I Alone Am an EX-Class Summoner - Chapter 293

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I Am Alone EX-Grade Summoner Episode 293

Myeongye (3)

After several days of education ended, Jin Gwang came to visit again.

– Have you roughly figured out how this place operates now?

“Yes, I have.”

– From now on, you will become a reaper and must guide countless souls who haven’t come to hell to this place. The salary for a Jeongnip-level transcendent is 100 Sinhaekkeu per month. I don’t know the detailed circumstances of how you’re connected to Myo Shin-gung, but we’re treating you higher than most forces.

“That’s certainly true.”

Baek Jin-woo nodded his head.

Yahwi, the team leader of Myo Shin-gung who was also Jeongnip-level, said he received about 15 on average per month…

A major force certainly felt different.

– You will have a total of 10 reapers assigned to you.

“Um… I have a question.”

– What is it?

“You said all transcendents from Earth belong to Myeongye. Do they all become reapers?”

– Of course. Didn’t you see all those souls lined up at Samdo River? We’re always short on reapers.

Myeongye selects reapers from among the dead.

They select those with talent in laws and feed them 100 Sinhaekkeu.

Baek Jin-woo asked directly.

“Then can I transcend people with my own Sinhaekkeu and have them join my team?”

– Don’t tell me you’re thinking of transcending the living?

“That’s right.”

– Nonsense. You don’t carelessly transcend the living. If you force transcendence with Sinhaekkeu, nine times out of ten, you get garbage-like laws.

“They are people with talent.”

– Those with talent in the first place transcend on their own before you bring them Sinhaekkeu.

“…”

Was that so?

– I reject your proposal. As I said before, reapers cannot face the living. If those living people happen to die, then propose it again.

“…I understand.”

I tried probing, but as expected.

It’s not allowed.

Well.

‘Actually, this worked out better.’

From Baek Jin-woo’s perspective, Myeongye was too dangerous.

Bringing the members could wait until after establishing a solid force.

A month passed.

Baek Jin-woo traveled around various parts of the universe with ten reapers including Gahui, gathering souls.

Then he felt limitations.

‘Myo Shin-gung is a hundred, a thousand times better.’

The salary here was meager compared to the work.

At this rate, no matter how hard he tried, it would be difficult to rise to Star Plate level.

To think he had to do such menial work when he had a cheat key like Sacred Flame Fire.

But Baek Jin-woo worked diligently.

He also received recognition from those around him.

Compared to other reapers, he had good sense and did his work efficiently?

In truth, Hunkyo did all the work.

‘Oh, and.’

There was one amazing thing.

[Possessed Sinhaekkeu: 234,200]

This was the amount of Sinhaekkeu Baek Jin-woo possessed.

It was the original remaining 34,200, plus Myo Baek’s operational 100,000 Sinhaekkeu and the 100,000 earned from that.

Originally, he should have returned and come back, but he was suddenly kidnapped to Myeongye and ended up keeping it all.

At first, he had worried.

Myo Wang had promised that 100,000 of these would be given as a reward, so he could use those, but what about the remaining 100,000?

‘Let’s just use it all.’

He didn’t know when he could return to Myo Shin-gung, and survival in Myeongye was the priority for now.

‘Let’s use it first and pay back the 100,000 double someday.’

So he had them absorb again.

However.

Not all ten summoned creatures.

Now was the time for selection and focus.

In other words, creatures like Runde didn’t need to be raised first.

He could raise them all at once later after establishing his force.

So Hunkyo, Aso, and Mayeo.

He ordered only these three to absorb Sinhaekkeu.

Limitations?

None.

He told them to keep absorbing until they consumed everything!

Aso was for combat, Hunkyo for efficiency, and Mayeo for survival.

Surely there would be times when Mayeo’s sorcery would shine even in Myeongye.

Another month passed.

As Baek Jin-woo did his work cleanly and well, Jin Gwang no longer paid attention to him.

– Meow meow meow!

Mayeo’s Sinhaekkeu absorption speed reached a different dimension.

