My Catastrophic‑Level Summon Devours Gates - Chapter 8

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Episode 8

Hot steam rises in wisps.

Green blood gushes out from the neck of the headless Mutant Underground Dweller.

The bright red head rolled across the floor.

Kang Mu-ho, a Hwarang Guild newcomer, made eye contact with the Mutant Underground Dweller whose tongue was hanging out.

“Hup.”

He gasped and took a step back.

When he first discovered the Mutant Underground Dweller Chief, he had been confident.

Though Underground Dwellers were among the stronger E-rank monsters.

He had undergone rigorous training at the Hwarang Guild.

And was equipped with Rare Grade Items provided by the guild.

He didn’t have even a gram of doubt that he would lose.

That was until the creature bounced around the cave like a rubber ball.

And with a swish, scratched Kang Mu-ho’s nape with its claws.

“Mu-ho, are you okay?”

“…No.”

He instinctively touched the area where he had been wounded.

If he hadn’t used a potion immediately, he would have died from excessive bleeding.

Thanks to the potion and the Healing Spell cast on him, not even a scar remained, but the pain from that moment was etched in his mind.

Kang Mu-ho had completely lost his fighting spirit from that one surprise attack.

Despite being in the tank position, he was the first to turn his back.

In the process of fleeing, he even abandoned a Hunter he had never met before.

However.

【What a pathetic enemy that was.】

“That’s not something you should say when you lost your left arm.”

【Isn’t that a problem caused by the weak body you created for me?】

“You’re blaming it on me.”

Such a monster.

To defeat it so easily.

And even have the leisure to exchange jokes.

‘This Hunter. What the hell is he!’

He remembered the argument they had at the Gate Entrance.

Come to think of it.

Didn’t he also say he didn’t want to clean up corpses?

Could it be that he’s planning to kill him here for picking a fight?

With fearful thoughts, he stepped back.

Screech, a metallic scraping sound rang out as his back touched the Wall.

“Ah. Hwarang Newcomer sir.”

“Yesssss!!”

“I told you if you’re going to force formal speech, just drop it.”

“N-no sir!!”

“You had one more team member recruited as general labor, right.”

“Y-yes, but we got separated while running away.”

“You didn’t get separated, you abandoned them.”

Sigh.

Minho let out a short sigh.

“Did you get separated just a few minutes away from here?”

“Seeing how that monster chased after us, they’re probably already dead.”

“If that were the case, it wouldn’t have been able to chase you right away.”

Judging by the speed, it probably only tore off one leg before chasing after them.

To hunt one more person.

Minho’s gaze turned backward.

“Sir Isra.”

【Saving the weak is a knight’s duty.】

“I’ll follow shortly.”

【Will you be alright?】

“Two Zombies should be enough, shouldn’t they.”

【Understood.】

Isra went ahead.

Minho’s gaze turned to Kang Mu-ho.

“Hwarang Newcomer sir.”

“Yes. Yes.”

“You lived thanks to me, right?”

“That’s right!”

“I got unexpectedly caught up in this. Can’t go empty-handed though.”

What was he trying to say by laying this groundwork.

Was he planning to kill them all and steal their items.

That man had the power to do such a thing.

‘That Zombie from earlier was amazing too. And the remaining ones…’

There were two Zombies standing on two legs.

The Mutant Underground Dweller that had toyed with him.

The sight of them unilaterally hunting that monster was still vivid in his eyes.

‘Could I win.’

His hands trembled.

He was afraid.

Zombies that shattered the common knowledge that undead were weaker than monsters of the same grade.

Wasn’t he skilled in swordsmanship and combat, easily slaughtering the Mutant Underground Dweller?

The fellow trainee standing beside him must have had the same thought, as the tip of his staff trembled.

“So.”

“Hiiek! Please spare our lives!”

“Huh.”

Min-ho wore a blank expression for a moment, then chuckled.

“Pay up for your lives.”

“Pardon?”

“You lived thanks to me.”

“That’s right!”

“You’re not planning to just walk away, are you?”

“No sir!”

