Trinity (2)
The settings for the Battle Hall match were finished.
[10]
[9]
[5]
[4]
While the countdown continued, the four disciples quickly took up their positions.
Their opponent was HunGyo.
He was practically a raid-level monster.
"Get ready!"
"Spread out to the left and right!"
Gi Jaehyuk and Oh Sunyoung sent goblins and wolves out to the left and right.
Whoosh!
Hong Ari sent a firebird (B-rank) flying to the front.
Kang Jihoe had not even brought out his own main summon.
All five of his summons were healers and defense buffers!
He was fully committed to supporting the attacks of the other three players so they could fight smoothly.
Meanwhile, HunGyo merely stood there quietly. He did not even draw his sword.
[3]
[2]
[1]
[Start!]
And when the game began—
"Charge!"
"Attack all at once!"
"Buff! Just keep using healing even at full HP!"
The summons of the four disciples all began to swarm toward HunGyo at once.
'Right.'
Hong Ari clenched her fist tightly as she controlled the firebird.
'No matter how much of a monster HunGyo is, how can he possibly stop that?'
There were no less than twenty of them.
And not just any twenty, but summons controlled by Korea's very top rankers.
'This is a matter of pride.'
Even Hong Ari wondered—couldn't she crush her Master's pride at least once?
Gi Jaehyuk and Kang Jihoe as well.
Holding onto the faintest sliver of hope, they controlled their summons with precision.
But.
Swoosh!
The moment HunGyo slowly drew his sword, they all felt that something had gone wrong.
Kugugugugugu...!
An overwhelming aura surged forth, and every single charging summon froze in place.
"What is this?"
"Huuup?"
Even the players themselves gasped.
The pressure pouring out from HunGyo's body made their breath catch and their muscles stiffen.
If even players beyond the reach of his aura could feel this much pressure, what about the summons?
Kirururu...
Kyaeek!
The summons had lost their fighting spirit from the aura alone.
Breaking free from the players' control, they began retreating backward.
But.
HunGyo showed no mercy.
His lord had told him to unleash his strength to his heart's content, and HunGyo himself also wanted to test the power he had newly gained.
Taat!
He lightly leaped into the air.
Then he began gathering all of his energy into the sword.
That part alone took exactly one second.
Kugugwagagagaga…..!
Such immense power was being compressed that the sound of space tearing apart kept ringing out.
And then.
HunGyo brought his sword down into the center.
That was the second second.
Kwaaaaaaaaaaaaaang!
With a thunderous roar, the ground overturned.
The marble floor split apart, and a cloud of dust blocked the players' vision.
And then—
[All summons belonging to player 'Hong Ari' have been reverse summoned.]
[All summons belonging to player 'Gi Jaehyuk' have been reverse summoned.]
[All summons belonging to player 'Kang Jihoe' have been reverse summoned.]
[All summons belonging to player 'Oh Sunyoung' have been reverse summoned.]
And that was the end!
Since the game was over, the players were automatically thrown back outside.
Collapsed in the lobby of the Battle Hall, they stared at one another.
"…..What was that?"
Hong Ari spoke with an empty expression.
"Did it all end from that one slam attack?"
Good grief!
How were they supposed to beat a summon like that?
No matter what, this was ridiculous!
She narrowed her eyes and looked around. Everyone wore the same expression.
It seemed they were all thinking the same thing.
"Haha, wow. This is actually funny."
Gi Jaehyuk shook his head with a hollow laugh.
"To think I had hope, even for a moment, against a monster like that…."
"Right. There's a reason our master is called God Ji-nu."
Oh Sunyoung said with a bitter smile.
"No wonder those famous Five Emperors were trembling."
'Even so, no matter how outstanding he was, it didn't seem like it had even been that long since he properly started being a player….and yet the four of us attacked together—'
Gi Jaehyuk snickered. It really made no sense.
But Baek Jinwoo was someone who always made the impossible happen.
