I Alone Am an EX-Class Summoner - Chapter 142
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I Am Alone EX-Grade Summoner Episode 142
Tower of Trials 40th Floor (2)
Slash, slice!
Hunkyo and Aso swing their swords to cut down their opponents.
Whoooosh!
Pokryong creates perfectly grilled beef that’s golden brown.
[You have conquered the Berserker’s Tomb.]
[Congratulations!]
[You have conquered the 38th Floor of the Tower of Trials!]
Average time per floor: 1 hour.
Baek Jin-woo, who finished up to the 38th floor in just 8 hours, emerged from the tower.
“Whew.”
After only breathing the stuffy air and cow dung smell inside the labyrinth, breathing this outside air felt incredibly refreshing.
“So refreshing. So refreshing.”
“Huff, did you clear it again?”
The stationed staff member rushed over like lightning.
They couldn’t rest even if they wanted to.
They couldn’t leave their post either.
How could they know when Baek Jin-woo would break through and come out!
‘It used to be such an easy job.’
Still, it wasn’t bad.
Where else would you get the chance to watch Baek Jin-woo catch up to Rachel in real time?
“Yes, I cleared it.”
“You’re truly amazing.”
“I’ll take a quick break to reorganize.”
“Of course! You can do it over here.”
At Baek Jin-woo’s words, the headquarters staff member bowed at a right angle.
Then he quickly ran off somewhere and came running back carrying an armful of things.
“Here! Ice water and a meal! Headquarters said you must eat while you rest! Oh, and here!”
Swish.
The staff member smiled and pulled out a giant cream bun.
“They said she likes it when you give her this.”
– …!
Ramba, who had been resummoned at some point, grinned from ear to ear.
Unable to speak in front of others, she flew around here and there before grabbing the bun and munching on it.
“Oh my, thank you.”
Baek Jin-woo smiled brightly and bowed in thanks.
A meal from headquarters.
Taking a quick look, he saw beef rice bowl topped with a pretty egg.
‘I’m getting tired of beef though.’
Still, he had to eat.
Eating meant strength, after all.
Yu Ji-a probably had a hand in this.
She would have said that once Baek Jin-woo starts something, he sees it through to the end, so make sure to feed him something when he briefly comes out.
“Hehe.”
Thinking of Yu Ji-a made him smile again.
He didn’t have these kinds of feelings before, but he definitely felt the importance of connections here.
Though it was just a connection that started by chance, he could now feel how deeply it had entered his life.
He finished the meal lightly.
Gulp, gulp!
He even emptied the water.
“Well then, I’ll go back up.”
Sleep?
He’d have to sleep inside there anyway now.
“This time it’s the 39th floor, right?”
“Yes.”
The 39th floor is different from the labyrinths so far.
The center of the labyrinth.
Judging that we’ve invaded the king’s domain, all the minotaurs existing throughout the labyrinth come charging in.
“This time might take a while. So if anyone comes looking, tell them not to worry.”
“Gasp, if it takes a while, how long exactly…?”
“I think it’ll take about a week?”
If he destroyed all the spaces in the center, it would end quickly… but Baek Jin-woo had no intention of doing that.
‘I need to wipe out all the cows in the labyrinth.’
If left alone, they’d keep charging in, so why bother ending it?
Stacking Predation!
That’s all he needed to think about now.
– Aaaaah! Why are there so many cows?
– …This will be good practical training.
– Gwor…?
The 39th floor had a notorious reputation even before.
Rachel got through easily because she had S-grade summoned creatures, but without them, it could have been dangerous.
“Alright, let’s begin!”
Clap clap!
Baek Jin-woo clapped his hands and looked toward the corner of the square-shaped space.
“First, run over there!”
Even as his summoned creatures ran, Baek Jin-woo was relaxed.
Since he had a protective barrier anyway, it didn’t matter.
“Go there and set up formation.”
If they stupidly stayed in the center, no matter how strong they were, they’d be overwhelmed.
If surrounded from all sides, they wouldn’t even have time to rest.
They’d be instantly surrounded and wiped out.
‘A place where two of the four sides are blocked.’
That’s exactly that corner.
“Now it’s a long battle. I’ll organize teams so you can fight while resting as much as possible.”
First, he placed Jakgeo and Dampir in the center, with Hunkyo on the left and Aso on the right.
“Doldol, rest and then switch places with Aso or Hunkyo. You three will work in shifts.”
– Grr.
“Pokryong, conserve your stacks and only deliver finishing blows, then when you’ve built up enough stacks, sweep them all at once.”
– Yes, Jin-woo.
“Jakgeo and Dampir just sit there… that’s resting for you, right?”
– Gwor…
Jakgeo nodded.
Golem types don’t feel pain.
They just need to sit there and tank.
Dampir just needs to heal too.
– Wait!
Ramba shouted.
– What about me?
“Huh?”
– I don’t get any break time!
“…You.”
Baek Jin-woo scratched his head.
“Let’s just suffer for about one day. Just enough to make the stacks meaningless.”
– Where does such a thing exist!
It might be despairing, but there’s no choice.
That’s Ramba’s reason for existence.
“I won’t just be resting either.”
Baek Jin-woo sat cross-legged.
Geoncheongsimgong.
From now on, he planned to train his breathing technique while watching their hunt.
Pokryong’s firepower grew stronger as time passed.
Day 5 of dungeon entry.
If the fire streams created by Pokryongsul Byeon could originally only deliver finishing blows, now they could one-shot enemies even if they weren’t completely incapacitated.
Hwaryuk, hwareureureuk!
As a result, Hunkyo, Aso, and Doldoli also gradually got more rest time.
39th Floor.
A fire show unfolded in the center of the labyrinth.
About 5 fire streams moved around here and there, perfectly incinerating the Minotaurs emerging from the holes.
