I Alone Am an EX-Class Summoner - Chapter 75

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I Am Alone EX-Grade Summoner Episode 075

Hwang Ji-woo (2)

The Yubaek City Gate, overwhelming the surrounding scenery with its elegant design.

There, a total of eight women had gathered.

They were all Baek A-jin’s friends who had received Yu Ji-a’s invitation and come for a tour.

Their occupations were diverse!

There were college students, aspiring players, and even someone preparing to inherit the family business.

“Oh? Ji-woo. You came too?”

One of them.

Hwang Ji-woo.

“Yeah.”

Nod.

“It’s a rare opportunity, so I had to come.”

There were some faces she hadn’t seen in a while.

Hwang Ji-woo was someone who was only in the group chat but rarely came to gatherings.

She was always sick somewhere.

“No fever in your head today?”

One friend placed the back of her hand on her forehead.

And then.

“Geez, that scared me!”

She jerked her hand away in surprise.

“What’s wrong? Why is it so hot?”

“…I have a fever.”

“If you look at her, she always has a fever.”

Hwang Ji-woo was wearing a mask.

Though her face was covered, birds of a feather flock together.

Baek A-jin’s friends all boasted stunning beauty.

In front of them.

“Girls, you’re here?”

The gate opened, and Baek A-jin in neat attire greeted them brightly.

“Wow.”

“A-jin looks cool.”

“Is that your work outfit?”

Baek A-jin had grown more each day.

Now she was famous enough to have her name mentioned in the media.

Naturally, her friends looked at her with admiring eyes.

After light greetings with her friends, Baek A-jin kindly guided them.

“Go anywhere you want to see today. You can freely walk around and take pictures. I have apartment keys too. Apartment 1402, I’ve arranged for it to be opened.”

Yubaek’s modern apartments.

They’re incredibly hot these days.

With government cooperation openly supporting Baek Jin-woo, everyone could become part of “Yubaek”…

To buy and sell apartments here, you first need to obtain Yubaek residency rights.

It was fair to say a nation within a nation had been created.

Being able to tour such a place!

“Wow.”

“I want to live in an apartment like this… If you go underground, it’s connected to bunkers too, right?”

“Can we tour your house too, A-jin? It’s a penthouse, right?”

Chatter chatter.

The friends were extremely excited.

Except for one.

Only Hwang Ji-woo’s gaze was directed toward the training ground, not the apartments.

Hwang Ji-woo.

She had been sickly since childhood.

Perhaps due to her special constitution, her average body temperature was much higher than normal people, causing her much suffering.

Then three years ago.

The world changed, and when all humanity experienced the tutorial.

She obtained one summoned creature.

Ice Butterfly (E-rank).

It was amazing.

The pain that had tormented her so much would disappear completely when the Ice Butterfly was by her side.

Not other summoned creatures.

Only the Ice Butterfly.

Hwang Ji-woo, who had found hope in this, began researching various things, and as a result.

‘I need ice attribute summoned creatures.’

She learned that she had an affinity for attributes.

Indeed, she felt that the summoned creatures she handled were much stronger compared to other summoned creatures she could see in videos.

After that, she made a decision.

To become a player.

But as always, the world wasn’t easy.

To obtain summoned creatures, she had to go to dungeons and repeatedly run weekly dungeons.

Even after three years of this, forget becoming a ranker, it was difficult to even join a major guild.

It was a place where only 0.1% of the top 0.1% could enter.

Unless the Five Emperors or major rankers seriously helped, selling runes like Baek A-jin used to do was the best option.

Especially in South Korea, which was behind in summoning.

In the end, Hwang Ji-woo, who had become such a player, couldn’t earn proper money and was still living with her parents, struggling with illness.

Just then, she heard news about Baek A-jin.

And rushed over immediately.

‘I might be able to meet Baek Jin-woo.’

In the industry, Baek Jin-woo is a legend.

She heard that the entire national team, who are top tier among top tier, are receiving teachings from Baek Jin-woo.

They appear in the media every time to praise him.

Their skills are divided into before and after meeting him?

It might be ulterior motives.

Ulterior motives to somehow meet him using her connection with Baek A-jin.

Hwang Ji-woo was desperate enough to come even while acknowledging those feelings.

However.

“Just one thing.”

Baek A-jin finished with a smile.

“Don’t go near the training ground. My brother is training there… The representative also specifically asked us to make sure this is followed. And I’m asking you too.”

…

Damn it.

Hwang Ji-woo made a dejected face.

“Haa.”

After exercising, Baek Jin-woo came out of the shower after a quick rinse and let out a sigh.

His mind was filled with only one word.

‘Predation, predation, predation, predation…’

If he was going to master it, he had to do it as quickly as possible.

That way, stacks would accumulate every time he killed boss-level monsters, making him that much stronger.

But then.

‘That’s a fake authority?’

According to the lore, an ancient Pokryong lies sealed and sleeping within the Explosive Dragon Mage’s heart.

The Pokryong Faction is what slightly awakened that dragon’s power.

And the dragon’s authority is Devour.

‘If that Devour is fake… just how overpowered is the real authority?’

Is that not it?

Are they taking a completely different approach?

Maybe it’s like this.

During Battle of Summoners, Pokryong manifested a fake authority, and since it wasn’t originally designed but was a mutation-level overpowered ability, it got patched!

‘Then.’

The fake authority might actually be better than the real one.

“Huh.”

If that’s the case, I should learn the fake authority.

Anyway, reality doesn’t seem to give a damn about balance.

