I Alone Am an EX-Class Summoner - Chapter 152
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I Am Alone EX-Grade Summoner Episode 152
The Tower Has Changed (2)
Dealing with the souls wasn’t difficult.
Pokryong Arts.
Secret technique.
Transform.
Whoosh, whoooosh!
It was thanks to Pokryong steadily building up damage stacks.
But that didn’t mean it was completely easy either.
– Master!
Kwaaaaaa!
Hunkyo shouted while using Pacheon Singong secret technique Myeolse.
– The souls are stronger than expected! No matter how much I cut and slash, they won’t die!
“I know, I can feel it too.”
Souls from the 53rd Floor should be easily handled by the current Hunkyo.
But?
With ten souls attacking, Hunkyo was gradually being pushed back.
“They seem about 10 times stronger than before?”
– That much…?
“Yeah, honestly I’m wondering how Rachel even managed to hold out this far.”
He casually said 10 times, but the meaning was by no means light.
The Tower of Trials, rated as hell difficulty, becoming 10 times harder?
Even Baek Jin-woo wasn’t confident about that.
He could somehow manage if individual enemies got stronger, but when everything gets stronger, it becomes exponentially harder.
‘However.’
The current Baek Jin-woo was fine.
Eight EX-grade summons, fully graduated!
“Jakgeo, Dampir.”
– Yeah.
– Grwaaaaar!
Thud, thoom!
Jakgeo firmly planted both legs and blocked the souls with his entire body.
Dampir, riding on his shoulders, sucked Jakgeo’s MP dry while tanking and restored his HP.
With a sturdy barrier holding firm, the dealers’ roles became even clearer.
Pokryong accumulated Pokryong energy again.
Kuwaaaaaa!
Hunkyo and Aso, equipped with Trinity, flew across the sky.
– Kruuung…!
Meanwhile, Baekho approached and nuzzled his head.
He was expressing gratitude.
Thanking him for saving his master Rachel.
While blocking the endlessly flying souls, Baek Jin-woo checked on Rachel’s condition.
When he felt her pulse, fortunately her heart was beating.
She was breathing well too.
“She’s just sleeping because she’s too tired. Don’t worry.”
Baek Jin-woo muttered.
Seeing her sleep soundly with snoring even in this noisy chaos, she must have been extremely exhausted.
‘I’ll ask about the details later.’
For now.
Let’s deal with all those damn souls first.
Had about 5 hours passed?
Now Ramba’s stacks had built up considerably, making all the summons overpowered.
They attacked at speeds almost invisible to the eye.
– Kiiiiaaak…!
The last soul screamed and vanished.
– Master, we’ve dealt with them all.
With Hunkyo’s report, the noisy battlefield fell quiet.
53rd Floor Clear!
That message should have appeared.
But it remained the same.
There were no rewards either.
“This is giving me a headache.”
What was the intention?
Was there some kind of bug?
“Everyone did well. Let’s rest a bit. Ramba, stop waving around now too. That’s enough.”
– Huff, huff, haaah! Got it!
Ramba was sweating profusely.
Poor thing.
Thinking the 51st Floor would end quickly, she didn’t bring cream bread.
She was also carrying filming equipment.
‘That’s unfortunate.’
Baek Jin-woo, having finished organizing, plopped down.
He fell into thought while waiting for sleeping Rachel to wake up.
Anxiety also arose.
What if they couldn’t get out even after defeating the 60th Floor boss?
Would they have to wait until humanity advanced enough to enter the 51st Floor?
What worried him most was none other than Yu Ji-a.
‘I promised to come back quickly.’
It seemed like he’d be forced to break that promise.
‘Up to the 57th Floor might be manageable.’
But from the 58th Floor onward was truly hellish difficulty.
It was the scene where you lift all the demonic curses on the continent and cross directly into the Demon Realm to deal with Asmodeus.
And a Demon Realm that was 10 times stronger at that.
‘Terrifying.’
Just thinking about fighting countless demons and monsters made him nauseous already.
If it weren’t for Pokryong’s Devour ability, even Baek Jin-woo would have thrown up his hands saying it was impossible.
Rachel woke up 7 hours after everything had been settled.
“Mmm.”
She opened her eyes with a sleepy voice, blinked for a moment…
“…!”
Soon understanding the situation, she sat up straight in surprise.
“Wh-what?!”
Her voice was full of shock and confusion.
Understandably so.
“You can sleep more.”
Baek Jin-woo replied in short English.
It would have been nice if he’d brought a translator bird, which was slightly regrettable.
“What happened? Is this real? Are you really Jinugod?”
“Sigh, enough with that Jinugod thing.”
Smack!
Baek Jin-woo placed his palm on his forehead and shook his head back and forth.
“Olivia asked me to. She said you weren’t coming back, so she asked me to go into the 51st Floor for just a moment.”
He slowly explained the general situation.
From the part where he entered and found the 51st Floor already cleared… all the way through the entire process of flying to the 53rd Floor area.
He even used body language to make her understand.
Fortunately, Rachel could understand Korean to some extent.
Originally a fan of Baek Jin-woo, she had studied Korean in her spare time and had fallen completely in love with its charm.
It didn’t take long for Rachel to calm down.
“Ahem, so.”
Rachel cleared her throat and said.
“It seems like the Tower of Trials is all connected from the 51st Floor onwards, right? The difficulty has also increased, so instead of clearing it alone, many Players need to gather together to clear it.”
“That’s how it looks based on the situation so far.”
“…Still, wouldn’t this level of difficulty be easy for someone like you?”