“How much are you thinking for the price of saving you?”

Somehow it sounded like he’d kill them again if he didn’t like the terms.

Did they have to negotiate the price for being saved?

“Ah. And didn’t you mention something about your mission?”

Min-ho lightly nudged the Mutant Underground Dweller’s head with his toe.

“This guy’s head. I figured you’d need it.”

Kang Mu-ho blinked his eyes.

“I’ll hand it over for a reasonable price.”

“…”

“200 million each for saving you and this guy’s head.”

“I don’t have that kind of money.”

“If you’re from Hwarang Guild, you can get 300 million just from credit loans.”

Kang Mu-ho held back his expression from crumpling.

How did he even know about credit loan limits?

“I-I’ll give it to you.”

The answer came out abruptly.

Kang Mu-ho’s fellow trainee immediately whispered.

“If word gets out that we abandoned a random team member and ran, it’s all over.”

200 million?

It was money an ordinary person might not even touch after working steadily for 10 years.

However.

If it was the amount needed at the crossroads of being kicked out of Hwarang Guild or not.

It absolutely wasn’t a large sum.

It wasn’t just about credit loans – they’d have to put up their house deeds as collateral.

“I-I’ll give it to you.”

Kang Mu-ho, who finished assessing the situation a beat late, bowed his head deeply.

* * *

I reunited with Sir Isra, who had gone ahead, about 5 minutes later.

The injured Hunter beside him looked up with a deathly pale face.

One leg had been severed.

Seeing a long bone nearby, my guess seemed to be correct.

【I’ve treated the bleeding.】

How did he manage first aid?

If I ask again, he’ll probably go on about knightly virtues, won’t he?

I glared at the Hwarang Newcomers.

“It’s your fault, so take good care of him.”

“Ah, y-yes sir.”

An arm or leg can be regenerated within a few days with Healing Spells and Potions.

If you spend more money, it can be done in a few hours.

Since I’d extracted 200 million, I didn’t tell them to solve it with Rapid Healing.

Sir Isra pointed at the Zombies.

【Why did you bring those abominations?】

What the two Zombies were carrying was the Mutant Underground Dweller’s corpse.

Green blood flowing from its neck was soaking the Zombies.

“For a Necromancer, corpses are the most precious resource.”

【True. Without corpses, they’d just be corpses themselves.】

Is that a joke?

【But are you planning to make a Dullahan or something?】

“I agreed to give the head to those guys.”

Mutant Corpses have many uses.

[Starving Underground Dweller Chief’s Tongue]

Grade: D

Category: Miscellaneous

[Starving Underground Dweller Chief’s Heart]

Grade: D

Category: Miscellaneous

[Starving Underground Dweller Chief’s Arm Muscle]

Grade: D

Category: Miscellaneous

Parts that contained magic power.

Thanks to Heavenly Martial Body, I could now tell what the ‘useful parts’ were without experimentation.

The only useless part was the head.

Those guys would need proof that they hunted the boss.

I want a body.

This should be a win-win, shouldn’t it?

I also secured one more additional income.

[Blood Rampage]

Grade: D

Category: Skill Book

Durability: 1/1

Consumes blood to enhance abilities and grant elasticity to the body.

Health consumption increases by 100% while maintaining the skill.

The secret technique of how the Starving Underground Dweller Chief changed jobs to become a bouncy ball.

The penalty is quite significant, but.

The skill effect itself is pretty good, so I should be able to get at least 10 million won for it.

After cheerfully checking what I had gathered, I turned around again.

Sir Isra took the lead when returning to the exit.

Since there are injured people, it would be better to shorten the return time.

【But we killed the boss, so doesn’t that clear the Gate?】

“Fixed-Type Gates don’t have clear rewards.”

You can think of them as Magic Stone supply sources.

Instead, they have a slightly higher Magic Stone drop rate than ordinary Gates?

“I’ll leave the return journey to you.”

【Understood.】

Sir Isra easily slaughtered the Underground Dwellers once again with his sharpened Bone Knife.

The return journey was longer than expected.

Sporadic battles broke out.

