I Alone Am an EX-Class Summoner - Chapter 118
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I Am Alone EX-Grade Summoner Episode 118
Semifinals (5)
Kaang! Kaang!
Runde never rests.
Just as Baek Jin-woo never stops training, he too had never stopped hammering since being summoned.
Runde’s production priority order goes like this:
Baek Jin-woo > SKY Guild > Domestic Major Guilds > Overseas Requests
Overseas clients place rune orders through various routes, allowing Runde to increase his proficiency without needing separate material costs.
Plus he gets additional job materials as a bonus.
– Hehe, you’ve come, Master.
The dwarf who had been swinging his hammer wiped his sweat and looked up at Baek Jin-woo.
He had been making the runes Baek Jin-woo requested since a month ago.
“Is it finished?”
– Of course! I just finished it this morning.
“Phew.”
Baek Jin-woo let out a sigh of relief.
What nice timing indeed.
He had been worried about what would happen if it couldn’t be completed before the World League ended.
– Look here. 6 Destruction runes and 6 Fire Dragon runes. Thanks to these, I was able to build up a ton of masterpiece crafting proficiency.
Destruction.
And Fire Dragon.
To explain once more, Destruction is Doldol’s temporary rare rune.
[Rune]
[Grade: Supreme (Rare)]
– Limited to 100 worldwide.
[Set Effect: Destruction]
– When 6 equipped: Critical damage +500% in arena, HP +10,000.
– When summoned creature is alone: All stats +500%.
[Level: 1]
[Stat Increase]
Strength +12%, Agility +12%, Critical Rate +10%, Critical Damage +40%
Just looking at the stats, it’s clearly Doldol’s.
A PVP-exclusive rune!
The set effect alone is jaw-dropping.
Critical damage +500% in arena only.
Meaning whether it’s multi-player tournaments or player battles… that modifier applies to everything.
Moreover, if you gather 3 of these Destruction runes and entrust them to Runde?
An incredibly overpowered unique rune called Annihilation is born.
‘Annihilation is exactly Doldol’s graduation rune.’
I’ll explain the information about that after it’s created later.
What about Fire Dragon?
It’s Pokryong’s temporary rune.
Not only for Pokryong, but it’s a good rune for fire-attribute summoned creatures that would suit Hong Ari as well.
[Rune]
[Grade: Supreme (Rare)]
– Limited to 100 worldwide.
[Set Effect: Fire Dragon]
– When 6 equipped: Damage +100%.
– When 6 equipped: Every 10 hits, Fire Dragon (S-rank) appears for basic attack.
– If fire-attribute summoned creature: All stats +200%.
[Level: 1]
[Stat Increase]
Intelligence +12%, MP +12%, Critical Rate +10%, Critical Damage +40%
This too.
Just reading the description makes you tremble – it’s a rare rune.
“Phew, this is finally complete.”
Our Pokryong and Doldol.
You’ve had a hard time fighting with those makeshift junk runes all this while, right?
Now let’s equip the good stuff?
“Thank you, Runde.”
– Hehe, don’t mention it. Rather, I’m the one who’s grateful. For giving me the opportunity to craft such excellent runes.
As expected, our Runde.
His mindset itself is different.
Baek Jin-woo moved quickly.
He presented his national team identification and entered the London Player Zone, then immediately went to the Strengthening Room.
[Welcome to the Strengthening Room!]
[Try strengthening or polishing your runes!]
London was exactly the same as South Korea.
Only the building exterior was different; the interior had the same mechanism.
He removed all the junk runes that Pokryong and Doldol had been using, and threw all the junk runes he had accumulated from Weekly Dungeons into leveling up.
All the way to max level 10.
It felt good watching the stats steadily rise.
He had 49 universal polishing agents, but didn’t use them.
‘Since these aren’t graduation runes.’
Still, this level should be enough runes to not fall behind in the World League.
Baek Jin-woo could equip rare runes because he had Runde, but ordinary rankers find it difficult to even obtain one unique rune.
Not because they lack money, but because there are no items for sale.
– Krurk… Krururk!
– Hehe, thank you, Jin-woo.
The summoned creatures equipped with new runes looked happy.
Good.
This completes the preparation for the United States match.
“Clean and simple.”
Swoosh!
After stretching his body, Baek Jin-woo returned to the hotel.
It seemed like he could just practice some breathing techniques in his private room and get sufficient rest.
The next day, South Korea.
South Korea, facing the semifinals, had been out in red clothes since dawn.
Whether old people, children, or pregnant women – everyone came together with one heart and one mind to cheer.
“South~ Korea!”
Clap clap clap clap!
All 50 million citizens without exception sent out their wishes for South Korea’s victory.
– Today at 6 PM! 10 AM London time! The day of the semifinals has finally arrived!
– Just reaching the semifinals is already a miracle, but since a miracle has happened! It would be great if we could go to the finals too, right? Hahaha!
– That’s right. With the hope that our Baek Jin-woo will pull off another feat this time, citizens have been staying up all night cheering since yesterday.
The broadcast team calmly commentating while waiting for the match.
Support performances by famous groups and singers.
Even street vendors promising to give out free food if they reach the finals.
South Korea was truly a festival scene itself.
And.
– The players are entering!
As the players walked side by side into the arena.
“Waaaaaaah!”
The audience cheered and welcomed the players with enthusiasm.
Especially the moment they spotted Baek Jin-woo walking at the front!
“Uwaaaaaaah!”
“Baek Jin-woo! Baek Jin-woo!”
“Go Baek Jin-woo!”
“Crush Jenos!”
The crowd erupted in frenzied cheers.