Rachel thinks of Baek Jin-woo as a god.
She believes there’s no dungeon in this world that he can’t clear.
“That’s easy to say. What if it becomes 100 times harder from the 61st Floor?”
“…Could that really happen?”
“Right now, we can’t be certain about anything.”
Baek Jin-woo was the same.
He might have vaguely thought that this world would flow exactly like Battle of Summoners.
How arrogant that thinking was!
Humanity still hadn’t grasped even 1% of the cause of this phenomenon.
They were just accepting the situation and adapting to survive.
“First, what about food?”
Baek Jin-woo opened a small backpack with a light sigh.
When Players go to the Tower of Trials, they can bring equipment or items that are touching their body.
It’s the same principle that allows filming equipment to enter.
That’s why they pack some emergency rations like drinking water or chocolate bars in their backpacks.
It’s preparation for just in case.
Thud!
When he took out a 500ml bottle of water and an energy bar and handed them to Rachel, her eyes suddenly changed.
Gulp, gulp!
She downed the water in one go.
Chomp, chomp.
Then she quickly devoured the energy bar as if possessed by hunger.
‘She must have been very hungry.’
Well.
She had been trapped in the tower for that entire period, so it was amazing she had lasted this long.
‘Sigh.’
But this way, Baek Jin-woo also had a problem.
Because what he brought was truly at an ’emergency’ level – very little.
“First.”
In Baek Jin-woo’s memory, the 54th Floor starts in a single kingdom.
Lumentia.
Was it a sacred kingdom that worshipped the goddess of light?
It was a small nation that was the only one holding out on a continent consumed by Asmodeus’s curse.
They needed to establish a base there and purify the continent…
‘The problem is.’
They don’t know where that kingdom is.
In the old game, you just started from that kingdom the moment you entered the 54th Floor.
“Eat slowly. I’ll look for some clues.”
Baek Jin-woo called Hunkyo.
This place is the Tomb of the Warriors.
“Search this place thoroughly, everyone. And if you find any papers that look like maps, scrape them all up and bring them.”
It seemed like they needed to figure out where they had landed first.
Rachel felt relieved.
She had endured alone for nearly 50 days.
‘Honestly.’
She hadn’t known that just being with someone would make her feel this at ease.
However, now that her mind had returned…
Her body felt uncomfortable.
It had already been almost two months since she last washed.
Her clothes smelled, and her hair was matted together.
‘Now.’
She had to accept it.
After having a thorough conversation with Baek Jin-woo, she reached a conclusion.
They weren’t clearing a dungeon.
They needed to survive inside this place.
They had to solve the food problem and prepare measures to rest comfortably.
‘Fortunately.’
She had spare clothes that she brought along with the emergency rations.
They were even functional combat uniforms good for use in dungeons.
Now she would have to alternate between these two sets and conserve them.
“Baek Jin-woo.”
“Yeah?”
“Leave the washing to me. I can use the Great Wizard, so tell me anytime you need it.”
As time had passed, her MP had filled up completely.
She moved to nearby bushes with the Great Wizard.
She threw off her clothes and cast magic.
Great Wizard.
1 Circles.
Aqua Cleanse.
This is what’s good about an S-rank Great Wizard.
As long as you know all existing magic, you can use it appropriately.
Splash!
“Ahhh.”
Rachel exclaimed with pleasure.
The flowing clear stream of water washed every corner of her body and even cleaned her dirty clothes thoroughly.
‘…So refreshing!’
The water infused with magic automatically removed contamination and easily separated unnecessary things.
A refreshing feeling spread throughout her body as if all her old fatigue was being washed away.
Drying the wet clothes wasn’t difficult either.
She didn’t even need to use the Great Wizard.
She could just ask Pokryong, who was sitting there.
“Could you help dry these clothes?”
– That much is simple, Lady Rachel.
Whoosh!
Pokryong Arts Transformation.
Now Pokryong’s flame control skills had reached their peak, and controlling temperature was nothing at all.
As the day was growing dark.
– Master.
Hunkyo approached from far away.
– I found it.
“Oh, really?”
What Hunkyo handed over was a continental map.
Though it had dust on it, the condition was quite usable.
– It seems one of the warrior commanders was carrying it. I found several, but I brought the one in the best condition.
“Good work.”
Baek Jin-woo spread it out on the ground.
Hunkyo continued his explanation.
– Based on my estimation, where we are now seems to be here, in the southeastern borderlands of the continent.
“Really?”
– Yes, you can tell from the surrounding terrain. The plateau here and the mountain range over there have exactly the same shape.
“Oh.”
Indeed, Hunkyo was right.
A rather uniquely shaped mountain range was accurately drawn on the map.
This guy Hunkyo, since before.
“He’s like Detective Conan, isn’t he?”
– What does that mean, Master?
“No, never mind. Continue with your explanation.”
– Hmm, the place we need to go is the Lumentian Holy Kingdom… Here, in the northwest, there’s clearly a sacred emblem drawn.
“Ah, over there. Right.”
Baek Jin-woo nodded.
He remembered.
The emblem he had seen countless times on the 54th Floor!
“Then moving in a straight line from southeast to northwest would be best?”
– Yes, we just need to cross one river. And one mountainous region. As for how far the distance might be… it’s not shown on the map, so we can only estimate, but it seems like it will take quite some time.
“Well, we’re going anyway… We can just ride the wyverns.”
Baek Jin-woo nodded and folded up the map to put it away.
Since it had gotten dark…
“Let’s depart when the sun rises again.”
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