The Summoner And Contractor System - Chapter 6 Souls Calling

Willing his inventory space 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 accumulation, 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, rushing 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 flashing 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 cocoon 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 mass 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.]

Wilhelm’s sincere words entered Rentaro’s mind before all of his attention was diverted by the pain of having his soul binded by the Soul Contract.

Roy’s soul had been created using “Soul’s Calling,” because of that his soul was fairly strong and he managed to withstand the pain. Rentaro, having reconstructed his soul from near dissipation twice, once while unconscious and the other while binding the grimoire, fared well overall, at least he managed to hold in any screams and grunts. The Soul Contract only took a minute to complete, but as it occurred in their souls it feel as if they spent days struggling against the pain.

Roy’s soul had strengthened even more after the Soul Contract, while Rentaro’s soul had broken down and reconstructed once again, further strengthening his potential.

Rentaro, although tired, managed to stand up after completing the contract. Roy followed in his footsteps as Rentaro took his grimoire out, about to review Roy’s information before checking out the system missions tab. At this point in time, a cool wind passed over him, his summoner robe flowing in the wind as all the smoke around him vanished.

Turning his glance to the door, Rentaro saw the group of village elders, who stood in shock as they saw Rentaro’s current appearance and Roy, the fierce-looking creature who followed behind him.

Rentaro, rather embarrassed by their stares, “Oh, um, greetings elders. Elder Astrona, This is my partner, Roy.”

Not understanding the current situation, Roy happily exclaimed as he saw more people around, “Hey! My name’s Roy!”

Elder Fleley, the youngest of the elders, immediately fainted after encountering the strange situation that no one could expect to run into life, but was caught by Elder Tlarc before she hit the ground. The two grand elders looks over towards Elder Astrona, indicating that he should start up a conversation and see what was going on.

Elder Astrona sighed, not daring to refute the grand elders as he too was rather curious about what Rentaro was doing. “Hah, Rentaro, little friend, could you please explain what’s going on here? You see, you gave the whole village quite a little scare with whatever you were just doing….”

‘Big Bro, is it dangerous to tell people I’m a summoner?’

[You won’t be able to keep it hidden in the future, especially when you fight. There’s no point even trying to hide it, especially with Roy being right behind you at the moment.] Wilhelm gave an encouraging tone, reassuring him that there wasn’t any point in worrying about what the future may bring.

“I’m sorry for causing a ruckus. That just then was my first summoning and I was making my first contract with Roy.”

“You’re… a summoner? Well, your first summon is certainly… interesting, I’m not even sure what species it belongs to. In the mean time, you should get some rest, there’s an extra guest house across the way for you.” This time, it wasn’t Elder Astrona who responded, but Grand Elder Tuross as his ice-blue eyes flashed with an interested light.

“We’ll take care of the mess. You should go rest and manage your things.” Grand Elder Vlita chimed in with her concern, seemingly with tactical judgement alongside Grand Elder Tuross.

[Rentaro, I don’t sense any harmful intent directed at you. You should take them up on their offer and handle everything you need to here. Luckily, we ended up in a village like this. Had it been a place full of experts, we may have been attacked by other cultivators out of greed in this world where the strong rule over the weak.]

[Furthermore, while it appears like we’re only in a village right now, it is more probable to say we’re in small clan. Based off of my knowledge, the Krose clan was an ancient demon clan and they were known for their ice-blue eyes and mental cultivation arts. For future reference, I’ll clear up a common misconception for you Lil’ Bro. Demon clans aren’t necessarily evil, so you don’t need to be anymore cautious around them than anyone else.]

Although he was stunned after hearing that Krose Village may be a small demon clan, he didn’t hold any prejudice against them. “Oh, alright. I’m rather tired and have some things I need to check up on, so I’ll leave this to you. Thanks elders!”

Rentaro turned around and walked towards the other guest house, accompanied by Roy. Rentaro’s plan was to collect his mission rewards and then start cultivating the first stage of the Scripture of Summoning and Contracting, Affinity Awakening.

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“What are your intentions towards Rentaro?” Elder Astrona questioned the two grand elders in a wary tone. Although he didn’t know much about the youth, he had no desire to put him in any precarious situation.

“Don’t worry, we won’t do anything harmful towards him or pry into his secrets. We all know that Icrin, the pride and future of our clan, can’t be sheltered forever. Now that this youth, Rentaro, has made an appearance, why not let him and Icrin become friends?” Grand Elder Tuross offered a simple explanation.

“Tuross is right. That contracted summon, Roy, is something that none of us had ever seen. To make a contract with such a summon, no to have even become a Summoner, the boy’s potential is boundless and he must have some strong background. Letting Icrin accompany Rentaro when he leaves will be the best decision to protect him and help our clan rise again in the future.” Grand Elder Vlita agreed with Tuross’ ideas.

“Alright, as long as no harm comes to them, then I’ll agree with your thoughts.” Elder Astrona relented with their reasoning.

Tlarc, Fleley (who had woken up shortly after fainting), and Phans agreed with the grand elders as well, making the decision unanimous and clear.