My Catastrophic‑Level Summon Devours Gates - Chapter 218

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Episode 218

William Harris.

Executive director of GGG, one of the major guilds considered the best in the western United States.

He’s the second-in-command and a skilled individual who ranks just below Guild Master Yoo Jeong-kim.

“Lloyd’s team entered the Gate over 24 hours ago?”

“Yes, Executive Director.”

“What do you estimate their survival chances to be?”

“Less than 1%.”

Glug—

William poured red wine and brought the glass close to his nose.

“Hmm.”

First, he savored the aroma.

Then slowly tilted the glass to his lips.

He rolled the liquid around his mouth with his tongue to taste it.

After slowly swallowing it down his throat, he let out a long breath.

“Exquisite. Very much to my liking.”

Was it the alcohol he liked?

Or was it the fact that the GGG Hunters’ survival rate was less than 1%?

Only William would know the answer.

“Have a good time.”

The Hunter who finished his report went outside.

Left alone, William swirled his wine glass.

The rippling liquid formed a whirlpool.

Just like the fate of the Hunters who entered the Gate.

“Do you know, Yoo Jeong-kim?”

William glared at the white wall and shouted.

As if the Guild Master was on the other side.

“I’ve always hated that damn grit theory of yours.”

Courage and grit.

It’s not like he’s some hero comic protagonist.

I don’t understand why he wants to run a corporatized Hunter Guild in such a haphazard way.

“This isn’t betrayal. I’m just reclaiming my share.”

The current GGG was created when two guilds merged.

It began when William, the master of a major guild, proposed a partnership to Yoo Jeong-kim, who led a small organization.

However.

As the two guilds merged to form the current organization, GGG, William’s presence gradually faded.

“Stupid bastards. What’s so good about someone obsessed with grit theory?”

In the Hunter industry, the first criterion is power!

Hunters who joined, impressed by SS-rank Hunter Yoo Jeong-kim’s achievements, followed him more than William.

Because of this, William’s plan to make Yoo Jeong-kim a puppet president fell apart spectacularly.

But even that would have been fine.

William held most of GGG’s actual authority.

What disrupted that balance was Sophia.

The Saint of Los Angeles.

She was the person who had climbed to the highest floor before Min-ho broke the Tower of Chaos record.

At present, she was an S-rank Hunter like William.

“Who would have thought I’d be pushed back like this?”

William began earnestly working to secure influence within GGG.

Internal strife and scheming.

And political maneuvering.

Rather than opposing Yoo Jeong-kim, he created conflict with Sophia while building his own faction.

The flow of time also smiled upon William.

Decades had passed since the Great Catastrophe.

People had almost completely forgotten the days when monsters threatened their daily lives.

It was an era where Hunters entered Gates looking for money rather than a sense of mission.

Rather than Yoo Jeong-kim’s courage and grit.

Many Hunters began to support William’s management policy that guaranteed more money and honor.

“Now everyone will realize. That Yoo Jeong-kim is a loser from a bygone era.”

Ironically.

William was able to easily build his faction within the guild thanks to the tolerance that stemmed from Yoo Jeong-kim’s strong power.

Even if his faction grew in strength.

Yoo Jeong-kim’s voice, who symbolized GGG, remained tremendously powerful.

If Yoo Jeong-kim hadn’t stood by and watched, the William faction wouldn’t have grown this large.

“This tragedy was created by your arrogance.”

A Gate that appeared in the area managed by Sophia’s faction.

It was a vicious place that swallowed three Hunter teams under her command and still couldn’t be conquered.

Five A-rank Hunters and ten B-rank Hunters.

Despite causing tremendous casualties.

The Gate remained proudly in its place.

“Those Black Heaven Society bastards. They did their job properly.”

William’s lips twisted.

Black Heaven Society.

Crazy bastards who colluded with demons.

It was difficult to even make contact with them through normal methods.

William had to pull every string he had to barely place a request.

[A Gate that becomes closed-type after entry]

[Difficulty level impossible for even S-rank Hunters to conquer]

A request he carried out by completely draining the slush funds he’d collected for over 10 years.

The result was successful.

Three Hunter teams from Sophia’s faction had already been annihilated.

William persistently held them accountable for this.

The atmosphere within the guild was absolutely terrible!

Sophia’s faction had to take responsibility for the tragedy that occurred in the Gate.

“That’s not nearly enough.”

Gulp.

William downed the swirling wine in one go.

After savoring the taste, he pulled the glass away from his lips again.

“Mister Park, was it?”

The reason Sophia went to Korea.

He was the person she brought in as a business partner, even giving him a Tower of Chaos entry ticket.

If.

He could eliminate that man this time too.

Sophia would have to take responsibility for wastefully consuming the guild’s strategic assets.

That was why he involved Min-ho in the Gate conquest situation.

“Courage, grit. You can’t solve everything with just that kind of mindset.”

An empty wall.

William muttered to himself as if Yoo Jeong-kim was on the other side.

“Your thinking is ultimately just an ideal.”

Yoo Jeong-kim.

One of the top powerhouses in America.

He muttered while thinking of GGG’s leader.

Right.

Yoo Jeong-kim’s methods were wrong.

He would use Min-ho as a sacrifice to prove that fact.

