I Alone Am an EX-Class Summoner - Chapter 298

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I Am Alone EX-Grade Summoner Episode 298

Savior of the Storm (1)

– Heh heh heh.

Jin Gwang, who had sent Baek Jin-woo away, burst into hearty laughter.

– Magnificent. To think a mere summoned creature could be this strong.

That day.

Had it been tremendous luck that he happened to stop by Earth and bring that Baek Jin-woo back?

– We, we’re sorry!

– We have no face to show as guardians.

Trembling.

The Underworld Generals belonging to First Hell shook their hands.

Not from fear or humiliation.

It was from despair and emptiness at having their lifetime’s collection of Simhaekkgu stripped away in a single moment of desire.

They still couldn’t believe their defeat.

‘Does this make any sense?’

‘How is such a monster only Jeongnip-level?’

‘…Ah, how long will we have to toil again to collect those Simhaekkgu?’

Even revenge was impossible.

Baek Jin-woo, who had already taken such a vast amount of Simhaekkgu, would be even stronger now.

– What do you have to be sorry for?

Jin Gwang smiled coldly.

– You were guardians weaker than me from the start. Is there any king in this Myeongye who doesn’t know that your Myeonggoon serves as the Wheel-Turning King’s eyes and ears? All of you, come here.

Jin Gwang, who had gathered them with a heartless voice, pulled something from his chest.

A Forgetting Talisman.

It was a charm that erased short-term memories of about a day.

– We can’t let other kings learn of Baek Jin-woo’s true power.

– Your, Your Majesty!

The faces of several Underworld Generals who recognized the talisman turned deathly pale.

Rip!

Jin Gwang tore the talisman without hesitation.

And.

From that moment, they remembered nothing of their duel with Aso.

They only made a fuss looking at their empty pockets, claiming someone had stolen from them.

If Yeom-ra was the number one in Myeongye, who would be number two?

It was the master of Black Darkness Hell, the Wheel-Turning King.

As his title of Wheel-Turning suggested, he governed the flow of reincarnation and life and death, and all souls of the Samdo River were under his strict control.

It was for this reason that the Myeonggoon was controlled by the Wheel-Turning King.

However.

His gaze was so lofty that only beings of Sacred Plate level and above caught his attention.

As a result, when the kings secretly did dirty work, they tended to use Jeongnip-level transcendents.

– Quickly, move quickly!

About five beings who appeared to be Lion Generals were secretly extracting souls from the Samdo River.

– You are granted special pardons. We’ll send you to heaven.

– You accumulated much virtue in life. Your ancestors paid a huge price and called for you. You come this way too.

The souls walking in a daze responded.

“Is, is that really true?”

“Can I really go to heaven?”

“Me, me too! Why aren’t you taking me!”

– Shh. Be quiet.

One of the Lion Generals chanted very skillfully.

– I’m only giving opportunities to those who follow me now. However, you must not make noise. The souls we can extract to heaven are limited.

Everyone became quiet at those words.

– All of you follow quietly. Do you know what happens if those Myeongbyeong over there catch us?

The Lion General threatened them.

– You’ll be dragged to an even more terrible hell for the crime of trying to go to heaven without trial.

Four kept watch.

One lured and brought the souls.

Aso, Hunkyo, and Mayeo were secretly watching this scene.

– Very professional, these guys!

– People who live without sin are rare, so they’d want to cling to hope like this.

– I’ll capture it all as evidence!

Especially Mayeo was capturing all their scenes in a crystal orb.

After carefully extracting about 20 souls, they used talismans to move directly to First Hell.

– Aso.

Hunkyo murmured.

– We might get caught, so you follow alone.

– Right! Going all together could be dangerous! I’ll cast a stealth spell, so go alone!

Mayeo also handed Aso the crystal orb and taught the filming method.

– Got it.

Aso nodded cutely and followed them with a whoosh of wind.

Naturally, Myeonggoon stood at the entrance to hell too.

