I Alone Am an EX-Class Summoner - Chapter 34

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I Am Alone EX-Grade Summoner Episode 034

Light Speed Rune (2)

Strengthening Room.

If the Synthesis Chamber is where you grind summoned creatures, the Strengthening Room is where you grind runes.

[Welcome to the Strengthening Room!]

[Try strengthening or polishing your runes!]

The exterior was similar to the Synthesis Chamber.

An entire building near the Tower of Trials served as the Strengthening Room, and this was also managed by Headquarters.

After waiting and entering the room, Baek Jin-woo inserted the Light Speed Rune into the main slot.

‘I have enough materials.’

While grinding Weekly Dungeons all this time, he had separately stacked up junk runes that wouldn’t even sell.

When options were attached too poorly, they sometimes wouldn’t sell.

‘I need rune strengthening materials anyway.’

Baek Jin-woo dumped all the junk runes into the material slots.

Until it reached level 10.

Fortunately, the materials were abundant.

[Would you like to strengthen?]

[Y/N]

“Okay.”

Light burst from the main slot, and it began strengthening with a flash.

[Level 2!]

[Intelligence +12% -> Intelligence +24%]

[Level 3!]

[Agility +12% -> Agility +24%]

[Level 4!]

[Intelligence +24% -> Intelligence +36%]

[Level 5!]

[Agility +24% -> Agility +36%]

For reference, the maximum value for stats like Strength, Intelligence, Stamina, and Agility is 12% per upgrade, and the minimum is 4% per upgrade.

With normal strengthening, it would randomly attach between 4-12%.

But since this rune is a rare rune, it only attaches the maximum value with each upgrade.

And it didn’t even attach to raw Intelligence or raw Agility.

‘Good, good!’

Strengthening that felt good just watching it.

[Level 6!]

[Intelligence +36% -> Intelligence +48%]

[Level 7!]

[Agility +36% -> Agility +48%]

[Level 8!]

[Intelligence +48% -> Intelligence +60%]

[Level 9!]

[Agility +48% -> Agility +60%]

[Level Max!]

[Intelligence +60% -> Intelligence +72%]

[Strengthening has reached maximum!]

“Wow.”

It attached at maximum value all the way to the end.

Having completed strengthening one rune, Baek Jin-woo examined the rune’s information.

[Rune]

[Grade: Superior (Rare)]

– Limited to 100 worldwide.

[Set Effect: Light Speed]

– Attack speed increases by 300% when 6 are equipped.

– For staff-using summoned creatures, attack speed increases by an additional 200%.

[Level: Max]

[Stat Increase]

Intelligence +72%, Intelligence +30, Agility +60%, Agility +30

“Wow…”

An insanely monstrous rune that couldn’t be seen anywhere else was born.

What kind of performance would Ramba show with six of these equipped?

Just thinking about it made him feel good.

Of course, this wasn’t the end.

‘I need to apply polish.’

Originally, to apply polish to that ‘Intelligence +72%’?

You’d need a ‘Superior Intelligence% Polish.’

You’d have to endlessly apply polish obtained from grinding the Superior Tuesday Dungeon until maximum values were attached.

But if you have ‘Universal Polish’?

Not only can you just apply it, but one application immediately gives maximum value.

Baek Jin-woo put 4 Universal Polishes into the material slots.

[Would you like to polish?]

[Y/N]

And he polished all the options.

The result.

[Rune]

[Grade: Superior (Rare)]

– Limited to 100 worldwide.

[Set Effect: Light Speed]

– Attack speed increases by 300% when 6 are equipped.

– For staff-using summoned creatures, attack speed increases by an additional 200%.

[Level: Max]

[Stat Increase]

Intelligence +84%, Intelligence +60, Agility +72%, Agility +60

An endgame boss was born with options pushed to the extreme.

For Ramba, no better rune than this could be made or obtained.

Baek Jin-woo continued working on the remaining two runes.

As a result, he created three graduation runes and could leave the Strengthening Room in a good mood.

As soon as he arrived at the Vacant Lot.

