I Alone Am an EX-Class Summoner - Chapter 263

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I Am Alone EX-Grade Summoner Episode 263

System (2)

Countless question marks floated in my mind.

But there was plenty of time.

Let me ask step by step.

First.

“Does this massive will or whatever sending such monsters mean that Earth has violated the cosmic laws?”

[Exactly.]

I could feel it coming.

The feeling that I could hear the origin story of Battle of Summoners.

“What laws did we violate?”

[The current universe is thoroughly controlled by someone.]

[And that being extremely abhors interference between planets.]

[The reason the universe is so vast that interplanetary exploration is impossible is for that very reason.]

“What does that have to do with violating laws?”

[It’s because of civilization’s advancement.]

[Humanity grew too rapidly.]

Flash!

The surrounding view twisted once again.

A magnificent scene unfolded before my eyes.

Chug chug chug.

A steam-powered train roared past from front to back, spewing steam.

I saw massive machines turning with thunderous noise, black smoke billowing from smokestacks.

[Starting with the invention of the steam engine in the 18th century, the flames of industrial revolution blazed as humanity developed technology at unprecedented speed.]

[Up to this point, it was still at a manageable level.]

Flash!

This time I saw lights turning on across the previously dark Earth.

[In the 19th century, they discovered electricity and began applying it.]

[As communication crossed continents, the speed of civilization’s advancement grew increasingly uncontrollable.]

And in the 20th century.

Through two world wars, humanity began the dawn of the space age.

1957, the launch of humanity’s first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1.

1969, Apollo 11 sent humans to the moon.

Space was no longer a mythical tale.

[And in the 21st century, a genius finally made plans to send humanity beyond the planet.]

[That was the beginning of the tragedy.]

The collaboration between private companies and NASA raised hopes for Mars exploration, and humanity dreamed vast dreams toward deep space.

[All of that was the first step toward crossing the inviolable realm.]

“…The inviolable realm.”

That’s right.

The cosmic law was not to interfere between planets.

But humanity finally created spaceships.

It was essentially magic more mysterious than actual magic.

If beings called gods existed, how terrifying would humans be?

From a human perspective, it would be like ants suddenly inventing wings to fly around while making guns and explosives to wage war.

Puzzle pieces were gradually fitting together in Baek Jin-woo’s mind.

[But humanity had already come too far.]

[I had no choice but to select one of two options.]

I thought I knew what it was.

From Earth’s perspective, the method to save the planet itself and turn back the approaching Arbitrator was obvious.

[Humanity’s end, or making humanity stronger.]

“Making them stronger… enough to face the Arbitrator?”

If the universe was one giant ecosystem?

Current Earth was like a virus.

That Arbitrator was the vaccine.

[That’s right.]

[As I explained earlier that humanity was the universe’s greatest masterpiece, I didn’t want to kill this civilization I was fortunate enough to create.]

[So I searched for various cases from other planets.]

Earth didn’t have time.

Calculating the time for the Arbitrator to come destroy Earth, it was roughly 20 years.

Could humanity be made stronger within 20 years?

[After searching here and there through planetary power, I found several planets that survived even the Arbitrator’s deployment.]

[They all created a single being called a ‘transcendent.’]

But here a problem arose.

The species from other planets, whether similar to or different from Earth’s humans, all possessed some degree of physical abilities.

Especially the ‘martial arts’ world set as the 90th floor of the Tower.

When Earth first encountered that civilization, it was shocked.

They were certainly different from our humans.

Those who crossed the sky.

Those who ran using walls as footholds.

Mountains split with a single fierce sword strike, massive boulders shattered to pieces with one punch.

It was a world that showed what humans could transcend if they trained their bodies to the limit.

And naturally.

That place also had to face an Arbitrator.

Because someone had ascended to immortality and roamed beyond the universe.

[One of those transcendents was the Wuji Immortal.]

[He was incredible.]

Flash!

This time the surrounding background changed to show the Wuji Immortal facing the Arbitrator.

“Ah.”

– That’s… the Wuji Immortal?

– Hehe.

Baek Jin-woo, Aso, and Hunkyo.

All watched the scene with shining eyes.

A man with intense white hair flowing down to his waist.

His black robe fluttered in the wind as whirlwinds formed around him.

The sword in his hand was simple and plain, yet held more dignity than any precious blade.

His gaze was directed toward the universe without wavering in deep tranquility.

Before him stood an Arbitrator descending with a massive greatsword.

But the Wuji Immortal was not shaken by that sight.

He slowly raised his sword.

And.

Swish.

A very simple motion of bringing the sword down.

That was all.

– That’s…!

Hunkyo was shocked.

– Father, that’s Daeseong’s One Flash Heaven and Earth!

The Arbitrator cracked while charging forward, and before it knew it, split apart with a crack!

With just that one motion, he had cleaved it in two.

