I Alone Am an EX-Class Summoner - Chapter 21

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I Am Alone EX-Grade Summoner Episode 021

Weekly Dungeon Conquest (2)

Weekly Dungeon Administration Office.

A woman and two men stood anxiously at the place managing the record bulletin board.

They were the members of “Yubak”.

“Haha, this is really happening.”

Secretary Kim Byeong-jin scratched his head.

Once Park Chang-seok’s secretary and Yu Ji-a’s superior, he had now become “Yubak’s” secretary.

That was the power of capital.

“To think he’d really start a lower-tier weekly dungeon time attack…”

“If anything, it feels a bit early.”

Yu Ji-a smiled quietly.

“It’s only been a week since we gifted him the summoned creatures. Even if he fails to set a record, we should naturally support him.”

“Yes, that’s natural. But.”

Kim Byeong-jin showed a slightly anxious expression.

“Do you really expect him to break all the weekly dungeon records?”

“Hmm?”

Yu Ji-a raised one eyebrow.

A gesture telling him to speak if he had more to say.

“Well… I acknowledge his achievement in the Tuesday Dungeon record, but we haven’t heard anything about how he’ll clear the other dungeons. It’s not like South Korea lacked gamers with over a year of experience.”

“That’s right.”

“What if all of that was just bluffing…”

Despite Kim Byeong-jin’s anxious tone, Yu Ji-a didn’t lose her smile.

“Are you worried?”

“No, it’s not that, but…”

“It’s a business I started with my own money anyway. Even if what you’re worried about happens, there won’t be any change to your salary. Since you trusted and followed me, I’ll make sure there are no problems with your or Tae-seop’s careers.”

Yu Ji-a of Daeseong Group.

She certainly had both the power and money to do so.

‘And.’

Yu Ji-a thought.

‘It seems like he’s hiding something more.’

Look at the confidence and composure Baek Jin-woo showed when entering the dungeon earlier.

Wasn’t he acting as if lower-tier weekly dungeon records were nothing at all?

‘If that’s real…’

That’s when it happened.

Crash!

Chaos erupted in the record bulletin board management office.

“Another, another record!”

“What record?!”

“Monday Dungeon lower-tier! 4 minutes 12 seconds!”

“What, then that’s 3 minutes faster than before? Who is it, who did it!”

At the commotion from the excited staff, Yu Ji-a’s heart began pounding.

Ah.

Really?

Is it real?

He set a record on his first try?

And faster than expected too?

“Cr-crazy.”

Kim Byeong-jin, who had been constantly anxious, also muttered unconsciously.

“…Baek Jin-woo?”

“I’ve heard that name somewhere.”

“Isn’t that the player who set the Tuesday Dungeon record back then?”

“Ah, that’s right. Baek Jin-woo!”

At the staff’s voices, Yu Ji-a closed her eyes tightly and clenched her fists.

“…This works.”

This works, this business!

At minimum it’s a moderate hit.

At most, it’s a mega hit.

The weekly dungeons in “Battle of Summoners” had an ‘auto-battle’ system.

If you assign one team to a dungeon, the summoned creatures would repeatedly clear the weekly dungeon and later return with rewards!

And that system was transferred to reality as well.

The time is GMT +9.

Until midnight based on Seoul, South Korea time.

Just set it up and the summoned creatures will continuously clear dungeons.

When midnight comes?

The rewards and summoned creatures automatically enter the player’s storage.

The setup method is simple.

Starting from the second clear of a weekly dungeon.

[Would you like to conduct ‘auto-battle’ with this team?]

[Y/N]

This message appears, and clicking ‘Y’ is the end!

Baek Jin-woo removed Hunkyo from Team 3 and put in Ramba.

– Huh? Why me?

“Hunkyo has to train the kids. If you go on rotation today, you might miss training. Won’t you do it?”

– Hey, Jin-woo! What kind of disappointing thing to say? I’ll do it! I’ll definitely do it!

