I Alone Am an EX-Class Summoner - Chapter 288

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I Am Alone EX-Grade Summoner Episode 288

Yeon Seok-gun (1)

“Pokryong.”

– Yes, Jin-woo.

“Stay by my side at all times, and if Sacred Flame Fire says anything, whatever it is, you must tell me.”

– Understood.

Available Sinhaekkeu: 100,000.

To manage this enormous cosmic currency, Sacred Flame Fire’s advice was absolutely necessary.

He had no intention of betting on anything or trading based on personal judgment.

‘Sometimes protecting what you have might be the same as earning.’

For now, absolutely wait!

That’s why he was bored.

Even though the territory had expanded, games weren’t popping up frequently.

‘Well.’

In cosmic terms, a few months is really just an instant, so having two game bets was actually quite a lot.

– Yaaawn.

Seolmyo yawned as if bored.

– When the hell are they going to open a game!

Seolmyo was in charge of monitoring.

If a game appeared?

Her role was to immediately run to Baek Jin-woo and inform him.

Besides her, Renhwa, Myoram, and Hajin were information gathering agents.

If there were items listed at particularly low prices, or groups wanting to break through deals, they would gather information and report to Baek Jin-woo.

Even then, Baek Jin-woo didn’t make judgments.

He simply listened until Sacred Flame Fire spoke up.

The summoned creatures were each focused on absorbing Sinhaekkeu, and Baek Jin-woo began studying through Yahwi in his spare time.

– How admirable that you told Myo Wang about me. Thank you. Ask me anything you don’t know. I’ll explain it easily.

“Yes, thank you.”

How many opportunities would a mere trade group team leader have to see Myo Wang’s sacred presence?

Baek Jin-woo had given him that glorious opportunity.

– First, you said you were curious about the geography of this nearby universe. That’s understandable. As a beginner, you wouldn’t know anything.

“…I’m at the Enlightenment stage now though?”

– Ah, right. Sorry. I guess it’s still hard to believe there’s such an absurd being who reached Enlightenment in less than a year.

“Well, it’s not wrong. In terms of knowledge I have, I am still a beginner.”

– First, look at this.

Yahwi’s lecture was conducted through devices.

This nearby universe was drawn very three-dimensionally on a large hologram.

Yahwi stretched and magnified it.

Countless galaxies were visible.

‘This is a galaxy group.’

The smallest galaxy cluster found in the universe is called a galaxy group.

– We call this the nearby universe. It’s where roughly 70 forces reside. It’s no exaggeration to say that the markets we use and power struggles all take place within this area. Occasionally there are trades from other universes though.

“I see.”

– And here. This is exactly where our Myoshingun is.

Swoosh.

The place Yahwi pointed to was a very small galaxy on the outskirts of the galaxy group.

This place that produces only 1,000 Sinhaekkeu per month was a very small… galaxy!

He felt a reality check hit him.

Even with the powerful Myo Wang using all his strength, he had only conquered this one small galaxy.

What kind of monstrous beings must exist beyond this?

“Please tell me one by one. What forces are established in the nearby cores?”

Still, having worked in a trade group once, he knew quite a few force names.

First.

The Black Dragon Association and Baeksaryeon that he met during his first encounter with Melseryong!

Gangleongwoe, Jeogan-pa, Cheonmokjeong, Changmokdan, Cheongeungmun, etc. that he learned about during the Eunwolcho trading process…

And even the Seonin Guild where Wuji Immortal is!

Yahwi pointed to each one and carefully explained their locations and characteristics.

– And in this nearby universe, three are usually considered the largest forces.

“What are they?”

– First, the Seonin Guild.

Swoosh.

Following Yahwi’s gesture, part of the hologram was highlighted, and a massive structure made of lines and points unfolded before his eyes.

“Huh?”

But.

That appearance was somehow familiar.

Something he’d seen somewhere… the appearance of the Milky Way!

“The Andromeda Galaxy?”

– Hmm?

Yahwi’s eyes widened.

To mention again, transcendent beings’ conversations connect through each other’s will, so they’re automatically translated to match each culture.

Units like minutes, hours, or distance were like that, and place names like this were the same.

– You definitely know this area? How is that possible?

“It’s a place my home planet’s civilization observed.”

– Hmm? According to cosmic laws, unless you’re a transcendent being, you’d be separated by a distance unreachable even at light speed, yet you observed that distance?

“That’s what happened.”

Humanity was quite remarkable.

That’s why a proper transcendent being appeared, and the Arbitrator departed before that transcendent being could grow.

– It must have been quite a remarkable civilization indeed. Anyway, the place you’re thinking of is exactly the Seonin Guild’s territory. With the widest territory in this nearby universe, the cores there extract amounts of Sinhaekkeu on a completely different level from ours.

“How much?”

At Baek Jin-woo’s question, Yahwi smiled and said.

– The Seonin Guild doesn’t reveal it, but we estimate they produce about 100,000 per month. It’s so incredibly large that it can’t be considered the same type of territory as ours.

“…”

– Don’t be surprised. There are other places like this.

Yahwi moved the screen area and continued.

– Next is Myeongye.

“Myeongye… I know this place too. It was where our civilization belonged. We called this place our galaxy.”

– Huh? Was your home planet from this place?

“Yes.”

– Hehe, that’s quite an interesting fate. Anyway, Myeongye is also an enormously large force. There are five beings as strong as our Myo Wang.

“What’s the other one?”

– The Changong Council. Have you seen this place too?

Swoosh.

The location that changed again was also one he’d seen before.

A galaxy he’d seen because he studied astronomy with Yu Ji-a after the Arbitrator appeared.

