My Catastrophic‑Level Summon Devours Gates - Chapter 284

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Episode 284
When the Monster Wave first erupted from the Great Rift,
the Chinese government declared it would never retreat from the front line.
―Citizens, rest assured and attend to your livelihoods!
Jinzhou City stands as the front line against the Great Rift’s threat.
The Chinese government has devoted decades to fortifying Jinzhou City’s defenses,
investing countless resources and personnel to steadily strengthen it.
Because of this,
they never even entertained the premise that Jinzhou City could fall.
Though contingency plans B and C existed for emergencies,
the Chinese government prioritized controlling information to prevent public unrest.
The problem was,
the Jinzhou City defense line had collapsed.
―This is the actual situation. Parts of the Jinzhou City defense line have crumbled.
―We recommend securing valuables and evacuating toward Shanhaiguan.
―The Party is doing its utmost to protect the people’s safety. We ask all citizens to trust the Party and follow our guidance.
“Trust the Party? How?”
“You told us to attend to our livelihoods!”
“What did the Superhuman Bureau do with our money that they couldn’t hold Jinzhou City!”
The people living near Jinzhou City revealed their rage and fear.
They had trusted only the Party’s words, and now this chaos.
“Screech! Screech!”
“Save us, gasp!”
By the time the evacuation broadcast aired, thousands of civilians had already been swept away by the Monster Wave.
“Everyone pack your things!”
“Just a moment. Let me grab this one thing.”
“The monsters have breached the Wall. There’s no time for that!”
Millions of displaced persons abandoned their hometowns, carrying only the bare essentials, and moved toward Beijing.
Not everyone joined the evacuation procession.
“I can’t go.”
“How can I abandon the place where I’ve lived my entire life?”
“I’ll just die here.”
“Oh, elderly people, please don’t say that.”
“What use would an old person like me be in Beijing?”
Those who had never left their hometown for so long chose to remain.
The prospect of falling behind in the evacuation procession and becoming food for the monsters kept their feet rooted.
“Screeeech!”
The swift monsters, having breached Jinzhou City, charged forward at full speed and attacked the evacuation procession.
“Get away!”
“Kill them all!”
Superhumans from the Superhuman Bureau remained at the rear of the procession, holding back the monsters.
[Bowling Bash]
[Spiral Pierce]
Puffpuffpung!
Monsters caught in the shockwave ricocheted wildly in all directions.
The aura channeled through the spear carved enormous cavities into their bodies.
“Huff, gasp. There are too many enemies.”
“What about the refugees?”
“Still more coming.”
“Damn it.”
Jinzhou City to Shanhaiguan—the terrain was nothing but open field.
Save for the mountain range looming to the north, the landscape stretched endlessly in all directions.
With Jinzhou City breached,
we had to face the monsters without any geographical advantage.
Countless lives were extinguished.
The blood spilled by the fallen stained the earth crimson.
“Everything has unfolded exactly as the Grand Master foresaw.”
“This is insufficient. To enact the Great Ritual, we must claim far more lives.”
The Fourth Hand of Black Heaven Society.
The elderly man in the black robe clicked his tongue.
“If Chin Jin-lei intervenes, the Great Ritual will be compromised.”
China’s pride—an SS-rank Superhuman.
Even the Superhuman Bureau and the Chinese Communist Party itself must make requests rather than issue commands to this man.
The reason the old man had involved himself in the Great Rift this time
was because he had received intelligence that Chin Jin-lei had entered closed-door cultivation.
Once one enters such seclusion, they remain isolated for at least three months.
This was the perfect opportunity to provoke the monsters, inflict damage upon both China and Korea, and complete the Great Ritual.
“Now that Jinzhou City has fallen, we can inflict even greater casualties.”
“I shall go forth, Grand Master.”
“No. You will head to the Korean Peninsula.”
“Pardon?”
“For the Great Ritual to be enacted, blood must also spill upon that land.”
Sinuiju was a city where civilians barely dwelled.
Even crossing the Yalu River Defense Line would not result in significant casualties.
And yet,
at least some blood had to be shed in the northern reaches of the Korean Peninsula for the Great Ritual to be completed.
“Understood, Grand Master.”
“You need only be cautious of the Executor. No one else possesses the strength to stop you.”
That was not to say victory was assured.
The Guild Leaders of the Domestic Big Five were formidable warriors—even the old man’s disciples would struggle to guarantee triumph against them.
But.
The elder and the disciple are Necromancers.
The Yalu River Defense Line would be littered with countless monster corpses.
Raising those corpses as the dead would allow them to stand against even an S-rank Hunter.
“If it seems dangerous, withdraw.”
“Yes, Master.”
“With the token, the monsters on our side won’t target you.”
“Don’t worry. The battlefield is a Necromancer’s stage, after all.”
“Yes. I trust only you.”
The elder gently patted his disciple’s shoulder.
* * *
News that the Chinese government had suffered enormous casualties after failing to stop the Monster Wave.
Quite shocking, but that was all.
There wasn’t much I could do about it anyway, was there?
“The Yalu River Defense Line is already precarious—what about China.”
Clang! Claaang!
[Bone Alloy]
[Bone Metallurgy]
[Mana Forging]
I crafted the skeletons of Death Warriors and Death Guards.
[Corpse Processing]
[Spirit Circuit Installation]
Connecting the armor Hael had made with their bodies.
“Open your eyes.”
[You have created 10 Death Warriors.]
[You have created 15 Death Guards.]
I had barely restored my full power, which had been damaged during the Drake hunt.
“You’ve reduced my workload.”
