My Catastrophic‑Level Summon Devours Gates - Chapter 190

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Episode 190

“Kwaruuru!”

Predator – Rex, whose specs were enhanced thanks to the Primitive Species correction, roared.

Chomp, chomp.

With one bite, a third of the Troll’s body evaporated.

“Ta-da. Magic that makes the Troll’s body disappear.”

“Hyung. Does that come back?”

I shook my head at Mi-jeong’s question.

“Wrong. It’s magic that eliminates, so why would it come back?”

Since everything from the head to the chest was gone, the Troll’s regeneration ability was useless too.

It was an expensive Troll corpse, but I generously gave it to Rex as food.

[Predation – 37 Stacks]

Additional ability increase through predation.

This was a granted ability obtained while analyzing the Mutant Ghoul.

“How nice it would be if stacks filled up by feeding it anything.”

Even Draco’s predation stacks didn’t rise easily after being enhanced once.

Turns out, as their weight class increased, I had to feed them larger monsters for the stacks to rise.

Satisfying picky minions is also work. Work.

“Jin-woo. Are Trolls common here?”

“Ah, yes. That’s right.”

“That’s good.”

I should take this opportunity to fill the predation stacks to maximum.

Gates where large species are the main type aren’t common.

I can’t miss an opportunity like this.

“Still, it’s a waste.”

Slash!

Sir Isra, who had separated the Troll’s head from its body, swung his sword.

The blood on the blade scattered across the floor with a swoosh.

Even the enhanced Troll had to offer its neck to swordsmanship that reached divine skill.

“Trolls are better than Minotaur corpses.”

“Hyung-nim. Should we collect the blood separately?”

“Let’s do it later.”

As I’ve said many times.

The purpose of this Cross Gate expedition is to escort the two craftsmen.

Collecting Troll blood isn’t something that ends in just a minute or two.

Seong-su couldn’t hide his disappointed expression.

“I’ll give you a chance to collect it later.”

“R-really?”

“Count the blood as the Support Team’s income.”

“Thank you!”

The Support Team Friends’ expressions brightened noticeably.

“The Girl’s Master is truly a merciful person.”

“What mercy?”

“You generously give to those who serve you and have won their hearts.”

“These are people who worked hard to support me.”

I wanted to express my gratitude.

This worked out well.

They’d be happy if I slaughtered a few Trolls for them after finishing business at the mine, right?

“Jin-woo.”

“Y-yes?”

Nam Jin-woo, who had been wearing a dazed expression, answered a beat late.

This is the first time I’ve seen this man spacing out.

It was unexpected since he always showed a reliable appearance at Hanil Forge.

Well.

It was understandable for someone who only did hammering to be nervous entering a Gate.

“Are you okay?”

“Ah, um. Yes. I’m fine.”

“How long will it take to reach the destination?”

“It’s that mountain you can see over there.”

A low mountain at the end of his outstretched finger.

The distance looked to be about 5km.

“Should we pick up the pace?”

“If the fighting gets intense, more monsters will come.”

“How many hours would it take?”

“We usually had to allow about a day on average.”

I nodded thoughtfully at Nam Jin-woo’s response.

A whole day.

Going and coming back would be two days.

That much mining time would be reduced.

“Let’s try to reduce it to one hour.”

“What?”

Nam Jin-woo’s face was colored with shock.

“It seems doable.”

They were definitely stronger than ordinary monsters.

Dire Wolves and Trolls.

I could clearly feel it since I’d faced both in Gates before.

Even so.

They weren’t to the point where I couldn’t handle them.

“You two craftsmen can’t stay here long.”

“…”

Nam Jin-woo’s gaze dropped.

Hanil Forge’s work schedule was set in yearly units.

We had to obtain as many minerals as possible while staying in Cross Gate.

“Please.”

The answer came from Master Han Yo-han, who had been walking silently.

“Please wear the Giant Armor, both of you.”

“Are we participating in combat too?”

“No way. What are you saying? I’m worried you might fall behind and get in trouble.”

The two craftsmen took out large armor from subspace.

Giant Armor.

The integrated weapon created by combining the power of our country’s greatest craftsman and alchemist revealed itself in actual combat for the first time.

[Death Space]

25 Tigris.

A cavalry heavily armed with bones was summoned.

“Smash them all.”

“Groooooh!”

The blood demon and zombie enhanced soldiers, united as one with their mounts, simultaneously let out fierce cries.

Thud thud thud!

The Tigris Group began charging with fierce momentum, spears pointed forward.

“From now on, we run until we’re out of breath.”

“What?”

I’m seeing a lot of Jin-woo’s dazed expressions today.

It was quite a rare sight and amusing, but I don’t have time to watch.

“I told you earlier not to fall behind, didn’t I?”

“Good. I’ll go first.”

Master Han Yo-han ran quickly, following behind the Tigris Group.

The clanking sound of armor.

With each step, the ground was deeply dented.

Despite the tremendous weight, his movements looked light thanks to his enhanced strength and mana assistance.

“Ugh. Master. Let’s go together!”

Jin-woo also hurriedly followed behind.

“We’re used to this though.”

“It’s not the first or second time hyung has broken common sense.”

“But do we have time to chat?”

At Mi-jeong’s words, the support team also began moving their legs diligently.

“Lord, ride on my back.”

“Oh my. Iron Head. When did you become so considerate when you used to scold me?”

“This is the best way to match the speed.”

“But why is your face turning red?”

“Hmm. For my lord’s sake, I must endure even humiliation.”