‘Then I need to create a situation with less than 10% survival rate…’

Roughly…

Would taking just Pokryong and facing the 40th floor boss of the Tower of Trials work?

No, that would make the survival rate converge to 0%.

That part was honestly ambiguous too.

I don’t even know who judges the survival rate, and this reality isn’t a game.

If you lose in a dungeon?

It’s straight-up death.

That was also why current players’ growth rates weren’t as good as before.

“Ugh, I don’t know.”

Besides, there’s no point in making plans.

If Pokryong declares a strike anyway, it’s all over.

‘Right, let’s stop caring.’

I’m already strong enough.

And there were still many areas to grow stronger.

I need to get graduation runes for Pokryong and Doldoli too.

I should gradually start aiming for other EX-grade summons.

I need to clear the Tower of Trials too.

I should slowly prepare to clear the raid that’ll appear in year 5, the Chaos Dragon.

Pat pat pat.

Baek Jin-woo, having dried off with a towel, left the training ground.

His four disciples’ summons and his own summons were mingling together, enduring Hunkyo’s training.

And in that corner.

Whoosh!

Pokryong was meditating while igniting flames in all directions.

That’s when it happened.

[Emergency Quest activated!]

[An emergency Quest has arrived for ‘Explosive Dragon Mage’ (EX-grade)!]

[Would you like to open the Quest?]

[Y/N]

“Damn, that scared me.”

A message that suddenly appeared on screen!

What’s this without any warning?

Pokryong’s Quest?

‘Was there such a system?’

I played Battle of Summoners for 10 years, but this was the first time seeing this type of message.

Maybe it only appears for S-grade and above summons.

Some kind of hidden piece?

– Hmm…?

Pokryong also seemed to sense something strange, stopping training and standing up.

‘I have to click this.’

A Quest arrived and I’d press N?

For Baek Jin-woo, and for most players too, that was impossible.

“Yes.”

Let’s go!

What kind of quest is it?

[Emergency Quest!]

[Unlock the authority of the Ancient Pokryong (S-grade)!]

[The Explosive Dragon Mage’s stress has reached its peak from fear of losing her Player! Near such a being, a special constitution! A Fire Body has appeared! This is a golden opportunity!]

[Train the Explosive Dragon Mage (EX-grade) beside the Fire Body for 100 days!]

[If separated for more than 1 hour, the period resets.]

[Current period – 0 days, 00:00:00]

“…Fire Body?”

What’s that?

And who is it?

“What the hell is this now?”

All training stopped.

“Why all of a sudden?”

“Is something wrong, hyung-nim?”

The disciples tilted their heads and asked, but Baek Jin-woo didn’t explain.

Just.

“Something urgent suddenly came up. Let’s postpone training for about 3 days.”

Lately, the disciples train from morning until 3 PM every day.

Only after that do they tend to their respective guilds or handle delayed work.

“You haven’t been able to pay attention to your guilds lately anyway, right?”

Fire Body, dragon’s authority.

It was complicated to explain to them, and above all, Baek Jin-woo himself didn’t know much either.

“Understood, Master.”

“Then we’ll come see you next Monday, hyung-nim!”

The disciples withdrew with disappointed expressions.

Actually, for them, the current training was paying attention to their guilds.

The more they trained with Baek Jin-woo, the stronger they’d become, and all of that would return as profit to their guilds.

But?

What could they do when Baek Jin-woo told them to go?

Even if disappointed, they had to leave.

– Master.

Hunkyo approached with a questioning expression, and Pokryong also walked over.

Baek Jin-woo shared the Quest he had received.

– Fire Body… It is in my memory.

“Oh, really?”

Wow.

Hunkyo is definitely overpowered.

After becoming EX-grade, he became like an encyclopedia of all summons.

– It’s similar to the Nine Yin Severed Meridians we saw before, but different. If Nine Yin Severed Meridians is a congenital disease caused by tremendous yin energy blocking the blood vessels, Fire Body is a type of constitution. While one might suffer from boiling yang energy, it’s a good special constitution that turns ice attributes from mutual destruction to mutual generation. This is also a rare constitution that appears maybe once in 1,000 years.

“…Really?”

I don’t understand what he’s saying, but someone with that constitution is nearby?

– To keep Fire Body and Pokryong together for 100 days… This is actually better than before, Master.

“Has it improved?”

– Wouldn’t it be ten million times better than risking your life diving into dungeons?

Right.

“Then what’s the way to find the Flame Body?”

– Please wait a moment.

Hunkyo brought his thumb, index finger, and middle finger to his forehead and lowered his head.

Wow.

Encyclopedia Hunkyo!

How can he be so reliable!

That’s why he really seems like a brainy guy who combines both literary and martial arts.

However.

– There’s no particular method.

“Huh?”

There isn’t?

– But, Master.

“Yeah?”

– Didn’t you say a clock also appeared in the Quest window?

“I did say that…?”

[Current Period – 0 days, 00:00:00]

It’s still floating in my vision right now.

Ah? Oh!

Clap!

Baek Jin-woo clapped his hands.

“I can check it physically, can’t I?”

I can take Pokryong around and look for people.

Then when someone gets attached, if that clock starts running?

That person is the Flame Body!

– Since it said they’re nearby… there’s a high probability they’re inside Yubaek City. And since it suddenly appeared out of nowhere, they might not be someone who regularly comes and goes from Yubaek City. I think we should start by looking into that.

“Okay.”

Baek Jin-woo jumped up.

Let’s start searching.

I’ll think about what comes next after I find them.

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