The Return of Apocalypses Tyrant

Episode 128

Buuuuuung….

A cargo ship loaded with container boxes was passing through the Suez Canal and the Red Sea with a loud engine sound.

“That’s strange.”

Park Hyo-joo, who followed Namgung up onto the deck, spoke in a nervous voice in a naughty atmosphere.

“I can’t feel any sign of anyone.”

Sigh –

She pulled out a dagger, held it in both hands, and stood guard.

“Isn’t this really a ghost ship?”

Joo Joo-in took out the equipment in his bag and said, putting on his goggles.

Wooooow….

When I turned on the remote controller, the drone’s propeller started working.

As he tapped the mini keyboard with the controller mounted on his wrist, five or six holographic windows appeared in front of him.

“If there’s a ghost or a monster… you’ll find out if you look at it.”

As soon as he finished speaking, the drones all began scanning the cargo ship, and a drawing of the cargo ship appeared on the hologram.

“It’s strange.”

“why?”

“Is it really a ghost ship? “The creature is not responding at all.”

“They say the spirits can’t see anything?”

As the wind blew around Park Hyo-joo, Ju Joo-in looked at her with interest.

“How cheap does it feel…”

“What about the cockpit?”

“The place you can see up there.”

The person in charge said, pointing to a glass area in front.

Namgung nodded at his words, pulled out his sword, and plunged it into the deck with all his might.

Sssshhhh…!!!

The soul soldiers were summoned, and As, who was in the lead, quickly jumped up the container boxes and swung a huge ax towards the cockpit.

Kwaaaang!!!

At that moment, black fog gathered on the outer wall of the cockpit and bounced As’s ax away.

Wow…!!

Dozens of arms protruded from the fog, stretched out, and grabbed As’s limbs.

[Cruk…?]

Then, he took As, who was caught motionless, into the fog.

“…!!!”

When As disappeared completely, Namgung could no longer feel his energy.

‘The summoning… was cut off?’

The advantage of necromancy is that even if the summoned object is broken, if the spiritual power continues, it can be summoned again at any time.

“….”

But Namgung was unable to call back As, who had disappeared into the fog.

‘There are only two cases where a soul soldier disappears.’

▶ Number of commanders available for ministry: 4/4

The number of commanders has not decreased.

That means that As has not completely disappeared.

‘Then…’

He frowned as he looked at the black fog floating in front of the cockpit.

‘The world has split.’

In other words, that black fog is like a kind of seal that prevents his spiritual power from reaching As.

It was also a seal strong enough to forcefully sever the connection between itself and the soul soldiers.

‘I know that Kiman Yan is also a necromancer, but… there’s no way he has that kind of ability.’

Namgung knew the leader of the Golden Bough better than anyone else. The reason is that in his previous life, he was one of the followers of Choi Hwi-su, the revealer of the Seven Serpents.

‘When I became Choi Hwi-soo’s lab rat and was tortured, Kiman Yan was by his side.’

His cruelty was more than that of Choi Hwi-soo, but never less.

It was basic to dismember corpses and use them as materials, and experiments were also conducted on living people.

When Namgung

remembered the pain of that time, he gritted his teeth without realizing it.

‘But… it’s strange.’

Kiman Yan’s specialty, like Choi Hwi-soo’s, was close to corpse arts, which involved handling corpses rather than heroic spirits.

However, the terrible morale permeating the fog that is now blocking your eyes is impossible unless you have high-level necromancy.

He knew instinctively.

‘This wasn’t done by Kiman Yan.’

Jeok- Jeok- Jeok-

Namgung walked slowly onto the deck.

‘Who is it?’

Wow…!!

At that moment, the fog in front of the cockpit poured towards Namgung.

Crackling…! It’s so crazy…!!

Park Hyo-joo threw the dagger with all her might, and the electricity permeating the dagger flashed as it collided with the fog.

The fog, which momentarily flinched at her attack, soon flew back towards him as if nothing had happened.

“be careful!! Gravity is distorted around the fog. It’s like some kind of black hole in there! “If you get sucked in, you may not be able to come back!”

widely-! Tatak-!!

Ju Ju-in quickly tapped on the mini keyboard attached to his wrist.

Then, legs protruded on either side of the drones around him and hit the ground like landmines.

Jiiiiing…!!

The top hatch of the drone stuck in the ground opened, and small spheres popped out in all directions.

Crackling…! Support…!!

A flash of lightning occurred among the dozens of spheres launched into the air, leading to pure white light, and a bluish electromagnetic field began to surround them.

Kaggggggggggeuk pole—!!!

When the electromagnetic field collided with the fog, a loud roar was heard and a foul odor, like burning flesh, began to emerge.

“Uuuu… what kind of smell…”

Mustafa gagged as if he couldn’t bear it.

[Keeeeek!!!]

It was then.

The black fog began to scream as if it were alive.

“Pfft!!!”

People stumbled, covering their ears with their hands because of the sharp sound that seemed to tear their eardrums.

“hey!!!”

At that moment, Joo Soo-in looked at Namgung and shouted.

“Fuck… isn’t this somewhat similar?”

The fog in front of my eyes resembled the black clouds that covered Cairo, Egypt, but what Joo-in was talking about was much earlier than that.

“I remember? “Even just before the great earthquake that hit Yeongdeungpo… that kind of fog appeared!!”

How could I forget?

It was a terrible disaster that took my wife’s life.

“….”

