Chapter 251

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Translated by Jinmu

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Somewhere in a parallel universe.

The main base of the Black Tower.

The world ruled by the Outer God.

There was a group there that specialized in mining, managing, and distributing dimensional energy.

It is commonly called a company.

And just now.

An emergency fell upon the entire company once again.

Wi-i-ing, wi-ing, wi-ing!

An emergency alarm ringing as if tearing the ears apart.

– Emergency! Emergency! Emergency! The Earth No. 675 Black Tower 100th floor has been usurped.

– As of this current time, all employees are switched to emergency duty system.

Employees who heard the alarm ran to the workplace in pairs of three or four.

[What? Earth No. 675 100th floor? It got done in eventually?]

[Honestly, wasn’t it an expected result.]

[What about the Managers dispatched to Earth No. 675?]

[They probably got annihilated. Would there be an alternative method?]

[This is the first occupational death of a dispatched employee. The dispatch application rate will drop.]

[Right. Originally, working in the Black Tower was a promotion course so it was popular.]

Wi-ing! Wi-ing! Wi-ing!

The emergency alarm ringing again.

– The Archangel transmission will be accelerated.

– All currently ongoing projects will be halted. Please terminate the projects safely.

– The dimensional energy secured from halting the projects will be entirely injected into the Archangel transmission.

[Total investment of resources, huh. Just exactly how strong is that guy?]

[Haa, anyway I must take care of my body.]

[If I get sick or injured by any chance in this situation, I’ll die without even being able to recover.]

[Still, the high-ups probably replace their flesh and do everything, right?]

[Then is the search for the new pioneer destination Earth halted as well?]

[What did you listen to until now? Everything is totally halted. First, we must unconditionally send the Archangel and dispose of that Summoner.]

[Not that it would happen but… what if it fails?]

[Then we’re completely ruined.]

[It’ll be fine. Since it’s an Archangel, the ultimate weapon for human extinction in name, there will be no way it fails.]

* * *

Joo-hyuk’s penthouse.

The summoning work continued.

Drawing one person, drawing another one around the time the registration process finishes.

[Starting Random Summoning.]

Hwa-a-at!

Pa-pat!

The person who appeared this time is?

Big.

The head is barely about to touch the ceiling.

If someone saw her, they would think it’s a gigantified Gobang.

However.

“I think you are a woman though?”

“It’s a female Gobang, sir. Look at the biceps, trapezius muscles, and latissimus dorsi, sir.”

“She is a reassuring female summoned entity.”

“Euum.”

Actually, a summoned entity’s appearance is not a problem that needs to become an issue.

What does that matter?

However.

– Name : Dorothy Angelina.

– Grade : LSSR (Legend Special Super Rare)

– Type : Saintess (Human)

This person is remarkably a Saintess.

No matter how I looked at it, the appearance and the catalog modifier did not match.

Benevolent and holy, you say.

With that tremendous massive build?

It seems she would do propagation via physical force.

“Kkya-a-a-ak! Am I summoned?”

“…Yep! Saintess Dorothy-nim.”

Because I was scared, using a polite tone.

“Thank you, Summoner!”

Wa-da-da-dak!

Saintess Dorothy rushing in to embrace Joo-hyuk with her thick bicep forearms.

‘Heok!’

Right at that time.

“Wait! Halt, please.”

“What is it?”

“If you approach, I will cut you, sir.”

“No, I was just thankful so…….”

“Sseu-eup!!!”

Ji-ing!

Aura Blade frosting on Cossack’s dagger.

Kkul-kkeok.

Dorothy swallowing dry spit.

“Sorry, I was too excited.”

“Yep! I understand, sir.”

“Ah right! If I get unsummoned right away…….”

“Gal!!! For a summoned entity who couldn’t even participate in the popularity vote, you have many demands, sir.”

“…….”

“Please follow the instructions of the 12th place in popularity vote, Geppetto, sir.”

Why does everyone try to show off first when they come out?

It’s not that I don’t know those feelings but.

Let’s quickly, quickly summon.

All the souls in Sector S-17.

For them, being summoned is a happy event to the point where they want to return to the terrible soul world again just to show off.

I must make them escape quickly.

[Starting Random Summoning.]

[Starting Random Summoning.]

[Starting Random Summoning.]

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The smooth summoning work.

Grades and classes were also diverse respectively.

As expected, the Rare grade was the most numerous.

Next in the order of SR, SSR, LSSR grades.

When Joo-hyuk calls, Geppetto guides, Mackenzie takes a photo, El makes the roster, and Gyeon Dal-rae distributes the residency tickets.

The Mad Demon and Cossack acting in the role of guarding Joo-hyuk in preparation for an unforeseen contingency.

