190. Gale Slayer (3)
Yoobaek City.
Main Training Ground.
At the outdoor sparring arena, Baek Jinwoo stood facing Hong Ari and Gi Jaehyuk.
There were only three people there like that, but.
If you looked at the summons, that was another story.
—Krrrk..
Baek Jinwoo had only Gale Slayer.
Compared to that, Hong Ari and Gi Jaehyuk had brought out every summon they could use.
“Are you really sure this is okay?”
Hong Ari wore a look that said she wasn’t sure this was right.
The maximum number a player could have out in the field was three teams.
Fifteen in total.
Since there were two of them, that made 30 altogether.
In other words, it meant they could come at him with everything they had.
“This is.... Actually doable, noona.”
“Be quiet. Don’t let your guard down.”
“Right!”
And then.
The whole thing had grown to a pretty huge scale.
“Guild Master, fighting!”
“Show us!”
“What kind of control are you trying to show us with an event like this?!”
Leaving aside the fact that all the guild members had gathered to watch.
“The Guild Master absolutely has to win!”
“I can’t stand the thought of Jaehyuk taking an S-grade summon.”
“That’s right! If anyone’s getting it, it should go to a guild member it suits after we see what comes out!”
Even the conditions of the wager had all been made public.
Once it got to this point, naturally the guild members had no choice but to cheer for Baek Jinwoo.
If he lost, it meant a chance that might have come to them could disappear.
‘Hmm, but.’
‘No matter what, isn’t 30 seconds a bit too harsh?’
‘Even if Guild Master’s control is insane, there’s just too many of them.... Especially since Phoenix doesn’t even die. Just beating up the egg alone feels like it’d take 30 seconds.’
‘And they’ve even got Vermilion Bird too.’
How did the guild members feel?
Honestly, it was half and half.
No matter how amazing Baek Jinwoo was, they too had rolled around this training ground with Hong Ari countless times.
They knew with their bodies just how incredible she was.
And what about Gi Jaehyuk?
Young blood!
The very symbol of youthful instinct!
Thirty seconds?
Maybe they really might barely be able to hold out.
—Gale Slayer, fighting!
—Gale Slayerrrr! Show people your power! If it were up to me, I’d stack your stats for you! But you can win just fine without that, right?
—Gwoooaar!
Baek Jinwoo’s summons were also gathered to one side, cheering him on.
Dampir in particular.
Step, step.
It walked over to one of the guild members.
The person who looked the most delicious.
—You.
“Oh my.”
Song Yeonhee covered her mouth with both hands.
How could it be that cute?
A tiny frame and long silver hair.
A pretty one-piece dress, and black wings attached to her back.
And crimson-red eyes. Her skin was so pale that the word snow-white suited it perfectly.
—You look delicious. Your arm.
“This?”
The guild members already knew.
That Dampir sucked out bad blood.
“Here, then.”
When Song Yeonhee held out her arm.
—Thanks.
Aang!
The little thing bit down.
“I’m jealous.”
“Hngh, to receive Dampir’s chosen favor....”
“What about me....? Won’t you bite me?”
“It’s been quite a while since I got bitten too.... Why! Does my blood not taste good? I’ve been taking iron supplements every single day lately!”
It was an extremely strange and fascinating scene, with everyone looking at Song Yeonhee in envy.
And then.
“Alright, alright! Guys, long time no see!”
SKY’s official publicity representative.
BJ Luna’s stream had also just started.
Obviously, a tremendous number of viewers would be watching.
Smirk.
Baek Jinwoo smiled and looked at Gi Jaehyuk.
“Jaehyuk.”
“Yes, big brother.”
“This thing seems to be getting bigger and bigger. Can you handle it?”
“The bigger it gets, the more witnesses there are.”
Heh heh heh.
This brat still hasn’t come to his senses.
Fine.
Since we’re testing this anyway, let’s really have some fun with it.
Today, of all days.
A festival of death!
A slaughter festival!
—Krrrk..
As if saying it was ready, Gale Slayer spun its scythe around twice with a whoosh!
‘Gale Slayer, I promised you, didn’t I?’
That this master of yours would make you famous soon.
Looks like that day is going to be today.
The moment the stream turned on, viewers poured in all at once.
ㄴ Whoa!
ㄴ Luna stream!
- Live on
ㄴ The moment the notification popped up, I ran here like a dog, huff huff!
ㄴ It’s really been a long time.
