I Alone Am an EX-Class Summoner - Chapter 79

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I Am Alone EX-Grade Summoner Episode 079

The Price of Complaints (1)

Early morning.

“Huff, huff!”

Hwang Ji-woo was running around the outskirts of the training ground, while nearby Pokryong was practicing magic and watching her.

Now Hwang Ji-woo was also doing physical training.

This was due to Baek Jin-woo’s policy of emphasizing player fitness and self-management.

– Ji-woo, keep it up!

Pokryong, who had grown quite close to her, waved and cheered her on.

Even at this moment, Pokryong’s Quest time was ticking away.

As mentioned before, he just needed to make contact before an hour passed.

“Huff, hufff!”

Had ten minutes of running passed?

Hwang Ji-woo collapsed, drooling.

‘I can’t do this!’

Her heart was beating wildly, and her breathing was so labored that it was hard to breathe.

– Huh? Ji-woo? Are you okay?

Pokryong, who had been watching, jumped up.

What Baek Jin-woo had ordered was a full hour of running!

It was too much time for a woman who had never known the first thing about exercise.

Especially in Hwang Ji-woo’s case, hadn’t she spent most of her life in bed due to her condition?

‘I’m dizzy.’

Her eyes were clearly open, but her forward vision was pitch black.

She felt dizzy, as if the whole world was spinning around.

“This is completely terrible fitness.”

At that moment.

A man who appeared from somewhere brought an inflated bag to her mouth.

It was Baek Jin-woo.

“You’re hyperventilating. Breathe slowly.”

“Huff, huff! Yes…”

Feeling something touch her lips, Hwang Ji-woo breathed out frantically.

“I said breathe slowly. Think of inhaling for 7 seconds and exhaling for 11 seconds. Even if it’s hard, do it slowly!”

This was a method for dealing with hyperventilation.

She needed to regain her composure and breathe slowly on her own, but until then, the bag would make her re-inhale the breath she had exhaled.

A temporary method!

However, using this method for too long could lead to hypoxia, so caution was needed.

Was it because of his trustworthy voice?

Hwang Ji-woo quickly regained her composure and tried to breathe slowly.

“Tsk, a girl who wants to become a top-tier player collapsing after just 10 minutes of running.”

“Huff! Whooo…! I’m sorry!”

“It’s understandable since it’s your first time. Once you recover, you still need to complete the remaining hour. Today. Got it?”

“Got it.”

“Okay, rest in the shade for a bit, and when you feel better, come to me. I’ll take a look at your summoned creature.”

“…Yes!”

She wasn’t the only one at the training ground.

With the national team rankers and their summoned creatures, plus Hunkyo and Baek Jin-woo’s summoned creatures all combined, the vast outer vacant lot felt packed.

Hunkyo’s serious appearance as he controlled his summoned creature.

And.

“Hyaaah!”

“Let’s go, go, go, go!”

Seeing the passion of the rankers running with large tires strung all over them, she could feel an invisible massive wall.

“What’s with that speed? Won’t you run properly?”

Baek Jin-woo even climbed onto the tire of Hong Ari, who was lagging behind the most among the four.

“Gyaaah! You bad guy!”

“Bad guy? What kind of way is that to talk to your teacher? You get 10 extra laps today.”

“Kyaaah!”

Even while screaming, she didn’t say no.

She just kept running as if her muscles would burst.

Hwang Ji-woo watched this scene intently.

Where was this place?

Who was she?

Even in her confused state, Hwang Ji-woo envied them.

‘I want to… train confidently over there too.’

To do that?

She couldn’t just stay here resting quietly.

‘Jin-woo said so.’

Complete the remaining hour no matter what.

“Huff.”

Hwang Ji-woo staggered to her feet.

Her heart rate hadn’t even properly settled down yet.

‘I can’t waste this precious 100-day opportunity like this.’

A big shot.

To become the best, she couldn’t do things ordinarily like others.

The reality was that even training desperately wouldn’t guarantee entry into a major guild.

