It’s the Apocalypse, but My Summons Do Everything - Chapter 84

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Chapter 84

#Chapter 84

The air was heavy.

The fear that had settled down was mercilessly crushing the humans.

Instinctive terror was ringing alarm bells.

Without thinking deeply, I could tell that the being before my eyes was standing at the end of this story.

“How does this even make sense…?”

The Lord of the Void, who had appeared after devouring all the energy from the 8th, 9th, and 10th floors, was filling the entire night sky.

Every time his hand moved, I even had the illusion that the sea of stars was being swept away.

Even if this was the final enemy, how could something like this be possible?

Even the system seemed to be completely broken, as even the roulette wasn’t spinning.

‘What is the Tower Master doing in this situation… The trial has been blatantly corrupted.’

Faced with immeasurable strength, all the other combatants except my companions had already foamed at the mouth and fainted.

As if to demonstrate the overwhelming difference in power, the Lord of the Void was glaring at me and my companions.

‘Senior, you’re watching this, right?’

[…Yeah. I’m watching.]

‘Does this make any sense? Trial or whatever, if something just bursts out on its own whim, shouldn’t the Tower Master impose sanctions?’

At my legitimate question, Senior let out a groan.

[Normally, that would naturally be the case, but this is a current that the Tower Master forcibly changed… He no longer has the power to intervene in the trial.]

That meant, in other words, that I had to somehow resolve this myself.

‘He can’t intervene in something happening inside the Tower?’

[That’s right, and strictly speaking, the Tower Master is also merely an existence that borrowed a Monarch’s ‘story’. If the Monarch himself objects, there’s nothing that can be done.]

In the end, it meant I had to resolve this situation through my own power somehow.

As I gripped my weapon and bit my lip, Senior added as if it was a silver lining in misfortune.

[At least he’s currently at a level far below his main body’s power. Your chances of winning aren’t completely nonexistent. That’s precisely why the Tower Master can’t intervene.]

‘Don’t tell me he deliberately controlled his power and appeared from the moment the Tower Master forcibly changed the trial?’

[That’s right, he’s a very cunning bastard.]

I thought I fought with my life on the line in every battle, but that was only in the sense of doing my best.

But now that a situation where I truly had to risk my life had arrived, my heart was pounding.

There was nowhere to run anyway, so I just had to change my thinking.

‘Anyway, there is a chance that I can win, right?’

[Yeah, being generous, about 20 percent…]

‘…20 percent.’

Senior cut off his words and carefully surveyed the world.

Then he added to me.

[You who bloomed a miracle even before me should be able to win sufficiently, have confidence.]

‘…Thank you for the encouragement.’

The Lord of the Void captured me and my companions in his sight with star-like eyes.

Soon, his massive body began to slowly shrink.

The darkness spread across the entire world condensed, shrinking to roughly human size.

He was mighty when spread out, but as he compressed by reducing his size, the power of that darkness became even more profound.

The sensation of an evil god heralding the end arriving was not a pleasant emotion for me as a human.

Strength naturally entered the hand gripping my weapon.

Even Desperado growled low and bared his fangs.

In this desperate situation, just as I was contemplating whether to deploy the Black Fortress again, he spoke first.

[You look afraid, Monarch.]

“…”

[Let me make you an enticing proposal.]

The Monarch’s darkness turned toward my companions around me.

Unpleasant and sticky emotions seemed intertwined, like a predator savoring the taste.

[Hand over your companions’ lives to me. Then I’ll send you alone to the 10th floor of the Tower.]

“…Is that really true?”

Confirming my wavering eyes, the Lord of the Void smiled coldly.

[Yes, I promise.]

Even in this situation, my companions didn’t say a word to me.

They only gathered their gazes as if respecting my choice alone.

“Well then.”

Desperado in my hand steeled itself with desperate resolve.

The death energy I had scattered was absorbed into my body and began burning like black flames.

“When you look at me like that, I can’t deceive you even if I wanted to.”

“You’d sell us out without hesitation.”

“You’re the type who doesn’t even have the slightest tension about remote possibilities, so whatever.”

Though his words were light, his resolute will was bound by a lifeline as he prepared for battle.

It felt like a blade was at his throat, but selling out his comrades was something he could never do, even if it meant death.

“You heard that? This is my decision.”

[There’s no difference between you and a colt gone mad with justice.]

The void possessed by the Monarch devoured light and grew in size.

I could instinctively understand.

That wasn’t mere darkness but the Abyss itself, symbolizing complete nothingness.

It was a being that existed at the opposite pole from my power that dealt with life and death.

[I, Akasha, Lord of the Void, shall take the life of the Lord of Souls. You will suffer in the void for eons due to your momentary misguided choice.]

“Even so, could it be worse than the pain of selling out comrades?”

With a bitter smile, Demiurgos announced the start of battle as if he had been waiting.

All the cannons and weapons installed inside the fortress began pouring toward Akasha like mad.

Lasers, cannons, and attacks of every conceivable color that defied description poured down mercilessly.

Since it was originally a warship built to face extraordinary enemies like the Lord of the Void, its power was enough to fill one’s entire field of vision.

For 3 minutes, overwhelming firepower poured down with deafening intensity.

Gradually, the barrage of light subsided and the Lord of the Void’s figure appeared.