It was even a Myeong-yulsa, a Sacred Plate level transcendent.

– What business do Lion Generals have here?

Thoom!

The Myeong-yulsa asked, driving a huge spear into the ground.

It was an extremely stern and dignified voice.

The Lion General didn’t panic and pulled out a hell entry permit from his chest.

– As a result of special trial, these have been decided for First Hell.

The ones who panicked at those words were the souls.

“Wh, what do you mean!”

“Didn’t you say we were going to heaven!”

“Why are you suddenly taking us to hell…!”

– Noisy.

The Lion General muttered coldly, and the Myeong-yulsa, who was hell’s gatekeeper, didn’t even twitch an eyebrow.

Because souls entering hell always said such things.

– Good. I’ll open the gate.

Creeak!

With a thunderous sound, the gate of First Hell, Knife Mountain Hell, opened.

Beyond it, the horrific scenery of endlessly spread blade mountains was visible.

“Kyaaaah!”

“Hyaaaah!”

Myeongbyeong were wielding whips and urging souls to walk faster, while countless souls were being torn by blades and crying out in pain.

“Wh, what is this!”

“Hyuuung, no! Nooooo!”

The souls struggled to flee, but with one gesture from the Lion General, they were sucked into hell.

Screams and wails disappeared over the blades.

Creeeak, crash!

The gates of hell closed again.

Aso watched that carnage coldly from far away, capturing it completely in the crystal orb.

“…”

Baek Jin-woo and his summoned creatures gathered together to watch that scene.

Only Mayeo’s eyes were sparkling, while the rest of their expressions writhed with anger.

Despite having seen this scene countless times, the anger never subsided.

‘What should I do about this.’

Originally, he had planned to do the same thing.

Cho Gang, Song Je, O Gwan, Byeon Seong.

He had intended to put souls into the four great kings’ hells, but seeing that sight made his desire to do so completely disappear.

What sins could those souls being dragged away possibly have committed?

– Master.

Hunkyo spoke up.

– The reincarnation inspection isn’t far off.

“Sigh, I know.”

Reincarnation inspection.

A system that regularly investigates the number of souls existing in each hell of Myeongye, handled by the Reincarnation Bureau under Yeom-ra’s command.

They would probably plan to frame him there.

The ledgers and actual numbers wouldn’t match, and they’d probably think to abandon the Lion Generals to prevent an investigation from coming in.

But why was it?

‘I want to rescue them.’

Seeing that terrible scene made him want to liberate those souls as quickly as possible.

Was this how Doldoli felt?

Because it was always angry and sad, he hadn’t even summoned it lately.

We were still too weak to resolve that anger.

“Let’s enter the hell first.”

– Meow?

Mayeo was surprised.

– Aren’t we going to frame them the same way-meow?

“We’ll think about that gradually…”

Honestly, there was no answer.

The best plan would be to take this crystal orb and report directly to Yeom-ra… But there was no way the Lion Generals would have a direct route to Yeom-ra, and even if it were reported, it would be meaningless.

As mentioned before, it was evidence that could be manipulated at any time.

“Let’s go.”

I don’t know.

An answer will come if we keep pushing forward. Well.

– What business does a Lion General have here?

Kuwoong!

As usual, Myeong-yulsa slammed a huge spear into the ground.

“This is a hell entry permit. I’ve come to inspect the hell by order of King Jingwang.”

– Hand it over.

Swish.

After briefly scanning through the certificate that King Jingwang had given him.

– It’s genuine. Enter.

Creeeeak!

The door opened.

Though he had seen it before, an overwhelmingly oppressive atmosphere poured out that made his breath catch.

It was hot.

Rather than simply being hot, it was a pain like something continuously stabbing that covered his entire body.

The ground was covered with sharp blades, as if shattered sword fragments had been pieced together.

The terrible screams echoing from all directions never ceased.

“Ahhhhh.”

“Sob, get me out! Get me out!”

“Please forgive me!”

