I Alone Am an EX-Class Summoner - Chapter 88
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I Am Alone EX-Grade Summoner Episode 088
New National Team (5)
Baek Jin-woo smiled as he received the list of successful candidates from Yu Ji-a.
Among the two bundles of documents, one applicant’s name was familiar.
‘Kang Geon-ho.’
He made it after all.
He already knew that Kang Geon-ho completely overwhelmed Hwang Ju-won in terms of physicality and sense.
What was slightly unexpected was that he passed Yu Ji-a’s Mind Reading Squad as well.
‘I guess he’s someone who lives by the convictions he showed back then.’
Right.
Someone like that is qualified to board the ark called SKY.
Pass!
‘And Song Yeon-hee?’
This was the first time he’d heard of this person.
She was a ranker, but wasn’t she not quite at the level to participate in the selection?
“Hunkyo.”
– Yes, Master.
“Do you remember her?”
Swish.
He asked while showing the photo attached to the documents.
Song Yeon-hee.
Gender: female, age: 23.
She was four years younger than Baek Jin-woo or Hong Ari.
Not bad.
Age wasn’t crucial for control, but the younger they were, the more alive their senses were.
Just look at Jae-hyuk and Ji-ho.
Wasn’t their development speed tremendously fast?
– I remember. This girl had the Heavenly Heart Constitution.
“Heavenly Heart Constitution? What’s that?”
Is there another constitution?
– It’s a constitution created by heaven with special care, meaning she’s a talent who will become a promising prodigy at whatever she does.
“Oh, there’s such a thing?”
– It’s not as special as the name suggests. It’s not like the Nine Yin Meridian girl from back then or Hwang Ji-woo’s Flame Constitution that appears once in a thousand years… Still, it’s a constitution that appears once in ten thousand.
“Huh, really?”
Baek Jin-woo found Hunkyo’s words fascinating.
To think that people’s constitutions are all predetermined from birth.
Life really is unfair.
‘One in ten thousand…’
Korea’s population is about 50 million, so roughly there would be about 5,000 people just in Korea.
There would be even more overseas.
– Also, the Limitless Constitution overlapped.
“What? Overlapped?”
Can constitutions overlap?
And besides, Limitless Constitution.
This one sounds cooler, doesn’t it?
“What’s that one?”
– It means perfect in all areas without leaning toward any one side. It’s usually a body that martial artists skilled in weapon mastery or thousand weapons are born with, and since their balance in techniques is well-established, she’ll probably do well as a Player too.
Ooh.
Whatever it was, it seemed like they’d selected a proper Player.
The problem was.
‘Only two were selected…’
Because of that, they were short one Player to send as the national team.
They’d either have to find one more somewhere, or pick the 11th-ranked player who was eliminated from the selection…
‘Something about that doesn’t sit right with me.’
Baek Jin-woo needed things to be clean to feel satisfied.
If he had to teach the entire national team?
He thought it would be good if they were all SKY members.
Members he could think of as disciples and teach with sincerity.
Members who would never betray him.
‘Is there no choice?’
There was one method.
Just recruit Hwang Ji-woo, whom he thought wasn’t ready for the national team yet, into the guild and train her properly.
After pondering for a moment, Baek Jin-woo nodded.
‘Right.’
Let’s just do that.
Even if they did that, they’d probably compete in the league with much better results than before.
Now there were about 2 months left until the World League!
It was time to prepare for full-scale training, summoned creature builds, and rune settings.
And.
“Hwang Ji-woo.”
“Yes, Jin-woo!”
Baek Jin-woo called Hwang Ji-woo and made a proposal.
He’d been watching her all this time, and she was doing very satisfactorily well.
Her efforts were so admirable that he wanted to propose – would she consider joining SKY?
“M-me?”
So shocked was she that Hwang Ji-woo covered her mouth with both hands.
SKY?
There was no way she hadn’t heard of it.
Wasn’t it the hottest topic stirring up South Korea these days!
Honestly, she had wanted to submit an application too.
However, she didn’t bother applying because of those words that if she worked hard for 100 days, he’d accept her as a disciple.
Some people ask.
