I Alone Am an EX-Class Summoner - Chapter 237

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I Am Alone EX-Grade Summoner Episode 237

6th World League (8)

“Huh?”

Rachel let out a hollow laugh.

She felt something was going strangely wrong when Hong Ari had consecutively gotten 5 or more kills.

“Look at these guys?”

1 or 2 kills could be attributed to taking out players they encountered while gathering, but the kills continuing to increase at such a rapid pace meant…

It showed an intention to rapidly increase kill count rather than gathering.

“Sister!”

Olivia was running toward them from far away.

That wasn’t all.

Lori Sharp, Joel Deng, Keira Walsh, Ellen White, Ella Toon, Ryan Cooke, and others.

England’s major players were joining one by one.

“Did you see the kill count? It keeps increasing?”

“Yeah.”

“These bastards. It seems like they’re pretending to gather at first as a fake and then fighting individually?”

“It’s not simple individual combat.”

Rachel had clearly seen it when she summoned the Golden Dragon.

SKY’s Sky Wyverns soaring up into that sky.

If they were simply going to play solo, there would be no reason to deploy wyverns, and the kill logs couldn’t rise so similarly like that.

“The fact that kill counts are rising evenly means there’s a high probability they’re spread evenly across this terrain.”

“…What does that mean?”

“It means they’re forming a formation. While even keeping our kill count in check.”

“Crazy, is that possible in a multi-player tournament?”

Hmm.

It’s not impossible, but it’s incredibly difficult.

She could imagine how much SKY must have trained for that.

‘As expected, they’re not a team to face carelessly.’

Even without Baek Jin-woo, SKY is strong.

However.

‘It won’t work against me.’

That method has the advantage of being able to quickly accumulate kills, but it has the weakness of being completely outmatched in individual strength.

The United States and Japan aren’t just standing around watching either.

“We boldly abandon the kill count.”

“Then?”

“SKY hunting.”

“Aha.”

“We’ll work on kill count after catching more than half of them.”

They become completely vulnerable to coordinated attacks.

Moreover, forming a formation too?

Then it becomes easier for us to find them.

We just need to find the pattern.

‘They want to clash before even reaching the quarterfinals.’

Right.

Let’s do it.

“We divide our team into three.”

Rachel began giving orders quickly.

“Olivia.”

“Yeah!”

“Including you, pick any four people and run toward the direction where you can see those three mountain peaks. Kill all visible players, but if you see SKY members, chase and catch them as top priority. Got it?”

“Okay.”

“And Lori.”

“Yes, Master.”

“You also form a team of five including yourself and run toward the opposite direction where the sun is. Same for you.”

“I understand what you mean.”

“The SKY kids are probably likely to be around this area. If you happen to meet the American or Japanese kids, subtly leak that information too.”

“Yes.”

Since SKY is the most guarded target, subtly using other countries’ power.

This is also a type of strategy.

“And I’ll move alone. I’ll search while going in a circle from this place.”

What would be best?

Quickly finding and killing Hong Ari.

“No time! Move quickly!”

“”Yes!””

England also began moving with quick responses.

England became a house of mourning.

England had been fighting a pride battle with Korean fans recently due to Hong Ari’s press conference and Rachel’s response.

In such a situation, seeing Rachel being completely outmaneuvered strategically, everyone was holding their heads with sad expressions.

“Ah, is it really because it’s Jinugod’s country?”

“Their skills are incredible too. Other national teams are being helplessly defeated.”

“If the kill count gap widens like this, it’ll be hard for England to catch up no matter how good their skills are!”

“Sneaky bastards. Acting like they’ll have a fair fight head-on, then playing like that?”

That was what people worldwide were most curious about.

Would SKY really be able to fight Red Rose even excluding Baek Jin-woo?

But this match was telling them.

That they could compete.

Although they weren’t overwhelmingly superior in combat power, they were strategically capable enough to face them.

Especially Hong Ari exuded an overwhelming presence in this multi-player tournament.

She happened to encounter Japan’s ranker Shirato Sakura while passing by.

– Ahhhhh! Shirato Sakura is burning up by Hong Ari without being able to do anything!

