The moment the Rulers descended on earth and impaled the Dragon King with their swords and spears. They humbly thanked Sung Jinwoo for ending their war and sent the Army of the Heavens to deal with the rest of the Chaos army.
"Allow us to handle the rest... is what I would like to say, but a battle with Yogumunt, the Chaos army's strongest mage could potentially do some damage to Earth, in all honesty."
Not willing to allow that to happen, Jinwoo suggested that he will handle Yogumunt himself and requested,
"I will send my Shadow army to aid in cleaning up the rest of the Chaos army to prevent any more destruction. Though, I am nearly out of mana for the rest of the fight. Can you help with that?"
The Rulers agreed and transferred a portion of each of their mana to him.
(Hmm, this amount should do.)
Jinwoo thought to himself as he clenched his fist to gauge the amount of mana he was given.
"Let's get going." He opened a gate flashing in purple and entered it with the Rulers.
Canada. Yogumunt sensed a presence and turned to see the Shadow Monarch still alive and the Rulers with him, coming out of a purple portal that soon closed. Understanding the situation, He cast a communication spell to call all of the Chaos army back, including the dragon army.
"The Dragon King has been killed by the Shadow Monarch, and the soldiers of the Heavens have reached Earth. Return to my location immediately!"
The Chaos monsters stopped attacking and the dragon army changed course to return back to the colossal gate in Canada, surprising the hunters. At the same time, multiple portals opened in the sky and on the ground, and soldiers in white wielding weapons, seemingly like angels and black soldiers, came flowing out of the gates.
"Wait. Those black soldiers…"
"They are Sung Jinwoo's summons!"
"I heard they helped to defeat an army of monsters with Thomas Andre a few hours ago, but now they are coming to fight here? Nice!"
"But who are those soldiers in white?"
"Beats me, but at least it seems that they are on our side."
The hunter pointed towards the Heavens army fighting alongside the Shadow army as they intercepted the retreating monsters headed towards the Canadian gate. This movement pushed the Chaos army back as the white and black soldiers surrounded them, trapping them in the areas of Canada.
(Let's deal with him quickly.)
Jinwoo created multiple spears of death to strike down at Yogumunt, and the monarch swiftly responded by conjuring a few barriers. The power of death which could even pierce the absurdly sturdy skin of the dragon king, shattered the barrier with little effort, surprising Yogumunt.
"The power of death! Well then, since I cannot defend against this, the other option is to run. However, with this amount of forces remaining and all the other Monarchs dead, this war is as good as lost. He can even use Dragon's Fear to paralyze me. There is no turning back!"
Realising that his defences would be useless against the Shadow Monarch, he decided to cast one final spell, one strong enough to do some serious damage to earth. However, in his attempt to cast the spell…...multiple spears with the power of death rained down from all sides and pierced him, causing his body to crumble away and disappear. The last remaining monarch has been defeated.
(And that's the last monarch. As for the next step...)
Jinwoo thought for a moment and decided to check on the dragon army, who was potentially the last threat to earth. He used his senses to scan the entirety of Canada, dashed through the city and found them lying in wait. The Army of Destruction along with numerous giants were grouped together and formed a defensive formation.
"Looks to me that you are expecting me."
"With you here, it appears that the Monarch Yogumunt is dead. Even as we are on the losing side of the war, this is our final battle, and we shall give it our all!"
"O Great Shadow Monarch that has slain all of our kings! We challenge you to a battle of death and honour!"
"challenge accepted."
Winged angels wielding weapons and soldiers in black which the people recognized as Jinwoo's summons, took on the remaining monsters together, quickly defeating them and making their way towards the gate in Canada, encircling the rest of the chaos army and killing them. Seeing that the situation seems much safer now, helicopters were dispatched to check on the situation of the monsters, filming the fight with the white and black soldiers as the highlight, and reporters announcing the areas that are now safe. Eventually, the rest of the attention was focused on the dragons and giants huddled together in Canada.
A live global broadcast started, revealing hundreds of giants and dragons readying for battle. Those watching the news, knowing that the dragon Kamish was known as the greatest calamity of all mankind, witnessing hundreds of them together was indeed frightening. Not even the National Level Hunters banded together can take down more than a few dragons, and Christopher Reed's death only makes it more dire.
However, through the screen, Sung Jinwoo can be seen walking towards the group.
"Go! Sung Jinwoo!"
"The strongest hunter!"
"But he is by himself. Would he be able to take down all the dragons and giants that not even the National Level Hunters can?"
"Looking at his worn out clothes, he must have fought tough battles. Can he still keep going?"
As the people murmured amongst themselves, Jinwoo wrapped himself with the power of death to create a jet-black armour and summoned Kamish's wrath on both of his hands, prepping for the final fight, to which the people watching gasped. This ability he has was new to them. A few giants charged at Jinwoo, to which he dodged and slashed at them, swiftly taking them out. Several dragons took this opportunity to blast their fire breath at him, and Jinwoo lunged to the side to avoid getting hit.
(Given that I just fought the Dragon Monarch, I should avoid taking damage as much as possible. I may have recovered some mana, but not my HP.)
