My Catastrophic‑Level Summon Devours Gates - Chapter 68
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Episode 68
The carapace of the Black Spider, hard as iron.
There are two standard hunting methods for warrior-class Hunters.
Either use a weapon with penetration-type options.
Or aim for the gaps between the carapace pieces.
【Take this!】
Sir Isra chose neither.
[Physical Enhancement → Mana Emission]
Slice!
The carapace of the Black Spider, renowned for its hardness.
When touched by a blade with no special options other than sharpness, it was cut cleanly through.
【Good feel in the hand. A satisfying cut.】
Swoosh!
The Black Spider split in half.
Body fluid gushing from the severed gap brushed past Sir Isra and spilled onto the floor.
“A Black Spider in one strike?!”
“No matter how I look at it, that’s a Zombie Warrior.”
“So it wasn’t an exaggeration that he defeated a C-rank boss.”
The exclamations of the Mir Hunters tickled my ears.
Those guys.
They missed the important part.
While cutting the charging Black Spider in two.
The skill to control it so that not a single drop of body fluid splashed on himself – that was the key point.
【A sweaty knight acting all neat and tidy.】
[Unique Technique – Eclipse]
[Fireball X 2]
[Wind Cutter X 5]
[Transformation – Release]
Blazing fire orbs overlapped.
Above them, liberated wind spun round and round, enhancing the explosive power.
That magic I used to cast.
It was indeed Fireball.
Yesterday afternoon.
While reinforcing our combat power, Ingrid devoted herself to magic research, melting magic stones.
Magic added after six hours of dedication.
Six D-rank magic stones, about 3 million won in cash, were consumed, but it wasn’t a waste.
The retail price of a Fireball skill book exceeds 20 million won.
The moment the fire orb that flew into the middle of the Black Spider swarm was released.
Kwaaaaang!
Hot wind swept away the moisture from my fine hair.
“Whew.”
That’s hot.
Power incomparable to bundled Flame Beat!
To think the power difference between E and D rank is this much.
【The more we restore the spell, the stronger it will become, so please look forward to it.】
Alright.
I’ll look forward to it.
More than half of the Black Spider swarm died instantly.
The rest weren’t in normal condition either.
[Physical Enhancement → Mana Emission]
Sir Isra, ejecting mana like a rocket, cut down a Black Spider clinging to the ceiling.
There was no need to aim for the ‘grain’ like before.
The carapace exposed to the flame attack couldn’t maintain its previous hardness.
[Mana Emission]
Right after cutting the Black Spider.
While still airborne with remaining leap force, he spun his body around.
Both feet naturally stuck to the ceiling.
Emitting mana once more, this time he charged diagonally.
“Changing trajectory in mid-air?”
“Could he be using some kind of flight skill?”
“He kicked off with both feet.”
“Does that make sense? What kind of Zombie Warrior can perform such complex movements!”
Sir Isra is special, you see.
Three-dimensional maneuvers surpassing the Black Spiders.
Huh.
Amazing. Just amazing.
Even though he’s my vassal, my jaw dropped.
Slice! Slash!
Black Spiders fell to the ground in droves.
A monster swarm completely annihilated in less than a minute.
The support team hurriedly collected magic stones from the bodies.
【Hahaha. That wasn’t even a warm-up.】
【Controlling my strength is harder. Is this the end?】
The two vassals spoke as if for all to hear.
“…”
The Mir raid team Hunters fell silent.
Only the sound of the support team cutting flesh to collect magic stones echoed through the cave.
“The path happens to split here.”
After defeating the Black Spider swarm.
A fork in the road came into view.
“Which way will Mir be going?”
“Hunter Park Min-ho, you choose first.”
Now the term “Guui-dong Necromancer” had completely disappeared.
Yeah.
That’s how it should be.
Call me by the precious name my parents gave me, not some nickname.
“Let’s go left.”
As soon as the words fell, Sir Isra took the lead.
【No monsters ahead.】
“What’s the rush? Let’s go slowly.”
【Hohoho. If any spider brats show up, I’ll burn them all.】
Escorted by my two vassals, I glanced back.
Oh.
Mr. Raid Leader, sparks are practically flying from your eyes.
“Let’s go together, big brother!”
The support team Hunters hurriedly gathered the magic stones and joined us.
The Gate conquest competition starts now.
* * *
The path split left and right.
As we walked straight ahead, the light emanating from Mir’s raid team quickly grew distant.
[Death Space]
[2/10 → 1/10]
“Grrrr!”
Draco emerged from the darkness and thrust his head forward.
His body had grown slightly larger due to the effects of Predation.
His specs had grown accordingly, not only offsetting the stat reduction penalty but making him even stronger.
“Good boy, good boy. That’s right.”
“Grrr!”
When I petted him, Draco growled softly and rubbed his head against me.
It was hard to believe this was an undead made from a ghoul base.
“He’s just like our Poppy at home.”
“I was thinking the same thing. We have a poodle named Happy at the main house.”
“So you’re a dog person too, hyung!”
Min-su shouted loudly.
Dog person— dog person, dog person…
His voice echoed and resonated due to the cave structure.
Shiiit!
The loud noise seemed to have provoked the monsters on the other side.
“Ah! I’m sorry!”
“It’s fine. We were going to clear them all out anyway.”