“Ramba.”

– Jin-woooo! You’re here? Cream bread!

Ramba, exhausted from Hunkyo’s repetitive training, rushed over with pleading eyes.

“Of course I bought some, but first try equipping these.”

Baek Jin-woo removed the 3 Swift runes and equipped the 3 Light Speed runes.

– Wh-whoa! What is this?

Ramba was startled.

– My body became incredibly light!

Whiz, whiz!

Ramba’s flying speed was considerably fast.

Because agility increases not only attack speed but also movement speed.

“Try swinging your staff once.”

– Okay!

Whoooooooosh!

– Kyah, kyahah! So fast! This is crazy!

It’s definitely no joke.

Even with just 3 pieces without the set effect, if it’s this good…

What if I get the remaining 3 pieces?

The stacks will build up tremendously from the very beginning.

Hunkyo, who receives the stacks, will go absolutely wild.

Ramba’s wind pressure!

By the way, there was another summoned creature who should be receiving that wind pressure.

‘Aso’, who was A-rank in the past.

Until I get him, Hunkyo is scheduled to receive the stacks.

When Aso comes?

Hunkyo will truly only serve as a training instructor, as his name suggests.

Because Aso is that ridiculously overpowered.

Of course.

It’s not that Hunkyo is weak.

Although he’s a training instructor in Baek Jin-woo’s party, Hunkyo becomes strong enough to tear through everything alone when he goes out.

– Jin-woo! This feels like the old days!

By the way, Ramba during the Battle of Summoners days couldn’t max out her runes to the extreme.

The time they spent together was short, and it was the very early days back then.

“We’re still far from that. Just wait a little, and you’ll get even faster.”

– Hieek? Even faster than this? Can I handle it?

“Handle?”

Glance.

Baek Jin-woo looked at Hunkyo.

As expected.

The guy was wearing a fishy smile.

Ramba, who noticed that smile, laughed nervously while breaking into a cold sweat.

– Ha, hahah! I can handle it… Right. It would be strange if I couldn’t… Hiiing.

Baek Jin-woo smiled and patted the head of Ramba, who was making a tearful face.

You.

Suffer a bit for now.

When everything settles down completely later, it’ll be easier then.

Late at night.

At some logistics center.

Baek Jin-woo’s father, Baek Jin-chul, was sitting there joking around with a friend of the same age he’d become close with.

He came out to do package loading and unloading today too.

But here, Baek Jin-chul doesn’t do physical labor.

‘Why would I when the golem does everything?’

The B-rank Diamond Golem that Yu Ji-a had gifted him!

That golem’s performance was incredible.

It was much faster, stronger, and more precise than existing golems.

It was almost at the level where one golem could do the work of 50 workers quickly and accurately.

Thanks to that, they had even finished negotiating with the delivery company to increase the labor costs.

“But there’s something I’ve been curious about for a while.”

Baek Jin-chul’s friend, Park Jung-hun, asked.

“What is it?”

“Why is someone with such a flashy summoned creature doing package loading and unloading?”

“Then?”

“Obviously you should become a Player or sell it! Especially that Diamond Golem. Don’t you know how useful it is at construction sites?”

“…Actually, I don’t really know.”

“What?”

Park Jung-hun was dumbfounded.

A Player who doesn’t know the value of his own summoned creature?

“This. I received it as a gift. How could I sell something I received with good intentions? I’m just satisfied using it since it’s better than my existing Pebble Golem.”

Baek Jin-chul had a good impression of Yu Ji-a.

Despite being a chaebol granddaughter, she wasn’t picky and was gentle, and she didn’t look down on commoners like them but rather treated them with extreme respect!

When he received kindness from such a person, would he ignore it and just sell it?

‘Unacceptable.’

So he didn’t even investigate.

“You crazy bastard. You’re not selling a 1 billion won item and using it in a place like this?”

“Huh?”

Baek Jin-chul’s eyes widened.

Wait, wait.

What did he just say?

“1 billion won?”

“Don’t tell me…”

Park Jung-hun looked at Baek Jin-chul with a strange look.

