My Catastrophic‑Level Summon Devours Gates - Chapter 66
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Episode 66
Conquest competition.
When multiple successful bid applications come in for the same Gate.
Instead of entrusting it to any single group, all applicants participate in conquering the Gate together.
“It’s not my place to say this as the one who recommended it, but are you sure about this?”
“If we can’t avoid it, we have to face it head-on.”
The second solution President Baek recommended.
Without any hesitation after hearing it, I chose the conquest competition.
【As expected of my Lord!】
【Those arrogant bastards. The girl will teach them all a lesson.】
Hah.
How reassuring.
“There’s no guarantee that only Mir won’t do this, right?”
“Yes. Though it’s in the realm of possibility.”
“Then let’s show them.”
Mir Guild, huh.
Even though Guild Master Yong Cheon-woo is an impressive person.
The people I’ll be competing against are at most C-rank or D-rank.
From what I saw during sparring, it seemed manageable.
If I get promoted to C-rank, I’ll face stronger Hunters, but that’s not something to worry about now.
【Haha. Whoever it is, I’ll cut them down!】
No.
I didn’t tell you to kill them, old man.
【Iron Head. How can you swing your sword right away like that?】
Phew.
Right.
Ingrid. At least having you here puts my mind at ease.
【Shouldn’t we bind them, torture them, and kill them slowly?】
【Hmm. Oppressing the weak goes against chivalry, but since they showed killing intent toward my Lord, it should be fine.】
Ugh.
My common sense is about to crumble.
“Absolutely do not use swords or magic on Mir Guild Hunters.”
【Tsk. I thought it would be a chance to prove my loyalty.】
【To tell us to spare those impious ones. Master is too merciful.】
Sigh.
What am I going to do with these troublemakers?
“When is the competition?”
“Tomorrow.”
[Black Spider Dungeon]
Location: Near Suwon Manseok Park
Rank: C
Entry Limit: C ~ D rank (30 people)
―This Gate is scheduled for a conquest competition between Seungcheon Agency / Mir Guild.
It’s a cave, but quite large in scale.
I wonder if it feels similar to the E-rank Gate [Cave of Darkness].
By the way.
Manseok Park is near my family home.
After finishing the conquest, I should go greet my parents.
“The main monster is Black Spider.”
“The Gate name is quite honest.”
Black Spider.
They’re about 3 to 4 meters in size.
Bite / charge / web shooting are their main attack patterns.
“Clinging to walls is also a characteristic.”
“They move three-dimensionally then.”
“Looking at the Rift Bureau information, it seems this hasn’t been conquered for quite a long time.”
Ah.
It’s a long-term unconquered Gate.
One of the Support Team Hunters listening to the briefing raised his hand.
“Boss.”
“Go ahead with your question.”
“If it’s been unconquered for a long time, wouldn’t it be dangerous?”
“That’s right.”
“I was wondering if there’s a reason you applied to conquer such a dangerous place.”
Come to think of it, that’s true.
The fact that a conquest competition was set up.
Means we also submitted a successful bid application.
“It’s because I believe Hunter Park can handle it.”
“Ah. Well, that’s something.”
“And the second reason is that we’ve been pushed back to Suwon because we couldn’t get successful bids.”
【This won’t do. I really should finish them off.】
Don’t do that.
President Baek glanced at his watch.
[PM – 01:35]
It’s time for ordinary office workers to eat lunch and get back to work.
However.
For the Support Team, leaving work early as soon as Gate conquest ended was routine.
“You all cleared your afternoon schedules, right?”
“Yes, Boss.”
“You guys need to prepare for the conquest.”
Oof.
It’s not overtime, but they’d still hate it.
Feeling unnecessarily sorry, I glanced at the Support Team members’ faces.
But surprisingly.
“President Baek. What should we start with?”
“We’ll prepare thoroughly.”
“Hyung. Just trust us and go home early.”
They’re so enthusiastic!
They can’t even leave work, so why are they so energized?
“I joined the Support Team, but I always felt like I wasn’t earning my keep.”
“Hyung is so amazing that there’s nothing for us to do besides briefings.”
“Finally, a moment has come when we can be helpful too!”
“How can we pass this up?”
It wasn’t even in unison.
Their words fit together perfectly as if they’d practiced their lines.
My goodness.
Just explaining monsters and organizing magic stones and corpses is such a huge help to me.
I had no idea they harbored such thoughts.
“Don’t worry. I’ll make sure these guys are thoroughly prepared.”
President Baek smiled warmly.
Ugh.
That smile is even scarier.
“Anyway, please take care of us.”
“Hunter Park, please manage your condition.”
“I can just rest at night for that. Today I’m planning to strengthen my forces a bit.”
Thinking back to when I deflected the Blue Raptor’s claws.
Even now, it sent chills down my spine.
I also needed to replenish the Knight Order Member vacancy that had occurred.
If there were any corpse listings at the Hunter Market, I should make additional Skeleton Mages too.
“I’ll also do some preparations.”
“Understood.”
As I greeted them and turned around, I remembered when I faced Guild Master Yong Cheon-woo at headquarters.
【That fellow who was done pretending to be hearty.】
“I wouldn’t have known if it weren’t for you.”
【This is our chance to give him a taste of his own medicine!】
【Leave the vanguard to me.】
The two vassals spoke with spirited voices.
I have no confidence.
Confidence in losing, that is.
* * *
The blue rift sitting prominently at the entrance to Suwon Manseok Park.
It’s the entrance to the long-unconquered gate, [Black Spider Dungeon].
“Pass! Pass!”
“Ball’s coming!”
The park surrounding the lake had various exercise facilities.
A futsal club.
Students living nearby.
Among others, various people used the park facilities without caring whether there was a gate or not.
“How carefree they are.”
