I Alone Am an EX-Class Summoner - Chapter 78

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I Am Alone EX-Grade Summoner Episode 078

Hwang Ji-woo (5)

Yubaek City, Training Ground.

“Hmm, who might you be?”

“Are you a guest?”

“…Just anyone can’t come in here.”

Hwang Ji-woo couldn’t come to her senses as the rankers, dripping with sweat, threw out comments one by one.

To face such incredible people at such close distance!

‘Ugh.’

She naturally felt intimidated.

It was because of their fierce gazes.

Rankers are originally sensitive about training information.

Especially since they had even signed confidentiality agreements while receiving training.

They might end up receiving the system’s curse if they were carelessly discovered by others!

However.

“Oh, you came!”

Baek Jin-woo welcomed her very warmly.

“Come this way.”

As expected of Baek A-jin!

I told her to somehow coax her into coming, and she brought her this quickly?

“Everyone continue training for a bit.”

Baek Jin-woo left the puzzled rankers behind and guided Hwang Ji-woo to the inner part of the training ground.

“Sit here.”

“…Yes.”

After seating the nervous Hwang Ji-woo on a soft sofa, Baek Jin-woo also sat across from her.

“You said Ji-woo, right? A-jin’s friend.”

“That’s right.”

Hwang Ji-woo answered with an awkward smile.

“Wait a moment, let me check.”

Baek Jin-woo took out his phone.

It was to check if there were any separate messages from Baek A-jin.

Baek Jin-woo, busy with dungeon runs and training, had delegated everything to his sister.

So he had no idea what conditions that girl was helping him under.

‘Whatever it is.’

I’ll have to accommodate it.

For him, Hwang Ji-woo was absolutely necessary.

He could only unlock Pokryong’s true potential abilities by somehow winning her over.

“Hm?”

But it was strange.

There were no separate texts from Baek A-jin.

“…Actually, the thing is.”

Hwang Ji-woo, who roughly sensed what the situation was, interjected.

“I met A-jin yesterday, and I came today to sign the contract… But before stamping the contract right away, I came here first.”

“Really?”

“Yes, I know very well that you’re offering me a contract with incredibly good conditions.”

Swoosh.

Hwang Ji-woo carefully placed the contract she had been holding onto the table.

Baek Jin-woo took it and read it.

‘This is a contract A-jin made.’

What’s this?

Why is it so stingy?

Only 1 billion?

‘Well.’

That could be understandable.

Generally, 1 billion is a lot of money.

But Baek Jin-woo knew the value of this work better than anyone.

If you were to measure Pokryong’s potential abilities by value, 1 billion wouldn’t be enough even if it were 10 trillion.

“But actually, rather than 1 billion, I want to receive Jin-woo’s teachings… Becoming a big-shot Player has been my dream since three years ago, and it still is now. If you could just let me know whether I’m doing well for even 10 minutes a day, I’ll take responsibility and help you for 100 days. I won’t even take the 1 billion.”

“…”

Oho.

Is this kid making a deal right now?

Baek Jin-woo understood immediately.

Why she came straight here without meeting Baek A-jin.

‘Not bad, right?’

1 billion?

Maybe in the past, but for the current Baek Jin-woo, it was nothing.

Somehow, it had turned out that way.

On the other hand.

‘The value of my teachings is tremendous.’

He wasn’t sure if it matched Hwang Ji-woo’s value, but Baek Jin-woo felt that would be more comfortable than 1 billion.

Above all.

There was no reason to coldly reject someone who knew his value and boldly made a proposal.

She was even his sister’s friend!

“To summarize, if I just give you 10 minutes of consulting per day, you’ll cooperate for 100 days? Unconditionally?”

“Yes.”

“That’s not difficult.”

Baek Jin-woo smiled broadly.

“Instead.”

Riiip!

Then he tore up the paper contract A-jin had prepared.

“Not this kind of paper contract, let’s do it properly with a system contract.”