【As long as I’ve been helpful to the Master, that’s enough.】
“Do you enjoy the work?”
【Yes. It’s a manufacturing process I never did in life, so my interest is boundless!】
“That’s fortunate.”
【Perhaps because I’m the dead, my technique doesn’t improve easily, which is a shame.】
“Your technique doesn’t improve?”
【I grasp the concept intellectually, but when I strike with the hammer, my strength goes awry.】
Hmm.
A correction based on skill comprehension, perhaps.
Hael cannot fully utilize the functions of a Revived One.
Unlike Zaugg, it was impossible for her to grow stronger by raising her skill comprehension through training.
Even if my mind conceived ways to improve work efficiency.
When I actually picked up the hammer, the result depended on the level of comprehension I had of the Inheritance I’d passed down to them.
“I know it’s frustrating, but bear with me a little longer.”
If it appears in a dream, I can craft it in a form similar to what it was in life.
When that happens, Hael’s Necrosmith ability will also advance significantly.
【I only trust the Master.】
【Hmm.】
Meigers made her displeasure abundantly clear.
“Are you pulling rank on me?”
【Even cold water has its hierarchy, you know.】
“I said I’d make it if you show your face in a dream, so that’s why.”
【How am I supposed to do that when I don’t even know the conditions!】
“That’s your problem.”
Anyone watching would think I was deliberately refusing to make her a Revived One.
【By the way, Master! This Alchemist is researching something interesting.】
“Gigant Armor?”
I felt a pang of guilt the moment I said it.
I had promised to create it together with Meigers once things settled down.
But I hadn’t even started on it yet.
【Yes.】
【Tsk tsk tsk. When I showed her my research results, she was quite amazed.】
【The concept is brilliant, but the balance is a complete mess.】
【What?!】
【If you make it that way, it’s just a steel coffin. It won’t protect the Master.】
【A, a, a steel cofffin?!】
【Would it be alright if I researched together with the Alchemist?】
“That’s exactly what I wanted to ask.”
Hael’s experience and knowledge as a Blacksmith far surpassed my own.
Wouldn’t she be a tremendous asset to Meigers’ ongoing research?
At least she’d be more helpful than I could be.
【I’m counting on you, Alchemist.】
【Krrrrrrr!】
This worked out well, Meigers.
I felt much relieved knowing there was a Blacksmith to fill the gap I’d left.
“I have returned, Lord.”
“The Girl has come back having upheld the Master’s honor.”
My Two Vassals entered the tent.
The Yalu River Defense Line was holding firm.
The Monster assault had continued for over a week.
Since the front line was so vast, I had instructed my Two Vassals to conduct individual operations rather than patrol it together.
“We are grateful for Hunter Park’s decision.”
Director Jeong, who oversaw the Yalu River Defense Line, expressed his gratitude profusely.
My two Vassals possessed military power at the peak of S-rank.
Sir Isra’s Swordsmanship, which bordered on the divine.
Considering even the potential of Ingrid’s Unique Technique, calling them S++rank wouldn’t be an exaggeration.
“This one will help as well.”
“Kwaaruruuru!”
The three-headed Dragon, Hydraigon.
With the number of Drakes reduced, Hydraigon’s range of movement had expanded, proving quite helpful.
With three S++rank Vassals covering the vulnerable points.
Those expressing gratitude for the tremendous strength it provided to maintaining the Yalu River Defense Line were endless.
“Hahaha. Today I saved ten innocent people as well.”
“Well done.”
“Protecting the weak is naturally what a Knight must do.”
Sir Isra tapped his breastplate lightly.
“How is the morale on the front line?”
“Everyone is exhausted, but not pessimistic.”
“That’s fortunate.”
“The Great Rift has also slowed its rate of disgorging Monsters, I hear.”
“Is it finally coming to an end?”
“The number of Monsters it has already expelled is estimated in the hundreds of millions, so it seems we just need to endure until we’ve defeated them all.”
“That’s hardly welcome news.”
Hundreds of millions.
The very number made my mind reel.
“Since everyone is holding up well, it seems it will be resolved given time.”
Time.
There’s no helping it.
All we can do is grit our teeth and endure until this Monster Wave passes.
“By the way, there’s a curious rumor circulating.”
“A rumor?”
“There have been reports of Undead sightings throughout the Battlefield.”
Undead.
Now that I thought about it, I had never seen Undead in the Monster Wave from the Great Rift.
The Dead, driven by their hatred of the Living.
I had vaguely assumed they weren’t summoned because mixing them with the Monster forces would cause internal strife.
I found it unexpected, but nothing more.
“The Dead could appear.”
“You mean the deceased rising on the Battlefield?”
“A Necromancer?”
“That seems highly likely.”
A Necromancer-type Monster, then.
Can I really hold back?
“Grrr. I can’t hold back. Sir Isra.”
“I’ll prepare for immediate deployment.”
“You already have the Malnourished One, yet you want to capture more?”
“More Liches and Dead Makers would only be beneficial, wouldn’t they?”
If I had just five more Necromancers like the Malnourished One.
I could completely seal off one side of the Yalu River Defense Line by myself, couldn’t I?
It’s a shame that Magic Stone imports would drop to zero.
But in unavoidable situations like Monster Waves, they’d become a tremendous asset.
“Great one. Could they perhaps be human?”
“How would a human possibly hide among monsters?”
I brushed off Zaugg’s words and swallowed hard.
Monsters of the Necromancer job class.
Now that’s a delicacy.
After gathering eyewitness accounts, I headed toward the front line where Undead had been sighted most frequently.

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