And devour everything GGG had to eliminate any place for Yoo Jeong-kim to stand.

“Just acting all high and mighty.”

Even in this situation.

Whether Sophia’s faction lost power or not, Yoo Jeong-kim remained a bystander.

If he had seriously stepped forward to restrain him, the situation wouldn’t have escalated this far.

William intended to punish that arrogance.

“Does he trust that Asian?”

No way.

That couldn’t be it.

What kind of place was GGG?

The top Hunter guild in the western United States.

A prestigious force with countless know-how, items, and skills.

They had selected only the best from among talented rookie Hunters.

With experience and know-how accumulated over a long time, they educated and trained them into incomparable experts compared to other guild Hunters.

In a place where even GGG Hunters met meaningless deaths.

What could some rootless Asian Hunter possibly do?

“Keheheh.”

The empty glass.

William stared at it for a long while.

Crash!

He threw the glass in his hand at the wall.

“My mood is ruined.”

Over the shattered glass.

William’s crumpled face was reflected in dozens of scattered pieces.

* * *

Who would have thought I’d end up going to America so soon after the Europe trip.

“Well I’ll be. It worked out. It really worked out.”

I only packed clothes in my luggage.

Since most of my stuff fit in the Death Domain inside my subspace carrier.

There wasn’t much to prepare anyway.

“Hmph. The Girl wants to try boarding an airplane too.”

“I’ll talk to the Fissure Bureau about it.”

Since they helped with setting up mobile phones.

Maybe I could ask them to make passports for my familiars.

If they say no, then there’s nothing I can do about it.

“Thanks to you, hyung, I get to see America too.”

“This is my first time in America, hyung.”

The Support Team naturally joined the trip to America as if it was obvious.

President Baek wore a stern expression.

“This time we’re not going for fun, so everyone stay alert.”

“Yes!”

“Boss. They’re not our kids, you know.”

“Mi-jeong. How are you going to explain all that luggage?”

“Ugh. I got caught.”

The atmosphere was similar to when we climbed the Tower of Chaos.

“M-m-m-me too.”

“You can go, so stop stuttering.”

Emilia also ended up joining the trip to America.

I couldn’t just leave behind someone who came to see me.

Instead.

“Uncle. Don’t forget to buy souvenirs.”

Yeon-du ended up staying behind.

“Why aren’t you going?”

“I need to rank up quickly. I’m busy leveling up.”

“Oh. What’s gotten into you to do something productive. Ack!”

How petty.

Using Swift to pinch my side?

Even though I read it with Heavenly Martial Body, I couldn’t avoid it.

Damn.

Her skills improved even more while I wasn’t looking.

“I need to rank up quickly too so I can go around with Uncle!”

“Huh.”

“You need to be at least B-rank to enter higher-level places.”

That’s true.

B-rank and above Gates have pretty strict entry restrictions.

That was why it was difficult to tackle overpace when I was C-rank.

How can you tackle something when you get cut at the entrance?

“But there’s no particular reason you have to go around with me.”

“Are you trying to ditch the fan club president?”

What does accompanying me have to do with a fan club?

I just lost consciousness right there.

“Boss. Would it be possible to make passports for my familiars too?”

“It’s a bit different from setting up mobile phones, but I’ll talk to them about it.”

He’s not saying no.

This is why I can’t help but like President Baek’s way of handling things.

After spending 14 hours on the plane.

For the first time in my life, I was able to set foot on American soil.

—Ladies and gentlemen. Our aircraft will be landing at Los Angeles International Airport shortly. Please fasten your seatbelts. Thank you.

Screech!

The friction sound created when the airplane tires touched the runway.

The floating sensation returned to normal.

President Baek, who gathered his luggage first, went ahead.

“GGG says they came to pick us up.”

“Yes.”

Since we’re guests, they’d at least provide a guide.

…or so I thought lightly.

“Hi. It’s been a while. Mister Park.”

“Executive Sofia?”

“What’s wrong. Are you unhappy that I came to pick you up?”

The GGG executive position isn’t leisurely enough for this, is it?

“I thought you’d be busy.”

“I invited you, so of course I should come.”

Geez.

I didn’t expect the Saint of Los Angeles to come all the way to the airport.

It’s not like it’s my first time seeing her.

But it’s still quite surprising.

“Mr. Park came to pick me up before, didn’t he?”

“Ah. That did happen.”

“Hoho. This time it’s my turn to show you around LA.”

“Wait a moment.”

I summoned all the familiars I had stored in Death Space to the outside.

It would have been a bit awkward to call them out before going through immigration.

“Hmm. That paladin from before.”

Sir Isra immediately took a defensive stance.

I understood his sharp reaction.

She was a paladin capable of turning a person into minced meat with a single punch.

When she sparred with an A-rank Hunter from GGG Guild.

I was able to catch a glimpse of part of her power.

An ability user on par with SS-rank.

She was a powerhouse that my familiars at the time couldn’t even resist against.

I wonder how it would be now.

With Sir Isra and Ingrid, there might be a chance of victory.

Since it was a rude thought, I didn’t voice it and kept it to myself.

Executive Sofia was looking over the familiars that had come outside.

“Huh?”

She suddenly let out a startled cry.

Don’t tell me.

She didn’t read my thoughts, did she?

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