I Alone Am an EX-Class Summoner - Chapter 8
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I Am Alone EX-Grade Summoner Episode 008
Judge Park Chang-seok
“Hello, I’m Councilman Park Chang-seok from Player Headquarters.”
The bearded man extended his large hand.
Baek Jin-woo awkwardly grasped that hand.
“Ah, yes.”
“I was quite rude earlier. But thanks to you, we were able to deal with that vicious terrorist.”
“No, not really.”
I was just trying to survive.
When Baek Jin-woo scratched his head, the bearded man showed his teeth.
“By any chance, are you affiliated with any Player organization?”
“Excuse me?”
“Ah, you’re not part of a guild? I haven’t seen you at Headquarters… Then you must be FA status.”
FA?
Does he mean free agent status?
“Uh…”
What should I say about this?
Asking a rookie who hasn’t even registered yet about affiliation or FA status…
This is quite awkward.
“You might think it’s rude to ask about personal information, but this is so Headquarters can provide a reward.”
“A reward?”
Baek Jin-woo’s eyes lit up.
He was lacking in everything right now.
No money, no runes, no summoning scrolls.
He wasn’t in a position to refuse anything being offered.
“Haha, yes. In a way, you’re my lifesaver and you helped with gang suppression, so naturally we should reward you. However, we need to verify your identity. I hope you understand.”
Park Chang-seok had no choice.
To get Headquarters approval, he needed proper documentation and procedures.
“Well… I haven’t registered with Headquarters yet. Is that still okay?”
“What?”
Park Chang-seok blinked.
The person who had helped him, a C-rank summoner, with just a few words was an unregistered Player?
He looked at Baek Jin-woo with suspicious eyes.
But Baek Jin-woo didn’t mind.
He was being honest.
‘Well, I suppose.’
He could be a Player who wasn’t active last year.
Since this law was newly established this year, such cases did occur occasionally.
“Hmm, then do you have an ID?”
As long as he had identity information, everything would come up anyway.
“Yes, here it is.”
Swish.
Baek Jin-woo opened his wallet and handed over his resident registration card.
He had thought about just leaving, but since they were offering a reward, what could he do?
He had to go along with it.
If he refused here, it would only create misunderstandings.
After capturing the ID, the bearded man politely bowed his head.
“Thank you once again. Once the identity verification is complete, you’ll receive compensation according to our internal regulations.”
“Oh, really?”
“Yes.”
The bearded man smiled once more.
The spot where Baek Jin-woo and the citizens had left.
Crash bang!
“Senior!”
“Are you alright, Senior?”
The Headquarters Players had just arrived.
It was well after the emergency alarm had sounded.
“Hey, you bastards.”
Park Chang-seok said irritably.
“This incident happened right next to Headquarters, so you should have rushed over quickly. Why are you so late? You guys are too slow.”
“We’re, we’re sorry.”
“The cleanup here is already finished. You guys handle the aftermath.”
“What about the terrorist?”
“Dealt with.”
Park Chang-seok glanced to the side.
The C-rank Woodman was trimming its roots with a satisfied expression.
“Gave him as nutrients.”
“Gasp, are you certain?”
“If you don’t believe it, check the CCTV. I saw it with my own eyes anyway.”
“Haha, I suppose so.”
“Yeah.”
Park Chang-seok answered halfheartedly.
That young man was still stuck in his mind and wouldn’t leave.
– That’s not it, the Flame Turtle’s skill timing is a bit strange.
– Those buffer units behind the Blood Orc are casting ‘Flame Resistance’, so what if you use the skill then…?
In that moment of crisis.
He had provided a solution with frightening calmness and composure.
Moreover, he knew the exact names of summoned creatures and skills like ‘Flame Turtle’, ‘Blood Orc’, and ‘Flame Resistance’.
And this from a Player who wasn’t even registered.
‘No matter how I think about it, it’s strange.’
Ring ring ring!
Park Chang-seok called someone.
It was a junior in the Headquarters Information Department.
“Hey.”
“I just sent you a capture, right?”
