I Alone Am an EX-Class Summoner - Chapter 135
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I Am Alone EX-Grade Summoner Episode 135
Negotiations with the Nation (1)
The Yubaek City Training Ground was noisy from the morning.
One-two, one-two!
Guild members who had been intensely focused on physical training since early dawn!
– Run! Don’t just run while spacing out, lift your heads, puff out your chests, and run with focus! It’s hard? That’s natural! The harder it gets, the stronger you become – that’s an unchanging truth proven by long history! Got it?
Hunkyo was also encouraging them and instilling motivation.
As expected, Hunkyo seems to like this.
Now he does this voluntarily without even being told.
“Yeeees!”
“Let’s go go go go!”
“Let’s ruuuun!”
And.
The guild members’ training intensity had become even more severe than before.
They say only those who can bear the weight of a crown are qualified to wear it?
Now that they’ve risen to world ranker level, they must train even harder to maintain that position.
“Shall we get ready too?”
Baek Jin-woo also slowly warmed up his body.
– Yes! Jin-woo!
– Yes, Jin-woo!
Ramba and Pokryong moved to their respective positions.
– Mmm.
– Grooooar…
Jakgeo and Dampir also moved to do the basic training that Hunkyo had set up.
And.
– Father.
Aso was looking at Baek Jin-woo with a blank expression.
Right, Aso.
He had talked with her about many things throughout the night.
Aso, who had all her memories from before being isolated during “Battle of Summoners,” found this world very fascinating.
Also, she perfectly remembered the martial arts she had learned before.
However.
Aso hadn’t learned that much from Hunkyo.
About a month or so?
After that, Hunkyo had left due to a balance patch.
‘That was insane.’
With just one month of education, Aso had grown tremendously and overwhelmed and destroyed all summoned creatures.
When a year passed, she single-handedly destroyed S-grade summoned creatures.
When two years passed, she solo-rushed the high floors of the Tower of Trials.
Right there.
The balance patch came in.
‘I expected it at that time.’
Was it the 60th floor boss?
The demon, Asmodeus.
When she cut off that terrible bastard’s neck in 30 seconds, I thought, “Huh? Is this right?”
The very next day she was isolated, and Aso had to lose her father.
‘I lost a precious summoned creature.’
Ha.
I should be used to it by now, but even now when I recall that time, rage fills me to the top of my head.
‘Bastards.’
Whoever they are, they need to experience the same thing.
Do you know how infuriating it is when something you’ve carefully raised for a long time disappears in just one day?
Grind.
As Baek Jin-woo was grinding his teeth again at old memories.
– Father, Father!
Aso grabbed his collar and shook him.
– What I learned before, should I learn it all over again from the beginning?
It was probably the martial arts of Heavenly Demon, Zhang Sanfeng, and Master Bodhidharma that Hunkyo had taught her.
Surprisingly, Aso had developed those mixed-up martial arts on her own and even combined them.
“No, wait a minute.”
Baek Jin-woo shook his head.
The Hunkyo of that time and the current Hunkyo were definitely different.
He had said.
This time he would teach her a different kind of martial arts from the old days.
“Hunkyo!”
– Yes, Master!
When Baek Jin-woo called, he stopped encouraging and quickly ran over.
– Did you call for me!
“From today, think of Aso as the top priority and focus on her.”
– Very well, Master.
Hunkyo’s eyes sparkled brightly.
Teaching someone with talent – that was his greatest pleasure.
– Aso, and Master. From now on, I will focus only on you two.
Huh?
‘Me too? Why me all of a sudden?’
Baek Jin-woo tilted his head.
– First, Aso.
– Yes!
– Forget everything you’ve learned so far. The martial arts I’ll teach you from now on are on a different dimension from those.
Hunkyo’s eyes sank low.
He didn’t know in the past.
But now that he had risen to EX-grade, he had the skills and martial arts of most beings, and their principles, threaded through his mind.
And.
The being he knew who had reached the most profound realm.
The true greatest of all time who had reached a much higher realm than Heavenly Demon, Zhang Sanfeng, and Master Bodhidharma, known as the founding patriarchs.
The Limitless Immortal.
The martial arts of a figure who was said to have no limits to his realm and had transcended simple martial arts to become nature itself were definitely organized in his mind.
– First, sit in the posture Master has taken. From now on, the breathing technique you must learn is the Pure Heart Art.
“Huh?”
Baek Jin-woo opened his eyes in surprise.
“That’s the martial art I’m learning though?”
– That’s correct, Master. Actually, I didn’t mention it because I thought you might find it burdensome, but the Pure Heart Art is the exclusive martial art of a being called the Limitless Immortal. It’s a martial art that purifies the mind and quietly controls energy, and if the mind doesn’t waver, it can make any external threat meaningless – an absolute martial art.
“…Huh.”
An absolute martial art.
Just by its meaning, it refers to the highest level martial art that cannot be developed further.
– From now on, Master and Aso will learn the same martial art. In that process, you will help each other and develop together.
“What about you?”
Come to think of it, isn’t Hunkyo learning it?
If he’s capable of teaching it, he should be able to learn it sufficiently too, right?
– Unfortunately, I don’t have the talent. Even my teaching will only amount to transferring methodology. The rest must be felt directly by Master and Aso through practice.
Hmm.
Is it a system issue?
– I like it!
Aso smiled brightly.
– Learning together with Father, I love it so much!
“….”
Aso.
This father isn’t so sure.
