It’s the Apocalypse, but My Summons Do Everything - Chapter 81

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Chapter 81

#Episode 81

‘So this is what the Tower of Trials was… A method of nurturing future Monarchs by using the memories of preceding Monarchs as stepping stones…’

Since the previous senior’s dark history had also appeared once, it seems trials appear regardless of whether one possesses a Divine Seat or not.

Of all things, it had to be the past of a Monarch who was defeated…

Something left a bitter aftertaste.

There was also a slight fear that I might end up in such a state if I made a mistake.

Since negative thoughts tend to spiral when dwelled upon, I didn’t dig any deeper.

There was still reality I had to face immediately.

With a cool sensation, I turned my gaze back to reality.

Something I’d been concerned about from before – something writhing was floating in the air.

Nia and the other companions seemed unaware that something was there.

‘Are those things only visible to me?’

When I cautiously approached and touched it with my hand, suddenly a hologram-like scene unfolded.

It felt like remnants left behind by a soul; now the other companions could see it too and were startled and flustered.

“Uh… Mother?”

The remnant couldn’t see us and was repeating actions from when she was alive.

She moved busily as if checking something, then began inputting information into the crystal sphere with a calm expression.

After a moment, having finished the input, she smiled tenderly and laid her body down on the black chair.

Cables began slowly approaching the doctor who had closed her eyes with a peaceful expression.

Electric wires and optical cables that approached like snakes pierced into the doctor’s heart.

As more wires pierced her body one by one, the doctor’s green wisdom began to spread out.

Her physical body began to slowly fade in presence as if the wires were absorbing her substance.

And gradually the transformation was completed into the form of the green heart we knew.

“…So this is how it happened.”

“Mother… Mother…”

Ria, who had fallen to her knees, began shedding tears profusely.

Though they were tears shed by an android, at this moment they were no different from tears shed by a human.

‘So these are lingering thoughts…’

I quietly prayed for the soul of the doctor who had sacrificed herself for her two daughters.

* * *

After calming Ria down, we found the crystal sphere the doctor had hidden earlier.

It was stored intact in a secret storage hidden beneath the floor, without a speck of dust as if time had stopped.

When we handed the crystal sphere to Ria, as if meeting its rightful owner, Ria’s energy was absorbed and a video began playing.

In the slightly noisy video, the doctor appeared as she was when alive.

[LOG – 001]

[Dr. Bellarian’s Final Record]

“By the time you’re watching this, I will no longer exist in this world.”

It didn’t seem like material left for her daughter, as the doctor’s words carried a sense of solemnity.

Dr. Bellarian, who had dry-washed her face several times, let out a sigh.

In her eyes was deeply embedded the fatigue of a human worn by war rather than a scholar’s brilliance.

“Before long, this planet will be completely invaded by those monsters. So I’ll say this only once.”

The doctor’s solemnity could be felt through the hologram.

The doctor steeled her resolute will until the end and fought off the fear of death.

Biting her lips, she barely managed to continue speaking.

“What has invaded this Telesis… and furthermore our galaxy, is not simply aliens from Andromeda or such.”

With crackling noise, the hangar shook greatly once.

Even amid the tremors, the doctor calmly maintained her state and desperately conveyed information.

“What struck us is infinite void. Something that returns all meaning possessed by wisdom and brilliance to nothingness.”

What is this about now?

Even now, the doctor lowered her voice as if afraid of being detected by something, holding her breath.

Infinite void – it didn’t seem like she was speaking carelessly, so I mulled over the doctor’s words several times.

“Do not catch his void’s attention. If you don’t want all the meaning of life you possess and have lived to be returned to nothingness, you must never face him directly.”

What could make the doctor so afraid?

Even in a situation where fear was rampant in her eyes, the doctor gasped and uttered her final words.

“But if you who are watching this now… are a brilliant Ascended One who cannot be hidden by his void…”

The doctor’s eyes seemed to be staring at my pupils beyond the hologram.

Finally, she looked straight into my eyes and said:

“Please… enter the Sea of Oblivion and illuminate his void.”

The hangar where the doctor who had finished her solemn words was located shook even more violently.

“Lastly… this is my personal greed, but.”

The doctor lifted the recording crystal sphere and bowed her head with a painfully aching expression.

“Please take good care of my two daughters.”

[LOG – 001]

[Dr. Bellarian’s Final Record END]

I searched further to see if there were any other records, but it seemed this was truly the end as no other records were visible.

The personalities of Ria, who was human, and Nia, who was an AI, seemed to overlap for a moment.

Each of them carefully cradled the crystal sphere in one arm as if handling a treasure.

That action was filled with nothing but affection.

* * *

Having returned to the strategic stronghold near the front lines, we met with the leaders including Nova again.

We needed to compile the information we had just obtained from Dr. Bellarian and even Demiurgos, along with our gained intelligence and forces, to decide our future direction.

“Hmm… I see.”

Nova made a troubled expression after hearing all the information, from the doctor’s circumstances to Demiurgos.

Judging by his reaction, he seemed to know roughly about the Sea of Oblivion.

“What kind of place is it that makes you frown like that?”

At my question, Nova pondered for a moment then carefully chose his words.

