I Alone Am an EX-Class Summoner - Chapter 6

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I Am Alone EX-Grade Summoner Episode 006

Registration First

[‘Low-Grade Summoning Scroll’ is being used!]

[Player ‘Baek Jin-woo’ has obtained summoned creature ‘Omu Deongyi’ (F-Grade)!]

[‘Low-Grade Summoning Scroll’ is being used!]

[Player ‘Baek Jin-woo’ has obtained summoned creature ‘Ppulnabi’ (F-Grade)!]

Two F-grades came out first.

[‘Low-Grade Summoning Scroll’ is being used!]

[Player ‘Baek Jin-woo’ has obtained summoned creature ‘Dok Domabam’ (E-Grade)!]

Oh, E-grade!

Baek Jin-woo clenched his fist and shouted “nice” inwardly.

Good start, isn’t it?

If you count Ramba as E-grade too, he broke through the 5% probability twice in just 5 tries.

Not bad.

‘Even a Dok Domabam?’

It’s quite useful for its grade.

A cost-effective summoned creature.

‘I got lucky.’

Hehe.

Along with Fur Gorilla, it’ll be useful for getting through the early stages.

“Come here.”

When Baek Jin-woo extended his hand.

Whirrr!

Ppulnabi flew over and perched on his left forearm, while Omu Deongyi crawled under his legs.

‘This one.’

The smell is quite nasty.

I’ll have to use it briefly and then discard it.

And.

– Slurp, slurrp!

Dok Domabam also approached slowly, flicking its tongue.

‘Now that the team composition is set, let’s start with the lowest-grade dungeons.’

Now there’s only one thing to do.

Level up summoned creatures while continuously tearing summoning scrolls, and once the combination is somewhat ready?

Then start farming runes in earnest.

‘Runes,’ which are like equipment items for summoned creatures, are better to have in variety.

Because you can equip and unequip them according to the situation!

‘Farm runes, hunt, tear summoning scrolls.’

It’s a system where you grow by infinitely repeating these three things.

You’ll gradually be able to raise better runes and better summoned creatures.

‘Is it time to start grinding again?’

There’s no RPG in the world that isn’t grinding.

It’s the same even if it became reality.

No, if you think about it, reality is like that too, right?

Whether you study or do business.

You have to perform appropriate repetitive actions to succeed.

Baek Jin-woo set a short-term goal.

‘The remaining EX-grades… Finding them all.’

What would happen if he collected all ten EX-grades and formed a dream team?

“Crazy.”

He imagined it for a moment, and immediately a curse slipped out of his mouth.

It’s overpowered.

Literally game-breaking.

Baek Jin-woo, who pictured the Avengers in his mind, was immediately convinced.

If only those guys gathered, whether it’s five S-grades or whatever.

He could just sweep them all away.

He’d probably just break through the tower to the 100th floor too, right?

‘Ahh.’

Exciting.

So exciting that he felt like he needed to move quickly.

Where are the dungeons?

When it was a mobile game, it was like this.

Dungeons were divided by stages, and you just clicked to enter them.

But reality?

It’s not a mobile game.

It seems like he’ll have to find dungeons directly.

Swoosh.

Baek Jin-woo took out the phone he got during the day and searched for related information.

And soon.

“What?!”

He shouted without realizing it.

“Really?”

Dungeon Gates appear randomly throughout neighborhoods.

Fortunately, you can tell the difficulty by the amount of energy extracted from those gates…

‘Ordinary people can’t enter dungeons even if they have summoned creatures?’

Oh no, damn!

It wasn’t something he could do right away?

Looking into it carefully, he had to register with Player Headquarters first.

Originally it was open to everyone, but as the death rate increased, the government decided to manage it.

There are management staff in front of all dungeons, and you need to get entry permission from them to enter.

“Ha.”

Also, it’s apparently a law newly established this year.

What terrible luck.

‘The registration looks troublesome too.’

There seemed to be quite a lot of education to complete, plus dungeon practice and battle practice.

‘They even add competition?’

It’s probably to control the number of players.

For society to run smoothly, various professions are needed.

If everyone becomes a player just because it’s profitable, problems are bound to arise.

“Well, registration is no big deal to do.”

Beep beep-

Grumbling, he called his sister.

– Oh, oppa.

Oh, she answered right away?

It seems what she said earlier about telling her anytime if he needed help was true.

“To enter dungeons, you need to register or something? Why didn’t you tell me.”

– Ah! Right, that!

Baek A-jin continued with an embarrassed laugh.

– A few days ago, I got some player certificate or something by registered mail, so I thought that was it, but it’s because the law changed?

“How can you not mention something so important.”

– Haha, sorry. Actually, I didn’t know exactly either. They said players who did dungeon activities more than 10 times last year were automatically registered. I just glanced at it and passed by, but I didn’t think of oppa. Probably people who slacked off last year all had their qualifications revoked? I know quite a few people are flocking because of that, so what to do… You’ll end up competing with 3-year veterans?

“Can’t you do anything with your influence?”

– Brother… what kind of power do I have?

“What do you mean? You were bragging about being a C-rank Shadow Elf and all that.”

– Hey! The headquarters side is pretty strict. You’d need to be at least in the ranking to have any influence, you know?

“Ranking?”

– Oh, you don’t know? The system judges influence every year and creates rankings. Top 100 domestically, and top 100 worldwide.

“I see.”

– Of course, our country’s rank 1 is so pathetic they can’t even make it into other countries’ rankings. Ugh, that damn Jinugod, Jinugod! If only that legendary Jinugod would appear, our country would skyrocket too.

“Hmm, I see… Got it. Thanks.”

When his sister mentioned ‘Jinugod’, Baek Jin-woo felt slightly awkward and hurriedly hung up the phone.

