It’s the Apocalypse, but My Summons Do Everything - Chapter 73

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Chapter 73

 

#Episode 73

 

After resolving Nox’s grievances, there wasn’t much else to collect from the 1.5th Floor.

 

I wondered if Nox might come up with us, but unfortunately, it seemed he was bound to the 1.5th Floor and couldn’t move to other places.

 

“I pray that glory will always accompany you wherever you go.”

 

“Thank you for the kind words.”

 

“Please take good care of yourself, and we’ll be on our way now.”

 

I opened the door to the 2nd Floor and my companions entered.

 

Just before I entered last, Nox belatedly approached me.

 

Then he pressed a necklace made of a transparent glass ring into my hand.

 

At my questioning gaze, Nox knelt on one knee and bowed his head.

 

“It’s an artifact that can block any attack once inside the Tower.”

 

Any attack, just once.

 

Wasn’t this practically equivalent to a spare life, a truly precious treasure?

 

“Why are you giving me something so valuable?”

 

At my expression of incomprehension, Nox answered in a solemn voice.

 

“Before being a Swordmaster, as a knight, I want to repay the grace of my lord who saved me from the abyss.”

 

A resolute will was reflected in his eyes, as if he had already resolved to serve me as his lord.

 

Having seen Hunter Kang Cheol-u call me lord before, he was quietly kneeling before me.

 

I gazed at Nox for a moment, then lightly tapped his shoulder with my scythe, as if performing a knighting ceremony.

 

“Thank you, I’ll use it well.”

 

“May fate not harm my lord, may the Goddess of Swords watch over my lord, may my lord’s sword never break.”

 

Receiving this knightly, elegant greeting, I too ascended to the 2nd Floor.

 

And the first sight that greeted me on the 2nd Floor was terrible.

 

“Damn it, why are you so late!!”

 

“Over there! Block that side quickly!!”

 

Along with some ridiculous demands, a slot machine began spinning above my head.

 

The slot machine, spinning rapidly as if I were in a casino, stopped at 2.6.

 

“…Damn it, seriously.”

 

An overwhelming number of monsters rushed forward as if the city gate would be breached at any moment.

 

The soldiers defending the castle were exhausted, gritting their teeth as they engaged in battle.

 

“My lord, the castle seems like it will be breached at any moment!”

 

Someone who appeared to be the leader among the centurions grabbed my arm and shook it.

 

In his terrified eyes, the terrible despair of defeat was faintly cast.

 

He seemed to be subtly hoping for a retreat order, but that wasn’t possible.

 

I briefly closed my eyes, shut out the noise, then checked his chest plate.

 

‘Centurion Brak, I see… Okay.’

 

I kicked off the ground, flew up into the sky, and calmly observed the current situation.

 

Outside the castle, monsters were packed so densely that no end was visible.

 

The city gate seemed precariously close to being breached, but there were no other gates besides that one.

 

No separate siege equipment was visible.

 

There were monsters making ranged attacks, but no flying monsters existed separately.

 

And the darkness felt from the enemy’s rear guard—that must be Mallarion, the one they called the Demon King’s Left Hand.

 

Having completed my situational assessment, I descended back to Brak and immediately gave orders.

 

“All troops take ranged weapons and stand on the fortress wall. I’ll personally enter the battlefield.”

 

“…What? That… what do you mean…?”

 

The centurion was flustered and blinked in confusion at my words about going out to fight during a siege.

 

“Are you not paying attention?”

 

Smack-!

 

“Aah! Ah, understood!”

 

After I flicked his joint, Brak moved frantically and began busily managing his subordinates.

 

With enemy blades at their throats, naturally the soldiers’ morale was at its worst.

 

The shadow of death hung heavily, and there were even soldiers shedding tears as they loaded cannonballs.

 

It was a terrible situation, but not the worst.

 

After all, the city gate was still holding, wasn’t it?

 

“Hunter Baek Do-hyeon and Jinu provide fire support from the fortress wall as much as possible! Seo Iram heal the wounded! Everyone else follow me!”

 

“Understood!”

 

“Yes, my lord!”

 

As if they had been waiting, my companions moved swiftly.

 

The other close-combat dealers and I immediately kicked off the fortress wall, climbed up, and jumped down from the wall.

 

“Wait a moment!”

 

As I kicked off the fortress wall and soared up, the overall battle situation came into view again.

 

I immediately used all my strength to create twenty rods over 10 meters long.

 

They had a structure like drills that could dig grooves and carry dirt outward.

 

I shot the rods I had created and firmly embedded them around the castle.

 

Then I grabbed the death force connected like a rope and spun with all my might.

 

“Kugh… Damn heavy…!”

 

Crack-! Crrrack!

 

The rods embedded around the castle began rotating and screaming.

 

The soft soil soaked with blood was mercilessly carved out, soon creating a massive pit over 100 meters deep around the castle.

 

In the process, chunks of demon flesh that had been ground up scattered and flew about.

 

Thanks to the deep pit created around the castle and the recent attack, I was able to buy some time.

 

“Wow…”

 

“That’s incredible…”

 

“Are you really human, Hyun-soo…?”

 

“There’s no time to be amazed at every little thing, we’re entering the battlefield right now!”

 

“Don’t you ever get tired? Got it!”

 

I immediately dove first with all my strength toward the demons around the castle gate.

 

I channeled death force into my heels and struck down with all my might like a falling star at where the demons were clustered.

 

Kwaaaaang-!

 

The bodies of demons around the castle gate all burst apart, instantly creating a clearing.

 

Since this wasn’t enough, I summoned Desperado and cut down all the demons pouring in chaotically.