“To explain it most intuitively, it’s a place where aliens… no, monsters emerge from the boundary.”

As if there was a reason he deliberately corrected himself to say monsters, Nova organized his documents and handed me a tablet.

It contained an endlessly long list of names.

“Don’t tell me all these people are…”

“Yes, that’s correct. They entered the Sea of Oblivion, but have lost contact and haven’t returned to this day.”

So it was a magical realm where people died, in other words.

Since such things were familiar to me living on the Korean Peninsula, I calmly asked back.

“Is there a particular reason they can’t return?”

“It’s a place where we have almost no proper information… but the most people disappeared at the boundary of the Sea of Oblivion.”

“At the boundary?”

“Yes, there seems to be something that separates the outside from the boundary.”

The void that the doctor feared.

And even the Sea of Oblivion.

A suspicious smell was wafting through the air.

“Still, there must be a reason Dr. Bellarian said that much.”

“Yes, if humanity’s greatest genius said so, we must definitely go see it, but since it’s such a notoriously dangerous place, I wonder if there will be volunteers…”

As Nova sighed, my companions and I quietly stepped forward.

“Well, we’re going anyway, so please select a few capable personnel.”

Nova chuckled at my companions speaking so casually.

“Sometimes when I look at you Ascended Ones, you seem like people who only live for today.”

“You have to live today to have tomorrow.”

“…Perhaps there might be volunteers if they’re going with you Ascended Ones.”

“We refuse cowards who are scared from the start.”

Nova nodded at my statement.

“I’ll try to select the bravest personnel possible.”

“Yes, please do.”

* * *

The next morning.

Polis Argo Dock 1.

Whether they had gathered personnel to depart for the Sea of Oblivion overnight, forty uniformed personnel stood with determination in their hearts.

Looking at the assembled personnel, Nova added to me.

“Surprisingly, these are all troops who volunteered themselves.”

“That’s unexpected, I thought it would be a lot if even ten came forward.”

Honestly, when you’re openly going to a place of death, how many people would gladly follow along?

I had honestly thought it would be difficult to receive help from the human command this time.

At my response, Nova pointed to the soldiers as if there was a reason and answered.

“Most of them are personnel who fought alongside you Ascended Ones at Grey Node, so that’s probably why.”

“Grey Node… ah, that battle on the 3rd floor.”

“Yes, it was one of the few great reversals in human history…”

Looking down at them again now, most of them were looking at me with blazing flames in their eyes.

I could feel the hot respect and patriotism of these young men.

“The personnel are sufficient… and is that thing behind there the ship we’ll be taking?”

“No, it’s the bigger ship behind that one.”

Since there were only about fifty personnel, I thought it would be a modest ship, but the vessel Nova had arranged exceeded my imagination in its enormity.

It was a warship so massive that I had to crane my neck vertically to see it, with the letters ‘Demiurgos’ written on its surface.

“Demiurgos? It has the same name as Ria?”

“It was originally a warship planned to operate together with Demiurgos. It’s an overwhelming battleship classified as a castle-class tactical fortress.”

So it was roughly similar to an aircraft carrier level.

The ship incorporating Dr. Belarian’s ideas had several gun ports mounted on its smooth silver-white armored deck.

Naturally, since it wasn’t sailing toward an ordinary sea as its destination, even extraordinary currents were flowing.

“Good.”

“Yes. All the basic information is built into Demiurgos, so you don’t need to worry about it—it will handle everything well on its own.”

“It’s already gone in there.”

Demiurgos, who had run off like an excited child, finished analyzing the castle and entered the bridge.

And shortly after, Demiurgos’ voice could be heard along with a booming sound.

[Star-class tactical castle – Demiurgos startup preparations complete! Scheduled passengers please board promptly!]

Since it was obviously urging me on, my companions and I got up from our seats.

“It’s urging us, so we should go.”

“Yes, I wish you good fortune.”

After exchanging brief farewells with Nova, we boarded the castle.

The massive castle, which seemed to be about twenty stories tall like an apartment building, displayed overwhelming majesty.

Once departure preparations were complete, a System Message appeared as if it had been waiting.

“We’re going in.”

With those words, my companions and I immediately entered the door leading to the 6th Floor.

Upon entering the 6th Floor, a completely different landscape from where humans lived unfolded.

Demiurgos’ Bridge.

Truly, in the vast ocean called space, only our castle stood alone.

Contrary to the mention of the lowest difficulty at 1.5x multiplier, the objective was nothing short of ominous.

Subjugate the ruler in the City of Fools?

Two objectives that seemed extraordinary just from their names had appeared.

It seemed we first needed to enter a place called the City of Fools, so just as I was about to approach Demiurgos.

“Entering the Halo of the Sea of Oblivion!”

“Halo?”

Wondering what that meant, I looked straight ahead to see pure white objects floating around.

Like the Oort Cloud surrounding the solar system, mysterious white stone chunks were scattered irregularly.

They looked beautiful on the surface, but the problem occurred the moment we entered the halo to access the Sea of Oblivion.

Screech- Screeeeech-!

The objects I had thought were ordinary stones and rocks cracked open, revealing their true forms.

Immediately, tens of thousands of rock monsters in the vicinity began charging toward the castle.

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