I Alone Am an EX-Class Summoner - Chapter 71
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I Am Alone EX-Grade Summoner Episode 071
Korea-Japan Friendship Match (7)
Grind.
Shusuke gritted his teeth.
How did it come to this?
South Korea?
He had naturally expected to win against them.
It was already humiliating enough to pull out a ‘Supreme Movement Speed Increase Scroll’ against such opponents.
– Go ahead and try to tear it if you want.
Seeing Baek Jin-woo anticipate this and mock him made his blood boil in reverse.
‘If I lose here, it’s all over.’
Of course, it’s not like the whole world would know if he lost.
This was a private battle after all.
But his pride would be cracked.
The pride he felt as a ranker from Japan, a summoning powerhouse, would suffer irreparable damage.
That crack would gradually drag Japan down.
‘The humiliation ends right here.’
Shusuke opened his eyes fiercely and glared at Baek Jin-woo.
And then.
Riiip!
He tore the scroll.
Rummmmmble…!
He could feel tremendous buffs entering his summoned creatures.
“You’re finished now. The moment I tore this, even Hikaru-sama would have trouble dealing with it.”
“…Is that so?”
Baek Jin-woo scratched his head.
“That’s not really something I’m curious about. I never asked either.”
Sugoi hyung can’t beat that?
Well, that could be possible.
Even though he was ranked 3rd in Battle of Summoners, his main stage was the Tower of Trials, not player battles.
“Don’t underestimate me!”
Whoooosh!
Shusuke’s summoned creatures rushed toward Baek Jin-woo’s wolves, but.
Baek Jin-woo had already positioned Doldoli’s scythe in their trajectory.
Moreover.
All five were within range.
“Doldol.”
Shrieeek!
The grim reaper that suddenly appeared spun its scythe once.
“Huh?”
Shusuke gasped.
Because all five summoned creatures’ HP dropped simultaneously.
‘But it’s still a bearable amount.’
That reaper seems to be Baek Jin-woo’s main summoned creature…
That was a very poor choice.
‘He doesn’t even know the basics.’
Sending a summoned creature alone into the middle of enemy lines?
That’s asking to be ganged up on.
“Everyone rush in and tear it apart!”
The speed-boosted summoned creatures rushed toward Gale Slayer (EX-grade).
‘What’s this?’
Baek Jin-woo made an expression like he’d struck it rich.
If they had trusted their speed and pushed through, he might have been a bit flustered, but they’re doing this instead?
Doldoli’s attack is splash damage.
Moreover, currently Ramba’s stacks have been building for over 4 hours, so the attack speed is considerable.
In other words.
If they rush in like that?
Slash slash slash slash slash slash slash slash slash slash!
Doldoli spun its scythe at invisible speed.
From a distance, it looked like a tornado, and Shusuke’s five summoned creatures disappeared in that barrage.
They literally evaporated.
“Wha, what?”
Shusuke looked forward with a bewildered expression.
‘A bug?’
What is this?
If nothing else, his tank summoned creature, Guardian (A-grade), has over 100,000 HP.
That Guardian got caught in that tornado and was just torn apart.
Thud thud thud thud!
In less than 10 seconds, its HP hit 0 and it was reverse-summoned.
“See, I told you not to tear that. What a waste.”
“This…”
“I was seriously planning to only use wolves, you know? But when you use such a cheat item, I have no choice. I have to use a cheat summoned creature too.”
Swoosh!
The scythe-wielding summoned creature disappeared back into thin air.
‘This is ridiculous…’
What kind of summoned creature is that!
It was unfair, but there was nothing he could do.
The fact that no status windows were appearing meant they were following the contract properly.
Whooom!
Shusuke’s protective barrier disappeared.
What that meant.
‘I… lost?’
He, who was ranked 30th in the world?
And he lost completely even after using a scroll, an incredibly overpowered item.
In other words, now the five rankers must work together to pay 100 billion won to Yubaek…!
Thud.
Shusuke, with a dejected expression, weakly fell to his knees.
“Wow, Ji-ho, did you see that?”
Exclamations kept flowing from Gi Jae-hyeok’s mouth.
