I Alone Am an EX-Class Summoner - Chapter 245

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I Am Alone EX-Grade Summoner Episode 245

New Continent (2)

Kwagagagaga!

Baek Jin-woo did not hide his appearance.

His purpose was intimidation.

“Wh-what!”

“It’s a dragon!”

Clang, clatter!

The merchant guild warriors drew their swords.

‘Oh.’

Baek Jin-woo was inwardly impressed.

Their courage was quite something.

He thought they would wet themselves and collapse the moment they saw the Destruction Dragon, but they drew their swords?

Even more.

“Th-that’s an executive of the Shadow Union!”

“Damn it! We have to kill him!”

“How can we kill an executive! There’s even a dragon! Scatter! Scatter and inform the Imperial Army!”

Baek Jin-woo tilted his head.

How could they recognize that he was from the Shadow Union, and even that he was an executive?

“That’s right, I’m an executive of the Shadow Union.”

Swoosh.

Capturing such people was simple.

Thud, thudthudthud!

Hunkyo and Aso circled around from the outskirts and kicked those trying to flee, pushing them back in.

“Huk!”

“The escape route is blocked!”

“Kuhuk, kuheuk!”

The eyes of the merchant guild members clutching their stomachs were bloodshot.

“Kill him, you evil bastard!”

“…”

Baek Jin-woo asked out of genuine curiosity.

“Usually at times like this, don’t people beg for their lives? If you beg for your lives, I’m willing to spare you.”

“Shut up. Rather than begging for our lives from an evil bastard like you, we’d rather just die!”

Madness swirled in the eyes of those shouting at the top of their lungs.

‘This is…’

Something was strange.

They didn’t seem like living beings, but rather like heretics blindly hating something?

There was an unsettling feeling.

“Mayeo.”

– Meow!

“Do you have any idea why they’re acting like this?”

– It seems like a setting, meow.

“A setting?”

– It’s a world inside the Tower anyway, meow! For the smooth warfare between the four factions, they might have set each other as mortal enemies, meow.

Hmm.

That made sense.

– The fact that they immediately recognized Master as an executive of the Shadow Union might also be a system issue.

“Then they won’t cooperate?”

If you’re curious?

Just try it.

“Hunkyo.”

– Yes, Master.

“I’m sorry, but for achieving our goal, there’s no choice. Torture them.”

– I shall obey your command.

The bone-splitting technique shown after a long time.

– Master! That’s too much, meow!

“What is?”

– Torture is my domain, meow! If you hand them over to me, I’ll completely destroy them not only physically but mentally too, meow! First, I’ll extract their most precious memories and shatter them right before their eyes…

Thump!

Baek Jin-woo shoved his fist right into Mayeo’s mouth.

– Mwamwamyamyameow!

“Be quiet.”

If they were truly bad people, he might be able to leave them to Mayeo.

Honestly speaking, no matter how bad they were, leaving them to Mayeo was too inhumane.

On the other hand, Hunkyo’s torture was clean.

It was also efficient enough that any human with ordinary mental strength would confess everything within 5 minutes.

However.

“Grrk, I cannot speak.”

“Rather than tell you, I’d rather just die.”

The merchant guild members he was seeing for the first time happened to be truly remarkable humans.

How could they endure torture so well?

– Master.

Hunkyo approached with a serious expression.

“Yeah?”

– Something is strange. They are… They don’t seem to be human.

“Then?”

– They’re just dolls. No matter what we do, they won’t spit out information.

“The probability of Mayeo’s hypothesis being correct is rising.”

– It seems likely.

If so.

Were the witches he met before in the same state?

“Release them. Let’s look for others instead of these ones.”

– Yes, Master.

Baek Jin-woo flew around the area and found similar groups to question.

The reactions were identical.

It was definitely unrealistic.

Everyone recognized his identity and showed hostile tendencies.

It felt like NPCs in a game?

‘Still, one fortunate thing.’

He obtained a continental map by raiding a merchant guild carriage.

“It seems we’ll have to figure it out through this.”

– Master… But it seems like it will take quite some time.

“Right, it’s quite large too…”

Hunkyo had found a map before.

Was it the 53rd Floor of the Tower of Trials?

There was a map he brought by raiding a commander, and this was exactly 8 times larger than that.

‘Perhaps the 53rd Floor only contained 1/8th of this vast continent.’

In other words.

From now on, he could examine the entire continent that was the source of these summons.

“Let’s do this.”

Baek Jin-woo made his decision.

“First of all, the level of this continent is roughly similar to our members, you know?”

Each witch was about the level of an A-grade summon that had grown well and received full rune enhancement.

The merchant warriors from just now too?

About the same level as C-grade summons.

In other words, if many of these gathered, it could be difficult for the members to control.

If ordinary people are at this level?

General-level or divine beast-level ones could really be S-grade or Tower of Trials mid-boss level, maybe even higher.

However, that means?

‘For Aso, they’re just food.’

Aso’s abilities are tremendous.

Even if all the rankers and Players on Earth joined forces to attack, they wouldn’t be able to touch even the hem of her clothes.

Therefore, the available options increase.

Swoosh.

Baek Jin-woo pointed his finger at the center of the continent map.

“Here in the middle, there’s an incredibly large landmark. The Empire’s Spire?”

– Huh?

Eila, who had been watching, opened her eyes.

“Why, do you know this place?”

– Yes, I may not know about other things, but that spire was quite famous even in our generation.

