I Alone Am an EX-Class Summoner - Chapter 42

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I Am Alone EX-Grade Summoner Episode 042

National Team Selection (4)

Inside the arena, waiting room.

“Ugh, uweeeeek!”

Oh Ji-myeong, who had been thrown out, clutched his stomach and started vomiting.

‘It hurts.’

It hurt.

It hurt so much.

He was clearly hit by a person, so how could it feel like being hit by a truck?

“Are, are you alright?”

“Ranker!”

The headquarters staff rushed over, but Oh Ji-myeong frowned and raised his hand to stop them.

‘Fuck, how embarrassing.’

If he had been hit by a summon, he could just protest about it.

As unsportsmanlike play.

But since he was hit by a person, it was awkward to say anything.

His usual strong pride made it even worse.

“Cough, I’m fine, so just go away.”

Oh Ji-myeong wiped his mouth with the bottom of his shirt and recalled Baek Jin-woo from earlier.

‘Monster.’

He acknowledged it.

Baek Jin-woo was a monster.

The summon he possessed was a monster, and that bastard Baek Jin-woo was no joke either.

‘That composure wasn’t for nothing.’

He was so overwhelmingly defeated that rather than understanding the process, he just accepted the result.

And.

“Uweeeeek!”

Not long after he came out, he could see Park Ho-seop being thrown out the same way and vomiting.

‘You got hit too.’

This was insane.

It was already surprising that he was eliminated in just a few seconds, but Park Ho-seop was also beaten within 10 seconds?

The two rankers’ eyes met.

‘Senior, that bastard isn’t human. Hah, it’s hard to breathe.’

‘Right. It seems we messed with the wrong person.’

Suddenly, Oh Ji-myeong remembered.

– You seem pretty cocky lately because the media’s been pushing you, but if you keep being so stiff-necked like that, you might never get selected for life.

The words he had arrogantly said to that monster.

At the same time, he realized.

‘We’re fucked.’

The players who would never get selected for life wouldn’t be Baek Jin-woo, but themselves.

Because.

Next year’s selection would also have multi-player tournaments, and each time, Baek Jin-woo’s iron hammer would fall on their heads.

There was only one way.

Either retire, or swallow their pride and apologize desperately.

Oh Ji-myeong didn’t want to ruin his ranker career with one mistake.

And at that moment.

“Hey, you bastards!”

The shout of Assemblyman Im Hee-su, who burst out of the internal waiting room, could be heard.

His face was red and blue, seeming extremely angry.

“How much have I done for you all this time. Not only did you fall in the multi-player tournament, but you had to lose to that bastard of all people?”

‘Had to lose to that bastard of all people.’

Grind.

Oh Ji-myeong gritted his teeth.

What kind of talk was that?

You told us to eliminate that bastard first, so of course we’d lose to that bastard.

“Anyway, I could tell from when you started getting complacent with reality without training, relying on your ranking. Ugh!”

Im Hee-su was angry.

Setting aside the fact that the rankers he trusted were defeated.

Losing the bet with Park Chang-seok was so humiliating.

“Hey, tone it down a bit.”

“What?”

“If you think about it, isn’t it your fault, Assemblyman?”

“What, you bastard?”

“Bastard?”

Oh Ji-myeong wiped the vomit from his lips and glared at Im Hee-su.

“Just because we’ve been accommodating you as an assemblyman, do you think we’re a joke?”

“What, what…?!”

Im Hee-su seemed to have his blood pressure rising as he grabbed the back of his neck.

Regardless, Oh Ji-myeong had to say what needed to be said.

“If we had known Baek Jin-woo was that strong from the beginning, we wouldn’t have followed you. Isn’t that right, Ho-seop?”

“That’s right, senior. Our careers are ruined because of him. What about next year? We’ll have to keep facing that player.”

Ordinary people, when a problem occurs, think the cause lies with others, not themselves.

Oh Ji-myeong and Park Ho-seop blamed Im Hee-su for all the causes of this situation.

It wasn’t completely wrong, but anyway.