Somehow knowing, when Baek Jin-woo waved his hand at the camera, the cheers grew even louder.
It felt good.
The sight of South Korea’s young player confidently waving his hand on the world stage was so endearing it was almost maddening.
– Our hope Baek Jin-woo is waving his hand! We can hear the women’s cheers all the way here.
– He’s really handsome. A national hero who’s also fit and good-looking… Where would anyone find reason to complain?
– Even if there were complaints, it’s fine. Please! Everything else is good, we just desperately hope he beats America.
At the same time, the players’ rankings began appearing on screen.
First, the South Korean player roster appeared.
Next, the American player roster appeared.
“Wow.”
“This is no joke either.”
“Honestly, America’s specs are better than Japan’s.”
That was definitely true.
If Japan felt like a one-man team centered on Hikaru?
America gave off more of an all-around team vibe, closer to England.
Shall we look at the roster?
[American National Team Roster]
1. World Ranking 3rd, William Jenos
2. World Ranking 8th, Coby Pochettino
3. World Ranking 10th, Clint Jones
4. World Ranking 15th, Emily Fox
5. World Ranking 32nd, Emily Sonnet
6. World Ranking 34th, Casey Rabel
7. World Ranking 56th, Sophia Plum
8. World Ranking 90th, Donovan Tatum
9. Jaylynn Brown
10. Greg Kerr
A whopping eight players were world rankers called big shots.
Even the remaining two were famous as players on the verge of becoming big shots.
“Wow.”
“That’s insane.”
“Isn’t that almost comparable to England?”
“We have to beat that?”
In comparison, South Korea looked truly pitiful.
First, there wasn’t a single world ranker.
Even two were from domestic non-ranker backgrounds.
Though one of those two was Baek Jin-woo.
– Well, there’s nothing we can do about it now.
– It’s a burdensome roster, but isn’t England the same? What’s important is an unbreakable spirit!
– That’s right. Even if we lose? We just need to learn that much more from it!
The match started immediately.
The screen switched to the London Filming Center.
Whirrrr!
The dice of fate rolled.
America’s first match player was Donovan Tatum, world ranking 90th.
Korea’s first match player was An Gi-jeong.
An Gi-jeong handles poison.
The Poison King (A-rank) that Baek Jin-woo had gifted him maximizes the damage of his poison-related summoned creatures.
The fight between Tatum and An Gi-jeong was quite fierce.
That alone made South Korea ecstatic.
– Amazing! Truly amazing! To think that non-ranker An Gi-jeong can fight like this against world-class Donovan Tatum!
What was even more surprising?
He beat Tatum with one summoned creature remaining!
“Waaaaaaah!”
“An Gi-jeong! An Gi-jeong! An Gi-jeong!”
“An Ilwol executive doesn’t back down!”
Though only one summoned creature remained, the important thing was that he won.
– America’s next player is Sophia Plum. She’s world ranking 56th!
America’s next batter entered.
Naturally, the result was predetermined.
– An Gi-jeong! Gets eliminated!
– This can’t be helped. He only had one summoned creature left!
– Who will be our next player?
– It’s Kang Ji-ho! The Mad Demon Kang Ji-ho!
Overall, the combat exchange rate between Korea and America was 1:1.
When one side won once?
The other side would take down that winning player and another fair duel would begin.
That showed how much the Korean National Team’s level had improved.
However.
– Fifth up is Clint Jones! World ranking 10th! A monster among the world’s top ten!
With Clint Jones’s appearance, South Korea was pushed back continuously.
Hong Ari, Gi Jae-hyeok, Oh Sun-young…
Though their skills had improved greatly, they weren’t at the level to face such a monster.
Eventually they were pushed back steadily.
– Eighth! Finally Baek Jin-woo appears!
– Baek Jin-woooo! Our hope! The national hero has come out to conquer America!
“Waaaaaaah!”
“Uwaaaaaaah!”
Finally.
Swoosh!
Baek Jin-woo appeared on the stage.
‘Sorry, but.’
Step.
Baek Jin-woo’s eyes were cold as he appeared on stage.
‘Against America, I’ll start with Hunkyo and end with Hunkyo.’
Absolutely.
He wouldn’t use summoned creatures like Doldoli or Pokryong.
Baek Jin-woo planned to crush America using only Hunkyo control.
Clint Jones before his eyes, Coby Pochettino too…
And finally, even Jenos of the Five Emperors would be no exception.
If you can’t catch that with control using a Hunkyo equipped with graduation runes, even unique-grade graduation runes?
At that level, there’d be no answer even fighting Rachel.
Rachel has two whole S-grades after all.
Swoosh.
The summoned creature that appeared before Baek Jin-woo as he extended his hand was just one.
It was the Training Instructor clad in armor.
– Ahhhhh!
– What’s this!
– Don’t tell me he’s planning to face the world ranking 10th place with just Hunkyo again?
– This is… even for Baek Jin-woo, isn’t this too arrogant!
“What’s he doing?”
“What’s he trying to pull.”
“I know Hunkyo is strong, but… the opponent is Jones.”
South Korea’s reaction was already playing out in Baek Jin-woo’s mind.
Everyone would doubt it.
Whether he could really take down that guy with just Hunkyo.
“Are you looking down on me?”
The opponent felt the same way.
Clint Jones scowled with displeasure.
“Just because the Five Emperors are backing you up, you really think you’re something special.”
Baek Jin-woo didn’t bother to answer.
Shing!
He simply.
Had Hunkyo draw his sword.
There’s no point explaining endlessly to those who doubt.
Just showing them is the best way.
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