I Alone Am an EX-Class Summoner - Chapter 274

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I Am Alone EX-Grade Summoner Episode 274

Transcendent’s Legacy (2)

“A smell? What in this universe could…”

– Something that smells like the same kind as me-nyang!

Baek Jin-woo also tried sniffing around just in case.

However, he couldn’t smell anything at all.

– What’s going on.

The Melseryong that had been going ahead slowed down and turned its head.

“My summon says there’s some kind of smell?”

– Stop talking nonsense and hurry up and follow me. Outside the Black Dragon Realm is dangerous. We need to return as quickly as possible.

Hmm.

That would be true.

It felt like walking through a safari jungle full of wild beasts.

You never know who might appear when and where to kill us.

That’s when it happened.

– Over there! It’s coming from exactly over there-nyang!

Mayeo pointed somewhere with her finger.

– Huh.

It was when the Melseryong turned its head with an annoyed expression.

– Hm?

Its scales instantly stood on end.

Its eyes widened greatly.

– Th-that is?

It wasn’t clearly visible as if it was hiding somewhere.

But the space was definitely subtly distorted… and an eerie aura was flowing out from within.

– Good heavens…! To see a Transcendent’s Legacy outside the realm!

The Melseryong opened its huge mouth wide in surprise.

“Transcendent’s Legacy? What’s that.”

– For us transcendents, it’s known as a fateful encounter. Usually they’re hidden so well that you might find one in ten million years if you’re lucky…!

“So what exactly is it.”

– It’s a kind of dungeon that transcendents who have reached a certain level create just before they perish or when they go into hiding somewhere. Usually they leave it behind because they want to preserve the laws they’ve cultivated.

Usually to pass on to a successor.

Or they hide it for some reason to retrieve it later.

It was a concept of sealing abilities.

– Naturally you can’t find them under normal circumstances… That cat is amazing. How did it find something like this.

– Sniff sniff! This witch has always been pretty amazing-ong!

– However, legacies are a gamble. It could be a jackpot or a complete bust… You could get into big trouble trying to consume something you can’t handle.

It was an extreme binary choice.

Either become stronger, or perish.

– And usually perishing is more likely.

“That makes sense.”

The transcendent who created something like this must have made it to protect their power from something.

– Let’s go back. For encounters like this, it’s safer to just mark the location and consume it later when you have more power.

It was like spiritual medicine from the martial arts world.

It’s dangerous if you take it wrong, but if you know what you’re doing, nothing is more effective.

However.

– Why would we pass by something like this-nyang!

Mayeo shouted.

– Master!

“Yeah?”

– Master doesn’t need to go in-nyang! Please send me in-ong! I can be summoned again even if I perish, can’t I-ong!

– Huh.

The Melseryong opened its mouth.

– Now that I think about it, that’s right. See? Even like this, isn’t your law overpowered?

“…”

– Being able to send summons to scout dangerous places, that proposal might be worth trying. However, this place is dangerous so I can’t give you much time.

“Alright.”

Since Baek Jin-woo heard it was a fateful encounter, he didn’t want to just pass by.

To exaggerate a bit, even if his life was in danger, he felt like going in himself.

For now, it’s urgent.

One year is an extremely short time.

Only by struggling and doing something might he be able to stop the Arbitrator.

“I’ll wait, so go check it out.”

– Got it-nyang!

Mayeo clenched her fist with a determined expression, then poof! got sucked into the spatial vortex.

– …

“…”

The time while Mayeo was inside was filled with silence.

This is awkward.

Now that he’d sent Mayeo in, there was nothing to do with the Melseryong.

He should ask about things he was curious about.

“Melseryong.”

– Speak.

“Since I haven’t been a transcendent for long, do transcendents always live in this kind of dark universe? It seems like it would be suffocating.”

Well.

He understood that transcendents were beings who didn’t receive protection from mother planets and were completely independent.

But?

After only seeing Earth’s beautiful environment, if you had to live in a place like this, it might be happier not to transcend at all…?

– That’s foolish talk. Right now we’re in the Black Sea of the Universe, so it’s like this, but usually the beautiful places in the universe are all controlled by factions. Later when you enter our Black Dragon Association’s realm, you won’t be able to say such ridiculous things.

“Ooh.”

– Usually transcendents establish residences on the most beautiful planets within their realm. Also, when you join a faction, they give you a planet to use as a residence. You get to completely own a planet.

“That’s amazing.”

In this universe, Baek Jin-woo’s knowledge was truly no different from a newborn baby’s.

Thinking it was an opportunity, he asked all sorts of curious questions, and the Melseryong kindly answered them.

– And do you remember? What I said about factions being important.

“Yeah.”

– What do you think the reason is.

“Well. Isn’t it for safety.”

Power is essential to endure the harshness of nature.

By forming factions, they can protect each other and share resources.

– That’s right, but there’s a fundamental reason.

The Melseryong looked beyond the universe.

– In some regions of this universe, there exist Deepcores.

“Deepcores?”

– Places where the infinite energy of the universe condenses and emerges. Just by ‘existing’ in regions where Deepcores exist, you become more powerful and can leap to new levels.

“Huh.”

So.

It’s like a system where you can farm energy?

“Then the reason transcendents form factions is to seize those Deepcores?”

– That’s right. Standing at the center would make you grow quickly. True powerhouses provide safety to lower transcendents like us in exchange for occupying those places. In return, we provide them with surveillance from outside the realm.

