My Catastrophic‑Level Summon Devours Gates - Chapter 98

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Episode 98

The Saint of Los Angeles.

The moment I saw Sophia, I gulped audibly.

I felt chills.

My hair stood on end.

All my senses sent out warning signals.

【Didn’t they say she was a saint?】

“That footwork. No matter how I look at it, she’s not a cleric.”

Hmm.

Well, you see.

Sophia’s alias is indeed ‘Saint’.

But her class isn’t supporter.

Paladin.

A dual class that possesses both warrior and priest abilities.

Her creed was ‘If you eliminate enemies to heal, it’s still healing,’ wasn’t it?

She’s someone who crushes monsters by imbuing her main weapon, an iron mace, with holy power.

Most YouTube videos featuring Sophia’s exploits apparently have more mosaic-censored parts than not.

【It seems this world has a different concept of sainthood.】

That’s not it.

That person is just unique.

Please refrain from hasty generalizations.

Click— Click—

My senses, sharpened by the Heavenly Martial Body, issued a warning.

It felt different from Director Jung Seung-il.

Their Hunter grades should be the same.

Perhaps because she possessed an aura that was incompatible with necromancer types, she felt threatening.

“Master.”

Ingrid stepped forward.

Her wariness was evident.

“It’s fine.”

There’s no need to be on guard against someone who came for a business meeting.

Even though I’m tense because of the holy power.

The iron mace that crushed monsters won’t be smashing into my skull, so don’t worry.

The distance narrowed.

A strange light flickered around Sophia’s eyes.

“Oh my. How fascinating.”

Her blue eyes lingered on Ingrid.

“She seems like undead, but I can feel vitality.”

“Hmph. I am Ingrid, a creation of my great Master.”

“Creation?”

Sophia’s eyes moved left and right.

President Baek stepped forward, clearing his throat with ahem, hmm.

“Welcome to Korea.”

“Oh my. I’m sorry. What rudeness on our first meeting.”

“It’s fine.”

“I heard that Mister Park’s summoned being was exceptional, but this is beyond specifications.”

Is it because she’s a paladin?

Director Jung Seung-il just seemed to think ‘oh, a summoned being’ when he saw Ingrid.

But Sophia showed great interest in Ingrid.

“I am pretty, but it’s a bit much when you stare so blatantly.”

“Oh my. How interesting. I don’t think I’m lacking anywhere either.”

“Really?”

Ingrid’s eyes swept over Sophia.

After a moment.

She smiled the victor’s smile with a snicker.

Sophia took a step back.

Why.

What is this atmosphere.

“Isn’t this Mister Park’s handiwork?”

“This is how I looked when I was alive.”

“You have a wonderful summoned being, Mister Park.”

“Thank you.”

I appreciate the compliment, but.

The point seems a bit off, though that’s probably my imagination, right?

“I came to have a chat with CEO Baek, but I’m grateful you came along like this.”

“I specially brought him.”

The word ‘specially’ in the boss’s statement particularly stood out, and that’s probably not my imagination.

Everyone knows the real purpose of this meeting is me.

Phew.

I’m nervous.

An offer from GGG, called the hegemon of the American West, following the Domestic Big Five.

The Saint of Los Angeles crossed the ocean herself to come here.

Anticipation and tension crossed as I wondered what words would be exchanged.

* * *

A cafe located on the west side of Yeongjong Island.

The coastline can be seen through the windows.

It looks like a place that would be popular as an SNS hotspot, but for some reason, there wasn’t a single person there.

Thanks to that, we could use the spacious cafe comfortably as if we had rented it entirely.

“Business must not be doing well today.”

That’s unfortunate for the owner.

Still, it made talking much more comfortable.

“I rented the whole place for the meeting with Mister Park.”

“….”

Shit.

That wasn’t it.

Is this the scale of GGG, the guild that competes for first place in the American West?

When I met with President Baek, we did rent out a cafe entirely too.

But there we only used one floor, and just part of it at that.

We didn’t use all three spacious floors of a cafe like this one.

“I’ll take your orders.”

The owner personally came to where our group was.

“Your most famous item.”

“I’ll have an iced americano.”

“An americano for me.”

“Orange juice.”

The owner, having taken everyone’s orders, headed toward the counter.

“Let me introduce myself once more. I’m Baek Seong-hyeon, CEO of Seungcheon Agency.”

“Nice to meet you. I’m Sophia from GGG.”

Now it finally feels like a business meeting.

You know how it is in novels.

While hiding their true feelings with complex rhetoric.

They’re fiercely negotiating to avoid losses on both sides.

【The place called Mir was like that too.】

Ah.

That guy was pretty shady too.

He made the Team Leader or whoever handle the disappointing talk while he only spoke nice words.

Since I decided to leave the overall meeting to Boss, I’ll just watch…

“Let me be direct. Mister Park, would you consider working with us?”

Cough.

Gasp.

Good thing the drinks haven’t come out yet.

If I’d been drinking when I heard that, I might have spat it out.

President Baek wore a subtle smile.

“I didn’t expect you to speak so directly.”

“Come on. Why be like that between professionals?”

“As you know, Hunter Park belongs to our agency.”

“We made an investment proposal last time too, didn’t we?”

“I don’t think you would have made this precious visit because of a matter that’s already finished.”

Whoa.

How scary.

President Baek, you’re smiling but it’s like you have a blade on your tongue.