“Yes, we called this the Triangulum Galaxy.”

Also known as Messier 101.

A famous galaxy also called the Pinwheel Galaxy.

Baek Jin-woo finally realized.

This nearby universe was exactly what we commonly call the Local Group.

– Anyway, while conflicts with other forces can be resolved to some extent, you must never even start trouble with these three places. Whether trading or gaming, the moment you fall out of their favor, disappearing from this nearby universe would be nothing.

“Even Myo Wang is at the Breakthrough level, is that how it is?”

– Do you know what novice-level transcendents most commonly mistake when they first transcend?

“What is it?”

– They think combat power is determined solely by realm.

“…?”

– This is half right and half wrong. Many Sinhaekkeu and high realms are indeed measures of strength, but this universe is more irregular than you think.

“Does that mean a novice could beat an Enlightened?”

– That level of gap is practically impossible. To use your expression… just because a human is good at martial arts doesn’t mean they can beat an elephant. However, among the same species, the tide of battle can easily turn based on laws or treasures. Especially in the case of the Immortal Association, which is famous for combat power, scenes of one Established-level transcendent crushing five Established-level transcendents are often seen. And no matter how much Myo Wang is a Breakthrough-level transcendent, if several Accomplished-level immortals gather, he wouldn’t be able to handle them. In the end, even in this universe, numbers are king.

“Ah, I understand.”

Strength outside of levels is a different matter, but among the same levels, they can fight back and forth and overturn the situation as much as they want?

Moreover, no matter how much of a level difference there is, you can still push through with numbers?

This really makes factions important.

“So as soon as I become Established-level, I might be able to fight and beat Yahwi?”

– Ahem! The example is a bit awkward, but probably the chances are high. I’m not specialized in combat.

“I understand.”

– Think of it simply. If strength were truly 100% determined by the number of Sinhaekkeu and a transcendent’s realm, this universe would actually be more peaceful. If those with more Sinhaekkeu always won, fighting itself would become meaningless, the hierarchy of power would be clearly established, and the strong would simply trample the weak and that would be the end. But reality isn’t like that. Unexpected variables and reversals abound, and sometimes miracles happen where the weak overcome the strong regardless of realm.

This is correct.

If it weren’t?

People would meet, pull out their Sinhaekkeu, compare quantities, and then whoever had less would grovel before whoever had more.

Thus.

Baek Jin-woo’s studies continued.

A week passed like this, and then two weeks had gone by.

– Baek Jin-woooooooo!

Seolmyo came running from far away.

– Game! A game has appeared!

“Game?”

Baek Jin-woo’s eyes lit up.

Yahwi, who had been teaching, also jumped up.

Our game master! The god of games, a game appeared before Baek Jin-woo?

That meant it was time to earn massive amounts of Sinhaekkeu!

The two followed Seolmyo to the operations room.

But.

The game’s content was somehow strange.

[Transcendent Yeon Seok-gun creates a game.]

[Game Name: Unknown Faction Conquest War]

“…!”

Unknown Faction Conquest War?

“And if it’s Yeon Seok-gun…”

Isn’t that the bastard who made and sold that Shinrak?

[Game Background: Transcendent Yeon Seok-gun initiates a full-scale conquest war against a faction in the nearby universe. Both Yeon Seok-gun’s forces and the target faction’s forces are undisclosed, and he intends to declare this to nearby factions through the game.]

[Declaration: I am Yeon Seok-gun, one who came from outside this nearby universe, and I will now settle here. This battle is an official conquest war to prove my abilities and establish my position. According to the law of the strong, I ask that other factions refrain from unnecessary interference. Victory and defeat will be determined solely by strength. If I am defeated, I will disappear from this universe. But if I am victorious, the history of a new faction will begin in the nearby universe. To commemorate this, should I win this battle, I will provide 1,000 Sinhaekkeu as reward to each faction.]

“Wait a minute.”

Baek Jin-woo frowned.

Yeon Seok-gun’s victory: 1.8x

Opposing faction’s victory: 2.0x

This isn’t a game, it’s practically a declaration of war?

– Jin-woo!

That’s when Pokryong’s eyes lit up.

– The opposing faction is here! Myo Shin-gung! Yeon Seok-gun’s forces are already surrounding this entire territory!

“…What.”

That’s when it happened.

Emergency messages began pouring through the devices.

[Warning! Warning! Warning!]

[Large-scale enemy forces confirmed on Heavenly Cat Legion surveillance network!]

Data began flooding in.

[Estimated 12 minutes until breakthrough of forward Transcendent Boundary!]

[Enemy main force hasn’t moved yet, but encirclement is being formed!]

[Some small-scale scout units have already begun engagement!]

[Defense barrier activation initiated!]

[All Myo Shin-gung transcendents join the Heavenly Cat Legion front lines!]

– This is insane.

Yahwi was shocked.

– What bastard started a war against our Myo Shin-gung?

“Hah.”

Baek Jin-woo sighed.

Somehow he could roughly picture what the situation was.

He must have harbored resentment from this Eunwolcho sabotage and wants to take it out on our Myo Shin-gung.

“Seolmyo.”

– Yeah?

“Before joining the front lines, bet all 100,000 available Sinhaekkeu on the opposing faction’s victory.”

– Th-the Sinhaekkeu? All of them?

Sinhaekkeu?

It takes a long time to absorb them anyway.

Right now during the war, they can’t be used.

“If we’re the target of war, we should also stake our fate. If we lose the war, it’s all over anyway, so what’s the point of not betting?”

And actually.

Pokryong whispered to him.

This war.

It’s evenly matched, but if certain conditions are met, we’ll definitely win.

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