My Catastrophic‑Level Summon Devours Gates - Chapter 285

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Episode 285
A disciple of the Black Heaven Society’s Fourth Hand.
Kunil Patel stood atop a small mountain, gazing down at the landscape below.
Countless corpses scattered along the riverbanks.
The thick aura of death was an excellent resource for a Necromancer.
“Defy the natural order and rise again to serve me.”
I infused mana with exaggerated gestures, conducting like an orchestra maestro.
Shwaaaack!
[Arch Lich Skull]
A powerful magical catalyst exhaled a desolate light.
The amplified necromantic circles installed throughout the Battlefield resonated, staining several kilometers of radius in black.
Dark gray mist billowed up from the ground in thick plumes.
“Kekekek. The preparations are complete.”
After arriving at the Yalu River Defense Line, I spent several days observing and experimentally deploying Undeads.
Resurrecting the Dead from multiple points,
I was able to discern that the defense line was not a line but rather points.
“Covering such a vast area is impossible. Hmm.”
The Yalu River is a long river cutting across the northern Korean Peninsula.
Over 300 kilometers in length.
Monsters passing through the mountain slopes spread out like a fan, forming the front line.
Due to the bottleneck effect, the attack density was lower than at Jinzhou City.
But with such a wide area to defend, they couldn’t seal it shut like an iron fortress.
In this situation, after observing for a week, Kunil Patel identified the most vulnerable point.
After laying down powerful catalysts and preliminary work, I activated the grand spell.
“Heed the command of the Guide of Death!”
Crack.
Monsters collapsed throughout the river rose to their feet.
[Death Field]
A Necromancy spell that resurrects all corpses within its range.
Monsters that had fallen from attacks fired across the Yalu River rose again and waded across the river.
“Kekek. We’ll break through today.”
The number of the Dead exceeded a thousand.
Compared to the scale of the Monster Wave from the Great Rift, it was barely a handful.
So Kunil Patel’s confidence lay elsewhere.
[Death Field]
Once activated, this grand Necromancy spell continuously resurrects corpses within its range.
Unaware of this, the defense line commander—Hunter Lee Seong-ah of the Hwarang Guild—raised her voice.
“First unit! Fire!”
[Frozen Buster]
[Glacial Spike]
[Ice Field]
Crack, crack, crack!
The monsters crossing the river froze solid.
The rear wave of monsters trudged across the now-frozen river, but.
“Second unit! Attack!”
As always, multiple Fire Magic spells surged forth, searing and incinerating the creatures.
Only monsters possessing B-rank or greater strength needed to be killed at their pinpoint weak spots.
Surely.
That should have been the end of it.
[Death Field]
Hisssss!
Whether frozen solid or.
Cooked to a well-done state, the monsters rose to their feet.
Even from the scalding hot water, churning and bubbling from the Fire Magic’s heat.
Regardless of whether their skin peeled away, the risen monsters floundered across the river.
“The monsters aren’t dying.”
“Third unit. Lightning strike ready!”
[Violet Spark]
[Thunder Cloud]
[Lightning Vortex]
….
Crackle, crackle, crackle!
The monsters struck by the barrage of lightning bolts staggered left and right.
“It’s working…”
“Look there!”
“They’re advancing even after being struck by lightning?”
Lee Seong-ah’s mouth fell wide open.
Lightning attribute magic occasionally inflicts the ‘Electrified’ status condition.
In situations like this where water was involved, the probability of status conditions occurring was even higher.
Yet.
“Gruuuuh.”
The monsters drenched in the barrage of lightning walked on without flinching.
It wasn’t that they took no damage.
From the excessive impact, their arms and legs were severed and their skin melted away.
“Those things. They’re Undead.”
“I’ve heard that Undead have been appearing on the front lines lately, but….”
“Isn’t the number far too great?”
“This isn’t natural occurrence. There’s a caster behind this.”
It wasn’t only the monsters that collapsed while crossing the river that were resurrected as Undead.
Corpses that had accumulated on the river and ground for over ten days.
As the dead caught within the influence of [Death Field] rose to their feet one by one, the army swelled in numbers.
“Kekekeke!”
Kunil Patel’s mouth twisted into an even wider grin.
Had I ever commanded so many Undead before?
Undead numbering in the tens of thousands, surpassing a thousand.
Those wrought by Death Field could not be controlled with precision.
Only the most basic commands.
Advance in this direction, or perhaps hold position.
Yet despite such minimal control, I could not suppress the surging exhilaration that welled up within me.
The ultimate pinnacle of a one-man army!
Commanding tens of thousands of Undead with a mere gesture—it was every Necromancer’s dream.
“Ugh…”
A groan escaped Lee Seong-ah’s lips.
The Hunters deployed barely maintained the front line.
They possessed no strength sufficient to halt the advance of Monsters that had gained two lives.
‘What am I to do?’
A rising star of the Hwarang Guild.
A skilled Hunter who had reached B-rank in just one year.
Yet bearing responsibility for one section of the defense line weighed far too heavily upon my shoulders.
‘Even if we hold firm, an hour is our limit.’
Lee Seong-ah, her lips pressed firmly together, glanced behind her.
“What of the support request?”
“We’ve sent it. However, the surrounding front lines are also stretched thin.”
“What about the main force?”
“They say it will take slightly over an hour to arrive.”
It was cutting it dangerously close.
Could we hold?
If support arrived even slightly late, it would be total annihilation.
Even exhausting every ounce of strength, the calculations showed we could barely hold for two hours.
“Still, we must endure.”
“Understood.”
“Press headquarters for support. Tell them we all die otherwise.”
The extended front line.