“Yeah, Baek Jin-woo. Look into that person for me.”
After leaving the cafe, Baek Jin-woo bought several cream buns from a nearby bakery.
Then he went to a secluded corner of the neighborhood park.
“Now you can talk.”
– Whew, whewwww!
Cute Ramba let out rough breaths as if she had been holding back a lot.
– I thought I was going to die wanting to talk! So this is what it feels like to have an itchy mouth?
“You did well, here’s some bread.”
– Kyaaaah! Cream breaaad!
By the way, the Wind Fairy’s favorite is bread.
Especially fresh cream bread.
“I’m giving this to you because you held back well. If you work hard from now on, I’ll buy you more.”
– So goooood, nom nom!
Munch munch munch!
A fairy devouring bread like she was possessed despite her small frame.
It’s amazing how all of that fits inside.
Anyway.
Ramba is really convenient.
There’s no conflict with summoned creatures that almost all players inevitably experience.
Because this one bread solves everything.
Of course, there were countless trials and errors to figure out that cream bread was her favorite food.
‘Nothing bad will happen, right?’
I originally had no intention of stepping forward, but I did it to survive.
If troublesome things arise because of that, I have no choice but to accept them now.
“Phew.”
Baek Jin-woo let out a short sigh.
I need to hunt quickly.
The game that became reality was more complicated than I thought.
At least the game didn’t have crazy terrorists or governments controlling everything.
‘First, let me register and then gather as many summoning scrolls as possible.’
Among the summoned creatures Baek Jin-woo had, a total of 10 disappeared due to balance patches.
Wind Fairy, Training Instructor, Explosive Dragon Mage, Small Giant, Dhampir, Gale Slaughterer, Rune Dwarf, Aso, Demon Cat, Destruction Dragon…
How overpowered each of these is will be explained later.
‘First, I need to get the Training Instructor and Explosive Dragon Mage.’
Training Instructor is E-grade, Explosive Dragon Mage is D-grade.
In other words, if I open countless low-grade summoning scrolls, I can get them eventually.
Starting from Small Giant, they’re C-grade or higher, so I can’t get them with low-grade summoning scrolls.
– Whoa! I finished eating! Thanks Jin-woo! How long has it been since I had bread!
“Yeah, yeah.”
– But what do we do now?
“What do you mean? If you’ve eaten, you need to move.”
By the way, summoned creatures can be trained.
No matter how good a grade summoned creature you pull, it can’t become strong without training.
In Ramba’s case, I need to build up her arm muscles a bit.
That way she can swing her staff faster.
“You know. With that attack speed, forget the 10th floor of the Tower of Trials, you can’t even clear the 1st floor.”
– Tch! Is that why you fed me bread?
“Let’s do it together, together.”
Baek Jin-woo clenched his fists and started exercising.
Squats, jumping in place, push-ups, and light stepping.
He rotated his waist and thoroughly checked his joints and muscles.
‘Whatever I do, my body needs to be strong.’
I also need to rebuild the muscles I lost from lying down for 3 years.
I need to build cardiovascular endurance too.
Without stamina?
I can’t pull all-nighters, and my concentration drops.
Stamina is a ranker’s basic requirement.
Huff, huff!
Next to Baek Jin-woo exercising, Ramba also cutely swung her staff.
– About that Baek Jin-woo person you asked me to look into.
“Yeah.”
– First of all, he’s an unregistered player. He even has hospital admission records for a traffic accident for 3 years?
“What?”
Park Chang-seok’s brow furrowed as he received the phone report.
“Are you sure? 3 years would be right around when the world changed.”
The day all humanity awakened.
– I’m certain. He was discharged not too long ago. What’s interesting is that he applied for player registration immediately after discharge.
What?
Park Chang-seok’s eyes widened as he pulled out documents from his bag.
Player registration waiting list.
He fixed his phone to his shoulder and licked his finger to flip through pages, and there it was.
Baek Jin-woo’s application.
“It’s really here?”
– Yes, is something wrong?
“No, no. It’s not that. Who’s the judge in charge this month?”