‘Let’s run again.’

Hwang Ji-woo squeezed her eyes shut and forced herself to take a step.

Though she wanted to collapse dozens of times, she didn’t give up.

The passion filling the training ground made it possible.

A few hours later.

“Now, attack me with the combination you usually use.”

Clank!

Baek Jin-woo summoned his creature, the Battle Security Guard (C-rank), as he spoke.

To deal with just Hwang Ji-woo, even a summoned creature specialized for Weekly Dungeons was sufficient.

“Yes!”

Hwang Ji-woo deployed all five of her summoned creatures.

They were all ice-type E-rank or F-rank miscellaneous summoned creatures.

Even in Battle of Summoners, whenever these appeared, they were just used as materials.

She had shown meaningful control to Hunkyo with these things?

How would it be indeed?

Baek Jin-woo licked his lips in anticipation.

And soon.

Flutter!

Space freezing along with the wing beats of an E-rank ice butterfly.

‘Oh ho.’

The Security Guard’s movement speed slowed, but the Security Guard’s sniping skills, backed by numerous Monday Dungeon experiences, were beyond imagination.

Bang!

A bullet fired from the gun barrel pierced through the body of an F-rank ice fly.

Splat!

The ice fly was reverse-summoned along with bursting blood!

Baek Jin-woo didn’t separately control the Security Guard or anything.

He had just caught one even though he left it on autonomous mode.

‘Is this the end?’

Just as Baek Jin-woo was about to feel slightly disappointed.

‘Huh?’

The Battle Security Guard’s movements became strange.

She staggered slightly.

Bang, baang!

Two more bullets fired couldn’t pierce through the ice butterfly and grazed past it.

‘Oh?’

And then.

Thud, thud, thud, thud, thud!

The E-rank ice heron that flew up into the sky dealt damage to the slowed security guard, and that damage was beyond imagination.

“Ho.”

Baek Jin-woo let out an exclamation of admiration.

The combination with job summoned creatures was quite impressive.

‘It feels somewhat natural talent?’

He could understand why Hunkyo had said such things.

The control itself wasn’t bad enough to compare with South Korean rankers, and with the flame delay trait, movement speed reduction effects and freezing damage hit even more powerfully.

Also, when aiming thinking ‘it should slow down this much,’ it would slow down more than expected, sometimes confusing the summoned creatures.

This meant she had the sense to clearly understand her own constitution and utilize it.

‘She definitely has merit.’

Baek Jin-woo nodded his head.

If raised well as an ice attribute specialist player, he could see the possibility of her playing on the world stage.

Thud, thud, thud, thud, thud!

As the attacks worked, the excited heron pecked even more fiercely.

But do you know what the biggest weakness of ice types is?

Seriously low damage output!

Although the security guard belonged to the lower HP side, she didn’t even get scratched by the heron’s attacks.

‘Let’s end this now.’

Baek Jin-woo took control of the Battle Security Guard he had left on autonomous mode.

He began direct control.

Bang!

He immediately blew off the heron’s head.

Hwang Ji-woo’s remaining summoned creatures were exactly three.

Bang!

One shot, one kill!

Bang! Bang!

All of Hwang Ji-woo’s summoned creatures were reverse-summoned by the security guard who fired consecutive fast zooms at close range.

No matter how much potential she showed, it wasn’t something that could compete with Baek Jin-woo.

Whether now or later.

“…Amazing.”

Hwang Ji-woo exclaimed in admiration.

A scene that clearly showed why he was the national team captain!

Baek Jin-woo, who had been nodding his head and thinking for a moment, opened his mouth.

“Hmm, okay. Let’s stop here for today. Get some rest. I’ll give you feedback tomorrow.”

“Yes!”

– Master.

After Hwang Ji-woo disappeared, Hunkyo, who had been watching the battle, approached.

“Yeah.”

– How was it?

“She’s definitely useful. I think I know what you were thinking.”

– Is that so?

