The Hour When Everything Ends (3)
“Yo, Undine.”
“.....”
“Undine. Can’t you hear me? Or maybe I’m just too easy to ignore?”
“.....”
Yujin squinted at Undine, who kept interrupting his words with stubborn silence, his brows furrowing in irritation.
What was this? Rebellion? Or perhaps outright betrayal directed at him?
Before Yujin could figure out how to handle Undine, the spirit sensed the murderous aura radiating from him. With a dramatic flop, Undine dropped to the ground and pressed its face against the floor.
“B-boss! I-I’m sorry! I-I was just trying to focus for a moment!”
“Tsk.”
Yujin clicked his tongue at the lame excuse.
He knew the truth, of course.
Undine had been completely absorbed in summoning a two-legged creature capable of traversing dimensions at his and Yuria’s request.
If Undine had been deliberately ignoring him, the thing would have been instantly reversed summoned without further thought.
“Speaking of which, Undine, why do you keep ignoring human speech? How many times have I called your name today?”
“T-that…”
Undine hung its head in shame over its current predicament and answered.
“I-it’s just… Undine is not very familiar to me.”
“…What?”
Yujin tilted his head in genuine confusion.
“Why exactly not familiar?”
“E-excuse me?”
“Your sole, precious name. You’re telling me that doesn’t feel familiar? That doesn’t make any sense.”
- lol lol lol lol lol The logic of the Soma miracle is astounding lol lol lol
- The one and only precious name (not even ten minutes old)
- The water spirit Undine (actually not a spirit, but renamed)
- n If you serve water to a summoner, isn’t that the same as Undine? lol lol lol lol
- I never thought I’d feel sympathy for a Nightfall monster in real life lol lol lol
- But isn’t this guy supposed to be a weak trash mob? Just one hit from Soma and it doesn’t even fight back, it just curls up whimpering
- n No way, that’s the regular route trash mob. In the hidden route it’s at least mid-boss level.
- n Another streamer who entered the hidden route ran into it and got one-shotted in three seconds lol lol
“Haa… seriously, this is giving me a headache. I never thought I’d be feeling sympathy for the Star Heir…”
Meanwhile, Yuria had been quietly watching the ridiculous scene of Yujin and Undine playing together and muttered to herself with a face full of disbelief, touching her temple.
“He is the vassal of the Sleeper of the Silver Coast. Could this lead to a clash with the Rulers? Yet you show no fear at all?”
Yujin shrugged at the worry in her voice.
“They’re all the same bunch I have to kill eventually, right? No point worrying about it now.”
“.....”
After that reply, Yujin strode to the corner where Undine was still summoning and slammed a sword hilt into its head.
Thud!
“W-why…!”
“Just because I felt like it.”
- lol lol lol lol lol
- Undine crying lol lol lol lol lol
- No reason to hit at all now lol lol lol lol lol
- But why is he summoning me and then complaining like this? I wish he hadn’t summoned at all (he really has no clue)
- n Your parents must have felt the same when you were being difficult and they still raised you, right?
- n That’s a killer comeback
“Anyway… how long has it been since I told you to summon a two-legged creature? Still not done? Planning to do something sneaky from the back door? Should I reverse summon you right now?”
“N-no! Nothing like that at all!”
At Yujin’s reasonable suspicion, Undine jumped up and insisted on its innocence.
“R-right now the mana in this location is extremely scarce! Because of that, even though I’ve been using the summoning technique since earlier, it keeps failing!”
“Yuria, is Undine’s excuse really true?”
Yujin’s question made Yuria close her eyes and sense something before nodding.
“It is true. Since Master killed Ariandel, the power of Alaya in this vicinity has strengthened again. The stronger Alaya becomes, the stronger the barrier against dimensional shaking, so delaying the summoning is only natural.”
“Then what’s the solution?”
“The most orthodox solution is simply to pour far more mana into the summoning technique. Enough to break through Alaya’s interference and successfully summon the two-legged creature here.”
“Just enough mana, huh.”
Yujin narrowed his eyes at Yuria’s answer.
Because there was a much simpler and clearer way to copy mana right there on the spot.
Just as Yujin was about to carry out his plan, a donation notification popped up.
[PowellSoftware_KR has donated 100,000 won!]
[Hey… Soma-nim? I don’t know what method you’re thinking of, but could you please think again?]
- Powell Software staff popping into the gallery again lol lol lol lol lol
- Is the same person who begged Soma to play normally during the last stream??
- n I can’t say for sure, but the ID is the same lol lol lol lol
[PowellSoftware_KR has donated 150,000 won!]
[Summoning Via is one way to reach R’lyeh… but maybe you should keep exploring this tower a bit more? You can probably find a way to summon Via without resorting to threats… T_T]
- lol lol lol lol lol The creators are openly begging now lol lol lol lol
- Please just play the game normally!!
- Threatening monsters is more peaceful than killing them, right? But why are you telling that to Soma? (I really don’t get it)
- n Slavery is a hundred times better than killing lol lol lol lol lol
Yujin saw the donation messages from Powell Software but deliberately pretended not to notice.
After all, the method he was about to try for copying mana probably wouldn’t be appreciated by the production team.
“If Undine lacks mana, then I’ll just gather more helpers who know how to use it.”
If one Undine wasn’t enough, he could just drag over a few more of Undine’s friends to stand here.
It was the exact moment he felt something was lacking even after summoning just Undine.
To become a full-fledged expert spirit summoner, you needed to summon all four great spirits.
If a subordinate’s mana was insufficient, there was no reason not to copy a mana-capable subordinate.
And a short while later.
“Your name is now Ifrit. Yours is Gnome. And yours is Sylphid. Anyone have objections?”
“.....”
Unlike Undine, the other three showed no sign of rebellion over the new names.
Undine was happy to have new friends, the others were happy with their pretty names, and Yujin was happy that he now had four subordinates.
A world where no one was hurt.
“Alright, now the four of you combine your power to summon the two-legged creature capable of moving between dimensions. The method is written in the grimoire over there, so don’t ask me.”
“…Human. Did we really gather you for such trivial work-”
“Human? Am I your friend?”
Crack!
“Guh!”
There was a small act of defiance, but it was instantly crushed.
Among the four, Undine was the most cooperative toward Yujin, pleasing him to the fullest.
“F-for now, we shall begin the summoning of Via.”
The Nine Stars Grimoire was placed in the center. The four subordinates sat in the four directions and began concentrating their mana.
Goooooooo-
Huge mana gathered in one spot, and the dimensional gap began to tremble violently.
Far more mana than the last time when it was just Undine struggling alone!
It was the exact moment Yujin felt satisfaction with his decision to bring Undine’s friends here.
Kiiiiiik-!
Suddenly, a terrifying sound like claws tearing through the sky echoed from the Nine Stars Grimoire.
The sky nearby split in two, and a red, eerie aura coalesced to form a single “door.”
From that “door,” an evil and horrifying chaos stared down at them.
“Huuuueeeeueueueue!”
“Aaaahhhhhh!”
The Star Heirs performing the summoning around the Nine Stars Grimoire screamed and collapsed to the floor.
Even the Star Heirs, who had gained tremendous resistance by becoming two-legged creatures, could not endure the overwhelming chaos of pure fear!
“That’s…”
For an instant, Yujin saw it.
Beyond the “door,” something that was a mixture of two-legged creatures, dragons, and humans was looking down.
The source of Arkham’s nightmares and the apocalyptic dragon prophesied to destroy the world in the Age of the End Law.
The Demon King of Fear. And the Ruler of R’lyeh.
“…Auspicious God.”
Right now, the Auspicious God has descended into this place.