Numerous giants and wyverns rushed ahead to surround him. Dozens of black spears suddenly appeared in the sky, ones smaller than those used to attack the Dragon King, each piercing the giants and wyverns, taking them out all at once. Those watching the broadcast were stunned while others were in awe, and some were moved to tears. Jinwoo has gotten better at controlling and wielding the power of death for combat. Seeing that there is no other choice but to go all out, the rest of the giants and wyverns along with dragons encircled and attempted to attack him at all sides, and several dragons were on standby to fire at any openings or escape routes, intending to trap the lone monarch on the battlefield against hundreds of Chaos monsters. Thinking that he won't be able to dodge the fire breaths with all incoming attacks coming from the large monsters, Jinwoo decided to draw up more of the power of death to create a large body in black, just like the one used against the dragon monarch, but slightly smaller and adjusted to make for easier movement. He is now as big as a giant. He created a jet-black longsword just like before, making huge swings that cut down multiple monsters in one hit. He continued to slash at the approaching monsters while conjuring black spears that descended and pierced the dragons that were readying their fire breath, causing them to fall one by one. The cheers of people around the world watching the broadcast became louder and louder, though Jinwoo cannot hear them. The remaining monsters of hundreds kept charging towards him at all sides, hoping to get hits on him.
"Slash!" the last dragon was beheaded, and it collapsed on top of the pile of monster corpses. Jinwoo shrunk down and released the power of death and sat down on top of the pile of corpses, showing signs of exhaustion as he relaxed himself. Everyone cried and cheered loudly, chanting "Sung Jinwoo" like they did before, with some praying and thanking him fervently.
"Well now." Liu Zhigang said.
"KuHahaha! First the magic black armor that he conjured himself, then the black spears that can even pierce dragon skin, and now the ability to turn into a black giant? Some insane skills he got!" Thomas Andre laughed.
Now then, time for shadow extraction.
(Extracting all the shadows of the chaos army would mean travelling to all of their locations, which seems troublesome.)
Jinwoo decided to try a new method. He sent out all his shadow soldiers to find the location of monster corpses, then closed his eyes. He increased his focus, using his shadow soldiers to widen his effective range and using Share Senses to make his presence known through the shadows, opened his eyes and raised his voice as loud as he could.
"Arise."
His voice became loud like thunder that the world could hear, and all the shadows started to rise. Dragons, giants and all kinds of monsters now became one with the shadow army, raising its numbers to 1.2 million. They advanced towards the shadow monarch, kneeling down towards him from a distance, on top of buildings and on the roads. The dragon and giant shadows from the pile of monster corpses knelt down in a circle around Jinwoo while all generals and commanders knelt down in front of him. The Chaos army has now become shadow soldiers. The new shadows paid respect to their new king, who sat atop the pile of monster corpses as though it was his victory throne.
And with that, the invasion of the Monarchs is now over. All of the Heavenly soldiers and shadow army gathered near Jinwoo, and the Rulers as well. Every shadow soldier knelt down to their king, and the Rulers bowed their heads, with the soldiers of the Heavens following their example.
"Once again, we thank the Great Shadow Monarch for ending our long-lasting war."
"Your presence itself greatly turned the tides of battle, just like Ashborn did a long time ago."
"You single-handedly defeated most of the Monarchs, and you were able to control the power of death, making you more than worthy as the Shadow Monarch in Ashborn's place."
"And that makes you the greatest warrior of us all."
"As well as our absolute respect."
This happened while the broadcast was still live, and those watching were dumbfounded. To think beings resembling angels like in the myths actually appeared! Well, they have seen dragons and giants before, so it isn't so surprising, but their presence was enough to mesmerise the crowd watching. Even they were able to tell that those with six wings on their backs were the leaders of the angels, and they were bowing in respect to Sung Jinwoo. Though they could not tell what they were saying, they emphasized two words loud enough for people to catch it.
"Greatest warrior, huh?"
"Well, he is the strongest hunter and fighter there is, so that does make him our strongest warrior!"
"Kamish was called humanity's greatest calamity that took 5 National Level Hunters to beat, and yet he took on hundreds of those dragons all by himself."
"But with the seven colossal gates and the hundred thousands of monsters this time, Kamish would no longer be considered the "greatest calamity" though?"
"Still, Sung Jinwoo helped us to defeat them all, and that makes him our best!"
"You are right."
"Then does that not make him humanity's 'greatest hunter' ?"
They looked at each other and nodded. "Heck yeah!" and the people started parading. People from all around the world, from civilians to police officers and the military, to hunters and government officials and even presidents representing their countries were cheering and thanking the great hunter Sung Jinwoo. The cheering and celebrating from the entire globe simply went on late into the night.
For the entire week after that, the titles in the news and headlines were all talking about the monster invasion and Sung Jinwoo himself. The dominating titles were "Humanity's Greatest Hunter" or "The Greatest Hunter of All Mankind", "the strongest hunter soloing dragons and giants", "The Dragon Slayer", "Hunter Sung Jinwoo adds dragons and giants to his summoner's collection" and "Sung Jinwoo's new ability to turn into a giant and create black weapons?". There were pictures in circulation online featuring Sung Jinwoo sitting on top of a massive pile of monsters that he defeated himself and the shadow summons and angelic soldiers bowing and kneeling towards him, making him look like a true legend.