I Alone Am an EX-Class Summoner - Chapter 41

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I Am Alone EX-Grade Summoner Episode 041

National Team Selection (3)

“Hey.”

Ranking 9th, Oh Ji-myeong said while kicking a pebble on the ground.

“What are you doing right now? Did you come here for camping or something?”

He didn’t like Baek Jin-woo’s attitude.

Was the National Team Selection a joke?

It was already disgusting to see a high ranker above him acting like that, but a player who wasn’t even a ranker… just someone who had recently risen to fame was acting this way, which irritated him.

‘Hoo, hey?’

Baek Jin-woo smiled deeply.

Look at these insolent bastards?

They’re coming on pretty strong?

Well, first of all.

Since both of them were older than him, he supposed they could speak informally.

“Yes, is there some kind of problem?”

Baek Jin-woo smiled and suddenly stood up from his seat.

‘Should I play around with them a bit?’

Baek Jin-woo’s physique, having trained intensively with Hunkyo for several months, was already beyond ordinary human level.

In comparison, the rankers’ bodies were so pitiful it was almost sigh-inducing.

Well, he understood.

Players only needed strong summoned creatures, there was no law saying they had to maintain their bodies.

However, the aura flowing from a well-maintained body was stronger than one that wasn’t.

“…This bastard.”

Oh Ji-myeong, slightly overwhelmed by the aura, bit his lips tightly.

“I guess you’re feeling pretty cocky lately since the media’s been pushing you, but if you keep your back so straight like that, there are cases where you never get selected for life.”

“…Huh? Really?”

Baek Jin-woo tilted his head.

“Hmm, that’s strange. Isn’t the National Team Selection supposed to be based on skill alone? Ah, maybe not? Looking at how you two were selected last year… I guess it’s possible even without skill.”

“This crazy bastard.”

Finally, curses spilled from Oh Ji-myeong’s mouth as he lost his temper.

“Why bother with long words, senior. Let’s just slice up that bastard’s summoned creatures first and then lecture him.”

Ranking 10th Park Ho-seop lined up his summoned creatures.

Baek Jin-woo watched this scene as if it were amusing.

“Really, not even funny.”

“…”

“Why are you running your mouths when you’re shamefully ganging up as so-called rankers? Just mind your own business and go your separate ways. Right, Hunkyo?”

– …

Hunkyo silently nodded his head.

Hunkyo’s eyes had settled into a sharp, cold glare.

It seemed like he wanted to immediately cut down those two players who dared to make his lord uncomfortable.

“You won’t do.”

Whoosh!

When Oh Ji-myeong swung his arm, his summoned creatures all kicked off the ground in unison.

As befitting a ranker, he had quite a variety of B-grade summoned creatures.

“Let’s meet separately after the Multi-player Tournament. I need to give you some education.”

“Oh, those words.”

Baek Jin-woo nodded as if he was rather pleased.

“I hope you keep that promise?”

At that moment.

Flash!

Hunkyo moved, striking the jaw of one of Oh Ji-myeong’s humanoid summoned creatures with the flat of his blade.

Kwaaaaang!

With a thunderous roar, the summoned creature that shot up into the air lost consciousness.

Not only the speed but the tremendous power was incredible.

A B-grade summoned creature in one hit.

Okay, one down.”

Hunkyo leaped forward while maintaining his upward striking posture.

Swoosh!

His movement speed was on a different dimension.

While the opponent’s summoned creatures were in the middle of taking their stances, Hunkyo had already swung his sword, retrieved it, and rushed forward.

Whirlick!

Hunkyo precisely cut the vital points of the summoned creatures with three sword strikes!

Actually, this type of Multi-player Tournament was extremely advantageous for the current Baek Jin-woo.

As long as he could buy time for Ramba to stack up, it was almost like being invincible.

“Two, three… Oh, four? Wow, it’s so fast I can’t even see it.”

Baek Jin-woo was enjoying himself, but Oh Ji-myeong was utterly bewildered.

5 seconds?

