I Alone Am an EX-Class Summoner - Chapter 87

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I Am Alone EX-Grade Summoner Episode 087

New National Team (4)

Crash!

“Here are more application documents!”

“Huh, still this many?”

“Don’t complain. We haven’t even finished 10% yet.”

“Ughhhh!”

Yubaek Headquarters was literally busy beyond belief.

The first screening method was simple.

In cooperation with headquarters, anyone with a Player license and no criminal record passes!

However, with so many applicants, even checking that was a task.

“What, did every Player in our country apply or something?”

“Probably? It’s an obvious opportunity for social advancement, so they’re just throwing their hat in the ring.”

It was similar to lottery subscriptions.

The chances of success were virtually zero, but if it worked out? Jackpot!

That was the psychology of most applicants.

Crash, crash!

When the staff stamped the documents, Yu Ji-a conducted the second screening.

This was the process of filtering out those lacking sincerity by examining their background and motivation for applying.

Taking about 3 days, Yu Ji-a selected 5,000 Players.

Among them were both non-rankers and famous rankers whose names were well-known.

“Phew, it’s done.”

Yu Ji-a stretched with an exhausted expression.

Now her work was finished.

The next batter was Hunkyo.

Chatter chatter.

The 5,000 Players gathered in Yubaek City continuously exclaimed in admiration as they looked around.

“Wow…”

“Is this a company or a palace?”

“It’s more like a garden than a palace? A garden with an artist’s soul.”

They had occasionally seen it through communities or mass media, but this was their first time seeing it in person.

It was even more beautifully enhanced than before.

Now grown into a complete major corporation, “Yubaek” spared no expense on company landscaping investments.

The company’s appearance was like Baek Jin-woo’s face!

Yu Ji-a was confident she could pour any amount of money to maintain Baek Jin-woo’s dignity.

Her immediate profits might decrease, but she had to think long-term.

Baek Jin-woo was still only playing domestically, and the moment he expanded globally, astronomical money would be made.

“…Impressive.”

Among the Players who passed the first round was Kang Geon-ho.

After Park Ho was sent to prison, he had simply disbanded Baekho.

Rather than let the honor of the guild he had passionately built for 3 years be tarnished, he judged it better to eliminate it.

The rankers from Baekho would survive well on their own.

They would either be absorbed by other major guilds or create new guilds…

Step, step.

While touring the garden and moving toward the center of Yubaek City, Kang Geon-ho spotted a guide shouting into a microphone.

– Come this way! Slowly! Just line up and pass through!

An extremely long line.

Players showed their licenses for verification and simply received an envelope before leaving.

– Show your license, get verified, take your travel money and go home! The travel money is exactly 100,000 won!

‘What?’

Kang Geon-ho was dumbfounded.

What kind of screening was this?

Just show your face and it’s over?

Headquarters had conducted an official program called a selection tournament… Was this really okay?

‘They even handed out travel money.’

5,000 people at 100,000 won each was exactly 500 million.

To spend 500 million on such a simple screening, their capital power was indeed substantial as rumored.

What were they thinking? He was suspicious, but there was nothing Kang Geon-ho could do.

He could only follow the instructions.

‘Hmm.’

5th floor of headquarters.

Hunkyo’s eyes were moving rapidly as he looked out the window with his arms crossed.

While the screening appeared simple to the applicants, Hunkyo was actually scanning each Player’s entire body as they passed the screening station.

‘They’re all disappointing.’

He was assessing their martial bones.

People with exceptional innate physical characteristics.

Such individuals grew faster even when trained the same way for the same period.

Aso was someone whose martial bones had reached the extreme.

‘Of course, Players and martial artists are different.’

Still, that sense was absolutely not to be ignored.

The reason Master was good at control as a Player was also because his martial bones were excellent.

“Are you watching carefully?”

– Master, you’ve arrived.

“It looks like about 1,000 people have passed through now… Have you chosen anyone?”

– Not yet…

“This is a big problem.”

Baek Jin-woo sighed.

After selecting 5,000 people and even spending money to hold screenings, if not even one person emerged?

It would be a waste of both time and money.

“Aren’t your standards too high?”

– …Among the Players you decided to include, Hwang Ju-won is in the worst condition.

“Right, you mentioned that.”

The two executives from Ilwol.

An Gi-jeong and Hwang Ju-won.

He had ultimately decided to accept them as disciples, but Hunkyo didn’t evaluate them favorably.

However?

– Not a single person so far has shown better conditions than that Hwang Ju-won.

Hunkyo’s words were shocking.

Among all those people, after checking 20%, there wasn’t a single person with better martial bones than Hwang Ju-won?

“Huh, to that extent?”

– In any case, Hwang Ju-won was also someone who ranked in the top ten in your nation. He’s above the basic level.

That made sense.

It was possible.

He was someone who had climbed to the national team through physical effort without proper information.

“Then what about me?”

– Pardon?

“How do I rank? Including all our national team members.”

He became curious.

Even if not first place, wouldn’t he be in the upper ranks? He looked at Hunkyo with that expectation.

– Master is naturally supreme.

“Come on, don’t lie. I won’t get hurt, so tell me honestly.”

– I am being serious.

Hunkyo answered without wavering.

“Really?”

– Among the people I have seen and experienced, Master is second only to Aso.

Oh.

Really?

Looking at Hunkyo’s face, I could feel the sincerity.

Baek Jin-woo felt inexplicably pleased.

‘No wonder controlling was so easy.’

