It’s the Apocalypse, but My Summons Do Everything - Chapter 6

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Episode 6

#Episode 6

The journey through Geumsan County toward Daejeon went smoothly.

After passing through the burned mountain ranges, Daejeon gradually began to appear in the distance.

Daejeon is an important supply point.

It’s one of the places where major powers are maintained on the Korean Peninsula.

It’s one of the few places where the remaining Hunters act as vigilantes, keeping crime and cartels from running rampant.

“What do you want to do first when we arrive in Daejeon?”

“I want to wash up. I feel so grimy I could die, seriously.”

“In times like these when water is precious, do you think we can just wash freely?”

“I don’t know, I’ll have to settle for a quick wash at least.”

Kim Yeo-ul is a summon so she could just be resummoned, but I was dying from performing all those forced marches.

The smell of blood mixed with ash from Geumsan County still hadn’t come off.

“Anyway, anything will do, I just want to wash off this accumulated grime.”

“I get it, so let’s hurry. The sun will set soon.”

Sleeping outdoors in a place that’s not even a village with no people around is out of the question.

Since we desperately wanted to arrive in Daejeon and rest by today, Kim Yeo-ul and I diligently quickened our steps.

After walking for about another hour like that.

A scene quite different from just a week ago greeted us.

“Looks like we won’t be able to shower after all?”

“Hah.”

What came into view wasn’t Daejeon where people lived together, but hell crawling with undead.

Groooooan…

A zombie with dangling eyeballs immediately began crawling toward us.

* * *

“It’s only been less than a week since we came back, so why is the village completely destroyed.”

Kim Yeo-ul, who had piled up a mountain of corpses, lightly dusted off her hands and came down.

The desperately charging undead couldn’t even touch the hem of the quasi-S-rank Hunter’s clothes.

‘After 90 percent, it’s rising really slowly.’

My current level is 13.

Certainly, since Cheonma, there hasn’t been any notable hunting, so there was no dramatic growth.

“Stop catching those worthless things and let’s go.”

“The city is in that state, so where are we going?”

Normally I would have avoided entering Daejeon and taken the longest route around, but the situation is a bit different now.

“Let’s just go in for now. If it’s a city that was ruined not long ago, supplies are basically free.”

“Are you sure it’ll be okay?”

“There’s an infinitely reviving quasi-S-rank Hunter next to me, so I think it’ll be fine?”

A faint smile spread across Kim Yeo-ul’s lips at the subtle compliment.

“Ahem, well, that’s true.”

She’s so easy to read, really.

* * *

Upon entering inside Daejeon, the tragic scene was revealed even more clearly.

The city was thoroughly destroyed to the point where it was hard to believe people had lived there just a week ago.

“It’s a disaster.”

Daejeon’s military strength wasn’t particularly weak.

There were about three B-rank Hunters equivalent to A-rank, and the number of lower-tier Hunters easily exceeded thirty.

But if it’s a disaster capable of massacring such a Hunter group…

“We should consider the possibility of a new S-rank monster.”

“Ugh!? Again!?”

“Nothing else can explain it. I don’t think Daejeon could have been devoured by mere undead hordes.”

“No, S-rank monsters that appear once every 10 years in other countries, why are they running rampant on this small piece of land!”

“I don’t know, maybe Grandfather Dangun got scammed on his lease…”

I said this, but I have no intention of just turning back.

The ultimate goal is reclaiming the Korean Peninsula.

Gathering as much information as possible would be good for planning the future.

“If it’s dangerous we can just run away, so let’s go in for now.”

“Just trust me, if it gets dangerous, abandon me and run!”

“If you say that, it makes me look like trash…”

“Is… is that so?”

Making silly jokes, we went deep inside Daejeon.

Traces of people I had seen familiarly until a week ago remained scattered here and there.

“Are there any survivors by chance?”

“Even if there are, they wouldn’t be out in the open in a place like this.”

“I suppose so…”

What could be the reason for the undead party suddenly starting in Daejeon.

As I walked while pondering carefully, I could see another group of undead wandering around ahead.

Like mindless creatures that had lost their intelligence, they began charging at terrifying speed the moment they saw the living.

“I have something to think about, so handle them yourself.”

“Yes, young master~”

Kim Yeo-ul took a stance and mercilessly exterminated the undead swarming around me while protecting my vicinity.

With a single punch, the King of Fists technique exploded outward, ruthlessly tearing apart the bodies of three or four undead.