The souls crawling up the knife mountain barefoot already had their feet torn to shreds and covered in blood, and what awaited them above was yet another punishment.

Knife Mountain Hell.

A place where molten iron rain pours down after crossing the knife mountain, and flesh-cutting winds blow when you crawl up again.

There was no way to escape from this place.

“Hunkyo.”

– Yes, Master.

“You search for the place where Yeon-ok Heukryeon is manufactured first. It must be somewhere in this place.”

– Understood, I’ll move carefully since there are Myeonggoon watching as well.

Swoosh!

Hunkyo disappeared, and Baek Jin-woo moved carefully while observing his surroundings.

The blades of hell did not touch him.

It was because he had received permission from King Jingwang, the master of this place.

And then.

“Save me!”

“Kyaaahhh!”

He saw familiar faces.

The 20 souls who had recently been lured in.

Crack!

Myeongbyeong from behind were swinging whips, urging them to move.

Their faces were stained with fear and pain, and even if they tried to escape, there was nowhere to go.

‘How pitiful.’

It wasn’t just them who were pitiful.

Every soul in this place was pitiful.

When Baek Jin-woo was having such thoughts.

– Kiiiiiii!

The shadow distorted, and Doldoli burst out from within it.

“Huh?”

It wasn’t summoned.

The creature was so enraged that it had torn through space and emerged on its own.

This was the first time such a thing had happened, so Baek Jin-woo opened his mouth.

“Doldol?”

– Kii! Kiiiii!

The creature swung its scythe recklessly.

He could feel Doldoli’s desperate will to liberate these souls.

However.

Clang clang clang!

– Get a hold of yourself.

It was easily blocked by Aso’s wooden sword.

– You can’t move recklessly without Father’s orders.

– Kiiiii…!

Even under Aso’s suppression, Doldoli couldn’t hide its excitement.

“Sigh.”

Baek Jin-woo let out a sigh.

His iron rule!

Whatever the summoned creatures want, make it happen somehow.

Right, go ahead and do whatever you want to do.

However.

The Myeonggoon can’t see this…

Baek Jin-woo turned his head and approached two Myeongbyeong who were standing nearby.

He smiled leisurely, displaying the dignity of a Lion General.

“You’ve worked hard.”

– We greet the Lion General!

The Myeongbyeong immediately showed their respects.

“Are you two on duty today?”

– That’s correct!

“I’ll take charge of governing this place for today, so you two go and rest.”

The Myeongbyeong looked at each other in confusion.

Reapers must do reapers’ work, and Myeonggoon must do Myeonggoon’s work.

That was the rule of Myeongye!

– That cannot be done. There’s no need for the Lion General to do such trivial work.

“As you may have heard through rumors, I don’t properly know the workings of Myeongye, starting from being a Lion General. I want to learn everything directly, so don’t feel burdened and go rest.”

– How could we…!

“Now, now, this is something King Jingwang has permitted.”

Baek Jin-woo casually reached out and placed 5 Sinhaekkeu each into the Myeongbyeong’s hands.

This was their monthly salary.

As expected of transcendents, their eyes began to sparkle as soon as they saw the Sinhaekkeu.

– W-we shouldn’t normally do this.

– Then since we can’t be caught, we’ll go rest quietly somewhere. If the Reincarnation Bureau’s patrol comes, we’ll immediately run back to inform you.

Indeed.

They were quick to understand.

Baek Jin-woo was pleased and gave them 10 more Sinhaekkeu each.

“This is a reward for understanding.”

– Th-thank you!

– We’ll come back tomorrow! Have a pleasant shift!

The excited Myeongbyeong disappeared in an instant.

And now.

“Doldol.”

As soon as Baek Jin-woo spoke.

– Kiiik!

Doldoli shot out and swung its scythe.

Swoosh!

Then it stabbed the scythe into the heart of the soul suffering on the blade.

At that moment.

Wooooong!

Pure white light began to envelop the soul.

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