I Alone Am an EX-Class Summoner - Chapter 33

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I Am Alone EX-Grade Summoner Episode 033

Light Speed Rune (1)

The next day.

Baek Jin-woo, who had set up the Weekly Dungeon rotation early in the morning and headed to the vacant lot for work, warmed up his body.

Hunkyo and the rest of his summons were already in position, training.

‘Should I check the rewards first?’

Let me organize the rewards obtained from the 2nd to 9th floors like this.

[2nd Floor – Essence of Light x 10]

[3rd Floor – Universal Polish x 10]

[4th Floor – Supreme Rune (Light Speed) x 1]

[5th Floor – Intermediate Skill Book Selection Ticket x 5]

[6th Floor – Supreme Rune Selection Ticket (Bound)]

[7th Floor – Supreme Summoning Scroll x 3]

[8th Floor – Supreme Rune Selection Ticket (Bound)]

[9th Floor – Universal Polish x 10]

“Phew.”

To conclude, the results were quite good.

Except for the ‘crap’ mixed in the middle – the 10 Essence of Light – everything else turned out pretty well.

What’s Essence of Light, you ask?

It’s a rare material.

It must be one of the materials needed for some blueprint.

‘But I can’t use it right now.’

It’s questionable whether a blueprint requiring Essence of Light will appear anytime soon, and for items like this, it’s better to put them up on the marketplace at a high price.

And at a very high price at that!

Since it’s rare, there won’t be many listings, and desperate people will buy it regardless of the price.

‘And the real jackpot is.’

The 4th floor reward.

Supreme Light Speed Rune!

Light Speed is an upgraded version of the Swift rune that Ramba is wearing, and if conditions are met, it can push attack speed to the absolute limit.

[Rune]

[Grade: Low]

[Set Effect: Swift]

– 4 equipped: +30% attack speed, 6 equipped: +50% attack speed.

If this was the existing Swift rune?

[Rune]

[Grade: Supreme (Rare)]

– Limited to 100 worldwide.

[Set Effect: Light Speed]

– 6 equipped: +300% attack speed.

– If summon uses a staff: additional +200% attack speed.

The set effect of the Light Speed rune is absolutely insane.

Just equipping it provides an additional 300% attack speed, and in Ramba’s case, she can receive a 500% attack speed effect.

Since she uses a staff.

‘Plus it’s a rare rune!’

Rare runes are runes that only appear in the Tower of Trials.

Rune dwarves can craft them, but I’ll explain that later.

Rare runes always have good stats attached, and even when enhanced, they reach maximum values.

It means they’re naturally qualified to be graduation runes!

Baek Jin-woo checked the stats.

[Level: 1]

[Stat Increase]

Intelligence +12%, Intelligence +30, Agility +12%, Agility +30

‘Wow.’

Indeed, it was a rune specialized for magical attack speed.

Stats worthy of being called Ramba’s exclusive rune!

Intelligence enhances the effect of Ramba’s skill Wind Pressure, and Agility further boosts Ramba’s attack speed!

‘Perfect.’

By the way, rare runes have fixed stats.

Meaning no matter when or where you obtain a Light Speed rune, it will have those stats.

Now, if I enhance this to max level 10?

Ramba’s graduation rune will be born.

A rune that truly embodies the meaning of ‘graduation’!

‘Since it’s come to this, I should graduate Ramba first.’

Baek Jin-woo boldly used the Supreme Rune Selection Tickets (Bound) obtained from the 6th and 8th floors consecutively.

[Using Supreme Rune Selection Ticket (Bound)!]

[Player ‘Baek Jin-woo’ has obtained Supreme Rune (Light Speed)!]

[Using Supreme Rune Selection Ticket (Bound)!]

[Player ‘Baek Jin-woo’ has obtained Supreme Rune (Light Speed)!]

When he thought of ‘Light Speed’ among the numerous runes spread across his vision, it appeared right in the center, and he pressed to select it.

And.

All the runes had these stats.

