133. S-Rank Summon (3)
“Yeah, go back.”
When she got turned down for the third time, Olivia realized this wouldn’t be easy.
Baek Jinwoo definitely needed this Guaranteed Summoning Scroll (A-rank).
But he didn’t feel the need to trade it if it meant giving away an S-rank summon.
‘Money won’t do it.’
When she thought about it, that was true.
A guy living with a headquarters that grand obviously wouldn’t be short on cash.
If anything, from now on, all he had left to do was rake money in.
Because he was world rank No. 1.
‘In my country alone, even if he made and sold literal crap, the citizens would buy it all up.’
The rest of the world would be the same.
There were probably plenty of companies willing to throw down hundreds of billions just to use Baek Jinwoo as an advertising model.
Because he was a man worth that much.
“…..”
Then what was she supposed to offer him?
With a headache coming on, Olivia called Rachel.
—Yeah.
“Unni.”
She roughly explained what had happened.
Just like Rachel had said, he definitely seemed tempted, but he was asking for something more on top of it.
And it didn’t seem like money was what he wanted.
—Hmmmm.
Rachel began seriously thinking it over too.
—That is good news, though. We practically have no way to secure S-ranks in the future… so the fact that he might be willing to part with one.
“Exactly. I was surprised too.”
—First, I think you need to match the value as closely as possible.
“Ha, figures, right?”
Olivia shook out her hair irritably.
“To start with, my entire fortune is 5 trillion, you know? I’m thinking of throwing all of it in… but is there anything else we can add? I feel like we need to gather some really unique things if possible. Stuff with rarity value, things you can’t buy even with money.”
Olivia was pretty amazing too.
She had been tossing around figures like 1 trillion, 2 trillion, 3 trillion to Baek Jinwoo, and yet her entire fortune was supposedly 5 trillion.
For reference, the wealth of the world’s richest person was a little over 300 trillion, so it really was an immense amount of money.
—As for support, I’ll talk to the others first. You should rack your brain too.
“Got it. Thanks, unni.”
* * *
At that same time.
Baek Jinwoo and Yoo Jia were sitting on a bench, chatting idly about future business plans.
And the rest of the guild members were all gathered in one place.
“So… we’re really going for it, right?”
Hong Ari had her arms crossed, wearing a face that clearly said, No matter how I think about this, this is a terrible idea.
Everyone else was trying to persuade her.
“Noona, think about it. We can’t sell this anywhere anyway! Sell it in our country? Who’s gonna buy it? Only Yoobaek or SKY! And sell it overseas? No matter how much money we get for it, that’d be a real outflow of national wealth!”
“That’s right. In the end, it’s a summoning scroll we have to use ourselves… If we chicken out and don’t use it, we’ll just hoard it forever. Ever heard the saying that what you hoard turns to crap?”
“Mm, I think 23.77% is worth trying too. No matter who gets picked, our guild’s fighting power will go up.”
Wow, even Song Yeonhee?
Gnash.
Hong Ari bit her lip.
‘What is wrong with all of them?’
If they wanted to do it, they could do it with their own stuff. Why were they dragging hers into it too…?
“Besides, aren’t we going to win again next league anyway? We’ll get 27 more then, right? We can give Guild Master two of them to pull for an S-rank, then rip open the remaining 25 again, can’t we? Hahaha!”
Hwang Juwon burst out laughing, as if the very thought delighted him.
“And you know what.”
Then he lowered his voice for no reason and whispered.
“This time Olivia came to visit? Looks like she came to negotiate with Guild Master for an S-rank summon.”
“R-Really?”
Hong Ari jumped in shock.
About half the guild members looked surprised, while the other half nodded like they had already guessed as much.
Baek Jinwoo hadn’t exactly hidden it.
If someone happened to run into him and ask, he just told them everything.
“…Jinwoo’s really going to hand that over?”
“Probably. There’s a high chance.”
“No way, how could he just….”
Thunderbird.
Hong Ari had never seen such a cool summon in her life.
To be honest, it looked even cooler than Phoenix.
And he was just going to give something like that away?
