Trinity (1)
Thud!
After threatening Shusuke and returning home, Baek Jinwoo sat down on the sofa.
"Ahh, this is nice."
He looked around.
A luxury penthouse decorated in a modern design.
The wide living room and the double-window structure with an open panoramic view created an incredible sense of openness.
He had not realized it before.
The view here was amazing.
In front, he could see the scenery of the Han River, and behind, there was the lush forest area of Geomdansan.
To think that an apartment like this was his home!
"Man."
It felt deeply moving.
On top of that, the money he had earned for free in just one day was 100 billion won.
If he included the money that Yoobaek had earned separately, apart from the bet with Shusuke, it would be even more absurd.
To accumulate this much wealth in less than a year?
To enjoy such a luxurious life?
No matter how capable a person was, it would have been impossible.
Of course.
Baek Jinwoo had no intention of being satisfied here.
This world had always been one where the strong ruled.
Though a fairly long peace had arrived through the spread of liberal ideology and the deterrence of nuclear weapons, all one had to do was look at recent history.
This world was a battlefield itself.
If you had no power?
Even this kind of life could be taken away at any moment.
These days, with the appearance of summoned creatures, had even nuclear weapons not lost their power as a deterrent?
A castle built on sand.
Wealth without power was like a pavilion built upon sand.
—My lord.
"Yeah."
When HunGyo arrived, Baek Jinwoo rose from his seat.
Then he went up to the rooftop, where the view was open in every direction.
There stood a single chair.
—Your physical abilities have now risen as far as they can, my lord. Even if they improve further, the rate of growth will no longer be what it once was.
"Right."
—Now is the time for you to learn a breathing technique.
A breathing technique.
That part was rather vague.
Could a player really learn a skill that only certain summons could master?
Baek Jinwoo's muscle strength was currently ideal. It was neither overly swollen nor too small.
Practical, compressed muscles that allowed him perfect control over his body while preserving maximum flexibility.
But with those muscles alone, he could not produce transcendent destructive power.
His limit in the three major lifts was around 550.
If he wanted to go beyond that?
He would have to sacrifice some flexibility and put on more muscle.
That was the limit of a human.
And even if he did put on that extra muscle, he still would not surpass the biological limits of the human species.
—If you learn a breathing technique and accumulate qi, you will be able to produce power that muscles alone cannot generate through that qi. Like me, you may even become able to break rocks with your bare hands.
"Got it."
Baek Jinwoo sat cross-legged atop the large chair.
Whooooosh!
The cool wind blowing in from every direction made breathing feel refreshing.
"Just teach me something good."
—Rather than learning a mental method meant for entering beginner-level martial arts or training the body, it would be better for you to learn a heart method that helps you sense qi as much as possible. Among them, for you, my lord, the best technique is Clear Heaven Heart Technique.
"Clear Heaven Heart Technique…? It sounds kind of ordinary."
—It is called Clear Heaven because it draws into the body an energy as clear as the heavens. It is the most suitable for you, my lord. Please trust me.
"All right, I'm joking."
He absolutely was not hoping for some supreme divine art or absolute divine art that was difficult to master.
A player could not defeat a summon anyway.
Even if Baek Jinwoo trained in martial arts for a hundred years, a thousand years?
A year for the martial arts genius Aso would be enough to catch up to it all.
'At most.'
He just thought of it as a form of physical training.
If he learned a breathing technique, his eyesight would improve, and his combat instincts would sharpen as well.
A player only needed to control summons well.
"Hoo."
—Good, my lord. Think of yourself as inhaling the energy of the heavens through your nose.
For about an hour, HunGyo carefully instructed him in the breathing technique.
* * *
—Khahahat! Have you been waiting long, lad?
The next day at noon.
At last, the rune crafting had been completed.
—Here! It is the Trinity rune! I made it without a single mistake. Thanks to that, I also built up a lot of proficiency.