Baek Jin-woo accurately caught what Hwang Ji-woo wanted in a short time.

“No giving up midway. If it resets, you must unconditionally complete another 100 days.”

“As long as the teachings are certain, anything is fine with me.”

“I’ll arrange a room on the floor below our house. Starting from midnight tonight, you can’t leave Pokryong’s side for even a moment. And there’s Pokryong’s summoning cooldown, so every five hours you’ll need to go in and resummon him, you’ll have to understand that too. Of course, so you can live well for 100 days, I’ll provide the best facilities for meals, cleaning, and such.”

“Yes, that’s good.”

“Good, since you’re making such a bold contract, I’ll give you generous service too.”

“…Generous?”

“Check out my proposal.”

Whooom!

When Baek Jin-woo spread his hand, light leaked out.

[Player ‘Baek Jin-woo’ proposes a trade.]

[Please carefully review the other party’s proposal.]

This was familiar now.

Writing this kind of thing.

[Hwang Ji-woo: Hwang Ji-woo will receive sufficient explanation about the Explosive Dragon Mage’s sudden Quest that will proceed for 100 days, and help until that Quest succeeds safely. Confidentiality regarding that Quest and the consulting content Baek Jin-woo gives in return is…]

Hwang Ji-woo’s side of the deal was as explained above, with a confidentiality agreement added.

And the important part was Baek Jin-woo’s compensation!

[Baek Jin-woo: Will sincerely provide 30 minutes of consulting daily during the contract period. If the Quest succeeds safely, will pay 100 billion won as compensation.]

[Will you accept Player ‘Baek Jin-woo’s’ proposal?]

[Y/N]

Hwang Ji-woo’s mouth gradually fell open as she read through the content with extreme tension.

And then.

“O-one hundred billion…?!”

She exclaimed in shock.

It wasn’t just one hundred billion.

The consulting period had also increased from 10 minutes to 30 minutes, with the modifier ‘with utmost sincerity’ added.

Since it was proceeding as a system contract, Baek Jin-woo would have no choice but to teach properly.

“Is it really okay to do this?”

“You’re A-jin’s friend, right? A-jin is a very precious little sister to me.”

Like hell!

Hurry up and press Y!

Press it!

Though she’d probably accept with over 90% certainty given the atmosphere, he was still anxious.

According to Hunkyo, the Flame Body was a rare constitution that might appear once in a thousand years.

What if Hwang Ji-woo didn’t cooperate here?

The sudden quest would essentially fly away.

When Baek Jin-woo, feeling slightly impatient, launched an eye attack.

“I-I’ll press it.”

Hwang Ji-woo, her face reddening, clicked Y.

Nice!

This completes Pokryong’s potential ability too.

In exactly 100 days, the strongest extreme dealer capable of devouring even S-grade summons would be born.

‘Lately, really.’

Was it just his imagination?

It felt like everything was going smoothly.

The procedures progressed quickly.

An apartment was temporarily provided, and aunties to take care of her overall living were found.

A training ground for Pokryong was installed in one corner of the room, and the window was left open.

So that Baek Jin-woo and Hunkyo could come and go through there.

Baek A-jin, who belatedly learned that Hwang Ji-woo had visited her brother separately, accepted it calmly without feeling hurt.

Especially when she learned it was set at 100 billion, not 1 billion.

‘I feel unnecessarily sorry.’

She even had time for reflection.

Come to think of it, that was right.

Both her brother and Yu Ji-a.

When bringing valuable people, they paid appropriate generous compensation.

Yu Ji-a had also generously given a 1.5 billion gift to get her brother, and created the unprecedented one-person management company “Yubak,” giving him 70% of the shares.

Her brother was the same too.

When bringing her over, he insisted on unconditionally fixing 20% of rune sales profits.

The result?

Baek A-jin became Yubak’s dog.

A very faithful loyal dog at that.

‘Brother sees Hwang Ji-woo’s value as greater than I thought.’

