My Catastrophic‑Level Summon Devours Gates - Chapter 117

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Episode 117

Zaugg stole the chalice from the dilapidated temple.

And shortly after, we defeated the Abyss Revenants that came rushing in.

[You have cleared the Abyss of the Forgotten.]

The Gate whose depths were unknowable was suddenly cleared.

“I think it’s because the medium that served as the core disappeared and there’s no boss monster level either.”

I nodded at Ingrid’s speculation.

What would I know.

Even I, in my 6th year as a Hunter, am seeing this kind of Gate for the first time.

Trusting Ingrid’s tremendous magical knowledge was much more credible.

[Measuring clear rating.]

[Rating – SSS]

[You are rewarded with 100 B-grade Magic Stones.]

Had it been less than three hours since we entered?

It felt like about half a day had passed.

“I don’t feel happy about it.”

B-grade Magic Stones are worth about 10 million won each.

So I made 1 billion won in one go.

And yet.

I just yawned widely from the fatigue weighing down my shoulders.

“Masterrrr! The girl will massage you.”

“Don’t do anything mischievous, Mage.”

“Hmph. What are you doing instead of expressing your loyalty to Master?”

“What?!”

While the two vassals were bickering, the chalice in my hand no longer emitted telepathy.

How shy.

I should try calling it again in a quiet place.

“We don’t mind.”

“Ah. That’s not it.”

Shouldn’t I roughly clean up the scene?

I’ve acquired the Revenant crafting method.

The corpses of the Abyss Revenants, hmm. I killed already dead ones twice, so I’m not sure if they count as corpses.

Whatever they are, I need to collect their remains too.

I don’t know how long the Gate will remain.

But I should sweep up everything I can take, shouldn’t I?

To receive overtime pay, I had to put in the legwork myself.

“Isn’t Lord a freelancer?”

This is why I can’t like perceptive vassals.

“Gather them all in one place.”

“Understood. Knight Order Members, move quickly.”

“Guuuuu.”

There were twenty-three destroyed Abyss Revenants in total.

Even if I emptied Death Space completely, it’s a number I can’t accommodate.

I’ll organize them before leaving the Gate.

After going out, I’ll have to call a subcontractor to move them.

“Master shouldn’t trouble yourself and should call your attendant.”

“What kind of attendant is President Baek?”

Look at this one’s way of speaking.

You shouldn’t treat someone who’s already busy with cleanup work so carelessly.

Having worked as an independent Hunter for 5 years, I know how much work paperwork and such requires.

How much easier it’s become thanks to President Baek.

To call such a capable person an attendant – what blasphemous words.

“Hiiing.”

We gathered all the Abyss Revenants’ remains at the exit.

Now.

Shall we slowly head out?

When I pushed my right foot in, it entered without resistance.

The moment I entered with relief, my vision changed completely.

The alley where the Gate had appeared.

I safely returned to the original world.

“P-Park Min-ho Hunter?”

“Who are you?”

A woman in a business suit called my name with a startled expression.

“Ah, sorry! I’m from the Response Department.”

[Response Department 5th Division]

[Deputy Lee Seung-mi]

“Yes. Nice to meet you.”

“How is that Gate…?”

“I cleared it.”

“Wow. You’re really amazing!”

I appreciate the praise.

But I’m not feeling too good about it?

At least two hours have passed since the incident occurred.

Seeing that SSS rating appeared, it seems less than three hours have passed.

But a Gate with 99% mana distribution appeared.

And they still haven’t properly organized the deployment personnel.

If these people had been waiting inside the Gate, they might have become skeletons by now.

“Two hours?!”

“Yes.”

“That can’t be right. We didn’t even detect the mana anomaly signs that occur when Gates appear.”

That’s strange.

I heard the mana wave detection center operated by the Rift Bureau has a 99% accuracy rate.

The higher the mana distribution.

In other words, the closer it gets to critical, the stronger the mana anomaly signs from dimensional distortion become.

When the Rift Bureau discovers such anomaly signs, they request nearby guilds.

