CH.339 Spotting ‘Nel’ and Summoning with Unika
“Master. We have located Miss Nel.” Endy told , when I arrived in my office after breakfast.
“So she finally ca out, did she?”
“... not quite. She didn’t exit the building she entered, but a different building, and one located in the noble’s district. She is also dressed quite differently and she has two ard guards with her, and more following so ways away.”
“... but she is on foot? Not in a carriage?”
“Yes. I will bring up the picture.” Endy said, as he made a magic screen that could show the HoBase caras.
As I saw the image, only one thing ca to mind.
“Yeah, that isn’t Nel.” I quickly said. I an, no way that princess looking girl is Nel. It just doesn’t match.
“We believe that she is, Master.”
“How can she be? Sure the haircolor is the sa red color as Nel’s, but her hair is like… three tis longer than Nel’s. Nel was also dressed… Well, not in a dress. And she was alone, with a random adventurer, in a dungeon. There is no way that is Nel.”
“We compared her hair and eye color to Miss Nel, and found that they are an exact match. All of her facial features are also a perfect match, and as far as we can observe her body structure, it is also a perfect match. She also carries herself in a similar manner to Miss Nel. We give it a 97.8% chance that that lady is Miss Nel.” Endy reasoned.
“… and I give it a 100% chance that Lua is sohow related to Vampire Fascinator, but that still doesn’t an that it is true.”
“I believe you are failing to see beyond the hair, Master.”
“Hey! Just because I have a hair obsession doesn’t an that that girl is Nel.”
“We still believe that she is.”
“... fine. Just keep an eye on her. Find out where she is going. Also, show the house she ca out of, I’ll ask Mariina or Cressida who it belongs to. But when we find out she isn’t Nel, I’ll be expecting … I don’t know. Maybe sothing cool?”
“And if we find out we were correct, we will be expecting installs as rewards.” Endy countered.
“Deal.”
Of course I agreed with that. I an, unless Nel has a unique skill or sothing, there is no way she would triple her hair length in just a bit over a week. And even if she could do that, it doesn’t explain how she went from a random adventurer to having an escort squad of Royal Knights.
… wait? Why does that girl have an escort squad of Royal Knights? I know that insignia on their armor. Elias’ knights had that sa insignia, and it is only used by the Royal Knights. So that girl … she is a princess?
Well, now that I think about it, Elias also has similar red hair as she does. Not quite the sa, as Prince Elias has scarlet red hair and this girl’s is more like a wine red. But still close enough where the two could be a brother and sister. But she didn’t co from the Castle. She exited so random noble’s manor. … Unless she went there in a carriage and is just now on the walk for so reason.
“Endy, did a carriage go to the house she left from?”
“We don’t have records of one, but we don’t follow every carriage in the city. Lady Tahlia should have the recordings, so we can check.”
“Please do. It isn’t that it really matters, but we are in too deep, so let’s go all the way.”
I’ll also ask about the Royal family from Cressida. And I will also find out about the house they left. If it does belong to the Royal family, I might just believe that this girl is a Princess. Maybe she just doesn’t live at the castle for so reason. She could be married off or sothing.
But even if she is a Princess, doesn’t an that she is Nel though. That part is still impossible and now even more impossible. At most Nel could be her body double or sothing, and even then, the hair length problem stands.
Unless so sort of hair lengthening potion is easy to get. That might explain most things, other than the why would a Princess be in a dungeon with a random adventurer.
The ‘possibly a princess’ lady ended up heading for the Royal academy. I have no clue why a princess would visit, but maybe it is sothing like a planned visit. It doesn’t seem like she is a student, after all.
But that isn’t my issue, as an issue popped up on HoBase. It was nothing much really, just an evolution. Wilma had begun her evolution at a strange ti of day, aka. during the day. I know she got to LV.59 yesterday, so maybe she sohow gained enough EXP to get to level 60, and thus she is now evolving. Sure with HoBase, I have plenty of my monsters available, so just an evolution isn’t really a big deal, but it is still sothing.
But how did she gain EXP? Does crafting give EXP? She was making special arrows for Unika, so maybe? It might just be so little that it takes a long ti to level up that way, at least compared to killing monsters.
I naturally visited Wilma at the dbay. Yes, we do have a dbay. Do you really think I wouldn’t make a dical room? She was moved there very fast after she passed out by my avatar doll monsters, and she would be taken care of there while she evolves. It is just the best place to take care of soone who is evolving.
Sadly the ‘evolution tanks’ weren’t quite ready yet, so I didn’t get to test them, but maybe I’ll have them finished before Einar and Eline evolve.
Now I know what you want to know. What are ‘evolution tanks’? Well, they are basically chambers filled with liquid to keep a person inside of them at a reasonable temperature while they evolve. I based them on the healing machines from Dragon Ball. The ones the Frieza Force used. Well, mine are a bit more bed-like. But in all simplicity, we put a person inside, attach the breathing mask, seal the bed and then fill the tank with a liquid, specifically a special healing potion. Then the evolution tank would keep an eye on all of the physical paraters of the person inside, while also regulating the temperature of the liquid inside of it to make sure the person inside will be perfectly fine to evolve.
