It’s the Apocalypse, but My Summons Do Everything - Chapter 62

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Episode 62

 

#Episode 62

 

When I returned to reality, about half a day had passed.

 

The sun that had been up was slowly setting, and dusk was settling over the streets.

 

Since it was almost time for the association presidents to return, the ministers and association presidents were busily moving around until the very end.

 

Since everyone was gathered together, I approached them to express my final gratitude.

 

Everyone had gentle smiles on their faces, and when I approached, Reynold was the first to speak.

 

“Seoul is gradually taking shape.”

 

“I never thought we’d completely demolish everything and build a planned city.”

 

Indeed, under Hyeon-i’s leadership, Seoul was being completely transformed into something new.

 

Even the construction workers gave a standing ovation when they saw the blueprints Hyeon-i showed them, so I was also looking forward to seeing the newly completed Seoul.

 

Now even Sei, Japan’s Director of Exorcism, was looking at Seoul with envious eyes.

 

“Once completed, Seoul might become the safest city in the world.”

 

“Then those who left will come back, won’t they?”

 

“From what I hear, there are already quite a few hunters who have requested to return home.”

 

“The publicity seems to have been effective.”

 

Even now that it was night, the robots were actively continuing construction.

 

Just by Hyeon-i making slight modifications to the androids brought from various countries, there was an exponential increase in performance.

 

Now the ministers were practically worshipping Hyeon-i.

 

“You’re all returning as soon as dawn breaks tomorrow, right?”

 

“Yes, we just need to drive across to North Korea, so it’s not particularly difficult.”

 

“I’ll probably return in the same fighter jet I came in.”

 

“Could you drop me off in Japan on your way?”

 

Everyone laughed heartily at the light joke as we watched the sun completely set.

 

There was a gentle peace felt in the sight of Seoul beginning to rise under the sunset.

 

“Well then, you must be tired, so I’ll see you again tomorrow.”

 

“Thank you for your hard work as well, Hunter Cha Hyeon-su.”

 

Just as we were exchanging brief greetings and about to return to our lodgings.

 

Suddenly, Sei’s smartphone began screaming loudly.

 

Sei’s expression twisted as the black smartphone she carried—one she had never used even once—began ringing.

 

“It seems like an urgent call, please answer it quickly.”

 

“Yes, then excuse me for a moment.”

 

Sei, who rarely showed emotions, answered the phone with an anxious expression.

 

Her expression gradually began to crumble as she conversed from a distance.

 

Her complexion turned pale blue, and she hurriedly hung up the phone.

 

Unable to control her emotions at all, she urgently approached me and bowed her head.

 

“I think I need to return immediately.”

 

“What happened that’s making you do this? If it’s something I can help with, I’d like to help.”

 

At my question, the association presidents from other countries also sensed the situation and quietly stepped forward.

 

These weren’t people who moved based on just a few days of camaraderie, but Japan was still an advanced hunter nation.

 

It wouldn’t hurt to have them owe us a favor.

 

Sei smoothed her furrowed brow and spoke carefully.

 

“An earthquake of magnitude 8.5 or higher occurred, and the defense line we had set up in Sapporo has completely collapsed.”

 

“Oh…”

 

Everyone’s expressions hardened at this larger incident than expected.

 

Right now, Japan’s Hokkaido was completely overrun by monsters.

 

Sapporo was the frontline barely holding back the monster invasion.

 

But its collapse meant that not only the people living in Sapporo, but all of Hokkaido might fall into the hands of monsters.

 

The association presidents showed troubled expressions at this more serious situation than expected.

 

The problem wasn’t just that the defense line had collapsed, but that there happened to be an S-rank monster living in Hokkaido.

 

Kenmū, Japan’s only S-rank monster.

 

That monster lived there, despite Japan, an advanced hunter nation, attempting to subjugate it seven times and failing every time.

 

The creature that covered all of Hokkaido in fog had combat difficulty far exceeding ordinary S-ranks.

 

In fog with visibility of less than 2 meters, only it could move freely.

 

What was even more terrifying was that it turned fog into swords to toy with and kill enemies, so all hunters who had attempted to raid it even once suffered from severe PTSD.

 

That’s why Japan had built world-class defensive walls in Sapporo.

 

But they had collapsed due to an unprecedented earthquake.

 

Hearing this far, I could roughly see what I needed to do.

 

“I didn’t know I’d be able to repay this favor so quickly.”

 

Before I knew it, my companions, who had received word and finished preparing, approached me while rubbing their eyes.

 

“Yaaawn… Is this an overseas business trip?”

 

“Me, this is my first time going abroad!”

 

“Me too!”

 

My companions, who had only been hunters for a short time but already gave off veteran vibes, began maintaining their weapons without any tension.

 

Having already caught several S-ranks, they all looked familiar with what needed to be done.

 

Seeing me and my companions, Sei trembled with apparent emotion, then politely bowed deeply.

 

“Japan will never forget this favor.”

 

“We haven’t even caught it yet. Let’s hurry and go.”

 

In the distance, I could see supersonic fighter jets sent from Japan flying toward us.

 

* * *

 

At the Sapporo Final Defense Line, a fierce battle for survival was taking place.

 

Kenmuu’s subordinates were stealthily advancing into the city, using the fog as their shield.

 

Since most of them hid in the fog and aimed for rear attacks, the difficulty of subjugation was extremely high.