If they deem it impossible to handle, they immediately dispatch Response Department Hunters – that’s the procedure.

“The anomaly signs were discovered 20 minutes ago.”

“That’s quite strange.”

I touched my chin with my right hand and shared more of what came to mind.

“Deputy, did you check the mana distribution?”

“Yes. It was 82%.”

Huh.

After slashing all those Revenants.

And defeating twenty-three Abyss Revenants.

The mana distribution only dropped by 17%.

If I had just endured to the end, there would have been no answer.

Goosebumps rose all over me.

How eerie.

“When I entered, it was 99%.”

“If it was that high, the Rift Bureau should have detected it?”

“That’s what’s strange about it. So.”

“I’m sorry! There must have been some kind of error!”

“I wasn’t saying that to get an apology.”

Really.

I’m supposedly a man who has a partnership with the Rift Bureau.

I’m not completely affiliated, so let’s say it feels more like being neighbors.

The bigger problem was the ‘malice’ I had consistently felt from the moment I entered the Gate.

Like a trap set specifically to kill the Hunters who entered.

It was a vicious and calculated Gate.

For some reason, even the Rift Bureau’s detection was delayed, wasn’t it.

“Oh right. Were there no witnesses?”

“That’s the thing. They said no one came to this area despite the car accident and fighting.”

Should I say it’s fortunate there were no casualties?

“Isn’t that suspicious too?”

“How could they control even people’s movements.”

I stopped thinking about it any further.

I thought this might be why conspiracy theories flourish.

Creating a Gate just to kill me and controlling the surrounding situation too?

If you suspect like that, there’s no end to it.

“Additional personnel are being dispatched from the Response Department. Sorry for being late.”

“Ah. It’s really okay.”

Even if the delayed detection of mana anomalies was an oversight.

The fact that no witnesses came forward due to the commotion around was really just bad luck.

Lee Seung-mi confirmed it was a B-rank Gate.

She had requested additional Hunters to be dispatched from the Response Department and was waiting at the scene.

“I didn’t know you were fighting alone. I’m truly sorry!”

“No. It’s not like you knew and did this on purpose.”

If you had come alone, you would have become the Revenant’s meal.

Or you would have become a bystander just twiddling your thumbs.

【Don’t I seem more helpful than those lords?】

“Gah!”

“Where does a mere thief get off raising his head?”

The two familiars shouted angrily at Zaugg’s remark.

“Eek!”

“Ah. My familiars are just talking among themselves, so you don’t need to worry about it.”

Only the three of us can hear Zaugg’s telepathy.

Don’t you know this looks perfect for being called crazy from the side?

Still, I’m glad someone from the Response Department came out.

“Could I ask you to handle the scene cleanup?”

“Ah. Yes. Of course!”

Ehehe!

I reduced one task.

The thought of calling a contractor and watching the cleanup made me dizzy.

“I’d like the corpses gathered near the entrance to be sent to the workshop.”

“Yes!”

After telling her about other parts that needed cleanup, I yawned.

Ugh.

I’m sleepy.

Now that the tension is released, my eyes feel heavy as lead.

I swung the hammer at the workshop.

And worked non-stop even in the suddenly appeared variant Gate.

“Aren’t you doing any debriefing or anything?”

“You look tired, so go in and rest! Since you’re Ranger No. 1, the Bureau will contact you separately!”

Oh.

What flexibility from a civil servant.

This is quite rare, you know.

Yaaawn.

I’m tired, so I should go rest quickly.

“Master. Lean on the girl’s shoulder.”

“With that scrawny body, who are you going to support? Lord, leave it to me.”

That’s enough.

Treating me like some patient.

Come to think of it, isn’t Sir Isra, whose arms and chest were crushed, the patient?

With such trivial thoughts, I trudged back to my studio apartment.

* * *

After Min-ho left the scene.

About 2 minutes later, the Hunters dispatched from the Response Department arrived in front of the Gate.

“Response Department 1st Division Chief, Jeon Hye-yeon.”

“5th Division Lee Seung-mi!”

