My Summons Are Special

27. Evolution

We went down, further down.

There were no major problems with navigation. Everyone here was a summoner with a three-star pet, and the power of a three-star pet was greater than I thought.

No enemy was powerless in front of the four 3-star summons that matched the combination.

“… … What is it here?”

Looking at the door that had already appeared more than 20 times, and the monsters that appeared more than 20 times, Stella murmured quietly.

Although he did not dare to speak, Noana Shira also seemed to have doubts about this space.

Except for the name, I didn’t know the details either, so I joked around a bit.

“Well. It could be the Demon King’s forward base.”

“—Don’t joke like that. Because words can become seeds for nothing.”

When he spoke the name of the Demon King, Stella began to react as if he had heard the name of a person he shouldn’t have spoken of.

I looked at her, and soon realized why.

Heck, to the people of another world, the Demon King is the achievement of mankind and is nothing like Satan, so he had to react like that.

‘According to the story, even the emperor couldn’t win… … Such an existence.’

Even the emperor, who is a 5-star Summoner, could not overcome it and was only pushed out, the single strongest being.

To me, it was a one-second cut off by a player who painted himself with a 5-star pet… … .

‘By the way, you demon king. How do you hold it?’

Theoretically, the Demon King can also be captured as a 2-star summon.

So, in theory to the last, to be exact, in terms of specifications in the game.

With a fully-enhanced pet and six pets with two fully-reinforced ceremonies, you can barely beat them.

But I wasn’t a nuclear billing user wasting money.

I didn’t try it because I didn’t have the spirit of challenge to enjoy the game that way.

‘After all, I’m not alone.’

If I alone can draw 6 5-star summons, strengthen them all, and charge the Demon King, I can restore world peace by myself.

It was also a problem to gather soul power to gacha 6 times right now, and it was also a problem to select an SSR-class summon that is a 5-star summons for all 6 times with a step difference of the 6 times.

‘It’s a ridiculous probability.’

It was a lower probability than the probability of purchasing 5 lottery tickets and getting all 1st to 5th places in it.

If I had had such luck, I would never have fallen into such a different world or died from an incurable disease.

I stood in front of the door that appeared again and looked back at the children.

“So, would you like to go further? if not… … go back?”

After that, the children began to worry.

Because there is a reward for me, the further down I go, the better, but it wasn’t for them.

It was quite frightening to have to descend infinitely without knowing when the end would be in this dark dungeon where you don’t know what might come out in the future.

Judging by their age, they were not flowery high school girls, and they wanted to avoid scary things.

“… … What would you like to do?”

Stella asked me. Of course I want to go down, so you call that a question?

But I couldn’t answer that.

I said while stroking the door that appeared in front of me.

“I want to go further down.”

“… … why?”

“Are you curious? who made this What is in this.”

Hearing this, the three of them began to think deeply.

Anyway, it wasn’t very dangerous so far, and it seemed like it was because no existence worthy of being called a monster had appeared.

“I will follow you.”

But then, Noah took the lead.

There was determination in her eyes. That determination to follow me no matter what threat lies ahead.

When one person came first, the other two pretended to be worried, but as their minds moved over, their bodies too.

Soon after, both of them walked forward.

“—Yeah, well, as you said, you should know who made it.”

“Everyone is going, but what do I have to do to go back alone?”

chin.

The four hands touched the door at the same time.

I laughed and talked to them.

“Then you can’t go back now?”

Saying so, he opened the door.

Beyond the door that had been opened more than 20 times, the lowest level monster appeared.

* * *

“The monster… … ?”

Noah saw the monster’s face and realized that it was quite familiar.

I remember seeing it somewhere. And it wasn’t long before I succeeded in recalling that memory.

“Then I sneaked into the academy… !”

Recalling that time, Noah took out all of his summoned beasts.

Earth spirits and colossus statues appeared and filled the cave.

“Is it true that it was the work of a real demon?”

When a monster identical to the one that appeared in the academy once appeared in the dungeon, Stella muttered in embarrassment.

Among them, Shiira alone, not knowing what had happened, tilted her head and began to panic.

“What are you all talking about? Are demons entering the academy?”

“… … Oh, you don’t know.”

Stella glanced at Shira and me alternately and started to look at each other for a moment. You might be wondering if I should say this.

Eventually I picked up my gun and opened my mouth to her.

“Not long after the entrance ceremony, demons invaded the academy.”

“-Really? It’s the first I’ve heard of it.”

“You must have been really good at maintaining security.”

“Then why do you know?”

“It was Noah who was attacked back then, and we were the ones who saved it.”

“Ahh.”

Saying so, she looked at Noah with curious eyes. Not everyone here looked so nervous.

The enemy was an opponent that one lowest level monster, one-star summons could defeat alone.

