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Fortunately, the giant rabbit seemed exhausted from fighting its own clone, as its agility had decreased.

Hastily pulling out my knife and moving it through the air, the rabbit’s body, with only its upper half remaining, flopped on the ground.

Its crawling on the ground with its front paws resembled a zombie missing its lower body.

“Well, aren’t you cute.”

I wanted to watch more, but I was tired and afraid of being reported for animal abuse if I made a mistake.

Stabbing the rabbit’s temple, I shattered its brain.

After slaughtering the animal rather than abusing it, I cut off its valuable ears and hind legs and placed them in a plastic bag.

“Phew, that was tough.”

After finishing the battle, I lay on the ground and gazed at the peaceful sky.

“If I form a party, hunting will be easier, right?”

There are three types of psychics who enter the labyrinth alone.

The first type, like me, visits an easy labyrinth to test their abilities.

The second type, powerful psychics known as “whales,” visit easy labyrinths to complete tasks.

The last type, those who think they are special and enter the labyrinth alone without forming a party, are fools.

It’s common sense to form a party unless you’re an idiot.

I had finished my experiment and was about to leave before becoming one of those foolish idiots.

“I found you!”

A group of thugs who had made an inexplicable declaration of war in front of the labyrinth approached me with bloodshot eyes.

“Oh, crap…”

This is a labyrinth.

Unless you’re an idiot, you should form a party and enter.

But I was alone, and there were three of them.

One dagger-wielding thief.

One sword and shield warrior.

One archer with a bow.

There was no healer or mage, but it was a sturdy party composition.

The archer walked towards me, scanning my surroundings.

“You crazy bastard. You really entered the labyrinth alone?”

The warrior, with a sword on his shoulder, continued the archer’s words.

“Seonghoon, be careful not to get killed by this lunatic.”

“Do you really want to die?!”

As the tense atmosphere continued, the thief, with a dagger at his waist, approached with a lowered head.

“Hey, don’t provoke Seonghoon for no reason. Let’s get to work quickly.”

“Shall we?”

At the thief’s words, the warrior assumed a combat stance.

The archer also smiled slyly, taking an arrow from his quiver and nocking it on his bow.

“What should I do…?”

I was now trying to get used to fighting.

The opponents were experienced fighters.

If we fought, I would lose 100%.

Copying monsters to fight together, like Hunter Let or the giant rabbit, was PVP.

It was not suitable for fighting humans.

“There’s only one way.”

Thinking of a new strategy, I watched the three of them closely, my eyes wide open.

With a smile of survival, I reached out towards the sky.

“Excuse me!! There’s a criminal in the labyrinth here!! Please help me!!”

“Tsk! You bastard! You said there’s no one around!!”

“Didn’t you sense anyone?”

“Put your weapons away first! If we get caught, we’re screwed!”

The thugs hurriedly hid their weapons at my shout, looking back, but…

“There’s no one here, right?”

“Really?”

“No way?!”

Not a person, not even a monster, just a quiet plain spread out before them.

Realizing they had been tricked, they blushed and approached me, but I was already prepared.

“Take that, you bastards!!”

After sending a sacred curse to the archer, I cut and pasted my own exit gate, and a gate that was over 100 meters away appeared right in front of me.

Of course, I felt immense pain due to overload, but I gritted my teeth and threw myself through the gate.

With a whoosh, my body floated up.

And with a clang, I fell to the ground.

“Phew… Why are these crazy bastards acting like that.”

Getting up from the floor and brushing off the dust around my body, the merchants approached me just like last time.

Having obtained nothing but a giant rabbit, I roughly shook it off and headed back home.

Lying down on the bed, I fell into deep contemplation.

“I am weak. Extremely weak.”

There are not many ways for a weak esper to become stronger.

Either spend money to drink enhancement potions like water.

Or spend money to equip powerful gear.

Other than that, there are limits to growth due to the difference in esper abilities.

Nevertheless, I belonged to the positive side.

Having an esper level, the more you use it, the higher the level becomes.

Right now, I can barely copy an F-grade monster, but in the future, there is a possibility of copying an A-grade monster.

It’s a far-off future, but…

“Is there a good way to become stronger immediately…?”

Reading articles like [Tips for Production Workers in Dungeons] and [How to Equip Items Cost-Effectively!] on my phone, I came across an interesting item.

“Summon Scroll?”

While Taming Scrolls target wild monsters, Summon Scrolls are magical items that can temporarily summon specific monsters.

As magical items, they were expensive.

“If I can copy a Summon Scroll…?”

If that’s possible, theoretically, Summoner meta is possible.

Curious about what I could summon, I searched through the types of scrolls.

“Slime, goblin, spirit, skeleton? Is this legal?”