“I took a shot but you’re not falling for it.”

“Even when an elephant steps lightly, the ant still dies.”

“Oh my. That’s a good example. I’ll have to use that on Master.”

“I hope you’ve prepared a proposal that will be helpful to Hunter Park.”

President Baek who always looks out for my interests.

Thank you, overwhelming gratitude!

“GGG wants to establish a partner company in Asia.”

Partner company?

I’m not sure what that means.

“It means treating them as equals, not as subcontractors or investment targets.”

Thank you, Baekraemong!

But one question came to mind.

Wouldn’t you need to be at the level of the Domestic Big Five to form a partnership with GGG?

“Well, that would be the pretense.”

“Pretense?”

“They want to create a connection with Hunter Park, but since the investment was rejected, they’re bringing out a different justification.”

Aha.

Hehehehe.

It feels like just yesterday that Director Jung Seung-il hyped me up as the next SS-rank.

Now a global guild that competes for 1st and 2nd place in the western United States is proposing a partnership.

Not with an organization, but looking at just me as an individual.

Huh.

Hmm.

My mind went blank at this unrealistic story.

“I’d like to hear the conditions.”

That’s President Baek for you.

I was counting on you!

“The 30 million dollar investment remains the same.”

“Our agency doesn’t need that much money.”

“But you’d be GGG’s partner company, wouldn’t you?”

“For the time being, we plan to focus entirely on caring for Hunter Park.”

“You can use it to purchase equipment.”

“Hunter Park’s growth rate is fast. Buying mediocre items would only speed up replacement time.”

Is that how the story goes?

Come to think of it.

All my undeads used armaments I crafted directly.

The efficiency was high when using items made from bone.

The Two Vassals do use some store-bought items though.

But it’s not enough to spend all 30 million dollars, about 50 billion won.

“Is there something else you’d like?”

“The Hunter is both a Necromancer and a Blacksmith.”

President Baek pushed his glasses up with a click.

“Priority supply of necessary Monster Byproducts. With this condition, we’ll consider cooperating with GGG.”

Oh.

That’s a good condition.

After rising to C-rank, the types of byproducts I can handle without penalty increased.

Thanks to that, the Armed Zombie Warriors’ performance was enhanced.

If a massive guild like GGG supplies Monster Byproducts?

Undead Creation experiments would become much easier.

A brief silence.

“Here are the items you ordered.”

The drinks arrived, interrupting the flow of conversation.

“Shall we have a little tea time?”

Sophia smiled brightly.

* * *

From the moment she arrived at Incheon International Airport.

Sophia had been experiencing one of the few shocks in her Hunter life.

‘Is it possible to simultaneously possess the qualities of human and undead?’

Just because she was GGG’s executive director didn’t mean she’d stepped away from fieldwork.

Smashing monster skulls with a large mace, no. She had to visit the field to maintain her combat senses.

‘I’ve never seen such an undead in 17 years.’

Ingrid was special.

She was curious about what reaction she’d show when exposed to holy power.

Naturally, her expectations for Min-ho, the Hunter who created the undead, also grew.

However.

Min-ho’s abilities weren’t limited to being a Necromancer.

‘He’s reading my aura.’

Muscles and breathing.

Down to every single hair.

He maintained an appropriate state of tension, ready to react to her actions.

That’s not something you can do consciously.

Sharply honed senses.

You’d need to be at least an A-rank warrior-type Hunter to react to intangible aura.

Or.

Born with natural talent.

‘Is he not a Necromancer?’

That can’t be right.

The fact that Min-ho’s main force was undead Summoned Beings was something she’d confirmed multiple times.

Just look at the summoned being sipping juice right in front of her eyes.

A being possessing the dual nature of undead and human.

Even within the vast data that GGG had accumulated over decades.

There had never been such a heterogeneous monster.

‘Dual talents of Necromancer and warrior?’

Sophia bit her lip hard.

A laugh escaped her.

This is incredible.

‘Seeing him in person, he’s a real monster. This person.’

She understood the choice of Hunter Director Jung Seung-il, renowned as an Executor.

Necromancers are masters of one versus many.

They’re powerful irregulars that compete for first or second place among summoning-type classes.

But he has warrior-type talent too?

Seeing how he reacted to her aura and looking again, it seemed he had invested quite a bit in physical abilities as well.

‘The weaknesses of Necromancers don’t apply to him either.’

The weakness of summoning system ability users is the user themselves.

They have weak defense.

And they lack skills to compensate for that.

Especially Necromancers are forced into soloing due to their characteristics of handling corpses and being weak to holy power.

But Min-ho seemed to possess the martial prowess to take care of himself.

He could turn the weaknesses of a Necromancer into strengths instead.

‘He could even use tactics where he puts himself out as bait.’

This really is.

An amazing guy.

Even if GGG has to bleed a little.

He was someone they absolutely had to build a cooperative relationship with.

‘In a few years, the entire landscape of the East Asian Hunter industry will completely change.’

This meeting.

Was extremely satisfying.

CEO Baek’s proposal was also sufficiently reasonable.

‘With someone like that attached to him, he won’t get stabbed in the back.’

Though it’s annoying that he takes a reasonable cut.

Having an excellent collaborator by his side is also Min-ho’s fortune, isn’t it.

Having finished all her calculations, Sophia smiled brightly.

“Alright. Those conditions. I’ll accept them.”

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