It’s your fault, not mine.

“Assemblyman. We should receive some compensation for damages, don’t you think?”

“These crazy bastards!”

“Whether we’re crazy bastards or reasonable bastards… you’ll find out later. Since you’re smart enough to be in that position, I’m sure you understand what we’re saying. We’ll see you again soon. Let’s go, Ho-seop.”

“Yes, senior.”

Step.

Oh Ji-myeong and Park Ho-seop walked out of the arena.

“W-wait?”

Im Hee-su was flustered.

What did that mean?

Compensation for damages and see you again soon?

‘Are those bastards threatening me right now?’

100%.

Saying they’d see him again separately meant to be careful in back alleys.

In fact, when rankers moved with that kind of determination, there was nothing he could do.

Even though they were defeated by Baek Jin-woo, weren’t they among the top skilled players in South Korea!

If they started using force like gangs, there would be no answer.

‘Shit.’

Im Hee-su keenly felt that something was getting twisted.

Baek Jin-woo, who had overwhelmingly defeated the two rankers, didn’t bother to move.

‘Honestly, me moving around doesn’t fit the balance.’

He had no intention of wandering around and eliminating innocent applicants.

He was just continuing to stack Ramba’s stacks.

In fact, there wasn’t much more to stack.

Hunkyo in his current state?

It would be useless even if all the remaining players teamed up and attacked.

A single stomp from Hunkyo would be more than enough to slaughter them all.

[Participating Players: 22/40]

Baek Jin-woo looked at the player count floating at the top of his vision.

‘Two left.’

Once two more players were eliminated, the multi-player tournament would end.

It would move on to the individual league matches.

‘I wonder who survived?’

Humming.

Just as he was humming a tune leisurely.

Rustle.

A player emerged through the bushes.

It was a rather sharp-looking female player.

‘Since I don’t recognize her, she’s probably outside the top 10 rankings.’

Her eyes were filled with venom, suggesting she had eliminated quite a few players.

“…”

“…”

The two faced each other, staring silently.

‘Why.’

Baek Jin-woo just sat there.

He had no intention of attacking first.

The choice was hers.

With only two more eliminations needed for everyone to pass together, would she fight? Or cooperate?

If she proposed cooperation, he’d accept, but if she picked a fight…

That would be her bad luck.

– Grrrrr…

– Grrowl!

Seeing the wolves that appeared behind her taking hostile stances… it seemed she had given an attack command.

She didn’t seem particularly smart.

‘She must think I look easy to her.’

That was possible.

He had put away all his other summons and only had Hunkyo and Ramba out.

However.

‘That’s her problem.’

Baek Jin-woo wasn’t kind enough to overlook someone attacking him.

Just as Hunkyo, receiving Baek Jin-woo’s gaze, was about to draw his sheathed sword.

“My apologies.”

The woman spoke first.

Oh.

So she does maintain manners?

“Rules are rules. I’ll eliminate you. Please aim for next year, Player. You don’t need to think of it as bad luck. Luck is also skill.”

Dash!

The wolves that appeared to be her summons charged forward.

However.

“No, nothing to be sorry about.”

Baek Jin-woo smiled slightly.

Simultaneously.

Slash slash slash slash slash!

Five wolves’ necks were cut simultaneously.

Baek Jin-woo only found out much later.

The fact that this woman was ranked 5th.

“Actually, I’m the one who’s sorry. If you had just passed by somewhere else, you might have been able to pass. Why did you have to run into me of all people?”

“Wh-what…!”

The woman looked at Baek Jin-woo with a shocked expression.

“But well. Who was it that said luck is also skill?”

That statement was correct.

Originally, Battle of Summoners was a luck-dependent shitty game after all.

“Th-that’s impossible…”

“Good work.”

The player soon disappeared.

And.

[Participating Players: 20/40]

[Ending the multi-player tournament.]

Another one must have been caught somewhere, bringing it down to 20 players.

The first match had ended.

“…”

“…”

Both the commentators and the audience were silent.

