It’s the Apocalypse, but My Summons Do Everything - Chapter 97

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Chapter 97

#Episode 97

As soon as the preliminaries began, a map of a massive jungle was sent.

It seemed that Monarchs were flocking not only from Earth but from other worlds as well.

It was a death match where they would fight until only 100 survivors remained.

‘So that’s why Senior said those words.’

[Anyway, you are now the most formidable enemy to be wary of in the entire universe.]

‘I don’t know whether I should cry or laugh.’

The preliminaries would start in three days.

Now that I had completed strengthening even Hunter Kang Cheol-u, I needed to return to South Korea and finish preparations.

“Let’s stop here and head back now. Something urgent has come up.”

“Understood!”

My companions who had been training here and there gathered and headed outside.

* * *

After returning to South Korea and taking a rest, the first thing I did was organize equipment.

I changed our armament based on advanced equipment that Hyeon-i had personally designed, not simple gear.

Despite receiving over forty pieces of equipment ranging from individual weapons to night vision goggles, our bodies felt light as feathers.

There were several useful items for me as well, making this not just excellent but superior level.

“Wow, it supports thermal imaging and even mana detection!?”

“Hehehe, since you’re going on a dangerous path, I put some extra thought into it!”

“You’re the best!”

When Hunter Baek Do-hyeon and Seo Iram hugged and patted him, Hyeon-i’s face turned red as if it would burst.

He’s really such a greenhorn in this aspect.

“Everyone who received support, follow me to the clearing. There’s more than one or two things we need to prepare.”

The most important thing right now was my companions’ training.

Not only me, but the fact that my companions’ levels didn’t match mine was also a big problem.

Since quite intense sparring was expected, I brought them to the clearing instead of the training ground.

“Huh? I thought you said clearing?”

“Were there always this many trees here?”

“I asked Tin to set up an environment as similar to actual combat as possible.”

“Ooh… I see.”

My companions were looking around curiously.

Without knowing what was about to happen to them.

“Form up. We’re going to do this as realistically as possible.”

“Realistically?”

“Yes, probably almost all enemies will come charging at us. We need to prepare for that.”

“Ugh… don’t tell me, because of you?”

I quietly nodded.

Everyone made disgusted expressions but completed their battle preparations.

I had no intention of facing them directly myself.

I planned to face them with clones created by drawing out my death force.

“Alright everyone, let’s begin.”

As soon as we started, I unleashed enemies at S-rank Hunter level.

About six enemies began approaching as a preliminary battle concept.

Similar to our party: a tank, two close-range dealers, two long-range dealers, and one healer.

I was about to start the preliminary battle, but Hunter Baek Do-hyeon was two steps faster in deploying elemental magic.

In the jungle, Hunter Baek Do-hyeon’s aura with spirits had expanded to twice its usual range.

Even before they revealed themselves, the enemies whose positions were identified had the ground beneath them rise up and pierce through their bodies.

But the opponents were also S-rank Hunters, created with at least mid-tier in mind, so they easily dodged and immediately began full-scale combat.

Thinking ambushes were meaningless and about to start a full firepower battle was the worst choice.

In a forest full of thick foliage and darkness, Hunter Baek Do-hyeon and Jinu with spirits were virtually invincible.

The moment they emerged from the grass and charged, the enemies’ bodies were mercilessly cut apart and turned into chunks of meat.

“As expected, just S-rank level isn’t enough to be opponents.”

Since we’d only been facing transcendent enemies far beyond the Human Realm until now, our party members were actually at a level with almost no rivals in the Human Realm.

But the enemies we’re about to face are Monarchs at minimum.

We can’t remain at the level of just being somewhat strong in the Human Realm.

“This level is easy. We’re going without rest.”

I simultaneously advanced 10 slightly upgraded enemies.

I arranged them with the most troublesome enemy combination, this time with a strategy of targeting the rear first.

Enemies hidden in shadows simultaneously charged targeting Seo Iram alone.

But Hunter Kang Cheol-u, who had already anticipated everything, created a dome-shaped barrier to defend against the attack in advance.

The clones immediately began madly pouring out focused attacks toward Seo Iram, but unless it was at my level, they couldn’t even leave a scratch.

Darkness poured out to a degree that was not just murderous but suffocating, but Hunter Kang Cheol-u easily withstood all these attacks.

“Take this!”

As attacks poured onto the dome, Hunter Kang Cheol-u, who had compressed the damage, triggered his counter-spell as if he’d been waiting.

The damage enhanced by Death Bloom exploded in all directions, and the clones were blown away by the powerful explosion and slammed into the wall.

Strength so overwhelming that a proper battle couldn’t even be established.

The battle with two S-rank and above fighters, jokingly called national power level, joining in was truly overwhelming.

“Hmm, shall we go a bit stronger?”

I compressed darkness into each one and created hearts forged from death.

Based on this, I carefully created five enemies.

One archer, one swordsman, and one martial artist.

And one mage and one healer.

It was a similar composition to before, but now the level was different.

‘This is quite good training for me too, isn’t it?’

Since I hadn’t known how to fight like this before, it was quite good training.

The summoned creatures I created layer by layer began fighting with my companions again.

