I Alone Am an EX-Class Summoner - Chapter 147

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I Am Alone EX-Grade Summoner Episode 147

Rune Setting (1)

“Haaaam.”

Baek Jin-woo, who had finally conquered half the tower, came out stretching his interlocked fingers and letting out a long yawn.

All the accumulated fatigue seemed to hit him at once.

‘It was a grueling march.’

Especially that last one, Kronos, the King of Titans.

Baek Jin-woo had fought that monster for a full five hours.

Since it could freely control thunder and lightning and even distort time, it was by no means an easy opponent.

In the end, he only managed to defeat it by having Pokryong gather up Pokryong Faction energy to the maximum and then unleashing it all at once – otherwise it would have taken even longer.

“You’ve returned, Player!”

“Did you really conquer the 50th Floor?”

The resident staff approached with sparkling eyes and moved expressions.

“You can’t go out right away for now.”

“Yes, journalists are swarming all over outside the Tower of Trials. Everyone’s going crazy.”

Their voices contained both reverence and concern that the hero might be inconvenienced.

“No need to worry.”

Swoosh.

Baek Jin-woo immediately summoned his Sky Wyvern.

– Krrrrrk….

“I can just ride this. I’ll probably need to go to the 51st Floor soon, so I’ll see you again before long.”

“…51st Floor.”

The staff were shocked.

That meant he was going to surpass Rachel right away.

‘This is incredible.’

‘How did such a person even appear?’

‘Other Rankers say even the 10th and 20th Floors are hell…. How does he make it look so easy.’

They were curious about the inside of the tower.

How difficult it was.

And how easily Baek Jin-woo was clearing those difficult floors.

Not just the staff, but people all over the world would be curious about this.

Baek Jin-woo climbed onto the wyvern.

“Take care!”

“You’ve worked hard!”

Along with the staff’s farewells.

– Kiruurururu!

He soared up into the sky.

Yubaek City was a civilian-restricted area anyway.

Only residents with residential permits could enter.

‘For now.’

He wouldn’t go straight to the 51st Floor.

Until Olivia brought the promised runes…. He planned to rest for a while.

‘And.’

Baek Jin-woo was also slightly anxious about the 51st Floor.

Since there had been no contact from Olivia yet, it seemed Rachel hadn’t emerged until now….

In that case, there was a high probability….

‘Is she dead?’

He might have to suspect Rachel’s death.

It was somewhat hard to understand.

Even if the difficulty more than doubled starting from the 51st Floor, it shouldn’t be impossible to clear the very beginning stages.

‘I definitely need to prepare thoroughly.’

Now was the time to put in full effort.

Even if he had to spend all the money he’d earned so far, he would properly set up graduation runes for the EX-grade guys.

He also planned to further improve Aso’s martial arts skills, and even use the ‘Rune Seal Scroll’ he’d gotten as a league reward on his enhancement work.

‘First.’

Should I organize the rewards?

Baek Jin-woo opened his inventory and checked the rewards he’d received from the 41st Floor onward once more.

[41st Floor – Universal Enhancement Agent x 30]

[42nd Floor – Supreme Rune Selection Ticket (Bound) x 3]

[43rd Floor – Essence of Darkness x 30]

[44th Floor – Supreme Summoning Scroll x 13]

[45th Floor – Universal Enhancement Agent x 30]

[46th Floor – Supreme Rune Selection Ticket (Bound) x 3]

[47th Floor – Essence of Light x 30]

[48th Floor – Advanced Summoning Scroll x 30]

[49th Floor – Advanced Summoning Scroll x 30]

[50th Floor – King’s Insignia (Bound) x 1, Scroll of Life x 1]

“Hah.”

This time was also decent.

But then again, decent was good too.

Since these were all things that could be used somewhere.

There was one special item though.

The Scroll of Life he’d obtained from the 50th Floor.

‘What is this?’

He examined the item’s information.

[Scroll of Life]

[Grade: S-rank]

[When all summoned creatures have been reverse-summoned, this scroll can be used.]

[Upon use, all available summoned creatures are re-summoned with 50% HP.]

“Huh.”

An S-rank scroll?

The content was amazing.

It meant it would revive them when they died!

‘This.’

This was a consumable item that could be used overpoweredly whether in the Tower of Trials or PVP situations.

Of course, he should only use it in the Tower of Trials.

That place really had lives on the line.

Swoosh.

Baek Jin-woo put the scroll back in his inventory window.

The Sky Wyvern was quite fast.

The time it took to travel from Jamsil to Geomdan Mountain was just 6 minutes!

Since the distance was roughly 20km, it was flying at almost 200km per hour.

– Kiruurururu!

The familiar Yubaek City visible below!

Looking at the place that was busy with construction for expansion, Baek Jin-woo’s lips curved up gently.

Olivia hadn’t arrived yet.

She seemed to have gone back to England and was searching all over the world with her Guild Members.

Baek A-jin had shown him….

Posts offering to buy Will and Exploitation runes at the highest prices were plastered all over marketplaces worldwide.

“Hmm.”

Baek Jin-woo returned home and went up to the rooftop.

Then he lined up all eight summoned creatures.

Ramba, Hunkyo, Pokryong, Jakgeo, Dampir.

Doldoli, Runde, Aso.

“First, Ramba and Hunkyo need their graduation runes completed, right?”

– Yeah! I have no use for anything other than light-speed runes!

– Master, are you really sure this is alright…?

Hunkyo seemed to feel sorry toward Aso for some reason.

About the fact that he was completely securing the supreme unique rune Trinity for himself.

“Of course it’s fine. A promise is a promise.”

He had promised Hunkyo in the past.

That rune would be his from now on.

“Let’s apply rune sealing scrolls to both of you.”

