I Alone Am an EX-Class Summoner - Chapter 114
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I Am Alone EX-Grade Summoner Episode 114
Semifinals (1)
Perfect kill!
A real perfect kill.
Swoosh!
Watching Baek Jin-woo appear majestically in the arena, the guild members clicked their tongues.
‘Crazy bastard.’
‘Monster.’
‘A monster who controls monsters.’
Hong Ari had also achieved a perfect kill, but that was against Venezuela, a weak nation.
It was on a completely different level from Baek Jin-woo.
He had completely destroyed France, a major power that made it to the round of 16, which even included three world-class rankers.
And with just a single summoned creature at that.
“Phew, I asked you to show me, but I ended up showing off myself. I should have given you a chance, sorry about that.”
Looking at Baek Jin-woo scratching his head sheepishly, the guild members were at a loss for words.
Right.
This is the person who is our teacher.
The captain leading South Korea from the front.
Step.
Hong Ari was the first to step forward.
“…Sorry for what. You just did well. Fucking well.”
Next were Kang Geon-ho and Gi Jae-hyeok.
“That was cool, Guild Master.”
“Since big brother stepped up, it was a natural result.”
It seems they’re not even surprised anymore.
Rather than screaming with wild cheers, it was more like having cold water poured on their heads to snap them back to reality.
‘I think I know how pathetic the level Guild Master sees when he looks at us must be.’
‘I need to work harder to satisfy Jin-woo’s expectations.’
‘This isn’t the time to be happy. Let’s practice more.’
Baek Jin-woo had declared to the nation.
That they would definitely make it to the semifinals.
This match made them feel once again that it was absolutely not empty words.
To become disciples worthy of such ambition, the only answer was to improve their skills further.
“Alright!”
Hwang Ju-won shouted.
“How many days do we have left until our next match?”
“Since it’s one match per day, if we calculate properly, it’s exactly one week from now.”
An Gi-jeong answered.
“Germany and Ethiopia. We’ll face whichever country wins tomorrow in a week.”
Germany.
Ethiopia.
Both are major powers, but not on France’s level.
‘That means…’
‘We’ll win the quarterfinals too, so it’s practically confirmed we’ll make the semifinals, huh…’
‘Are we really going to the semifinals?’
The guild members’ eyes began to burn with passion.
How much had they dreamed of this moment!
Of course, from the semifinals onward, it won’t be easy.
They’ll be facing the so-called Five Great Powers.
“Big brother.”
Gi Jae-hyeok clenched his fist tightly.
“I want to receive special training for a week.”
“That’s right! We also want to win overwhelmingly like Guild Master!”
The burning guild members.
Baek Jin-woo looked at them with pride.
“Really?”
Perfect.
When the desired goal is close at hand, training effectiveness doubles!
“Then let’s go right away. We’ll start with physical training again.”
Being in the middle of the league made no difference.
It was just continuous training.
Time passed.
The countries advancing to the quarterfinals were confirmed.
England, Mexico, South Korea, Germany, Japan, Taiwan, United States, Russia.
They were all the superpowers everyone expected, and naturally all the countries of the Five Emperors were included without any upsets.
[The match between England vs Mexico will begin soon.]
[Please enter the arena, respective countries.]
And the first quarterfinal match!
The result was obvious.
England’s overwhelming victory!
Mexico couldn’t even catch a glimpse of Rachel or Olivia.
They were all taken care of by England’s 7th and 8th ranked players, Walsh and White.
This was shocking.
Walsh is world ranking 24th, and White is world ranking 31st.
But?
Mexico’s number 1 is Jonathan Pacheco.
A player ranked 20th in the world, far superior to those two.
That Pacheco was completely crushed by Walsh.
Since it’s known that higher rankings show overwhelming power differences even with small gaps, people around the world were even more shocked.
‘Walsh beat Pacheco? That’s really crazy.’
‘Wow, England’s control is definitely something else! They’re not at a level that can be evaluated by ranking standards!’
‘Damn, the world rankings are going to change dramatically again.’
There’s one reason this is possible.
Because world rankings aren’t reflected in real-time, but are reflected annually.
Last year Pacheco was definitely superior, but it means he was completely caught up to over the past year.
Baek Jin-woo, who was watching the match in real-time, was also slightly disappointed.
‘I wanted to see Rachel’s summoned creature one more time.’
Incidentally, she also uses only one summoned creature.
Golden Dragon.
A summoned creature known to be S-grade, which even Baek Jin-woo doesn’t know proper information about.
Originally, during “Battle of Summoners,” there weren’t many users, and no S-grades were released.
The fact that the only S-grade Baek Jin-woo obtained in 10 years was the Destruction Dragon says it all.
‘How do you get an S-grade like that in just one year.’
Since she’s been using only that since the 2nd World League, she probably obtained it within about a year.
Anyway.
It’s something he’s felt before, but Rachel is quite lucky too.
‘But well.’
Even if Rachel appeared, the probability of seeing other summoned creatures would be low anyway.
It’s the same principle as Baek Jin-woo only using Hunkyo.
Since she can handle everyone with just the Golden Dragon, there’s no reason to show off unnecessarily.
Just as Baek Jin-woo wants to hide information, she could have similar thoughts as well.
Anyway.
Time passed again, and the next day.
[The match between South Korea vs Germany will begin soon.]
[The respective countries, please enter the arena.]
South Korea’s long-awaited quarterfinal match unfolded.
[The first match participant is Player ‘Song Yeon-hee’!]
The first selection was Song Yeon-hee!
“Huh!”
She trembled as if nervous.
“Song Yeon-hee.”
“Yes, Guild Master!”
Baek Jin-woo looked at her with a kind expression.
