"They're very strong!" Said Eleanora impressed. "Seeing their stats, they're higher than any other summon you've got. I guess it is time to begin replacing them, no?"
"Indeed, their bonuses are also way more generous." I sighed. "I guess it is only natural, I've been only using G and F Rank Summons for a while now, E and D Summons are obviously stronger. My only strong summon before these guys was Draco…"
Draco emerged out of a Summon Card, his glorious appearance resembling a red and black scaled wyvern.
[Type]: [Dragon], [Lizard]
[Race]: [Red Scaled Fire Wyvern]
[Health Points]: [2500/2500]
[Mana Points:] [2000/2000]
[Intelligence]: [1200]
[Buff]: [+100 HP] [+50 Strength] [+50 Agility]
[Skill]: [Blazing Wyvern Breath] [Magic Resistant Wyvern Scales] [Rapid Flight] [Wyvern Claws]
"Aren't those stats a bit too high?! It feels like they compete with yours…" Eleanora commented.
"Yeah, he has been growing stronger the more of his own Monster kin Spirit Orbs I feed him, but since we've ran out of Wyvern Spirit Orbs, he had yet to evolve into a C Rank Familiar." I said. "Usually, Familiars can only evolve up to a certain Rank and then they keep like that. Some of my old summons could reach as far as F, but not farther than that."
"It would be nice if Master could get himself with a Spirit Orb of the higher ranked monsters of the dungeons in this city! Imagine having a B Rank Red Dragon Spirit Orb!" Hendrick said.
"I know… but there are limitations, my own skills limit the Ranks of my summons, my current limit is D." I said. "Nonetheless, if D Rank Summons are this powerful, imagining C, B, or A Ranks… They're probably even more ridiculous. Or even the S Ranks, wouldn't they be insanely strong? This Summoning power… I am beginning to realize why was I able to develop it.
I am fairly sure this power wasn't part of Lucifer's plans."
"Indeed, you developed it as a subproduct of creating your weapon, Gluttony, right?" Hendrick wondered.
"More or less, thanks to Gluttony developing the ability to summon spirits of the orbs it predated on, I was able to obtain this power and master it. Then… it quickly escalated out of proportion once a Class related to the summoning emerged, probably because Classes that showed up for me were based in my current skills and accomplishments." I analyzed.
"Therefore… Lucifer probably planned me to grab a "whatever" class, not something as powerful as a Summoner, especially because he already thought I would be one, but with a much smaller army of the vampires that served my previous life self."
"And it seems the Holy Spirits were quite happy of such a thing, weren't they? To think these godly beings would give you their divine protections!" Hendrick said.
"Yeah… This probably means they were happy of me having this ancient power, which seems to be just made to be able to fight against the enormously vast and ridiculous armies of demons flooding this world." I said. "After all I was able to deal with all of those demons thanks to my allies and the summons, they were quite an important part of our survival, well, they've always had been."
"This is certainly interesting, it makes me wonder what's coming next too." Said Eleanora. "And also it makes me wonder this world's history, the past, and the hero they call "The First Summoner" and all…"
"Also the Spirits of this world… they're more than just normal summons, much like you, I believe they might had been formerly souls, that were reincarnated as spirits." I said. "This hypothesis mostly surged after I saw Erdrich develop his first spirit… Remember that elusive girl-shaped spirit that helps him control his powers? She seems to call him "my sister's son" a lot.
Perhaps she… could had been Erdrich's aunt, that died before he even meet her."
"Interesting, very interesting!" Hendrick said. "I feel like untapping the mystery of this world is an exciting job all-together!"
"Yeah, right?" I said with a smile. "There's still a lot we need to learn, especially about the Dungeons themselves too."
"Now, now, Blake, don't you think its time to have breakfast? Little Saphira has been patient but she's growing a bit restless." Eleanora pointed out.
"I want cheesecake!" Saphira pouted.
"Right… Right, sorry. I often get myself lost when I talk about things that make me passionate."
Like that, I quickly took a bath and got into some clean and fancier clothes, which I had commissioned from the Elf Prince himself, Elfriedden. His sewing abilities are amazing, especially when making clothes imbued with special effects.
Once I walked downstairs I meet everyone else. Surprisingly this time Erika nor Elizabeth had come to greet me in my doors, mostly because they were busy with… someone else.
"What in the world is going on in here?!" I asked in shock, finding a large crater in the living room, some of the furniture was all burned, and there was several pieces of golems thrown everywhere.
"Aheheh… S-Sorry…" Alberta apologized, her face was all covered on dust. "I… Didn't you heard the explosion?"
"I didn't… Maybe I was too deep on my sleep but what is this? Alberta you better explain it!" Everyone else was here as well, trying to help clean the place.
"She blew up a very powerful golem she was making." Erika sighed. "Ah, good morning." She gave me a kiss in my cheek.
"She said it was going to help her fight even D Rank Monsters… but well, you see what happened." Elizabeth said, using the {Clean} spell to… well, clean.
"I'm sorry… I-I failed…" Alberta apologized, feeling very embarrassed. "I-It was supposed t-to be something b-big…"
"Big? Well, yeah this disaster is big!" Evelyn reprimanded her.
"Indeed young lady, you're going to pay for the repairs, this house is rented after all." Erika's mother said.
"Just what in the world were you trying to make?" I wondered.
Suddenly, I saw the shattered pieces of the golem core she was making, sensing a powerful presence from within.