It’s the Apocalypse, but My Summons Do Everything - Chapter 76

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Chapter 76

#Chapter 76

“An android? What kind of nonsense is that?”

“The Supreme Commander of humanity is an android? Does that even make sense?”

All the high-ranking officials except for one surrounded Jenos.

Despite being an android, he seemed to have quite a good reputation.

Several officials openly displayed their discomfort, showing that Jenos was currently held in considerable respect.

Even Jenos himself was looking at me with an expression of injustice.

With a mechanical body where I couldn’t sense even a trace of a human soul.

Of course, my companions knew I couldn’t be wrong, so they just stared at Jenos without any objection.

Surprisingly, even Hunter Baek Do-hyeon, who I thought would figure it out by reading mana, was tilting his head in confusion.

It seemed this world had no mana, making it difficult to discern the truth.

“So everyone here thinks Jenos is human, I see.”

“Yes! We’re certain!”

“He’s actually the best among all the commanders we’ve had so far.”

“Hmm, unfortunately so, no, I see.”

I didn’t know what kind of friction existed between androids and humans, but at least there seemed to be a problem if Jenos wasn’t human.

Then there was no reason to go easy on him.

I sharpened the blade of the spear I had created.

The blade compressed to the molecular level swung and precisely cut across Jenos’s chest.

The suit he was wearing tore and his skin split open.

Naturally, inside were countless mechanical parts moving like human organs.

“I suppose all humans look like this these days.”

“Uh…”

“Commander Jenos?”

“He really wasn’t… human?”

“Then what we’ve been believing and following all this time…!?”

The considerably flustered high-ranking officials just looked at each other’s faces and stammered.

I grabbed Jenos’s neck with my death force.

Before long, the Assembly Hall was completely occupied by my death force.

“This is getting chaotic, so everyone please sit down.”

Causing a commotion in this situation would be undignified.

These aren’t children, and if they’re executives leading not just a country but a galaxy, they should immediately find solutions even in this situation.

Death flowing down my hand completely bound and restrained Jenos’s limbs.

“By any chance, is it a big problem if the Supreme Commander is an android?”

“…There are security concerns.”

Just one person.

An executive who had been quietly observing this situation opened his heavy mouth.

This gave me a rough idea of how the Human Assembly operated.

“You seem somewhat useful.”

The nameplate read Nova, Deputy Commander of the United Galactic Forces.

It seemed there was only one person in here I could have a proper conversation with.

“About the security concerns?”

“Yes, there are numerous alien species in Andromeda, and among them are monsters specialized in cyber warfare.”

“So those guys can adversely affect androids.”

“Yes, not just androids, but strong artificial intelligence has also been severely compromised once before.”

Though I had subdued him just in case, Jenos looked even more confused, as if he truly still believed he was human.

“I… I was an android…?”

Seeing him still unable to come to his senses, he seemed to be an android programmed from the beginning to think of himself as human.

Since there was a possibility he was a spy sent by alien species, I quietly pressed the tip of Desperado against Jenos’s throat.

“You, what are you?”

At my threat, he raised both hands while shaking his head as if he truly hadn’t committed any betrayal.

Jenos, who was really trembling like a human, bit his lips.

His bitten lips burst and red blood flowed down.

That sight really looked like a human trying to regain composure.

‘Showing something like that would be enough to fool people.’

Of course, for now he was nothing more or less than a robot mimicking humans.

I needed to know his purpose.

Jenos, who had cleared his mind by drawing blood, hardened his expression.

“Even though I may be an android, I have no shame whatsoever.”

“How can I believe that?”

“Since I took office as Supreme Commander, I’ve raised humanity’s win rate from a mere 37 percent to 55 percent. Do you need more definitive results than this?”

On the surface, it was an answer that could be tempting, but war cannot be viewed through probabilistic statistics alone.

I turned my gaze to look at Nova and asked.

“Not win rates, show me practical combat indicators like actual damage scale and battle results.”

“I prepared this knowing you’d ask.”

▪ Overall engagement win rate: Humanity 55%

▪ Strategic stronghold engagement win rate: Humanity 31%

▪ Force attrition rate: Humanity 47%, Enemy 19%

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Various other indicators were visible below, but to summarize roughly, it was like this.

“You only picked up scraps and lost 70% of the actual battles.”

“Yes, we’ve also lost 67% of planets with important resources buried, and 30% of our hangars have been seized.”

These were indicators so fatal that even I, a complete novice to war, could understand.

There was no way Jenos, the supreme commander, didn’t know about these things.

“What does the capable Supreme Commander Jenos think?”

“That… that is… well…”

Under my gaze, Jenos trembled his hands and moved with agility unbelievable for a human.

Just as he was about to shed black tears and grab his heart to explode it.

“Sigh.”

The death force binding him tore Jenos’s body into dozens of pieces.

Though it happened in an instant, Nova only twitched his eyebrows and showed no particular reaction.

Crash-!

I picked up Jenos’s head rolling on the ground and slammed it onto the desk.