“You’re not using that without even knowing the price of your summoned creature, are you?”

“Uh…”

1 billion won?

Baek Jin-chul’s mind went blank.

The moment when everything he had thought before collapsed at once!

For a commoner, 1 billion won was that much money.

It was money that could immediately change their old house and make his family more comfortable.

‘Sell something I received as a gift?’

Of course I should sell it!

1 billion won completely changes the story!

And honestly speaking, what to do with a gift is up to the person who received it, right?

“Wait, wait a minute.”

Finally, Baek Jin-chul couldn’t hold back and took out his phone to search.

– Diamond Golem.

– A construction-specialized summoned creature, one of the summoned creatures that all construction companies are desperately looking for.

– Since there are no items on the market, the price keeps rising.

– The market price averages 1 billion won.

‘She gave me such a precious thing as a gift?’

Even if she’s a chaebol.

Is she that generous?

Baek Jin-chul, who hadn’t been very interested in what was given to Hwang Myeong-hee, was dumbfounded.

“And one more thing I’m curious about.”

Park Jung-hun asked one more thing.

“Is there someone who gives such things as gifts? Who exactly? What, are they a chaebol or something?”

Gasp!

Baek Jin-chul was startled.

Park Jung-hun, this friend.

He has pretty good intuition?

“No, that can’t be. If someone had chaebol connections, why would they be doing package loading and unloading? Maybe some sucker like you just gave it as a gift without properly investigating?”

Ah.

Good intuition my ass.

“Hey, hey. That’s enough.”

Baek Jin-chul shook his head and said.

“I think I’ll have to stop working after today.”

“Oh, you’re selling it? Yeah, man. Good thinking.”

Baek Jin-chul and Park Jung-hun were quite close friends.

Although they hadn’t known each other for long, it had been a while since he felt this close to someone.

‘Most importantly.’

When his son, Baek Jin-woo, was sick.

He had been incredibly moved when Jung-hun gave him about a million won to help with hospital bills.

Thanks to that, he even tolerated them taking breaks while using the Diamond Golem together.

“Jung-hun.”

“Yeah?”

“Didn’t you say you used to fry chicken before?”

“What’s there to say. I was pretty good at it. I graduated from Chicken University and even got a doctorate.”

“Stop being ridiculous.”

“But was it at least a little funny?”

Pfft.

Baek Jin-chul laughed.

Despite talking like that, this friend once had considerable passion for chicken.

He could identify all chicken brands in a blind test with his eyes closed, and he was amazing at detecting what ingredients were used in them.

He didn’t know the story behind why he was doing package loading and unloading work…

‘Right.’

I guess it’s your good fortune that we became close.

Baek Jin-chul had always had a dream.

A simple dream of frying chicken in the neighborhood and living peacefully with his family.

With 10 billion won?

It was definitely possible.

With a loan, he could even start something much bigger.

“How much do you get paid now?”

“20 per day.”

For reference, Baek Jin-chul’s current daily wage was 40.

It had recently increased, but compared to using a Diamond Golem, he was being treated like a complete pushover!

Still, thanks to working hard all this time, he had saved up quite a bit of money.

“Want to fry chicken together with me?”

“You mean by selling that thing?”

“Yeah.”

“Wow…”

Park Jung-hun pondered.

He could feel his friend’s eyes, which had always been dead despite his bright demeanor, gradually coming to life.

“Is it really okay?”

“But I’m not planning to do it half-heartedly. I’ll do a lot of research before starting the business. I’m going to do it directly, not as a franchise.”

“Wow, if it’s research, we’ll be eating a lot of chicken, right?”

“I suppose so?”

“I’m good with that. Absolutely good with it. Thank you. For making such an offer.”

“What’s there to thank me for.”

I’m grateful too.

Getting to enjoy such luxury thanks to our one and only son.

And I’m grateful to that girl Yu Ji-a too.

‘Daeseong is the best!’

Baek Jin-chul made a promise to himself.

From now on, he would only buy Daeseong appliances.

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