But again, it is not yet finished, so Wilma didn’t get to be the testsubject. I’m also looking forward to what Wilma will evolve into. It has to be so kind of crafting or blacksmithing related class race, right? Unless there is a race like Advanced Dwarf? Actually, that should be locked behind getting Limit Break, just like Advanced Human was for .
“... Brian? May I co in?” I heard a call at my office door. I had returned to my office to work on the evolution tank after visiting the d bay, and now I was again needed for sothing.
“Yes. Co in.” I responded. Of course I already knew who was at the door. It was the purple furred fox-girl.
After I gave permission, Unika entered my office. She took a look around, before she approached my desk.
“So, what do you need?” I asked Unika.
“... I was… My brother and I were… we were hoping we could test out Summoning Magic.” Unika said carefully.
“Oh? Wasn’t expecting that. Why the sudden interest?”
“... we saw Eline with her lion and tiger. And we were hoping that maybe we could also…”
“Try it out? Well, I was going to have you try it out eventually anyway, so might as well do that now.” I told her. “Could you go get your brother? I have so summoning circles ready to go, but the place is hidden.”
“Really? I’ll go get him right now.” Unika said, as she ran out of my office with her tail swishing behind her.
After Unika returned with her brother, I teleported the three of us to floor 19 of the dungeon part of HoBase. Floor 19 was a fairly regular ‘box-shaped’ floor and the monsters that lived here were C and B-rank rock golems.
This was also where I made so experintal self-filling summoning circles. I needed to test out if they would work, before I made so on the surface of HoBase. At first, I didn’t get them to work, because I supplied too much HoBase mana into them, but eventually I figured out how much of the mana used to fill the circle has to be ‘human mana’ and how much can co from HoBase. And at least 40% of the mana has to co from a person, and the rest can co from HoBase, but you do seem to get stronger monsters if you fill the circle completely yourself, because even though I summoned a handful of monsters during my experints, I didn’t get a single one that was as strong as Hiśaila.
I think it is because the monsters that respond to the summoning circle respond to the mana of the individual. And if HoBase is used to fill up the circle, the mana loses so of its individuality, causing the strongest monsters to not co. At least that is my theory, as I don’t think anyone else has ever had a setup like mine.
“... where are we?” Unika asked.
“It is a hidden basent of HoBase.” I answered. “You aren’t allowed to co here without or Agunan, as it can be a bit dangerous.”
“... so those golems are..?”
“Essentially wild monsters, yes. Agunan or I can control them, but if neither of us are here, they will attack you.”
“Isn’t that dangerous?” Valoa asked. “Won’t they co out?”
“They can’t. You can only get here if you can teleport.”
“But how can you teleport without chanting a spell?” Valoa asked.
“That’s a secret.”
“Can you use any spell without chanting?”
“Alice is actually quite good at Instant Cast magic, aka. magic that you don’t have to chant for. You should ask her for more info about it, because the stuff I use is special.”
“Yes Sir. I will.”
“... but why are the summoning circles here if this place is dangerous?” Unika asked.
“Because these ones are just a bit experintal. And I don’t yet know where I want to put them, so I left them here for now, until I have a permanent place for them.”
“And why are there six of them?”
“Because different size circles take a different amount of mana to fill. But at the sa ti, the larger the circle, the higher the rank of the monster that will appear. But because we don’t really even know if you have an aptitude for Summoning Magic, we will test it out with one of the small ones. So, which one of you wants to go first?”
“I do. I do.” Valoa quickly raised his hand. “So which one do I use?”
“The small one here.” I pointed at the smallest circle we had available. It only summons F and E rank monsters, but it also only takes 100 mana to fill up the circle, so it was perfect for testing out if you have an aptitude for summoning. And it isn’t like you have to make a contract just because you summon sothing. You can just send it back without making a contract.
Valoa kneeled next to the circle and placed both his hands on it, and then he filled the circle with mana.
Then we waited… but nothing appeared.
“Sorry, but it doesn’t look like you have the aptitude for Summoning Magic.” I apologized to Valoa.
“...” He didn’t respond, just seemingly shulked a bit.
Maybe I should check if an install of one of my cards can give the aptitude for it. I don’t have Double Summon yet, but I do have Inferno Reckless Summon and Ultimate Offering. One of those two might do it. Though both do sound a bit dangerous, as Ultimate Offering relies on you giving up Life Points, aka HP, while Inferno Reckless Summon literally has Reckless in the na.
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Maybe Legendary Fla Lord? Or perhaps Hiita the Fire Charr? I’ll ask them later and if they do, I’ll introduce them to Unika. Maybe she can master her racial skill. It would be nice.
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“Now, Unika, either unsummon that kobold or make a contract with it, your choice.”
“... I … I think I’ll let it go.”
“Can’t really bla you on that. How is your mana? Do you want to try a bigger circle?”
“I have a lot left, so yes.” Unika answered. “If that is fine.”
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