“…I saw it. Does that even make sense, hyung?”
Kang Ji-ho also had a dazed expression.
“Ha, I just have nothing to say anymore.”
Hong Ari just shook her head back and forth.
It’s overpowered.
It’s so overpowered that there’s nothing left to say.
He overwhelmed Japan’s Shusuke like that?
Now South Korea has really risen to a position where it can become a summoning powerhouse.
‘Although it wasn’t us who did it… it was Baek Jin-woo.’
Isn’t that the same thing?
Baek Jin-woo belongs to South Korea, doesn’t he?
Moreover, they themselves are disciples of that Baek Jin-woo.
Clench!
Hong Ari clenched her fist tightly, desperately suppressing her surging emotions.
‘Possibility.’
Now she could see it.
If she just believed in Baek Jin-woo’s words and followed his commands…
How much would she have grown after one year, after two years had passed?
Perhaps she might even be dominating the world?
‘Wow, really.’
Hong Ari still couldn’t believe it.
That Shusuke.
The terrifying K.
Was kneeling there with such a dejected expression.
It wasn’t just Shusuke.
Ryo, Atsuto, Makoto…
All of them had been utterly destroyed here in Yubaek City.
Of course, Japan had two more rankers stronger than Shusuke.
‘Baek Jin-woo.’
Seeing him with that relaxed expression, as if beating someone like Shusuke was nothing, somehow made her believe in him.
“Ari.”
“Yes, unnie.”
“I’ve made up my mind.”
Oh Sun-young must have felt the same emotion.
Now she could tell just by looking at her eyes.
“From now on, I’m going to listen only to Master’s words.”
Pfft.
Hong Ari laughed.
As if she hadn’t been listening before.
Actually, she felt the same way.
She wanted to fold Arirang and come live in Yubaek so badly.
Though that wouldn’t be right.
“Shu, Shusuke-hyung!”
“Are you alright?”
The Japanese rankers approached and supported him, but how different could their hearts be?
Now they had to face reality.
South Korea was not the South Korea of the past.
They were strong.
They weren’t imugi, but dragons ready to ascend to heaven.
‘Now I understand.’
Shusuke recalled the words Hikaru had entrusted to him.
Absolutely.
He had said to absolutely not provoke him.
‘Hikaru-sama knew everything.’
How much of an extraordinary monster the gamer who used to be Jinugod was.
Five Emperors, rankers, whatever.
He had known from the beginning that this was someone beyond common sense.
That’s why he had sent him to confirm whether he was really Jinugod.
And in that process, he didn’t want to hurt his feelings.
‘Because he might be Jinugod.’
And the result?
‘He must be Jinugod.’
That scene just now couldn’t be explained otherwise.
Then.
Had he done well?
‘No.’
From the beginning, he had made the absurd demand for 1 billion per match, and their national team member Ryo had even used dirty tactics against them.
If that fact reached Hikaru-sama’s ears?
‘…I’ll be abandoned.’
Shusuke was dejected.
He was afraid.
He feared that everything he had built up would crumble from this journey.
‘What should I do?’
There was only one way.
Settle cleanly and get out of here quickly!
If they received 100 billion in a lump sum, wouldn’t their hearts soften a bit?
Jump!
Shusuke stood up and looked at Yu Ji-a.
“We lost. We’ll pay the agreed amount as promised. Please give us your account number.”
“Ah.”
Yu Ji-a nodded and told him the account information.
In his urgency, Shusuke transferred his own money directly.
On this journey.
He had lost two spell scrolls and 100 billion.
The loss was enormous, but he wanted to end the situation quickly.
“We’ll send you the video within a week.”
“…Thank you. This unofficial match was also a great learning experience for us. Then we’ll be going now.”
Shusuke hurriedly wrapped things up and called the Japanese rankers.
“Everyone get ready. Take care of Ryo!”
Ryo was still sprawled out, drooling and with snot running down his face from how painful it had been.
“Ah, understood.”
“Hey, get up! Let’s go quickly!”
The disciples watched with impressed eyes as they retreated like defeated soldiers.
But only one person.
Only Baek Jin-woo was watching their figures with the corners of his mouth raised.