There’s no way Daejeon would have fallen to such low-grade undead.

After Seoul’s fall, this place was called the Republic of Korea’s second capital, so if it had fallen to something like this, it would have collapsed long ago.

That means there must be a variable that even that many hunters couldn’t resist.

What kind of variable could there be in Daejeon that would…

“Hyun-soo, stop for a moment.”

“Okay.”

Kim Yeo-ul’s voice, drained of humor, brought my mind back to reality.

I immediately stopped walking and looked around.

“…Hunters?”

“Yeah, just in case, wait here.”

Undead hunters holding weapons were glaring at Kim Yeo-ul.

Among them were some hunters I had even conversed with when I came to Daejeon before.

Their intelligence seemed no different from other undead, as they began charging toward us while groaning “Graaaah.”

Kim Yeo-ul’s fist clashed with an undead hunter’s greatsword.

Naturally, since there was no way Kim Yeo-ul would be pushed back, I returned to my contemplation.

Undead.

Undead that didn’t discriminate by race, undead that even included hunters.

I need to think about where such undead could have originated from, and the places in Daejeon that could produce them are…

“…Ah, damn it.”

“What! Did you figure something out?”

Even though they were hunters, the mindless creatures weren’t opponents for an S-rank, so Kim Yeo-ul, who had quickly dealt with them all, approached my side.

“Yeah, Daejeon National Cemetery, let’s go there.”

“Daejeon National Cemetery? Why there?”

“All hunters from Daejeon go there when they die in the line of duty.”

“…!”

Kim Yeo-ul’s complexion hardened as she understood what I meant.

“Isn’t there an S-rank hunter buried in Daejeon…?”

“We better hope that one doesn’t come back to life.”

“…Sigh, this isn’t going to be easy.”

* * *

“These damn undead keep coming endlessly no matter how many we kill.”

“If they could be finished off by killing them carelessly, Daejeon wouldn’t have fallen either.”

“Sigh… The Paris Baguette uncle said he’d give me a box of fried soboro if I came back.”

Kim Yeo-ul, who had been indifferently crushing undead in droves, suddenly flinched and trembled her shoulders.

“Wait… then what happened to the Paris Baguette bread recipes now?”

“What do you mean what happened, they’re gone.”

“It’s… a national loss…!”

“Save that kind of talk for when Bulguksa collapses.”

Well, it’s better than being dejected in this situation.

“Let’s just hurry up and go, it’s urgent.”

“Wouldn’t you say such things while lending a hand in the hunt?”

“If I get bitten, you’ll die too, is that okay with you?”

“As expected, I’ll escort you safely.”

An S-rank hunter’s breakthrough power wasn’t something that could be stopped by mere undead.

Thanks to that, we could break through Daejeon much faster and arrive at the National Daejeon Cemetery located on the outskirts.

“…Whew.”

“Hyun-soo, what do we do now…?”

Ominous predictions never fail to be wrong – only the graves of hunters had been dug up.

Naturally, the tomb of former S-rank hunter Kang Hyeon-u, who had been buried in the innermost area, was also completely empty.

The fortunate thing is that only recently deceased hunters seem to have been resurrected.

It seems they don’t have the ability to resurrect indiscriminately like me.

Then the opponent is a necromancer, or a death mage.

“This has become quite troublesome.”

“What has?”

“What do you mean what, you’re feeling it too.”

“Weren’t you pretending not to know on purpose?”

As we went deeper into the cemetery, I gradually began to feel a gaze.

Since they’re not immediately attacking, they seem to be testing us.

Quite a cautious one…

The enemy could be a person, or possibly a monster.

Of course, the fact that they attacked us like this doesn’t change the result that I’ll kill them.

Variables in battle are one of the worst elements.

And right now, I have that worst variable in my hands.

I quietly moved closer to Kim Yeo-ul’s side.

Kim Yeo-ul flinched at the feeling of skin contact, but soon quietly shifted her gaze in the same direction as me.

“Hmm…”

“Kang Hyeon-u seems to be there with them too, right?”

“Yeah, I’m sure.”

Kang Hyeon-u was also once a combat-type Hunter who ranked among the top three in the Republic of Korea.

“Can you win?”

“If he’s as he was when alive, 40%. If he’s undead, 80%.”

“A 2x difference is a bit extreme.”

“…Then, since I can revive infinitely, 100%!”

