Chapter 179: Conjuration (1/2)

After Zelda finally let go of him after exactly the same amount of time Nadine had. Tyler knew he didn't have any time to waste or come up with a decent plan so he decided to improvise. He made quick decisions based on the information he had on hand right now, he didn't have to worry about the undead army for a while as it would take them at least a week to March all the way to the eastern parts of the darknar forest so all he needed to do now was deal with the ones attacking the castle.

There was no way it would be one of the Great Five as if that was the case, Tyler was sure Albert would've died without a chance to contact him. Moreover, they would've been cautious brought to set up an anti-communication barrier around the castle just as a precaution so the other Great Five families wouldn't be able to interfere.

Meaning the next possibility was a behemoth that was either secretly working for one of the Great Five, or was being manipulated as there was no other reason he could think of for a behemoth to attack the demon king's castle unless they were idiots that actually believe they could defend against the Great Five's fury.

At least in his case, he hadn't known the gravity of the situation he was getting involved in. The problem now was he didn't have time at all and he didn't know the strength of the behemoth's forces. If they had a hundred strong demons then everyone in the castle would be dead before he even got there and if the behemoth was stronger than him, he would end up just going to his death.

However, if it wasn't for his various limitations right now and his lack of proper attack methods, there would be no behemoth that he couldn't at least force into a draw. Tyler didn't have the skill, Thought Acceleration but he could think pretty fast based on his speed alone.

After not coming up with a good enough plan for the unknown entity that was attacking the castle, he decided to just do his best now and adjust depending on the situation he encounters. The bad part was he didn't have time to see if he could still use the skills granted to him by this so called monarch authority, whatever that was.

”Nadine get ready, we're heading back to the castle.”

”Really?”

”Yeah, You and Zelda gather the sleeping dwarves.”

The five dwarves he had brought with him were still lying on the snow sound asleep. Perhaps they had high cold resistance but it looked as though this was the best sleep they had gotten in weeks.

Thinking of the best ways to fully prepare himself, Tyler then stretched his arm out and reached into the void, pulling out a single scroll from his spatial storage. His success in accessing his storage space even without the ring gave him some confidence. At the very least he still had the skills from that artifact in his arsenal which would improve his chances against the said behemoth.

”Conjure Celestial - Dark Garuda”

Conjuration spells were very different from summoning spells as summoning would only call forth creatures, mostly unintelligent creatures that exist in this world and bound them to the summoners will for the duration of the spell, while conjuration calls forth intelligent (mostly malicious) being from another plane, connecting the casters mind with the called creature in a binding contract that was more complicated than summoning Magic.

This type of magic was both a control magic and spirit magic. Creatures conjured by this spells were unpredictable and generally aligned to evil and thus had high potential for treachery. Therefore using a conjuration spell instead of a summoning spell was very dangerous. However, as outworlders, most conjured creatures were more powerful and had much stronger special abilities.

A conjuration spell creates a connection with another dimension and thus, the energy it generates could also attract other more powerful creatures other than the one that was called forth. Such a thing could easily results in an otherworldly invasion.

However, as a newbie magic castle, Tyler was currently unaware of the massive dangers of conjuration.

The scroll in his hand burned in a black haze and disappeared as unlike with summoning, no magic circle appeared anywhere. Rather, a black void opened up in the air and rapidly expanded until it was large enough to fit a ten foot giant.

As the black void opened completely, an oppressive aura suddenly exploded from within the gate as a dark creature slowly walked through it and the gate slowly began to close. The creature was a large humanoid bird like monster with claws and talons. It had large black wings protruding from its back and the head of a falcon.

A dark and ominous aura surrounded it and it's birdlike eyes scanned the surroundings in distain and arrogance that belonged to a superior species. His eyes lingered on the man in front of him, whose mind he was now connected to and it spoke in an ethereal voice without moving back t mouth:

[You! Human? No, demon, you have summoned me.]

Tyler stared at the large birdlike creature in surprise as he hadn't expected a sunmoned creature to speak. Perhaps summoned creatures by means of a ritual or items could do it but he had only used a scroll. It was surely the strongest summoning scroll he had and had thought now was the best time to use it.

The dark creature had a malicious glint in its eyes as it stared at Tyler with an hidden intent, scanning his entire being and even his soul.