Anyway.

To properly be active, he needed to get qualified.

And there’s something called rankings too, right?

‘Okay.’

Since he had set things up well for now, he should go in and sleep today.

The next day.

6 AM.

He woke up early and was about to head out right away.

“Oh.”

Mom and Dad were already up and preparing breakfast.

Our family.

Truly diligent.

“Huh? Where are you going so early in the morning?”

Dad, who was preparing the meal, asked.

“To Jamsil.”

“Huh?”

“Didn’t you hear from Ajin? You said I should try being a Player or something. It’s because of that.”

“Ah, so what Ajin said about working hard was preparing to be a Player.”

“Yes. Since I’m three years behind, I need to move even more diligently.”

“Ahem.”

Dad cleared his throat slightly and looked at him intently.

His eyes showed that he found it admirable.

“Son.”

“Yes?”

“I was worried, but it’s good to see you getting your act together right after waking up.”

“I have to get my act together. Registration and all that stuff got really tough, I heard.”

“That’s right. But it’s definitely a profession with a future. Look at this dad. How cool am I?”

Whooom!

Dad waved his hand and proudly tried to summon his ‘Pebble Golem’ (E-rank).

“Honey!”

Mom frowned and scolded him.

“Stop summoning that thing in the house! It’s a nuisance!”

“Haha, sorry.”

He moved the hand he had waved straight to the back of his head to scratch it.

Strictly speaking, Dad wasn’t a Player.

He didn’t go through dungeons with his Pebble Golem, but did loading and unloading work.

“Anyway, I was worried, but it’s good to see you getting your act together right after waking up. Always fighting.”

“Yes, Father.”

Baek Jin-woo smiled back.

Then he bowed his head.

“Mom, Dad. Thank you.”

“Huh? All of a sudden?”

“For spending money on hospital bills and even cheering me on.”

“Why are you suddenly saying such admirable things? That’s enough. Put it away. More importantly, you’re going to eat breakfast while preparing, right?”

“Yes, don’t worry. After starving for three whole years, my stomach clock is telling me to make sure I eat properly.”

“Are you sleeping well?”

“I slept plenty for three years. Now I’m sick of it.”

Really.

Just wait until he gets registered.

From now on, it’ll be 6 AM start, 2 AM finish.

He had to run really hard.

Even now, he didn’t have time to be doing this.

“Anyway, enjoy your meal~ I’ll be going!”

After finishing his greeting and leaving.

Baek Jin-woo’s mother, Hwang Myeong-hee, tapped Baek Jin-chul’s shoulder.

“Honey.”

“Yeah?”

“Will he be okay like that?”

“It’s better than waking up and sitting around listlessly. The government says they provide sufficient safety education these days, so it should be fine.”

“…Even so.”

“Who knows? Maybe our Jin-woo will become the world’s greatest Player?”

“I don’t even hope for that. I just want him to stay healthy.”

How much had she worried while caring for him during his illness?

She prayed every day, grateful to heaven just for him being alive.

Actually, she had opposed her son becoming a Player.

Because it was a more dangerous profession than expected.

He had finally survived, but what if he died again!

However.

Baek Jin-chul had argued strongly.

The look in his eyes when watching the golem in the Hospital Room was similar to when he used to focus on that mobile game?

It was the first time their son had immersed himself in something constructive.

Even if it was dangerous.

Supporting him from behind was the right thing to do, according to Baek Jin-chul’s argument.

‘Be careful, son.’

Hwang Myeong-hee looked fondly at the door her son had left through.

Are there many Players?

Well, not really.

Although all of humanity had gained the qualification to be Players, those who were actually active weren’t as many as expected.

This was unavoidable.

Statistically, there were more people who preferred safety over danger.

First of all, having to risk your life was the biggest factor.

The ‘protective barrier’ disappears when all summoned creatures are reverse-summoned.

What if you enter a Dungeon and accidentally make a mistake, causing all your summoned creatures to be reverse-summoned?

You die just like that.

And horribly too, being torn apart or dismembered.

No matter how great the rewards or tremendous honor it brings, there are reasons why people can’t easily take on the challenge.

Especially in South Korea’s case, they recorded tremendous Dungeon death rates in the early days.

The reason for this was somewhat pitiful.

It was due to a kind of greed.

Should we call it protagonist syndrome?

Due to the influence of fantasy and martial arts stories, they fell into the illusion of being the real protagonist and recklessly proceeded through dungeons, only to die.

There was even a hypothesis that the reason gaming powerhouse South Korea was always at the bottom in battles was because they lost so many talented gamers in their 20s and 30s at that time.

“Hello. Are you here to register?”

When I went to the Player Headquarters registration office, a neatly dressed staff member kindly guided me.

“You came at the right time. Today was the deadline for this month. You can submit your application here.”

The required items are as follows:

– Resident registration card.

– One complete team of summoned creatures.

– Player application form containing personal information.

After submitting?

Teams receive training for a certain period and take a written exam.

After that, they complete the dungeon practical test.

Then they compete in Player battles.

As a result.

Only exactly 50 people per month can obtain the ‘Player’ title.

’50 people…’

It’s tough.

Really tough.

Why?

Because at this very moment, there were hundreds of people registering at the registration office.

The funny thing is that most of them aren’t even beginners.

They’re probably former Players whose registrations were canceled and have gathered to try again.

‘But well.’

Baek Jin-woo was confident.

If it’s a competition, they’ll judge it fairly enough, and then he could easily defeat those people.

If he can’t even pass this one thing…

Wouldn’t the name Ilcheon Jinugod be crying?

“Here you go.”

After submitting his documents, Baek Jin-woo moved to a nearby cafe and waited leisurely.

While searching for various things.

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