“Our Guild Master isn’t an idiot. He’ll get compensation worthy of it. Something even more enticing in return.”
“I guess… that’s true.”
Hearing that, her desire suddenly surged for no reason.
Should I really try pulling?
Who knows?
Maybe, with a 1% chance… it might actually come out.
“But… can mine be the last one we rip open?”
“Of course!”
“Absolutely! Then shall we go wreck this thing right now?”
“Ooooooooh!”
The excited guild members gathered together in one spot.
And the Ultimate Summoning Scrolls they gathered came to exactly 27!
“Let’s goooooo!”
“Even if we don’t get it, we go for broke! Go!”
“Damn right, we’re the people of go-stop! Let’s shake things up with Three Go and Pi-bak!”
Watching the guild members go completely wild, Hong Ari shook her head.
Were these really world rankers?
They were just lunatics addicted to gambling….
Tsk, tsk.
* * *
What?
If you save it, it turns to crap?
What nonsense.
There’s an old saying for this too.
Gamble, and you ruin your life.
“Huaaaaaah.”
“Ueeeeeeeh……”
“…This makes no sense.”
In the Yoobaek City garden, eight guild members were sprawled out in a line, looking like Edvard Munch’s The Scream.
Eight of them, excluding Hong Ari!
A total of 24 scrolls.
“How do you go through 24 and not get a single one! They’re all B-rank too, B-rank!”
“Waaahhh! Even the heavens are heartless!”
The result was that everyone had whiffed.
There was nothing that could be done.
[B-rank: 94%]
[A-rank: 5%]
[S-rank: 1%]
No matter what people said about jackpot odds or whatever.
At the end of the day, these were the probabilities.
One of the biggest reasons ‘Battle of Summoners’ had been a hell game.
“Hah.”
Hong Ari made a face that said, Just as expected.
She had clearly seen this future coming, so why had none of them?
Grab!
Hwang Juwon grabbed Hong Ari by the forearm.
The look on his face made him resemble a mummy that had had all its blood sucked out by a vampire.
“Ah, what are you doing?!”
Hong Ari shook his hand off with force.
“N-Now, now Hong Ari, you’re our only hope!”
“Noona, please, at least you get one!”
“Let’s go!”
“Let’s gooooo!”
“If you pull it, noona, the 23.77% stays alive!”
Ha.
What kind of bullshit is that now, seriously?
Did these people not even know the law of independent trials?
Whether it was coins, dice, or a draw like this.
The events in each trial were independent of one another.
Since they had all already failed…. the probability that she would rip open the remaining three and get one was…
1 - (0.99)^3 = 0.0297.
Roughly 3%.
What should she do?
Should she do it?
Honestly, she had no choice.
She had already promised them.
‘Yeah, who knows? It might work, right?’
Let’s rip one first.
If she ripped them and it failed, then at least she’d earn the right to say something to them afterward.
Grin!
She ripped open one first.
[Using ‘Ultimate Summoning Scroll’!]
[Player ‘Hong Ari’ has obtained summon ‘Vocalist’ (B-rank)!]
As expected, expected was expected.
It was B-rank.
When there was no lightning effect, the hallmark of an S-rank appearance, the other guild members slumped in disappointment once more.
“…Guess today just isn’t our day.”
“We should’ve listened to Ari. Maybe we should’ve saved them and opened them later.”
“Hoooooo…”
If sighs could darken the earth, it would have gone dim dozens of times over already.
Ah, whatever!
Riiiiip!
Hong Ari irritably tore open another scroll.
No take-backs after the card hits the table.
Since they had already started, they were seeing it through to the end!
[Using ‘Ultimate Summoning Scroll’!]
[Player ‘Hong Ari’ has obtained summon ‘Cloud Sorcerer’ (B-rank)!]
Same as before!
“Uwaaaaaaah!”
“Noooooooo!”
Gi Jaehyuk and Kang Jihoe, maybe feeling sorry, made even more exaggerated reactions on purpose.
Now she didn’t even find them cute anymore.
“……”
Almost giving up, Hong Ari muttered gloomily,
“I’ll just do one more right away.”