Now came the Trinity that would become HunGyo's endgame rune.
Baek Jinwoo carefully accepted the brilliantly shining rune.
'With just this…'
It would not be an exaggeration to say that no one on Earth could oppose Baek Jinwoo now.
Even in Battle of Summoners, this was something you could not obtain even after farming for ten years straight: the Trinity rune.
It truly was the ultimate endgame rune!
'But.'
To be honest, he could not be sure.
Rachel? Sugoi? Xenos?
The other members of the One Heaven, Five Emperors probably had information just like he did.
And the three years they had lived with that information would be on a completely different level from three years inside the game.
'Just look at me right now…'
Had he not already assembled a full Trinity set in less than a year?
He could not let his guard down.
It was better to strengthen himself as much as possible.
Nodding, Baek Jinwoo checked the rune's information.
[Trinity]
[Grade: Top-grade (Unique)]
One of only 10 runes in the entire world.
[Set Effect: Trinity]
When 6 are equipped, all stats increase by 1,000%, HP increases by 20,000.
2 additional stat options are added.
[Level: 1]
[Stat Increase]
Strength +12%, Intelligence +12%, Stamina +12%, Agility +12%, Critical Chance +10%, Critical Damage +20%
"Damn."
As expected, it was incredible.
You could think of it as the stats of the Omnipotent Rune having doubled exactly.
All stats had changed from a 500% increase to a 1,000% increase.
And HP had changed from +10,000 to +20,000.
Also.
Since only 10 existed in the entire world, only one full set could be made.
'Of course.'
If Rund crafted it, he could break through the limited quantity and make more.
That was why Rund was so broken.
If he put Trinity runes on HunGyo, and later even on Aso once he obtained him?
Then it would become a rune used only by Baek Jinwoo in this world.
Taking the runes, Baek Jinwoo moved busily.
To enhance them, he bought cheap trash runes and began enhancing all six one by one.
'The downside of unique runes…'
They consumed an absurd amount of runes during enhancement.
Because of that, even after using up every trash rune he had stockpiled, it still was not enough, and he had to purchase nearly 30 billion won worth of additional trash runes.
Of course, he could process the expense through Yoobaek.
'And.'
He also had to apply polishing agents.
Since the Trinity rune had 6 stat options, unlike normal runes, each rune required 6 polishing agents.
In other words, he needed 36.
Fortunately, he had 45 Omnipotent Polishing Agents saved up from the reward he had received from the Tower of Trials.
As a result—
[Trinity]
[Grade: Top-grade (Unique)]
One of only 10 runes in the entire world.
[Set Effect: Trinity]
When 6 are equipped, all stats increase by 1,000%, HP increases by 20,000.
2 additional stat options are added.
[Level: Max]
[Stat Increase]
Strength +48%, Intelligence +48%, Stamina +48%, Agility +48%, Critical Chance +20%, Critical Damage +60%
A completely insane, impossible rune like this came into existence.
And all six of them had specs like that!
He had even applied the polishing agents, so no matter what method anyone used, it would be impossible to obtain better stats than this.
"HunGyo."
—Yes, my lord.
HunGyo looked at Baek Jinwoo with trembling eyes.
He had figured it out.
Just how powerful the rune he was about to wear would be.
"As I told you before, this is not Aso's. It is yours."
—Thank you, my lord. I will serve you with loyalty, as always!
HunGyo bowed his head with a deeply moved voice.
Click!
As Baek Jinwoo opened the rune slots and inserted all the runes,
Rumbleee….!
HunGyo's entire aura changed.
—M-My lord…... Power is boiling up inside me so fiercely I can barely contain it! I have never felt like this before! It feels incredible!
Baek Jinwoo smiled faintly at HunGyo's adorable reaction and opened the status window.
[Summon: Training Instructor]
[Race: Human]
[Grade: EX-rank (Isolated)]
Isolated due to the discovery of balance-breaking factors under certain conditions.