Brain matter flowed out as Jenos’s crushed head burst open grotesquely.

“Everyone’s level is pathetic.”

“But… but this is…”

“Shut up. The words of incompetent leadership that can’t even detect a single spy aren’t worth listening to.”

I tore off Jenos’s supreme commander badge that had fallen to the ground and wiped off the black blood.

Holding the badge, I swept my gaze across the entire assembly hall once.

Even in this situation, except for one person, they were all just pot-bellied old men, so I pinned it on Nova’s chest without a moment’s hesitation.

Finally, it felt like the right person was wearing the right clothes.

The very image of a leader without blood or tears.

Even now Nova seemed slightly surprised, but immediately regained his composure and bowed his head to me.

“From now on, Nova is humanity’s supreme commander. Of course, I won’t listen to the words of incompetent people like you.”

“…”

“Woohoo.”

“I’m in favor~”

“Me too! What’s scarier than the enemy is a stupid superior.”

The other high-ranking officials glanced at each other even in this situation, then soon bowed their heads.

The fact that they were still reading the room and acting accordingly in this situation was enough to make me frown deeply.

Incompetent fools with no convictions of their own, just desperately clinging to their positions.

“I won’t take away your positions, so stop reading the room and get lost.”

The officials trembled with clenched fists, but lacking the courage to oppose me, they bowed their heads and all left the meeting room.

Now only my companions and Nova remained in the meeting room.

Nova only opened his mouth after seeing all those cancer masses leave through the window.

“First of all… I want to express my gratitude.”

“Don’t mention it.”

With a complexion so pale that not a drop of blood would come out even if pricked with a needle, he calmly sat in the head seat.

“Regarding Jenos, I had suspicions, but there was no physical evidence.”

“I see, so that’s how it was.”

“Unless one is a fool, these indicators couldn’t look normal… and above all, the way he desperately promoted even meaningless victories was irritating.”

Nova, who had slumped into the head seat, pondered for a moment then made another request to me.

“It seems we need to excise those rotten cancer masses first in order to wage a proper war.”

“Do I have to do that too?”

“No, now that Jenos is gone, that shouldn’t be necessary.”

Cold eyes turned toward the cancer masses hurriedly escaping in limousines.

Only a cold and rational atmosphere pervaded the assembly hall.

“Hmm…?”

“…Is there some problem?”

“Uh… no, it’s nothing.”

What? This time there wasn’t even a notice that there was an easter egg.

Now they don’t even tell me when something’s there.

Since it was an easter egg, this was correct, but if I hadn’t known about Jenos’s scheme and let this matter slide, terrible things would surely have happened in the subsequent trials.

“Well then, we’ll go rest now. This is exhausting.”

“How about resting at the command headquarters dormitory? It boasts facilities better than the finest hotels.”

“Wait a moment.”

Looking out the window, I couldn’t see Chilchili who was supposed to escort us to the hotel either.

“Yes, that should be fine.”

“I’ll give special instructions to take care of you.”

“Thank you for your consideration.”

* * *

The next day, after taking a rest that was not just perfect but luxurious.

We gathered again in the main meeting room with Nova.

It seemed the excision had been completed in that one night, as new faces occupied the seats where the pot-bellied men had been sitting.

Seeing discussions taking place without shouting matches, I felt as if the frustration from yesterday was completely relieved.

As my companions and I all entered the meeting room, the personnel who had been in conference immediately fell silent.

“Those are the heroes who will take on the central role in our plan.”

“Ah…! Then, that person over there must be the one you mentioned yesterday!”

“That’s right.”

Only after Nova’s permission was given did the people breathe sighs of relief and busily resume their work.

Various information was organized on the hologram installed in the center of the meeting room.

Once my companions and I finished taking our seats, Nova finally handed materials to his secretary and spoke.

“Now that the most important pillar has arrived, let’s begin the briefing for this operation.”

“Yes, understood.”

As if they had been waiting, hologram pads were handed to my companions and me.

Inside were densely written details about the mission we would be undertaking.

[Demiurgos Recapture Operation.]

Various explanations were written, but to summarize, it was as follows.

The planet Telesys, where Demiurgos—humanity’s last bastion and decisive weapon for ending the war—lies dormant.

That planet is currently being invaded by alien species.

We must recapture that planet and begin Demiurgos’s activation.

It even included a contingency plan that if we failed, we would have to detonate the hangar itself where Demiurgos sleeps before it falls into enemy hands.

“Hmm… If it’s called a decisive weapon, it must be quite an important armament.”

“Yes, it’s humanity’s greatest weapon, originally created with the assumption of war against such alien species.”

“Humanity’s greatest…”

The greatest, according to those with technology advanced enough to dominate entire galaxies.

What kind of weapon could possibly be sleeping there?

“When does the operation begin?”

“We have completed our preparations on our end.”

“So there’s no problem departing immediately once we’re ready.”

Looking at my companions, they all gave thumbs up as if there were no issues.

“We seem to be ready as well.”

“Then, we’ll escort you immediately without delay.”

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