I Alone Am an EX-Class Summoner - Chapter 49

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I Am Alone EX-Grade Summoner Episode 049

Omnipotent Rune (2)

[Welcome to the Strengthening Room!]

[Try strengthening or polishing your runes!]

Baek Jin-woo came straight to the Strengthening Room first.

He had already gathered plenty of junk runes to use as materials through spinning.

[Would you like to strengthen?]

[Y/N]

Rare runes were graduation runes by nature anyway.

There was no need to wash his hands clean or offer prayers with water for strengthening.

“Yes.”

Let’s go all at once!

[Level 2!]

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

[Level 3!]

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

[Level 4!]

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

[Level 5!]

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

[Level 6!]

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

[Level 7!]

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

[Level 8!]

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

[Level 9!]

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

[Level Max!]

[Critical Damage +20% -> Critical Damage +40%]

[Enhancement has reached maximum!]

“Nice.”

Quite a lot of strengthening materials disappeared in chunks, but the refreshing numbers that appeared made it worth it.

[Rune]

[Grade: Supreme (Rare)]

– Limited to 100 worldwide.

[Set Effect: Omnipotent]

– When 6 equipped: All stats increase by 500%, HP increases by 10,000.

– 2 additional stat options.

[Level: Max]

[Stat Increase]

Strength +36%, Intelligence +36%, Stamina +36%, Agility +36%, Critical Rate +10%, Critical Damage +40%

“Yeah, this is it!”

Baek Jin-woo continued strengthening.

All six of them.

‘No need for polish.’

There was no need to apply it.

If he applied polish too, he could actually achieve 100% critical rate, but was there really a need?

They were semi-graduation runes anyway.

Not complete graduation runes.

He planned to use them for now and replace them with better ones later.

– My lord, thank you.

Baek Jin-woo equipped all six strengthened omnipotent runes directly onto Hunkyo.

Then.

[Summoned Creature: Training Instructor]

[Race: Human]

[Grade: EX-Grade (Isolation Judgment)]

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

[Level: 40]

[Current Stats]

Strength: 315, Intelligence: 315, Stamina: 315, Agility: 315

HP: 30,000, MP: 5,000

Critical Rate: 80%

Critical Damage: 260%

[Skills Possessed]

– Growth: Grows through training.

– Charisma: Overwhelms other summoned creatures.

– Instructor: Unlocks other summoned creatures’ potential abilities and amplifies their growth speed.

‘Insane.’

The stat inflation was monstrous.

Originally, Hunkyo (Lv.40) without any runes had 20 each in strength, intelligence, stamina, and agility.

There, he received 36% stat increase from 6 runes, totaling 216% rune effects.

20 multiplied by 2.16 equals 63.2.

Rounded down to 63.

Then the set effect of 500% applied later was multiplicative.

Simply everything combined times 5.

That’s how the monstrous number of 315 came out.

‘To put this number in perspective…’

An average adult’s strength is about 2.

A trained professional’s strength is about 5.

Beyond that is superhuman.

Though not exact, roughly a gorilla has strength 10, a tiger has 20… I’ll leave anything beyond that to imagination.

Honestly speaking.

Even Baek Jin-woo couldn’t grasp how much a strength stat of 315 meant.

Roughly, wouldn’t it work smoothly up to the 60th floor of the Tower of Trials?

‘Let’s just think of it as fucking strong.’

– My lord, should I use this well and then pass it to Aso?

“You knew?”

– Of course. You’re planning to combine 3 omnipotent runes with the Rune Dwarf to make a Trinity rune, aren’t you? Trinity is exclusively for Aso.

Oh no.

I was going to explain later…

Hunkyo spoiled it.

“Right, I can’t get anything past you.”

Well.

Of course.

It was Hunkyo who unlocked the Rune Dwarf’s potential abilities.

Trinity is a unique rune that only the Rune Dwarf can create.

And.

It boasts performance far more overwhelming than omnipotent.