【This guy makes the mistake and we have to clean it up?】
【Still, they are loyal servants of our Lord. We can correct their shortcomings during training.】
【Hohoho. Iron Head, work them properly.】
【That’s what I should be saying, Mage.】
Hmm.
Everyone.
I humbly pray for the repose of the deceased.
Anyway, it doesn’t seem to be my fault.
[Unique Technique – Eclipse]
[Fireball X 2]
[Wind Cutter X 5]
[Transformation – Release]
The cave was an enclosed space.
The amplified explosive force swallowed up the swarm of Black Spiders.
The bonus was not having to worry about collapse since it was a Gate.
The hot heat made me break out in a sweat, but it was nothing compared to the heat the Black Spiders would experience.
“Did you control the explosion direction with Wind Cutter’s wind?”
【You figured it out immediately without us even explaining! As expected of Master!】
Well.
Of course.
Isn’t that thanks to inheriting your talent?
【Lord’s greatness is something even I, Isra, acknowledge.】
It’s all thanks to the teachers’ amazing abilities.
Please stop flattering me.
“Ingrid.”
【Yes, Master.】
“Remaining mana?”
【A little over 80% left.】
About 10% per battle.
Fireball consumed more as befitting a D-rank spell.
Considering the mana that recovers while moving, I could probably handle nine to ten consecutive battles.
“Let’s use Breath once in the next engagement.”
“Grrr!”
After walking for a while, a swarm of Black Spiders appeared.
Maybe it’s because this is a long-term unconquered Gate.
They’re swarming everywhere.
[Fire Breath]
Fire is indeed best for pest control.
The Black Spiders caught in the flames Draco breathed out burned black and collapsed.
The Black Spiders in the rear managed to survive though.
[Mana Emission]
Sir Isra charged like a gale and cut off the remaining monsters’ breath.
“We came pretty prepared though.”
“No need to use items.”
“Heh, heheh.”
The Support Team friends let out hollow laughs.
Come to think of it.
“What did President Baek prepare for you?”
He made them work overtime(?) saying he’d support the conquest.
I hadn’t needed to see it yet.
But it wouldn’t hurt to know in advance.
“First is Fairy Dust.”
The powder surrounding our party.
A consumable item colloquially called ‘X powder’.
Its effect is to illuminate darkness.
【You could get a similar effect with luminous powder and undead bone, what a waste of money.】
Shh.
And besides.
If you’re holding undead bone, you can’t use one hand.
It’s several times more expensive than a mana lantern.
To readily provide such things.
President Baek is serious too.
“Second is Toad fluid.”
A large frog monster.
Toad fluid is said to have the effect of dissolving threads.
It doesn’t harm humans.
But it’s effective against the threads of spider-type monsters like Black Spiders.
“Though it has the drawback of dissolving clothes too.”
“Uh, hmm. Let’s be careful.”
I’m in an unarmed state.
I am wearing a [Robe], but this item is thread-based too.
I should avoid having its durability reduced.
“The last item is Fireball Scrolls.”
“Oh.”
Fireball Scrolls.
It reminded me of old times.
Before meeting Sir Isra, I used to keep a small zombie in my spare carrier.
One made from a goblin’s corpse.
I had attached a Fireball Scroll to it, planning to make it charge and explode when in danger.
I never ended up using it though.
“Since you’re so amazing, hyung-nim, it seems like we won’t need to use this.”
No.
It’s fine though?
【Adding the spell contained in the scroll to the technique does require some mana.】
Still, it’s much better than you using Fireball.
It saves time too, so let’s keep it as a backup.
I collected all the scrolls President Baek had given us and handed them to Ingrid.
Surely.
We wouldn’t need to use them.
“I’ll do some mapping.”
Just then, Mi-jeong, holding an item resembling a compass, scribbled something on paper.
“Is that the path we’ve taken?”
“Yes. I learned map reading from President Baek through crash course training.”
Huh.
President Baek’s preparedness was one thing.
But the person who could learn and apply it so quickly was also amazing.
【Map reading, huh. An unexpected talent.】
“Do you know how to do it too?”
【Among the knowledge passed down to the Eclipse Witch, such miscellaneous skills don’t exist.】
She says she doesn’t know with such pride.
【However, learning map reading quickly means having excellent spatial recognition concepts.】
They say spatial-related talent among mages isn’t common.
【That child. I’d really like to try nurturing her properly.】
“You teach her moderately too.”
When I taught her once before, she didn’t seem to notice that talent.
Having the Support Team Hunter grow stronger benefits me too.
We continued advancing through the endlessly connected caves afterward.
Sometimes branching paths would appear and then merge again.
Sometimes three choices would present themselves.
“This way seems good.”
Perhaps thanks to roughly grasping the cave’s structure through map reading.
At least we never chose a ‘dead end’ path.
“Gegel. Fireball!”
With the additionally summoned Skeleton Mages pouring out magic.
The Black Spiders couldn’t utilize their characteristic three-dimensional movement and fell one by one.
About three hours after starting the Gate conquest.
At the end of the underground tunnel, a wide cavern unlike anything we’d seen before revealed itself.
“This seems to be the right place.”
A voice filled with conviction.
Clang!
From far away.
The metallic sound of weapons and armor colliding echoed through the air.
That’s close.
It seems the Mir Guild raid team has also come quite near.
“Well then, shall we go?”
We can’t lose after coming this far, right?
Let’s pick up the pace a bit.
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