I Alone Am an EX-Class Summoner - Chapter 3

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I Am Alone EX-Grade Summoner Episode 003

Tutorial (1)

Baek Jin-woo, who had been walking for a while, stopped.

A secluded clearing between hiking trails.

Goosebumps rose on his skin from the chilling cold.

“Ha.”

He still couldn’t believe it.

‘The world has become the game I knew.’

The original game he used to play had completely disappeared.

The app itself was gone, as if it had never existed in the first place.

“Phew.”

What the hell was this?

Clearing the 100th floor of the Tower of Trials seemed to have been some kind of trigger.

‘Damn.’

The world felt like a hidden camera prank, or maybe he was still suffering from hallucinations due to post-accident aftereffects.

But the wind touching his skin told him otherwise.

That the world he was seeing was definitely real.

Gulp.

Baek Jin-woo swallowed and pulled out two summoning scrolls from his pocket.

The very things he had used thousands, tens of thousands of times over the past 10 years.

‘Right.’

This might actually be better.

Honestly, Dad was right about everything.

His future was hopeless anyway.

Couldn’t there be a world made for him at least once?

‘Of course.’

He needed to summon something useful here too.

The grade appearance probability for low-grade summoning scrolls was like this:

[F-grade: 94%]

[E-grade: 5%]

[D-grade: 1%]

This was one of the main reasons “Battle of Summoners” was called an extremely hard difficulty luck-based trash game.

The summoning rates were absolutely terrible.

‘Please, E-grade or higher.’

Let’s go!

Riiip!

He boldly tore the summoning scroll.

Whooom!

Lightning effects crashed down onto the torn paper with a thunderous roar.

“Whoa!”

He stepped back in surprise, and at the same time.

[Using ‘Low-Grade Summoning Scroll’!]

[Player ‘Baek Jin-woo’ has obtained summoned creature ‘Wind Fairy’ (EX-grade)!]

Huh?

“…”

Wind Fairy?

The Wind Fairy he knew?

No, before that.

…What did it say the grade was?

Baek Jin-woo frowned.

With narrowed eyes, he could see the brilliant grade painted in platinum.

EX-grade?

Cra, crazy.

What the hell was that?

“Battle of Summoners” summoned creature hierarchy ranged from F-grade to S-grade.

F, E, D, C, B, A, S.

A total of 7 grades.

Naturally, the closer to S, the more overpowered the performance, and the more terrible the summoning probability.

S-grade?

It was almost like winning the lottery.

Even Baek Jin-woo had only managed to summon one once in 10 years.

Among his crew, Rachel had pulled an S-grade.

A-grade?

Veteran players with 10 years of experience would have a few of those.

They weren’t even available until 3 years after the game’s launch.

Though they became more common later on.

B-grade was probably the best grade summoned creature you could pull at this point.

‘Did it come from ‘High-Grade Summoning Scrolls’ with a 1% chance?’

B-grade was the kind you’d bow and say “Thank you!” when you got one.

‘But EX-grade?’

It was a grade he’d never seen before.

Besides, low-grade summoning scrolls should only produce F~D grades…

– Yaaawn, what’s this?

That’s when it happened.

A forearm-sized girl who had appeared at some point stretched and rubbed her eyes.

Then, her eyes went wide.

– Huh, huuuh? What! Did I just get summoned? For real?

A small staff and light green dress.

The summoned creature with a pair of small wings was named ‘Wind Fairy’.

Baek Jin-woo knew that appearance very well.

How could he not?

At launch, back in his middle school days.

It was the E-grade summoned creature he had raised with love.

Though he didn’t know why it now had an EX title.

“…Are you Ramba?”

– Yeah, Ramba…! No wait, I’m Wind Fairy though? W-wait, you…!

Wind Fairy.

No, Ramba was shocked.

– The only person who uses that nickname is our Jinugod…! You, you, you! What are you!

…

‘That’s what I want to know.’

What the hell was going on here?

And wait, could Ramba always talk?

Summoned creatures couldn’t speak in the first place, as far as he knew.

Anyway, the nickname Ramba came about because, true to the AI-powered game, there was a chat command function.

“You said it yourself.”

– Said what!

“That there’s only one person who uses that nickname.”

– Th, then.

Ramba made an expression of disbelief.

