I Alone Am an EX-Class Summoner - Chapter 238

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I Am Alone EX-Grade Summoner Episode 238

6th World League (9)

“Haa.”

Rachel frowned.

No matter how much she searched, not even an ant came out.

There were too few Players around.

‘This is unsettling.’

Rachel shook her head and urged Baekho forward.

“Baekho, to the High Ground.”

– Krheng!

Baekho trampled trees and leaped up.

Before long, they arrived at the High Ground.

Originally, items in Multi-player Tournaments have a high spawn rate at High Ground.

She searched the vicinity without even catching her breath.

Then, there was an item that caught her eye.

[Special Grade Scoreboard (C-rank)]

“Good.”

An item that shows kill counts by country for 30 seconds.

Rip!

Rachel immediately tore the scroll and used it.

At the same time.

‘Huh.’

She realized that something was going wrong with the situation.

England was outside the top 8.

Their kill count wasn’t rising at all.

Meanwhile, the combined kill count of the top 8 countries had already exceeded 500.

It hadn’t even been a full hour since the match started, yet more than half of all Players had already disappeared.

‘When did it get like this.’

Rachel’s lips went completely dry.

She had expected it to be faster than before due to the widening gap between Players from each country, but she didn’t know it would be this fast.

‘At this rate, we might not even make it to the finals?’

Now wasn’t the time to worry about SKY.

Rachel immediately abandoned her search.

“Golden Dragon.”

Then she sent the Golden Dragon up to signal for assembly.

– Kroaaaaaaaaaaa!

The Golden Dragon’s roar shook the forest once again.

Soon the members gathered one by one in front of her.

“Sister!”

“What’s the matter!”

“Everyone scatter now!”

Rachel shouted urgently.

“Spread out as widely as possible and focus only on getting as many kills as you can! First place is already out of reach!”

“Yes!”

“We’ll run right away!”

The Red Rose members, who had been secretly worried as well, quickly scattered.

Rachel, mounted on Baekho, also charged out with heavy steps, smashing through all the trees.

Her heart was racing.

Now it was time for an all-out sprint.

“Baekho.”

– Krheoong!

“If you spot anyone while running, move toward them immediately.”

– Krheng!

Baekho ran roughly through the forest.

Trees broke and dust clouds rose.

Rachel’s gaze extended far into the distance.

‘Still, it’s okay for now.’

No matter how short on time they were, once she started running in earnest?

Wouldn’t they still make it to the finals?

They just needed to get into the top 8 countries.

‘Hong Ari.’

Rachel thought of her.

‘Her strategy was quite sharp. Pretending to face us confidently while trying to bring us down through kill count.’

But it wouldn’t be that easy.

As long as Baekho ran properly, they could easily circle this entire forest until just before the game ended.

The Four Divine Beasts were that fast.

Kwagagagaga!

The acceleration gradually built up, and now they were running so fast that her vision became dizzy.

Even so.

“Increase the speed more. I’m fine.”

Rachel pushed Baekho even harder.

– Krherheng!

Just as they were running at tremendous speed.

Kwagagaga!

Baekho suddenly came to an abrupt stop.

– Kiruurururu!

100 meters ahead.

He saw a firebird with its wings spread wide before them – Jujak.

Someone was standing in front of Jujak.

A female silhouette.

Rachel’s eyes narrowed.

“…Hong Ari?”

Since she wasn’t around, I thought she had fled, but now she appears right in front?

What is she thinking?

Since Baekho had been moving so noisily, she expected her to know their location.

But?

She didn’t expect her to reveal herself directly.

And alone at that.

“That’s right, it’s me.”

Step.

Hong Ari greeted her with a light smile.

“Rachel, I was waiting for you.”

“You’re going to block me directly?”

“Yeah, as you can see.”

“Your other strategies were good, but this one’s a bit reckless.”

“I admit it.”

Hong Ari shrugged her shoulders.

“But for me right now, this is the best judgment I can make.”

“…”

Rachel slightly furrowed her brow.

Because she could see Hong Ari’s intention from her actions of boldly standing in the way and trying to buy time.

“No way.”

When Rachel asked with a glimmer of hope, Hong Ari nodded.