Should even one section breach, a chain reaction would jeopardize the entire defense.
‘I don’t want to die.’
Fear gripped me.
I wanted to retreat even now.
And yet.
To protect the Yalu River Defense Line.
I resolved to trust in reinforcements from headquarters and wait.
“The Undeads have crossed the river!”
“I’ll hold them back.”
As Lee Seong-ah’s fingers twitched, seven swords danced through the air.
Seven Swords.
A Unique Ability that designates seven blades, remotely controls them, and enhances the power of Swordsmanship.
“Guuuugh.”
Screech!
The Undeads emerging from the river were bisected.
Most were inferior Undeads like Zombies or Skeletons.
Splort!
“Ugh.”
The remotely controlled sword was caught in the explosion and sent flying several meters backward.
The moment I severed a Plague Zombie whose body had swollen with pus and gelatinous matter.
A massive explosion erupted, spraying acidic toxin in all directions.
“Everyone, be careful!”
Boom! Splort! Boom!
The Hunters cutting down the Undeads that had successfully crossed were caught in the explosions.
Many managed to distance themselves from the blast’s epicenter.
“Ahhh!”
“My skin—my skin is melting!!”
Some Hunters who had engaged the Plague Zombies at close range were infected with acidic toxin.
“Guuuugh.”
“Guuuh.”
There were so many Undeads.
Far too many.
All the Monster Corpses submerged on the riverbed had risen.
Even those that had fallen during the crossing became Undeads.
The number of Undeads, which had been in the thousands, quickly exceeded ten thousand.
‘Should we retreat?’
Lee Seong-ah’s conflicted gaze turned toward the opposite bank of the river.
Clang, clang.
Knights clad in black armor emerged into view.
“D-d-d-Death Knights.”
Even with hundreds of meters of river between us.
The intense aura radiating from the Knights of Death made my jaw tremble.
Ten thousand Undeads and Death Knights.
We’re finished.
An hour won’t change anything.
The moment the Death Knights cross, annihilation is certain.
‘Could we even withstand a single strike?’
Lee Seong-ah shook her head.
The sinister killing intent emanating from the Death Knight had shattered her resolve.
Even if she prepared her most powerful technique.
All she could imagine was herself being sliced by the black Aura Blade.
‘I don’t want to die!’
In that moment.
“Kwaaruruuru!”
A strange cry echoed from the west.
A yellow dragon with three heads.
Min-ho, mounted atop the Hydraigon, revealed himself on the Battlefield.
“Whew. We almost got into real trouble if we’d been any later.”
His tone carried not a hint of tension.
“Huh?”
Lee Seong-ah responded with bewilderment at the surreal situation and voice.
“Everyone get back. We’re about to unleash something big.”
Lightning crackled at the corners of the Hydraigon’s mouth.
The woman standing beside it had also finished rearranging her formidable Magic Power, ready to unleash it.
“Team Leader?”
“Everyone scatter now!!!”
Without a moment’s hesitation, Lee Seong-ah threw herself backward.
[Lightning Breath]
[Unique Technique – Eclipse]
[Fire Tornado]
Lightning and a fiery tempest swept across the Monsters that had crossed the river.
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“That was cutting it far too close.”
I wiped the sweat beading on my forehead with my sleeve.
If we’d been even slightly later, the Defense Line would have been breached.
“This level of threat is no match for our Familiars, I assure you.”
“Hahaha. How foolish. Mage.”
“Why are you picking a fight again?”
“A Front Line isn’t maintained by defending just one side.”
Sir Isra’s hand pointed upstream along the Yalu River.
“If one section of the Front Line collapses, nearby secondary positions come under threat.”
“If we face a Combined Attack, maintaining the Front Line becomes impossible.”
At my supplementary explanation, Ingrid opened her mouth wide in an “ah” of realization.
“As expected, Master had everything planned out!”
“It was I who pointed out your shortcomings.”
“You’re amazing! Truly, the Girl’s Master!!”
“Don’t pretend you didn’t hear me. You Mage!”
Two Vassals growled at each other.
I clicked my tongue between them.
“Focus. The Hunters defending the Front Line nearly died.”
“Ah. My apologies, Master.”
“Mage. Quickly acknowledge your mistake….”
“Sir?”
“Give us your orders.”
Don’t make me repeat myself.
“What’s your assessment, Sir?”
“This vicinity has entered the influence zone of a Death Field.”
“A Death Field?”
“It’s a high-level Necromancy that resurrects the dead within its range as Undead.”
“So there’s definitely a Necromancer here.”
“By your world’s standards, it would rank as S-Rank.”
High-level Necromancy.
And a Death Knight.
There was no room for doubt.
“A Necromancer-type Monster.”
Ah.
What a situation.
The corner of my mouth curved upward.
【Master.】
For once, the Malnourished One spoke first.
“Do you want a chance to rampage too?”
【That Death Knight. I know it.】
Know it?
What are you talking about, Malnourished One?
【It’s a Death Knight summoned by a Necromancer from the Black Heaven Society—the one who gave me power.】
The Black Heaven Society?
Why would they appear here?
I couldn’t take the Malnourished One’s words at face value.
“What makes you certain?”
【The emblem carved into its armor.】
A Necromancer affiliated with the Black Heaven Society appearing in a Monster Wave.
This smells suspicious.
“Listen up.”
“Suppressing them won’t be difficult.”
“I’ll do my best for you, Master.”
“Schne will observe from hiding and look for an opening to ambush.”
Tens of thousands of Undead and a Death Knight before us.
My Familiars harbored not the slightest doubt of victory.
Honestly.
I myself hadn’t entertained even a gram of doubt that we might lose.

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