“What is this?”

– Jenopolis, one of the ancient ruins. It’s said to have existed for almost thousands of years, but this is the first time I’ve seen it in such pristine condition. The Holy Kingdom estimated that an emperor of the ancient empire would have resided there.

That’s right.

The Lumentia Holy Kingdom of Eila’s era.

This was definitely a generation at least thousands of years before that.

“Good. If it was a landmark even in that era… It would be easy to find even without hints.”

Baek Jin-woo nodded and looked at Aso.

“Aso.”

– Yeah, Father.

“I’m going to move to this spire from now on.”

– …Isn’t that like the center of the human empire? Isn’t that too dangerous?

“It’s fine. I have Myeongmang, Hunkyo, and Pokryong.”

– This witch is here too!

“Right, Mayeo is here too.”

– Yeah.

“I’ll be waiting there, so Aso, you should take this opportunity to build up your Celestial Meteor proficiency.”

– You mean travel around the continent?

“Yeah. You can destroy the entire continent if you want. Find the scattered members and tell them to come to this center by any means necessary.”

We never intended to fight in the first place.

So then?

Let’s all meet up first.

All the kings of every faction gathering in one place.

Baek Jin-woo wanted to share opinions after that.

– Then I should tell Hong Ari’s side too?

“That would make things easier for me.”

– Got it! Leave it to me!

Aso was reliable.

She picked up a wooden sword, nodded with a spirited expression, and.

Whoosh!

Disappeared like the wind.

Right.

First, our 20 people.

Let’s gather.

Let’s meet up and think about it.

The imperial capital Jenopolis, in the center of the continent.

At the center of the human empire’s massive strategic meeting room sat a huge table with a miniature map of the continent drawn on it.

“Your Majesty! The dwarf alliance’s invasion on the western front is intensifying. Three fortresses have already fallen!”

“Elf scouts have crossed the border on the eastern front!”

“The pressure from the multi-racial alliance on the southern front is loose, but there’s intelligence that they’re gathering large-scale forces there. Time is of the essence!”

The emperor sitting in the very center.

“…”

He was none other than William Jenos.

‘Damn it.’

Jenos was currently breaking out in a cold sweat.

‘What am I supposed to do?’

It was good that the imperial army recognized and acknowledged him as emperor.

But they kept bringing him countless problems without context, demanding solutions, and it was a hopeless situation.

‘Where the hell did our team members go?’

He had chosen to be a retainer.

Normally, shouldn’t retainers be nearby?

So he asked.

There was a young retainer waiting nearby, holding a large book and looking quite intelligent.

“Come here.”

“Did you call for me, Your Majesty!”

“Where is Emily by any chance?”

“Do you mean Duke Emily!”

Oh ho.

Emily Fox was a duke?

“The Duke is currently preparing new tactics by organizing reports from the western front. She will be coming here soon.”

“Really?”

Jenos’s expression brightened.

Fortunately, she’s nearby!

“Where is Clint Jones?”

“…Duke Clint Jones is currently commanding directly on the eastern front!”

“Ah. How far is the eastern front from here?”

“…?”

A hint of puzzlement crossed the retainer’s face.

But he couldn’t dare question what the emperor was asking!

“It’s quite far. I believe you’d have to cross at least five large mountain ranges to get there.”

“…”

Oh no.

Is it hopeless to meet Clint?

It seemed he’d have to issue a return order as soon as possible.

And lastly.

“What about Gi Jae-hyeok?”

“King Gi Jae-hyeok of the duchy is in the Southern Pochettino Duchy.”

“I see.”

Jenos fell into thought for a moment.

Not only would it be wrong to coordinate this massive front line with his thoughts alone, but countermeasures were needed first.

What he instinctively felt was necessary right now was gathering the scattered team members to this location.

“Call Lord Larock.”

Jenos had been tactfully gathering information all this time.

Larock was a seasoned and experienced figure who seemed to serve as his direct advisor.

“Your Majesty, you called for me.”

When Larock arrived, Jenos gave his orders decisively.

“From now on, convey my commands to each duke and the kingdom’s lords.”

Lord Larock bowed his head and listened attentively.

“I heard Duke Clint Jones is fighting on the Eastern Front. While I acknowledge his role there, order him to hand over command to his deputy in the east and return immediately. His judgment is needed here as well.”

“Your Majesty, Duke Clint Jones is an extremely important figure on the Eastern Front. If we rashly call him back, the front lines could collapse.”

“It doesn’t matter, this is an imperial command.”

“….”

“And also give orders to King Gi Jae-hyeok to temporarily transfer command authority in the south to the local military commander and come to the Imperial Capital.”

“May I ask the reason?”

Jenos fell silent for a moment.

Questioning the reason for an imperial command?

‘Lord Larock.’

Perhaps he’s someone with considerable experience in this place.

Jenos felt he couldn’t just brush this off casually.

“They are the companions I trust most. Each is fulfilling their responsibilities in important positions, but now everyone needs to gather in one place. Make sure to convey that I need them.”

“….”

He bowed his head briefly, then soon after.

“Understood, Your Majesty.”

After answering, he went outside.

“Phew.”

A frustrated sigh escaped from Jenos’s lips.

‘Damn it.’

Fight each other.

Kill each other.

What the hell is going on?

There’s no one to ask, no phone, and there seems to be so much to do.

“Haah.”

He felt like he was going to die from frustration.

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