No, something had happened in less than 4 seconds.

There was a bang! sound, then a swoosh! sound, and four summoned creatures’ HP became 0.

And the last one.

– Grooooooooar!

While the Berserk Stone Golem (B-grade) was jumping and trying to bring down its spinning fist.

Swoooosh!

Hunkyo was already riding on top of it, running around and putting on a golem dismantling show with his sword.

He was precisely cutting the joint parts of the golem covered in magical power.

‘Cra, crazy!’

Oh Ji-myeong was shocked.

Thud thud thud!

Even though the core heart hadn’t been struck.

The stone golem fell separated into arms, legs, and torso.

Spin!

In that state, Hunkyo did a somersault once and thrust his sword into the heart of the golem’s torso with a stab!

Pierce!

The golem was immediately reverse-summoned.

“…!”

Silence flowed.

Especially in Park Ho-seop’s case, his eyes were bulging out.

Was there a player in Korea who could toy with senior Oh Ji-myeong like that?

[All summoned creatures of Player ‘Oh Ji-myeong’ have been reverse-summoned.]

[You are eliminated from the Multi-player Tournament.]

Wooooong!

Light that rose from the ground began to envelop Oh Ji-myeong’s body.

And at this moment, the protective barrier that had been protecting Oh Ji-myeong disappeared.

Baek Jin-woo, with his good eyesight, immediately caught this and kicked off the ground.

‘That guy deserves to get hit a bit.’

He could have Hunkyo beat him up, but then he might accidentally die.

Humans should be beaten by humans.

“Make sure to come find me after the Multi-player Tournament. I’ll give you the beating fee.”

Baek Jin-woo rushed over, twisted his waist, and drove his fist into Oh Ji-myeong’s left abdomen, into his liver.

“Kuh, kuhek?!”

Oh Ji-myeong’s breath was suddenly cut short.

‘That, that bastard has no manners!’

Hitting a person in a Player battle?

It was unfair, but he couldn’t shout.

He was immediately ejected from the multi-player tournament.

“Are you next?”

Park Ho-seop, ranked 10th, could only stare blankly at Baek Jin-woo’s grinning figure.

The broadcast screen of the multi-player tournament moves quickly.

Due to the nature of multi-player tournaments, there are too many battle scenarios happening at once.

The solo run of the 1st ranked player, players teaming up to raid the 2nd ranked player like a boss fight, and so on.

– Yes, the 3rd ranked player is currently moving to the outskirts and waiting!

– It shows their intention not to engage in unnecessary fights! What is the 4th ranked player doing? Shall we switch to them?

Swoosh!

As the viewpoint was switching like that.

“Oh? It’s oppa!”

Baek A-jin shouted.

She had spotted a familiar face on the screen.

– Yes, the 9th and 10th ranked players are allied, right? They announced at the press conference that they would ally again this year.

– That’s right. Huh? But what happened? I don’t see one of them.

– Oh! We just received news that one was eliminated. What on earth happened?

– Shall we replay the footage?

Because of this, relatively less important scenes like now are sometimes missed.

But it doesn’t matter.

They can just replay it.

“Ah, damn!”

Baek A-jin got annoyed hearing the commentators’ words.

“What’s wrong, daughter?”

Hwang Myeong-hee asked in confusion.

“Our oppa. His luck is absolutely terrible. He must have run into the 9th and 10th ranked players.”

“Oh my, then what do we do?”

“Exactly. Ugh, those two are from the Headquarters and they’re famous for always sticking together like cowards. The standard strategy for multi-player tournaments is to hide quietly and pass through with luck… but to meet rankers right from the start! Ugh!”

“Then our Jin-woo will be eliminated?”

“Wait a minute. They said one of the rankers is missing though… Huh?”

At that moment.

The screen was showing a highlight scene that had been filmed separately.

It was the scene of Hunkyo slicing through Oh Ji-myeong’s five summoned creatures in 10 seconds.

The three players had muttered something, then Oh Ji-myeong’s side charged first.

Soon after.

