I Alone Am an EX-Class Summoner - Chapter 281

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I Am Alone EX-Grade Summoner Episode 281

The Soaring Myo Monthly Team (3)

Give me 50% of the team’s profits.

How audacious was this statement?

Wasn’t this essentially asking for the profits that the team leader should enjoy!

– Hmm.

Yahwi stroked his chin.

– I told you to manage 1,000 out of 5,000 operational cores… And you’re making such a proposal? What reason do I have to accept that impudent suggestion?

“I’m merely making a proposal. The 6,550 we obtained this time. I actually won them with just 200, didn’t I?”

– So now you’re saying you won’t move unless we treat you well.

“If that’s how you heard it, then you heard correctly.”

Baek Jin-woo felt this place was more comfortable than Earth.

After all, lies don’t work on transcendents of the Established rank.

So there was no need to speak in roundabout ways.

– Arrogant.

Yahwi lifted his head.

– But it’s reasonable. Let me hear the other team members’ opinions too.

– I’m in favor.

Seolmyo raised her hand.

– Our Myo Monthly Team’s motto has always been to treat capable people well! Honestly, with Baek Jin-woo’s current momentum, I think it would be fine to give him the team leader position!

– What?

Yahwi bristled for a moment, but Seolmyo didn’t back down.

– Team Leader, it’s 6,550. 6,550. You haven’t already forgotten how much the newcomer brought in, have you?

– Ahem, that’s right.

– Think about it. The envious gazes of other team leaders during next month’s performance evaluation! The sight of those who usually look down on you having their noses completely pressed down! Unmyo’s smiling face!

– Hehe.

Yahwi began wiggling his cheeks, losing his composure.

Just imagining it excited him.

And that wasn’t all?

With 20% of 6,550 plus special bonus money, he’d earn tremendous cores.

Before long, he could rise beyond Established to captain or commander positions.

– I agree as well.

Renhwa, who had been listening, also chimed in.

– Baek Jin-woo is the god of betting, a god! If you disrespect a god, divine punishment will fall!

– That’s right.

Myoram also nodded.

– Besides, just the amount the newcomer has earned already far exceeds what we used to make before. Honestly, when the newcomer has done everything and only asks for 50%, we should be grateful. I’m satisfied with whatever the newcomer proposes.

My goodness.

The picky cats from when they first met were already gone.

They had all become Baek Jin-woo holics with sparkling eyes.

– But.

It was then that Hajin stepped forward.

– This universe isn’t easy. Winning a lot now is naturally good and something to be proud of, but losing it all can happen in an instant too.

– So?

Yahwi’s eyes gleamed.

– How about a condition where it becomes void if you lose cores even once in betting?

– Isn’t that too harsh?

Just as Yahwi was about to tilt his head.

“That’s fine with me.”

Baek Jin-woo showed his confidence.

“As a newcomer, I’m being presumptuous asking for the team leader’s authority, so I should have at least that much confidence.”

– Really?

Yahwi’s mouth fell open.

With such conditions, there was nothing bad about it.

Even if they didn’t bet anymore, this was already a jackpot, but if they bet more and succeeded?

‘Crazy.’

Beyond that, he honestly couldn’t imagine well.

– Alright, I’m a reasonable team leader. If that’s what the team members think, I’ll accept the newcomer’s proposal.

Yahwi abandoned his greed.

Time passed.

“Hmm.”

Baek Jin-woo scratched his head.

All he had to do was sit in the operations room and watch the screen…

“No games are coming up?”

– Yaaawn, so boring.

Ramba shed tears.

Hunkyo and Aso were training hard outside.

Cores were cores, but the realm Aso had to reach was the realm of enlightenment, so he couldn’t neglect training?

However, if he used to swing wooden swords before, this time he trained mainly through meditation.

And Pokryong.

– Whew.

She tried to adapt by summoning Sacred Flame Fire and Black Flame Fire for a few seconds once a day.

Once, at Baek Jin-woo’s request, she asked how powerful Sacred Flame Fire was in this universe.

But?

– They just laugh saying we wouldn’t understand even if they told us.

“Tell them I want to hear it even if I don’t understand.”

– They don’t seem inclined to answer. They just say to make sure to repay the debt later.

“…”

At least one thing was certain.

As Hunkyo had said before, Sacred Flame Fire seemed to hold a position above gods in this universe.

And what’s called a true god among transcendents is precisely a Law Lord.

A sovereign existence that completely governs their own laws.

A Law Lord is the 10th star of the Fracture realm.

Baek Jin-woo wrote down the realms he had learned about so far.

Initial Entry → Gate Opening → Established → Sacred Plate → Fracture

Baek Jin-woo was Initial Entry.

Melseryong, Seolmyo, and Renhwa were Gate Opening.

Yahwi was Established.

Unmyo was Sacred Plate.

And Myo Wang was Fracture.

‘Myo Wang couldn’t detect Sacred Flame Fire or Black Flame Fire.’

What did that mean?

It meant Sacred Flame Fire was at least a Law Lord level existence or higher.

Baek Jin-woo didn’t know what realms existed beyond that.

‘Must be a tremendous existence.’

Such an existence was contained in Pokryong’s heart?

What an incredible fortune this was!

Knock knock.

It was then that someone knocked on the door.

“Yes.”

Slam!

The one who opened the door and entered was none other than Seolmyo.

– Newbie! The games aren’t going well, are they?

“Yes, there’s only a week left until the performance evaluation, and I think it’s a bit too much.”

– I heard that opening games is originally quite complicated. Plus, the system we use can only catch things in this part of the universe.

“I’m planning to keep waiting for now.”

– You don’t need to do the monitoring. That’s something I or other team members should do.

“I’m grateful just for your words.”

What a ridiculous situation.