Guarding, huh.

Is there a need to do that?

What danger could there be in summoning summoned entities?

However, the Mad Demon and Cossack did not think so.

What could possibly be dangerous about a summoned entity who follows the 3 laws, but…….

“It’s just that I cannot trust the Black Tower. I was worried they might scheme some wicked plot.”

“The old man’s words are correct, sir. They might have planted a spy, sir.”

Ey!

Will they really intend to do that?

Well, even if they actually do that, so what?

‘Just how strong I have become.’

Even though I can’t actually step up to battle.

Anyway, Random Summoning again.

I continuously drew.

I don’t even know how many people it’s been.

The summoned entities who were called out truly rejoiced.

Because the souls gradually disappeared, they were very terrified or something?

Well, is there any way they would know it’s an all-members summoning?

“Your name is?”

“Sword Demon (Geomma).”

“Do you know the Mad Demon, sir?”

“I only heard his name in the soul world, but we aren’t from the same world during our lifetime.”

“It’s that old man over there, sir. 14th place out of 15 people in the popularity vote.”

“And you are?”

“…Y, you don’t need to know, sir.”

To a martial artist.

“It was truly sc, scary. Because I thought I was annihilating.”

“Shrinking back with that face, your race is… a dwarf.”

“Please say Dwarf race.”

“Yeah, Dwarf, please shave your beard a bit.”

“The beard is a dwarf’s life, you know?”

“Your appearances cannot be distinguished from each other. Your heights are like acorns too, and whether I take a photo or not, it’s the same.”

To a dwarf,

“Your name is?”

“Sanazawa Kimari.”

“So you are a Waenom (Japanese person).”

“I am a woman, you know? And in my world, we are called Dongyeong (Eastern Sea), not Wae.”

“Class is?”

“Ninja.”

“Euing? Kimari-san! Were you a ninja, sir? Please stick tightly to my side from now on, sir. Is this not exactly the harmonious blend of the East and West, sir?”

“What is he saying?”

To a ninja too.

“I am a Dragonian Swordsman.”

“Dragon mixed-blood, sir?”

“That’s right. The kid a dragon casually sired while playing around in the human world is exactly me.”

“Do you know Greenie, sir? His true name is Crackus, and he could be your father, DNA testing is possible, sir.”

“He probably isn’t, since my father is Red. Moreover, I’ve never even seen his face.”

“Tteut-tteut, at any rate, dragon bastards have no sense of responsibility. Since Greenie will be there when you go to the 17th floor, you may curse at him instead of your father, sir.”

Summoning a demi-human Dragonian too.

It seems an hour has already passed by fleetly.

It will probably be 2 hours soon.

At first, because our hands and feet didn’t match (lack of coordination), it took quite a long time.

However, the registration procedure becoming skillful as time went on.

Continuous summoning.

Then the summoned entities linearly standing in line and proceeding with registration.

Shall we take a short break before doing it?

Delaying the rest to tomorrow and.

But right at that moment!

Tti-ring!

‘Um?’

What is it?

[Achievement: Up as the first, the number of White Tower permanent residents has exceeded 100 people.]

“Oh!”

This is an achievement too, huh.

[Distributing the achievement reward.]

The reward is?

[A new item has been added to the White Tower 17th floor basic menu.]

Item addition.

The one recently added was the elevator.

What could be the item that was added this time?

I have to enter the White Tower and check it to see.

It wasn’t just this.

Tti-ring!

[Achievement : Up as the first Summoning trait player, you have reached 100 people registered in the catalog.]

Double achievement attained!

[Distributing the achievement reward.]

[Enhancing the player’s trait.]

Oh my, what in the world is this?

Trait enhancement.

With this, simultaneous summoning 22 people.

‘Heu-heu-heu…….’

Joo-hyuk laughed inwardly.

Let’s maintain my expression.

New summoned entities have entered, so would it do to laugh frivolously heh-heh-heh, just because my trait was enhanced once more?

Gravely.

Keeping up appearances and.

Perhaps it’s a natural reward.

Because it’s literally a first-ever achievement.

Currently, Joo-hyuk is exactly like walking alone on a pure white snowfield.

A land no one has stepped on, that is.

The footprints Joo-hyuk leaves behind are exactly achievements and history.

I just have to draw and it’s an achievement.

Rewards follow too and.

Good.

Since I’ve started anyway, I’ll finish it even if it means staying up all night.

It doesn’t take 2 hours to draw 100 people.

According to Cossack’s words, the personnel in Sector S-17 are about 300 people.

Even estimating generously, it’ll end in 7 hours.

[Starting Random Summoning.]

[Starting Random Summoning.]

[Starting Random Summoning.]

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Before I knew it, near 4 hours.