Wasn’t the time spent fighting with the Explosive Dragon Mage every day torturous?
But she had never once thought that way.
Hwang Ji-woo was genuinely happy.
As days passed, the fact that she might have to end this lifestyle was actually more painful.
“…If I join SKY, can I continue living here?”
“Of course. I’ll provide houses for your family too, and give you an incredible salary. Naturally, you can keep coming to the training ground.”
Whooooosh!
Her whole body trembled once from the overwhelming joy.
“And Jin-woo will continue teaching me?”
“Of course.”
Baek Jin-woo nodded with a smile.
“SKY Guild members are basically in the position of my disciples. And they’re also South Korea’s national representatives.”
“N-national representatives too!”
Ah.
Hwang Ji-woo’s legs gave out and she plopped down in a frog-like position.
Right.
This recruitment was for selecting SKY members, but the main purpose was national team selection, wasn’t it?
Really?
‘I can become a national team member?’
What is this.
Could this be a dream?
Just in case, she tried pinching and stretching her cheek.
It hurt.
Fortunately, it doesn’t seem to be a dream.
Actually, this was what she had always imagined.
Succeeding as a Player, joining a major guild, climbing the rankings and playing on the national team!
She had even vowed to definitely achieve this dream someday.
But that opportunity had come this quickly.
But there’s one curious point!
“Is it really okay for someone like me to go on the national team? I’ll just get tons of criticism.”
“Ho, you won’t join the national team because you’re afraid of criticism?”
“No, no! That’s not what I meant!”
Hwang Ji-woo waved her hands frantically in shock.
Then she took a deep breath and calmed her excitement.
“I’ll do it. I’ll definitely do it.”
Criticism?
If she could join SKY, it would taste delicious even if she received it a hundred or thousand times.
‘If I just focus and train here, I’ll definitely be a ranker in one year.’
She just knew it.
Anyone would feel it if they trained here.
Hunggyo is systematic, and Baek Jin-woo is a spiritual pillar.
He trains so earnestly beside you that you naturally get influenced by that atmosphere.
“You’ll do it?”
“Yes!”
“Even if you do it, the 100-day contract remains the same.”
“Of course!”
Watching Hwang Ji-woo answer spiritedly, Baek Jin-woo chuckled.
Right.
It would be problematic to try to bring only extremely powerful Players from the start.
Besides, there aren’t many masters in South Korea to begin with.
If we start from crawling, won’t we eventually be flying around everywhere?
‘Okay!’
The national team has been decided.
Now we just need to announce it and prepare in earnest.
“Oh, but.”
That’s when Hwang Ji-woo cautiously asked.
“Can I tell my parents about becoming a national team member?”
“Ah.”
Baek Jin-woo smiled and nodded.
“Sure, they’ll find out anyway.”
The next day.
The national team was announced.
[National Team Player Roster]
[1. Unranked, Baek Jin-woo]
[2. Rank 1, Kang Geon-ho]
[3. Rank 3, Hong Ari]
[4. Rank 4, An Gi-jeong]
[5. Rank 5, Oh Sun-young]
[6. Rank 8, Hwang Ju-won]
[7. Rank 15, Gi Jae-hyeok]
[8. Rank 25, Kang Ji-ho]
[9. Rank 60, Song Yeon-hee]
[10. Unranked, Hwang Ji-woo]
The reaction was noisy.
They understand Baekho being excluded, but rank 60? Even an unranked player?
└ Is this right?
└ They said they’d pick unranked players, but they really did it?
└ Can this roster make it to the semifinals? This is serious…
└ At least Kang Geon-ho is still there.
└ Oh right, Oh Seon-young got in too. She was really bitter about it lol. She got eliminated in the preliminaries because she foolishly challenged Baek Jin-woo without knowing what she was getting into.
A few people expressed complaints, but.
└ Let’s just trust them.
└ Yeah, it’s not dramatically better, but it’s not bad either.
└ Anyway, it’s fine to lose this game. If we lose, we get 10 trillion lol
└ Right. Actually, I didn’t even have expectations. Honestly, I would have had even less hope with the previous national team.
The majority opinion was that it can’t be helped, let’s trust them just once!
