Chapter 3 – Summoning (3)
Before coming to this world, I lived a life of repeating between home, work, home, and work.
Among them, the one that relieved my stress was a game called Elion.
The game itself was nothing special. As I started playing games when I was young and played for a long time, my billing costs gradually piled up and too much money was buried.
Perhaps thanks to the time and money I put into the game, I was achieving a high rank, and in order to maintain that status, my salary was gradually being absorbed into Elion without even realizing that my clothes were getting wet in the light rain.
There were a total of 8 characters that I raised that way, and Ellie, whom I met today, was one of them.
Ellie… So, Pingchaengchulongi was the second character I started to focus on.
Doesn’t everyone who plays the game know why it was named this way?
Character names are rarely given properly…
But Ellie seems very proud of this.
I don’t know if you know what it means…
In conclusion, I think the skill I have is the skill to summon the character I raised into this world.
“But why hasn’t it been activated until now?”
“I don’t know about that either. He said that if we stand in the magic circle set up by Eiya, the Master will call us. “Everyone would have been standing in the magic circle together, but I’m not sure why I was the only one summoned.”
Ellie also doesn’t seem to know much about the skill activation conditions.
“Let’s go to the village first, get some rest, and then we can talk in detail.”
There’s so much happening to me right now that it’s hard for my brain to keep up. I’m angry at the people who abandoned me, but it also led to me summoning Ellie, so I guess I should call it luck.
“Um… Are you not going to call me by my divine name?”
Ugh! What kind of miracle is Pingchaeng Chulongi? My endurance isn’t high enough to just sing it on the street.
“Oh, that’s divine, isn’t it? I don’t think it’s a name you can just call anytime, anywhere. “It’s a special name, right?”
“I see… It’s a pity that the Master didn’t invite me, but if the Master says so, then that’s probably true.”
Fortunately, Ellie easily agreed to what I said.
“Do you want to be called by that name?”
“Yes! The moment the Master gave me a new name while wandering around in the back alleys, my life changed 180 degrees. “He was able to become a Paladin by gaining the divine power to kill monsters, which had been difficult for him to survive from day to day. Through his power, he also created food, weapons, and a space called a guild.”
Usually, when you create a character in a game, you start at level 1 and immediately start as an adult character.
I didn’t know there was a past like this.
“Then I’ll call you sometime… Pingchaengchulonga…”
“Huh!”
Suddenly, Ellie sat down and made a strange noise.
“What’s the matter? What’s going on?”
“No. “I was so happy that the Master called me by his divine name… I just left.”
Ugh? He left because I called him by that weird name…? What kind of structure is this?
“Uh… If you like it that much, I’ll sing it to you sometime when we’re alone.”
“Yes. After all, master. “You are as kind as I expected.”
I wonder if all the other kids are like this too…
From listening to the conversation so far, Ellie doesn’t seem to have any awareness that she is a character in the game. It seems that there is simply a different world that Ellie lives in, and when I create a character in the game, she gets chosen to be one of the people in the world that Ellie lives in.
“The Master’s power was truly amazing. “Our strength continued to grow as we captured monsters, and he even gave us weapons that were much more powerful than the blacksmith equipment made in the village.”
I guess so. The weapons the NPC sells are normal equipment, but the equipment I give is basic epic grade.
Moreover, they have been strengthened, so it makes me feel sorry to compare them.
“Then, as if we were drawn by something, people who received the Master’s power came together. We could tell without talking to each other first. Ah, this person is someone who has received the power of the Master! “I said.”
“And you created a guild?”
“Yes! That’s right. It was the birth of a legendary guild! “With just a small number of people, we achieved quests that regular guilds couldn’t, and we built a huge reputation!”
This is probably a story about catching powerful monsters that appear as new content as the game progresses.
“So you were the only guild that received that power? Wouldn’t that have been the case?”
Since Elion is an online game, there would definitely have been other people’s characters and they would have played raids together.
“Ah, you are talking about the parallel world phenomenon. “We used to defeat monsters invading from another dimension together with people from parallel worlds who received powers like the Master.”
Elion’s basic structure was that there were no monsters in the general field and that you entered an instant dungeon and hunted them.
When I entered the instant dungeon, I think I cleared it with another character from that parallel world.
“I see. And the guild started with 4 people, and now there are a total of 8, right?”
The paladin character, probably Ellie, was the third character I made, and I remember creating a guild while training the Crusader, which was probably a priest character.
As the game content increased, the number of secondary characters gradually increased, eventually reaching 8 characters.
“You remember exactly. After meeting Freya, the four of us founded a guild called Einherial.”
“Freya? “Is that the Crusader name?”
“Yes. “He is a younger brother who really helps me in battle.”
For a moment, I found myself staring blankly at the sight of him smiling with a beautiful smile.
“Hmm, yes, it’s called Freya. “He really cared about it too.”
There is a saying that broken character balance creates demand for cash items. The same was true for this love-hate game, Elion.
In a structure where you enter the instant dungeon with a basic party of 4 people, the Crusader job applied a very high buff to the party.
The difference between having and not having this job is so great that in a party of 4 people with a Crusader, if the Crusader with a perfect setup distributes the buff, the firepower can instantly be equivalent to that of a party with 20 dealers.
So, it was a job that one out of four people would definitely get into, so I decided to jump on the bandwagon and raise one as well.
Additionally, since it is so efficient as a non-combat character, I remember spending quite a bit of money to increase the character’s specs.
However, Crusader is not the most invested character.
The amount invested in one of the 8 characters will be similar to the amount invested in the remaining 7 characters combined.
Although this does not mean that the character specifications are as strong as the charging rate, the amount of money lost by gambling in the name of strengthening is large.
Thinking about it again brings tears to my eyes.
“Still, I guess it’s fortunate that the summoning skill I have is able to summon you. “At first, I was desperate because nothing happened.”
“When I look at the Master now, I think it would have been better if I had come to help sooner. “I feel like I have no magical power and am very weak.”
Ellie answered with a slightly sad expression.
“But don’t worry! “I don’t know what the Master thinks, but I think that being called to this world gave us the opportunity to repay the favor we have received from the Master!”
When she saw Ellie slaughtering a group of orcs earlier, she knew that Ellie had more than enough power to survive in this world.
Moreover, assuming that her combat power is intact in the game, Elliein Paladin was the 4th strongest character among the 8 characters on the account.
If 8 characters come together, an unbelievable armed group will be born.
“If 8 people gather together, would it be okay to create an Einherial guild here as well? Haha”
What I said as a joke
“Master! Good idea. “We will establish the Einherial Guild here as well and spread the greatness of the Master!”
It was Ellie who took it seriously.
“What greatness. As you can see, I am a very weak being right now…”
“Maybe so. But the fact remains that our existence is thanks to the help of the Master.”
That said… I’m still in a dazed state.
And for that to happen, you must first understand the principle of summoning.
But there is something more worrying than that.
How long will the character I summon follow me?
I do not have strong military power and currently do not have the leadership skills to lead others.
Right now, I am grateful that I have received the power and will help me, but if I continue to look at my current pitiful state, I have a vague anxiety that one day, they will abandon me.
I don’t think there’s a need to ask this directly yet.
After chatting frantically with Ellie, I think I arrived at the village of Brancia where I was staying.
“This is the village of Brancia where I am currently staying. “Let’s take a shower at the accommodation first.”
“Yes. “Master, I’m fine with anything you say, Master.”