Hasn’t it become 200 people at this point?

Tti-ring!

[Achievement: Up as the first, the number of White Tower permanent residents has exceeded 200 people.]

Ayu, this is burdensome.

I know it’s a first-ever achievement, but still…….

Thank you. Teacher Baek.

[Distributing the achievement reward.]

[A new item has been added to the White Tower 17th floor basic menu.]

The White Tower reward is always saying something keeps getting added.

[Achievement : Up as the first Summoning trait player, you have reached 200 people registered in the catalog.]

What is the catalog achievement reward?

[Group Designated Summoning and Group Unsummoning have been added to the Trait Skill item.]

It was a skill addition.

Upon opening the status window and finding out.

‘Aha.’

Designating groups in advance and.

Summoning at once, Unsummoning at once exactly like that too.

Skill casting has become very comfortable.

There is no need to summon one by one.

As 6 hours passed now.

Tti-ring!

Yes yes, you must give it.

Isn’t it 300 people?

[Achievement: Up as the first, the number of White Tower permanent residents has exceeded 300 people.]

[Distributing the achievement reward.]

[A new item has been added to the White Tower 17th floor basic menu.]

‘I don’t know what got added, but I am always grateful.’

[Achievement : Up as the first Summoning trait player, you have reached 300 people registered in the catalog.]

[Distributing the achievement reward.]

[A Catalog Summoned Entity All-Summon Ticket will be distributed to the Tower-Exclusive Inventory.]

‘So it’s an item. Is it a good one? Of course it must be a good one.”

A ticket I haven’t seen before.

The item information is.

Effect : Summons all summoned entities registered in the catalog at once, regardless of the simultaneous summonable number.

Limit : The summon maintenance time is fixed at 3 hours. If the time is exceeded, all are forcibly unsummoned.

“…Heol!”

What is this?

Have I ever seen such a complete honey item?

Separate from the simultaneous summoning number, I can call out the catalog-registered summoned entities all at once?

And for a whopping 3 hours at that?

For example, if the personnel registered in the catalog is 300 people, it’s possible to immediately all-summon them via ticket usage.

It’s fighting alongside an army.

Truly a 10,000 grand army, no, even a 100,000 grand army would be possible.

It’s a crazy option.

Although it cannot be compared to the Great Sage, Heaven’s Equal’s furball, it is still a means capable of overcoming numerical inferiority at a single stroke.

Excuse me, Teacher Baek.

I’m not sure if you are using things too lavishly (peong-peong) just because your influence went up a little.

You’ll go bankrupt at this rate.

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Harold Lightman also had an experience of being summoned outside by a Summoner a very long time ago.

A summoned entity soul who had tried putting his name on a catalog.

Furthermore, his grade is LSSR, Legend Special Super Rare.

However, he was only called out exactly once.

After that, Harold who was neglected in the soul world.

Why?

Even though he’s a LSSR grade summoned entity?

It was because of his class.

Even though he had the title of a Sage… he was of the Scholar lineage which was of no actual help in battles, even a porter at least carries luggage around.

He’s not a Magic lineage Sage either.

He’s not an Alchemy lineage Sage either.

He’s not a Magic Engineering lineage Sage either.

He’s just a Scholar.

A Sage of the pure academics lineage.

For this reason, he did not suit the Summoner’s taste.

A piece of luggage merely occupying a name in the catalog.

Of course, during his lifetime, Harold Lightman’s achievements were brilliant.

He was a genius from birth.

Insight that penetrated reality, a discerning eye to accurately judge the value of objects or people, wisdom stemming from infinite knowledge.

Harold was the founder and first principal of the continent’s best academy.

He raised countless talents, and including the Emperor, the Crown Prince was also his disciple.

Prime Ministers and Generals, civil officials and military officials… to the point where there was almost no one among the renowned figures in the Empire who hadn’t gone through his teachings.

However, after signing a summoned entity contract post-death, the glory of his lifetime vanished like bubbles.

Combat power that is of no immediate help.

A useless occupational group.

Honestly, even when the name of the new Earth Summoner, Bong Joo-hyuk, was mentioned in the soul world, and praises about him spread, he didn’t expect much.

Because it’s obvious he’ll eventually be neglected even if summoned.

It’s rather better to not be summoned.

So he didn’t even intertwine in the souls’ conversations.

Just quietly, exactly as he always spent his time, he was just in the midst of meditating while continuously reviewing the academic research results he piled up during his lifetime.

However today.

The soul world is strange.

Babbling continuously, the mental waves of the souls who had been chattering frantically exactly as they usually did gradually decreased.

Their very existences were disappearing.

The flustered souls.

However, even those flustered souls quickly disappeared.