Step, step.
Baek Jinwoo, who had won the game, was the last one to walk out.
With a relaxed expression, he looked at the clock.
"Exactly 2 seconds, huh? No objections, right?"
"...."
The disciples all pouted.
What a nasty person!
If this was how it was going to be, why act generous and say he would give them 10 seconds?
If he had said 3 seconds instead, at least it would have felt like a close loss….
"Don't sulk too much."
Baek Jinwoo gave a faint grin.
He was in an extremely good mood at the moment.
Because seeing the power of Trinity with his own eyes, it was even better than he had imagined.
"There's going to be good news for each of you. First, Oh Sunyoung."
"Yes, Master."
"Come see me for a moment."
Baek Jinwoo called for Oh Sunyoung.
Rune Dwarf.
He had thought long and hard about how to use that legendary scam-level summon.
At present, with its "Crafting" skill, it was producing runes for the players Arirang, Baekho, Ilwol, and Carpe Diem.
But Rund's true broken ability was "Luxury Crafting".
The skill level was still only 1.
To level it up, he had to make a lot of runes, but the materials were no joke.
Most of them were high-grade materials that could only be obtained in the Tower of Trials, and the quantities needed were enormous.
At first, he had thought this:
What if he bought all the materials with huge amounts of money, crafted endlessly, and then resold the results?
But now that he thought about it again, that would not do.
Rare runes were limited-edition runes.
They were extremely precious runes, so selling them to others?
'The good stuff should be shared with my own side.'
That way their power would grow stronger, and they would become safe enough to protect his people.
[List of luxury items that can be crafted.]
[Berserk (Rare), Omnipotent (Rare), Howling (Rare), Emperor (Rare), Trinity (Unique)]
Those were the types of runes he could make right now.
Among them, Baek Jinwoo took particular notice of the Howling (Rare) rune.
[Rune]
[Grade: Top-grade (Rare)]
A worldwide limited rune with only 100 copies.
[Set Effect: Howling]
-When 6 are equipped, Strength increases by 200%, Agility increases by 200%, and HP increases by 10,000.
-If the species is wolf-type, it uses the set effect "Howling". During "Howling", the stats of all allied wolves are amplified by 2 times. (Cannot stack)
[Level: 1]
[Stat Increase]
Strength +12%, Agility +12%, Critical Hit Rate +10%, Critical Damage +20%
Just from its abilities alone, it was a rune made exactly for Oh Sunyoung.
Since she only used wolves, if he equipped just one of them with Howling—all of her wolves could receive the amplification effect.
"W-what is this?"
Why had she been called over?
The eyes of Oh Sunyoung, who had been caught between anticipation and worry, widened.
Because she had received a sheet of paper from Baek Jinwoo containing the rune's information.
"Read it. It's the Howling rune that Rund can make. It's made exactly for Miss Oh Sunyoung."
"....Huh!"
Oh Sunyoung's hands trembled violently. Her mind snapped wide awake.
For over three years, she had never once imagined that a rune like this could exist.
And for good reason.
It was a limited-edition rune with only 100 copies in existence, and players like her, who used wolves as their main damage dealers, were not common.
"Can this really be made?"
"Yeah, but the materials are pretty rough."
"Just give me the word! I'll get them somehow!"
The muscles of Oh Sunyoung's face, which had always been stiff and expressionless, completely relaxed.
'Oh.'
Was she actually someone who could make an expression like that?
Baek Jinwoo stared at her face in fascination.
Perhaps she felt his gaze.
"E-excuse me."
Oh Sunyoung lowered her head deeply.
For reference, she was twenty-eight years old. One year older than Baek Jinwoo.
"No, no. It's not something you need to apologize for. But are you really okay with this?"
Swoosh.
Baek Jinwoo took out a sheet of paper and held it out to her.
It was the sheet listing the materials.
"..."
As Oh Sunyoung looked at it, her eyes began to spin.
