I Alone Am an EX-Class Summoner - Chapter 129
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I Am Alone EX-Grade Summoner Episode 129
Ranker Announcement Ceremony (1)
Rachel.
Maintaining a relationship with her wouldn’t be bad for Baek Jin-woo either.
He didn’t know what would happen tomorrow when the rankings would be reshuffled, but anyway, she was currently ranked 1st in the world.
Also, Rachel was an overpowered player who possessed three S-grade summons.
‘And most importantly.’
She had feelings for Baek Jin-woo.
She respected him and tried her best not to become an enemy while doing her utmost.
Even while fighting in the finals, Baek Jin-woo had clearly felt that sentiment.
‘It should be fine to keep her close.’
Rachel had wanted a private meeting with him.
She hadn’t called any of the other Five Emperors, and had invited only Baek Jin-woo.
“Is this the place?”
When he arrived at the location he’d been guided to, he saw a splendid villa.
A magnificent three-story house and a vast garden.
Seeing the red rose on the sign, it was clearly a building used by Red Rose.
Step.
As he approached closer, clank! The door opened automatically.
At the same time.
“You’re here? Over here.”
He saw a blonde woman holding a bottle of alcohol in her left hand while waving her right hand.
Baek Jin-woo smiled good-naturedly.
“Drinking in broad daylight?”
“Hey…”
Rachel laughed as if dumbfounded.
“I lost so ridiculously that I’m speechless, so how could I not want alcohol?”
When Baek Jin-woo shrugged his shoulders, she gestured for him to enter the villa.
“Come in. This is the first time in 9 years we’re properly seeing each other face-to-face and communicating like this, right?”
“That’s right.”
He felt it anew.
That his connection with Rachel was longer than he’d thought.
In Battle of Summoners, there was auto-translation, so they’d always conversed like this.
Among the Five Emperors, Rachel was the one he’d communicated with the most.
Gulp, gulp!
Rachel must have been quite upset, as she was chugging from the bottle.
Yet she seemed fine, so she must be better at drinking than expected.
Or maybe the alcohol content was low?
“Ahh… So did you receive the MVP reward?”
“S-grade?”
“Yeah, you were really surprised, right?”
“I was surprised. Originally, S-grade is something that’s hard to draw even once in 10 years.”
“This is really trouble. You were already a monster, and now you’re going to draw one more S-grade summon. Seriously.”
Rachel, who had been grumbling playfully.
“Here.”
She pointed to a table in the center of the villa.
There was a piece of paper placed there.
“What’s this?”
“It’s a promissory note issued by the Bank of England.”
“A promissory note?”
“Yeah, casino winnings. You really hit it big this time, didn’t you? You’re good at fighting, good at acting, and now you’re even good at gambling.”
Ah.
That’s right.
There were casino winnings, weren’t there?
“11 billion times 75.36 equals 828.96 billion won, but they cleanly wrote down 1 trillion won. Take it.”
“…They’re giving more than the original amount?”
“Yeah, you caught the terrorist during the casino incident, right? It’s a reward for that. And now England knows it’s not bad to show you favor. You trampled me so miserably in front of people all over the world… *sob*.”
“…”
When Baek Jin-woo stared blankly without reacting, Rachel scratched her head.
“Tch! Anyway! I just called you because I was happy to see you. We’ve known each other for a long time, but this is the first time we’ve properly greeted each other, isn’t it?”
Rachel emptied the bottle into her mouth, then extended her hand.
A gesture asking for a handshake.
How interesting.
Rachel was known to be usually calm, but seeing her now, she was quite easygoing?
By the way, Rachel’s age was 27…
No, since the new year had passed, she was 28.
The same age as Baek Jin-woo.
“Yeah, nice to meet you.”
He clasped her hand.
The conversation had gotten quite long.
It happened because they reminisced about past memories and talked about detailed aspects of their alliance.
And.
“But you know.”
Rachel’s expression began to turn serious at some point.
“You cleared the 100th floor of the Tower of Trials four years ago… right?”
“…”
“Back then, you had definitely cleared up to the 99th floor, and you ignored all our messages saying you were going to try the 100th floor.”
Ah.
She didn’t know.
‘It seems the message about clearing the 100th floor of the Tower of Trials only appeared to me.’
Well.
It wasn’t really something that needed to be hidden.
“I cleared it.”
“I knew it. So did the world change because of that?”
“What?”
“No, no, I’m not saying it with certainty, just speculation. It’s strange, isn’t it? Why the game we were playing became reality. Whether there’s something behind it.”
…
That’s right.
Something many scholars were researching!
Why had the world changed like this!
Currently, nothing had been solved.
One of the assignments humanity needed to solve quickly.
“I think the Tower of Trials is behind it.”
Rachel muttered in a calm tone.
“Honestly, league results and such aren’t important. Ah, of course it’s good to win, but… In the end, what’s important is climbing the Tower of Trials with the league reward.”
“You think there will be something if you climb the Tower of Trials?”
“Yeah, I don’t know what it is, but there must be something there, right?”
Baek Jin-woo nodded.
That made sense.
If Baek Jin-woo had been running to build strength and protect his family until now, Rachel seemed to be working hard to clear the Tower of Trials.
‘Well, it’s the Tower of Trials. I’ll conquer it all someday anyway.’
If I’ve done it once, can’t I do it twice?
Just wait and see what I learn from devouring!
I’ll crush everything with Pokryong!
“My only goal is to climb to the 100th floor of the Tower of Trials. Though I disagree with the others, I think humanity must conquer it to take a step forward.”
The others?
