Ex Rank Supporting Role’s Replay in a Prestigious School

Yoon Yeorang turned 17 when the year changed.

That means that the light skill seal engraved on her wrist disappeared, and she can now use it.

Yoon Yeorang’s light skill is called Summoning Ritual Instruments, which lets her use tools necessary for rituals.

Yoon Yeorang was a little disappointed when she found out what her light skill was, simply because its attack level was low.

‘I wanted to get powerful light skills like the team masters of the four major professional teams!’

For example, Lake of Eternity’s team master’s light skill is Lullaby’s Hum which allows water to sing and swallow enemies.

The team master of Hydrangea Scent, Baekhwananman, has a light skill called Alley of Flowers which can summon flowers and drown enemies in thorns.

The Scarlet Flame used by the Red King Yeom Bangyeol was also an object of admiration.

The light skill of Black Forest’s Blademaster was powerful, but she wasn’t envious of him since he didn’t seem confident in handling it.

In any case, Yoon Yeorang was discouraged by the low attack potential of her light skill.

But that disappointment didn’t last long.

‘It’s the best light skill for me since I’m about to take the Dragon King’s test for shamanship. Summoning-type light skills are very rare. They are! Plus, summon-type light skills can be as powerful as possible depending on what I can summon, so it’s not that bad.’

Summon-type light skills like Yoon Yeorang’s were usually expressed in two forms.

First, players can store things in a subspace and then summon them using their light skill.

The White Fang and Ungryeobjo can be summoned by Baekho using his light skill.

In this case, it was necessary to assimilate the obtained object into the light skill itself of the summoner.

In addition, objects assimilated into a summoner’s light skill can be improved in conjunction with their powers.

For example, an N-rank weapon can be grown to above SSR-rank depending on the summoner.

‘I don’t have any items, and ritual instruments are really expensive. I have to study this light skill properly.’

The second form of summon-type light skills lets players summon objects based on their knowledge and imagination.

This depends solely on the summoner’s personal ability.

The specific structure of an object, how to use it, its destructive power, and effectiveness must be fully understood to properly summon it.

Jo Euishin was able to use Yoon Yeorang’s power through his Player Identity light skill.

Jo Euishin mastered the items in the game, grasped the details that weren’t available in PMH’s in-game information, and investigated the origin of the items he would summon, so he was able to summon powerful ritual instruments and handle them skillfully.

Yoon Yeorang, who had just turned 17, could not handle her light skill as well as Jo Euishin did.

However, she didn’t intend to remain immature.

‘Even if I work hard targeting otherworlds, it’ll be a little hard to buy items that fit my nature. I have to study hard!’

On New Year’s Day, as she watched TV with her family and shouted the countdown to the start of the new year…

Instead of going back to her room and falling asleep, Yoon Yeorang studied ritual equipment.

The first thing she wanted to make was a Wusun, a witch’s fan.

It would be cool to have a fan with engravings of the sun, moon, and dragon.

‘I’ll summon a Sun-Moon Blue Dragon Fan!’

Yoon Yeorang was confident that she could do it, but she failed to summon a Wusun in the end.

She lacked understanding of the structure and the power contained in it, and her energy waves were also lacking.

In the end, she was only able to summon the simplest fan.

It was a great achievement to summon a properly formed object on the first day of using her light skill, but Yoon Yeorang wasn’t satisfied.

‘There’s a limit to what I can study alone. If I pass the test, will my senior shamans or the Dragon Clan teach me? I want to learn from them while also studying at Eungwang High.’

Those selected as the Dragon King’s shaman usually refrain from outside activities and stay with the Dragon Clan, but they weren’t completely banned from leaving.

The benevolent Dragon King respected the freedom of his shamans as long as they didn’t neglect their role.

After the worldly collisions, the world became chaotic and the Dragon Clan became distant from the Dragon King, so the shamans voluntarily abandoned their freedom.

When Yoon Yeorang was selected as a candidate, she heard this explanation from the Dragon Clan who delivered the news.

So, even though Yoon Yeorang recognized the importance of working as a shaman for the Dragon King, she still planned to attend Eungwang High.

‘Should I go to bed now? Eungwang High’s entrance exam is over, but I need to go to bed early because I don’t have much time left.’

Yoon Yeorang had a dream on the day she studied late into the night.

Her dream was full of five colors.

She admired the colors, looking up to the sky where the clouds were.

When she raised her head, Yoon Yeorang’s eyes opened wide.

In between the five colors was a huge dragon blindfolded.

She stared at the majesty of the giant dragon and the beauty of its scales.

She felt pressure that weighed down on her by just looking at it, but she couldn’t look away.

[Hi.]

The Dragon King gave Yoon Yeorang a short greeting.

The moment she heard it, Yoon Yeorang couldn’t endure the pressure and she collapsed.

Her mind couldn’t handle the magnificent voice that penetrated her ear.