'Essence of the Moon x100, World Tree Root x10, Top-grade Wolf Rune x100, Top-grade Roar Rune x100.'
This is insane.
Both Essence of the Moon and World Tree Root only come from Tower of Trials rewards.
That is why they sell for absurd prices, and why they rarely even appear on the market.
A lot of players hoard them just in case they might be useful someday.
And on top of that, Wolf Runes and Roar Runes?
Those are runes notorious for having terrible drop rates even in Top-grade weekday dungeons.
Especially the Wolf Rune—it was one that Oh Sunyoung had secretly picked as her endgame rune.
And he wanted a hundred of those?
"For reference, this is for just one rune. If you want the set effect, you'll have to bring six times that amount."
"....That really is incredible."
Oh Sunyoung swallowed hard.
It was incredible, but—it was not impossible either.
A rune that absolutely had to be made if she wanted to grow any further.
Rather, she was simply grateful that he was giving her such an opportunity.
"Thank you, Master. I'll definitely gather them."
Life began to return to Oh Sunyoung's eyes.
* * *
"Hoo."
Baek Jinwoo let out a breath.
Three hours again today.
He ended the day with the Clear Heaven Heart Technique that HunGyo had taught him.
He still had no real results to speak of.
He did not even know what breathing truly was, and he was still hazy on what it meant to send energy through the finer meridians.
According to HunGyo, if he kept repeating it, at some point he would feel a tingling sensation in his abdomen…..
And when that happened, HunGyo said he would personally guide him and forcibly circulate a full heavenly cycle.
"Ahh, the weather's nice."
After finishing his breathing exercise, Baek Jinwoo stood up and stretched.
It was already mid-September.
Summer had passed, and a cool breeze was blowing.
And autumn arriving meant that the World League was truly just around the corner.
He had to think about it here.
'If I enter the World League, how far would I go?'
Personally, he thought the answer was victory.
At this point in time, was there really anything that could stop the HunGyo-Lamba-Gale Slayer combo?
It was hard even to imagine.
On top of that, hadn't both Lamba and HunGyo already been fitted with endgame runes?
'In that case?'
There was a high chance that South Korea would come under heavy scrutiny.
The Baek Jinwoo of the past had not studied much, but he had still liked history.
And in history, weak nations?
They got tossed around from side to side, or bled dry as colonies…..
They had to endure tearful humiliation.
'It's still not enough.'
HunGyo alone was not enough.
If Baek Jinwoo wanted to completely surpass the might of God Ji-nu from the past—
'Explosive Dragon.'
He had to unlock the Explosive Dragon Sorcerer's latent ability, "Devour".
Devour: Whenever Explosive Dragon Wave defeats a boss-level enemy, the damage of Explosive Dragon Wave permanently increases.
The moment he learned that and turned Explosive Dragon Wave into an infinite-farming, ultimate-burst attack—no one in this world would ever be able to look down on him.
"HunGyo."
—Yes, my lord.
Sssst!
HunGyo, who had been training alone in the distance, appeared the moment he was called.
Every time this happened, Baek Jinwoo felt it again.
What a truly loyal subordinate he was.
"HunGyo, how did Explosive Dragon unlock its latent ability back then?"
Baek Jinwoo did not really know.
At that time, they had not been real—just summons inside a phone screen.
One day, HunGyo had unlocked a skill called "Devour" for Explosive Dragon…..
And not long after that, it had been deleted in a balance patch—that was all he remembered.
—Explosive Dragon, you mean...?
HunGyo hesitated.
There was something about it. A feeling that he did not want to say it.
"Why, what is it?"
But when his lord asked, speaking the truth was HunGyo's fate.
—That is... You must survive a brush with death once.
"A brush with death? That's nothing serious."
As for Explosive Dragon, well—being reverse summoned was hardly a rare occurrence.
—Not Explosive Dragon, but the player... In other words, my lord must survive a brush with death.
What?
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