That seemed to be a misjudgment.

‘Perhaps.’

Brother might not be looking at his relationship with Hwang Ji-woo as lasting only 100 days.

She was called a Flame Body, and who knows what incredible performance that might show later.

‘Well.’

I just need to do well from now on.

Baek A-jin nodded and resolved.

To do her best to take care of Hwang Ji-woo.

Gulp.

Hwang Ji-woo swallowed as she entered the room.

‘To think the day would come when I’d stay in this room.’

During the tour, her mind was completely sold on the training ground so she couldn’t properly feel it, but now she definitely realized it.

‘Super luxury.’

The apartment’s interior design was so high-class it was speechless.

Swoosh.

She looked up at the ceiling.

‘That’s where Baek Jin-woo lives.’

Thump.

Her heart beat.

She couldn’t tell her friends because of the confidentiality agreement, but how envious would they be when they found out later?

Hwang Ji-woo always thought she was ordinary… No, including the fever in her head, she thought she was living a below-average life.

But that wasn’t the case.

She was special.

If she wasn’t special, that Baek Jin-woo wouldn’t have treated her like this.

“Here.”

Baek Jin-woo opened the room.

“This is the training room where you’ll be staying from now on.”

“Yes.”

Upon entering the room, Pokryong was sitting quietly while hugging her staff.

Whoosh!

Whether she was repeating training even while sitting, the streams of fire swirling around her were not just amazing but mystical.

[Current period – 0 days, 00:00:01]

Tick!

Time begins to flow again.

“Pokryong, and Ji-woo.”

Baek Jin-woo smiled.

“Greet each other. You’ll be seeing each other so often you’ll get sick of it, so you should become friends.”

“Yes, hello.”

Hwang Ji-woo awkwardly bowed her head.

– Yes, nice to meet you.

Pokryong answered with a smile, and Hwang Ji-woo froze while still bowing.

“…”

What, what?

Just now.

The summon spoke?

Watching Hwang Ji-woo’s expression gradually turn to shock, Baek Jin-woo chuckled.

It seemed it would take quite some time to adapt to life here.

– Master.

“Yeah.”

– About Pokryong.

“Mm.”

– I’ve been watching for about 3 hours, and the results are definitely extraordinary.

“Really?”

Baek Jin-woo brightened.

There’s already an effect?

– This is a different result from that sudden quest. Just training next to the Flame Body seems to increase Pokryong’s concentration and firepower.

“Huh, really?”

This is amazing.

“You mean Hwang Ji-woo acts as some kind of exclusive experience buff for Pokryong?”

– That’s correct.

“Why is that?”

– At first, I thought it was because of the fire attribute. So I experimented to see if Hong Ari’s firebird or Master’s lava drake could receive that effect too, but it was nowhere close. It seems like the Pokryong inside the Explosive Dragon Mage reacts to the flame body.

“Hmm.”

Then.

Hwang Ji-woo’s value definitely goes up even more.

Rather than just using her for 100 days, it would be good to keep training together continuously…

– And as Master ordered, I also checked on Hwang Ji-woo’s condition.

“Yeah? How is it?”

As per their contract, Baek Jin-woo assigned Hunkyo to Hwang Ji-woo for exactly 30 minutes, making sure to dedicate the time completely.

Since Hunkyo was the best instructor Baek Jin-woo knew, just doing that much would fulfill the contract.

– Well… Her summoned creature control is exceptional. The power of her summoned creatures isn’t ordinary either. I think it would be better for you to see for yourself.

What?

Exceptional?

That word came out of Hunkyo’s mouth?

That’s the highest praise possible.

And the fact that her summoned creatures’ power isn’t ordinary… That seems to be because of the flame body characteristic.

“Okay. I’ll clear some time tomorrow.”

Just how good is she to receive such praise?

I became curious despite myself.

Those weren’t words he’d say even to rankers.

I felt like I needed to see it directly to know for sure.

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