Enough to be used smoothly up to the 100th floor of the Tower of Trials.

That was exactly why Baek Jin-woo had insisted on the 18 Versatile Runes!

– I’m fine. Rather, there’s a different rune I want to have.

“I know. The Teacher Rune, right?”

– That’s correct, my lord.

The Teacher Rune is also a rare rune.

It’s a rune specialized in teaching someone, and this too can be made by Rune Dwarves.

– I feel joy and exhilaration when I train someone and see that person improve further. Versatile Runes are good too, but the rune that suits me better is definitely ‘Teacher’.

Right.

Thank you for saying that.

Baek Jin-woo knows too.

That Hunkyo is saying this for his sake.

Summoned creatures are also living beings that think and speak.

It’s natural for them to like good and expensive runes.

‘Someday.’

I’ll make one more and give it to you.

After all, there are 100 Versatile Runes.

I can obtain more, and if that doesn’t work, I can make them with Rune Dwarves too.

In theory, I could make two or three more sets of Trinity Runes!

– Then, I’ll go continue training!

Perhaps thanks to the rune’s effect.

Watching Hunkyo disappear with much lighter steps, Baek Jin-woo nodded with satisfaction.

A message came from Jasim.

If he could just save his precious daughter who was the apple of his eye, he would give not only five Versatile Runes but even better gifts.

He asked him to come anytime without hesitation.

“Jin-woo.”

Yu Ji-a came and delivered the message.

“Come to Dubai. He’s sent a private jet and pilot, so you can travel comfortably.”

Wow.

As expected, a Middle Eastern tycoon.

He even sent a plane asking him to come personally?

Actually, that aside.

Baek Jin-woo felt a certain emotion from that action.

‘Desperation.’

He must want to save his daughter that badly.

“He’s apparently made countless requests until now. Among them, not a single player has been able to diagnose his daughter’s illness.”

“I see. So I just need to go alone?”

“No.”

Yu Ji-a shook her head.

“Jin-woo. Can you speak Arabic?”

“I can’t.”

Arabic? I can’t even speak English.

“That’s why you need to go with me.”

“…Ji-a, you can speak Arabic too?”

“Yes, I can speak most languages a little bit.”

“Oh.”

This is quite a fresh kind of elite, isn’t it?

Usually people say they speak a few languages, but she says she speaks most languages a little bit?

Isn’t that just being a genius?

How many languages are there in the world!

‘Still, that’s fortunate.’

While Battle of Summoners had automatic translation, reality would be different.

“Then let’s go together. Let me know when we’re departing. You’ll be back soon.”

Vroooom!

The private jet took off.

Baek Jin-woo and Yu Ji-a departed for Dubai.

Inside the aircraft.

In case of any emergency, during the flight time, Ramba built up sufficient stacks for Hunkyo.

She had also built stacks for Doldoli, who was on standby nearby in stealth mode.

For reference, the basic summoning time for summoned creatures is 5 hours, and if you reverse-summon and re-summon them, you need to build up stacks again.

– Hiiing!

Because of that, only Ramba suffered a bit.

“When we get back to Korea, I’ll fill the refrigerator with cream bread, so please bear with it.”

– Okaaay…

Whirrrrr!

From the moment they arrived in Dubai until they returned to Korea.

They couldn’t let their guard down.

Whether domestic or foreign, public safety isn’t exactly great.

How much time had passed?

Vroooom!

They were soon able to set foot on Dubai’s soil.

And not at an airport, but on a runway installed at a private residence.

‘Incredible.’

A house with a runway.

I’ve never seen one in my life.

As they got off the plane, a bearded man in white clothes and a headscarf greeted Baek Jin-woo.

“You must be that famous Baek Jin-woo player from South Korea. It’s an honor to meet you!”

“Huh?”

I can hear fluent Korean clearly?

“Ahaha, I expected that reaction. Do you see the bird sitting on my shoulder? It’s a B-grade limited edition translator bird. It creates a translation zone within range. Just speak comfortably and it will automatically translate for me to hear.”