[Rune]

[Grade: Supreme (Rare)]

– Limited to 100 worldwide.

[Set Effect: Light Speed]

– 6 equipped: +300% attack speed.

– If summon uses a staff: additional +200% attack speed.

[Level: 1]

[Stat Increase]

Intelligence +12%, Intelligence +30, Agility +12%, Agility +30

‘I need to get 3 more of these.’

For that, I’ll have to ask my sister to scour marketplaces worldwide and acquire them with Yubak’s capital.

Only then can I receive the proper set effect.

By the way, the maximum number of runes a summon can equip is 6.

‘I’ll save the Universal Polish for later.’

The Universal Polish obtained 10 each from the 3rd and 9th floors is needed later after enhancing runes to Max (maximum level 10).

Polish is what raises the numerical values of fully enhanced stats once more, and ‘Universal Polish’ unconditionally raises those values to maximum regardless of options.

The rule is to only use polish on graduation runes.

Since this can only be obtained from the Tower of Trials, you can name your price.

‘From the 7th floor, 3 Supreme Summoning Scrolls.’

These were also worth their weight in gold right now, weren’t they?

But I can’t use or sell these.

They’re also materials for the ‘Guaranteed Summoning Scroll’ (B-grade) I’ll make later.

‘I’ll keep these too.’

The last remaining item!

‘5 Intermediate Skill Book Selection Tickets obtained from the 5th floor.’

These are actually ‘crap’ too.

Because Baek Jin-woo has Hunkyo, he doesn’t need skill books.

However.

‘These all have their uses too.’

Baek Jin-woo actually liked this.

‘First.’

Baek Jin-woo, who had organized what to sell and what to buy, stood up.

“Hunkyo.”

– Yes, my lord!

“Keep training. I’ll go meet my sister for a bit and come back.”

– I shall obey your command!

The time had come to meet his sister.

He had a pile of items obtained from the intermediate weekly dungeon, and he also needed to sell the essence of light he got this time.

Player Zone.

In front of the offline marketplace where Baek A-jin spent her days.

“Huh?”

Baek Jin-woo was startled.

Because there was one more masked woman at the spot where she usually did business.

“Why is Yu Ji-a here?”

Yu Ji-a from Yubak Management.

She was even chatting cheerfully with Baek A-jin, seeming to have become very close friends.

“Oh, Jin-woo?”

“Oppa!”

The two women who spotted Baek Jin-woo greeted him warmly.

“What’s going on?”

He asked what the situation was, and they briefly explained it to him.

“A-jin has also decided to join hands with our Yubak Management.”

“That’s right. The amount of materials oppa brings is getting bigger, and I also want to try selling properly in a professional establishment. Marketing, customer management… you know, those kinds of things. I want to learn properly from experts.”

At the same time, Baek A-jin reached out and summoned her summons.

“And I need to let our Ulei hunt a bit too. Until now I’ve only focused on trading, but with Yubak Management’s help, I’ll have some time.”

“…Ulei?”

“Yeah! Shadow Wolf and Shadow Elf! That’s their nickname.”

Ah, that’s what she meant.

Well, it’s not bad.

Actually, it’s good.

Even though he had management, Baek Jin-woo had also felt uncomfortable dealing separately with his sister.

However, the important thing was.

“The 20% rate is still guaranteed, right?”

“I was actually planning to coordinate that part with Baek Jin-woo. Since we’re changing the existing contract.”

“I don’t really mind. Do whatever is convenient for you, Yu Ji-a, but please keep A-jin’s 20% rate fixed.”

“Yes, I understand. By the way, in A-jin’s case, we’re planning to promote her position to director and hire many employees.”

As expected of Yu Ji-a.

She’s neat and efficient.

“That sounds good.”

Grin.

When Baek Jin-woo smiled, Yu Ji-a let out a soft breath.

She had been secretly worried about what to do if Baek Jin-woo felt uncomfortable.

“First, A-jin.”

Baek Jin-woo handed out the paper he had organized while passing the items he brought to her.

“What’s this?”