– What about Japan! Shirato is Japan’s 2nd rank and world rank 13th! Such a person was perfectly defeated by Hong Ari!

She easily disposed of her as if treating her like an opponent two levels below.

“Wow.”

“This changes the story again?”

“Wasn’t she a weak ranker?”

“…Maybe her combat power is similar to Sam-je?”

Hong Ari is currently world rank 5th.

Even so, the public evaluation was that she was one level below Sam-je.

But now, most commentators reacted that they weren’t sure.

Naturally, Korea went wild.

“Kyaaaaaaah!”

“Hong Ari! Hong Ari! Hong Ari!”

“Thank you Japan! Thanks to you, Hong Ari’s hidden true value was revealed!”

“Wow, this league is also super fun?”

Korean netizens were excited about the activities of SKY members who had always been overshadowed by Baek Jin-woo.

Japan’s insides were boiling, but since the opponent was SKY, the reaction was that it couldn’t be helped.

– Of course they’d lose. The world’s strongest… And Hunkyo trains them every single moment every day.

– Korea there probably has a completely different quality of training from our Japan. Don’t blame Shirato too much.

– Right. Shirato would have been different if she was in SKY!

– What is Hikaru doing! Hikaru, get revenge!

Unfortunately, Hikaru never got to meet Hong Ari.

In the case of Japan and the United States, they saw Jujak and the Golden Dragon early on and retreated straight to the outskirts.

They came with a strategy of picking off small fry from the outside to stack kills.

Only Shirato happened to spawn in that location and got taken down by Hong Ari!

Time passed.

Just as each member of the Korean national team was recording an average kill count in the mid-teens.

England’s counterattack began.

– Hwang Ji-woo has been taken down! Olivia led her team in an ambush on Hwang Ji-woo! She’s trying to resist but there’s nothing she can do against multiple attackers!

– Kang Ji-ho and Jeong Si-woo nearby should notice!

– Exactly! Huh? Look at the screen! Song Yeon-hee in the northeast has also been taken down! This is Lori Sharp’s team! There are five of them! Ahhh! Despite some impressive puppet control that dealt considerable damage to the opponents, the puppet strings finally snap! At this point, there’s nothing Song Yeon-hee can do!

Crack!

The puppets split and tore apart.

Natural reverse summoning!

Having lost all her summons, Song Yeon-hee smiled bitterly as she was ejected from the field back to the arena.

– But it’s okay! 15 kills each is quite a lot!

– That’s right. That alone already guarantees advancement to the main tournament! They can show their real skills in the main event!

– Hwang Ji-woo! Song Yeon-hee! You both did great!

“Haaaaah!”

Sighs erupted from all around.

– Red Rose’s movements are becoming unstoppable!

– The unfortunate thing is that SKY doesn’t know about Red Rose’s movements!

– Exactly! Even now! Olivia’s team is moving toward Kang Ji-ho!

– Lori Sharp’s team is also moving toward Gi Jae-hyeok! This is… completely predictive movement that they’ve established a formation! They’re starting to shake up the formation entirely!

– The English team is amazing too! To see through SKY’s strategy with so little information in such a short time!

As Rachel’s commands took effect, the faces of the dying English citizens came back to life.

“Hahaha! See that. What did I tell you!”

“No matter how much you rack your brains, you can’t beat Rachel, right?”

“Olivia! Olivia! Olivia!”

“Lori! Lori! Lori!”

The English people savored the moment of counterattack, clenching their fists.

Also, as the distance between Rachel and Hong Ari, who were searching in circles around their respective positions, grew closer, that excitement doubled.

“They’re clashing! They’re clashing!”

“Rachel! Rachel! Rachel!”

“Just a little faster!”

The commentators were also excited.

– Now, everyone! That moment is finally coming!

– Rachel vs Hong Ari! Hong Ari vs Rachel! If these two clash in the current situation, I’m really looking forward to seeing what kind of result we’ll get!

– There’s been tension between them since before the league! They’re both probably itching for this!

The cheering and tension from each country’s supporters reached its peak.

Everyone was excited about what could perhaps be the biggest turning point of this match.

However.