It was thanks to Hunkyo’s guidance after reaching Jeongnip level.

Thanks to that, Mayeo also absorbed an additional 31,300 Sinhaekkeu and rose to Jeongnip level.

What about Aso and Hunkyo?

They were now racing toward Star Plate level!

Of course, the current Sinhaekkeu wasn’t nearly enough.

When another month passed like that, King Jingwang visited after a long time.

– Baek Jin-woo.

“I greet the King of the Dead.”

Baek Jin-woo had also learned Myeongye’s etiquette.

Placing his right hand lightly on his chest and bowing his head slightly!

– You supplied many quality souls this month as well. Here, take this. This is a reward I’m giving because I favor you.

Thud!

He pulled out a box with an indifferent expression and threw it.

Baek Jin-woo caught it and showed a curious expression.

“What is this?”

– Open it.

Click!

When he opened it, an extremely sweet fragrance flowed out.

Shinrak had been like this.

– It’s called Purgatory Black Lotus . It’s a specialty of Myeongye worth 1,000 Sinhaekkeu each.

The wafting fragrance made him instinctively realize it contained energy of a different dimension from Sinhaekkeu.

However, its appearance was somewhat strange.

A black light faintly swirled around it, creating subtle pulsations as if it were a living being.

– Eat it. It will greatly help with realm advancement and law strengthening.

“…Thank you for giving me such a good reward.”

Baek Jin-woo stored it away.

– Hmm?

Jin Gwang found this puzzling.

– Why aren’t you eating it right away?

“I am a Transcendent Lord. Things like this should be consumed by my summoned creatures rather than me, as it helps more with advancing their realm.”

– …What a truly complicated rule. Very well, then do as you wish.

Jin Gwang slowly nodded his head.

– You’re doing better than I expected. So much so that I wonder if you truly have the talent of a reaper. If you continue to achieve results like this, I’ll grant you even greater rewards. Do you understand?

“Yes, thank you.”

He could feel the envious gazes of the subordinate reapers around him.

It seemed that Myeongye cultivated transcendents in this manner.

After Jin Gwang left, Baek Jin-woo called for Gahui, who had become his subordinate.

“Gahui.”

– Yes, Reaper Captain.

“Did you know about this Purgatory Black Lotus?”

– Of course! It’s a pill given based on performance when you work hard as a reaper and become a reaper captain! According to regulations, only those of reaper captain rank and above can consume it, so even if we receive it, we can’t eat it.

Gulp.

She was swallowing her saliva as she spoke.

She knew too.

That just receiving and eating a few of these would quickly allow one to rise to the Jeongnip Realm.

“Earlier, King Jingwang said this was a specialty of Myeongye. Does that mean there’s a method to make these?”

– I don’t know that much either. I only know that if you regularly consume those, you quickly reach the Sacred Plate rank. When that happens, you gain the qualification to become a Myeonggwan called the hands and feet of the Ten Kings, a Myeonggoon who commands Myeongye’s legions as a general, or a Myeongsah called an elite reaper!

“Hmm.”

They didn’t reveal the manufacturing method.

‘Well.’

Even Baek Jin-woo would have done the same if he had built a faction.

Now he understood.

Massive factions don’t only build their strength through Sinhaekkeu alone.

“I understand for now. You all work hard too. Even if I can’t give you Purgatory Black Lotus due to regulations, I can add a few extra Sinhaekkeu on top.”

– Oh! Th-thank you!

Leaving behind Gahui who was bowing her head, Baek Jin-woo headed toward Mayeo.

Then he gave her the Purgatory Black Lotus.

– Oh, Master! What’s this meow?

“It’s a spiritual medicine I received from Jin Gwang. Would you like to examine it?”

– A spiritual medicine meow!

“Something like that. Since you’re omnipotent, I thought you might be able to figure out how this spiritual medicine is made.”

It was the same before.

He didn’t immediately consume the awakening agent, but tried to research and learn how to make it.

– Hmm, I’ll take a look meow. If I can just understand the principle behind how it’s made, we can make Master’s faction even bigger and more systematic later, right meow!

