I Alone Am an EX-Class Summoner - Chapter 257

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I Am Alone EX-Grade Summoner Episode 257

Sacred Flame (1)

While the members were searching through the factory, Baek Jin-woo was looking for a building suitable to use as a training ground.

The factory district wasn’t great.

There was no food here, and it felt suffocating.

And it was slightly eerie.

Among the displayed summoned creatures, there were humanoid summoned creatures too…

Something about them not being alive and breathing, but having no movement made it even more so.

Would this be what Mayeo’s laboratory would feel like?

It felt like the kind of place where mad scientists would dissect human bodies and cut throats to store them in glass bottles.

He didn’t want to train in such a place.

So he came back toward the city and picked the largest building to enter.

“This is adequate.”

About 200 pyeong in size?

The central hall had an open structure with a high ceiling.

In the center was some angel statue and paintings were plastered all over the walls…

He cleared them all away with his summoned creatures.

Then he used timber to set up several somewhat shabby-looking training dummies.

This was just a temporary place.

Even this much was more than enough.

Next.

He searched all around the city and gathered food supplies in this place.

It was all fruits and bread.

He craved hot ramen or beef grilled over a fire that he could eat on Earth, but… it couldn’t be helped.

Having food was better than nothing.

Anyway, while he was organizing, the members seemed to have found quite a lot of summoned creatures.

A-grade summoned creatures must have piled up countless numbers, and judging by the Sky Wyvern’s cries, they probably obtained at least 10 or more S-grade summoned creatures.

‘I need to find survivors quickly.’

We had entered the operational factory of the real-life version of “Battle of Summoners.”

We got the opportunity to draw as many S-grade summoned creatures as we wanted, but unfortunately the deployable force was limited to 15 per player.

To use as many S-grade summoned creatures as possible, we needed more players.

S-grade was strong.

To exaggerate, they had bigger builds than EX-grade except for the Destruction Dragon.

EX-grade wasn’t about having a strong build, but rather having bug-like overpowered elements.

“Phew, is it finished?”

Once the organizing was done, a fairly decent hideout emerged.

Baek Jin-woo worked on the interior of the building a bit more.

He designated two rooms a little away from the hall as lodging.

Male and female quarters.

Each room seemed to have originally been used for purposes like meeting rooms, with tables and chairs.

Crash!

After breaking those, he used cloth scraps gathered from outside and cut up abandoned carpets to make them like beds.

Next.

Fortunately, there was a space like a drainage area behind the building.

Following that drainage all the way out.

“Wow.”

Angels shower too?

There was a space similar to a shower room.

There was a device resembling a water tank, and it was filled with quite a lot of water.

Baek Jin-woo also made a temporary restroom next to it.

The method was simple.

Just dig several deep pits.

– Grwaaaaar!

Thud, thud, thud!

Jakgeo let out a roar and then created holes with his fists.

It was just as he was preparing these survival measures.

– Father.

Swoosh!

Aso appeared in mid-air with a pop.

“Did you look around well? Any survivors?”

– None. But there’s something interesting!

“Something interesting?”

Could there be something more interesting than a summoned creature factory?

“What is it?”

– I don’t really know either, but it’s an enormously huge flame orb. Just in case, I tried cutting it with One Flash Heaven and Earth, but it didn’t work. It absorbed everything.

Hmm?

It absorbed One Flash Heaven and Earth?

You might ask what’s so interesting about that, but it wasn’t exactly uninteresting either.

Because Aso was strong.

– But Father can’t come.

“Why?”

– The flames are too intense. You need to be able to wrap yourself in a certain amount of energy. If Father comes, you might burn to death.

“That much?”

Aso laid out his thoughts to Baek Jin-woo.

That there seemed to be something there.

That he wanted to go with Hunkyo to check it out.

By the way, it was so far away that it would take more than four days round trip if we rode the Destruction Dragon.

Aso had visited such a place and returned in less than half a day.

Truly the Thousand-Li Meteor technique.

It was truly an incredible movement technique.

“Alright, go ahead.”

Hunkyo was definitely needed, but he figured there must be a reason why Aso was saying this much.

Time passed.

During that time, they obtained quite a lot of S-grade summoned creatures.

Nemesis, Stella, Leviathan, Black Tortoise, White Dragon, Chronos, Ekrion, Hell Sorcerer…

All kinds of summoned creatures were there.

Naturally, they were all types of summoned creatures Baek Jin-woo was seeing for the first time.

The members faithfully brought and handed over to him everything they obtained.

He skimmed through the information, but to properly distribute them, he would need to study them more deeply.

‘Farming comes first.’

The summoned creature pool needed to expand to secure diversity in combinations.

Occasionally, summoned creatures would synergize with each other to produce overpowered effects, and he would keep all those angles open.

‘Let’s see, System.’

In the past, the reason Baek Jin-woo was called Ilcheon (One Sky) wasn’t because he had good summoned creatures.

It was because he had the creativity to use those summoned creatures in overpowered ways.

Just as they were in the midst of farming.

– Master.

– Father!

The two he had sent earlier came running back swiftly.

At the same time, Hunkyo’s expression looked quite bright.

“Why, what was that thing?”

– Master, this is incredible!

Incredible?

If Hunkyo was using such an expression, it must really be something amazing?

– Do you happen to remember? Pokryong’s awakening conditions.

“Of course I remember.”

[Explosive Dragon Mage (EX-grade) Awakening – The True Meaning of Fire!]

