us and help keep this series going, visit our website: LunoxScans.com
—————