“That’s right. I’m waiting for your choice, Rachel.”

Choice?

What choice could she be talking about?

It was Rachel’s secret technique, the Great Wizard’s 9th Circle magic.

A skill with the tremendous penalty of being unable to summon for a month just from using it!

“Great Wizard.”

Rachel’s eyes widened slightly at Hong Ari’s words.

“Among them, 9th Circle magic, Meteor Strike. Are you going to use that?”

Rachel fell silent for a moment.

Had she seen that far?

“You knew.”

“Of course. If you use the Great Wizard’s Meteor Strike now, it would easily cover dozens of kilometers even from where we’re standing. Advancing to the main tournament would be no problem either.”

9th Circle.

Meteor Strike.

It was magic that summoned and struck down meteors, and while not quite as powerful as Aso’s One Flash Heaven and Earth, it was a powerful area-of-effect technique capable of striking this entire forest.

“Huh.”

Rachel let out a short sigh.

“You’d waste one secret technique before advancing to the main tournament?”

“There’s that too.”

Hong Ari added.

“As far as I know, you consider the Tower of Trials more important than some mere league. In that situation, would you really accept that penalty just to advance to the main tournament? You wouldn’t be able to summon for a whole month even after the league ends, right?”

“…”

Huh.

Hehehehe.

Rachel laughed briefly.

She never would have imagined that Hong Ari had thought that far ahead.

A fact she hadn’t told anyone, not even Baek Jin-woo or Olivia!

She had no intention of using the Great Wizard’s secret technique, 9th Circle magic, in this league.

It was a promise she had made with herself.

‘Ha, this.’

She had been completely outmaneuvered by Hong Ari.

Whether she used 9th Circle magic or not, it was completely advantageous for Hong Ari.

If she used it, she would advance to the main tournament but lose one secret technique, and if she didn’t use it, England might not be able to advance to the main tournament at all!

‘What should I do.’

Rachel pondered.

Normally, she would have just gone for it.

She could just say let’s go to the tower a month later, and even if they went early, she had reliable Baek Jin-woo with her.

But?

It was exactly as Hong Ari said.

Rachel had no particular interest in the league results.

She was only thinking of preserving her full strength to climb the Tower of Trials.

She hadn’t even wanted to participate in this league, but only went along with it because Baek Jin-woo said it was fine to participate.

In such a situation, would she do something that would diminish her full power?

Given Rachel’s personality, it was impossible.

“Fine, I’ll admit it. You prepared the trap quite meticulously. Honestly, I didn’t pay attention to it.”

“Thanks for the quick acknowledgment.”

“Huh, you’re right.”

Rachel laughed bitterly with a sigh.

“I won’t use 9th Circle magic, and I never intended to use it in the first place. Even if I were to meet you in the finals, I wasn’t planning to bring it out.”

“…As expected.”

“But I’m not just going to leave.”

Thud!

Rachel jumped down from Baekho.

As soon as she landed on the ground, she wrapped the Golden Dragon around her body.

Hong Ari also took her stance at that aggressive attitude.

“Then?”

“I should at least show you before I go. That while SKY’s leader might be unknown, the sub-leader still has a hard time getting over Rachel’s wall.”

“You’ll be satisfied with just taking me down here?”

“Yes, and overwhelmingly so.”

Rachel’s eyes flashed with intensity.

“I’ll show you. The difference in skill between you and me.”

“Really?”

Hong Ari also met her gaze without backing down.

“It won’t be that easy though?”

The two Players’ gazes clashed intensely.

“Jujak.”

Hong Ari extended her hand.

– Kiruurururu!

The firebird flew up into the sky, dropping flames.

Whoosh!

With each wingbeat, flames erupted, coloring the entire forest.

And soon.

Four Deities.

Vermilion Bird.

Wrath of the Red Sky

Thud thud thud!

Rain of fire began to fall from the sky that had turned red.

Rachel’s Golden Dragon also leaped up to match it.

Yellow energy and flames clashed violently in mid-air.

KWAAAAANG!

Sparks scattered in all directions with the explosion.

Hong Ari’s Phoenix, and Rachel’s Baekho and Great Wizard also joined the battle.