– Don’t tell me you’re claiming to be Jinugod?

That’s right, I am Jinugod.

I’m Baek Jin-woo, you fool.

Wind Fairy, Ramba.

She was a wind-attribute fairy race specialized in buffs, an E-grade summoned creature.

The one who handled Baek Jin-woo’s early farming.

However.

She was also an unfortunate summoned creature who disappeared due to a bug patch in the first year after launch.

Baek Jin-woo recalled that time.

How frustrated he had been.

‘What did they say again?’

Something about detecting excessive over-balance and restricting usage?

A summoned creature he had raised diligently for a year disappeared overnight.

Compensation?

There was no such thing.

Even when he contacted customer service, they said removals by the AI’s judgment couldn’t be helped.

They sent documents saying it was all in the terms of service, which was absolutely maddening.

Well, at first he was angry and furious, but the rage quickly subsided.

‘It was true that I had it ridiculously easy.’

Ramba.

Though she was E-grade, if you understood her hidden performance well and equipped the right ‘runes’?

She became a literal bug summoned creature.

– Huaaaa, Jinugaaaat! Do you know how much I missed you? Huuuung…!

The Wind Fairy rubbed her small head against Baek Jin-woo’s chest while whimpering.

Whether she was really crying, his clothes were gradually getting wet.

– Huhuk, I was suddenly dragged to some strange place and couldn’t get out, just trapped there!

Sniffle, sniffle!

He couldn’t get used to seeing Ramba shedding tears while speaking.

It couldn’t be helped.

Setting aside that this was the first time seeing her three-dimensionally in reality rather than on a mobile screen.

‘It’s been 9 years after all.’

Moreover, this was also the first time hearing her speak.

Originally, summoned creatures in Battle of Summoners didn’t talk.

‘Hmm.’

Baek Jin-woo was curious.

Why had she popped out of a ‘Low-grade Summoning Scroll’?

First.

“Status window.”

Let’s take a look at her information.

[Summoned Creature: Wind Fairy]

[Race: Fairy Race]

[Grade: EX-grade (Isolation Judgment)]

– Isolated due to balance-breaking elements discovered in specific situations.

[Level: 1]

[Possessed Stats]

Strength: 1, Intelligence: 1, Stamina: 1, Agility: 1

HP: 1,000, MP: 0

Critical Hit Rate: 20%

Critical Hit Damage: 20%

[Possessed Skills]

– Wind Pressure: Each time the staff is swung, increases a single target summoned creature’s attack speed by 3%.

‘As expected.’

Exactly the same as before.

One measly skill.

But that measly skill?

Later brings complete balance destruction.

As Ramba levels up, her attack speed increases, and if you add swift rune settings to push attack speed to the limit…

‘It’s just insane.’

She gives tremendous attack speed boosts to adjacent summoned creatures.

Since it continuously increases by 3% compounding with each swing.

If that’s applied to an A-grade summoned creature?

It soars to S-grade or higher.

‘I used that for sweet farming back then.’

– Anyway! Since we’ve met again! Let’s never separate this time! Got it? Huh?

“Wait a minute.”

Baek Jin-woo peeled off the clinging Ramba.

– Huh?

“I have something to ask.”

– Ask me anything! You’re Jinugod who summoned me again after I was isolated! What couldn’t I answer!

“What is isolation? Who isolated you, and how does summoning work here?”

– Uh…

Ramba was flustered by Baek Jin-woo’s rapid-fire questions.

And soon.

– Ugh, ughhh! It hurts!

“Huh? What’s wrong?”

– My head hurts so much! That damn bastard seems to have placed a restriction!

…Suddenly a restriction?

Her pained expression looks a bit awkward too?

– Sorry, but there’s not much I can tell you. We were isolated, and originally couldn’t come out no matter how much players summoned us.

“Us? Are there others besides you who were isolated?”

– Yeah, we weren’t isolated in the same room so I don’t know who they are, but… there were definitely more. About ten entities I think?

Other isolations.

Ten entities.

‘Crazy.’

It’s certain.

‘The summoned creatures I used that disappeared due to bug judgments.’

Ten entities including Ramba.

It seemed like all those summoned creatures received EX-grade judgments and were isolated.

