My Catastrophic‑Level Summon Devours Gates - Chapter 121

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Episode 121

【Hand.】

Saint of the Dark God.

Roan extended his right hand.

“Your words are short. When meeting a lord as great as the heavens.”

“You Iron Head. I can only say five words per minute, so I have to save them.”

“Keuut. If you have loyalty, you can overcome such restrictions.”

“That’s exactly why you’re an Iron Head.”

“You mage!”

Shh.

Both of you, please be quiet.

Divine spells.

A completely new field.

I didn’t learn it using skill books like magic.

Nor is it a visible form like swordsmanship guidance.

Curious about how it would be transmitted, I extended my hand.

Black haze began rising from our overlapped hands.

An endlessly dark energy.

It felt like entering a sealed room without any lighting.

It would be normal to feel fear, but.

The moment I faced that darkness, it was warm like touching hands with another person.

“So this is divine power.”

Nod nod.

Roan stirred the black haze with his left hand.

【Hatred Release.】

Ssssssh!

The haze swirled wildly and then stuck to the back of my hand.

[Hatred Release spell has been engraved.]

[Engraving – 1/5]

[You can engrave again after 168 hours.]

[Hatred Release]

Classification: Divine Magic

Grade: A

Type: Active

Each time you deal damage to an opponent, hatred energy is charged. When maximum charged hatred energy is consumed, your body is healed.

*When charging hatred stacks, ability stats increase up to 50%.

*When consumed at full stack, 50% of health and mana are instantly recovered with injury healing effects.

Is it real that an A-grade skill was added with just one click?

You, this guy.

You were actually a good guy!

What’s wrong with believing in some strange god like the Dark God?

An A-grade skill. An A-grade skill!

“I won’t scold you, so laugh freely.”

“Uhehehe!! Uhehehehe!”

Even without worshipping the Dark God.

I understand what it means to learn divine spells.

If you have an engraving.

You can perform miracles with abilities converted from mana → divine power.

Melee Dealer – Sir Isra.

Ranged Dealer – Ingrid and the Witch Coven.

Breakthrough – Tigris.

Tank – Armed Zombie Enhanced from the Gale Knights.

The undead army covers almost every position, but.

The only lacking part was supporters.

Healing and buffs.

Unfortunately, the support team had no priest-type members.

“Don’t undead become weak when blessed?”

“That’s why I wasn’t disappointed.”

“You Iron Head. Don’t you understand yet?”

Ingrid beat her chest as if frustrated.

“We. Revived Ones have dual attributes of human and dead.”

“Ah. That’s right!”

It’s okay.

I understand.

What can you expect from someone who’s only interested in chivalry?

“Roan. Can you also use healing spells?”

Nod nod.

Good.

Now we have a stable recovery method.

The Ring of Life – Vampiric Ring combo wasn’t bad either, but.

There was a sustainability problem since recovery methods were blocked when reserves ran out.

Even instant repairs took quite a while.

But with divine spells, healing would be possible in an instant.

“Are there no restrictions on engravings?”

【Maximum. A-grade.】

Once a week.

Being able to receive divine magic or divine spells of A-grade or below.

Since priest-type skill books rarely appear, I couldn’t even guess what that value would be.

The Stained Chalice has served its purpose.

I should give it to Ingrid to research.

Shake shake.

Roan grabbed my hand.

“Do you need this?”

Nod nod.

Less than a minute had passed so he couldn’t speak, but.

He expressed his intentions earnestly with his hands, feet, and head.

It seems he has another use for it.

“Is it okay to give it up?”

“I must follow Master’s will.”

I’m curious about what he’ll use the Stained Chalice for.

I should ask him later.

“Keuuuuu.”

One missing piece has been perfectly filled.

A bit taciturn.

What if he’s a former cultist?

He’s my subordinate now.

【Great lord. I’m here too, you know?】

“Get lost, thief.”

【Hmph. Remember who saved you last time. Sir Knight.】

“Keuuut.”

Sir Isra kept his mouth tightly shut.

The talent for hiding was also very useful.

Didn’t he collapse the Black Heaven Society’s trap?

When the Chinese Hunter attacked, he made full use of Zaugg’s talent to take down the mages.

The more Otherworldly Souls there are.

The more my abilities increase.

And my adaptability grows too, so it’s definitely beneficial.

Of course. Absolutely.

[The number of Otherworldly Souls taken as familiars has increased to 4.]

[The grade of the Death Space skill is rising.]

[Grade: C → B]

[The number of corpses that can be stored increases to 80.]

My goodness.

Death Space gets upgraded too?

There’s one more reason to take Otherworldly Souls as subordinates.

Burp.

I feel full even without eating.

* * *

【Sacred relic. Purification.】

That’s the reason Roan collected the stained chalice.

A sacred relic.

Just looking at its appearance, it looks too shabby to even use as Happy’s food bowl back home.

I concluded that the Dark God has peculiar taste.

I’ve recruited a new Otherworldly Soul and reported on the Gate too.

It’s time to return to daily life.

“President Baek. Please schedule Gate conquests at full capacity.”

“Are you sure? After all that hardship you went through.”

“What hardship? These guys do all the work.”

Ah.

How comfortable.

The inside of Gates actually feels pleasant now.