“Three S-rank creatures? You’re really going all out, aren’t you?”

KWANG!

Baekho’s claws struck Jujak powerfully.

Somehow, it had become a battle of pride between the Four Divine Beasts.

“I told you. I acknowledge it.”

Rachel’s expression was more serious than ever.

In fact, that alone was glorious for Hong Ari.

She didn’t make such an expression even when facing Jenos or Hikaru.

Their control was similar.

But Rachel’s weight class was higher.

With three S-rank summons, it was an unavoidable situation.

KWAAAANG!

The more intense the clash became, the more it showed.

Rachel.

Was taking a clear advantage.

Four Deities.

White Tiger.

Divine Beast Descent.

Baekho was no longer an ordinary tiger.

It had become a tiger so massive it could use that vast forest as a bed.

– Krheooooong!

Baekho ignored Jujak’s scorching flames and bit down on its elongated neck with its massive jaws, bringing it down.

Jujak didn’t just stand there either.

Four Deities.

Vermilion Bird.

Crimson Flame’s Fury.

Jujak’s secret technique that maximizes combat power for 5 minutes at the cost of consuming all MP!

Hong Ari had also staked everything.

But no matter how much her combat power increased, it was overwhelming to withstand the water attribute magic from the Great Wizard and the Golden Dragon’s physical attacks.

“Hmm.”

A furrow appeared on Hong Ari’s forehead.

‘If it were Jin-woo.’

What would he have done here.

What would he do, what could he do.

Wouldn’t he have already dodged Baekho’s fang attack with his control skills?

– Kiruurururu!

Jujak’s roar gradually grew thinner.

Its HP was hitting rock bottom.

But she had to acknowledge what needed to be acknowledged.

The difference in control skills between Rachel and herself was truly paper-thin.

Psychology went into every minute movement, and they read each other’s intentions.

“Ha.”

Hong Ari clicked her tongue with a regretful expression.

Honestly, she thought she could do it.

She had climbed to world ranking 5th and devoted herself to training without barely any sleep.

– Krheng!

Baekho, having secured victory while pinning down its opponent, raised its claws toward the sky.

The Golden Dragon also grew massive and held its head high, looking down at Jujak.

Thwoong!

The Great Wizard also gripped his vibrating staff tightly.

“Well done, Hong Ari.”

Rachel stood proudly among such summoned creatures, extending her right hand.

“Certainly, given time and acquiring summoned creatures, you might surpass me.”

“…”

“But not now.”

Rachel clenched her extended hand upward into a tight fist.

In sync with that.

Pook!

Baekho’s claws pierced Jujak’s neck.

That single blow depleted its HP.

Four Deities.

Vermilion Bird.

Phoenix Regeneration.

Jujak transformed into burning ashes and blazed up again, resurrecting.

Rachel knew that timing better than anyone.

At that resurrection spot.

The Golden Dragon’s breath struck with perfect timing.

Golden Dragon!

Ascension Breath!

Kwaagagagagaga!

The massive dragon that soared to the sky’s end opened its jaws wide with a roar, and golden streams poured out madly from within.

Rachel’s ultimate finishing move that erases everything!

“…”

Hong Ari nodded her head.

“Indeed, Rachel is Rachel.”

It was rather refreshing.

To fight one-on-one with full sincerity like this and hit a wall.

She didn’t want to make excuses about lacking summoned creatures.

Surely if it were Baek Jin-woo, he would have beaten Rachel even without his summoned creatures.

He had proven it in the previous World League.

With summoned creatures that weren’t fully grown, he dodged the Great Wizard’s Power Word Kill just by watching with his eyes and using control.

‘Anyway.’

At least her heart felt clear, and the result was good too.

She had dragged out quite a bit of time, and if the remaining SKY members did well, they could really eliminate England in the preliminaries.

If England advanced again from here…

Well, that would be heaven’s will.

Kwagagagagagaga!

The Golden Dragon swept across the entire area, and all of Hong Ari’s summoned creatures were reverse-summoned.

That was the end.

Swish!

Hong Ari was ejected to the Arena.

And their battle.

– In, incredible!

– What an amazing fight! Was Hong Ari this strong?

The entire world watched with bated breath.

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