With the group expanded, Sir Isra alone couldn’t cover the entire front line.

“Open your eyes.”

I created additional zombies to cover both the front and rear of the formation.

Creating the undead took a little time, but.

The investment was worthwhile.

Even with injured people included, we safely reached the exit without any casualties.

“Thanks to you, we survived.”

“We trusted them because it was Hwarang Guild, but we almost died.”

The Hunters who had participated in the last-minute raid bowed 90 degrees as soon as they left the Gate.

Receiving the Hunters’ greetings.

One corner of my heart felt thrilled.

It had been 5 years since I awakened, but.

This was the first time I had received such gratitude.

“Well then, we’ll be going now.”

“Even if you’re going to leave, you should settle accounts first.”

Without being told, Sir Isra grabbed the Hwarang Newcomer’s shoulder.

Where are you trying to go without even taking the Mutant Underground Dweller Head?

“Ah, ha, haha. I really needed to use the bathroom.”

“I understand that feeling too. My stomach hurts whenever I get nervous.”

In medical terms, it’s called irritable bowel syndrome.

“Still, you should take what you need to take, shouldn’t you?”

I shook the Mutant Underground Dweller’s Head wrapped in cloth.

The Hwarang Newcomer reluctantly took it.

“Thank you.”

“By the way, there’s a Body Camera, so don’t think about eating it all up.”

I tapped his chest lightly.

The Body Camera, an essential item for Hunter life.

Inside the Gate is a lawless zone where laws don’t apply.

It’s not like there are CCTVs like outside.

I heard there were so many crimes inside Gates in the early days of the Great Catastrophe.

That’s why Body Cameras powered by Magic Stones became essential.

“Ah, understood.”

“I won’t make you sign a contract. Send both by tomorrow.”

If you don’t send the money, something interesting will happen, won’t it?

With those parting words and a giggle, both newcomers’ faces turned pale.

“Make sure to properly treat the person who got hurt because of you guys.”

While watching the Hwarang Newcomers support the Hunter Who Lost His Leg.

Sir Isra quietly sent a telepathic message.

【How was your first real battle?】

“It was satisfying.”

What’s the point of saying more?

The feeling of Zombies moving like my own limbs.

It felt like suddenly getting up and running after crawling on the ground for 5 years.

Until now, I had been making overpowered Zombies with corpses one grade higher.

And brutally crushing monsters through sheer force.

It was a temporary measure to overcome my lacking Control Ability.

“Now there’s no need for that anymore.”

A Zombie made on the spot without additional materials had overwhelmed the original Underground Dweller.

Something that defied the common sense of Necromancy!

There was the disadvantage of troublesome preliminary work.

But there was also the advantage of no additional magic consumption for maintenance once created.

The moment I defeated the Mutant Underground Dweller in the Cave of Darkness.

I became certain.

“I can become strong.”

【You are quite lacking, but with me here, you’ll be able to climb higher.】

“Don’t people usually say the opposite?”

【A knight cannot speak falsehoods.】

Ugh.

How impressive. Very impressive indeed.

I had no words to argue back, so I kept my mouth shut tight.

【What will you do with the monster corpse?】

“I need to take it with me.”

【It seems it would be quite difficult to carry.】

“I can hire someone to do it.”

Near Fixed Gates, there are many companies that help with byproduct disposal.

In the past, I would have stuffed it into my Carrier or bag and struggled with it.

But today, I made the bold decision to hire a company.

“Let’s see. 120KG to Amsa-dong would be 220,000 won.”

“Boss. I know the standard rate, aren’t you overcharging me?”

“Overcharging? Go check next door. They all charge this much.”

“100,000.”

“Young man’s really going for the throat, huh?”

“Ah. Then I’ll go next door.”

“150,000.”

“Including packaging, right?”

“Then we don’t make anything.”

“Fine. Then I’ll just rent a small truck.”

“Agh. Tsk. 150,000 including packaging.”

“Deal.”

We agreed on a reasonable price.

I loaded the Mutant Underground Dweller corpse onto the truck.

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