[The Pokryong Faction’s stacks that have broken through their limits are about to grant her the qualification to approach the ten primordial flames, the ‘Wonhwa’ . Wonhwa is the source of all flames, the true essence of fire that encompasses creation and destruction, life and extinction.]

[From now on, the Explosive Dragon Mage must find the ten ‘Wonhwa’ and understand their meaning.]

[Time limit: None]

“Ten Wonhwa. Don’t tell me…”

– That’s right, Master.

Hunkyo smiled brightly.

– It was here in the Celestial Realm. The Sacred Flame Fire! A fire that emphasizes the sanctity of flames! If Pokryong obtains it, there will be tremendous power enhancement!

“Huh.”

Baek Jin-woo also opened his mouth.

Ah, don’t tell me.

Suddenly, a thought flashed through his mind with a bang!

‘System, you bastard.’

It wasn’t because of the Summon Creature Factory that it didn’t want to send me here, but could it have been because of that Sacred Flame Fire?

Was it afraid that Pokryong would become too strong to handle?

It was when he was slightly biting his lips.

[A ‘Proposal’ has arrived.]

[Would you like to read it?]

[Y/N]

The system, which hadn’t sent a single warning since coming here, sent another message.

‘Damn it.’

Grind.

Baek Jin-woo gritted his teeth.

‘These bastards, as expected.’

They were watching everything.

What we were doing.

How much effort we put in, and what we were preparing.

“This is 100% certain.”

It became clear that what it was wary of was because of the Sacred Flame Fire.

– Huh?

– What do you mean, Master.

“The unidentified bastard that put us in this situation. It’s been watching us all along.”

If that weren’t the case, there would be no reason to send a message now.

It must have been laughing at us for fooling around obsessed with S-grade summoned creatures, then got urgent when we got close to the Sacred Flame Fire.

Yeah, what is it?

Let me hear it once.

When Baek Jin-woo pressed Y, messages appeared in succession.

[We acknowledge Player Baek Jin-woo’s abilities. Currently, there was an intention to return you to Earth, but for certain reasons, that operation is being restricted.]

The message was written slowly.

It felt as if we were directly communicating with whoever was watching us now.

[However, survivors other than you can return to Earth. Accordingly, we make the following **proposal**.]

Yeah.

Go ahead and babble.

[Proposal Contents]

[Player Baek Jin-woo will be immediately guided to the 91st Floor of the Tower of Trials.]

[All survivors except Player Baek Jin-woo will immediately return to Earth.]

[If you accept the proposal, all operations will proceed immediately.]

[Will you accept?]

[Y/N]

The message was quite different from before.

When giving warnings, it used such malicious wording, but now it’s somewhat polite?

“Can I ask questions too?”

[That is possible.]

As expected.

Communication is possible.

“Do you guarantee the safety of the returning survivors?”

Actually.

At this point, I’m not sure if I should trust the Tower of Trials… but at least they don’t seem to be gods either.

By Baek Jin-woo’s standards, gods should be omniscient and omnipotent.

Gods wouldn’t try to negotiate with us.

[Of course.]

[Like Player Rachel Rose, they will return in their current state without suffering any additional harm.]

“Ha.”

Ridiculous.

That’s exactly it.

Since direct threats don’t work, it’s threatening using my comrades’ lives.

“What exactly are you?”

[I cannot tell you.]

“How can I trust the words of someone whose identity I don’t even know, and even if I trust them, why should I accept a proposal from someone I don’t even know?”

[You don’t have to trust us.]

[You don’t have to accept the proposal.]

[The choice is Player Baek Jin-woo’s freedom.]

[However, please remember that Player Baek Jin-woo is currently in a very disadvantageous position.]

[Will you accept?]

[Y/N]

Wow.

This is coming on strong?

“What if I don’t accept?”

[No more questions will be accepted.]

[Will you accept?]

[Y/N]

Baek Jin-woo clearly felt it.

The system was getting impatient.

If it was confident, what would it do?

It would explain everything and leisurely tell me to choose.

The fact that it’s blocking all information like this and inducing me to press Y means… it definitely wants me to press Y.

And?

Baek Jin-woo was firmly determined to give such a system the finger.

He didn’t think about his comrades.

How long have we been together.

Even without asking, they would tell him to press N.

Even in a situation where he could be 100% certain, it would be N, but right now there’s not even certainty.

Smirk.

At the same time Baek Jin-woo smiled.

“Fuck it.”

He coolly pressed N.

Other things aside, he didn’t want to give up this rare opportunity for Pokryong to become stronger.

“Listen well.”

At the same time, he looked up at the sky.

“Whoever you are, I’ll find you and kill you with my own hands. I’ll cling to you until the very end. So look forward to it, got it?”

It wasn’t something he said with certainty.

He just wanted to vent his anger.

The dead members, the missing members.

And thinking of all the pain and suffering we endured because of that existence called the System, anger naturally surged up.

There was no response.

The unpleasant gaze that seemed to be watching from somewhere also disappeared.

Baek Jin-woo’s eyes sank coldly.

“Hunkyo.”

– Yes, Master.

“Move right now. You, Pokryong, and Destruction Dragon. Just the three of you should be enough to make the trip, right?”

– It’s sufficient.

“Go. Go and make sure Pokryong can consume that fire.”

Pokryong had said it.

Even the Ancient Pokryong humbled itself endlessly before Wonhwa.

If only she could absorb such Wonhwa, perhaps even that bastard called the System would feel chills down its spine.

– It’s my specialty, Master.

Snap!

Hunkyo left after giving a crisp salute.

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