Shira, who realized that fact, murmured as if she had no interest in the monster.

“Then what will you do? Do you want Noah to fight for revenge alone?”

“What?”

“why? There is only one, and that monster is the same monster that attacked Noah.”

Then, revenge isn’t too bad, Shira said.

Shira turned her gaze away from this fight, playing pranks with the blue bird that she had suddenly summoned.

Guess what she said, Noah turned his head and looked at me. He also seemed to want to get revenge at that time.

When I looked into those bright, pathetic eyes, my heart to refuse her request completely disappeared.

After thinking about it for a while, he realized that it would be no big deal and nodded his head.

“… … If it looks dangerous, I will intervene right away.”

“don’t worry!”

Saying that, she went forward with the earth spirit.

It seemed like a pointless waste of time to me, but… … For her, it might be a matter of brushing off herself and her weak past.

“Ugh!”

As if to prove that she was attacked by several monsters at the same time that she was attacked by the same monster in the past, she succeeded in dealing with the monster in an instant with only one-star summons.

and.

“… … what?”

“uh?”

Shira, who was standing behind her, let out a sigh.

It was the same with Noah, who hunted monsters.

I looked at the two of them thinking about what was going on, and the number of their summons began to change.

“Earth Spirit, you… … .

“The blue bird… … .“

evolution.

In other words, level up.

The miraculous powers granted only to players were happening to them as well.

“what? What’s up?”

Except for Stella, of course.

* * *

Noah’s pet grew a little taller, and Shiira’s bluebird began to grow fancy feathers.

Seeing that, I began to find out why their pets evolved.

‘In the game… … NPCs grew up on their own if they just hunted.’

In Project Luna, where you can build a good affinity with NPCs and progress the story together, the NPC’s level rises by itself as you progress through the game.

When you think about it, it was natural. It costs money to level up my pets, but if I ask the user to level up NPCs, I’ll only get the curse of being a money-crazed developer.

Thus, NPCs do not need goods to level up. Just by being with the user, the level went up by itself.

‘I’m so envious… … .’

Some people level up by collecting experience points and consuming soul stones, but who level up just by hunting with me?

It was a shameful thing.

“What is it, you guys… … .“

However, Stella was not able to level up alone and was looking at the two summoned animals in turn.

She let out a sigh for a moment as if she had seen the change of the two summoned creatures, and then immediately recalled the memories and started looking at me.

“… … Ian, can you explain how this happened?”

Yes. A level-up that was used in the midterm exam and the confrontation with her.

It was quite natural to infer that the appearance and the present phenomenon were similar.

but.

“I don’t even know?”

“What?”

“I don’t know.”

I was consistent with ignorance. To tell you the truth, NPC leveling up doesn’t require any great conditions.

Have a party with the player.

And go hunting together.

The reason the two summons evolved was because their summons were 1 star.

‘Stella is 3 stars, so… … .’

One-star pets require less experience as their growth is small. So, you’ve already leveled up.

But in order to explain this, I have to explain how I know this knowledge, and as the story gets longer, I may inadvertently reveal that this world is a game.

No one would believe it straight-forward, but just because he said such a thing did not mean that he was not likely to be taken to blasphemy, blasphemy, or mental illness.

“You really don’t know? You’re just like this in a match… … ”

“Is it the same as the one you saw in the match?”

“okay. Did you know and use it? Then you don’t even know how they got stronger… ?”

“I don’t know?”

“… … I see.”

Stella looked at me with half-weeping eyes. Her eyes were full of frustration.

But it was only natural for her to be like that.

If it’s only one person, it’s fine.

If it’s only your own uniqueness, you can skip it.

However, what if the specialness I showed wasn’t my own?

If you think that even though it is a level that anyone can reach, you have not been able to rise due to your own shortcomings… … Stella, who is a mass of self-esteem, would not be able to accept that fact.

To reassure her, I eventually released some information.

“Again, I don’t know.”

“… … Because I knew.”

“Then I used the Soulstone.”

“… … Soulstone?”

“okay.”

“How did you get it when you didn’t have money to buy clothes?”

“I got it from Dinoir-senpai.”

Is it because I realized another way to grow?

Hearing those words, her expression came back to life.

Fortunately, she immediately trusted me.

To be honest, he believed in me and moved on.

I immediately paid attention to the other children as well.

“You too, let’s hide this.”

“Are you going to be caught soon anyway?”

“Even so, it’s better than having to gossip about it.”

“… … It is.”

After receiving the consent of the two of them, I told the children to go upstairs.

I must have discovered a monster, I must have also discovered the peculiarity of leveling up.

The children, who felt they had been thoroughly investigated, accepted to leave this place.

And that moment.

“You came quickly.”

“Uh, huh?”

“No, what is this… … .”

We were moved out of the dungeon in an instant.