It’s the Apocalypse, but My Summons Do Everything - Chapter 65

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Chapter 65

 

#Episode 65

 

The letters were writhing and moving like insects, impossible to read.

 

As if they wouldn’t allow a human like me to know the name.

 

“Hmm… Is it written in true name?”

 

‘Rigid?’

 

What kind of position is that.

 

Do the Monarchs have different positions among themselves?

 

I don’t know for sure, but I can tell they’re someone who values principles and rules.

 

‘But you’ve found another contractor now, right?’

 

‘Huh? Me?’

 

A Monarch who’s that rigid and principled is coming to find me, a human?

 

‘That doesn’t add up.’

 

‘Then there’s basically no difference from saying they’re just coming to find me anyway.’

 

What kind of Monarch is making such a fuss about coming to find me.

 

Since nothing came to mind, I grumbled and checked the remaining battle situation.

 

The last A-rank demon and the handful of remaining monsters tried to flee in panic, but Jinu’s darkness swallowed the A-rank demon.

 

Behind them, Yeo-ul, who had received Hunter Baek Do-hyeon’s flames, threw a punch with the power of the King of Fists and Yeonje.

 

Massive flames swept over the enemies in a straight line, turning them into a handful of ash that scattered in the wind.

 

For a moment, Rey flinched upon seeing Yeo-ul’s King of Fists stance.

 

She probably knew Shoara Musuke, the previous user of the King of Fists stance.

 

Sure enough, I could see her immediately approaching Yeo-ul with sparkling eyes.

 

Since it looked like their conversation would be quite long, I gathered my companions.

 

“Let’s just collect the magic stones and discuss the rest back in the car.”

 

“Understood!”

 

“Yes!”

 

My companions who returned to the car in a rush began chattering noisily.

 

With the post-battle dopamine still lingering, none of them showed signs of fatigue.

 

Especially Rey, who sat next to Yeo-ul with sparkling eyes.

 

Unable to endure the overwhelmingly intense gaze any longer, Kim Yeo-ul spoke first.

 

“It’s what you’re thinking, so stop staring at me so intensely.”

 

“Wow, really!? Where did you get it!?”

 

Since the concept of skill books itself is widely known among hunters, Rey didn’t back down but instead moved even closer to Kim Yeo-ul.

 

For a moment, Yeo-ul sent me a pleading look for rescue, but I quietly moved to the passenger seat next to Hunter Kang Cheol-u.

 

‘She’s a companion we’ll be working with on this expedition, so I hope they get along…’

 

After quietly offering my condolences and moving forward, despite having fought such an intense battle, the view was still filled with fog.

 

“Since we don’t have a particular destination, it’s awkward to just turn the wheel randomly.”

 

“Can’t be helped. Let’s follow the navigation to the central area first.”

 

“Understood.”

 

What kind of landmass is this big that it took so long just to get there.

 

However, there were no organized attacks from monsters like before.

 

Seeing how the monsters we encountered outside were adapting to enemies, they might be preparing another variable to deal with us.

 

‘But would there be a variable capable of handling this level of members.’

 

Six S-ranks, plus me as a variable.

 

Unless it’s quite a belligerent creature, wouldn’t a future of just running away forever be safer.

 

‘This expedition might take longer than expected…’

 

An expedition getting prolonged because an S-rank demon is running away.

 

It was absurd, but I needed to end this expedition as quickly as possible.

 

Because there’s no telling what variables might arise while the country is in the midst of recovery.

 

The best option for me would be to handle things quickly and return.

 

“If we’re in a hurry, we might need to consider sending some people back to South Korea.”

 

“That’s probably right, since it’s a country in an incomplete state.”

 

The car that had been driving endlessly finally arrived at Daeseolsan National Park in the center of Hokkaido.

 

The beautiful mountain that once boasted magnificence was nowhere to be seen, and only an open field shrouded in bleak fog welcomed us.

 

“We’ve come all the way to the central area, but we don’t really see anything…”

 

“Right, this is quite troublesome…”

 

Just as I was about to lean back in my chair and let out a sigh, something caught in my detection range from far outside.

 

Since it was clearly an S-rank presence and not some A-rank demon, my eyes sharpened.

 

“…Everyone, prepare for battle!”

 

Kang Cheol-u, who noticed the change in my aura, was the first to shout to our companions.

 

As if it had sensed my presence too, it turned its gaze toward us.

 

For a moment, the emotions I read from it were definitely fear and terror.

 

But in about 0.1 seconds, the chaotic emotions were cut off abruptly, and soon I couldn’t read anything at all.

 

All I could read was its movement.

 

“No, everyone stay in the car.”

 

Rather than running away, it began approaching me at a terrifying speed.

 

‘Why did it suddenly change like that?’

 

It was as if someone else had taken over its body.

 

However, the power I felt from it was definitely that dark and terrible force of a demon, so I opened the door alone.

 

“Wait until I tell you to come out.”

 

“Understood.”

 

Rey looked at his companions with eyes that seemed to question if this was really okay, but they all knew better.

 

That going out now would only get in my way.

 

As I stepped outside, the cool air tickled my cheeks.

 

What was truly surprising was that despite charging at me so fiercely, I couldn’t feel any killing intent directed at me.

 

Nevertheless, its movements alone were sharp enough to overwhelm other S-rank demons.

 

I began to see it charging toward me.