The summoned creatures that had fallen back from the start gathered their strength for a moment, then channeled power to the mage and cast powerful large-scale magic.

For the first time, Hunter Kang Cheol-u’s eyes wavered, and Hunter Baek Do-hyeon stepped forward.

As if to counter magic with magic, a magnificent large-scale elemental magic roared.

A blue flame tiger that soared up baring its molars met the mage’s attack head-on.

But as if this wasn’t the end, the waiting mage launched consecutive restraining attacks, but this time Rey stepped up.

She who could cut through the flow of mana leaped out and severed the lines of mana, causing all the flames burning in the air to disappear.

“There’s no rule saying I have to face only one group at a time.”

This time I dispatched a unit composed of assassins to the rear.

I made them prioritize blocking the healer.

Just as the assassins, stained with shadow and moving stealthily, were about to grasp Seo Iram’s throat, Jinu, the Lord of Dark Night who controlled darkness, angrily severed all their necks.

Then he puffed his cheeks and glared at me.

I shrugged my shoulders and continued pressuring my companions.

As the difficulty increased one by one, my companions responded frantically, but their abilities were excellent.

Like that, they were transcending human limits one by one.

* * *

The day of the Lord’s War preliminaries.

My companions, who had become monsters after experiencing all kinds of hardships in just three days, breathed quietly.

“So today is that day…”

“I’ve been waiting only for today…”

“I’ll devour them all…”

For some reason, it felt slightly wrong, but the power they felt had grown to a level incomparable to before.

Shortly after, a man in a pure white suit appeared before me and my companions.

The masked man with white hair emerged from a gate and bowed his head.

“You were already prepared, how pleasant. Greetings, I am Jei, the reaper who serves Lord of Souls Cha Hyeon-su.”

The man who introduced himself as Jei grasped something in the empty air and opened a door.

Beyond the door, a lush jungle was created as I had heard beforehand.

“No explanation at all?”

“We don’t have enough leisure to explain to Monarchs who haven’t even passed the preliminaries.”

“So that’s how you’re playing it.”

If you want to be treated well, have the minimum qualifications, is that it?

“Okay. Let’s go in, whatever.”

“The preliminaries begin the moment you enter… I wish you good fortune in battle.”

“Yeah, see you later.”

“Oh, by the way, if you’re going to do it anyway, it would be better to either kill no one or kill everyone and take first place.”

With those words, Jei disappeared.

It was a resolute action as if there was nothing more to say.

A world where no one dies would be nice.

But I had a strong feeling we’d probably get pushed around here and there.

“Let’s go in for now.”

“Alright.”

As we entered inside as planned, I could already feel many Monarchs around us.

I didn’t need stealthy presence – I openly spread my aura as if saying come at me if you’re confident.

I felt several surprised Monarchs looking at me, but they couldn’t quite approach me.

“Is it okay to just stay still like this?”

“Yeah, they’ll come swarming soon anyway.”

“Well, I guess…”

Baek Do-hyeon was also sensing it, looking at me with fed-up eyes.

Had about 20 seconds passed like that?

“See, there they come.”

About three Monarchs approached from the start.

Seeing them gripping weapons and spreading killing intent, it didn’t seem like they came to have a conversation.

One human, one lizardman, and the rest was a race with purple skin and rocks all over their body.

“I don’t need to step up, right?”

“That much is practically free.”

They seemed to have come with their own companions too, but there’s a difference in class.

It took the form of individual combat, but in reality it was the merciless ravaging of beasts hungry for slaughter.

My rampaging companions instantly massacred the enemies’ allies.

The shocked Monarchs fell to their knees, but we weren’t saints enough to spare those who had once been hostile.

“What should we do?”

“Have you ever seen me spare things like that?”

“Never.”

Thwack-!

The enemies’ heads flew through the sky.

A score of 3 points appeared above my head.

It seemed that 1 point was displayed for each Monarch.

The level from just now was probably around lower S-rank.

Even if they’re called Monarchs, it seems not all of them are monstrously strong.

‘Is this why they treated me like that earlier?’

Perhaps they even gave me special treatment by calling me the Lord of Souls.

I need to properly put them in their place.

“Let’s go hunting for real.”

I called Luna, mounted her back, and soared into the sky.

There was someone like me – one person riding a red bird above the trees.

It was an elf holding a bow, and as soon as he saw Luna, his face turned pale and he tried to flee.

“Not going to chase?”

“He’s faster than expected, the time spent chasing things like that one by one is more precious.”

“Okay.”

From the sky, I could see even more enemies.

Among them, I intercepted from the air those enemies that my companions didn’t even need to go down for.

Whoosh-!

“What, what is it!?”

“Lord!?”

“Looord!?!?!”

The Black Spear that fell from the sky pierced through the crown of his head, killing him instantly.

I looked around, but the densely grown thick foliage didn’t allow visibility.

Gradually, the score above my head began to rise exponentially.

It was time for Monarchs below the level who couldn’t even form alliances to be swept away in droves.

After endlessly killing enemies like this for a while.

“Your rampage ends here, Lord of Souls.”

Along with a familiar voice, more than twenty Monarchs were glaring at me.

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