“Humiliaaation?”

“My lord. Don’t let your true feelings show so obviously.”

【Knight. Pathetic.】

Sir Isra’s face turned red beyond measure, colored like a tomato.

I hope he doesn’t roll his eyes and faint at this rate.

“Everyone stop fooling around.”

“Hmph. I’m not fooling around.”

“Sir Isra is right, that’s the best way.”

Even though my specs are at the level of a B-rank warrior-type Hunter.

I haven’t learned any charge-type or movement skills, so I have to run with pure stats.

“Mi-jeong is also getting carried.”

“Mmm. But still, Master.”

“You guys go into Death Space too.”

I recalled the three scions and got on Sir Isra’s back.

“This is the greatest honor as a knight.”

“Uh, um, right.”

“Hold onto my neck properly.”

Huh?

Hold onto his neck?

So.

He wants me to back hug him?

“Ba, ba, ba, back hug!”

“You’re the one who said it, why are you so surprised.”

“You’re the one who gave it meaning, my lord!”

“Stop talking nonsense. Let’s go quickly.”

The two craftsmen and support team are going ahead.

It would be useless if I fall behind in a protective position.

“Sigh. Understood. Then hold on tight!”

Whoosh!

The moment Sir Isra kicked off the ground, the surrounding scenery changed dramatically.

The power generated by pushing out the mana concentrated in his soles all at once.

Using that energy as propulsion, he leaped a great distance in one bound.

“I will cut down everything that blocks my lord’s path!”

Sir.

Isn’t your tension a bit too high today?

* * *

The Tigris Group and Predator – Lex.

The enhanced Dracos following behind them easily slaughtered the monsters.

Crack! Crack!

There were occasional cases where Tigris’s charge was blocked.

“Groooh!”

Tigris, who had learned [Arcturus Spear Technique], immediately turned left or right to aim for the flanks when frontal breakthrough wasn’t possible.

Even if part of the bone spear broke, the breakthrough power hardly diminished.

“Kwaruruuru!”

Predator – Lex trampled the monsters that had been torn apart.

“Krrrrrrr!”

The enhanced Dracos chewed and swallowed enemies that weren’t completely dead.

“To maintain such fast speed!”

“Good. Let’s go quickly.”

Both craftsmen’s eyes widened.

That’s what I told you.

I’ll get you to your destination as quickly as possible.

Crack!

Tigris with a broken bone spear was recalled to Death Space.

I took out spare spears stored in the Death Forge and had him rejoin the formation.

[Death Space]

Mutant Troll corpse.

Mutant Dire Wolf corpse.

In the meantime, I also occasionally collected notable monster corpses.

The same goes for Predator – Lex.

Mutant corpses are very helpful for improving specs during undead creation, so I had to collect them without fail.

Although many of Tigris’s weapons were worn down.

Thanks to that, we covered 5km and arrived at the mountain slope.

“Did it take about an hour?”

“59 minutes and 21 seconds.”

Master Han Yo-han slowly nodded his head.

“Really. Seeing it in person is different from hearing about it on the news.”

Jin-woo continued to let out meaningless exclamations like “Wow” and “Amazing” even after that.

“Then let’s go up.”

A small cave located halfway up the mountain.

Looking inside, there were traces of pickaxe work everywhere.

“Master and I will be mining here.”

“How long will you be staying?”

“One week.”

“You prepared enough food, right?”

“Yes. Thanks to Hunter Park, we have more time to mine mithril.”

Mithril.

A mineral worth dozens of times more than gold.

It doesn’t exist on Earth.

It’s found with very low probability in mountain-type Gates, or.

Or sometimes small amounts of mithril would drop from boss monsters as well.

『It’s harder than steel and has high mana conductivity too.』

“It’s worth risking your lives for, you two.”

『Chief. If you have time to talk, swing your pickaxe.』

Master Han Yo-han had already entered the cave and started mining.

“You need an escort inside as well, right?”

『Yes. Monsters sometimes appear during mining.』

The Gigant Armor was made for the artisans’ safety.

It had enough power to send most monsters away with a single punch.

Still.

It would be better to swing the pickaxe one more time with the force to crush a monster’s skull.

“Zaugg.”

“Yes, my lord.”

“Scout around the mountain slope.”

“Understood.”

We’d have to stay here for a week.

If there were any variants or unusual monsters near the cave, I should hunt them.

It would be good to get something before leaving, right?

“Boss. We’ll set up the barracks.”

“Yes. Please do.”

“It would have been nice to have a dimensional barrier generator, but that’s unfortunate.”

“They say it’s incredibly expensive.”

If monsters respawned, Sir Isra would take care of them.

Even if we couldn’t have completely peaceful rest time.

We could take turns resting, couldn’t we.

So I left the outside to Sir Isra and the support team.

And followed the two artisans into the cave.

* * *

[Stealthy Steps]

[Dark Stealth]

Zaugg moved around the mountain with light footsteps.

A body based on a Death Warrior.

Thanks to having better specs than when alive, moving around in hiding was much easier too.

‘I should check if there are any ruins around.’

Old habits die hard.

Zaugg, guaranteed independent action, busily searched for ruins or hidden places.

Just then.

Crackle!

‘Isn’t that a magic circle?’

Artificial traces caught Zaugg’s eye.

Something.

Smelled suspicious.

‘I should investigate this.’

Telling himself this was all for his lord.

Zaugg finished his rationalization and slowly stepped into the magic circle.

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