The screen happened to be showing Oh Sun-young, ranked 5th domestically.

– Wh-what just happened?

– I couldn’t see it. It just flashed and… it seems to be over.

– Let me check the slow motion for a moment.

It was such a shocking scene that even the professional commentators were stuttering.

The highlight scene was similar to before.

No, it was even faster than before.

Sword strikes so fast they couldn’t be seen even when slowed down!

– That summoned creature called Training Instructor… cut down Oh-rang’s wolves in a single strike!

Oh-rang (Five Wolves).

This was the nickname of Oh Sun-young, ranked 5th and vice guild master of Arirang, one of the Big 3.

The name came from her traveling with five wolf summons.

– Th-then after 9th and 10th place, 5th place is also eliminated?

– According to regulations, yes.

– Baek Jin-woo. Truly overwhelming. Frighteningly so. At this level… even domestic rank 1 seems like nothing, right? What has this prodigy been doing until now to only appear now…!

– It’s a blessing for South Korea! This makes the world league worth competing in!

The commentators’ high praise!

That praise wasn’t just from the commentators.

All of South Korea was buzzing.

[Breaking News! Rankers Eliminated One After Another!]

[Player Baek Jin-woo, Next Year’s Rising Ranker Confirmed! Insane Rookie!]

Articles were flowing out in real-time, and communities were filled with stories about Baek Jin-woo.

Videos of Hunkyo’s performance were already being clipped and circulated.

└ Insane…

└ No matter how many times I watch it, it doesn’t make sense? At this level, wouldn’t even Kang Geon-ho get cut down in 10 seconds?

└ Probably. Domestic rankers are all at similar levels. At that level, he could compete globally, right?

└ Come to think of it, yeah. He swept all the domestic weekly dungeon records, so of course he’s domestic rank 1. Doesn’t that mean he clears them overwhelmingly faster than current rankers!

└ Wow, shit. Can we actually get hyped and cheer for this world league?

└ Great Jin-woo! God Jin-woo!

└ Jin-woo oppa, I love you!

└ But that summoned creature called Training Instructor is handsome too, right? If it’s E-grade, why don’t we get one?

Especially.

Stories about the Training Instructor were also starting to surface one by one.

└ Is that item available for sale?

└ Doesn’t seem like it? Even if there was, it’d sell immediately.

└ Overseas players are starting to talk about it too. They say there’s no such item available.

└ What? Then?

└ Come to think of it, isn’t that fairy in the back also a summon we’ve never seen before?

└ Oh? You’re right!

Talk about the Wind Fairy also came up.

└ Gamers are saying that’s a Wind Fairy.

└ I heard that one was also a summon that disappeared due to balance patches in the very early days of the game?

└ But how does Baek Jin-woo have all of these?

└ …Well, there must have been some way, right?

└ What way is that!

└ If I knew, I would have done it myself. Like they’d tell us!

It was natural to be curious, but honestly, that wasn’t particularly important.

What mattered most to the public was the fact that a talent capable of shaking the world had appeared in South Korea!

Baek Jin-woo’s family was equally shocked.

“Daughter.”

“U, uh….”

Baek A-jin had stopped chewing her chicken and was staring blankly at the screen.

“So…. Right now our Jin-woo just…. beat all those top players in South Korea?”

“Yeah, Mom…. I think so. Our brother must be crazy.”

“What kind of language is that to use about your brother?”

“Mom, this is meant in a good way….”

Baek A-jin and Hwang Myeong-hee were amazed.

‘Jin-woo, that kid….’

Baek Jin-chul suddenly stood up.

‘He’s really going to become a world-class player.’

He clenched his fists and muttered with an emotional expression.

“Dad, what are you doing?”

Baek A-jin asked.

“Going to fry chicken.”

“Huh? Suddenly chicken…?”

“This is a celebration. I need to give some to everyone in the neighborhood. It’s a golden bell, a golden bell! Uhahahat!”

At this moment.

The Baek Jin-woo household was happier than any other family.

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