My Catastrophic‑Level Summon Devours Gates - Chapter 270

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Episode 270
【Kahahaha! I, Juan Carlos, Master of Death, have descended! Wretched monsters, bow your heads. If you do, I shall graciously bestow upon you a peaceful death…】
“Shut your trap.”
【Kuh-uh-ugh!】
“If you keep running your mouth instead of working, I’m throwing you back in the Death Space.”
【Understood.】
“What?”
【…Yes, sir.】
“Zaugg, aren’t you managing the youngest one?”
“This bastard!”
Whoosh!
A drop kick planted squarely in the Malnourished One’s ribs.
Once again, the automatic defense didn’t activate.
【Kyaaaagh!】
“Because of you, I got scolded by the big boss.”
【Kuh-hek! Cough!】
“This won’t do. You need more discipline.”
【P-please, save me!!!】
“Are you still being disrespectful?”
【Please, I beg you!】
While the Malnourished One was being pummeled into a cloud of dust.
The monsters in the distance had closed in considerably.
“Do better next time.”
【Kuh-hup, kuh-huk.】
As the Malnourished One rose to his feet, a chilling eye light erupted from his gaze.
【I shall slaughter them all.】
Clang!
Several chains shot forth, shredding the body of the Troll charging straight ahead.
An attack even the durable and regenerative Troll couldn’t withstand.
[Corpse Explosion]
Kuaaaang!
Over a hundred liters of blood scattered in all directions.
Flesh, muscle, and bone shattered, bombarding the surroundings.
Monsters charging near the epicenter were instantly killed.
Those slightly beyond the blast radius suffered varying degrees of wounds.
【Explosions are art.】
[Corpse Explosion]
Kuang! Kuang!
Chain explosions instantly killed dozens of monsters.
【Awaken.】
[Dead Rise]
Zombie Prisoner.
Ghast.
Night Ghoul.
At minimum, B-rank level Undeads rose to their feet.
Summoning Undeads en masse with a single gesture.
That Malnourished One. How infuriating!
【Servants. Tear our enemies to shreds and bring me victory.】
“Uuuuuuu!”
The Dead, bereft of reason, tore into the living.
Splorch!
An immortal army that did not retreat even as arms and legs were severed.
The Malnourished One copied Undeads through Necromancy each time corpses accumulated.
“Um, excuse me, Hunter Park.”
“Yes?”
“The Undeads. You didn’t say you were making them by hand?”
“I recruited a Lich whose specialty is Necromancy. That’s who’s creating them.”
“Ah, recruitment, I see.”
Department Head Jeon Hye-yeon laughed awkwardly.
Explaining that Malnourished One would require starting from the LA trip.
Let’s skip the long and tedious story.
“How far until we reach the first checkpoint?”
“Approximately 10 kilometers away.”
“Malnourished One. Can you push through alone?”
【Overflowing Magic Power! Tremendous strength! Behold. This is what the guide of death possesses….】
“Answer.”
【It is possible.】
He makes me repeat myself every time.
I need to tell Zaugg to manage his successor properly.
“Zaugg.”
“Popcorn is ready, sir.”
“Good.”
“My, the sun is quite harsh. Let me shield you, young master.”
Ingrid drew close and unfurled a parasol, pressing her body against mine.
“W-w-w-w!!”
“What are you doing, Iron Head. You should avoid the sunlight too. Your skin will get damaged.”
“What business do I have away from my Lord’s side!”
“Sigh. Even with advice.”
“Grrrr!”
Sir Isra growled menacingly.
I took a small step to the side, putting distance between myself and Ingrid.
She was, well, a bit overwhelming?
Unintentionally.
In the chaos, I locked eyes with the Malnourished One.
【Krkgh.】
Why are you doing this again?
【Minions! Let these wretches taste death as well!】
For some reason, he seemed irritated.
It was probably just my imagination.