The fact that I have to keep pace with an absurd genius like you is quite a burden.
My self-esteem is going to plummet, isn’t it?
– Of course Aso will inevitably advance first. But Master, you’re not learning this martial art to become stronger anyway, are you?
“….”
– Please trust me. Master will surely be able to do it. Even if you can’t achieve great mastery, just reaching the third level should allow you to read the movements of most summoned creatures.
“Huh, really?”
Baek Jin-woo let out a long breath.
So the Clear Heart Technique was such an amazing martial art.
Good.
When it comes to training, there’s no one like Hunkyo anyway.
As an instructor, he’s top-tier.
Even among top-tier instructors, he’s number one, a legend.
When such a person strongly recommends it, what’s there not to do?
“Alright.”
What the hell.
“Let’s give it our all starting today.”
Afternoon.
When physical training time ends, summoned creature sparring time arrives.
Each guild member pairs up like in a league to fight once, then has group feedback time.
However.
Hong Ari decided not to participate for the time being.
It was for Jujak’s level up.
She had transferred all the runes she had equipped on Phoenix to Jujak and entered a nearby regular dungeon.
‘Wow, Jujak.’
Hong Ari trembled with excitement.
She still gets excited thinking about that moment.
S-grade!
A whole S-grade!
“Jujak, come out.”
Whoosh!
At first, a firebird the size of a regular adult appears, flapping its wings.
Every time it moves, flames spread around, burning everything, but Hong Ari didn’t feel the heat from those flames.
– Kiruruuru…!
Because it protects its master.
– Kiak, kiaaaaak!
A fierce orc army began swarming from all directions.
A place with quite high difficulty even among regular dungeons.
‘Now.’
Hong Ari rolled her wrist.
‘Shall we try some power leveling?’
Whoooosh!
Under her control, the dungeon gradually began to burn.
Yu Ji-a submitted a proposal to headquarters, and the Head of Player Association immediately reported it to the President.
The President who received the report immediately established the ‘National Competitiveness Strengthening Committee’.
The committee included major figures such as the Prime Minister, the Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy, and the Minister of Science and ICT, along with famous university professors and heads of national research institutions.
“Hehe.”
The Prime Minister chuckled.
“Oil reserves, you say. And 100 billion barrels at that – isn’t that truly enormous?”
“…The technology is insane too.”
They had already torn open all 10 ‘Random Technology Summon Scrolls’.
To briefly summarize the relevant technologies:
[Medical Nanorobot Technology]
[Nuclear Fusion Energy]
[Brain-Computer Interface]
[Gene Editing Technology for Disease Treatment]
[Quantum Computing for Climate Prediction]
[Automotive 3D Printing Technology]
[Electric Vehicle AI Autonomous Driving Technology]
[Carbon Dioxide Capture Technology]
[Flying Taxi Blueprint]
[Deep Sea Communication System Construction Technology]
“None of these are just pipe dreams. Each one is a technology with tremendous informational value. Just announcing them would guarantee a Nobel Prize.”
The Minister of Science and ICT’s voice trembled.
“Honestly, if we were to buy all of this at full price…. The national budget would be ruined. We already have a mountain of debt to pay off.”
Then he let out a quiet sigh.
Every single one was desirable.
Properly digesting even one of the technologies here could greatly contribute to advancing human life and industry.
And there are 10 of them….
But they couldn’t just invoke patriotism and demand the technology.
There have been more than a few countries that suffered international embarrassment by doing that to capable Players.
“Prime Minister. We must obtain this no matter what conditions we have to meet. Absolutely.”
Yu Ji-a, who had been listening, smiled subtly.
Good.
They’re definitely bowing down and coming forward?
“So.”
The Prime Minister now looked at Yu Ji-a.
“We need to hear again exactly what Yubak wants.”
Everyone’s gaze focused on Yu Ji-a.
Though she was young, no one here disregarded Yu Ji-a.
She was a person from Great Star, and above all, the only person who could control Baek Jin-woo.
“Hmm.”
Yu Ji-a narrowed her eyes slightly.
In fact, she was the one with the upper hand here.
It was a situation where she could comfortably state what she wanted.
“You don’t necessarily have to pay full price. We’re also citizens of South Korea, so it would be good if we could help the country. Didn’t the nation also generously put forward the huge sum of 11 trillion won for us?”
“Hehe, really?”
“That’s right, we did, hahaha.”
“Since that’s Yubak’s intention, we’re truly delighted.”
Just as the atmosphere was about to become harmonious.
“However.”
Yu Ji-a said firmly.
“First, I think we should assess the value of the oil reserves and technology before negotiating.”
“Right.”
“That’s true too!”
You need to know the value to decide how much of a discount to give.
However.
The value of technology has no form.
It can be relative depending on the person, and also depending on the country.
‘Should I just quote something reasonable?’
‘I think I could lowball it a bit…’
There’s no way Yu Ji-a wouldn’t know about that ulterior motive.
She just smiled slightly and pointed to the bird on her shoulder.
“You can see the bird on my shoulder, right? As you know, it’s called the Mind Reading Squad, and while it can’t do other things, it’s absolutely amazing at distinguishing truth from lies.”
“…”
“If even one lie comes out, there will be no negotiation. I’ll give you exactly 1 hour. All the experts who are said to be the cream of the crop in this country are gathered here… Try deriving that value once. Very. Honestly.”
A very crisp voice!
“…”
The lawmakers’ faces became blank as if they were stunned.
This.
Won’t be easy, will it?
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