The Return of Apocalypses Tyrant

Episode 184

▶ The seventh festival has begun.

A notification rang.

At the same time, the sky began to turn red, as if it were on fire.

▶ A fiery serpent appears before you.

▶ This is the first appearance of the spirit body.

▶ During the festival, the power of all elementalists is strengthened.

▶ Survive.

With a clear word, people looked at the door that slowly opened in the sky.

“It’s starting again.”

“But there won’t be the same panic as before.”

“Citizens are currently being evacuated to bunkers built in each city.”

Namgung nodded, staring at the red gates of hell visible outside the window.

In the union conference room, key members of the alliance, including Myung-hun and Ho-jun, were gathered.

“How many people can the bunker hold?”

“We are building bunkers in as many places as possible, including Seoul, Daejeon, Suwon, Gwangju, Daegu, Busan, and Ulsan.”

“I guess you asked what the capacity is?”

The construction team looked perplexed at Namgoong’s question.

“There is no need to blame them. Because there wasn’t enough time. “Once we stop this monster, we will continue to build bunkers in the city.”

Jin Soo-hyuk glanced at me and answered.

“I know that everyone is working hard. I didn’t ask what to say. “We are trying to come up with measures to protect those who cannot be accommodated.”

“Ah…”

At Namgung’s answer, Jin Soo-hyuk scratched his head and laughed as if embarrassed.

“The maximum number of people in all bunkers appears to be approximately one-third of the current population.”

“Mobilize all personnel in the coalition to protect citizens who were unable to enter the bunker.”

“All right.”

The city defense team led by Jin Soo-hyuk stood up and left the conference room first.

“Brother, relax your eyes. It seems like you’ve become sharper while I’ve been missing you. “It’s easy for people to misunderstand.”

“okay? “I didn’t say anything different from usual.”

“There is nothing else. It’s really hard on the eyes! You are giving and talking. “I’m not here to hunt monsters, but you feel intimidated.”

“Hmm.”

Hojun said it as a joke, but not only he but others nodded as if they agreed with what he said.

‘Is it possible for blood vessels to change one’s momentum like this?’

‘Hmm… That’s fascinating.’

Den and Roxanne, who knew about Namgung’s blood vessel techniques, couldn’t help but notice his changes.

“You turned down magic and elemental magic, so you learned something new without us knowing?”

“No way. “I’m still just necromancy.”

“Hmm, but how can a person change so much in a short period of time?”

“I don’t think anything has changed, but… what’s needed for people to change is not time, but opportunity.”

“We can see what has changed in this monster hunting.”

He shook his head at Roxanne’s words.

“no. This door is not my bragging time. “Because I won’t catch the boss of the 7th door.”

“What does that mean?”

“By hunting monsters, carnival participants become stronger. That means you can’t become strong if you don’t have the opportunity to hunt.”

Namgung told her.

“Roxanne. You are a revelation, but how strong can you really be in your current situation? “It may not be easy to guarantee victory or defeat, not only with Somin but also with Myeonghun, who hunted the giant devil.”

“No matter what…”

“As a Revelator, your greatest strength is your summons, and there are certainly many people who have obtained something as rare as your summons.”

Roxanne could not easily answer his words.

“What the Widow of Thornvine did to give you strength ended up making you weaker.”

Roxanne’s face hardened, but she could not deny it.

In the red zone, she was able to contract the highest level of epic summons.

She and her summons were definitely a great force, but people didn’t know much about her.

This meant that he did not stand out in any way compared to other participants.

“While people focused on hunting monsters with the summons they obtained from the Red Zone, you focused on protecting your teacher.”

“What’s wrong with that?”

“I’m not saying it’s wrong. Because I know very well that you are a pacifist and not a druid. But those who don’t fight at the carnival are bound to be left out. As a result, when the spirit body appears, Park Hyo-joo is receiving the benefit, not you, the druid.”

“…I can’t use elemental magic in the first place.”

“It’s not that you can’t do it, it’s that you don’t do it. I heard it from Kuhuran. Druids are a one-man tradition. “In order to inherit the power of a druid, you must receive the power of a teacher, right?”

Roxanne glared at Namgoong.

“Then you know what it means to receive the power of a teacher. Are you asking me to kill my teacher just to learn elemental arts?”

Gulp –

At that moment, the people around them swallowed dry saliva without even realizing it because of Roxanne’s enthusiasm, which they had never seen before.

“There is no need for that. Because I also don’t want Cuhuran to die. “We’ll have to find another way.”

“…other way?”

“Give up being a druid.”

“…!!!”

At his unexpected words, she opened her eyes and shouted at Namgung.

“Crazy guy!! “I have never been a druid since I was born!”

“therefore. Now is the time to let go. After the carnival began, there were many people in this world who could use spirits even if they were not druids. “Abandon your druid qualifications and learn elemental arts from Park Hyo-ju.”

“My me?”

Park Hyo-joo looked at Roxanne as if surprised by Namgung’s words.

“Hung, even Kuhuran, who made a contract with a mid-level spirit, couldn’t teach me, but she can barely summon a low-level spirit?”

“It would have been impossible in normal times.”