And the one who drew the most attention was definitely Hwang Ji-woo.
└ Hwang Ji-woo?
└ She’s unranked, but how amazing must she be to get selected?
└ I heard she’s 22 years old? She’s really young.
└ Being young is good. Quick and agile.
└ Surely Baek Jin-woo picked her after seeing her skills?
All the communities were talking about Hwang Ji-woo.
It was chaos!
And.
Hwang Ji-woo’s house was equally in an uproar.
“Father.”
Hehe.
Hwang Ji-woo called with an excited expression.
She wanted to share the good news quickly, but training was busy so she couldn’t help it.
The most important thing for her was completing her training! And taking care of Pokryong who was earnestly practicing.
– Daughter, daughter, our daughterrr!
Father answered the phone with a cheerful voice, as if he had missed her.
– Daughter.
“Yes?”
– I saw something really amazing today?
“What?”
– I was watching TV, and they said a new national team was selected! But our daughter’s name is in those names? Same surname too! Hwang. Ji. Woo. Isn’t that amazing?
“Haha, Father, that’s.”
That’s me!
She was about to proudly say that, but Father’s chatter wouldn’t stop.
– Times like this make me feel sorry sometimes. Why did I name you Ji-woo. Honestly, it’s too common, right? But when Father chose it, it was a really rare and gender-neutral name. Now it’s so popular that every Tom, Dick, and Harry is named Ji-woo.
“Every Tom, Dick, and Harry… That’s too harsh.”
– Hahaha, just kidding! Our daughter’s name is the best in the world! Anyway, daughter! How’s life there going?
“Father, that’s not what’s important right now.”
– Not important? What do you mean! No matter how big Yubak Management is! You can’t even get off work and are confined just working, what could be more important than that!
His daughter had been sickly since childhood.
She also lacked social skills, so he worried endlessly whenever she was out somewhere, and it’s already been over a month since he last saw her at home.
Of course she couldn’t help but worry.
“Don’t be surprised when you hear this, okay?”
– What are you trying to say that you’re beating around the bush like that?
“Actually, that’s me.”
– That? What is this girl talking about now?
“That national team thing that came up. Hwang Ji-woo. That’s not someone with the same name, that’s me.”
– Huh?
What kind of nonsense is that now?
– …What did you say?
Father’s voice, which had been excited, rapidly dropped.
It was a voice frozen in shock.
– You’re…. on the National Team?
“Yeah, somehow it ended up that way.”
– Somehow? Really?
“Yeah, really.”
– You’re not trying to be funny, are you?
“It’s not funny at all. My personal information is already all over the community. You can check for yourself.”
– ….
The shocked father quickly went into the community and searched for information.
And.
– It’s real.
He confirmed that his daughter’s words were true.
Huh.
Honestly, he couldn’t come to his senses.
Is the National Team some neighborhood dog’s name?
What kind of skills does his daughter, who was an ordinary Player, have to be on the National Team!
Faced with this unbelievable reality, Father couldn’t continue speaking.
“Actually, I’ve been receiving special training here lately. Jin-woo seems to like me. He even gave me an incredibly expensive summoned creature as a gift…. He said I was admirable for working hard and told me to try being on the National Team.”
– Then….
Father, who had readjusted his grip on the phone, swallowed dryly.
– You must have joined that new guild called SKY or something too?
“Yeah.”
– That place where Baek Jin-woo is the Guild Master, with amazing salaries and full support for runes and summoned creatures…? That place that only recruits National Team members?
“Why do you keep asking? I told you. I became a National Team member.”
– Guh, guhreuk!
The sound of Father foaming at the mouth came through the cell phone.
“Ah, Father?”
What!
Don’t tell me he fainted from shock?
In the distance through the call, Mother’s voice could be heard saying “Honey? Honey!”
“Father, are you okay?! Snap out of it!”
And not long after.
– Daughter, it’s okay.
Mother answered the phone.
– Yes, Father is lying on his back right now grinning like an idiot. Oh my, that pathetic man! What on earth did you tell him to make him act like that again?
Sigh.
Hwang Ji-woo let out a sigh.
‘I worried for nothing.’
Seriously, our father.
He’s so ridiculous.
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