Is she talking about the Red Rose members, or the Five Emperors?
If I’m curious, I should just ask.
“Who are these others?”
“The Five Emperors.”
It was then that Rachel’s face hardened.
Huh.
I thought they were close, but was there some kind of conflict?
Well, not all of the Five Emperors followed Rachel’s words.
It was just communication out of necessity.
“Among them, Moscow Man especially hates change. He’s the type who thinks we should settle for reality instead of taking risks. He probably doesn’t like that I’m climbing the Tower of Trials either. He thinks what I’m doing might put us in even greater danger.”
Ah.
Now I understand.
Rachel wants to ask something.
The reason she didn’t invite the Five Emperors here and met with me alone must be to ask that.
“Baek Jin-woo.”
“Yeah.”
“Will you conquer the Tower of Trials?”
There was only one answer I could give to that.
“Probably, someday?”
After completing their London schedule, the national team returned to South Korea on a private jet.
To prevent massive crowds from gathering if their return was announced, they secretly arrived at a military runway and quietly entered Yubaek City.
And.
When morning dawned in South Korea!
[Ding!]
[Settlement is complete.]
[Reflecting the year’s records and World League results, world and domestic rankings will be recalculated!]
[Ranking results will be updated on the Player Zone “Bulletin Board”!]
Finally, rankings began to be announced worldwide.
It was the moment the entire world had been waiting for.
South Korea always broadcasts live information when the bulletin board is updated.
Not just South Korea, but most countries would do the same.
World Ranking 100.
Domestic Ranking 100.
The update starts from World Ranking 100.
Perhaps to build anticipation among people worldwide, or something.
They reveal them one by one starting from the bottom at 100th place.
Each broadcasting station dispatched professional journalists for live coverage.
Cameras were lined up in front of the bulletin board.
– Hello! The heat from the league victory still hasn’t died down and it’s still blazing hot! Continuing that momentum, we’ll proceed with the world ranking announcement! Indeed, how will this league change the landscape of world rankings! The entire world is watching!
Yubaek City also selected a broadcast to watch.
The large beam projector showed a view of the bulletin board, with a female reporter holding a microphone waiting for the update.
“Come on, everyone gather!”
“Come together!”
“Oh my, Ari, you’re here? Come sit over here!”
After returning.
Greetings with family were finished.
Baek Jin-woo also greeted his parents, who were extremely proud.
They were still bewildered by their son’s achievements.
“Oh, Jin-woo is here too?”
“I watched the league well. It was so cool!”
The more sociable among the guild members’ families greeted him first.
Even while greeting, they were cautious, probably because he had become that much more formidable.
“Haha, thank you.”
Baek Jin-woo, who greeted each person, sat down in a chair.
The ranking announcement ceremony is also part of the festival, just like the league.
– First, world ranking 100th place appears!
A black bulletin board with numbers 1 through 100.
Names and countries are written near the 100th place.
[World Ranking 100th Place, Ishii Makoto (Japan)]
Wow.
So this is how it works.
Baek Jin-woo also watched the scene with curious eyes.
This was his first ranking announcement ceremony as well.
Rankings appeared roughly every 10 seconds.
[World Ranking 99th Place, Ninomiya Atsuto (Japan)]
Japan again in succession!
– Yes! It’s Japan! Both were monsters from Japan who were about to enter the world rankings! Based on last year, Makoto was Japan’s 6th place! Atsuto was Japan’s 5th place! They’ve both entered as big names!
Oh, so this is how it works.
Everyone watched the ranking announcement with interest.
Our interests are exactly two things.
1. Did South Korean rankers make it into the world rankings? And if so, how many?
2. What rank will Baek Jin-woo be?
This is probably what most citizens are interested in.
Rankings continued to appear.
[World Ranking 98th Place, Greg Kerr (United States)]
[World Ranking 97th Place, Jaylynn Brown (United States)]
Up to 97th place is the United States!
These were the ones who had been 9th and 10th place in the US respectively.
Since we met them in the semifinals, they’re familiar names.
Baek Jin-woo continued staring intently at the screen.
[World Ranking 96th Place, Hobson Ji Peris (Brazil)]
[World Ranking 95th Place, Sheik Hasina (Bangladesh)]
[World Ranking 94th Place, Chuprang Arikun (Thailand)]
[World Ranking 93rd Place, Kevin Diaou (France)]
[World Ranking 92nd Place, Pusala Kadu (India)]
Up to 92nd place.
From Baek Jin-woo’s perspective, they’re not familiar, but…
All of them were among the top five in their respective countries.
And 10 seconds later.
[World Ranking 91st Place, Hwang Ju-won (South Korea)]
Finally, a South Korean player appeared.
“Huh?!”
“Oh!”
“Brother Ju-won?”
All the guild members who had been watching jumped to their feet at the familiar Korean text that appeared on the board.
Sounds of “Wah! Uwah!” echoed from everywhere and could be heard throughout Yubaek City.
“Is this real?”
“Brother Ju-won is a world ranker? A big shot?!”
“Wowwwwww!”
The most shocked of all was Hwang Ju-won himself.
“Heh heh… Me…?”
He had been considered almost the weakest among the guild members, yet he made it into the world rankings?
Then what about the rest of the guild members?
Would they all make it in?
Really?
– Huh! Am, am I seeing this correctly? Hwang Ju-won! South Korea’s Hwang Ju-won has been inducted into the world rankings! Player Hwang Ju-won was ranked 8th in Korea as of last year! Wowwwww!
Along with the excited reporter’s cheers.
The festival began once again.
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