“What’s the situation?”

“Well… it’s been resolved.”

Lee Seung-mi briefly summarized and reported the conversation she had with Min-ho.

“Hunter Park again?”

“He looked very tired, so I sent him away at my discretion. I’m sorry.”

“No. You did well. He’s an outsider to the Rift Bureau, so we should show that much consideration.”

Jeon Hye-yeon slowly mulled over what she had just heard.

“Deputy Lee. You said the mana distribution was 82% when you arrived?”

“Yes.”

“And you said Hunter Park said it was 99%.”

“That’s right.”

“But the Bureau failed to detect it.”

The back of her head felt cold.

This incident.

It wasn’t an ordinary Gate appearance.

“Well, machines aren’t perfect either. I understand for now.”

“I’ll put it in the report too.”

“Ah. It’s okay. Since I’m here, I’ll write the report from this end.”

Lee Seung-mi’s eyes sparkled.

It was because Min-ho didn’t make an issue of this incident.

If a Guild-affiliated Hunter had experienced something like this, they would have been furious and even mentioned lawsuits.

Even putting it in the report would mean worrying about a reprimand.

But hearing that Jeon Hye-yeon would cover for her put her mind at ease.

“Deputy Lee, help with cleaning up the surroundings.”

“Understood.”

When Deputy Lee Seung-mi headed toward the main road.

The 1st Division Hunters murmured among themselves.

‘What’s gotten into our division chief to act like that.’

‘Will the sun rise in the sky tomorrow.’

‘Maybe she’s managing her image with people from other departments?’

Jeon Hye-yeon’s fiery personality was famous within the department.

It’s not that Deputy Lee Seung-mi’s actions were wrong.

Acting according to the manual.

Waiting at a Gate that had entered the critical danger stage and waiting for support wasn’t incorrect.

However.

If it hadn’t been for Min-ho, following the manual could have led to massive casualties.

Jeon Hye-yeon was the type of person who would shout about having some flexibility in situations like this.

“Can you all hear me?”

“Director. Let’s go in quickly.”

“Phew. We’re lucky we only have to clean up the aftermath.”

“I thought we were screwed getting called out for a night mission, but that’s not the case, right?”

The Division 1 Hunters rubbed their palms together.

Those who entered the Gate.

“Huh.”

“What is this.”

The expressions of those who had been joking around just moments before hardened completely.

Anyone would react that way seeing the scene inside the Gate.

Corpses filling the area below the hill.

The number of fallen Revenants was roughly in the thousands.

And that wasn’t all.

The Abyss Revenants gathered on one side numbered over twenty.

Monsters that could handle incomplete aura.

Though classified as B-rank category.

They were actually powerful monsters that should be classified as A-.

Could someone face enemies of this scale.

All alone?

‘It might be possible to keep moving and endure.’

If survival was the goal, it would be possible.

However.

It would be impossible to defeat twenty Abyss Revenants and thousands of Revenants.

The emotion flickering in the Division 1 Hunters’ eyes.

It was shock.

Fight against enemies like this?

Even an A-rank Hunter, not a C-rank Hunter, would have difficulty surviving.

A Hunter acknowledged by Director Jung Seung-il.

The rumors about him being the next SS-rank were definitely not an exaggeration.

“Um, Director.”

“Even I would barely be able to endure.”

It wasn’t a matter of being strong or weak.

Even A-rank Hunters were biological entities made of blood and flesh.

There were limits to stamina, mana, and mental strength.

Hunting thousands of monsters completely in just a few hours?

Even Jeon Hye-yeon wasn’t confident.

‘This isn’t the time to be surprised.’

She wanted to look around the scene more, but held back.

More important was the report.

“I’ll leave the scene analysis to you.”

“Are you leaving first, Director?”

“I need to report to the Director General. You guys handle it.”

“Good work. Loyalty, loyalty!”

A secret that couldn’t be told to the Division 1 Hunters.

Behind this incident was The Organization.

The fact that they were targeting Min-ho.

She had to quickly inform Director Jung Seung-il.

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