“…Hah.”

He appeared completely unharmed, as if questioning whether he had even been attacked.

Unfortunately, this was only natural.

If weapons designed by humans could inflict fatal damage on him, the Monarch of Wisdom wouldn’t have died in the first place.

Rather, she might have remained until the end and claimed the Divine Seat.

[Science, was it… How pitiful that you thought such things could wound me.]

Akasha took the black void in his hand and opened it toward the fortress like opening a pouch.

Then the attacks that had just been fired began returning toward the fortress.

I instinctively deployed the Black Fortress to intercept the incoming attacks.

My other comrades and I gritted our teeth and withstood the attacks, but it was impossible for just this number of people to deflect all the attacks the fortress had fired.

Bang—boom boom boom bang!

Eventually, the attacks we missed struck the fortress and the massive structure began to be pushed back.

The protective barrier covering the fortress cracked with a resounding crack.

[Oho… So that is your domain. How terrifying indeed.]

Akasha withdrew the void and stared only at me, then his words changed.

[I’ve changed my mind. If you hand over only that Monarch to me, I shall spare the rest of you.]

As if considering humans as toys, there was no trace of seriousness in Akasha as he engaged in battle.

Naturally, my comrades rejected such a proposal without even considering it.

“Why all this ‘hand him over’ bullshit? You’re actually not confident you can beat us, are you?”

Even at Hunter Baek Do-hyeon’s provocation, Akasha continued looking down at us with a consistently calm expression.

[To show such attitude even toward my mercy… how foolish and ignorant…]

Void gathered at Akasha’s fingertips.

My eyes met with his, standing at the opposite pole.

He fired the void at me as if daring me to block it if I could.

It looked like a black laser, but that wasn’t ordinary darkness.

A power that couldn’t be countered with mere magic.

It was an attack as a Monarch that had to be met with pure death itself.

I immediately deployed death and transformed Desperado.

With Desperado changed into a massive greatsword, I struck against his void.

Clang clang clang—!

I completely blocked the void, but in the process was pushed back over 5 meters.

If I hadn’t been able to block that attack, this fortress would have been split in half.

This was a fight with nowhere to retreat.

If there was no strategy or method, then only all-out war remained.

I gripped my scythe and wrapped my full power around my body.

The scene from when I fought Senior before was drawn again.

The cloak fluttering over my shoulders and the rippling black flames roared before the Lord of the Void.

Akasha also twitched his eyebrows at the changed momentum and transformed his form.

[Indeed, this form might prove burdensome.]

His human body transformed as sharp claws and massive wings spread out.

A giant ancient dragon embracing the void roared.

The dragon’s fear held none of the gentleness that considered humans.

It was such intense fear that even my skin tingled.

But what did that matter?

At this point, there was no reason to be frightened by mere fear.

“Damn… I have no face to show Senior.”

The souls I was given to upgrade my skills, but I keep using them whenever I need them.

Still, nothing is more precious than life, so there’s no choice.

“I will offer all the souls I possess.”

All the souls that had been sleeping beneath the Monarch’s shadow burst forth and were absorbed into me.

The overwhelming number of souls I had gathered through adventures and climbing the Tower of Trials vanished in an instant.

Explosive power overflowed throughout my entire body. Now I could even face that bastard who had transformed into a dragon.

[…Indeed, appearing right now was the correct answer.]

Akasha also let out a groan after seeing my current power.

“Don’t think I’ll die quietly.”

[Still, since I’ve come this far, I will definitely take you with me.]

Death and void collided.

Different meanings of the end struggled desperately as if to devour each other.

At the start, Akasha’s breath attack shot toward me.

The breath forged from void felt neither hot nor cold.

Pure nothingness.

If hit by that breath, my very soul might be annihilated.

Against that destructive force that seemed to seek the end, I commanded death.

Once wasn’t enough to block it.

I erased the breath with dozens of slashes and used Death Dance to add variation to my movements.

In an instant, I disappeared from sight and appeared above the bastard’s head.

I tried to strike down his skull with Desperado, but he hid within the void and instead caught me from behind.

Clang-!

The bastard’s claws swung in a surprise attack collided with my Desperado.

The two forces clashed, sending out powerful shockwaves.

Not only me, but even the burly bastard was pushed back for a moment.

[Let’s have an exciting battle after so long!]

From that brief skirmish, we roughly understood each other’s level.

The power of this bastard with his strength restricted was equal to mine after sacrificing hundreds of thousands of souls.

He was a monster-like bastard, but I had the advantage in the nature of power itself.

No matter how much he wielded the void, the power I now possessed was absolute death that could even kill gods.

I can win.

No.

I must win.

[Eternal Void.]

“Black Fortress.”

My domain was overlaid on top of his domain.

It took the form of a black fortress covering over the vast void.

The void crawling up from the floor transformed into tentacle shapes.

A grotesque power that returned matter to nothingness with just a single graze.

And my domain that embodied death began pouring attacks toward each other.

Black chains and tentacles mixed chaotically in fierce close combat.

The bastard’s and my skills were roughly evenly matched.

But if things continued like this, I would definitely be pushed back.

Mine was borrowed power after all, while his was power he possessed himself.

‘In the end, I’m the one who has to make the decisive move…’

Secretly, death energy began accumulating on Desperado.

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