– Judge Oh Areum.
“Oh Areum? The education schedule is tomorrow, right?”
– Yes, today was the deadline.
“Tell them I’m going in this time.”
– Excuse me?
“Don’t ask why.”
– Ah, understood.
Something smells fishy.
He was in the hospital for 3 years, but registered immediately after getting out.
And he even seems to have deep knowledge about summoned creatures?
It’s one of two things.
Either he’s a genius, or he was a gamer.
‘Gamer.’
A term referring to those who experienced the game “Battle of Summoners” before awakening.
Whether they played for 1 year or 3 months, they’re all called gamers.
Among current rankers, the gamer ratio is nearly 70%.
It’s truly an overwhelming proportion.
“Phew.”
Park Chang-seok’s long-held dream is to find talent that will bring glory to South Korea.
To find a hero who will pull South Korea out of the mire of being perpetually last in player battles.
And.
His instincts told him that Baek Jin-woo had the very strong scent of talent.
‘No, don’t get excited.’
Nothing’s certain yet.
‘I’ll go meet him again tomorrow and see.’
Park Chang-seok’s fist tightened around the documents.
The next day.
[Hello, Mr. Baek Jin-woo. This is Player Headquarters.]
[Please gather at Player Headquarters 3rd Lecture Hall by 9 AM.]
[Map is attached.]
[Schedule is attached.]
Baek Jin-woo, who received the text, arrived at headquarters 10 minutes early.
Quite a lot of people had gathered.
About 1,000 people?
He would receive education with them and take written and practical exams.
After that?
Fight 3 matches in the player battle held at the end of the month, and just place in the top 50 by score.
Only then can you finally wear the player badge and enter dungeons.
Swoosh.
He sat in an appropriate seat.
“Hahaha, back in my day, I was called the Dungeon Killer, you know? I just took a break, so I wasn’t auto-registered. Just wait and see, I’ll register as number one this month.”
“Ha, this new law is really something, isn’t it? My summoned creature is C-rank, so what’s this about education? If I put my mind to it, I could even become a ranker.”
“If I had known this would happen, I should have been running dungeons last year.”
“I briefly played Battle of Summoners when I was young.”
“Battle of Summoners?! Whoa, you were a gamer?”
“Yes, haha. I only played for about a month before quitting though…”
“Wow, still… I heard former gamers fight really well.”
He could hear the applicants greeting each other and showing off.
Ah, was it really showing off?
Most of the applicants seemed to have experience.
There was something relaxed about the way they sat?
‘Hmm.’
This.
If things go well, it might not be easy?
First, he needed to see how they conducted the test.
‘Ah, but still.’
Who was Baek Jin-woo!
Ilcheon!
The very person called the sky of Battle of Summoners, wasn’t he Jinugod!
Who could match his knowledge in this field?
It was safe to say there was no one.
How much time had passed?
Thump, thump thump!
The sound of a microphone being tested could be heard.
– Now then, has everyone gathered?
Someone began giving instructions from the front.
– Nice to meet you all. I’m Park Chang-seok, serving as a judge at headquarters.
Huh?
That man!
Baek Jin-woo’s eyes widened.
‘He was a judge?’
The education that followed was easy.
Very basic content!
For Baek Jin-woo, who was once ranked number one in the world, it was inevitably boring content.
Most of the combination methods and theories that current rankers were learning had been established by Baek Jin-woo in the past.
And even then, he had only shared the manageable theories among countless others, while the truly important information existed only in Baek Jin-woo’s head.
‘Of course.’
Battle of Summoners was a competitive game after all.
There was no reason to teach important information or know-how to other rankers.
Well, he had gotten somewhat close with the Five Emperors, so he occasionally helped them when they were stuck.
That was all.
The real information that had made him Ilcheon was never shared anywhere.
‘How boring.’
When the education ended and they were given an hour lunch break.
“Excuse me.”
Someone who appeared to be staff approached and called out to Baek Jin-woo.
“Yes?”
“Um… The judge would like to see you for a moment.”
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