“You were thinking of that infinite freeze combination you used before, weren’t you?”

– As expected of you, Master.

Infinite freeze combination.

A combination that was once popular in Battle of Summoners.

Using A-rank ice bird and Lich to maximize field movement and attack speed reduction.

A combination that dealt sustained damage with Seori Myo with ice resistance and two dealers receiving ice buffs… It was such a good combination that even Baek Jin-woo adopted it briefly in the mid-game.

‘Though it became useless later.’

The weaknesses were also clear.

As mentioned before, ice damage just doesn’t hit hard enough.

It’s useful up to high-level regular dungeons, but quite poor from supreme level onwards.

It takes half a day of beating to kill a boss.

But what if flame delay constitution plus Runde’s graduation rune were added?

That insufficient damage could be completely supplemented.

If that happens?

‘It would definitely be overpowered.’

Players with decent control and good combination angles aren’t common.

‘Hmm.’

Should he raise her well and put her in Yubaek?

Ah.

Yubaek is a solo management company.

Or maybe.

Should he try making a guild at this opportunity?

For now, that part seemed to need more consideration.

Yu Ji-a’s opinion was important now too.

Quite some time had passed.

During that time, national team training continued.

“Hmm.”

“Hong Ari… And why are the Carpe Diem kids so strong?”

Talk began to emerge from within.

Excluding Baek Jin-woo, Kang Geon-ho had always been the strongest among the South Korean national team.

But at some point.

In battles between Kang Geon-ho and Hong Ari, Hong Ari’s victory count gradually began to increase.

It wasn’t just Hong Ari.

Gi Jae-hyeok and Kang Ji-ho were also remarkable.

The movements of their summoned creatures had completely changed.

Baekho executive meeting room.

“Hyung Ho.”

Kang Geon-ho called Gil-ma with an expression of incomprehension.

“Yeah?”

“What could it be?”

“That’s what I’m saying. We definitely received consulting together, so why are only they showing results?”

It had been quite some time since the four disciples commuted to Yubaek, but it hadn’t been revealed to the world yet.

The national team members naturally had to be puzzled.

They had clearly invested the same time and effort, yet a skill gap was widening.

Not just widening, but widening so much that they could physically feel it.

“And something strange.”

Kang Geon-ho continued, resting his chin on his clasped hands.

“Since when did Hong Ari start speaking casually to Baek Jin-woo? Jae-hyeok and Ji-ho were kids who originally called him hyung and noona, so I’ll let that slide. But didn’t Hong Ari originally dislike talking itself?”

What a strange thing.

Hong Ari, who never let her guard down with anyone except Oh Sun-young, was speaking casually with Baek Jin-woo?

Even considering they were the same age, something smelled fishy.

“Did they develop feelings for each other? Is that why she’s getting private tutoring?”

“Well, I could understand Hong Ari doing that. They’re both good-looking and pretty, so they might suit each other. But what about Jae-hyuk and Ji-ho? They’re climbing up too fast too. It doesn’t make sense to say they’re absorbing things quickly because they’re young. When we fought last time, I thought we were facing some overseas ranker.”

“Hmm.”

Park Ho narrowed his eyes.

It was a serious problem.

Baekho, which maintained its position as South Korea’s top guild.

But?

At this rate, they would be pushed aside by Arirang and Carpe Diem.

After building up the guild all this time, they couldn’t just give up the crown like this.

“First.”

Park Ho looked at Bok Jeong-hee and Seo Sang-won, the other Baekho National Team members sitting across from him.

“Find out if those three have some kind of relationship with Baek Jin-woo.”

“What if they do?”

“We have to stop it.”

Park Ho said firmly.

Baek Jin-woo had received an additional 1 trillion won from the government as compensation for leading the National Team.

As captain, he was supposed to treat everyone fairly and equally, but he was giving someone special treatment?

“We absolutely have to call him out on it. Whatever reason we have to come up with.”

If that didn’t work…

It would only be a matter of time before Baekho’s stronghold crumbled.

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