“We… can’t go to the Deepcore?”

– Only the core executives of the organization can approach that place. Only those who have contributed to the organization for a long time and solidified their position while growing their laws can get the opportunity.

“You’re telling me to pledge loyalty.”

– That’s right.

“How many Deepcores are there in the universe?”

– Countless. However, next to those countless Deepcores, there are always powerful forces. I’ve heard there are things even greater than Deepcores, but that’s not our concern anyway.

The picture was roughly drawn.

So this is why forces wage war against each other.

To seize the Deepcores.

The Black Dragon Association said they didn’t get along well with the White Snake Sect.

They probably each possess Deepcores, and someday they’ll wage a war of conquest over those Deepcores.

‘Everything in the world is the same.’

Earth was like that too.

There was always competition for hegemony between nations to occupy core regions rich in resources.

After the Industrial Revolution, they fought to seize colonies, and in modern times, they fought to obtain energy resources like Middle Eastern oil or rare earth elements.

In this universe, that energy is precisely the ‘Deepcore’.

Now I understood.

Why forces are important.

You need to at least possess one Deepcore and have the power to protect it to be completely independent and safe in this universe.

Based on that Deepcore, you’d expand your force further and later consume something even greater.

Many thoughts arose.

With so many transcendent beings like this, he was struggling just to catch one Arbitrator.

“By the way, who sends the Arbitrators?”

– I don’t know that far either. However, I do have a speculation.

“What is it?”

– This universe is composed entirely of ‘laws’. Immortals like the Wuji Immortal you mentioned also express these ‘laws’ as ‘spiritual roots’, but anyway… I think it’s probably the work of a transcendent being at the Dharma God level or higher.

“…What’s a Dharma God again?”

– It’s distant. So distant that I don’t know well either and can’t be certain, but… perhaps that being absolutely despises life forms from planets without transcendent beings coming out into the universe. Of course, this is speculation, so it could be wrong.

Okay.

Uncertain information.

Well.

Melseryong was still a baby in this universe too.

However, unlike a newborn like Baek Jin-woo, it was a baby that could talk and had learned to walk.

What would you ask a baby?

Tsk.

He was clicking his tongue when.

– Pop!

Mayeo burst out again from the tiny crack.

“What, what?”

Baek Jin-woo was flustered.

“Why did you come out so quickly?”

It seemed like less than 5 minutes since she went in?

Moreover, she was even wearing a ring he’d never seen before on her hand.

– Didn’t I tell you, meow! This witch is great, meow! Hehe hehe hehe!

– Don’t tell me you obtained something from there?

Melseryong was also shocked.

What is the identity of that cat?

Transcendent legacies are places where even decent transcendent beings go and get annihilated, yet she went in for 5 minutes and came out with something?

That cat isn’t even a transcendent being.

“What is it? What happened?”

– Ahem! When I went in, there was a treasure left by a being called the Cat King, meow!

– Wh, what!

Melseryong’s jaw dropped.

– Cat King? Did you just say Cat King!

– That’s right, meow!

“What, do you know this being?”

If Melseryong knows about it, it must be an amazing transcendent being.

The Wuji Immortal was like that too.

– Of course. The Cat King is the ruler of Myo Shin-gung. He also possesses a Deepcore, being the leader of one of those groups I mentioned earlier. He’s a being even a level above the Wuji Immortal I mentioned before.

“…”

Crazy.

Then it’s an even more amazing being than I thought?

Why would such a Cat King be in a place like this…?

– That being left his will, meow! This barrier was set up so only beings of his own kind could discover it, and he said he’d leave treasures so I should use this as a starting point to grow and later come find Myo Shin-gung, meow!

– …Hmm.

Melseryong nodded.

– It’s probably for the expansion of the Myo Shin-gung force. That place is the most mysterious group in this vicinity. They’ve also set up barriers around their territory so ordinary transcendent beings can’t find it, making it impossible to even enter without meeting specific conditions. Anyway, it’s an incredible opportunity. The Cat King is strong in sorcery and is notoriously elusive, making him a troublesome being that other forces don’t dare to antagonize carelessly.

Anyway.

Thanks to Mayeo, we obtained something very good?

Somehow the start seems good?

“Well done, Mayeo.”

– Hehe!

“By the way, what is that ring used for?”

– I don’t know either, meow!

“You don’t know?”

– I’m thinking of researching it now, meow! Actually, I just put it on… I can feel the witch’s power being tremendously amplified, meow! It seems like an artifact that amplifies sorcery power, meow!

Ooh.

Then.

Will Mayeo’s sorcery work in this universe now?

That part seemed like it needed to be tested.

– Hyacha!

Just as Mayeo was about to climb back onto the Destruction Dragon’s back.

Kururung!

The sound of space shaking was heard.

– Oh no, someone is approaching!

Melseryong quickly turned its head to survey the surroundings.

– It seems our location has been exposed! We need to get out of here as quickly as possible!

– No, that’s not it, meow!

– Huh?

– Cat smell.

– What?

– There’s a strong cat smell coming from all directions, meow! It’s similar to the smell from before, meow!

– Th, that means.

Melseryong broke out in a cold sweat.

Could it be.

What if all of this was a trap by Myo Shin-gung?

No matter how much they struggled, they wouldn’t be able to escape this place.

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