A displeased expression appeared in Min Tae-su’s eyes.
A Hunter belonging to Mir, and someone who recently gained the enlightenment of mana emission.
A talent whose B-rank was confirmed once he took the examination at the Tower of Ascension!
Since he showed the most outstanding achievement among rookie Hunters, Mir Guild was providing him with various support.
That Min Tae-su curled his lips.
‘Not knowing that their peaceful lives are possible thanks to Hunters.’
Even with a gate sitting right there.
Everyone was enjoying their daily lives.
This would be impossible without the contributions of Hunters.
‘Right. It’s possible because there are chosen people like me.’
He was different from those people who fell into complacency and enjoyed their daily lives.
A chosen being who felt mana and awakened.
He was a talent from the Domestic Big Five whose place in the top 1% of Hunters was confirmed.
‘This isn’t the end.’
Min Tae-su had ambition.
Not stopping at just being outstanding among Mir Guild’s rookies.
Rising higher.
Someday becoming S-rank and commanding South Korea!
It wasn’t baseless ambition either.
There weren’t many Hunters in Mir Guild who had confirmed B-rank within half a year of awakening.
Guild Master Yong Cheon-woo and a few A-rank Hunters.
‘I can do it too.’
Beyond A-rank to S-rank.
No.
Wouldn’t even higher be possible?
When he reached lofty heights.
Even those ignorant masses currently absorbed in kicking balls would be busy cheering when they saw him.
Hehe.
Thinking of his rosy future brought a natural smile to his face.
“Preparations complete.”
What brought Min Tae-su back to reality was a man’s voice.
Tsk.
He’d been in such a good mood.
He answered with a furrowed brow to the Hunter who had interrupted his reverie.
“Ah. Right.”
“Park Min-ho is dangerous. Raid leader.”
The man in full plate mail spoke with an expressionless face.
Jang Min-seok.
The Hunter who had been beaten by Min-ho at Mir Guild headquarters without being able to use a single finger.
“Advice from someone whose body is accustomed to defeat.”
“….”
Grind.
Jang Min-seok ground his teeth.
He too had been called one of Mir Guild’s rookies.
But after his defeat to Min-ho, he was in a position where he couldn’t receive guild support.
So this raid competition was very important to him.
The situation was that the guild would support him again only if he defeated Min-ho.
Therefore, he swallowed his pride and added more words.
“I was also defeated because I was overconfident.”
“I’ll keep that in mind.”
Min Tae-su smiled broadly.
“Ah. And since I’m the raid leader, speak casually?”
“I’ll speak casually.”
“Next time, don’t carelessly give presumptuous advice.”
Jang Min-seok’s face turned red and blue.
As it happened.
On the day he was beaten up by Min-ho, Min Tae-su had awakened mana emission during a gate raid.
It was a day when the two men’s fortunes diverged.
‘Damn it.’
Jang Min-seok kept his mouth tightly shut.
If it opened even slightly, the curses tickling his throat seemed ready to burst out immediately.
“Go and prepare.”
“…Yes.”
“Don’t make mistakes from being careless this time.”
Min Tae-su returned Jang Min-seok’s words right back to him.
Then he waved his hand dismissively, issuing an order to leave.
But Jang Min-seok stood there blankly with a dazed expression.
“What are you doing? Aren’t you going to prepare?”
“It’s Park Min-ho.”
“Oh. The protagonist finally makes his entrance.”
Min Tae-su swaggered as he approached Min-ho.
* * *
A park not far from the family home.
Even though it had been years since I’d come here, the path looked familiar.
Except for the fact that there were quite a lot of hunters around.
“Did guilds other than Mir come out too?”
“Those hunters. They’re all Mir members.”
Three large trailers parked along the roadside alone.
There were even five food trucks, making President Baek’s coffee truck look shabby.
And what about the hunters?
It was a Gate with a maximum capacity of 30 people, but there were nearly 50 hunters.
“Raid teams basically keep reserves.”
“Ah, I see.”
“Hunters specialized in healing are also on standby.”
The trailers had various equipment marked with the Mir emblem.
The term Domestic Big Five isn’t there for nothing.
“Seven Stars is even larger in scale than Mir.”
“Oh, I see.”
“Well, it’s become something that has nothing to do with me now.”
I didn’t bring up that topic.
Mmph.
“Hueee. So intimidating.”
“We’re just going to trust and follow hyung.”
“You said you easily won the sparring match too.”
“Oh. Really?”
That’s strange.
I never told the Support Team friends about that.
“I hinted at it to boost morale.”
“Next time, get permission before talking about it.”
“I’m sorry.”
“No. It’s not like I said that to hear an apology.”
It’s just a bit embarrassing.
I’m gradually getting used to receiving praise though.
But it’s a bit embarrassing when personal matters like sparring are talked about as if bragging.
Thud— Thud—
Then a group of hunters approaching from the opposite side.
The hunter in front laughed exaggeratedly.
“Guui-dong Necromancer! It’s truly an honor to meet you like this.”
“You’re from Mir Guild, right?”
“I’m called Min Tae-su. I’m in charge of the raid team for this competition.”
He was grinning, but the negative emotions swirling in his eyes couldn’t be hidden.
The senses sharpened by Heavenly Martial Body are inconvenient at times like this.
【Envy and jealousy follow those with talent.】
【Should I just blow off one of his fingers once we enter the Gate?】
Whoa. Whoa.
We didn’t come here to kill each other, you know?
Let’s not forget that our competition opponents are the monsters and the Gate.
I extended my hand as if nothing was wrong.
“May you conquer the Gate safely.”
“May the Guui-dong Necromancer also return safely.”
After shaking hands.
I passed by Min Tae-su as if there was nothing more to see.
Good.
Let’s have a go at it. You Mir Guild gentlemen.
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