My Catastrophic‑Level Summon Devours Gates - Chapter 114

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Episode 114

A small mountain about 2 kilometers away from the site of the Red Rift.

A woman hidden in the bushes brought a radio to her mouth.

“Gate occurrence and target’s entry confirmed.”

Yang Chien.

An A-rank Turang specialized in assassination and infiltration.

Jin Xiao, who had failed to recruit Min-ho and took full responsibility.

He had foolishly wasted precious manpower, earning poor evaluations even within Turang.

They had undergone harsh training for their motherland.

They were prepared to die if necessary.

But they didn’t welcome meaningless deaths.

Still.

Among the information Jin Xiao left behind, there were a few useful pieces.

‘Park Min-ho’s detection ability is extraordinary.’

That was why she used stealth skills and items from a long distance.

A position with a clear view, perfect for observing the target.

As soon as the operation orders came down, Yang Chien found the optimal location.

―What’s the Gate’s reaction?

“Still red.”

―No problems then.

“The dimensional distortion waves aren’t high. It’ll take time for the Korea Rift Agency to notice anything unusual.”

That wasn’t all.

They thoroughly analyzed Min-ho’s return patterns.

They selected the location with the least foot traffic.

After Min-ho entered the Gate, agents from Non-Awakened backgrounds naturally controlled the surrounding area.

Some pretended to be drunk.

Others deliberately caused car accidents to block the alley.

―How long can you delay them?

“About one to two hours at most.”

―It’ll take over three hours from confirmation to dispatch.

The overall supervisor who pushed for this operation.

Satisfaction was evident in Zhu Yongshui Guan Wushen’s voice.

That time would be sufficient.

Even an A-rank Hunter couldn’t survive over three hours in a hellscape overflowing with corpses.

“Sir, I have one question.”

―Speak.

“What is this organization called ‘The Organization’?”

Chinese agents didn’t play a major role in this operation.

They only gathered intelligence beforehand to plan the optimal route.

Information manipulation and causing disturbances was all.

Though it was precise work that most governments would find difficult to execute.

They didn’t deploy Turang, the military force, into actual combat.

Ultimately, the biggest role in this operation was played by the external group called ‘The Organization’.

The suspicious figure from The Organization opened a Gate when operation time came and disappeared.

‘Creating Gates artificially.’

Something that overturned common sense in the Hunter industry.

If Turang could utilize that ability.

Recruiting or kidnapping key figures.

Sabotage.

It could be useful in various other operations as well.

―That information is too early for you.

A cold voice came through the receiver.

“I apologize for my presumptuous remarks.”

Yang Chien quickly apologized.

She was certain just now.

That digging deep into the identity of ‘The Organization’ that Zhu Yongshui mentioned.

Would only lead to death.

―I’ll tell you just one thing. They are not on our motherland’s side.

“Understood.”

―That should be enough to erase the confusion in your heart.

“It’s sufficient.”

If it couldn’t be used for operations, it was right not to covet it.

Yang Chien answered respectfully.

―Anyway, three hours.

“I can hold out a bit longer.”

―No. The Organization asserted he’d die within thirty minutes, so let’s wait a little.

“I’ll delay more time depending on the situation.”

―I’ll respect the field judgment.

“Thank you.”

She couldn’t not know that this ‘respect’ was actually passing responsibility.

Even so.

Yang Chien didn’t show her displeasure.

The higher-ups were confident he’d die within 30 minutes.

She also knew the Gate wasn’t ordinary.

Though she didn’t know the exact structure.

She was certain it wasn’t easy enough for a mere C-rank Hunter to survive.

‘A place where once 100 people enter, they can’t come out.’

High entry capacity = high monster count.

B-rank difficulty rating.

Plus an enormous number of monsters.

Her superior said it was an environment where even A-rank Hunters would struggle to survive.

A Hunter who’d been promoted to C-rank less than two months ago surviving in such a harsh environment?

‘Impossible.’

Yang Chien was certain of Min-ho’s death.

Still, duty was duty.

She put her eye to the telescope and calmly observed whether any changes occurred at the Gate.

―Operation in progress. No problems.

―Traffic control is slow.

―Stopped a male-female pair from entering the alley.

―Dimensional distortion waves, still no change.

The operation was going smoothly.

Until that ominous-looking Gate completely devoured Min-ho.

No one would notice anything unusual.

‘If he had taken our motherland’s hand, this wouldn’t have happened.’

What a foolish person.

Yang Chien clicked her tongue.

* * *

Whoooosh!

Flames blazed in the portable furnace.

Magical flames rising with magic stones as fuel.

“Bring me just one corpse.”

“Grooooar.”

An Armed Zombie Enhanced from the knight order brought over a decapitated undead.

The magic stone lodged inside the heart.

I carved it out with a sculpting knife—scritch—and easily extracted it.

“Self-supplying energy sources. This isn’t even auto-hunting.”

Grumbling, I stoked the flames of the portable forge higher.

As expected, I suppose.

With so many enemies, weapon consumption was equally rapid.

“Grooooow.”

The Tigris Group finished their recovery.

Cracks had appeared all over their bone armor.

The armor was fine since I made it sturdy from the start.

But the bone spears were broken here and there from strong impacts.

One or two more charges and they’d be completely shattered.

[Corpse Processing]

I swiftly separated flesh and bone from the corpses.

The spare corpses stored in Death Space couldn’t handle a war of attrition.

There weren’t many in the Subspace Carrier either.

I had to self-supply the necessary materials on the battlefield.

[Using Invisible Hands.]

Clang! Claang!

Hissss!