“Things you need to sell and things you need to buy.”

“Oh, there are things to buy too?”

“Yeah.”

10 superior summoning scrolls and 10 World Tree leaves that serve as materials for the ‘Guaranteed Summoning Scroll’ (B-grade).

And 3 supreme speed runes.

Baek A-jin was shocked after reading the list.

“Supreme speed runes…? What’s this? Don’t tell me it’s a rare rune?”

“That’s right.”

“…It must be incredibly expensive? I’ve only heard about it. They say all the world rankers use rare runes.”

“The expensive part should be fine. You just joined hands with Yubak Management, right?”

When Baek Jin-woo looked at Yu Ji-a, her eyes lit up.

“You finally have runes you need!”

“Yes, no matter how much it costs… I’ll ask you to do your best.”

Rare runes are limited runes.

Therefore, they’re not only difficult to obtain but also very expensive.

But Yu Ji-a was actually happy.

‘Can I finally be of help to Jinugod?’

“Jin-woo!”

“Yes?”

“Just leave it to me. I’ll definitely get them for you within a month!”

Yu Ji-a clenched her fist with a confident expression.

What if she couldn’t get them?

She would get them even if she had to borrow Daeseong’s power!

“Thank you.”

For some reason.

Baek Jin-woo found her words more reliable than anyone else’s.

“Oh, and.”

Baek Jin-woo handed something to each of the two people.

“What’s this?”

“What’s this?”

What else.

“It’s an intermediate skill book selection ticket. Each of you bring out your main summon and learn a skill.”

The good method to protect family that he had mentioned before.

That was in the intermediate skills.

“What skill?”

“Desperate Call.”

“Desperate Call…?”

“Yeah.”

To explain the skill, it goes like this.

– Desperate Call: Once a day, forcibly summons a designated target player.

In Battle of Summoners, it was a completely useless skill called ‘shit’ of ‘shit’.

But in reality, it’s different.

With just this, he could help precious people when they faced urgent situations.

“Learn it and call me when you’re in danger.”

One each for mom and dad too.

He planned to use four of the five intermediate skill book selection tickets he got this way.

He decided to keep the remaining one for now.

“Learn it right now and set the player designation to me.”

“Oh, there was a skill like this…?”

Baek A-jin, who had learned the skill for her Shadow Wolf, was looking at the skill description with curiosity.

‘Jin-woo.’

Yu Ji-a looked at Baek Jin-woo with a slightly moved expression.

Anyway, didn’t this mean she was also included in the range of people to protect like family!

She felt slightly comforted for all the time she had spent grinding and focusing only on caring for Baek Jin-woo.

Right!

This makes work worthwhile!

[Player ‘Baek A-jin’ sets Player ‘Baek Jin-woo’ for the skill ‘Desperate Call’.]

[Do you agree?]

[Y/N]

[Player ‘Yu Ji-a’ sets Player ‘Baek Jin-woo’ for the skill ‘Desperate Call’.]

[Do you agree?]

[Y/N]

Naturally, both pressed Y.

Now only one thing remained.

‘Me becoming stronger.’

If I became strong enough not to lose to any player in the world?

From then on, I could proudly go around saying I’m Baek Jin-woo’s family!

‘Good.’

Let’s give it a try!

First, challenging the 10th floor of the Tower of Trials would be in a month.

This morning, I asked Hunkyo how much longer it would take to catch the One-eyed.

– One month! Exactly one month will be enough, my lord!

Hunkyo had answered confidently.

Since it was the word of someone with high insight, it would probably be right.

‘Just perfect timing.’

When I checked the date, it was around the time of the National Team Selection that Yu Ji-a had mentioned.

I’d aim to clear the 10th floor by then.

“Well then, I’ll be going. I’m going to do some rune strengthening.”

Baek Jin-woo bid farewell to the two women and headed toward the Strengthening Room.

Now what I had to do was.

Rune strengthening.

The task was to push the three Light Speed runes to their absolute limit, then apply polish on top of that.

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