BXBX NOVEL Chapter 27: A Secondary Essence Core
With its head pressed against the ground, it could only watch as the four leaf clover seal made its way to its head.
Rooooooaarr!!
The wolf let out a feral roar that shook the ground. However, its roar did nothing to slow down the summoner\'s seal that gently landed atop its head.
The seal soon disappeared, sinking into the wolf\'s head without leaving a trace.
"Did it fail?" Damien asked, seeing the wolf was still growling slowly. This was his first time forming such a Pact of Summons and he didn\'t know if it was a success or a failure.
Even though he asked if it had failed, Damien couldn\'t afford to fail. If he were to cancel the summons without forming a pact of Summons with these beasts, Damien would surely hate himself.
Ding!
«You have entered a Pact of Summons with a summon: Monstrous Wolf!»
The notification triggered a crazed smile on Damien\'s face and he turned to the wolf as it slowly rose from the ground, shaking off the dirt on its white fur.
"Hehe… You\'re mine now." Damien chuckled, asking closer to the wolf.
As he approached the wolf, it lowered its head, slightly bowing to its new owner.
Damien stretched his hand forward and to his surprise, the wolf placed its head underneath his palms. His smile widened and in the blink of an eye, Damien had placed both hands on the wolf\'s head, holding its furry head in place with one hand and caressing its warm fur with the other hand.
"Who\'s a good boy?" Damien asked, rubbing the space between the wolf\'s ears.
Roooaaaarr!
The wolf\'s sudden roar stunned Damien for a second as he\'d been expecting a bark instead.
«Your new summon needs a name to further build the bond between Summon and Summoner»
Seeing this notification panel, Damien immediately understood. "Oh! I guess that\'s why."
The panel sort of reminded him of his first encounter with Luton. The slime had almost eaten him.
"Hmm…" Damien continued to rub the wolf\'s head as he thought of a name for the wolf. A name worthy of such a mythical beast. But nothing came to mind.
"Since its final form is a wolf called Fenrir, why not name it Fenrir already?" Damien asked himself.
«Would Host like to make it "Fenrir"?»
Damien thought for a second and shrugged. The name seemed to fit the beast perfectly. "Yup. Fenrir it is."
«Congratulations! You have named your summon: Monstrous Wolf as "Fenrir". The bond has been strengthened drastically!»
Damien turned to the wolf again, "who\'s a good boy?"
Wooof!
"That\'s more like it!" Damien hugged the wolf\'s head, a smile forming on his lips.
Having finished forming a (Pact of Summons) with Fenrir, the Monstrous Wolf, Damien decided it was time to check his status once again. He needed to know how many units of magic essence he had left.
"Status!" Damien called out.
"Close!" He called out again a second later.
Now that he\'d made Fenrir his summon, Damien remembered he was now capable of looking at the beast\'s stats.
"Summons Status!" He called out once again and this time, rather than his status panel, the status of his summons appeared.
««««««••••••»»»»»»
1. Name: Luton
Race: Stellar Slime
Grade: 6
Endurance: 100 Intelligence: 5
••••••••••
Skills:- Universal Space, Devourer
2. Name: Fenrir
Race: Monstrous Wolf
Grade: 5
Strength: 148 Endurance: 147 Agility: 120
Intelligence: 28
••••••••••
Skills: Immense Strength, Rapid Growth, Devourer.
««««««••••••»»»»»»
Observing the new addition to his list of summons, Damien smiled. Seeing Fenrir\'s stats, Damien understood why it had been so hard to form a (Pact of Summons) with it. It was initially leagues above him.
"Luckily, its (Pact of Summons) required me subduing it with Magic Essence rather than physical combat." Damien let out a dry laughter. "Otherwise. I\'d be dead."
"Skill descriptions of Fenrir." Damien requested, another panel appearing immediately to feed his curiosity.
«(Immense Strength) allows the beast to exhibit 3x its base strength in exchange for its agility»
«(Rapid Growth) allows the beast to quickly grow as it devours other beings. This skill also has a Subskill known as (Gigantification) that allows it to momentarily grow in size. The limit is the summoners magic essence reserves»
«(Devourer) allows the beast to devour any, and everything. There isn\'t a limit to what can be devoured»
"Sounds like Luton." Damien muttered as he read through the last skill of the wolf.
Having gone through all that he needed to know about the Monstrous Wolf, Damien sighed in relief.
It was finally time to check his magic essence reserves. "I wonder what units of magic essence I have left."
«Magic Essence: 557/560(+2670 units)»
"I\'ll be damned." Damien sucked in a cold breath.
He\'d previously possessed over 20,000 units after his second conversion and now, he was down to just over three thousand units. He was right after all, he needed almost double of what he\'d used to summon Fenrir, to subdue it.
Seeing he still had enough magic essence for one more (Pact of Summons), Damien immediately activated the Subskill.
"Form a (Pact of Summons) with the Three-Headed Hound." He commanded and the response was immediate.
«-3,000 units of Magic Essence»
Damien felt it. Another large chuck of his magic essence disappeared immediately. The same four leaf clover seal appeared and floated through the air, landing on the unconscious hound.
Ding!
«You have entered a Pact of Summons with a summon: Three-Headed Hound!»
Damien, without waiting for the next panel, named the unconscious beast.
"It\'s name shall be Cerbe."
«Congratulations! You have named your summon: Three-Headed Hound as "Cerbe". The bond has been strengthened drastically!»
The reason why Damien had first targeted Fenrir was simple. If Fenrir succumbed, it meant that the Three-Headed Hound already did since the wolf was stronger. However, if he\'d first dealt with the Hound first, he wouldn\'t have possessed enough essence to deal with the wolf afterwards.
Remembering something he\'d always forgotten each time he opened and closed his panel, Damien quickly asked. "There\'s a limit to what my Essence core can contain. Where then does the excess I convert get stored?"
«The answer is quite simple. You possess a secondary Essence Core»
The answer was swift and unexpected. "What?"
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Author\'s Note:
Apologies for the late release of today\'s chapters but as promised, here are the two chapters I promised to release as a compensation for the missed days.
Thank you all for sticking and reading despite all the inconsistent updates!