For C-rank Gates, I didn’t even need to carefully manage my minions.

【Black Blessing.】

[Black Blessing]

[Manifestation – Divine Spell: Unholy Mist]

Black smoke covered about 30 meters.

[Confusion Lv 11]

[Fear Lv 15]

[Bewilderment Lv 13]

[Madness Lv 7]

…

It inflicts various debuffs on creatures of flesh and blood.

[Strength Enhancement Lv 16]

[Reaction Speed Enhancement Lv 13]

[Good Fortune Lv 8]

…

A twisted divine spell that gives buffs to the undead and demons.

A skill befitting a saint of the Dark God.

The skill mechanism of [Black Blessing] was extremely unique in a different way from Eclipse.

When Roan shouts “Black Blessing.”

Though limited to B-rank and below, he could use any desired divine spell or sacred law.

Should I call it an all-master of sacred laws and divine spells?

Instead, he could only speak once per minute, five syllables at a time, which limited skill usage.

“Hahahaha. Where are you looking?”

In the black mist.

A woman with yellow hair busily moved in all directions.

When Sir Isra swung his sword once.

Slash!

Without fail, one monster’s life was cut short.

“Iron Head! You need to leave some for me!”

[Unique Technique – Eclipse]

[Lightning X 4]

[Modified Technique – Shatter]

Crackle!

Holes were punched straight through the bodies of several monsters in a line.

Overlapping and strengthening lightning to pierce through left them no chance to resist.

【Black Blessing.】

[Black Blessing]

[Manifestation – Divine Spell: Corrupted Light]

The fight became much easier when Roan joined in.

The advantage of Black Blessing is its tremendously wide range of applications.

Buffs for allies.

Debuffs or crowd control effects on enemies.

Skills that made the once-per-minute restriction barely noticeable!

The skill itself was powerful, but.

It was thanks to Roan’s excellent ability in handling that power.

“There’s no room for us to step in.”

“I wanted to show you the results of our training.”

The Support Team Hunters smacked their lips in disappointment.

Perhaps because they received training from Sir Isra and Ingrid.

Everyone looked much more confident than when I first met them.

Great. It was good that we trained together.

The ancient sages’ words that pain shared is pain halved were not wrong.

I wasn’t just twiddling my thumbs either.

I took out a portable forge and anvil from the subspace carrier.

Clang! Claang!

I repaired worn weapons on the spot.

The first divine spell I inscribed – Hatred Explosion doesn’t consume stacks as long as it’s recognized as an offensive action.

Since I was already speeding up Gate conquest.

Fighting continuously only led to more Hatred Explosion stacks accumulating.

After casting buffs twice, I had nothing left to do.

So what then?

“Practice. Practice.”

[Invisible Hand]

I added one more Corpse Doll Arm.

Using four hands, I hammered away.

A skill operation method with pros and cons.

The moment I added one more arm.

[Blacksmith’s Soul]

The skill I received during the C-rank promotion exam activated.

I thought it only worked when using weapons.

Does the Corpse Doll Arm also count as an armament?

Anyway.

Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!

With the Blacksmith’s Soul correction, hammering became much easier.

And so.

[You have cleared Sigh’s Dungeon.]

[Calculating grade.]

[Cleared with SSS grade.]

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

[You have cleared the Scorching Desert.]

[Calculating grade.]

[Cleared with SSS grade.]

…

I left the fighting to my familiars and focused on honing my Bone Metallurgy.

“Please take care of me again today.”

“Uncle. We have to spar again, right?”

The Support Team.

And I consistently made time to train with Yeon-du.

Clang!

Claaang!

“Hunter Park. Please ease up on the strength a bit there.”

Whenever I had time, I visited Hanil Forge to receive guidance.

Day by day.

Every day passed endlessly like a hamster wheel without rest.

When I lay in bed, my eyes would close from exhaustion.

But the forced march wasn’t difficult or boring.

For the past 5 years.

Preparing for the D-rank exam, which I considered an insurmountable wall, was much more hopeless and difficult.

Now with a sense of achievement added.

Rest time felt too precious to waste.

Two weeks passed by in a flash like that.

The day before the promotion exam, with two days left.

[Your level has increased.]

[Current level is 150.]

[You have reached the level cap.]

I was able to achieve level 150, the end of C-rank.

“Congratulations, Lord.”

“The day after tomorrow you’ll be promoted to B-rank.”

【The great master will naturally pass.】

【Amazing. Master.】

This is my first time taking the B-rank exam.

Don’t talk about it like it’s a sure thing.

It feels like you’re setting up a flag.

After clearing the Gate, I also told President Baek that I had reached level 150.

“Congratulations, Hunter Park!”

“I’m worried I might slip up in the exam.”

“Who do you think you are to fail? I’m not worried at all.”

Meeting those eyes of infinite trust made my heart feel warm.

“Then I’ll cancel tomorrow’s schedule.”

“What are you saying? The familiars do all the work anyway.”

“You need to manage your condition.”

“You don’t need to worry about it.”

How much money do we make clearing one Gate?

Even with few byproducts or finished items, clearing with SSS grade meant we could get tons of Magic Stones.

“Don’t overdo it.”

“Yes.”

I completed the remaining schedule with Gate clearing and Bone Metallurgy practice as usual.

And finally faced the day of reckoning.

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