 

Despite approaching at such incredible speed, there wasn’t a single disturbance in the fog.

 

If an ordinary person who knew nothing looked with their naked eyes, they would feel it was peaceful—no change could be felt in the fog whatsoever.

 

But in my eyes, I could see a Swordsman charging at me with a katana.

 

No killing intent, yet charging with a weapon.

 

‘Is something like that even possible?’

 

The faint curiosity I felt instead made my emotions even more confused.

 

I transformed Desperado into blades for now.

 

There was no reason to clash head-on with an enemy charging so fiercely.

 

After training with Senior, the doubled blades swept like a fierce storm.

 

I felt the Swordsman flinch for a moment upon meeting the blade storm.

 

But rather than stopping, it accelerated even more and charged at me.

 

I thought it might have considered the blade storm mere physical force, but it began deflecting all those attacks with its katana.

 

Though the blades infused with death force were divided, each one possessed enough power to push back even Kang Chul-woo.

 

Yet it deflected them so easily, and while advancing no less?

 

This clearly wasn’t the kind of power an ordinary S-rank demon should possess, so I withdrew the blades and channeled power into Desperado.

 

As I struck the ground with the handle’s end, death force spread widely across the earth.

 

It was a silent warning not to come any closer, but the Swordsman scoffed and ignored it, charging at me.

 

In the end, I met its blade with Desperado.

 

I tried to hook the blade with my scythe to break it, but it simply let go of the sword and forged a new one from the fog.

 

Then it began attacking me by crafting blades from the fog, just as I had done.

 

‘Hmm…?’

 

No matter how I thought about it, this wasn’t the thinking ability of an S-rank demon.

 

Deflecting powerfully was one thing, but showing not even a trace of fear in the face of death force was clearly problematic.

 

A single phrase from Senior flashed through my mind.

 

I drew death force into my fist and struck the creature’s blade head-on.

 

The blade shattered instantly, and the Swordsman was pushed back by the resulting shockwave.

 

In the momentary opening, I lowered my weapon and looked straight into the Swordsman’s eyes before asking.

 

“Are you perhaps a Monarch?”

 

What I was referring to wasn’t some monarch of the human realm, but a Monarch who had ascended to the Divine Seat.

 

Then, as if it hadn’t expected to have its core pierced so directly, the Swordsman flinched before nodding.

 

“Then what’s your reason for attacking me?”

 

At my question, the Swordsman stared at me intently.

 

No matter how I looked at it, that Monarch had definitely possessed this Swordsman’s body.

 

Since I didn’t even know what kind of Monarch it was, I was starting to feel frustrated.

 

“If you have no intention of answering, I understand.”

 

Fragments of death force that had begun to boil started revealing themselves.

 

Terrible secrets forged from death stretched across all directions.

 

Whether it had killing intent or not, it had pointed a weapon at me and attacked.

 

Being a Senior who had ascended to the Divine Seat only got it this much consideration.

 

After all, you can’t bring your true body to the ground anyway, right?

 

A black coffin that killed light swallowed the Swordsman.

 

Inside the black coffin, attacks forged from death force began pouring toward the Swordsman.

 

No longer simple chains, but countless arrows and spears, sword energy and blades, even formless attacks poured down.

 

I could feel the Swordsman’s great panic at the attacks that were more vicious than expected.

 

It tried desperately to deflect the overwhelming attacks, but no matter how excellent the software, the hardware was ultimately just an S-rank demon.

 

I could see wounds appearing one by one on the Swordsman’s previously perfect soul.

 

As the attacks accumulated, the Swordsman that had been forcing itself to endure was dying.

 

At this point, it should either struggle desperately or try to speak, but it didn’t open its mouth even once.

 

Instead, it silently deflected attacks even more diligently, as if resigned to die like this.

 

Perhaps because it wasn’t itself that would die.

 

Of course, since it wasn’t a human body but a demon’s body, I didn’t feel much responsibility.

 

However, that wasn’t what I was curious about.

 

‘Senior, can you also descend into the body of a completely unrelated monster like that?’

 

‘Hmm, then at the very least, that Monarch must be essentially connected to the Swordsman.’

 

Thinking about it slowly, doesn’t that mean that bastard left the Swordsman alone while it massacred so many civilians?

 

Even if Monarchs are those who transcended humanity and ascended to Divine Rank, as someone who remains a mere human, I couldn’t help but find it disgusting.

 

‘No matter how I look at it, we could never become friends.’

 

A Death Dance of completely different caliber than before unfolded, hooking the scythe around the Swordsman’s neck.

 

In that instant, the Monarch’s body, having lost track of my movements, froze.

 

“You have no intention of revealing who you are until the very end?”

 

Even with the scythe touching his throat, he didn’t open his mouth.

 

Even though I gave him a moment to respond, nothing changed.

 

“Yes, understood.”

 

I cleanly severed the Swordsman’s head.

 

I could feel the experience points flowing in as it properly died.

 

I wondered if there might be some special additional effect from killing a monster possessed by a Monarch, but there wasn’t.

 

‘Well, I did gain a new skill, so that’s good enough.’

 

Having reached level 80 and gained a new skill, I released the Black Crown with relief.

 

“…Huh?”

 

Contrary to my expectation that the fog would gradually disappear with the Swordsman’s death, an even thicker fog was thoroughly blocking my vision.

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