[{"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-360":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},1326961,1762,"Chapter 360: New Summon Slot","sss-ranked-awakening-i-can-only-summon-mythical--chapter-360",360,"\u003Cp>Once again, his kill count wass updated and it was steadily rising. Damien could already see himself completing the mission in an hour or two more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Kill Count: 3,711 \u002F 5,000]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[System Objective: Eliminate 5,000 Demons – 74% Complete]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Reward: Unlock Sixth Summon Slot + Sub-Skill Acquisition]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The battlefield had gone quiet in patches — smoldering earth, shattered terrain, half-collapsed barricades, and ash carried in the early morning wind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Damien wasn't done.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stood beneath the half-burned arch of a collapsed wall, the tip of his staff dragging through blood-soaked soil. His body ached — not from injury, but from exertion. His back burned where a demon's talons had grazed him earlier. His shoulder was still stiff from the collision with the fused abomination.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And yet he pressed forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His system panel hovered silently beside him, glowing faint.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Kill Count: 3,727 \u002F 5,000]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You're still counting,\" he muttered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew he didn't need to. He could stop. Greshan was safe — the field had cleared. The demons had taken off with another path in mind. Today, Greshan had survived the stampede that would have ended them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Dunters were already celebrating, collecting corpses and salvaging gear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Damien walked past them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Past cheers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Past the commander's outstretched hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He walked into the shadows of the woods north of Greshan's wall — where remnants fled, thinking they could hide, regather, and probably attack Greshan again or attack somewhere else. Damien didn't care what the leftover demons wanted to do.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the fact that Damien still lived was enough to show they couldn't do whatever that planned to do.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he made his way very deep into the forest area, the first one lunged from the trees — a low-class leaping demon with malformed claws.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Damien turned his wrist and snapped its spine mid-jump.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It collapsed without a sound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Kill Count: 3,728]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another came from behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Damien didn't turn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He simply spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Luton.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A red blur dropped from a nearby tree and devoured the creature whole, slurping its remains into the dirt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Kill Count: 3,729]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The hunt had resumed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What followed wasn't a battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a reaping.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He swept through the northern forest like a myth with blood-soaked boots and eyes too steady. One by one, the demons began to realize they were being hunted — not by men, not by Dunters — but by something else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Something cold. Focused. Purpose-built.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Damien along with Luton kept killing. Whatever he killed, Luton devoured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Kill Count: 3,761]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cerbe had gone wild wherever he had found himself and wasn't planning to stop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[3,803]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Skylar was cooking things to crisp levels with not a single care in the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[3,884]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fenrir was just like Luton, devouring without a plan to stop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[3,947]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn't slow down until he felt it — the pressure again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A cluster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not just random beasts. These were smarter. Survivors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Twelve in total — holed up in a half-collapsed ruin outside the trade road leading north.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They sensed him before he stepped into view.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And they made a mistake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They decided to fight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first lunged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Damien spun low, staff whipping around and breaking its jaw with a single hit. The second tried to flank — he caught its wrist, snapped the elbow backward, and stabbed it in the neck with a mana shard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The third hit him in the ribs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He staggered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then shoved his palm into its face and triggered Pulse Detonate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Kill Count: 3,971]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then they came all at once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He welcomed it.Visit Мy Virtuаl Librаry Еmpirе (М_VLЕМРYR) fоr mоrе.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He began to breathe heavier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But his body moved like instinct, like clockwork.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three more died.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[3,977]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luton swallowed two crawling demons trying to escape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[3,979]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Skylar, from above, rained fire on a larger brute trying to climb out the ravine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[3,982]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then Damien had ro summon Fenrir again from where it had wandered off to.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not for aid. Not for backup.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But for a final sweep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Clean up the right flank.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fenrir howled and shot forward like a silver storm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next ten minutes became a blur of death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His cloak was tattered. His staff cracked at the base. His essence well was half-drained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Damien kept going.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Kill Count: 4,119]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[4,262]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[4,504]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each kill made his bones ache.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each strike chipped at what was left of his patience.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he was close.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So close.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hit 4,800 on a back-to-back double kill, dragging his staff across a brute's legs and shattering its skull underfoot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[4,877]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next ones tried to hide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He found them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[4,901]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He smiled once, just faintly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And kept walking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At 4,992, he slowed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His breath came hard now. His knuckles bled. But his vision was razor-sharp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He moved into a clearing. Seven remained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They stood in a loose circle, hissing, some injured, most feral. One of them tried to speak — a growl in broken tongue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Damien didn't reply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He raised his staff.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And swept.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[4,993]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[4,994]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[4,995]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A claw caught his cheek.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He backstepped, drove a spell into its gut, and flung the corpse into another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[4,996]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He flipped his staff, slammed it down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[4,997]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A knife to the neck. A sweep to the legs. A pulse blast to the heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[4,998]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The second-to-last one — a crawli6mg demon with three glowing eyes — tried to flee.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Damien whispered, \"No.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Light Steps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And reappeared above it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The staff fell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[4,999]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The final demon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A malformed creature with no legs, just a serpent's tail and too many mouths.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It saw him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It didn't run.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It raised both arms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Damien looked down at it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His lips didn't move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But his will did.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The air pulsed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The demon dropped to its knees.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn't strike it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He simply reached forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And snapped its neck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crack!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[5,000 \u002F 5,000]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ding!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[System Mission Completed – Demon Kill Count: 5,000]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Sixth Summon Slot Unlocked]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[New Summon Available]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Summon Next Beast?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Yes] \u002F [Later]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The screen pulsed in Damien's vision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The air shifted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Essence pulled around him in a spiral — faint at first, then dense, heavier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He felt a pressure building behind the veil of the system — like something vast was breathing just beyond the layer of his perception.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not violent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not primal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But ancient.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Skylar landed behind him and bowed its head, growling low as if in reverence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Damien stood still.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then whispered...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"…Later.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The system faded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wind returned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked down at the field of corpses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And turned toward the road.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'm done.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was. 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