Ramba was delighted at the mention of being able to skip that hellish training.

Cream bread or whatever.

Right now, skipping training seemed like the best gift.

“Yeah, you control the kids a bit.”

The future training pattern would be like this.

Summoned creatures on rotation would farm diligently, while those not on rotation would train infinitely!

And Sunday is rest!

‘There is a Sunday Dungeon though.’

I’ll explain later, but that’s meaningless.

Just clear it once for the record.

‘Rest is important for both players and summoned creatures.’

Since it was something Hunkyo said, it must be certain.

There would definitely be meaningful effects on the kids’ growth.

“Alright, let’s go again. To the vacant lot.”

After setting Team 3 on rotation, Baek Jin-woo returned the equipment to Yu Ji-a.

“Here. I just take it off like this, right?”

“Yes, Jin-woo.”

Somehow Yu Ji-a’s gaze had become more respectful than before.

What about Kim Byeong-jin and Hwang Tae-seop?

They even placed both hands neatly together while looking at him with respectful eyes.

At their manner of treating him like an honored guest, Baek Jin-woo felt strangely proud.

“Honestly, I was surprised. To think you’d really break the record in one try.”

“I told you. That I’d break it.”

“Yes, that’s right. You did say that…”

But who would have known there’d be a crazy bastard in this world who’d actually execute it.

“The footage should all be captured on that equipment. If you have any additional questions, you can text me. You don’t need anything else, right?”

“Oh, yes. But what should we do about the media coverage for this record break?”

Asking if he wanted to keep it quiet like last time.

This would require borrowing Park Chang-seok’s influence from headquarters, but it might be difficult this time.

It wasn’t like before when other players were setting new records.

“Just leave it be.”

Baek Jin-woo answered coolly.

“Pardon? Really?”

“Well, it’s not like I broke a world record. And there’s still too much to show you for people to be surprised by just this.”

From Tuesday to Sunday.

He was going to keep charging forward from now on, so it was too early to be surprised.

Also, Baek Jin-woo knew well that this wasn’t the kind of rumor that could be stopped even if they tried.

“Just… please protect my family well.”

The only thing he worried about was his family.

Especially since this was South Korea where gangs ran rampant.

“Yes, understood.”

Yu Ji-a’s eyes lit up as if telling him not to worry.

Whose request was this.

Even if it meant borrowing Great Star’s power, she had to protect them.

“High-level security will be in place for the time being. Jin-woo, please just keep doing what you’re doing.”

Tuesday.

Baek Jin-woo easily conquered the Tuesday Dungeon as well.

There was a method of memorizing the existing map and running it, but he just cleared it with the Spotted Komodo.

‘I’m filming a broadcast right now anyway.’

If he ran properly now, he’d easily hit the 1-minute range, and if that happened?

He’d probably break the world record too.

‘That won’t do.’

Getting some attention was acceptable, but he didn’t want it to reach the overseas Five Emperors.

Because.

‘Nobody knows if those guys are truly good people.’

He had past connections with them and would probably be quite happy to meet them in person, but they were people he’d never met face to face.

They might even be wary of him.

‘They might think my appearance threatens their position.’

He hoped that wouldn’t be the case, but it was right to be cautious for now.

At least until our Pokryong unlocked its potential abilities.

Anyway.

The Tuesday Dungeon had two core units.

B-grade Spotted Komodo.

And B-grade Wind Falcon.

The Spotted Komodo, whose main diet was ‘Giant Slime’, crawled all the way to the boss room.

Baek Jin-woo cast the ‘Movement Speed Increase’ buff from Wind Falcon, a representative speed buffer, on the Spotted Komodo.

The result.

[Boss monster eliminated!]

[Dungeon Clear!]

[Clear Time – 00:03:10]

He easily broke South Korea’s record with an early 3-minute time.

This was also a world-ranking record.

79th place.

‘Rachel said 2 minutes 25 seconds, right?’