Riiip!
And then—
KWA-GAGAGAGAGAGA!
Suddenly, an enormous roar shook the space, and the sky darkened.
“W-What is that?!”
“Shit?”
The eyes of the guild members, who had been crying out in despair, snapped wide open.
Everyone stopped despairing and rose to their feet.
‘T-This is insane.’
Hong Ari too had frozen in place, both hands still holding the torn scroll.
For real?
Is this real?
It’s really coming out here, at the very end, like this?
Flash!
A burst of light exploded from between the clouds, and bzzzt! the current discharged from the sky gathered together and struck down toward the summoning scroll.
And at the same time—
Fwooooooosh!
The darkened sky this time began to be dyed in a blazing red light, as if it were about to catch fire.
“W-What is this?!”
“T-That is…!”
A scorching heat that made it feel as if their entire bodies would burn up!
Under the sunlight that had brightened once more, crimson feathers like those of a firebird began to shine even more brilliantly in the light.
Kirararararararara!
[Player ‘Hong Ari’ has obtained summon ‘Vermilion Bird’ (S-rank)!]
Vermilion Bird!
One of the Four Guardian Deities, like White Tiger!
“A-ahhh……”
Hong Ari gazed up at the sky with an enraptured expression.
Of all things that could have come out.
A fire-attribute summon, one that suited her perfectly, had appeared.
“…Is this for real?”
“R-Really…? That’s the Vermilion Bird, right?”
“Is this rigged, or is it the Vermilion Bird, what is this?”
In the vision of the guild members staring blankly, there was a single bird.
A sharp beak and a beautiful body of flames.
Its dazzling tail of fire shone as though it were painting an endless twilight.
And that wasn’t all.
Flap!
With a single great beat of its wings, it felt as though the sky shook and the earth trembled.
-Kirrrr….
The Vermilion Bird, which had been freely sweeping through the sky, before long slowly descended and landed in front of Hong Ari.
‘This is insane….’
‘Feels like something even crazier than Thunderbird came out?’
‘What is with those eyes? Feels like it could crush everything with just its gaze.’
‘I’m jealous. Seriously jealous.’
Its majesty was so overwhelming it could not possibly be fully described in words.
Master of fire.
Hong Ari cried out in a trembling voice.
“....Status window.”
[Summon: Vermilion Bird]
[Species: Four Deities]
[Rank: S-rank]
[Level: 1]
[Stats]
Strength: 1, Intelligence: 1, Stamina: 1, Agility: 1
HP: 1,000, MP: 0
Critical Hit Rate: 20%
Critical Damage: 20%
[Skills]
- Flame Wingbeat: Whenever it flaps its wings, scorching flames spread outward and burn nearby enemies.
- Phoenix Regeneration: When all HP is lost, it transforms itself into burning ashes and regenerates.
- Wrath of the Crimson Sky: Dyes the entire sky red and rains fire down to burn the earth.
- Flame Summon: Summons fire spirits or small flame birds to attack enemies or defend the surroundings.
- Blessing of the Sun: Receives the power of the sun to amplify its abilities while providing HP recovery and shields to allies.
- Flame Tornado: As it rises into the air, it creates a gigantic flaming tornado that burns everything around it and sweeps away enemies.
- Judgment of Fire: Consumes half of its MP to launch an enormous fireball that completely annihilates a single target.
- Fury of Crimson Flames: Consumes all MP for 5 minutes to maximize combat power and attack power.
Wow.
This is insane.
Was this really what it meant to be one of the Four Deities?
Its skills were so absurd that it made even Thunderbird seem trivial by comparison.
“…Really.”
Really.
This is mine?
My summon?
This Vermilion Bird, a perfect superior version of Phoenix (A-rank)?
“What the heck?”
Just how much of a commotion had they caused? Even Baek Jinwoo came running out.
“……Holy shit, don’t tell me you guys pulled another S-rank?”
Even Olivia came over and gaped in shock.
That was right.
Today, in a single day, the SKY Guild had achieved the astounding feat of pulling two S-rank summons.
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