I Alone Am an EX-Class Summoner - Chapter 255

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I Am Alone EX-Grade Summoner Episode 255

Heaven Realm (3)

Five people had died.

From England: Keira Walsh, Joel Deng.

From the United States: Emily Fox, Clint Jones, Coby Pochettino.

“….”

At least there were no SKY members among them.

Five people had joined us.

Gi Jae-hyeok, Hwang Ji-woo, Song Yeon-hee, Lori Sharp, Shirato Sakurai…

A total of eight people could be considered missing.

Olivia, Oh Sun-young, Kang Ji-ho, Kang Geon-ho, An Gi-jeong, Jenos, Hikaru, Hong Ari.

Like this.

Where could they be?

Since we haven’t found them yet, we don’t even know if they’re dead or alive.

We have no choice but to continue searching.

“Sigh.”

A bitter sigh escaped naturally.

For now, we decided to hold a simple funeral for the five who died.

“Hyung-nim, rather than burying them in this barren land, I think cremation would be better.”

Gi Jae-hyeok suggested.

Baek Jin-woo thought that was right too.

The Heaven Realm is a foreign land.

Burying them here might feel like eternally binding them to an unfamiliar place rather than giving them rest.

Let’s just burn them.

What Baek Jin-woo could do for them was to ensure they didn’t remain here, but were sent off to our homeland we’d return to… or somewhere beyond that.

Lori Sharp led the funeral.

As a member of Red Rose, her grief had to be deeper than ours.

They were people she had shared affection with for a long time.

She didn’t even think to wipe away her flowing tears.

Whoooosh!

Pokryong burned the five corpses warmly yet intensely.

– May you find peace.

“Rest in peace.”

“We’ll definitely get revenge for you.”

“We won’t forget you.”

Everyone bowed their heads and honored the deceased in their own way.

I craved cigarettes I’d never smoked, and longed for strong whiskey.

Anger surged from deep in my chest.

Even when I isolated the Destruction Dragon with a patch during the Battle of Summoners days, I wasn’t this angry.

But I had to accept it.

Having come this far, I couldn’t throw childish tantrums like a kid.

We had already decided to oppose the system, and we needed to find a way.

I had to acknowledge what needed to be acknowledged.

That our side was in a much more disadvantageous situation.

Then?

We needed to be prepared accordingly.

Whoosh!

Baek Jin-woo stared at the traces of the burning flames for a while.

Anger, sadness, and cold reality intertwined in a complex mix.

“We can’t stop now.”

Who knows.

Maybe if Baek Jin-woo declared surrender here, the situation might improve a little.

But he had no intention of doing that.

“Even if dangerous, unfair, and overwhelming situations come, we have to go to the end.”

The result?

Even if it might be death, he didn’t care.

This isn’t a fight for survival.

It was a fight to break free from this yoke that might happen someday.

“That’s right, hyung-nim.”

“Since it’s come to this, we have to charge even if we die. Those bastards. Let’s climb to the very top and see their faces. What kind of bastards they are.”

“Even if we die, we won’t die meaninglessly. We’ll give those bastards at least a small taste of hell before we die.”

Everyone steeled their resolve firmly.

Shirato Sakura as well.

“Is death a problem? If it’s honorable, I can accept it. That’s better than retreating like this.”

He engraved the samurai spirit of his homeland in his heart.

Baek Jin-woo nodded.

“Good.”

Then he flashed his coldly settled eyes.

“Then we move right away.”

First, we searched the surrounding buildings.

Fortunately, it seems angels eat food too.

There was a warehouse, and old preserved foods were discovered.

Well, they have mouths too and use energy… they can’t not eat.

“These are fruits. I tried them, and they’re quite substantial.”

There were various types of fruits.

They were delicious, and even small amounts brought great satiety.

This seemed to be the angels’ staple food.

“There’s bread too! It’s hard when you touch it, but it melts smoothly when you chew it?”

– Wow! Bread?! I want bread! Give me some too!

Only Ramba was excited.

And lastly.

“Is this holy water?”

There was water contained in small bottles…

Gi Jae-hyeok brought it to his mouth first.

“Ah.”

Then he shuddered all over.

“It’s refreshing? My thirst is resolved at once. Wow, these guys eat and live well.”

We all gathered together and started eating.

We’re not eating for taste.

We’re eating to survive.

Slurp!

Consuming so fast it was hard to tell if we were eating or swallowing, Baek Jin-woo quickly organized his thoughts.

‘Objective.’

First, the most important objective is naturally survival.

Somehow staying alive while giving the system a blow.

To do that, we need to set detailed goals.

“First, Aso.”

– Yeah.

“You’ll scout for a while and look for survivors. In the meantime, train the Wuji Immortal skills you learned whenever you get the chance.”

Learning other skills through Hunggyo would be good too, but…

Besides, there was no telling how long that would take, and it was too vague.

It would be better to improve the proficiency of the skills he had already learned.

Among all the forces Baek Jin-woo currently possessed, Aso had the best mobility and was the strongest.

– Got it!

“And the rest of you, listen up too.”

“”Yes.””

Everyone focused while eating.

“First, you need to become overwhelmingly stronger than you are now. Until Mayeo finds a solution, focus on recovery and training. If you get stuck on something, find Hunkyo. I’ll help as much as I can.”

Now they had to approach things completely differently from before.

Until now, players had various motivations for wanting to become stronger.

Some wanted to win the league.

Some wanted to climb the Tower of Trials.

Others wanted to become famous.

