189. Gale Slayer (2)
['Gale Slayer' (EX-grade) unlocks its latent abilities.]
['Gale Slayer' (EX-grade)'s base stats increase.]
['Gale Slayer' (EX-grade) gains a new skill.]
The skill it had originally obtained in the past was 'Clone'.
Of course, it hadn’t been unlocked like this back then.
It had simply awakened while training, but since there had been an emergency quest this time, it was obvious a different skill must have appeared.
What kind of skill had it gained this time?
He immediately opened the status window.
[Summon: Gale Slayer]
[Race: Undead]
[Grade: EX-grade (Isolated)]
Isolated due to the discovery of balance-breaking elements under certain conditions.
[Level: 58]
[Owned Stats]
Strength: 155, Intelligence: 78, Stamina: 78, Agility: 155
HP: 6,700, MP: 5,700
Critical Hit Rate: 20%
Critical Hit Damage: 740%
[Owned Skills]
- Assassination: Turns invisible for a short time. The first attack deals 100% critical damage.
- Gale: Spins the Grim Reaper’s scythe once, dealing area damage.
- Phantom Split: Generates 10 additional phantoms during battle. Each phantom possesses 80% of the main body’s abilities.
Wow.
This is insane.
He was smoothly reading through the status window, then froze in shock near the end.
Ten phantoms, each with 80% of the main body’s damage?
Originally, the 'Clone' skill created 6 phantoms with 50% of the main body’s damage.
Honestly, even that had already been ridiculously overpowered.
Excluding Gale Slayer itself, it was basically like adding three more of it.
But now?
This was a whopping 800% extra.
It was the effect of adding eight more Gale Slayers.
And the crazy part was... those phantoms also received the effects of runes.
[Rune]
[Grade: Top-grade (Unique)]
One of only 10 runes in the entire world.
[Set Effect: Annihilation]
- When 6 are equipped, attack power increases by 2,000% and HP increases by 10,000 in PVP mode.
- Maintains 'Invisible' status during battle.
[Level: Max]
[Stat Increase]
Strength +48%, Stamina +48%, Agility +48%, Critical Hit Damage +120%
In other words, if all 10 phantoms instantly rushed in while invisible and dealt area damage?
It really would be a 5-second cut in PVP.
'This one really is the final boss.'
It just made no sense.
PVP had already been broken because of the Explosive Dragon, and now another completely broken EX-grade Gale Slayer had been born.
The Gale Slayer up until now?
A fake.
From this point on, this was the real one.
'I’ve decided.'
In the next league, I’m only taking Gale Slayer.
These days, around the world, only Lamba, Explosive Dragon, and HunGyo are popular, and Gale Slayer isn’t very popular at all.
—Krrk.
"Yeah, yeah. Now it’s your turn, Gale Slayer."
Once this league is over, Gale Slayer will have a fan club too.
It’ll probably even be able to give autographs.
But how would it sign them?
With its scythe, maybe?
* * *
Cairo, Egypt.
Abdeen Palace.
President Abdel Pasha and the ministers who followed him had gathered together, breathing sighs of relief.
"What a blessing."
"Indeed. Offering 800 million dollars was truly a divine move."
"To handle it so cleanly."
"It seems the Netherlands bid less than expected. Hahaha."
For reference, the amount proposed by the King of the Netherlands was 10 million dollars.
Not 100 million dollars. Just 10 million.
That was about 13 billion won in Korean currency.
But only the king and Yoo Jia knew that fact, and in the first place, the other countries had never even thought of competing.
Because Yoo Jia hadn’t done any particular groundwork on that side.
Well, whatever.
If they were satisfied, that was enough.
"Look outside. Everyone is shouting the President’s name."
It was true.
"Abdel Pasha! Abdel Pasha!"
"Baek Jinwoo! Baek Jinwoo!"
Outside the palace, countless Egyptian citizens had gathered and were cheering wildly.
Just bringing Baek Jinwoo here was proof that he was doing his job well!
"They recognize how much effort we put into the negotiations."