ㄴ I heard you were focusing on training lately, so why stream all of a sudden?
Han Yuna had recently only been streaming on weekends.
To make it into the elite 50-man strike force, she had started serious training.... So what was this, streaming all of a sudden?
Still, it couldn’t be helped that she had the blood of a broadcaster flowing from head to toe.
To think she was even streaming by carving out time during her breaks.
“Good to see you all!”
Han Yuna simply liked this.
The income she could earn here?
She didn’t need it anymore. Because she was a member of SKY.
But?
She simply liked streaming.
She couldn’t give up the happiness she felt when laughing, chatting, and interacting with viewers.
“Haa, seriously. Don’t be too shocked, everyone. I brought insane content.”
Swipe, swish!
The camera position was adjusted, and Baek Jinwoo, Hong Ari, and Gi Jaehyuk facing each other came into view.
At the same time.
ㄴ?
ㄴ Nuh???
ㄴ What am I watching in broad daylight right now?
ㄴ Baek Jinwoo?
ㄴ Wow, it’s really Baek Jinwoo!
ㄴ World class!
ㄴ Kyaa.
ㄴ Holy shit!
ㄴ Kyaaaah!
It really was complete chaos.
The chat speed started accelerating until it became almost impossible to read.
News of it started spreading all over the communities, and there were even breaking news alerts.
Naturally, the viewer count kept rising.
“See? I told you it was huge. Everyone bow to me.... No, actually just donate. All the donations here are going to SKY’s operating funds.”
ㄴ Yep.
ㄴ I’m literally bowing with my head on the floor right now.
ㄴ Nuh this is insane, brb changing my underwear.
ㄴ I’m already wearing a diaper.
ㄴ Luna really became world class. She’s putting Baek Jinwoo on stream. Isn’t this a world first?
ㄴ Of course she’s world class, she’s a SKY member lol. At this point SKY and Red Rose are the twin engines. Han Yuna’s probably going to become a world-ranked player soon too.
ㄴ But what exactly is happening right now?
“It’s Baek Jinwoo Senior vs Hong Ari senior and Gi Jaehyuk senior. The condition is surviving for 30 seconds!”
ㄴ……
ㄴ……
ㄴ Nuh right, yeah, that’s the only way the balance makes sense.
ㄴ 30 seconds? Can they even last 10?
“But there’s a condition. Baek Jinwoo senior is only going to use a single summon. Gale Slayer.”
ㄴ ???
ㄴ Huh?
ㄴ What??
ㄴ That’s a bit....
ㄴ Then it’s really 1 vs 30 exactly like it looks?
ㄴ And Baek Jinwoo has to wipe them out within 30 seconds.
ㄴ Is that even possible.
ㄴ Since it’s Baek Jinwoo, who knows.
ㄴ Not even HunGyo or Explosive Dragon Sorcerer, but Gale Slayer?
ㄴ Nuh am I the only one jealous that she’s calling Baek Jinwoo “senior” right now?
Now the whole world knows the nicknames of his summons.
Lamba, HunGyo, Explosive Dragon, Gale Slayer, Jaggeo, Aso, Dampir.... Yoo Jia said they’d even be starting a merchandise business soon.
Apparently, they were getting an insane number of proposals.
- The enemy lineup has been set, and we got permission to make everything public, ah, and everyone knows by now, right? If we win the World League and take first place in contribution, then a S-grade summon is basically guaranteed—
That news had already spread everywhere.
It was because during the last World League, Rachel had more or less forcibly revealed all three of her S-grade summons.
“If Gi Jaehyuk senior wins, he gets that summon.”
ㄴ Lol?
ㄴ Huh?
Everyone laughed.
Since when had winning the league become a given?
ㄴ Damn, what a fiery statement, like the World League championship is already in the bag.
ㄴ Nuh??? We haven’t lost yet, you know?
ㄴ Rachel: This is so unfair.
ㄴ But, well, lol, if it’s Baek Jinwoo, he does have the right to say something like that.
ㄴ After seeing that Explosive Dragon Sorcerer video this time, even Rachel doesn’t seem like enough anymore.
ㄴ He’s seriously so cool. How does the situation get reversed this much in just one year?
To the outside world, Baek Jinwoo was a player who had barely managed to defeat Rachel.
“Anyway, it’s about to start! Let’s enjoy this short and intense show!”
Even if they were filming the broadcast, they couldn’t interfere with the proceedings.
It took exactly 30 seconds to hurriedly set the camera angle and send the okay sign.