 

The only fortunate thing was that those bastards could be detected by motion sensors or thermal sensors.

 

Everything else was disadvantageous.

 

It wasn’t just the defense line that collapsed from the magnitude 8 earthquake.

 

The bridges and supply routes that had been constructed also collapsed together, creating an impossible situation.

 

The aerial supplies that did come were far insufficient compared to overland supplies.

 

The fog billowed.

 

Waves of fog more vicious than a terrible tsunami moved ominously to devour Sapporo.

 

Even when wind was created, the fog didn’t retreat; it would only pause momentarily in place without falling back.

 

Comrades who entered the fog to directly stop the advance had already lost contact.

 

The remaining forces numbered only about thirty.

 

S-rank Hunter Kisaragi Rei, the final commander of Sapporo’s defense wall, let out a groan for the first time.

 

“…Well, I’m glad I wrote my will in advance.”

 

Rei was stationed in Sapporo because of her power to read the flow of mana and cut through that flow.

 

It was true that her power was quite effective since she could actually cut away the fog.

 

However, the scale was too massive for a single human’s sword to handle.

 

Just as one human moving frantically in a raging tsunami would change nothing, the current situation was the same.

 

She didn’t know how many demons she had killed.

 

When she cut down demons whose forms weren’t visible, only then would they show their shape and collapse.

 

The corpses piled up this way had grown taller than Rei’s height.

 

Even so, the waves of demons pouring down like a waterfall showed no end.

 

Even after a decisive battle that had continued for over thirty hours straight, no end was in sight.

 

Her breathing continued, frail as if her spirit might snap, but the demons weren’t kind enough to consider such things.

 

She could feel the end gradually approaching.

 

The katana’s handle was already soaked and stained with blood.

 

Even so, the blade’s tip pointed toward the demons.

 

Even if her spirit broke and she was mercilessly devoured by demons, she swung her sword with renewed determination to kill even one more enemy until the very last moment.

 

Thunk-!

 

The chipped blade lodged in the demon’s shoulder.

 

She no longer had the strength to draw her sword and continue fighting.

 

Still gripping the sword, her knees finally gave out.

 

Just as the demon with the sword lodged in its shoulder let out a shriek and aimed for Rei’s neck.

 

“Well, there’s still a Hunter like this remaining.”

 

Slash-!

 

A black shadow shot from the sky split the demon in half.

 

Someone who fell from the sky, seemingly moved by her appearance of not letting go of her sword until the end, handed Rei a potion.

 

The potion given when even supplies had run out was extremely precious, but she couldn’t drink this valuable thing alone.

 

“My… my comrades are here… please give it to my comrades first.”

 

“…I quite like you.”

 

The man pondered for a moment at Rei’s answer, then belatedly relaxed his expression and replied.

 

Then he pressed another potion into her hand.

 

“I’ve already given them to the others, so take care of yourself first.”

 

With those words, the man leaped back into the front lines.

 

Judging by his awkward Japanese, he must be an overseas Hunter.

 

When she belatedly drank the potion, her blurred vision recovered to normal.

 

“…Wow.”

 

The Hunter who had fallen from the sky began blocking the approaching demons single-handedly.

 

* * *

 

“Today, let’s subjugate as many demons as possible and take care of the injured and people first.”

 

“Understood!”

 

Japanese reinforcements who joined belatedly by helicopter quickly dispersed and entered combat.

 

As reported, the fog’s density was so thick it reached an abnormal level.

 

The visibility was so poor that you couldn’t see properly after taking two steps, and the attacks from demons targeting your back were at a terrible level.

 

I just needed to sense souls and kill the approaching demons, but for other ordinary Hunters, it was a difficulty level worth considering death.

 

Since the land was so vast, I deployed comrades widely throughout Sapporo city.

 

Since they were all skilled people, news came that normalization was beginning rapidly.

 

I drew upon all my strength to create as many spears as possible.

 

The black spears embroidered in the sky tilted toward the ground.

 

When I rose into the sky to check the overall battlefield, I could see the souls of demons writhing ominously.

 

When I scattered my death force widely, black targets appeared above the demons.

 

The average level of demons was B-rank, an abnormally high figure.

 

I naturally understood why Hunters armed with cutting-edge equipment had died in such numbers.

 

Black spears began pouring down, targeting the vital points of the locked-on monsters.

 

The spears shot out without giving them any chance to react, piercing through the monsters.

 

The training with Senior had definitely been a great help, as the manifestation and output of my ability was twice as powerful as usual.

 

I created infinitely many spears, continuously searching for the monsters’ souls and locking onto them.

 

‘It seems like several wave-type Gates must have opened inside Hokkaido…’

 

The number of monsters was so vast that there seemed to be no end in sight.

 

When I raised my head to look at the end of the horizon, I could see it completely defiled with the souls of countless accumulated monsters.

 

But even so, monsters are still just monsters.

 

‘I need to fight more cost-effectively here.’

 

I made the black spears thinner and changed the tips to rotate like drills.

 

Just that alone reduced the amount of death force required for ability manifestation by half.

 

‘Good, this should be enough.’

 

As I endlessly slaughtered the pouring monsters, the fog that had gradually gathered began to be pushed back.

 

In the eyes of the Japanese Hunters who were with me, they could see a single Hunter from South Korea pushing back the front lines with sheer force.

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