[Perfectly repaired Piercing Bone Spear.]

[Perfectly repaired Bone Plate Mail.]

Though the weapons were composed of parts of Tigris’s body.

When separated and repaired, they were treated as separate items.

“Whew.”

Stamina, mental strength, and mana were consumed.

At the front, Sir Isra was slicing undeads to pieces.

Armed Zombie Enhanced occasionally blocked undeads that came around.

“Grooooar!”

In the chaotic situation where the Tigris Group was cutting through the undead army.

I glanced at the battlefield once.

Claang!

And swung my hammer.

“Don’t you dare touch a hair on Master’s head!”

Kwaang!

The explosive sound stimulated my eardrums.

“Grrrrr.”

Two Dracos moved nimbly, tearing apart the undeads that had infiltrated.

An environment where I couldn’t focus on Bone Metallurgy.

But.

My fingers were tingling with anticipation.

Being in extreme conditions made my senses even sharper.

“Perfect.”

My heart burned with exhilaration.

[Understanding of Bone Metallurgy increases.]

[Dexterity Stat increases by 1.]

I couldn’t tell if I was swinging the hammer.

Or if the hammer was moving on its own, I was so focused on the work.

No good.

I need to increase the speed more.

“Ingrid. Flame control. Can you help?”

“Leave it to me, Master!”

[Unique Technique – Eclipse]

[Flame Beat X 3]

[Wind Bomb]

[Modified Technique – Defend]

Some bones were heated early before putting them in the forge.

I trapped the heat with wind to create an environment similar to inside the forge.

It couldn’t completely replace the forge.

But it could considerably reduce work time.

Faster.

More precisely.

Separating bone and flesh from undeads.

Claang!

I swung the hammer.

While immersed in work.

I even gained an unexpected side benefit.

[Analyzing Revenant structure.]

[Analyzing Revenant structure.]

[Perfectly understood Revenant structure. Added to crafting methods.]

Revenant.

It looked similar to zombies but had much stronger specs.

The reason was that the ‘resentment’ of the living was essential in their creation.

Why were weapons stuck all over people’s bodies?

They didn’t die from those weapons.

They died while struggling in pain with blades stuck in them, harboring resentment.

“Really fucking awful.”

I wasn’t happy that my understanding of Corpse Crafting had increased significantly.

“Are you alright, Lord?”

“I can manage.”

About an hour had passed since entering the Gate.

My back had been soaked for a while now.

I wiped the sweat beaded on my forehead with my sleeve.

Claang!

And swung the hammer.

Maybe because I’d gotten used to all-night work lately.

My breathing was only slightly disturbed.

[Level increased.]

Experience points rising rapidly.

Thanks to destroying thousands of Revenants.

“Be careful. The enemy seems ready to move in earnest.”

An undead monster about twice the size of a Revenant.

An Abyss Revenant pushed through the undeads and approached the hill.

“That’s no ordinary opponent.”

The mana reflected in Spirit Eye was extraordinary.

A-rank Hunter level.

Power slightly less than the Kobold behind Sophia writhed within it.

Clang.

A whitish aura swirled around the iron mace dragging across the ground.

It was aura.

“I thought it was B-rank.”

At my involuntary grumbling, Sir Isra laughed heartily, “Haha!”

“Don’t worry. That’s an imperfect manifestation.”

Wow.

That’s really not reassuring at all.

“Do you remember? The moment I forcibly manifested aura.”

“Of course I do.”

The attack Sir Isra had unleashed when he was D+ level, jumping up two whole ranks.

Though it was too weak to be called aura.

It possessed the power to split steel.

“That undead is the same. Since it’s handling power beyond its capacity, the completeness is lacking.”

“How stupid. If it had joined the attack from the beginning, it would have been overwhelmed.”

“That’s not it, Mage.”

“Why?”

“The intention is to drain stamina with the undeads first, then finish decisively.”

That’s a reasonable explanation.

If the Abyss Revenant had appeared right after entering the Gate, we would have focused our firepower to destroy it first.

Though we minimized our forces’ consumption.

After fighting non-stop for an hour, both Vassals had consumed some mana.

Drain my stamina with the Revenant army, then launch a full-scale offensive?

“Is this really a trap?”

This place feels maliciously intentional.

Wasn’t the mana distribution 99% as soon as it appeared?

Upon entry, it transformed into a closed-type Gate with no way out.

And now it’s trying to wear down Hunters while hiding its real strength.

The Abyss Revenant approached near the ice wall.

“Ingrid. How long can the ice wall hold?”

“If Iron Head’s analysis is correct, it won’t last long.”

No choice then.

“We must protect the Ice Wall.”

“Then I’ll intercept.”

[Mana Emission]

Sir Isra’s form, having kicked off the ground, rose several meters into the air.

The approaching Abyss Revenant swung upward the iron mace it had been dragging.

[Aura]

Their energy waves collided in mid-air.

The materialized mana around the iron mace split in half in less than a second.

Slash—

The body of the Abyss Revenant that swung the weapon was also split in half.

[You have gained a large amount of experience.]

“Enemy commander, defeated!”

Sir Isra shouted confidently.

Though it wielded aura befitting a boss monster.

The victor remained unchanged.

Phew.

The boss monster rushed in quickly, so the conquest ended smoothly.

Shall we head back then?

The moment I sighed in relief.

Thud— Thud—

The sound of heavy footsteps echoing in my ears.

At the rear of the Revenant army.

There were over ten identical entities to the Abyss Revenant we had just defeated.

Crackle!

The Gate still sparking with no sign of opening.

“Shit.”

We’re really screwed.

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