[Rune Sealing Scroll]

[Grade: A-rank]

[Makes the rune set equipped by a summoned creature ‘bound’.]

[Once ‘bound’, it cannot be unequipped.]

[However, the rune’s stats increase by 20%.]

Three sealing scrolls obtained as league rewards this time!

He used two of them on Hunkyo and Ramba.

– Whoa, I definitely feel faster?

– Thank you… Master.

As a mysterious light enveloped both of them.

Crack!

The rune slots open on one side of their status windows hardened like stone.

They would never be able to remove those runes again, but it didn’t matter.

Literally graduation!

It would be hard to find runes stronger or more suitable than those.

‘Those two are done.’

Now there were six left…

Jakgeo and Dampir had Will and Exploitation as their graduation runes.

There were no unique runes that suited them.

He would leave those two to Olivia.

‘Then four remain.’

‘Aso’ needed to have the ‘Trinity’ rune made like Hunkyo.

‘Doldoli’ needed his current Destruction rune changed to an ‘Annihilation’ rune.

‘Pokryong’ needed his current Fire Dragon rune changed to a ‘Flame Emperor’ rune.

‘Runde’ needed to obtain the ‘Master Craftsman’ rune, called the pinnacle of crafting runes.

Everything was clearly organized.

“Okay.”

Then.

Should he start obtaining them in earnest?

Baek Jin-woo first organized a list of rare runes he needed to obtain or create.

[Versatile Rune x 12]

[Fire Dragon Rune x 12]

[Destruction Rune x 12]

[Master Craftsman Rune x 6]

Under the condition that Olivia would bring all her runes, gathering just these would complete graduation runes for all summoned creatures.

“Runde.”

Baek Jin-woo handed the list to Runde.

“How much can you make with the materials we have stockpiled now?”

– Hmm.

Runde scratched his head.

– As you know, Master, making rare runes requires 100 essences, 10 World Tree roots, and 200 supreme runes of the lower tier.

He explained step by step with sparkling eyes.

– Supreme runes and World Tree roots are fine since we’ve stockpiled hundreds of trucks worth while running supreme weekly dungeons. The problem is essences.

Essences.

Essences were generally divided into two categories.

Light and Dark essences that only came from the Tower of Trials.

And Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday essences that came from supreme Saturday dungeons.

– The good news is we don’t need Light or Dark essences yet… but what you’ve stockpiled is far from enough, Master. Versatile needs 20 of each of the five essences, Fire Dragon needs 100 Fire essences, and Destruction needs 100 Monday essences. That’s just for making one of each.

Essences really didn’t drop terribly often.

Even running auto-battle all night, they appeared so rarely that you’d get one every two days.

As a result, they had quite a price range.

Baek Jin-woo immediately called A-jin.

“A-jin.”

“Yeah, oppa.”

“It’s been a while since I asked for a favor. Buy up all the essences on the market, and if anyone’s selling the runes on this list, contact them personally and buy them at double market price with confidentiality conditions.”

There was no need to save money now.

Rather, it was better to secure inventory for sure.

‘Money is something that generates itself just by sitting still now.’

“Okay, I’ll get right on it!”

Baek A-jin’s eyes lit up with energy at the important task she’d been given after so long.

“Oh, right! You broke through the 50th floor this time, right? The news was going crazy again. Congratulations.”

“Congratulations for what.”

Chuckle.

Baek Jin-woo laughed.

It seemed that achieving any kind of accomplishment wasn’t very surprising anymore.

It made sense that he’d built up a tolerance.

He’d literally run like crazy for the past year.

‘There are others who will be surprised.’

Before coming home, he had met Yu Ji-a separately and handed over recording equipment.

Equipment to hand over to the broadcasting company!

Probably all the scenes Baek Jin-woo had played would be properly edited and released to the entire world.

‘For now.’

Let’s just focus on getting graduation runes!

“A-jin.”

“Yeah?”

“Keep reporting on the progress.”

Baek Jin-woo had a secret weapon item.

Supreme rune selection tickets.

He had collected as many as 13 of them so far.

He planned to obtain as much as possible first, then supplement what was lacking by opening these.

Even if not unique, they were selection tickets that could produce up to rare runes.

“Okay! Leave it to me!”

Baek A-jin scurried away.

A week passed.

Runde began crafting runes as soon as essences came in.

As a result of the entire Yubak sales team rushing to purchase runes, they were able to secure quite a lot of runes.

What about Baek Jin-woo?

He repeatedly traveled back and forth to the Player Zone, strengthening runes and steadily working on creating unique runes.

And another week later.

“Baek Jin-wooooo!”

Someone came running from far away.

“I got everything!”

It was Olivia.

She had really managed to obtain one set each of Will runes and Exploitation runes.

As expected of England?

She had easily completed what might have been the most troublesome task.

It was like getting something done without lifting a finger!

“Let me check the items.”

“You’re sure, right? Once you receive this, you’re going straight to the 51st Floor?”

“If the items are accurate, I’ll go in exactly two days. I need to do some preparation myself.”

In two days, all his summoned creatures would have graduation runes.

He would use selection tickets to obtain any missing runes.

“Well, the 51st Floor is… It’s a floor that humanity hasn’t conquered yet. You should prepare properly.”

Olivia was starting to worry too.

What if even that Jinugod went and couldn’t come back?

Then all of humanity would collectively have a mental breakdown.

Baek Jin-woo extended his hand.

“Give me the items first.”

“Alright.”

Olivia requested a trade and handed over the runes.

The items were definitely authentic.

“Clean work.”

Baek Jin-woo nodded with a satisfied expression.

Then he muttered.

“I promise. In two days, after challenging the 51st Floor, I’ll accurately assess whether it’s really too difficult for Rachel to clear, and I’ll even record it and bring it back.”

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