There had been times when I didn’t understand.

Controlling summoned creatures wasn’t that difficult, so why couldn’t other Players do it? That kind of thinking.

– Master is naturally gifted.

“Damn, where did you learn to say things like that…”

Ha.

Who else could it be.

It must be Ramba.

“Anyway, thanks. Just don’t lower the standards. Cut anyone who’s not better than Hwang Ju-won without mercy.”

Talent is important.

While effort can somehow be forced through persistence, talent can’t be.

Even if we couldn’t find anyone here, it was better not to recruit.

As for the insufficient National Team.

We could just recruit again based on rankings.

– Understood, Master.

Hunkyo’s eyes became busy again.

Still, we were lucky.

As we moved toward the latter half, talented individuals gradually began to appear.

After examining everyone, we were able to select a total of 30 people.

“Jin-woo, this is the list.”

Yu Ji-a brought over 30 neatly organized documents.

“Hunkyo said we could pick anyone from among these.”

“Is that so?”

Baek Jin-woo, who had just finished an intense workout, answered while wiping sweat with a towel.

“30 people is quite a lot.”

Having heard Hunkyo’s evaluation criteria, Baek Jin-woo was quite surprised.

It meant those 30 people had better talent than Hwang Ju-won at least.

Should I just accept them all?

The thought crossed his mind, but that wasn’t right.

No matter how talented they were, they might have something dark inside them.

We need to verify them thoroughly and certainly.

Now, once a day.

For exactly one month, Yu Ji-a’s in-depth interviews would take place.

Through the Mind Reading Squad, we would thoroughly examine the inner thoughts of those Players.

“I said the selection would be three people, right? I’m scrapping that. If there are many good people, recruit as many as are worth recruiting.”

“Is that really okay?”

“Yes, even if we recruit them all, it’s still a small number.”

Compared to regular Major Guilds, that is.

“Then what about the National Team…”

“Later, we’ll have to make them compete internally too.”

Competition is the best whip for making someone grow.

“Anyway, I’ll leave the final evaluation entirely to you, Ji-a.”

“Understood!”

A month passed.

During that time, Baek Jin-woo cleared the highest-level Weekly Dungeons, educated his disciples, and took good care of Pokryong and Hwang Ji-woo.

In the midst of all this, one fairly big issue erupted.

It was Rachel from England breaking through the 50th floor of the Tower of Trials!

[England’s Rachel breaks through floors 29 to 50 without rest for a month, becoming a hot topic!]

[Rachel becomes even stronger! Her ambition for the World League: “Unless there’s an upset, England will win again this year!”]

[Clear route up to floor 50 is identical to Battle of Summoners! Gamers cheer!]

‘Impressive.’

Baek Jin-woo nodded.

It’s been almost 4 years since the world changed, and she’s already at floor 50.

This shows just how intensely Rachel has been pushing forward.

‘It means she’s strong in a balanced way.’

In Baek Jin-woo’s case, currently only Hunkyo and Ramba are fully equipped.

In the case of Pokryong and Doldoli, while they are overpowered summoned creatures, they don’t have graduation-level runes.

It’s still too much to challenge the Tower of Trials, which requires a total of fifteen summoned creatures.

Even if he could somehow clear it, the success rate wouldn’t be 100%.

‘I wonder what would happen.’

If I meet Rachel in the World League?

Could I beat her?

Originally, I thought I could win 100%.

But if she cleared floor 50?

That changes things again.

She must have at least three or more summoned creatures with graduation rune settings.

‘Well, it doesn’t matter.’

Baek Jin-woo also plans to conquer up to floor 50 soon.

However, after the World League ends.

He planned to properly sprint after completely engraving his presence on this Earth.

If that happens?

Even if not this year, he could definitely establish himself as world ranking 1st place next year.

‘No, actually.’

If Pokryong just properly learns Devour, Rachel is finished.

“Jin-woo.”

Yu Ji-a came looking for Baek Jin-woo.

“There’s no one to recruit. Really, there are only two people who are perfectly suitable.”

“…Two? That’s it?”

“Yes.”

Yu Ji-a’s expression wasn’t good.

For a month, she had assessed the Players’ personalities through the Mind Reading Squad and fell into tremendous disappointment.

– They’ll follow thoroughly for now, but if SKY fails, they’ll leave anytime.

– I want to go global. I should use SKY as a stepping stone until I can advance to England.

– They’ll pay a lot of money, right? Once I pass, I’ll just make some money and retire.

After reading the Players’ inner thoughts, the Mind Reading Squad would talk for 10 seconds.

The majority were like this.

While humans originally have no choice but to move for their own desires, the ones who should be disappointed are them, not us.

No matter how talented they are, is there any reason for Baek Jin-woo to spend time teaching such people?

The answer was absolutely not.

They were immediately notified of their rejection.

There was even someone like this.

– Wow, that bitch Yu Ji-a. She’s fucking pretty. If I join here, it’ll be a feast for the eyes. Hehe. Hong Ari is also so slender and…

When those words flowed from the Mind Reading Squad member’s mouth, I doubted my ears.

I felt tremendous humiliation but endured it.

It was just their dark inner thoughts, not something they actually said to their faces.

As a result, I became mentally exhausted.

Anyway, as a result of that mental suffering, I was able to select two warriors who would truly fight for SKY and the nation.

1. Rank 1, Kang Geon-ho.

2. Rank 60, Song Yeon-hee.

These Players were the final successful candidates for SKY Guild who survived among the 5,000 people.

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