Namgung was unable to answer readily.

Is there really a connection between what happened then and the strange fog in front of me now?

“It was before the carnival even started. “Of course, there were people with superpowers before that, but no matter how great they were, they couldn’t create something that could blow up a city.”

“But then and now, God exists.”

“…what is that?”

“It’s true that carnival can only begin when status exists. However, it is not necessary for a carnival to exist to have status.”

Namgung’s expression hardened at Joo Joo-in’s words.

“Do you mean that what happened back then could have been done by the Aspects?”

“Well, I don’t know. It’s just that the phenomenon back then and now is similar.”

Ju Ju-in continued.

“Still, don’t you think we’re a little closer? “To the truth about the question I’ve been wandering around for so long.”

But Namgung didn’t say anything.

He survived this hell for 25 years.

Although he thought he had more experience in this world than anyone else, he had never once connected the carnival with his wife’s death.

Kkwaak –

Namgung strengthened the hand holding the sword.

If, as Ju Ju-in said, his wife’s death was related to status…

“You have crossed a line.”

Kwaaaaang—!!!

Namgung’s [Kimyeong Sword] parted the fog.

Oh my…! Hoodeddeudeudeuk…!!

Dark red mucus flowed through the cracked fog, as if internal organs were spilling out.

“This…”

The cut fog disappeared as is, but there was a lot of something in the flowing slime.

It was a corpse.

From being charred black to having arms and legs cut off here and there and holes here and there, nothing was intact.

Those were the corpses of fallen soldiers that could be seen on the battlefield.

“There’s no need to tell me where I got it from.”

Ju-in-law bit his lip as he looked at the corpses, swollen as if they had been soaked in water.

“What a crazy guy!”

Unlike his joking appearance, Joo Joo-in looked genuinely angry.

Clap-

Cough…!!

It was then.

Suddenly, the doors of the container box in front of them began to open all at once, as if the owner’s shout had signaled the beginning.

“…!!!”

When the door opened, hundreds of eyes began blinking in the dark warehouse.

Gulp –

I heard the sound of the doctor’s uvula moving.

[Crrrrr….]

[Crrrrr….]

Heavy container boxes began to shake with a low crying sound.

“…shit.”

And countless zombies began to wander out of the box.

thud! thud!! Kukkung!!!

Boxes that had not yet been opened were shaking.

“Could it be…is it in there too?”

Mustafa’s eyes trembled at the sight of the boxes that seemed ready to be opened at any moment.

“Don’t be scared. “You came prepared.”

“…I’m not.”

Namgung gently pressed the back of Mustafa’s head, laughed, and ran past him toward the zombies.

“Build a path for Park Hyo-joo. There must be a leader controlling the zombies. “Once we catch him, it’s over.”

“yes!!”

Churrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr…!!

As soon as his command was given, she lifted up the jacket she was wearing as if brushing it off.

Then, dozens of daggers came out of the inside pocket.

“Whoop…!!!”

As she opened her hands wide in the air and raised them above her head, daggers spun out like waves, rotating in a spiral along her arms.

Quagga gagagak!!!!

And the moment I lowered my arms with all my might, daggers fell from the zombies’ heads like giant whips.

[Cruk… ·!!]

[Kagukkukkuk…!!]

With a loud sound, daggers were stuck in the zombies.

However, although he hesitated for a moment due to her attack, the zombies’ march had no intention of stopping.

Nevertheless, Namgung ran into the zombie group without hesitation.

“Now wait…!!!”

Mustafa shouted as if he was surprised at the sight.

Wow…!!

Chijijijijijiji…!!!!

But at that moment, along with a sharp gust of wind, the daggers embedded in the zombie began to spin like saw blades.

[Kegeung!!!]

[Keeeeeek!!!]

With a scream, the daggers began tearing down the zombie’s body, and red blood spurted out from all directions.

widely-! Tatak–!!

Namgoong started running, stepping on the shoulders of the staggering zombies.

[Crook!! Crumbling!!!]

They stretched out their arms as if they were trying to catch him.

Crackling…! It’s so crazy…!!!

But before that, electricity spewed out from the spinning dagger and attacked the zombies.

[Kegegegegegeggek!!!]

The zombies caught in the lightning trembled and fell to the ground, and Namgung ran toward the control room without even looking at them.

Tsuzuzuzuzu….

Only the blackened corpses of zombies were lined up on the deck of the cargo ship.

Park Hyo-joo retrieved the daggers floating in the air and started running after Namgung.

“….”

Joo Joo-in could not hide his surprised expression as he looked at the two people who matched each other without saying anything as if they had planned it in advance.

“I didn’t know there was anyone other than Myung-Hoon who could assist that person like that.”

It wasn’t just a matter of speed.

Following Namgoong’s unique beat is only possible with good sense.

Kwaang—!!!

Namgung, who was about to push open the cockpit door with his foot and go inside, stopped.

As he expected, terrible fraud was pouring out of the cockpit that the corpse fog was trying to protect just moments ago.

With a notification ringing in his ears, his eyes turned to see a man wearing a black robe like a reaper in front of the cockpit.

“It’s you.”

When Namgung swung his sword, his morale disappeared as if the blade had been eaten away.

[Crrrrr….]

In the darkness, a man growled at Namgung.

Pause –

At that moment, Namgung’s face hardened.

“…Choi Hwi-soo?”

▶ We encountered an Elder Lich.

A notification rang.