Necromancers and summoning-type espers often used human corpses as mediums, so they were often illegal.

“The most efficient one is the elemental spirit.”

Elemental spirits of the four major elements like fire and water could also use magic, making them more popular than physical-type espers.

“A Summon Scroll for a low-grade fire spirit costs 2 million won… Still expensive.”

I watched videos on NewTube and read articles on different summons, but something felt vague.

“In times like this, experiencing it is the best~”

With a small smile, I copied the [Low-Grade Fire Spirit Summon Scroll].

As the rough texture of the scroll lay on my hand, a tingling headache was felt.

It was bearable, but literally just bearable.

Continuing to endure it, I felt like a new illness might develop if I kept it up, so I quickly tore the scroll.

As the copied item disappeared, the headache vanished along with it.

As the scroll tore, the spell contained within it was activated.

A fist-sized flame erupted in the middle of the dark room behind the curtain!

The flickering flame, not disappearing, seemed to recognize me as its master and swirled around the surroundings.

“Oh. So this is an elemental spirit.”

Even though the flame touched my hand, it was warm but not hot.

As I opened my palm, the flame rested on it.

“Nice. Let’s see… Duration is… 2 hours? Quite long, huh?”

Afterward, the fire spirit played with me for 2 hours and then disappeared.

I had grown attached to it, so it was heartbreaking when it disappeared.

“I wonder if the same one will come out if I summon it again.”

With a hidden expectation, I tore the newly copied scroll, but each scroll contained a different spirit.

Scrolls are consumables that have no effect on the caster.

In other words.

“It’s possible to mass produce, right?”

When [copying], I felt a bit tired, but after tearing it, I could use my power freely.

As a result, there were 10 fire spirits roaming around my room now.

I could summon more, but my eyes were starting to hurt and it was getting uncomfortably warm, so I stopped at 10.

“I should have at least one physical item for copying purposes.”

Nodding satisfactorily at the impressive display, I casually spent 2 million won.

Thinking it would take at least a day even if I rushed, I was about to lie down on the bed when…

Ding dong~

The doorbell rang.

“What is it? Did I order something?”

I haven’t bought anything recently except for the scroll I just ordered.

After quietly editing my life after graduating from college, my friendships naturally dwindled, so there were few people who came to our house.

The sparrow knew our house password, so there was no reason to ring the doorbell.

“Could it be…”

As I opened the door, a delivery man wearing an impressive blue hat smiled at me.

“This is from Scroll Company~ Are you Mr. Park Jinsoo who ordered the lowest-level fire spirit summoning scroll?”

“Yes… but I just ordered it…”

“Please confirm the receipt for now~”

After signing for the package and entering the security password that came flying to my phone, the man took off his hat and smiled.

“We have an employee with teleportation abilities~ Please check our website for more details~”

The man who handed me the box smiled and quickly left the hallway.

Seeing a man waiting for the elevator, I chuckled.

“It’s faster to come than to walk.”

I sat down in a chair after receiving the delivery scroll.

“He said to check the website, right?”

I wondered if I missed something as I checked the Scroll Company’s main page.

[We deliver immediately after order confirmation 24/7!]

[Full refund guaranteed if delivery is more than 5 minutes late!]

[Full refund guaranteed if there is an issue with the scroll!]

[Try Scroll Company for teleportation delivery!]

“If they deliver through teleportation, they must need to send someone…”

Just the lowest-level fire spirit summoning scroll costs 2 million won.

The stronger the magic, the higher the price, and if you send an item and lose it, you’re in trouble.

Looking out the window, I felt sorry for the employee who had just given me the scroll sitting at the bus stop.

“Thank you for the delivery.”

After saying this to him, I opened the clasp of the scroll in my hand.

Although I had just copied it, it felt different.

It wasn’t painful, but it felt less painful.

“Could it be that the real thing uses less power?”

I wanted to solve this new question, but there was nothing around to experiment with.

“I’ll do it later~ for now!”

I tore apart a fake scroll and summoned a fire spirit.

I repeated this process ten times, filling the room with spirits.

“Hehe! With just the real scrolls, I can be a spirit mage too~!”

Unlike the wild giant rabbit, the spirits understood my words!

With ten spirits, I wouldn’t have to worry about solo playing in an F-grade dungeon.

The only problem was the rumors.

I had already registered with a fake ability called “Separation.”

But now, summoning spirits that had nothing to do with separation, and summoning over ten of them?

“They’ll think it’s strange.”

Although I wanted to create a squad of spirits and enjoy a slaughter play, I decided to be satisfied with just five.

Five spirits cost 10 million won.

I decided to go with the concept of a naive young master who talks about money.