Bab 27: Experiencing summoner profession
The next day, Derek did his morning routine; exercised, and ate his breakfast. Although he was quite thin in his previous life, he loves working out.
Tap. Tap.
As he sat on the couch of his dormitory room, he texted his younger sister Luna.
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Sent: 6:25 A.M.
– "Luna, I'll be out for some time. So… enjoy your lunch and dinner with your new friend. I'll be enjoying my time alone before the classes start, and don't worry, I still have some spare money."
…
Derek only told her half the truth. Although he's going out, which was true in some sense, he's not going outside the academy premises, but rather to the Ascension Training Grounds.
Surprisingly, he received a message from Luna this early in the morning just after a few minutes he sent the message.
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Received: 6:34 A.M
– "I just woke up, Brother. Good morning. Anyway, okay, just take care. I was planning to introduce my new friend to you, but she's shy so… probably next time."
…
Derek and Luna were very close siblings, but what he was glad about when it comes to his younger sister's personality was that… she was not the super clingy type of sister that wanted to be always with him.
He didn't reply as he took out the Chaos Key of Ascension after doing a quick check of his Dimensional Inventory's contents.
Then, just like yesterday, a torn fabric of space as though it was a broken glass appeared in his dormitory room.
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[You have arrived at the Ascension Training Grounds.]
[The Time Difference ratio is 1:3.]
Derek didn't set the ratio any higher because he thought that he might experience again being knocked out for some time.
Then, he looked around in search of a possible individual that partially unlocked his equipment except for the Mask of Night (Mythical) which was fully unlocked.
Without seeing anyone, he walked towards the certain training dummy.
"I'll label you as ETD 1."
He mumbled as he reached the Elderwood Training Dummy that almost killed him.
He was just about to take the Sword of '???' in his Dimensional Inventory, but he received a prompt from the System.
[It is not recommended to use the Sword of '???' against the Elderwood Training Dummy due to its current low rank.]
"…Is that so… Alright, wooden sword it is!"
After walking for a few seconds to pick up an Elderwood Training Sword, he quickly proceeded to cleave down ETD 1 or the Elderwood Training Dummy 1.
Without imbuing Mana to the wooden sword, due to his pettiness, Derek beat the crap out of ETD 1 which has its Enchantment: Counterattack disabled.
Bam-! Bam-!
"…Hah…"
After some time, he stopped his little revenge as various thoughts surfaced in his mind.
'I will need companions in the future.'
He knew that the future that awaits this world was something that couldn't be shoulder by a man alone.
The names of the characters that barely appeared in his unpublished novel or the characters under the "Untouched Elements" category surfaced in his mind.
"…But for now, this will be my companion."
As he learned a summoning skill, he instinctively knew what actions needed to proceed. He took out the Scythe of '???' as he activated the skill he received after his Profession Evolution.
[Activating the Skill: Alien Call (EX).]
...
Upon Russell's activation of his summoning skill, as he held the Scythe of '???' with his two hands, a complicated blue magic circle with unknown symbols written on them appeared on the floor of the training ground, at least a meter away from where he was standing.
It's a fluid-like creature with a light blue circular body. It has no eyes, no nose, no mouth, and no limbs.
Then, a core (not a Monster Core or Magic Stone), acting as its source of life was hidden in its body as the body was opaque in nature.
One could only know about it when they studied the creature's biology or they previously encountered such a creature.
Russell then inspected the summoned creature.
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[Blue Slime]
The considered weakest creature is known in existence. It possesses the water element attribute and is a very flexible creature. {Of course not the one you imagining. please don't tell him or else the universe will be finished}
Rank: F+
Classification: Slime of Water Family
– STATS:
HP: 220
SP: 220
MP: 240
STR: 2 (+20)
DEX: 2 (+20)
CON: 2 (+20)
AGI: 2 (+20)
VIT: 2 (+20)
MANA: 4 (+20)
Skills:
Water Blast (Lvl. 0)
A skill commonly possessed by slimes that belongs to the Water Family.
Rank: F-
Cost: 10MP
Effect:
Fires a circular water blast made from mana
…
Derek looked at the blue slime that was bouncing with its body on the ground as though it has a trait of buoyancy. It looked at him with its nonexistent eyes, awaiting the order of its master.
As he inspected it, he admired the stats of the summoned creature as it was something that one could barely see with his current rank.
If he summoned the blue slime with its current stats while he's in the Obelisk Academy, it would undoubtedly cause an uproar due to the stereotype that exists against the players with Summoner professions.
Summoners weren't highly regarded in this world with multiple and seemingly countless professions.
They were like Beast Tamers in general, but the only difference was that Beast Tamers were only limited in controlling Monster Beasts.
There were various reasons for such a stereotype; first, raising a Summoner was a very costly thing to do as the summoned creatures needed a Monster Core or Magic Stones as their food for their growth, and second, although it's a profession that's called Summoner, the summoned creatures if they died in battle or any other possible reasons, would need to be summoned again but with a greater cost.
The difference between the Monster Cores and Magic Stones was that Monster Cores could only be acquired upon defeating a "Boss Monster",
while the Magic Stones could either be acquired from defeating Normal monsters or discovering a mining site inside the Strayed Dungeon — which only happens with a very low chance.
The two above-mentioned reasons were the causes why even most Guilds barely to never recruit a Summoner.
The only way a Summoner somehow gets inside a Guild was when the player has another profession just like how Derek was previously a Double-profession player. (Swordsman and summoner)
…
After almost a minute of being lost in thoughts, Derek ordered the blue slime to fire a Water Blast to the Elderwood Training Dummy which he labeled as ETD 1.
Due to the increase in stats of the blue slime, its Water Blast power was unordinary compared to other normal slimes in general.
Bam-!
Preparing for the reaction of ETD 1, Derek raised his wooden sword, but his deep blue eyes constricted as the training dummy didn't react in any way.
He then checked its information to see if there were any changes happened just like how some of his acquired equipment has been unlocked due to a certain Constellation.
"Recall."
He quickly recalled the exhausted blue smile with a frown on his face before taking out the Crude Shortsword (Normal) that he bought from the Player General Store, and brought to the Hidden Dungeon, but didn't manage to use.
He wasn't notified by the System about whether or not it's recommended to use the Crude Shortsword.
Derek thought that it was maybe because the sword was a trash item that was only meant to be discarded.
This time, with the help of his Mana Control with his Skill: Calm of the Shadows (EX), which increases his proficiency of controlling Mana by 300% (+300% due to his Title: Resident of Chaos), he imbued Mana in his Crude Shortsword.
Taking a proper sword stance, along with his 1200% sword proficiency, he cleaved down the sword towards the ETD 1.
Bam-! Bam-!
He jumped back up after he hit it several times, waiting for its reaction as he posed in a defensive stance.
But, after a few seconds… that became a minute… then a minute and thirty seconds… nothing happened.
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