“…Oh.”

There was such a thing?

Then there was no particular need for Yu Ji-a to come?

Glance.

Looking to the side.

Yu Ji-a was staring blankly at the bird with an expression full of existential crisis.

‘Well.’

If you studied languages hard and then there’s a bird like that, I’d have an existential crisis too.

“You must be Jasim. I’m called Baek Jin-woo.”

“You said you might know my daughter’s illness. And if you happen to cure her, you asked for top-grade Versatile Runes.”

Jasim didn’t beat around the bush.

Showing how urgent he was, he immediately brought up the main point.

That was actually better.

“That’s right. However, I’m not certain. I’m just saying let’s take a look.”

“…Even if you’re not certain, that’s fine. As long as there’s that possibility… Please make any effort.”

He looked quite young.

His love for his daughter seemed tremendous.

“Then shall we take a look at your daughter?”

Jasim guided them to a lavish room.

On a pink French-style bed lay a young girl with a pale complexion.

She appeared to be around 13 to 14 years old.

“Jasim.”

“Yes.”

“Could you perhaps step out for a moment?”

To diagnose that girl, he needed to have a conversation with Hunkyo.

Having Jasim watching made him uncomfortable.

“….”

When he looked anxious.

“If you wish, we can make a system contract. One stating that I won’t pose any threat to your daughter.”

Baek Jin-woo proposed a deal.

However.

After thinking for a moment, Jasim bowed his head and stepped back.

“No. Since I’ve decided to trust and entrust her to you, I should trust you to the end.”

In fact, Jasim had finished investigating Baek Jin-woo before calling him.

South Korea’s national hero!

The man who might be ‘Jinugod,’ revered by world rankers.

Such a person wouldn’t do anything vile with his daughter or threaten her.

No, he couldn’t.

If he started threatening now, even if he stayed here, he wouldn’t be able to stop it.

“Thank you for trusting me.”

After sending Jasim away, Baek Jin-woo called Hunkyo.

“Hunkyo.”

– Yes, my lord.

“Take a look at her. Her condition doesn’t look good, does it?”

“Huu… Kuu…”

The girl’s body, breathing heavily, was drenched in cold sweat.

Her body looked cold, and her complexion was poor.

Step.

Hunkyo approached and grasped her forearm to check her pulse.

‘As expected.’

Hunkyo closed his eyes and nodded.

‘It’s Severed Meridian Syndrome.’

A congenital disease known as one of the representative incurable diseases of the martial world.

‘And it’s Nine Yin Severed Meridians at that.’

The yin energy was so strong that nine blood vessels in the person’s body couldn’t function normally and were twisted and blocked.

Naturally, qi couldn’t circulate smoothly, and she would suffer throughout her life before dying young.

Originally there was no cure, but if there was a method, it would be unique.

‘Powerful yang energy.’

“Well, do you think you know what disease it is?”

– Yes, my lord.

“Oh, really? What is it?”

– It’s Nine Yin Severed Meridians.

“…Nine Yin Severed Meridians?”

What’s that?

“Can you treat it?”

– Please wait a moment. I’m thinking about it now.

Vast knowledge began to unfold in Hunkyo’s mind as he closed his eyes.

While searching through that treasure trove of knowledge, even Hunkyo was surprised.

‘Was it this much?’

Much more information than before flowed into his mind.

‘EX-grade.’

Was it the influence of his grade increase?

Or was it the influence of the recently learned skill ‘Instructor’?

Among them was also the knowledge of the S-grade summon, Hwata, the Divine Physician of the Martial World.

To be precise, it was knowledge for training Hwata, so he couldn’t use the techniques directly.

But with that knowledge alone, a treatment for Nine Yin Severed Meridians came to mind.

– Pokryong.

“Hm?”

– We need Pokryong’s flames, my lord. With that, we can treat it.

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