To make money, and so on.

But now?

Now they had to become strong solely to survive.

“From now on, you need to get used to unreasonableness. Think of the system as an assassin that wants to kill us anytime, anywhere.”

Who knows.

The missing people might have been sent to Earth by the system, just like Rachel.

If the system thought that would put us at a disadvantage, it would have definitely done so.

“And Lori, Shirato.”

“Sir.”

“Yes!”

“You two will also start exercising from today.”

Originally, SKY members had been continuously learning breathing techniques designated by Hunkyo along with exercise.

The fact that no SKY members died this time might also be for that reason.

Especially the breathing techniques.

The more you learned them, the more you transcended humanity.

“There’s no protection now. If you neglect exercise just because you’re a player, you could die from even a small shock.”

The human body is infinitely fragile.

If Baek Jin-woo hadn’t learned Geoncheong-simgong?

When he fell, couldn’t he have died from breaking his neck or something like that?

“Understood.”

“I’ll learn anything.”

“I can no longer take responsibility for all of your lives. From now on, you must trust yourselves and survive on your own.”

Sorry to say, but he couldn’t climb to the 100th floor carrying dead weight.

Even if they became burdens, they had to be light ones.

And even to take them along, they needed to be helpful in some minimal way.

If not?

Leaving them behind would be a better decision for everyone’s survival.

“Inhale, exhale.”

Baek Jin-woo didn’t neglect his training either.

He closed his eyes and calmed his mind.

He continued to organize his thoughts while breathing.

First.

This place, the Celestial Realm.

In Battle of Summoners, he had never seen this worldview itself.

He had only fought individual entities from the Celestial Realm.

‘They were insanely strong.’

The Four Archangels were truly terrifying.

So much so that Rachel couldn’t even issue a challenge.

Baek Jin-woo had barely cleared them after thousands of attempts.

The members also trained.

About an hour a day, Hunkyo instructed them, and the rest of the time Hunkyo continued attempting terrain reconnaissance.

He also kept searching for survivors.

How many days had passed like this?

– Master!

Swoosh!

Hunkyo appeared before his eyes.

“Yeah?”

– I… I found a strange place.

“What is it?”

– It’s not this city, but another city about 10 kilometers away from here… I don’t know how to explain this… I think you’ll have to see it for yourself.

“Really?”

At Hunkyo’s reaction, the members who had been training also gathered one by one.

The summoned creatures did the same.

– Why, why, why? What’s happening?

– Gwooar?

Everyone looked curious.

Baek Jin-woo nodded.

“I wasn’t planning to stay holed up here anyway.”

They could train while moving, and the more they moved locations, the higher the chance of finding the missing people.

“Everyone, let’s move.”

They prepared and departed.

The summoned creatures’ HP was also fully restored.

There were a total of three surviving Sky Wyverns.

Those without wyverns rode the Destruction Dragon, and the three followed behind.

Then the open scenery of the Celestial Realm came into view.

“What a thing to see in my lifetime. To think such a world existed.”

“Now I can’t tell if this is inside the tower… or a truly new world.”

The sky emanated a subtle bluish light, and massive floating sky islands were scattered throughout.

After sharing their impressions, they soon fell silent.

Their hearts felt infinitely heavy.

‘What should we do now?’

‘Can we survive here?’

‘Can we return to Earth? What about our families?’

Whoosh, whoosh!

Only the sound of the Destruction Dragon’s wingbeats cut through the silent sky.

And soon.

They arrived at the place Hunkyo had found.

– This is it, Master.

This place had structures completely different from other cities.

Instead of tall spires or magnificent cathedrals, there were massive mechanical structures and intricately intertwined pipes wrapping around the buildings.

“What, is this some kind of factory?”

– Go inside. You’ll be surprised.

“What could it possibly be.”

Why would Hunkyo say something like that?

Step, step.

He walked forward without hesitation.

Opening the door of the frontmost building and entering.

“…!”

Baek Jin-woo’s jaw dropped wide open.

Inside the vast room, hundreds and thousands of summon creatures were lined up waiting in rows.

“What is this?”

Like a doll display case.

Identical summon creatures stood at regular intervals, having stopped functioning.

At first glance, they were all familiar summon creatures.

“…Hyung-nim.”

“Whoa.”

“What on earth is all this supposed to be?”

The members who entered late were also shocked.

What was this supposed to mean?

“…Don’t tell me the things summoned to Earth are made here?”

Baek Jin-woo knows what the summon creatures placed here are.

E-rank Stone Goblin.

D-rank Flame Wolf.

C-rank Thunder Golem.

“…Are you saying this is like a Summon Creature Factory?”

“If not that, then how would you explain this?”

Baek Jin-woo called Ramba.

– Woong!

“There’s something I’ve been curious about from before. Every time I asked, you said your head hurt and there seemed to be some restriction.”

– That’s right.

“Is this place by any chance where you come when you’re reverse summoned?”

– That’s not it. But…. I told you I was quarantined before being summoned by Jin-woo, right? That was a somewhat special space…. Now that I think about it, it seems like the atmosphere was similar to this building.

“….”

It’s probably a Summon Creature Factory after all.

Step, step.

Just in case, he walked toward a nearby Stone Goblin.

Poke.

And then when he touched its shoulder.

[Player ‘Baek Jin-woo’ has acquired summon creature ‘Stone Goblin’ (E-rank)!]

“….”

As expected.

He obtained it just by touching.

Baek Jin-woo’s thinking was correct.

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