Kim Yeo-ul rolled up her sleeves and quietly stepped forward in front of me.

One former S-rank, three A-ranks, and many below that on their side.

On our side, one quasi S-rank and me.

The battle situation was completely unpredictable.

I was briefly contemplating whether we should just flee as we were.

“Let’s talk for a moment.”

The culprit who had been watching us from afar came down.

It was someone wearing a black robe with a skull staff in his right hand.

Behind him, Kang Hyeon-u and other high-grade undead were coming down together.

He seemed to have judged that he held a clear advantage in terms of forces.

The man who came down stepping on undead stacked like stairs looked at me and Kim Yeo-ul with red eyes.

He seemed to be gauging something, then finally opened his mouth after a long while.

“As you can see, I’m a Necromancer. I have no name.”

“…”

The guy didn’t care about the unpleasant silence.

He pointed at Kim Yeo-ul with fingers that were blackened rather than human skin and let out a disgusting voice.

“Hand over that woman and leave this place. Then I’ll spare you alone.”

At that response, Kim Yeo-ul’s expression openly crumpled.

The disgusting gaze and voice dripping with black desire felt devoid of human emotion.

Naturally, my answer was.

“Sure thing.”

“How wise…”

Before the guy could even finish his words, my fist wrapped in the King of Fists stance headed toward his face.

But my fist, having been an ordinary person until recently, was easily blocked by Kang Hyeon-u’s right hand.

“…Ha.”

The Necromancer, unable to react, was startled and fell on his backside.

Then the robe that had been covering even the top of his head came undone, revealing his face.

“…Tsk.”

“Disgusting…”

Half of his face had rotted away, exposing bone.

One eye had lost its eyeball, and red flames were burning inside the skull.

Lichification.

The ideal and final stage of corrupted necromancers.

It was the disgusting form that those who gave up being human dreamed of.

Once lichification was completely finished, the guy would run even more rampant.

With his humanity completely erased, he would gather an army of death and occupy the Republic of Korea.

And the Republic of Korea, now in full bloom with death, would serve as the perfect fertilizer for him.

So he had to be killed right now.

“Yeo-ul, kill them all.”

“Got it!”

Kim Yeo-ul, wrapped in the King of Fists stance, clashed with Kang Hyeon-u.

Kang Hyeon-u wasn’t at his level from when he was alive, as he couldn’t properly block Kim Yeo-ul’s punch and was pushed back more than 3 meters.

Since Kang Hyeon-u had died and his skills had also been released into the world as skill books, all he had was his S-rank body from when he was alive.

“This much is pretty easy.”

Kim Yeo-ul, knowing this as well, took large strides and pressed Kang Hyeon-u.

No matter how much of an S-rank body he had, he couldn’t compare to Kim Yeo-ul who possessed the power of the King of Fists.

“How… how can such a being still exist on the Korean Peninsula…!”

Seeing this, the panicked Necromancer glared at me with hollow pupils.

Kang Hyeon-u, who couldn’t even counterattack once and was helplessly beaten by Kim Yeo-ul, was no longer a reliable force.

“Tsk… I’m not ready yet… but I have no choice.”

Without any time to intervene, the Necromancer muttered something, then raised his staff and thrust it into his own chest.

“Keuheuk-!”

As the staff pierced through his heart, the undead that had been moving beside him collapsed.

Kang Hyeon-u, who had been fighting Kim Yeo-ul, also seemed to have his connection severed as he slowly fell to his knees.

All the undead that the creature had been commanding knelt down, and the black mist within them began gathering toward the Necromancer.

The staff embedded in his heart melted away and was completely absorbed into the Necromancer’s body.

The remaining fragments of humanity crumbled into a handful of dust and disappeared, leaving behind a complete skeleton.

The skin that had covered his body peeled away entirely, adding flesh to his robes.

After the black storm passed, two red lights appeared in the Lich’s eye sockets.

“So this is what eternal life beyond death feels like…”

A disaster-class monster whose mere appearance would trigger a national emergency.

A Lich had arrived on the Korean Peninsula.

At the same time, all the undead that had lost their power began to resurrect.

In an instant, countless legions of undead revealed themselves around Kim Yeo-ul and me.

“Hyun-soo!”

Kim Yeo-ul, who had been fighting Kang Hyeon-u, now stood before the Lich.

She was gesturing for me to run away immediately, but I didn’t.

Far from feeling fear, a smile actually formed on my lips.

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