Hunkyo moved instantly and cut down the enemies.

The movement was so fast and spectacular that even in slow motion, it looked like normal speed.

– Wh-what was that just now!

– Incredible! What scene am I watching right now? One summoned creature! Just one summoned creature from Player Baek Jin-woo is slaughtering the summoned creatures of Korea’s 9th ranked player! Does this make any sense?

– I can’t believe it even after replaying it twice!

Waaaah.

Ooooooh!

Sounds of people’s amazement could be heard from outside.

They seemed to be watching the same scene.

“Wow, that!”

Baek A-jin also jumped up and pointed at the screen.

Hunkyo!

How could she not recognize that overpowered summoned creature?

The ridiculous summoned creature that instantly subdued her beloved Shadow Elf and then grabbed her ankle!

“Wow! That was so strong? What, a ranker…”

“Did your oppa win?”

“Mom, this isn’t just winning! This is insane! He completely destroyed them… and it was Korea’s 9th ranked player! Wow, damn! I’m getting goosebumps.”

Baek A-jin rubbed her arms and looked toward her dad.

“Ah, dad?”

“…!”

Baek Jin-chul was completely frozen with his mouth wide open.

Well.

‘Dad often watches the World League and Player battles.’

He would understand better than mom how absurd the current situation was.

– What kind of summoned creature is that? Caster, have you seen this summoned creature before?

– No. There’s a similar summoned creature called the E-grade Training Director, but it’s completely different. The Director holds a camera, not a sword.

– Then what is it?

– Perhaps it might be one of the undiscovered B-grade creatures, or even an A-grade summoned creature.

– Ooh, Player Baek Jin-woo was hiding a secret weapon!

– Oh wait, that’s not it!

– Excuse me?

– According to information just received, it’s an E-grade summoned creature called Training Instructor.

– Training Instructor?

– Yes, it’s a summoned creature that fairly old gamers know about… But the strange thing is, it wasn’t supposed to be that strong? It was just an ordinary E-grade! And even that was removed in a patch about 3 years later!

There are quite a few players who know about the Training Instructor’s existence.

However, there are no players who know that Jinugod used it.

Even the Five Emperors don’t know.

The Training Instructor was a summoned creature that Jinugod used and then isolated before he began communicating with the Five Emperors in earnest.

The same goes for Ramba and Pokryong.

The summoned creatures of Jinugod that the Five Emperors know about are the Rune Dwarf, Aso, Mamyo, Destruction Dragon… That’s about all.

– Is there any information from Player Baek Jin-woo’s side?

– No, there isn’t! In fact, they requested privacy regarding that summoned creature!

– Is this fortunate then?

– It could be!

In fact, the Headquarters doesn’t want to publicly reveal the detailed abilities of rankers’ summoned creatures.

They encourage privacy.

Because it’s a competitive system.

If it becomes known domestically, overseas will also start analyzing it.

It would be like exposing their full strength.

So the commentators also only dig into such summoned creatures moderately and avoid detailed explanations.

– Anyway, this is an incredible result! And now! Player Baek Jin-woo and Player Park Ho-seop are facing off!

– Ah, ahhh! The result isn’t much different!

– Was Park Ho-seop such a powerless player? He’s just being cut down by Baek Jin-woo!

– Waaaaaaah! Baek Jin-woooo! What on earth is his identity!

– No one could have predicted this! Player Baek Jin-woo has slaughtered two rankers!

There was no player who could stop the stacked Hunkyo.

Slash slash slash!

It didn’t matter what summoned creatures Park Ho-seop had.

Ramba with graduation runes was just overpowered.

Park Ho-seop’s summoned creatures were reverse-summoned after just a few sword strikes from Hunkyo.

“W-wait.”

Before disappearing, Park Ho-seop stretched out both arms with a terrified expression.

Baek Jin-woo was a more persistent and petty person than expected.

“The scolding we agreed on for later. Make sure you keep that promise.”

Thwack!

Baek Jin-woo grinned wickedly as he drove his fist into the abdomen.

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