Wow…!!

As soon as Namgung finished speaking, Lathea appeared in front of him.

[You probably heard it through the notification that rang when the door opened. Luckily, the boss of the 7th door is Salamander. ]

Her voice, as a spirit, rang directly into people’s heads.

[Salamander is a subdragon, but it is also one of the four major spirit entities. Are you the spiritist that Namgung mentioned?]

Park Hyo-joo nodded to her question.

“yes. “I haven’t officially become a magician, but… I can control the wind spirit.”

[good. Would you like to try calling a spirit?]

Park Hyo-joo nodded and closed her eyes.

Wow…!!

Her hair swayed lightly and the wind slowly began to shape the small girl.

Spirits begin to fly around her, chattering in an unknown language.

[Crrr….]

At that moment, a strange sound was heard among the spirits.

Park Hyo-joo, who had summoned the wind spirit, also opened her closed eyes as if startled by the sound.

“This is…”

The shape of a small wolf seen among the palm-sized wind spirits.

Although it wasn’t as vivid as the girls, I could definitely feel the energy.

[It is an intermediate level spirit of wind. Originally, it was impossible to summon with your skills, but due to the effect of Salamander, your spirit magic was enhanced.] When

Lathea stretched out her hand, the wolf-shaped spirit lowered its head.

“Middle-level wind spirit… If you look at the level of the spirit that can be summoned, it is the same as Kuhuran.”

“okay. Of course, it is not as perfect as Kuhuran, but it is still a level elemental art.”

Roxanne looked at the spirit tree that Namgung had put down.

“And if you use that, you can raise the level of the spirits you can summon by one level, so if you’re lucky, she might be able to become an advanced elementalist.”

“Until we conquer the seventh door.”

“Is this what you were aiming for?”

She smiled bitterly.

“It doesn’t matter if you want to remain a druid. But the doors will continue to open in the future, and the monsters pouring in will become stronger.”

“….”

“But you will still stay where you are. “I wonder how long I will be able to protect my precious people as a frog in a well.”

“Are you… threatening me?”

“It’s not a threat, it’s an attempt to provide an opportunity. “If you can’t change yourself, so that you can change.”

Namgung raised his head at the same time.

“And Kang Ho-jun.”

“…yes?!”

“I will give you a chance too. Even if you have fire-resistant weapons, you need a lot of stamina to withstand the Salamander’s flames. “You might be the right person.”

He took off his jacket and the coat that Gyu-ryu had given him and handed it to Kang Ho-jun.

“My me?”

“You, who are close to me, will know best how Myeong-Hoon has grown since he finished hunting the giant devil. “It’s true that Myung-hoon is a good older brother, but you’re not going to just watch his back forever, right?”

“That…”

Kang Ho-jun looked at Myung-hoon with a momentary bewilderment at Namgung’s unexpected suggestion.

What Namgung said was not wrong.

Although he stood out during Jinwei’s raid, Myeonghun’s aura definitely changed after hunting the giant demon.

[Just as someone who has eaten meat knows its taste, there is a world of difference in hunting between just watching and taking the life of the prey.]

Lathea’s voice hit Kang Ho-jun.

“Would you like to try?”

“yes.”

Kang Ho-jun nodded slowly.

“Go to the tower and learn how to hunt salamanders from the Yoran clan. Then, Park Hyo-joo goes to the training ground in the fortress and uses the spirit water. Just in case, let Den and Somin watch her.”

“All right.”

“And…”

Namgoong and Roxanne’s gaze collided.

“You can do whatever you want.”

“Why why do I do whatever I want?”

“It’s not like I’m particularly strong in the current situation. “We have enough manpower to replace you.”

Roxanne stood up from her seat at his words, which clearly got on her nerves.

[There’s no need to push her that hard, right? Anyway, she is a revealer chosen by the Widow of Thornvine. There’s no way the power won’t work…]

“It might be usable right now. But if she stays like this, she won’t be able to do anything by the time the tenth door opens.”

[Hmm, that could be true.]

“It’s the same for other people. Erika Ninagawa’s foresight, Michael’s leap… In fact, he should have risen to a higher level at this point.”

If we had to be honest, we could say that only Den Howl’s magic is better than the previous life.

‘If you consider Jeren and Clark’s talent, they will never be inferior to Aira Michel and Jinwei. Still, they are the ones who survived until the end in their previous life.’

But they have only just been chosen as revelators.

In the end, it meant that all Revelators needed their own time to grow.

“So far, we have been able to gain more heads than in our previous life by closing down at a rapid pace, but we have missed out on growth opportunities. That’s why now is the time to use the collected heads to grow them explosively.”

[You probably haven’t forgotten. In the end, the Revelators also have to fight each other.]

“Of course. I know.”

[Surviving is important… but it will also be necessary to prepare for the fight that follows.]

Namgung smiled strangely at Lathea’s words.

“well. “I don’t know yet whether I will have to fight after that.”

[Hmm?]

“Instead of aiming for the throne, you could also aim for the throne.”

Kuung-

It was that time.

“Gasp… gasp… damn it!”

Carlos appeared covered in blood, holding the monster’s severed head.