Luca DR

Accidentally summoned 30

30 – Preparations

They proceeded with caution towards the small opening at the base of the hole in the mountain, where the path they were walking on seemed to abruptly end. It didn’t slow them down for even a second though, for the illusion of a rock barring their way was entirely technological in nature and could not hold up to their magic sight. The flow of mana was quite clear, and the rock was not solid at all, rather just a clumsy attempt at keeping intruders out without any ...

Accidentally summoned 29

29 – Hollow

The great mountain cut the sky with its sharp edge, a towering structure of stone and metal, and its tip shone in the light of the twin stars. The party reached its base, crossing the great frozen lake and the wind-swept tundra.

Ishrin studied the mountain with much more interest than he let on, and he didn’t like what he was seeing. Earlier, he had detected something passing by, but his miser strength had not allowed him to intercept the strange signal before it...

Accidentally Summoned 28

28 – Ice realm

Ishrin did have special means, but they were much more limited than he was willing to admit due to his low power level. As they waited for night to fall, he took stock of what he had in his inventory, gathered some materials nearby—making use of his enhanced senses to spot interesting plants and minerals—and kept up his steel ball practice. Liù had gotten tired to chase the floating sphere after a while, and had gone to bother the girls for some free pats at firs...

Accidentally summoned 27

27 – Special means

The light of the midday sun glistened on the slightly wet skin of a lone frog, basking in the half-shade of the little glade it had come to call its home. Above it, thick and large leaves still dripping with dew provided it with shelter, and the ground below was dark and moist. It had rained the night before, a quick shower that had wet the earth to just the right degree, making the day as glorious as it could ever get. The frog made sure to enjoy it. It was late ...

Accidentally summoned 26

26 – Riddle quest

Melina was like a storm on a clear day when she finally met with her two teammates. They were talking animatedly when she arrived, something about the best monsters to use as fuel for a ritual she had never heard of before. But her dark mood got their attention, and as one they turned towards her.

She brushed a stray lock of auburn hair away from her face, but it fell back to where it was immediately afterwards. She noticed that Ishrin saw her involuntary pou...

Accidentally summoned 25

25 – Simmering rage

Cyborgs at the guild. The new guild master. Lisette. Melina. The volcano realm and the other, unknown one about to open. His not-dead wife. The multiverse. Was Mekano alive? Was Albert watching him?

One thing was clear: Ishrin needed more power than a mere Tier 2. However, it was also true that he could not blaze through the tiers, not only because he wanted to do it properly, but also because he needed some time to get used to the advancement and to stabil...

Accidentally summoned 24

24 – Party

Ishrin tried asking around the guild, in hopes of obtaining some information about the expedition, but all he got were rumors. The official version was not for the low-rankers, it seemed, and without Melina to vouch for him there was no way he was getting preferential treatment from the regular staff. They were already overworked as they were, with the volcano and the newcomers, and a Tier 2 asking around was nothing of note. Except for Goddard, who noticed his Tier-up an...

Accidentally summoned 23

23 – Tier 2

Ishrin seized control of the energies he had gathered in the dungeon. He had kept them from entering his core to delay his Tier-up, and now it was finally time.

“Lisette is going to be so mad at you!” Melina said with a chuckle. “But do go on!”

Shit, Ishrin cursed internally. It was too late now. Stopping the process now would cause unfathomable damage to his foundation.

The bottleneck to Tier 2 was among the easier ones to overcome. On...

Accidentally summoned 22

22 – Existential talks

The Derillomouf was ready, at least according to the little notification that reached Ishrin’s guild token. It was with a skip in his steps, then, that he went to the guild to fetch it. Since he was there, he also turned in the cores and monster parts he didn’t need from the Dungeon delve, got the quest completion money, and left Lisette’s half with the clerk so that she could pick it up whenever she wanted. They were friends now, at least officially, bu...

Accidentally summoned 21

21 – Friendship

“How strong do you think I am?” Ishrin asked as he finished up the last touches for the ritual. Gore and blood was everywhere, even on his usually immaculate clothes. “Right now, I mean.”

“With the pixie, impossible to say,” Lisette said with a shrug. “With just the sword, probably peak Tier 4 offensively, low Tier 4 in a straight fight. Without it? Probably still low-4.”

“Interesting,” Ishrin said. The ritual was taking shape quickly ...

Accidentally summoned 20

20 – Dungeon

Ishrin studied the complex lines on the floor of his room at the inn. Every inch of the space was filled with diagrams, and the diagrams were merely a projection of the ritual they were supposed to represent. Even so, they occupied the whole floor with their complex structure.

The ritual that killed me…

Ishrin paced around, the lines drawn with chalk undisturbed by his feet. Chalk that was inert unless activated, and that would not be blurred by t...

Accidentally summoned 19

19 – Friendly advice

The shimmering powder flew through the air, orbiting around Ishrin’s body like a trail of stars. All around him, gleaming in the morning light like dew on thin blades of grass, precious jewels and magical items had been carefully placed on the ground and in the air. Each in their own spot, following arcane rules that Ishrin decoded a long lifetime ago, in his travels. Suspended above the ground by unseen forces, tendrils of mana and willpower.

They were ...

Accidentally summoned 18

18 – Dinner together

The town square was actually not on any of the main two roads that connected the Guild to the gates. In fact, if one looked at the city from above, it became evident that while the Guild occupied a central location, the square was hidden in a clutter of old buildings, yellowing stones and marble walkways once pearly white and now washed by countless rains and walked by countless feet.

It was clear that this town had been changed sometime in the past, and a...

Accidentally summoned 17

17 – Selling and buying

The dwarf took out a pair of spectacles and began to study the core, rolling it over in his meaty hands that were a tad too big for his stature. They looked more like the hands of a blacksmith than those of a merchant. He was hunched over the core to the point of almost touching it with his nose, going over its imperfections, studying the cracks in its flow of mana. Those cracks and imperfections had been added by a ritual, and they were what made it so the c...

Accidentally summoned 16

16 – First quest

Having no armor, Ishrin had to enchant his clothes as best he could so he wouldn’t feel completely naked and without protection. He did it by consuming the broken lizardman armor and weapons he still carried around in his inventory, along with the mostly useless core fragments. After that hurdle was done – and with what he called a Reality Index that was so high he wouldn’t get any mana regenerated until tomorrow – he headed to the forest.

There were b...

Accidentally summoned 15

15 – After heal

Ishrin disappeared into one of the rooms at the back of the guild and did not emerge for a long time. Melina had delivered the ingredients in record time, but time was ticking and slowly running out while Ishrin had to figure out how to replace a few of the more uncommon plants that weren’t available.

Eternia did have a similar ecology to Prima Luca – the planet he was currently in – but it only went as far as basic spiritual plants. More potent things we...

Accidentally summoned 14

14 – Dead matter

Liù glowed brighter than a miniature sun. Goddard’s eyes, up until now full of rage and greed, suddenly turned downwards like those of a beaten dog. Raw, pure fear was all that could be seen in them.

Then, a shift happened. They became filled with the mad, desperate resolution of a man who knew he was about to die. Goddard lifted the sword up high, aiming at the pixie, and swung.

He’s going to be faster than her. She’s strong, but only when sh...