Trudge, trudge.
The Japanese rankers who arrived at Yangyang Beach had finished preparing to cross the East Sea.
The atmosphere was so depressed that they didn’t say a single word the entire way there.
Anger?
No.
More precisely, it was dejection.
And also worry.
How would they report this to Hikaru-sama?
“Sigh.”
He let out a sigh and looked at the Japanese rankers.
Ryo.
That bastard was still collapsed and wouldn’t wake up.
Maybe he didn’t want to wake up.
Because once he regained consciousness, he’d have to accept this shitty reality.
What about the other rankers?
The life had drained from their eyes.
The first humiliation he had ever experienced.
What made that humiliation even greater was that it came from Korea, a country he usually looked down on.
If he had lost to other major powers, he could have at least acknowledged it.
“…Deploy the wyvern.”
Sky Wyvern (B-rank).
They had crossed the East Sea riding on it.
“Yes, hyung-nim.”
Right.
What’s the point of thinking about it.
Let’s just go home.
Just as he was summoning the wyvern with that thought.
– Kiruurururururu!
Another wyvern came flying from the sky above.
Whoosh!
It landed, spewing sand and wind at them.
“Where are you going in such a hurry?”
Shusuke’s eyes widened in shock.
A man lightly jumping down from the massive wyvern.
It was Baek Jin-woo.
‘Why is he?’
Did he really follow them here!
‘N-no way?’
There was exactly one reason why Shusuke had tried to leave Korea quickly.
He was afraid that he would keep questioning them about their wrongdoings and mistakes.
He was afraid that word would spread and reach Hikaru.
‘Please.’
Shusuke prayed inwardly.
That his thoughts were wrong.
“Come to think of it, I’m really pissed off.”
However.
Looking at Baek Jin-woo’s expression as he approached with a grin, the feeling was ominous.
Something.
It felt like he could see right through everything in his mind?
“Wh-what are you pissed off about?”
“Ryo trying to kill my disciple… and demanding 1 billion per round during the early match…”
‘As expected!’
Shusuke was horrified.
That bastard Jinugod!
It wasn’t just his summoning skills that were good.
The person himself was just cunning.
“I think I need to ask either the Japanese government or what was his name, Yoshida Hikaru? That bastard who’s supposedly the Japanese National Team representative. Whether this is really right. Whether this is something that should just be overlooked.”
Baek Jin-woo smiled brightly.
To be honest, Baek Jin-woo wasn’t the broad-minded type.
He was closer to being petty.
Rather than cheerfully overlooking wrongs, he was the type to persistently dig into them.
“…What do you want.”
“Oh.”
Baek Jin-woo’s eyes widened.
“You’re pretty perceptive, aren’t you?”
“…”
“Right, actually I do think it’s proper to bury matters between us among ourselves.”
Lies!
He came here to threaten them!
As Shusuke looked at him with an absurd expression.
“However.”
Baek Jin-woo continued.
“I can’t stand to see someone who casually tried to harm another person’s life serving as a national representative.”
Baek Jin-woo’s cheerfully smiling expression suddenly turned cold.
Then.
“Ryo.”
He pointed at the collapsed Ryo.
“Remove him from your national team and make sure he can never work as a Player again. Do just that and I’ll keep what happened between us a secret forever.”
“…”
Shusuke’s pupils shook.
Then he quickly turned his mind.
Ryo?
He was 9th in the Japanese National Team.
If he just got rid of him, he could continue to remain by Hikaru’s side.
“…Can I trust those words?”
To add credibility to words, they would need to make a contract.
A system contract at that.
However, Baek Jin-woo shook his head.
“You seem to be mistaken.”
“Pardon?”
“I didn’t come here to negotiate. I just came to inform you.”
Baek Jin-woo grinned again.
“If I see Ryo active in my sight? I’ll hold Yoshida Hikaru responsible for that. The decision is yours, so choose wisely.”
Pat pat.
After tapping Shusuke’s shoulder twice, Baek Jin-woo swiftly turned around.
Baek Jin-woo said what he had to say and boarded the wyvern again.
‘…Shit.’
Shusuke just watched that scene with a resentful expression.
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