"We certainly did spend a lot. Didn’t we almost lose our entire fortunes in real estate?"
"Still, you all have your gold bars left, don’t you? Hahaha."
"Quiet down, everyone."
The citizens had no idea that they had spent 800 million dollars.
They absolutely could not let people know such private wealth existed in the first place.
"I’ve warned you many times, but this is a secret only among us. Even after you crawl into the pyramids after death, you must never speak of it."
"Of course."
"Understood."
"That aside."
The president continued the discussion in a worried tone.
"What if something like this happens again in the future?"
"......We’ll use this incident as a stepping stone and focus again on training players."
"And if even that doesn’t work?"
"......"
"......"
No one had anything to say.
'Do we need to gather money again?'
'And who would that benefit?'
'Should we just... give up and run?'
For now, since lives had been on the line, they had managed to put out the immediate fire.
But the fact that the situation had no real answer remained unchanged.
* * *
"Hehe, I raised the stakes and squeezed quite a bit of money out of them. Some of it in real estate."
As soon as he returned home, Yoo Jia bragged.
And she had every right to.
With just two breaths from the Explosive Dragon, she had earned half of 800 million dollars, 400 million dollars, and even managed to secure the guild’s image in the international community.
"Our Explosive Dragon."
Yoo Jia stared fondly at the Explosive Dragon, who was peeking her head out from beside Baek Jinwoo as if it were adorable.
Then she walked over and patted her head.
"Good job, good job."
Thanks to the Explosive Dragon, they had earned 500 billion won...
Just thinking about what to do with it made her happy.
Most of it would probably be reinvested.
Yoobaek currently had three subsidiaries, right?
SKY, Rune Eclat, and Fada.
For reference, 'Fada' was the name of the bakery Marisa had run.
Yoo Jia had inherited that name and established a company called Fada, placing Marisa in the CEO position.
Now Fada would expand beyond Lisbon and become a franchise reaching all over the world.
Naturally, its BEST 1 signature buns would be 「Lamba Cream Buns」!
Honestly, even viewed objectively, it tasted great. It would probably become a worldwide bestseller.
'And.'
There was one more thing.
Soon, Daeseong would also become a subsidiary of Yoobaek.
'That’s a little blatant, though.'
Grandfather had promised.
He said that if she just married Baek Jinwoo, he would hand over all his shares and retire.
"Anyway."
Baek Jinwoo grinned and stretched.
"We’ve seen each other after a long time, so let’s leave work early today. I bought a bottle of wine at the airport."
"Ooh, wine?"
Didn’t he usually prefer whiskey?
As she tilted her head in confusion,
Swish.
Baek Jinwoo pulled a bottle out from inside his coat.
"I told them not to worry about the price and to recommend something delicious, and they took me over and picked one out for me."
"..The clerk?"
"Yeah."
"What is it?"
"No idea, they said it was Romanée-Conti or something."
"Oh, they had that?"
Yoo Jia remembered having tried it once before.
She remembered her grandfather opening it on the day she became an adult and explaining it to her.
A wine made from Pinot Noir grapes grown in the vineyards of Burgundy, France.
Even an ordinary vintage costs around 20 million won per bottle.
It must have been hard to get.
"Around 36 million won?"
"Oho, sounds delicious!"
Yoo Jia grinned and slipped on her coat.
Work was important, sure, but what was work on the day Jinwoo came back!
Hadn’t they promised before?
When it was time to rest, they’d rest!
And they’d spend more time together!
"Let’s go to a nice restaurant in Seoul."
Romanée-Conti as corkage.
If the chef got jealous, they could just give him a glass too.
A rough sip would probably be worth around 500,000 to 1,000,000 won, so he’d be thrilled.
"Okay, a date! Shall we ride the Celestial Wyvern?"
"Deal."
"Explosive Dragon, stay here and play with the others."
—Yes, Jinwoo.
Rather than with the others, she would probably end up playing with Hwang Jiwoo.
These days even HunGyo didn’t mess with Explosive Dragon anymore.
Apparently there was nothing left to train her in.
Click!
The door opened.
