Mayoi Black Summoner: Volume 4

1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-1-7183-7554-3
Verlag: J-Novel Club
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 250 Seiten

Reihe: Black Summoner

After having fulfilled the requirements for his promotion to Rank S, Kelvin, the eccentric Summoner who transmigrated from another world, finds that a series of festivities are being prepared in his honor. To his surprise and delight, he learns that part of it involves a one-on-one practice round with Silvia, a Rank S adventurer nicknamed 'Ice Princess.' Eagerly anticipating this match against a truly worthy opponent, he promptly dives into his training like never before. At the same time, his companions head off to a dungeon to procure a special high-ranked food ingredient for his sake, but a shocking encounter lies in wait! Come along for the ride as this black-clad battle junkie and his allies continue to make a name for themselves in the fourth volume of this epic journey!

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mayoi, Doufu

Weitere Mitwirkende

(Digs), Kurogin

Taishi,

Leseproben

Chapter 1: Divine Pillars

The morning after we returned home, I shared the details of my upcoming promotion ceremony with everyone else over breakfast.

“...so that’s why I have no choice but to have a practice match with a Rank S adventurer three days from now.”

“Oh, that sounds like a wonderful opportunity to go all-out. Good for you, my king.”

“No, no, what are you saying? This is a very grave issue. I don’t even know who I’ll be up against or how powerful he or she is.”

Melfina looked at me pointedly. “So you say, honey, but you’re already smiling.”

“Smiling? I am the very picture of seriousness.”

The way my fight with Clive in the Forest of Crests had ended was quite vexing, even though its premature conclusion had been due to the interference of a third party. Never again would I make such an embarrassing display of myself. To ensure that, I needed to fully master Boreas Death Scythe. I was fully aware that this was no time to be distracted by a practice match with a Rank S adventurer.

“Uh, Kel-nii, you do realize you’re polishing your staff with that smile still on your face, right? How’re we supposed to take you seriously?”

“What?! Since when have I been...”

I had apparently grabbed a cloth and started polishing my favorite weapon without realizing it.

“With how you’re acting, I bet you didn’t catch a wink of sleep last night because you were so excited, right?” Sera laughed teasingly. “What a child you are, Kelvin!”

“That’s not true. I slept like a baby.”

“He did fall asleep thirty minutes later than usual last night. So, that was the reason why...”

“EFIL?!” My maid’s unexpected betrayal left me terribly flustered.

“Wait, you even know what time he sleeps, Efil-nee?”

“Falling asleep before one’s master is unthinkable for a servant. Managing Master’s well-being is part of my duty. This is one task that I would never leave to Ellie or Ruka.”

“See, I knew it! Think about the trouble you’re causing Efil!”

“Efil, we cannot have you shouldering everything by yourself. I will help you with that task!”

“But Mel-sama, you fall asleep almost at once when you get into bed...”

“I don’t toss and turn in my sleep at all! Right, Alex?”

“”

“Mommy, what’s Master and everyone else talking about?”

“It’s a bit too soon for you, Ruka. Ignore them for now.”

“I get it, I get it already! So drop this subject, all right?! Let’s get back to the main topic! Main! Topic!” I sighed before continuing.

“What I meant to say is, I’m thinking of using the next three days to practice my Rank S spell as much as I can. In other words, it’ll be a training period.”

“Hmm, training, you say. What exactly is it that you will be doing, my king?”

“The thing I’m lacking most when it comes to controlling Boreas Death Scythe is — anyone want to guess? No? — Strength!”

Among my stats, Strength was the one with the slowest growth rate. With 189 as the base number, even with the boost that I’d gained from picking up Herculean Strength (Rank B), I was still weaker than Efil, the frailest person in my party. Although my Strength stat was enough for a common adventurer to serve as a reliable vanguard, Boreas Death Scythe was Rank S, and I needed to be much stronger to properly control such a highly condensed mass of magic. Otherwise, my hand would end up wobbling when I deployed the spell, which was exactly what had happened during my fight with Clive.

“Wait, didn’t you already know you’d need more Strength from the start?” Sera asked.

Gerard nodded. “You could have chosen to develop a spell more like the tornado your opponent used, couldn’t you? And yet you even went to the trouble of acquiring the Scythe Mastery skill for this.”

“Now there’s no one who is Master’s equal in mowing grass!”

“But Kel-nii, if you’d made it a weapon-enchanting spell like your Vortex Edge or my Thunderclap Edge, it would have been useful in a lot more situations. I really can’t imagine myself using a giant scythe...”

“Due to how few people have Rank S spells under their belt, there usually isn’t any other spell that can serve as a foundation for developing a new one,” Melfina chimed in. “In other words, you must have come up with Boreas Death Scythe from scratch. Why did you decide to create such a spell, honey?”

“But...scythes are cool, aren’t they?! And according to my statistics, a large part of learning new spells is being able to visualize them properly. I worked my ass off developing this one, all right?!”

“When you put it that way, I think I kind of get what you mean,” Rion nodded. “When I create my own spells, I also have to visualize it first. At the very least, it helps give me motivation!”

“Even in the demon world, people do not come up with new spells left and right like you two do...”

“Very well, I understand your reasoning now, honey. So, how do you intend to increase your Strength?”

“Well asked, Mel! But it isn’t only Strength that I’ll have to work on...for now, I’ll be relying on this!” I plonked my slime buddy onto the dining table.

“Relying on...Clotho?”

“That’s right! I’m borrowing its Unique Skill, Gluttony.”

Gluttony was a skill that enabled the user to absorb part of another individual’s stats through eating. Clotho had used it on both raw and cooked subjects so far. From my observations, the latter was much more effective. Furthermore, the stat boosts were even greater when consuming stronger targets. Put another way, Clotho wouldn’t gain much of a boost from eating monsters weaker than itself.

“Oh, with Skill Eater. I see.”

“That’s right. My Strength is relatively low, so I’m sure there are plenty of monsters who are above me, right?” “Efil, what monsters are in Clotho’s Storage that are Rank A or higher?”

“For Rank A ones that can be cooked and eaten, we have the three calamity rabbits hunted by Sera-sama in the Forest of Crests, one gel prince, and one blood bear. Then, I am not sure whether it is edible or not, but there is also the Rank S Gigant Lord taken down by Rion-sama.”

“I think I’ll pass on Gigant Lord. Is the gel prince that flabby, liquid-like monster?”

“Yes, it is.”

Right. Despite its name, it was not springy like Clotho, but pure flab. “Is it actually edible?”

“I did come across a description of how to cook it while perusing the records in Toraj Castle. It is apparently a high-class ingredient that is incredibly hard to come by.”

“I can’t even imagine what kind of dish you’d make from it.”

“Please rest assured, I have the recipe memorized.”

“Ahaha, good luck, Kel-nii.”

“Honey, make sure to leave some for me, all right?”

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“To think it would actually be a dessert that it would be finished so quickly...”

After the conversation at breakfast, Efil had ducked into the kitchen. Once we finished eating, she emerged with a platter bearing plates (enough for everyone) holding perfect square blocks of what looked like agar jelly. It was completely transparent and topped with sugar syrup.

The dish turning out so decent — no, not just decent, because it looked extremely appetizing too — certainly did surprise me. When I tasted it, I got an even bigger shock. It really delicious. Absolutely delectable, in fact! The refreshing feeling of the agar jelly passing down my throat and the exquisite sweetness of the sugar syrup was a match made in heaven. that Before I could even finish the thought, we had already cleaned off our plates.

“Thank you, Efil. After eating that, I really do feel the power building up inside. It seems my plan is working.”

I checked my Status. With the way to increase my Strength confirmed, it...