“Exactly.”

1,000 Sinhaekkeu?

Learning the alchemy method would be worth at least tens of thousands of times more than that value.

With just this, he could truly mass-produce high-ranking transcendents like an assembly line.

– But this thing.

It was then that Mayeo frowned.

– It smells dirty and evil meow. It’s disguised with fragrance, but it can’t fool this witch’s sense of smell meow!

“Smell?”

As Baek Jin-woo tilted his head in confusion.

– It’s a smell this witch likes meow. Extreme despair, endless curses… It seems like they gathered resentment filled with terrible pain that would make one beg for death instead, and used sorcery to compress and contain it meow.

“…!”

A certain scene flashed through Baek Jin-woo’s mind.

Kiiiii!

Doldoli who kept making strange sounds!

‘Could it be.’

“Doldol.”

Baek Jin-woo summoned the Gale Slayer.

– Ki, kiiiiiiii!

As soon as the creature saw the black lotus, it raised its scythe and became enraged.

Baek Jin-woo didn’t stop it.

Swoosh!

Finally, Doldoli’s scythe pierced through the center of the Purgatory Black Lotus.

At that moment.

Kigigigigigigigi-!

The pill began to writhe as if it were a living creature, and bizarre sounds echoed through the space.

It wasn’t just a simple sound.

It was a grotesque cry layered with pain and screams, as if thousands or tens of thousands of beings were wailing simultaneously.

“Crazy.”

Baek Jin-woo was shocked and froze in place.

‘Don’t tell me these Myeongye bastards.’

Kwagagagaga!

From the exploded spiritual medicine, dark red mist-like vengeful spirits burst out explosively.

They seemed to speak in unison.

– Uaaaaaaah.

– Please kill us! Just annihilate us instead!

– Free us from this pain!

Ah.

Aah.

Now he understood.

Why Myeongye had built a system called hell.

After interfering with civilizations across all domains, they were gathering the souls of the dead to use them for building their own power.

– Normal souls disappear, reincarnate, or are annihilated when they die meow. But these souls were forcibly dragged somewhere and endlessly torn, broken, and burned to extract their resentment to the extreme meow. That resentment emits more energy than expected, and this seems like sorcery that utilizes that meow.

Baek Jin-woo’s expression had already hardened.

‘The current Ten Kings are sending souls to hell and exploiting them for trivial reasons.’

There was no rehabilitation there.

It wasn’t punishment to begin with.

‘It was just a factory for producing Purgatory Black Lotus.’

Well.

It hadn’t made sense.

What would the Ten Kings gain from gathering all those beings and inflicting absurd pain according to their sins!

All memories would become hazy anyway when crossing the Samdo River.

‘It was to gain power.’

It was disgusting.

Nausea welled up.

The ancestors who died on Earth would all end up contained in these Purgatory Black Lotus too.

The vast majority would have gone into the Ten Kings’ bellies.

– Even this witch would stick out her tongue at how terrible these guys are meow.

“Right. As expected, they weren’t a normal faction.”

Myo Un-hu’s words that the universe was ruthless were correct.

Even survival of the fittest has its own standards.

This wasn’t right.

‘I was planning to build a faction anyway.’

Baek Jin-woo’s eyes grew coldly calm.

‘If that’s the case….’

Destroy it.

This filthy system that tries to grow stronger through someone’s suffering should not exist.

Break this place and build a force based on this location.

‘However.’

Myeongye is so powerful and vast that Baek Jin-woo cannot handle it at this point in time.

A solid castle is difficult to attack from the exterior.

To bring it down?

The interior must be attacked.

It was a paradox.

Baek Jin-woo found it disgusting and agonizing to belong to this Myeongye, but conversely, in order to destroy all of this, he had to continue this disgusting act.

These bastards had a completely different mindset from Myo Shin-gung, which gained power through betting and trade.

‘First, let me gain the trust of Jin Gwang, one of the Ten Kings.’

He had to go deeper into their system and directly handle their most important secrets.

Only then would he be able to destroy Myeongye.

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