Four Gyemun-level transcendents groveling to a beginner.

It couldn’t be helped.

Realm or whatever.

In any group, those with ability receive treatment.

Here, Baek Jin-woo was a person with superpowers.

Then one day.

– Baek Jin-woo!

Renhwa came looking for him.

“Yes?”

– Team Leader is calling! Come for a moment! It’s a huge incident!

“A huge incident?”

Baek Jin-woo happened to make eye contact with Pokryong, who was chatting beside him.

She nodded her head.

He didn’t know what it was about.

But since he was called, should he go take a look?

A total of five Myo Clan members and Baek Jin-woo gathered in the Team Leader’s office.

– An opportunity has come to our team.

As soon as they sat down, Yahwi muttered in an excited voice.

– As you all know, most transcendents pursue strength, but they are fundamentally very bored beings.

Baek Jin-woo nodded his head vigorously.

Being trapped in the operations room for over a month, it was definitely boring.

– That’s why they value extreme pleasure, and one of those is gastronomy. You must have heard about it if you’ve done information searches. The Sinrak (Divine Pleasure) Fruit.

– Oh!

– I’ve heard of it!

– I heard the price of that has been rising incredibly lately!

The team members reacted.

Only Baek Jin-woo tilted his head in confusion.

He originally had no interest in anything other than games.

– That’s right. It’s a cosmic rare food ingredient that supposedly conveys the pleasure that gods feel. There’s no stock, so it sells out as soon as it appears, and it’s famous as a product whose price keeps rising.

– So what about it?

– A transcendent who wants to sell this fruit to our team has come to us. And in large quantities too.

– Really? Who?

– It’s a transcendent I knew, a guy called Black Lotus. He found a planet where the fruit grows, and it seems he was looking for a trading partner who could trade regularly and safely.

– Ooh, ooooh! A planet where the fruit grows? Where is that!

When Renhwa got excited, Seolmyo shook her head.

– Renhwa, would Black Lotus reveal that? Of course he’d hide it. It’s going to be his lifeline for life.

– Ah, is that so?

– That’s right.

Yahwi nodded his head.

– He doesn’t know where the fruit grows, he’s just saying he’ll hand it over cheaply and safely, so we can take the profit ourselves.

– Wow, this is really good!

– That’s why I called you. The funds that the newbie earned this time. How about we use all of it to buy Sinrak (Divine Pleasure) Fruit? I haven’t calculated it, but we should be able to make at least double.

– D-double!

The team members stirred.

As they said about unstoppable momentum, it seemed like a lot of good fortune was coming to the Myo Monthly Team lately.

However.

Whisper whisper.

It was then that Pokryong whispered something in Baek Jin-woo’s ear.

– Jin-woo… Seong Yeom-hwa says absolutely don’t buy that.

“Why?”

– She says it’s poison made by someone called Yeon Seok-gun. It’s also troublesome to detoxify, but there’s Silver Moon Herb as an antidote, so she says to stockpile that instead. The price will definitely jump.

“…”

Baek Jin-woo suddenly felt goosebumps rising.

Seong Yeom-hwa.

What exactly does she do?

How does she know all this while just sleeping inside Pokryong’s heart?

Is she really a god in the truly omniscient and omnipotent sense?

– 10 Sinhaekkeu each? We should buy it! We absolutely should buy it! As far as I know, the market price for Sinrak fruit starts from 20 each!

– Right? Even if we buy it and release the stock as is, it’s profit, isn’t it?

– No! We should buy it and release the stock little by little. If the supply looks abundant, the price might fall!

While the team members were getting excited.

“Excuse me.”

Baek Jin-woo raised his hand.

“Let’s not buy that.”

The heated Team Leader’s office became cold as if cold water had been poured on it.

Yahwi narrowed his eyes.

– What?

Baek Jin-woo said calmly.

“I said let’s not buy that.”

– What kind of talk is that? Did you properly listen to what I’ve been explaining until now?

– Hey, newbie. You’re joking, right? Or are you suspecting it’s a scam?

Hajin also frowned.

He thought it was like blowing your nose in cooked rice.

“I didn’t say it was a scam. But there’s no such thing as a free lunch in this world. When the path seems too easy, there’s always a trap.”

– You’re saying this is a trap?

“More precisely, it’s poison.”

Crash!

Yahwi’s hand struck down on the table.

His two eyes emitted an intense light.

The fluffy cat disappeared and the yaksha was revived again.

– Don’t talk nonsense, newbie. Just because you’re good at betting, we’ve been treating you nicely, and now you’re talking as if you know this entire universe. The transcendent gastronomy market is one of the biggest markets in the universe. But Sinrak is poison? Do you think transcendents are fools?

“…”

– And the evidence? Do you have evidence that it’s poison?

“I don’t.”

He didn’t want to say that Seong Yeom-hwa had told him.

“It’s just that I have good intuition, as I mentioned before.”

– This is crazy!

“Think about it. I don’t know what kind of relationship you have with that Black Lotus, but if he had something that good, would he really sell it cheaply? He’d release it expensively on the market.”

– …

Yahwi’s temples throbbed.

He never expected a team member to oppose this.

And that happened to be Baek Jin-woo, who had been on a good streak lately.

So real chaos broke out.

“I’d rather propose something else instead.”

Baek Jin-woo’s eyes lit up.

Since games weren’t going well lately anyway.

How about trying some proper hoarding with real information?

“Do you know about Silver Moon Herb?”

– Silver Moon Herb? That’s a rare herb, but isn’t it one whose effects haven’t even been discovered?

“I see. How about using the money I earned to sweep up all of that instead? It’s what I earned anyway. Just trust me one more time.”

Just close your eyes and go with it.

I’ll bring back some legendary-level Sinhaekkeu for you.

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