“You can start now!”
And then.
The duel began.
* * *
First of all.
Gale Slayer was not normally transparent.
But once battle began?
It vanished as naturally as flowing water.
The light was completely blocked, so there wasn’t even a faint outline or blur.
It simply disappeared perfectly.
—Krrrk...!
However, Baek Jinwoo could see it clearly.
Gale Slayer was showing itself to him.
‘And.’
Sssst, ssssst!
Gale Slayer’s latent ability!
Phantom Split!
Reapers that looked exactly like Gale Slayer began to appear, all while remaining transparent.
‘First.’
Hong Ari had placed one stealth-detection monster.
It was called a Detection Bird (B-grade), and it could detect and remove the invisibility of a single target monster.
Of course, the skill only worked if it was actually used on the target.
The moment battle began, the creature’s eyes flashed, but—
Slice!
It was cut apart instantly by Gale Slayer’s rushing scythe.
That took exactly one second.
“Damn.”
Hong Ari bit her lip.
“It doesn’t matter anyway! We just have to endure for 30 seconds!”
“Noona, spread out!”
“I know!”
Gale Slayer was the kind that dealt splash damage.
There was nothing to gain by staying clustered together.
But.
‘What if you run? I’ve already spread them all across this entire place.’
Smirk.
Baek Jinwoo smiled.
That made it 3 seconds.
Slice cleave cleave cleave cleave!
One true body, ten phantoms.
A total of eleven Gale Slayers spinning their scythes all at once with the skill Gale took 4 seconds.
And their invisibility didn’t even break.
That was the effect of the Annihilation Rune.
Against PVP opponents, attack power increased by 2,000%.
And during battle, the ‘Invisible’ state was maintained.
When invisible, the critical hit rate rose to 100%, and currently the critical damage option was 740%.
One more full spin took 5 seconds.
Slice cleave cleave!
6 seconds!
Slice cleav—!
7 seconds!
Slice cleav—!
By the time it reached 8 seconds, most of the summons had already been reverse-summoned.
Only Hong Ari’s Vermilion Bird was turning to ash and being reborn, while the two Phoenixes had turned back into eggs.
But even that would not last much longer.
Slice cleave cleave cleave cleave!
Their HP dropped to 0 again.
On top of that, the scattered Gale Slayers had gathered around that area and were spinning their scythes, causing their health to drain away even faster in huge chunks.
From the audience’s point of view?
They couldn’t see anything.
Just—
—Krrrk...!
That sound.
And—
Slice cleave!
Only those sounds echoed one after another.
And when exactly 10 seconds had passed, all 30 summons had literally vanished.
“....What.”
“This is...?”
Hong Ari and Gi Jaehyuk, the ones directly involved, wore dumbfounded expressions.
And the rest of the guild members were also standing there with their mouths hanging open in shock.
“What was that?”
“Is it a bug?”
“....Why did they all get reverse-summoned when nothing even happened?”
“I definitely heard a whole lot of slicing sounds with a scythe, but....”
“But was Gale Slayer’s range always that wide? How did they spread out right from the start and still all get cut down?”
There were too many things they couldn’t understand.
It couldn’t be helped.
Gale Slayer was still maintaining its invisibility.
‘Hoo.’
Baek Jinwoo nodded.
‘Yeah, this is definitely useful.’
When it came to anti-personnel combat, there probably wasn’t a single player left who could handle Gale Slayer anymore.
Sssst, ssssst!
When Baek Jinwoo gave the signal, the split bodies gradually gathered back into the original, becoming one Gale Slayer again.
And then—
—Krrk.
Gale Slayer released its invisibility and proudly revealed itself.
Yeah.
Well done.
What you showed just now really did live up to your name.
In the form of a gale, you slaughtered the opponent outright.
“Wow......”
“For real.....?”
“Gale Slayer finished it all by itself?”
The guild members were shocked too.
But above all—
ㄴ ????
ㄴ Nuh???
ㄴ Nuh???
ㄴ The fight’s already over?
ㄴ Huh?
ㄴ We didn’t see anything though?
ㄴ Wait, was this why they said it’d be a public broadcast? This is practically the same as private!
All we could hear was slice cleave!
ㄴ So whatever happened, that Gale Slayer went invisible and cut down all 30 over there in 10 seconds, right?
ㄴ Yeah, but the problem is we have absolutely no idea how it did it.
The broadcast erupted into chaos.
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