[I wanted to raise such a transcendent being too.]

If I were to describe the Wuji Immortal in one word… Hmm.

Cancer?

Is that right?

Cells that cannot be cured no matter how much vaccine is administered.

Usually, ‘cancer’ is described as cells with a strong survival instinct.

Cells that multiply indefinitely without falling off in order to survive.

The cells themselves have strong vitality, but paradoxically, that vitality devours the main body’s life force, leading to mutual destruction.

Earth probably wanted to become like that too.

While protecting the civilization it created, it probably wanted to survive without being eliminated from this cosmic ecosystem.

[But no matter how objectively we look at it, we humans seemed unable to create such a being.]

[Especially with only 20 years remaining.]

That’s right.

We developed our civilization focusing on the brain rather than the body.

Earth probably came up with a new idea then.

What if humans aren’t strong enough?

What if we create homages of strong summoned creatures that humans can control using planetary power, then concentrate them all on one being?

Moreover, we humans are serious about sports.

Among them, games!

When it comes to gaming ability alone, we absolutely don’t fall behind other worlds.

[I had to find just one genius to concentrate all my power on.]

So I created a game.

That was “Battle of Summoners.”

It was essentially a beta test to find the talent most capable of handling summoned creatures.

“Hah.”

Baek Jin-woo opened his mouth.

So he had accidentally encountered such a game and devoted himself to it seriously.

What an absurd situation.

[So I created the Tower of Trials and drastically increased the difficulty.]

[If you could just prove yourself by clearing the 100th floor… I was prepared to give you all my planetary power.]

So.

“Battle of Summoners” was the beta test, and reality was the official launch?

As a special reward for being first place in the beta test, he was given these incredible summoned creatures.

[Player Baek Jin-woo was everything to me.]

[Even when the truck accident unfortunately delayed things by three years, I tried everything to keep you alive.]

[I concentrated all summoned creatures on you, and guided some summoned creatures to handle abilities beyond the planet. I led Aso to obtain that Wuji Immortal’s power, and presented Pokryong with the opportunity to contain an even greater cosmic source.]

[The more you transcend, the safer our Earth becomes from the Arbitrator.]

“…”

It was shocking.

The being he had fought against and hated so much…

Turns out it had orchestrated everything for Baek Jin-woo’s sake?

“Then why did you tell us to kill our members in the Tower of Trials? Wasn’t that unnecessary?”

[You can’t view me only from a human perspective.]

[Only this civilization matters to me; individual human lives meant nothing.]

[I was afraid.]

[What if I had given you uncontrollable power?]

[So I had to test you.]

[Whether you would truly obey and follow the Quests.]

“…”

Baek Jin-woo had not followed the control.

Despairing at this, Earth ultimately chose the alternative.

Abandoning human civilization and choosing the path to save Earth.

“This was clearly your mistake. If you had explained this situation to me… I would have followed your control. Even without sending such missions.”

[Would you really have?]

[You somehow entered this place and are explaining everything openly, but the path a transcendent walks is never a path of glory.]

Flash!

The background changed again.

The Wuji Immortal appeared once more.

In a massive battlefield, he was suffering while fighting some monster.

– Good heavens…!

“Hah.”

– What the!

All three were shocked again.

There was another being that could drive a transcendent like the Wuji Immortal to such extremes?

Does that make sense?

[This battle is part of a record I discovered by chance.]

Ah.

The Arbitrator that the Wuji Immortal had cut in half was just the tip of the iceberg.

Behind it existed even greater disasters.

[Even that life form is nothing compared to this vast universe.]

The great will isn’t satisfied with sending a vaccine just once.

If it doesn’t work?

Send a stronger vaccine!

“Damn.”

Baek Jin-woo finally let out a curse.

[The endless hardships that befall a transcendent… A position where you must endure without any compensation for the sake of your humanity.]

[To rise to that position, it had to be someone who would follow control.]

[Of course, I apologize for offending you with my judgment.]

Earth apologized.

Then it proposed the final choice.

This time, it was a proposal that staked even Earth’s own life.

[Anyway, you’ve already infiltrated the World Tree.]

[You could have used Seong Yeom-hwa to end Earth’s lifeline with your own hands.]

[It’s the same this time.]

[Only four years remain until the Arbitrator arrives.]

[Choose one of two options.]

[Either collaborate with me to walk the path of a transcendent and somehow try to escape from this absurd apocalypse, or burn this crystal now and walk the path of doom together.]

Earth’s original position was one of two.

Either create a transcendent to engage in a fateful battle, or destroy humanity and survive alone.

But.

Now the position had changed.

Either create a transcendent to engage in a fateful battle, or perish together with humanity.

In other words.

The planet had completely closed off the path to survive alone.

That was exactly the situation Baek Jin-woo had created.

“Haha.”

Well now.

This is quite an amusing situation.

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