– Jin-woo! We have nothing to do now! When will those bull-heads stop flowing out?
“It’s good if they keep coming.”
Originally, the hardest thing in the world was manual labor.
Rather than constantly searching for regular dungeons to stack up, it was much better to sit comfortably here and stack while resting.
“Is Pokryong doing okay?”
However, there was one regrettable point.
Pokryong couldn’t rest.
– Yes, Jin-woo. I’m perfectly fine.
Of course, summoned creatures don’t have the concept of sleep.
However, mental fatigue could exist.
After all, this was also repetitive work.
– Actually, it’s fascinating. The more I deal with them, the stronger my firepower becomes… It feels strangely good.
In fact, Pokryong didn’t like hunting.
What he liked was being here with Baek Jin-woo and his other summoned creatures.
“There’s not much left anyway.”
The cycle of Minotaurs emerging from the labyrinth holes was slowing down.
It meant their numbers were gradually running out.
Probably once all the Minotaurs were caught, the king of this place would automatically appear.
40th Floor Boss.
Chronotaur (S-rank).
Despite being a bull-head, it unusually dealt with ‘time’, so caution was needed.
‘Well.’
Anyway, all bosses below the 70th floor were pretty much the same.
He’d finish it quickly and hurry home.
Huhu.
At that moment.
England was in a state of emergency.
“She still hasn’t come out?”
Olivia bit her nails with an anxious expression.
It had already been 2 weeks since Rachel entered the 51st Floor of the Tower of Trials.
Usually, the maximum time for clearing a tower floor was 1 week at most.
If someone didn’t come out after that?
They were declared dead.
This was because there had never been a single player who survived longer than that.
“That’s right.”
“There’s still no news at all.”
“What’s going on?”
“If our guild master really died…”
When someone muttered with an anxious voice.
“Don’t talk nonsense!”
Olivia reacted irritably.
While being annoyed, she repeated to herself.
‘Rachel can’t break through just the 51st floor? That doesn’t make sense.’
Rachel was by no means weak.
She had three S-rank summoned creatures and said she knew all the strategies up to the 60th floor.
However, one thing that bothered her was…
The feeling.
Rachel’s emotions were extremely unstable when she entered.
“Haah…”
She had also personally contacted the other Five Emperors.
They all gave the same response.
– Rachel? She’s not a woman who can’t break through the 51st floor.
– The 51st floor is easy. Maybe if it were the 60th floor.
– Hahahaha! Are you worrying about Rachel because you have nothing else to worry about?
– I’m not sure. Two weeks passing is a bit strange. How about asking that Baek Jin-woo instead?
Responses that weren’t helpful at all.
‘Is there no choice?’
Looking in that direction still brought up “Yeah~ go back”…
Only Jinugod remained to ask for help.
“Guys, I’m going somewhere for a bit.”
Eventually, Olivia headed outside England again.
The land where Jinugod was, South Korea.
To revisit that place.
40th Floor Boss.
The king of half-man, half-bull and ruler of the labyrinth.
Chronotaur (S-rank) raised its giant axe and roared.
– Uwoooooooooo!
The earth shook at that cry.
– How dare you.
If you entered the labyrinth, you should have quietly become fodder, yet you dare invade all the way to the center!
Kugwagagaga!
Welcoming Baek Jin-woo who accepted entry to the 40th floor, Chronotaur violently destroyed the labyrinth.
– Minotaur Brothers, all rise!
The king commanded.
– Rise and tear off the heads of those arrogant invaders!
Now.
The Minotaur warriors filling the labyrinth should all rise up in unison.
With flames flickering in their eyes, they should fill the center of the labyrinth in formation.
That’s definitely how it should have been.
However.
– …Huh?
The labyrinth was completely empty.
No one responded to his words.
– No way.
It was absurd.
The fact that they weren’t appearing meant that the intruder had killed them all before even touching the Central Area…
How could that make sense?
– Stop fooling around and come out! My brothers!
No matter how much he shouted with rage, all that came back was quiet echoes.
Kwaaaaang!
Even when he swung down the massive axe in his hand with all his might, nothing changed.
– …This is impossible.
This couldn’t be happening.
The number of warriors in the labyrinth alone was 40,000.
Even he couldn’t handle that many troops.
Moreover.
All those corpses were piled up around this Central Area…
They were all burned.
There was no doubt they had set up camp and killed them all.
– Puhahahat!
That’s when it happened.
A small fairy fluttered her wings and mocked him.
– Look at that bull-head panicking! So funny, Jinwoo! Everyone! Let’s hurry up and catch that thing!
– Th, th, this…!
The Chronotaur couldn’t stand it.
Not only did they dare kill his brothers, but now they were toying with him right in front of his face with such a leisurely tone?
This absolutely called for some discipline.
Time ability.
When the Chronotaur’s HP drops below half, it unleashes an ability that temporarily makes the opponent’s flow of time converge to zero.
This causes the opponent’s movements to stop as if trapped in time.
That moment feels like eternity as they stand helplessly before him.
In fact, the reason the 40th Floor boasted hell-level difficulty was all because of that technique.
– I’ll kill you!
He raised his axe triumphantly, but there was only one thing standing before him.
It was Pokryong.
Pokryong technique.
Secret technique.
Annihilation.
And it was a real Ancient Pokryong!
The crimson dragon that emerged from Pokryong’s hand looked down at the Chronotaur with murderous eyes.
And then.
Crack!
It opened its mouth.
– Wh, what.
The stack built up over a week through True Predation and the Pokryong power accumulated through ‘Union’ exploded all at once.
And in the form of the ultimate breath!
Kuwagagagagagagaga!
An explosive sound that split heaven and earth swallowed the entire labyrinth.
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