He might not know about other rankers, but he could be lenient with Hwang Ji-woo and Song Yeon-hee.
Their rankings were quite low, and they hadn’t been properly trained for very long.
‘Of course, this is only until this league.’
From next year, there would be no mercy.
Absolutely skill-based!
A free competition system.
“Just think of it as experience. You just need to gauge how well your puppet arts can work on the world stage.”
“Ah, understood!”
“Go.”
Thud!
Baek Jin-woo lightly patted her back and pushed her forward.
She achieved a respectable result of 2 kills in the match against Germany.
‘A genius is definitely a genius.’
Fire Golem, Water Golem, Mokrui, Geumrui, Earth Golem.
Her level of handling puppets was already quite good.
“Huff, huff!”
After the match ended, Song Yeon-hee returned gasping for breath.
Unlike other players, the summons that Song Yeon-hee controlled required tremendous stamina.
Because she had to directly control all the strings herself.
“Good work.”
“Yeah, a domestic ranker getting 2 kills in the quarterfinals. That’s incredible!”
“Well done! Well done!”
Baek Jin-woo and the guild members encouraged her.
Song Yeon-hee’s fist clenched tightly as she panted and stuck out her tongue slightly.
She had an expression as if she had grasped something.
[The second match participant is Player ‘Kang Ji-ho’!]
“Ji-ho!”
“Let’s go! Song Yeon-hee aside, you’re going for a perfect kill!”
“Show them the power of the Mad Demon that the Guild Master brought!”
A-grade Mad Demon.
Kang Ji-ho’s martial artist, basically a martial arts world berserker.
Naturally, its performance was guaranteed through Hunkyo’s teachings, and it was a cheat character whose potential was unknown if its latent abilities were unlocked later!
Kwagagagagaga!
The Mad Demon began rampaging wildly.
Wielding a massive blade, it slaughtered the German rankers’ summons.
On average, every 5 minutes, it began taking down one person.
The result was 4 kills!
Due to the Mad Demon’s nature of having tremendous damage but difficult healing… it was reverse-summoned due to insufficient HP.
‘Still, well.’
Baek Jin-woo nodded with satisfaction.
4 kills wasn’t bad.
They still had a long way to go to reach the level of the English kids, but Ji-ho and Jae-hyeok definitely had talent.
It wasn’t like they had special constitutions, they just had good control.
[The third match participant is Player ‘Hong Ari’!]
Hong Ari with her A-grade Phoenix!
It was a hellish moment for the opponents.
In reality, Hong Ari’s skills had surpassed Kang Geon-ho’s.
Excluding Baek Jin-woo, she was currently the second strongest.
She wasn’t the vice guild master for nothing!
– Kiruruurururururu!
Whoooooosh!
The Phoenix roared mightily and burned everything.
Another 4 kills!
It was South Korea’s perfect victory, crushing Germany with just three national team members.
‘Right.’
He had expected it would be easy up to this point.
But from now on, it wouldn’t be easy.
In the quarterfinals, the United States and Russia would clash…
The winning country would face South Korea in the semifinals.
‘Indeed.’
How would the fight between Jenos and Moscow Man turn out?
Two days later!
– Americaaa! America wins! Jenos defeats Beskof with just one summon remaining!
– Incredible! Williiiiiiam~! Jenosss!
“Oh.”
Baek Jin-woo, who had postponed his training schedule to watch the match, let out an exclamation.
Wasn’t it said that fights between weaklings were the most entertaining?
Since their skills were evenly matched, it was worth watching!
“Jenos definitely has good sense. Moscow Man is slightly disappointing. If I had done it, I would have won 100%.”
America had won.
However, since both had brought out even their hidden ancestors for a bloody battle, all their summons were exposed.
As a result.
‘I’ll definitely win.’
Baek Jin-woo was confident.
He was confident he could beat up to Jenos without difficulty.
That is, if there were no other hidden summons besides those.
‘Still.’
He wouldn’t let his guard down.
The real-world league was his first time too, and he didn’t know what variables might explode when fighting against Five Emperors level or higher.
‘Moreover.’
From America onward, he might have to use summons other than Hunkyo.
There was the disadvantage of having to show information to them before facing the strongest country, England.
One thing to hope for.
‘I need to be caught as late as possible.’
Hold out as much as possible with the Korean national team?
The best strategy would be to push through and finish when there’s just a little left.
“Phew.”
There’s no choice then.
I need to make sure the guild members also understand what I observed and analyzed about the American Players.
Swish.
Baek Jin-woo picked up his phone and made a call.
“Vice Guild Master.”
– Yeah.
Hong Ari’s voice could be heard.
“What are you doing right now?”
– Everyone’s resting and watching the broadcast. We were about to gather for training again, but why? Is something wrong? The special training ended yesterday.
“Tell everyone to gather in my room before training. I have something to tell you all one last time.”
– Oh, really? Okay! Got it~
Click.
As Baek Jin-woo put down his phone, the overseas broadcast continued flowing across his vision.
– This confirms the four semifinalist countries!
– That’s right. England! Japan! South Korea! United States!
– We expected England, Japan, and the United States, but South Korea is definitely an upset.
– That’s what makes it more interesting! Can South Korea really defeat the United States?
Naturally, overseas audiences couldn’t help but focus on South Korea too.
‘So we’re really in the semifinals now.’
According to Headquarters’ speculation.
The rewards given by the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th place system are completely different.
The basis for this speculation is that there’s a 3rd and 4th place match before the finals.
If the rewards were the same, would there be any reason to hold a 3rd and 4th place match?
I don’t think so.
‘Let’s see.’
What rewards this damn system gives.
The Five Emperors, and what allowed Rachel to grow like that.
It should be quite interesting.
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