The Malnourished One, radiating an even more sinister killing intent than before, slaughtered the monsters while expanding his Undead army.
Ah.
Easy. So easy.
* * *
“Department Head.”
“Even asking me won’t help much, you know?”
“Yes.”
The Hunter from the Response Department 1st Division, who had just started speaking, fell silent again.
Five people, including Department Head Jeon Hye-yeon.
Excluding Jung Seung-il and Choi Ji-woong, the heroes from the Great Catastrophe era.
These five were the Rift Bureau’s most skilled operatives.
Especially Department Head Jeon Hye-yeon, who had recently stepped into the threshold of S-rank, was renowned throughout the world, not just domestically.
Though the period of receiving instruction from Jung Seung-il wasn’t long.
A formidable Hunter known to be the successor to his legacy in the near future!
Yet such a capable individual as Department Head Jeon Hye-yeon was….
‘I can’t win against that?!’
I clenched my lips tightly.
If I relaxed even for a moment, a dumbfounded expression would surely appear.
【Krahaha! Another link has been ensnared in the chain.】
Juan Carlos.
A vicious criminal with a massive bounty placed on him in Mexico.
A Lich—a Necromancer—who died after absorbing the Black Heaven Society’s Spirit Medicine, was granted a second life by Min-ho, and ascended to a complete S-rank.
Though Department Head Jeon Hye-yeon couldn’t know those details.
It wasn’t difficult to recognize that the Lich’s power was extraordinary.
[Dead Rise]
He resurrected small-fry monsters like Lizardmen and Orcs as B-rank Undeads.
[Revive]
He easily commanded the Dead whose lifetime specs didn’t differ greatly.
[Corpse Explosion]
The moment they lost arms or legs and their combat power dropped, he detonated them without hesitation.
The monsters that had been fighting for their lives until moments before were caught in the corpse explosions.
Moments later, resurrected as a subordinate of the Lich, I thrust this display before my ally.
“Grrrrk, grrrrk.”
“Enemy. Monster.”
“Cruuuuuu.”
The mindless Monsters instinctively felt fear and scattered left and right.
A Monster fleeing?
Even Department Head Jeon Hye-yeon, an S-rank Hunter, had rarely witnessed such a rare sight.
‘This is the power of a Necromancer!’
I didn’t know the Lich’s true identity.
Yet.
I could immediately discern that my opponent had reached S-rank caliber.
And why Necromancers were called a One-Man Army.
Watching this battle unfold, Jeon Hye-yeon felt it acutely.
‘The Mana consumption is almost negligible.’
Necromancy was renowned for its exceptional Mana cost-effectiveness.
Moreover, Juan Carlos immediately recovered the Mana he expended with a few incantations.
Resurrecting Monsters.
Sometimes detonating corpses.
Bold yet efficient combat methodology!
‘Breaking through Monsters of that caliber isn’t difficult.’
What astonished Jeon Hye-yeon was the disparity in efficiency.
She was a Warrior-Type Hunter.
She wielded the Sword as her primary weapon.
Though called the King of All Weapons, the Sword had its limitations.
It was disadvantageous in one-versus-many combat.
The number of enemies she could dispatch with a single Sword strike had clear bounds.
At best, two or three.
Because the Blade’s length was finite, facing multiple opponents consumed vast reserves of Stamina and Mana.
‘Facing that Lich won’t be easy.’
I calculated my chances mentally.
Breaking through a hundred-strong Undead army in a single thrust.
Reaching the Lich and unleashing an Aura Blade?
It wasn’t feasible.
If I used Corpse Explosion against the Undeads during the breakthrough, it would be catastrophic.
‘I’d rather not get caught in a close-range explosion.’
I considered several approaches, but none seemed viable.
The Lich—the Necromancer’s abilities were far too efficient.
At best, we’d achieve mutual destruction.
With my Team Members joining forces, victory was possible.
