[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-sss-ranked-awakening-i-can-only-summon-mythical-":3,"chapter-sss-ranked-awakening-i-can-only-summon-mythical--sss-ranked-awakening-i-can-only-summon-mythical--chapter-359":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","SSS-Ranked Awakening: I Can Only Summon Mythical Beasts",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1326960,1762,"Chapter 359: Making Sure It's All Over","sss-ranked-awakening-i-can-only-summon-mythical--chapter-359",359,"\u003Cp>Damien observed the system panel being displayed before his sight only that held his Kill Count.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Kill Count: 3,588 \u002F 5,000]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He has 1,422 more kills to acquire and soon, he'd have the chance to summon a sixth magical beast and since his system only allowed him to summon mythical beasts, he was already anticipating his next summon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Cooldown on the new skill: Hell's Descent?\" He asked the system and another panel appeared over the initial one holding the kill count.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Cooldowns Reset: Hell's Descent – Ready]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sun had begun its climb again, its first light brushing over the war-torn edges of Greshan. Smoke curled lazily in the wind. Corpses — demon and human alike — littered the field in uneven clusters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the battle wasn't over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not entirely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Damien stood over the space where he'd ended the life of the fused demon, shoulders straightening, eyes fixed on the dark horizon beyond.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were still more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Distant howls. Skittering footsteps. The sharp, jittering click of clawed feet darting across stone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The outer hordes hadn't all died. The battlefield was scattered, broken — and many of the lesser demons had fled to the outer ridges during the chaos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were coming back now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Drawn by blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Damien didn't smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn't need to anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He turned toward the ridge and raised a hand toward the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Skylar. Fenrir. Cerbe.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three apex summons — all still fighting further out — froze at once, their ears perking as Damien's will moved through their core links.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Push forward and erase anything that still breathes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Skylar shrieked and surged upward, wings folding inward before launching toward a distant tree line where a cluster of shriekers were trying to regroup.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fenrir let out a low growl and vanished into the woods — leaving a trail of wind behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cerbe barked in three voices, flames already trailing from its paws as it bolted to the western slope.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Damien lowered his hand and turned to the still-staring Arielle and her group.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'll handle the rest here,\" he said quietly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She blinked. \"There's still dozens, Damien. Some are hiding.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I know.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He turned his gaze toward the battlefield, toward the lowlands between the ridge and the inner valley.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he spoke again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Luton.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The red slime, still massive from swallowing the suicidal mana burst earlier, slithered forward from the shadows. It had begun to take on a vaguely humanoid shape — not fully bipedal, but tall, broad, and oddly graceful in its movements.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Eat.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It pulsed once in understanding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then it moved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luton drifted into the field, expanding its gelatinous body in every direction. Any demon corpse it brushed against — even those just recently slain — disappeared into its body without resistance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crackling sounds echoed across the ridge as one by one, bodies were pulled apart and absorbed into the slime's impossible space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arielle shivered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Every time I forget how horrifying that thing is… it reminds me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The commander, sitting nearby and barely patched up, gave a tired nod. \"That summon's as terrifying as its master.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Damien walked into the open field like a man going for a stroll.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Around him, demons hiding in crevices or behind torn trees began to take notice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They hissed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Snarled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And charged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first few came in twos — fast but reckless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He swatted one aside with his staff and shattered the second's skull with a single burst of pressure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Kill Count: 3,593 \u002F 5,000]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three more followed — he spun, ducked under a flailing limb, and crushed a chest cavity under his boot before driving his staff through a crawling brute's throat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Kill Count: 3,598 \u002F 5,000]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still more came.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn't stop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fifteen minutes passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The demons began to shift tactics — coming in groups, flanking him, trying to coordinate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Didn't matter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They died.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His focus was clean, sharp. Every kill was a step forward. Every motion deliberate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, a wave of twenty or more came rushing at once — a chaotic formation, screeching from all sides.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Damien… stopped moving.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He rolled his shoulder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cracked his knuckles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And smiled — not out of amusement, but certainty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Come.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They did.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lead ones crossed the ten-meter line.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The system chimed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Skill Ready – Hell's Descent]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Damien exhaled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Raised his palm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And whispered, \"Let it burn.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The field screamed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rune flared again beneath his boots, ten meters wide in a perfect glowing ring — a sigil drawn in golden-red heat and fury.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cracks appeared in the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lava.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boiling, hungry, sentient.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ground opened, and magma bled from the seams like the world itself had ruptured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hell's Descent ignited.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boooooom!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Demons within range had no chance to react.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their feet dissolved. Their lungs boiled. Their eyes burst.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They shrieked as they tried to run — but the lava followed their souls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They clawed, stabbed, spat spells — but the fire devoured only them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Humans stood at the edges — untouched. Birds perched on trees beside the ring — unaffected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only the marked ones suffered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And suffer they did.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Kill Count: 3,644 \u002F 5,000]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arielle watched from the higher slope, hand over her mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The commander whispered, \"I've seen battles. But this…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not a battle,\" Arielle said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A massacre.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the ring, Damien turned slowly — no longer moving quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No need.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything that entered his space melted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One particularly large brute tried to leap through — Damien caught it mid-air, slammed it down, and held its body into the lava as it disintegrated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Kill Count: 3,653 \u002F 5,000]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time passed slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He remained in the lava ring for eighteen seconds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When it ended, the fire receded — leaving behind a field of blackened earth, cracked and glassy, with bones fused into the rock like grotesque fossils.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Damien stood in the center — alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still untouched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked toward the last cluster of demons at the far edge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They fled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Skylar dove from above, blackfire streaking behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cerbe tackled one mid-sprint.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fenrir skewered another with an icicle and flung it into a tree.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Kill Count: 3,711 \u002F 5,000]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tide had broken.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For real this time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luton returned, its form smaller now, having finished devouring the remains and sealed several low-tier mana cores inside its strange body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Damien nodded once. \"Good.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A voice called behind him. \"We're sweeping the flanks!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A band of Dunters approached, waving in coordination.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The last two clusters retreated westward! It's over!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Damien finally turned around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He walked back slowly — boots crunching against scorched earth, cloak trailing smoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arielle met him halfway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You should sit.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"After,\" he said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She frowned. \"You're exhausted.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'll sit,\" he muttered, \"after I make sure it's all over.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1112,"2026-06-05T19:28:51.149Z",1,"novelbin.me","8bbf16da2a5c6f124fcb56e7d3985f9caae9c4dc8c38d29191df3c95b321aa32","sss-ranked-awakening-i-can-only-summon-mythical--chapter-360","sss-ranked-awakening-i-can-only-summon-mythical--chapter-358",548,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsss-ranked-awakening-i-can-only-summon-mythical--cover.jpg"]