– Oh! Hong Ari suddenly changed direction!

At the commentator’s voice, the English citizens showed confused expressions.

Rachel still hadn’t spotted Hong Ari.

In that situation, Hong Ari, who had been circling nearby, was rapidly moving away to the outskirts.

“What, is she running away?”

“Why is that, Hong Ari! When did you act so confident about fighting! You should engage!”

Sighs erupted throughout England, but Hong Ari’s movement showed no hesitation.

She passed between the trees and instantly widened the distance from Rachel.

– This! Hong Ari seems to have noticed something!

– There must have been some kind of signal! The other players are also breaking formation and scattering!

– What could it be!

In fact, the full story of the incident was this.

Establishing formation when the Golden Dragon appeared was Plan B.

In Plan B, Sky Wyverns had to be sent back up into the sky 30 minutes after the match started.

What if the member who should be next to you doesn’t send up a Sky Wyvern?

That’s most likely Red Rose making their move!

The plan was to immediately leave their positions.

A caster who caught onto this switched the broadcast screen to review the situation from 3 minutes ago.

– Here it is. They sent up wyverns simultaneously!

– Is this the signal?

– It seems so. Seeing how they moved together simultaneously exactly 3 minutes later, it looks like the plan was to retreat 3 minutes later if wyverns weren’t visible! And Hwang Ji-woo and Song Yeon-hee couldn’t send up their wyverns!

– Wow, that’s quite a meticulous strategy!

– It’s a good strategy. There’s no reason for us to engage with Red Rose in a multi-player tournament!

This makes Red Rose even more disadvantaged.

The SKY members had already dealt with all the players that Red Rose should have caught in that area.

Moreover?

Now if they flee to the outskirts and sweep up all the players there too?

“Oh no!”

It was then that one expert from English media slammed his fist on the desk with a bang!

“Th-this is bad!”

“Why!”

“Aren’t the United States and Japan picking up players on the outskirts without bothering each other!”

That’s right.

Japan and the United States brought the same strategy they had been using.

A strategy of not bothering their allies while just stacking kill counts.

It was a method to safely secure advancement to the main tournament.

“There are no players to kill on the outskirts, and if SKY sweeps everything up like that from the inside…”

“Oh, surely not…”

“Yes.”

The expert showed a defeated expression.

“If this goes wrong, England might not even advance to the main tournament and get eliminated?”

“Wow!”

Baek Jin-woo jumped up from his seat with admiration.

His beer glass was already completely empty.

He could guarantee that the beer he drank today was the most delicious in the world.

The match content was that entertaining.

“This is amazing, right? Hong Ari?”

“Why, why, why! What is it, oppa!”

Baek Jin-woo saw the same picture.

Honestly, Baek Jin-woo didn’t know either.

He had only provided training and left all strategy to Hwang Ju-won and Hong Ari.

That way, watching the match would be more fun too!

“Look at the kill count. The English kids are barely getting any right now.”

Moving into the 6th World League, the pace of multi-player tournaments had become much faster.

This was because the skill gap had widened even more, as the world’s top rankers’ kill speed had increased compared to before.

As a result, only 1 hour had passed in the game, but out of 1,000 players, only 500 remained.

In other words, there were only 400 players left to catch.

But if they flee without bothering to fight and sweep up other players instead?

“Could England actually get eliminated in the preliminaries?”

This was a major disaster.

Regardless of combat power, they were being completely toyed with by Hong Ari!

Since England had always been at the center of the World League, this humiliation would come as an even deeper disgrace.

“Heh, heheheh….”

Baek A-jin, who had heard Baek Jin-woo’s explanation, laughed helplessly.

“I’m getting goosebumps.”

She rubbed her arms up and down as she said this.

Trying to calm the raised goosebumps.

“Ari unnie…. She’s so cool.”

“Really.”

Yu Ji-a beside them also gasped in admiration with her mouth open.

Baek Jin-woo’s heart was racing too.

No.

He had hoped she would win, but she didn’t need to go this far!

How did it end up like this?

Or was this a meticulously planned strategy from the beginning?

Rachel.

What will you do this time?

One thing was certain—the game was getting interesting.

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