—Kirururururu!
He summoned the Celestial Wyvern into the air.
And so Baek Jinwoo and Yoo Jia, for the first time in a while, had a meal together, flew through the sky, drank, and caught up.
* * *
The next day.
Baek Jinwoo entered the main training ground, loosened up a bit, then called Hong Ari and Gi Jaehyuk over.
"What is it?"
"Did you call for us, big brother!"
Hong Ari was ranked 28th in the world.
Gi Jaehyuk was ranked 35th.
In Korea, excluding Baek Jinwoo, they were the number one and number two strongest.
In other words, they were perfect for practice.
"I want to do a little sparring practice."
"Sparring?"
"With us? Really?"
The two looked baffled.
The gap in skill was just too wide.
As for the Explosive Dragon, there was no point even bringing it up, and HunGyo alone would be enough.
Even if the two of them rushed him together, they probably wouldn’t last 30 seconds.
"I just have something I want to test."
The newly upgraded Gale Slayer!
Now that it had gained a new skill, shouldn’t he test it out?
Unfortunately, Gale Slayer’s abilities were amplified the most in PVP situations.
Literally player versus player.
It had to fight summons, not dungeon monsters, to show its true power.
"I’m only going to use Gale Slayer."
"Not even Lamba?"
"Nope."
"Hmm......."
Hong Ari made a look like maybe, just maybe.
Why?
Because she also had an S-grade summon.
Vermilion Bird (S-grade).
And two Phoenixes (A-grade).
With that much, maybe they could still hold out for a minute?
And that was with both of them attacking together, while the other side was using only one summon?
"Jaehyuk."
"Yes, noona."
"How many minutes do you think we can last?"
Losing was a given.
Not even 1% of her thought they could actually win.
"Hmm, if we really give it everything we’ve got, I think we can last a minute."
"Right?"
"Yep."
Oh-ho.
Baek Jinwoo grinned.
No one even asked, and the two of them were already perfectly in sync.
They had no idea that Gale Slayer’s latent abilities had been unlocked.
"Oh?"
Baek Jinwoo looked amused.
"All right, then."
He made them an offer.
"If the two of you really manage to hold out for a minute... no, that’s too much. If you last more than 30 seconds, then the S-grade we win in this World League goes to Jaehyuk."
"I-Is that really true, big brother?"
"Yeah."
At this point, Baek Jinwoo didn’t need any more S-grade summons anyway.
Just unlocking the latent abilities of the EX-grade ones he already had and awakening them was enough to give him a headache.
If he were ever going to raise an S-grade summon, it would probably be one that had awakened in the Tower of Trials, Champion.
'Let’s just raise the ones I already have well.'
That alone was more than enough.
"This really needs to be left on record as proof! No, wait, witnesses would be faster! Can I call the guild members over?"
"Huh, you sound pretty confident."
"Big brother! Thirty seconds is easy. Seriously! And noona! For my sake, you really have to go all out!"
"Yeah, sure. I already have one S-grade anyway. If Jaehyuk gets one too, all the better. It’ll help him grow."
At current SKY, Hong Ari’s main sparring partner was Gi Jaehyuk.
There was still too much of a gap between them and the other players.
That was why, if someone was going to grow, it was better for her if Gi Jaehyuk grew.
"Hehe."
Excited, Gi Jaehyuk walked over to the scattered guild members and shouted,
"Everyone, gather up! We’ve got a sparring match! It’s against Guild Master, so hurry up and come!"
"Oh, really?"
"Seriously?"
"Guild Master?"
The guild members’ eyes all lit up.
Han Yuna in particular sprang to her feet the moment she heard.
'This is huge content!'
She smelled it.
The smell of a jackpot!
She had already gotten permission from the Guild Master last time.
There was no more secrecy now.
No matter how much they revealed, there was no guild that could catch up to SKY anyway.
He had told them to just promote freely however they wanted.
"C-camera! I need to get it!"
She had left all her equipment inside while focusing on training.
"W-wait a second! Everyone has to wait!"
Han Yuna ran off like a shot.
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