[Level: 40]
[Owned Stats]
Strength: 3,880, Intelligence: 3,880, Stamina: 3,880, Agility: 3,880
HP: 70,000, MP: 50,000
Critical Chance: 100%
Critical Damage: 460%
[Owned Skills]
-Growth: Grows through training.
-Charisma: Overwhelms other summons.
-Instructor: Unlocks the latent abilities of other summons and amplifies their growth speed.
-Resonance Demonic Art: Controls energy by staking one's life on it.
-Rebirth: Based on massive internal energy, his body has been transformed into one ideally suited for mastering martial arts.
'Wow.'
Was this even possible?
When he had equipped the Omnipotent Rune before, his stats had been 1,580, but now they had more than doubled.
Even Baek Jinwoo, the player himself, could not begin to estimate just how much stronger HunGyo had become.
'Honestly.'
That so-called World League that was coming up soon.
It felt like he could crush the whole thing just by taking HunGyo alone.
'Should I test it out somewhere?'
Since he was already in the Player Zone, Baek Jinwoo entered the battle hall and pulled out his phone.
Who should he call?
Gi Jaehyuk? Kang Jihoe? Hong Ari? Oh Sunyoung?
'Ah, whatever.'
Might as well call all of them.
The moment he summoned them by text, his disciples came rushing over like arrows.
Guild management and all that nonsense did not matter. If Baek Jinwoo called, these loyal disciples would come running from anywhere.
"What is it, big brother?!"
"Why are we at the battle hall? Training ended this morning, didn't it?"
Once they had all arrived, Gi Jaehyuk and Hong Ari stepped forward and asked.
Baek Jinwoo threw them an offer.
"How about one match. Me against the four of you."
At Baek Jinwoo's proposal, the disciples made dumbfounded expressions.
Did he think that even if it was him, the four of them might be able to win if they attacked together?
Not a chance.
"What are you talking about? If you fought seriously, not just the four of us, even the entire national team wouldn't be able to beat you."
"That's right, big brother. You were never the type who enjoyed bullying weaker people, were you?"
"This is too much, big brother! So you just wanted to beat up our summons, huh? Sob, sob."
After training with Baek Jinwoo for so long, his disciples had become very good at assessing themselves objectively.
"No, there's something I want to measure. Instead."
Baek Jinwoo grinned.
"If you can hold out for just 10 seconds, I'll give each of you 10 billion won. I'll only use HunGyo—no Lamba, no Gale Slayer."
"⋯⋯!"
It was a shocking offer.
He would not be using all five summons, but only HunGyo?
And if the four of them worked together and held out for just 10 seconds, he would give them 10 billion won each?
"Oh, there's no reason not to take this."
"Big brother…... No matter how weak we are, aren't you underestimating us way too much?"
"This is actually worth trying. Everyone, get over here. Let's make a plan."
The four disciples lit up with determination and started planning their strategy.
No matter how high-ranked they were, 10 billion won dropping out of nowhere was still a massive amount of money.
Of course, there was no way they would actually be able to receive that money.
Heh.
Smiling, Baek Jinwoo glanced at HunGyo.
HunGyo had clenched his fists tightly and was trembling, as if he could not wait to test the power he had gained so suddenly.
"HunGyo."
—Yes, my lord.
"End it as fast as possible. Pour out all your power."
—Thank you.
"How many seconds do you think it'll take?"
HunGyo thought about it seriously.
Since he had been the one training their summons, he had already finished assessing their combat strength.
The only question was how he would deal with them....
—It depends on which skill I use, but on average... I think it would be over in 2 seconds.
That was the size of the gap.
For reference, each one of their forces was individually strong enough to be compared with the rankers of a major power like Japan, and yet HunGyo was certain he could finish all four of them in just 2 seconds!
"Good. Show me."
Your power.
And the power of me, Baek Jinwoo.
And so, HunGyo's testing ground was opened.
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