While she was blacked out, Yoon Yeorang thought vaguely,

“His voice is wonderful too.’

She woke up after she passed out from her dream.

Yoon Yeorang was delighted that she had a very strange and beautiful dream on New Year.

A few days later, Yoon Yeorang had a dream where that same dragon appeared.

She got used to it enough to endure without fainting.

[Hi.]

“Hello!”

Yoon Yeorang responded to the dragon who greeted her.

She cried with joy at the thought of finally being able to talk to that beautiful and wonderful dragon.

But the dragon didn’t look happy.

‘Why does he look sad?’

Yoon Yeorang looked up at the dragon and also felt solemn.

The dragon quietly examined Yoon Yeorang, as if confirming that she had not fainted.

Then, the dragon spoke again.

[I am the Dragon King.]

***

Morning, the day we head to the Dragon Palace.

When I woke up in one of the rooms of the tiger mansion, an angel greeted me right away.

Woof!

The angel was kind enough to hide his genius warrior form for a while, perhaps because he wanted to sleep in bed with me.

He hopped around and wagged his tail, happy to see me open my eyes.

I thanked my little angel for a long time, and as I held him in my arms, I heard a knock.

It was Baekho-gun.

“I’ll take you for a morning walk.”

Whimper?

The walk-loving angel was happy with his tail wagging, but he must’ve been surprised by Baekho-gun’s sudden proposal.

He wants to go on a walk, but he can’t because I’m holding him!

Foolishly a beat late at the thought, I let go of my little angel in a hurry.

Then, Baekho-gun lifted the angel lightly as if he had been waiting.

“Do what you have to do.”

After a brief remark, Baekho-gun quietly closed the door and left.

When the two of them disappeared, my lowered intelligence was barely restored.

Come to think of it, I had something to do in the morning.

I could’ve been late.

I didn’t feel Baekho-gun approaching at all though.

‘Was it because I was so busy greeting my genius warrior that I couldn’t hear what was going on outside? Or was Baekho-gun already waiting at the door?’

If I didn’t feel him walking, that meant Baekho-gun was standing.

Baekho-gun is so considerate.

I don’t know which scenario is accurate, but I felt how caring my last playable character was.

‘I’ll check my device messages first.’

I checked my messages before we departed.

I’m going to stay in the palace for about a week, but it’s located underwater so communication through a device would be impossible.

Communication from the Dragon Palace is usually through magic or high-level messenger skills.

‘I’d better inform people in advance. They might try to contact me for urgent matters.’

There was a time when our classmates had a big problem while we were on an overseas trip with the newspaper department.

I could return right away that time, but the Dragon Palace isn’t a place where it’s easy to come and go.

And in the event of an emergency, I want them to contact the Tiger Clan who could help easily.

‘…Is Joo Soohyuk still in a mental shock?’

I left a message in the chat room with Joo Soohyuk and Maeng Hyodon, and the latter’s response seemed a little distracted.

[Joo Soohyuk] rmfjgrnskgyehsdk

[Joo Soohyuk] I mean, okay Hyodon-ah.

[Joo Soohyuk] No, I mean okay Euishin-ah.

[Joo Soohyuk] Be careful. Call me if something happens.

Because of Hwang Jiho’s nonsense, he seems to think that Ahn Dain and I are like family.

It’s absurd, but from Joo Soohyuk’s point of view, it’s impressive that he still expressed concern about me going on a treap.

[Maeng Hyodon] What’s wrong with Joo Soohyuk

[Maeng Hyodon] Hey, VP, where are you going again

[Maeng Hyodon] Are you going where you went last year again

Is he referring to the underworld?

If I had paid more attention to the movements of Maeng Hyodon, Joo Soohyuk, and Yoo Sanghoon, I wouldn’t let them encounter that scene.

I felt sorry for making them worry.

I changed the subject so that they wouldn’t worry.

Maeng Hyodon asked where I was going twice before giving up and going along with another story.

I was told that Bang Yoonseob was going to train with Tak Geosan again after the lunar new year.

‘Bang Yoonseob must’ve recovered.’

After exchanging messages with Maeng Hyodon and Joo Soohyuk, who was out of it until the end, I heard another good news.

Dokgo Miro was scheduled to record a song this year.

I don’t think we’ll be able to contact her because she’s doing vocal training, but our class was very happy to hear the news.

‘I don’t think it’s a debut single though. I wonder what it is.’

Dokgo Miro hasn’t officially released a debut single yet, but there were several songs with her name.

The songs she sang during Playlist were released along with the other contestants’.

But it was hard to say that that was her debut song.

After checking messages and preparing to contact the suddenly nervous Hong Gyubin for the last time…

“The dragons are here.”

Hwang Jiho looked at the front door.

There was a dragon on the porch.

Unlike the tigers, who had polished our plans until late at night, the dragon who came looked very excited.

“I’m here. Let’s go to the Dragon Palace.”

Yong Jegun remained unchanged even just before ascension.

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