If he equipped the Komodo with speed runes and raised the Falcon to its limit, he’d probably achieve exactly that speed.

‘Of course, if I drew out its potential abilities through Hunkyo, even the 1-minute range would be possible.’

That would come gradually.

It was a problem that would be solved with time.

“Another spin today. Gotta farm abrasives.”

Tuesday also passed with a record break without incident.

Unlike Monday Dungeon, Wednesday Dungeon was a Weekly Dungeon that distributed defense-related runes.

The main setting was a snowy mountain, and it was extremely cold.

Cold enough to reduce movement speed just by entering.

[‘Seori Myo’ (C-grade) is summoned.]

[‘Wind Falcon’ (B-grade) is summoned.]

[‘Titanium Golem’ (B-grade) is summoned.]

[‘Explosive Dragon Mage’ (EX-grade) is summoned.]

[‘Ppul Fairy’ (C-grade) is summoned.]

That’s why cold resistance monsters were essential, and the best among them was the C-grade Seori Myo.

– Nyaaaaoong!

A blue cat that provided balanced cold resistance to all five summoned creatures including the player.

Wednesday Dungeon’s mechanism was similar to Tuesday Dungeon.

Get to the boss as quickly as possible and attack!

However, unlike the slimes that were maze-based and somewhat lacking in aggression, the snowy mountain yetis were extremely ferocious.

Creatures that threw snowballs and charged like mad as soon as you entered the dungeon.

The unit used to compensate for this was the B-grade Titanium Golem.

– Uwooooooh!

A golem made of solid metal that amplified shields for 3 minutes, serving as a tank.

“Wind Falcon, speed buff.”

– Kiyooooot!

He applied a speed buff to it and made it run up the snowy mountain.

The location was the summit of the snowy mountain.

On the shoulders of the giant golem?

The player and summoned creatures were riding.

‘Whoa, this is dizzying.’

Riding on top of a golem that was thumping and running brought quite a thrill in itself.

‘I’ll have to get used to it.’

Especially to clear Friday Dungeon, he had to easily endure this much.

Thump, thump, thump, thump!

The Titanium Golem charged forward ignoring countless yeti attacks!

It took a special route.

Going up the front way normally would take quite a long time, but using the climbing route in the back steep area that only the Titanium Golem could take?

It achieved the feat of reaching the summit within 3 minutes.

Thump, thump, thump!

The downside was feeling dizzy from the sensation of rapidly ascending.

Baek Jin-woo, barely maintaining his composure, muttered.

“Pokryong, get ready.”

– ….

As expected, Pokryong quietly prepared magic without responding since they were filming.

The sight of maintaining composure while drawing up magical power was almost reverent.

Whoooooosh!

As they continued leaping toward the summit, cutting through the pouring blizzard.

[Warning! Warning! Warning!]

[Boss monster appears!]

– Grwooooooooh!

A fairly massive and threatening giant snowy mountain yeti was roaring.

‘Huh.’

It’s fortunate this is a low-grade dungeon—what if it were a top-grade dungeon?

Something three times bigger and more massive than that would appear.

Around the yeti was a blue barrier, and removing that protective barrier buff is exactly the Ppul Fairy’s role.

Baek Jin-woo immediately controlled the Ppul Fairy and stripped away the barrier.

‘And.’

That thing has ice attributes, so I need to beat it down with a fire-attribute summoned creature.

Pokryong is perfectly suited for this.

Other players who can’t get an Explosive Dragon Mage would have to bring an appropriate fire-attribute dealer.

“Pokryong, now!”

– …!

Whoooosh!

Pokryong answered with his eyes and swung his staff, and for several minutes the flames extending from it engulfed the yeti.

[Boss monster eliminated!]

[Dungeon Clear!]

[Clear Time – 00:04:22]

As expected.

This was also South Korea’s best record.

And.

It was from that moment that South Korea began to stir.

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