『Once, once again one disappeared.』

『Oh my God!』

『Do we annihilate if we make a sound? Right? Try answering!』

『…I, it’s scary. To think I’d experience something like this even after dying.』

It gradually became quiet.

Now it was to the point of being desolate.

The remaining souls stricken with terror.

Harold was like that too.

The fear that he himself might also disappear unseen.

So he tried attempting communication by sending a mental wave but.

『Hey? Is nobody there?』

Now there wasn’t even an answer.

『Where did everyone go?』

An empty shout.

『Please answer me. I’m Harold!』

Just what exactly is going on?

Is the entire soul world really collapsing?

Or Random Summoning?

It doesn’t seem to be that either.

Since the scale of disappearances is different.

At that moment!

One hypothesis that brushed past Harold’s mind.

A capable Summoner.

In the midst of clearing the late 90th-floor tier, and.

Moreover, the daily tower entry count is 5 times too.

Then the 100th floor is right before his eyes.

『Could this possibly be……?』

It was then.

『Heok!』

A feeling of his consciousness getting completely sucked somewhere.

Simultaneously his mind blacked out.

And then there was nobody left.

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A moment later.

Harold opened his eyes.

‘Um?’

As his eyelids opened, light poured in.

‘It’s blinding?’

What does this mean?

That eyes were generated.

It wasn’t just eyes.

Jji-rit-jji-rit!

Sensations sprouting from his entire body.

Smells, the surrounding sounds, the feeling transmitted from the soles of his feet.

A physical body was generated.

And a single young man visible in Harold’s eyes.

“Summoner…….”

“Welcome. Principal Harold Lightman.”

“A, hello?”

It was indeed Random Summoning.

“You can go over there and step through the registration procedure.”

“Come come, please come here. Because we have to take a photo.”

Half-standing, Harold moving his steps.

Photo? Why take a photo?

Chal-kak!

“Dr. El, what number is this person?”

“Registration number 338.”

“Is that so? Then I’ll try calling one more person.”

The Summoner opened his mouth and recited an incantation.

“Random Summoning!…Random Summoning! Uh, Random Summoning?”

And tilting his head, again.

“Random Summoning!”

Why is he doing that?

Is the summoning not working?

“Is it not working, sir?”

“It seems I’ve drawn them all.”

“Then the Principal is the end?”

Then the slyly looking assassin approached and.

“Lord Harold, sir.”

“Euum, what is the matter.”

“Was there anyone else besides you in the soul world, sir?”

“Ah.”

The guess was correct.

“There was no one. I took the last train.”

100th floor complete clear success.

Soul liberation.

Everyone goes out into the world.

Thus he himself was the final soul.

Harold trembled (bu-reu-reu) his body in deep emotion.

The souls did not disappear.

They were summoned.

They were liberated.

“Assa! All-member Random Summoning is successfully completed, sir.”

Only then did Joo-hyuk’s expression become comfortable.

Total personnel 338 people.

Adding the existing summoned entities, a total of 355 people.

“You all worked hard.”

“You have suffered, sir.”

“Then I’ll see you on the 17th floor.”

“Yep!”

All Unsummoned.

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Joo-hyuk was left alone in the penthouse.

A grand journey of about 7 hours.

Still, since he summoned everyone out, he is satisfied.

‘For now, I’ll wash up a bit and…….’

During the Random Summoning, I couldn’t even exchange proper greetings.

Actually, I couldn’t even remember their faces.

I should get to know them slowly.

Later, if I make name tags and hang them around their necks, there wouldn’t be cases of feeling awkward among the summoned entities because they don’t know each other’s names.

The family members have grown remarkably.

From 17 people to 355 people.

‘The living expenses will be a lot.’

Well, what about it?

I earn money for exactly things like this.

Shall I slowly go in?

White Tower 17th floor entry.

Spot!

Right at that time!

Cossack with a vigorous voice.

“Bong Summoner-nim is entering, sir. Please welcome him with an enthusiastic round of applause, sir.”

The 355 summoned entities gathered together in one place to welcome Joo-hyuk.

“Hooray!!!”

“Hooray for Joo-hyuk!!!”

“Hooray for the Summoner!!!”

“Thank you!”

“Thank you for liberating us!”

“We believed in you!!!”

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Jjak-jjak-jjak-jjak-jjak-jjak-jjak-jjak-jjak-jjak-jjak-jjak-jjak-jjak!

The loudest and longest round of applause he had never heard until now.

Ah-ah-ah!

The sense of accomplishment of having done something, pride, satisfaction, relief.

I just feel good.

My insides felt refreshed.

As it went on like this.

‘Did something enter my eyes?’

Suddenly tears are flowing.

The tip of my nose is tingling too.