– Anyway Jinugod, you seem definitely different from other players. When you tear summoning scrolls, we seem to get opportunities too. I was amazed too. It had been a long time since I heard a low-grade summoning scroll’s call.

Ah.

I think I understand what she means.

In this world, only I have the chance to draw EX-grades?

Since Ramba was E-grade in the past, she responded to the low-grade summoning scroll?

This is quite amazing.

“Why would that be?”

– I don’t know that either.

Hmm.

Could it be a special privilege for clearing the 100th floor of the Tower of Trials?

For now.

Crackle!

Baek Jin-woo tore open the remaining ‘Low-Grade Summoning Scroll’.

Then.

[‘Low-Grade Summoning Scroll’ is being used!]

[Player ‘Baek Jin-woo’ has obtained summoned creature ‘Fur Gorilla’ (F-rank)!]

Ah.

Fur Gorilla.

He knew it very well.

A creature that was hopeless no matter how you used it, only good as leveling material.

This confirmed it.

‘Tearing summoning scrolls doesn’t guarantee 100% EX-rank drops.’

Which meant, to find all the creatures he had lost from the past game…

He would need to open countless summoning scrolls.

If he could obtain and control all of them?

Wouldn’t a player incomparably stronger than Ilcheon be born?

Thump, thump thump!

– Uhhhhh…

The gorilla approached and knelt down, placing both arms on the ground.

What’s this.

A pledge of loyalty?

“Ramba.”

– Yeah! Jinugod!

“Drop the Jinugod title, just call me Jin-woo.”

– Eh? Why?

Jinugod was already a name spread across the world.

The Five Emperors.

Thanks to those guys who were once veterans working hard to spread their names over the past 3 years.

‘It’s not time to draw attention yet.’

While it was true that Baek Jin-woo had a lot of information and experience, currently the gap between him and them had widened by more than 3 years.

Moreover.

‘Looking at the situation, it seems I’m the only one in the world who can utilize EX-rank…’

In a situation where nothing was known yet, there was nothing more dangerous than becoming a target of envy and jealousy.

If he were to become such a target?

It should only be after he had already become the best.

“Just do as I say.”

– Tch, fine. Still acting cool as always. Hehe! I’m getting excited thinking about climbing the Tower of Trials with Jin-woo again after so long! Did we make it to the 10th floor back then? It was incredibly difficult.

“Tower of Trials?”

– Yeah!

“I already cleared all 100 floors of that.”

– Whaaaat? Really? That tower with its insane difficulty?

“Yeah, I definitely cleared it.”

In the game.

Though now it’s reality, so it might be a bit different.

– Well, it has been quite some time since we parted ways…

Still unable to believe it, Ramba looked at Baek Jin-woo with a subtle expression.

Her chubby cheeks were much cuter than on screen.

“And you know, right? With your current specs, forget the 10th floor, even the 1st floor would be tough.”

– Right. Hiiing. Everything’s been completely reset. No runes, level 1 too.

“So now we need to focus on growth… Guide me to that synthesis shop first.”

That Fur Gorilla over there.

I’m going to use that guy as material to help Ramba grow.

– Eh, Jin-woo!

“Yeah?”

– How would I know where that is!

“What?”

– This is my first time here too. It’s your world, so you should be the guide.

Huh?

That was the moment.

[Player has obtained summoned creatures.]

[Proceeding to the next stage.]

Tutorial progress text appeared.

Rumble!

Blue light erupted from the ground of the clearing with a loud noise.

[Beginner Basic Dungeon has been created.]

[Please enter.]

‘Dungeon.’

Gulp, Baek Jin-woo swallowed.

He had run through them countless times in the game and conquered up to the 100th floor of the tower.

But this was his first time facing a dungeon in reality.

Really?

Really go in there?

[Please enter.]

Shit.

Of course he was scared.

Was the monster in the tutorial dungeon a Gray Wolf (F-rank)?

It was weak in the game, but how often would you face a growling wolf in person in reality?

But thinking about it again, there was no need to be scared.

The summoned creatures would do all the fighting anyway, right?

‘A changed reality.’

Now he had to adapt.

Huff, hufff!

After taking deep breaths for about 10 seconds, Baek Jin-woo squeezed his eyes shut and threw himself forward.

It was his first dungeon entry.

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