6 Souls Calling (1/2)
Willing his inventory s.p.a.ce to appear, Rentaro opened it and immediately spotted what he was looking for. A small, bluish crystal orb, glistening in a gentle light. the orb was surrounded by a strong aura of life and seemed to emanate the auras of several elements.
[This ”Soul's Calling” seems to be made up of a myriad of elements. The summon you call forth will only have strong affinities for what the depths of your soul can connect to, only taking in the affinitive elements and dense aura of life force. As for the other elements, because of the dense acc.u.mulation, they will linger in the orb. Once you get the chance, complete the First Contract mission and store the orb into the Elemental Essence Gourd.]
'Good idea, Wilhelm. How do I start the summoning with this howev-' Fumbling with the small orb in his hands, Rentaro was just about to ask how to use it when it started glowing up. Its appearance looked like that of an emerging small sun.
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The village elders were startled as they felt the sudden emergence of a myriad of auras, belonging to the many different elements and the dense life force. Elder Astrona in particular looked towards the small guest house he had given Rentaro, rus.h.i.+ng over as he led the other village elders.
”Grand Elder Tuross, Grand Elder Vlita, Fleley, Tlarc, Phans, a lost youth was brought back the other day. Icrin found him near the 1st Forest Zone. This aura seems to be coming from the guest house we had supplied him.” Elder Astrona explained as he led the way.
”Whatever he's doing is certainly causing a lot of worry. What is this youth's name?” Grand Elder Tuross, an aged, skinny man with white hair, asked.
”His name is Rentaro, Grand Elder.”
”Oh, looks like the situation is changing once again.” The elderly woman by Tuross' side, Vlita, suddenly spoke out.
The other elders remained quiet as they followed Astrona and the two grand elders. One thing everyone seemed to have in common however, were their flas.h.i.+ng ice-blue pupils as they looked in Rentaro's direction and watched the ”small sun” emerge from the house. Questioning whether they should move closer to investigate, they suddenly saw a combustion of blackness overtake the bright sun.
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”Wh-what's going on?” Rentaro could no longer hold in his thoughts and maintain his cool as the bright sun was suddenly eclipsed by a darkness. The small eclipsed sun rapidly converged into a small ball of black fire. The shape then rapidly changed, looking like a small egg one second, then a rather large coc.o.o.n the next.
[I have no knowledge about the item, ”Soul's Calling,” so I don't have any helpful tips for this situation. Everything should turn out okay in the end, so let's just watch for now.] Wilhelm and Rentaro remained helpless and could only watch as fate shuffled the deck and dealt their hand.
Slowly, a figure started to shape within the dense ma.s.s of black fire. The figure's outline had a strange lizard-wolf-like body and six legs, each with five pitch-black, ravenous claws scorching with heat. It had a long tail, seemingly sharp as a blade, and seemed to have sharp protrusions sticking out along its spine. The outline had two curved, pitch black, ram-looking horns alongside its mouth which was split in three with small, yet sharp, teeth. Atop its head were another two pitch black horns.
Suddenly, four of what seemed to be eyes opened up, being of a molten-lava color. The figure was about the size of a wolf and the surrounding conglomeration of black fire seemed to be clearing up as it took in its elemental affinities. Stepping towards Rentaro, the figure revealed a body covered in obsidian-colored scales.
Rentaro was shocked when he heard an abrupt childish voice ring out from a boy, more specifically, the summon directly in front of him, ”You are the one who brought me into existence?”
Stunned for a second, Rentaro remembered that ”Soul's Calling” had the ability to create brand new life and that this summon of his, despite the grown and rather scary appearance, was merely a newborn. He lifted his hand and stored the orb and its remaining elemental energies in his inventory as the newborn summon watched with overflowing curiosity, ”That is correct, I am the one who summoned you. My name is Rentaro Eccel and I would like to make a Soul Contract with you.”
”A Soul Contract? Okay! So, you'll be my Brother from now on, like Eldest Brother Wilhelm?” The summon asked in an excited manner.
”How- How do you know about Wilhelm already? And how can you speak so fluently?”
[Lil' Bro, because of the premise behind ”Soul's Calling,” this summon of yours was created based off of your deepest desires. Any memories pertaining to your deepest desires were shared over to his soul as well. As such, he has clear memories of me, of contracts, and the desire for companions.]
”Alright then, looks like you'll be my little brother from now on. You don't have a name yet, so your name will be Roy!” After everything that had happened so far, Rentaro realized it was best to just accept anything that was thrown to him as long as it wouldn't harm him or his companions.
Following Roy's childish laughter, ”Alright, how do we make the contract?”
[Rentaro, use the ”Sacrificial” knife and allow a drop of your blood to fall upon Roy's forehead. He must accept the drop into the core of his soul and the Soul Contract will start.]
”Alright, Roy, close your eyes and leave everything else to me.” Following Wilhelm's instructions, Rentaro cut his left forefinger once again and left a drop flow onto Roy's forehead. Strangely enough, the drop immediately vanish upon contract and both Roy and Rentaro shook.
[The first Soul Contract is beginning. Stay strong, you two.]