‘But I wonder if winning that way would even be meaningful.’
A Lich?
It was merely one of the powerful Summoned Creatures that Min-ho commanded.
Look at those two women bickering on the Battlefield.
The White Light Knight and the Crimson Witch.
The strength of these two Summoned Creatures had been thoroughly proven through multiple Gate Clears.
‘It’s common knowledge that Lower-rank Undeads can’t grow stronger.’
These two Undeads were different.
Particularly Sir Isra, who had been with Min-ho since the moment he rose to prominence, had much of his information publicly disclosed.
When he was merely frequenting the Domain of Challenge, he was known to possess combat power at the D+ level.
Yet.
Now he wielded combat power comparable to a peak S-rank Warrior-Type Hunter.
And then there was Ingrid, who freely manipulated and modified multiple forms of Magic.
Both possessed military power that could not be underestimated.
‘At this rate, we might not have anything to do.’
The point toward which the party was heading was the most dangerous location in the delaying battle.
The Mir Guild had originally been assigned this sector precisely because they competed for first and second place in military power among the Domestic Big Five.
When the Rift Bureau assigned Min-ho to that position.
The internal meetings had generated such enormous opposition that it spoke volumes.
‘The Director had good reason to push forward with such determination.’
The person who wielded the greatest influence in this personnel selection was Jung Seung-il.
He had scouted Min-ho back when he was D-rank.
How much had people complained about this promising talent, whom he had even praised as the future of our country, being thrust into such a dangerous position?
‘Those people’s eyes were truly blind.’
The Summoned Creatures didn’t all need to take the field.
The Monster Wave delaying battle that she had thought would be difficult.
With Min-ho as a partner, wouldn’t it be worth attempting? The thought flashed through Department Head Jeon Hye-yeon’s mind.
* * *
How long had it been since they entered Gando?
Department Head Jeon Hye-yeon, who had been following behind, called out loudly.
“Could you stop for a moment?”
【I do not obey the commands of those weaker than myself.】
“Quiet.”
【Ugh, uuugh.】
Department Head Jeon Hye-yeon looked around and nodded with a hum.
“This is the place.”
“It doesn’t seem like the best position for defense.”
A section where the path widening through the mountain trail opened up.
Including the largest Main Road they had used while advancing northward so far.
It was a considerably widened section where different paths converged.
“I’ll establish the first defensive line at the old Pyeongcheong City.”
Concrete debris scattered across the landscape.
The ruins of what had once been a city were now our bulwark against the Monster Wave.
“If we can’t hold them here, the monsters will scatter in all directions.”
“Maintaining the line won’t be easy.”
“If it looks like you can’t hold, just fall back to the secondary defensive position. Don’t push yourself.”
I answered her reassuring words with a slight smile.
“I’ll do what I can.”
The Yalu River front wasn’t prepared to withstand a Monster Wave.
The other members of the Domestic Big Five would handle their own sections well enough.
By holding my assigned sector as effectively as possible, I could reduce the burden on the Yalu River front.
“I’ll go scout the area, so you should rest, Hunter.”
“My Familiars can handle it.”
“We came all this way by bus, so we should have something to do as well.”
A bus, of all things.
Department Head Jeon Hye-yeon could manage this level of performance without breaking a sweat if she set her mind to it.
I’d suggested multiple times that I could handle the scouting myself.
But she wouldn’t budge on it, so I handed over the reconnaissance and base camp setup to the Rift Bureau.
“Come on out, all of you.”
I couldn’t just dump everything on the Rift Bureau staff.
Hydraigon and three Centauros.
And I released Predator – Rex.
With these, clearing out the monsters in the vicinity would be effortless.
Resting for the remaining time felt wasteful.
“Might as well work.”
I draped my jacket over a nearby spot.
Rolling up both sleeves.
I was considering what task to tackle when—
“Kraaaaagh!”
Predator – Rex’s strange cry filled my vision.

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