 

Black lines appeared in my vision, and the demons caught by the lines were split in half and died.

 

“My lord-!”

 

Kang Cheol-u, who had come down with me as if he’d been waiting, took the vanguard.

 

When he activated his shield on his great shield and charged forward, the front line was pushed back and space was secured at once.

 

Yeo-ul and Rey, who had been waiting, immediately joined and began pushing back the front line.

 

The fact that there was only one castle gate worked quite favorably, so the annoying situation of demons escaping elsewhere didn’t occur.

 

In fact, those bastards were desperately attacking as if they only needed to break through this place.

 

Above our heads, demons were dying one by one from the firepower that Hunter Baek Do-hyeon and Jinu were unleashing.

 

Still, what was disadvantageous was that the front line wasn’t being pushed back as well as I had thought.

 

I wasn’t sure about their original level, but the demons with enhanced magic power now each possessed strength reaching at least upper B-rank.

 

No matter how much of an S-rank Hunter one was, it was impossible to kill a B-rank demon in one hit with indiscriminate blind attacks rather than sniping.

 

But to snipe them one by one, there were far too many of them.

 

Difficulty 2.6 times.

 

I was already starting to resent myself for being relieved that this level was relatively low.

 

What’s more, this was the level that had dropped drastically thanks to the Easter egg.

 

“Since it’s come to this, let’s go all out.”

 

“Understood.”

 

Now there was nothing to hold back.

 

I cast Recall Decree on my companions and increased the speed of battle.

 

No matter how many demons there were, even though I was massacring them as fast as I could grab them, there was barely any change in the battlefield.

 

I sharpened Desperado like a bullet and infused it with wind.

 

The storm of bullets that began spinning fiercely turned the demons into swiss cheese as soon as it touched them.

 

Fortunately, though the demons were numerous, their intelligence wasn’t very high.

 

Most seemed to follow one-dimensional orders from their command structure exactly as given.

 

Then from now on, there was only one thing for me to do.

 

Kill the commander who was watching this situation from afar.

 

‘How long would it take to break through to where that bastard is?’

 

I didn’t know for sure, but it would take quite a while.

 

Of course I could break through, but the demons would breach the castle gate first.

 

Thinking that far, I wondered if I really needed to go meet that bastard.

 

‘…I could just call him here, couldn’t I?’

 

I changed Desperado into a scythe and fed it a massive amount of death force, making it grow nearly 10 times larger.

 

“Everyone duck-!”

 

I planted my feet firmly on the ground and spun my body with all my might, and the giant scythe rotated, completely severing the bodies of all surrounding demons.

 

In the very slight gap that opened, I shouted to my companions.

 

“The plan has changed, everyone please guard the castle gate entrance.”

 

“Oh… again?”

 

“Yes, I’m just going to call the enemy commander here.”

 

None of my companions were foolish enough to worry about me.

 

They had to busily wield their weapons against the battlefield that was immediately being filled with demons again.

 

“Got it!”

 

“We’ll see you again, my lord!”

 

“Right, don’t advance unnecessarily, just guard the castle gate!”

 

“Yes!”

 

I shot Black Spear so my companions could return to the castle gate.

 

Its brutally overwhelming power annihilated all enemies in a straight line.

 

My companions all quickly returned to the castle gate through the opened path.

 

Though the demons might pursue my retreating companions, they couldn’t readily attack me first.

 

Since this was the situation I wanted, I first withdrew the death force I had used in battle and spread it out as widely as possible.

 

I kicked off the ground and flew up to confirm Mallarion’s location again.

 

Fortunately, he was staying at almost the very edge of my death force’s range.

 

He must have sensed my power too, as his body flinched and he tilted his head.

 

‘I’m not sure if this method will work, but…’

 

The black cloak flutters.

 

A command as a Monarch filled with souls over this battlefield full of death would be something even he couldn’t ignore.

 

A lion’s roar, was it?

 

I filled my mouth with plenty of death force and shouted with all my might.

 

“Stop hiding like a coward and come at me!”

 

My cry rang thunderously across the battlefield.

 

The death force that burst from my mouth spread endlessly, and in an instant, all the monsters’ gazes turned toward me in the sky.

 

‘…!’

 

It was a crude provocation, but surprisingly, I could feel Mallarion sitting on the Black Throne flinch.

 

Not to be outdone, I molded my death force and transformed it into the shape of a long spear.

 

Even for me, shooting this spear to that range would be impossible.

 

But just holding it like this, the intimidating presence would overwhelm all enemies on this battlefield.

 

Indeed, as I showed more intense actions, I could see his energy continuously wavering.

 

When I put even more power into the spear as a show of force, he finally rose from his throne.

 

I could feel a massive centaur wielding a black crescent blade charging toward me.

 

The overwhelming sound of hoofbeats shook the battlefield, as if a four-story building was running toward me.

 

With black hair and black eyes, he came close enough that I could visually confirm him trampling and bursting his subordinates, as if he didn’t care about the monsters at all.

 

A centaur with a mane made of black flames burning and wearing black armor all over his body.

 

Greatly enraged, the killing intent directed at me felt like needles stabbing my body.

 

Mallarion finally arrived, spewing hot steam as he faced me.

 

I gripped the spear I had created and glared at his brow for a moment.

 

His energy, which had been raging as if to tear me apart with killing intent, suddenly began to gradually subside.

 

The strength left his hand holding the weapon, and his fiercely burning mane gently returned to normal.

 

Mallarion, who had completely dropped his battle stance, looked at me with obsidian-like eyes and instead asked back.

 

“What brings my lord all the way here…?”

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