Yeon-hee seemed to be preparing something as she climbed onto the shoulder of the now gigantic Dotti and looked around.
“Yeon-su unnie said she would raise the height of the wall, and it’s already done.”
There weren’t any tall buildings around, so there was little concern about being watched.
Moreover, the faint magic power enveloping the wall seemed strong enough to block at least weak magic.
It must have been thanks to the architect trait of the Hunter.
I concentrated on my senses just to be sure, and verified that even the woman named ‘Mi-yeon,’ who had been watching us yesterday, was nowhere to be found.
“Is there a set time for surveillance?”
Maybe they only watch us during the evening hours.
“It’s fine. No one is here.”
(There’s absolutely no one around, Master.)
Ran now transmitted my thoughts to Yeon-hee without needing me to say anything, and Yeon-hee responded with a slightly excited expression.
“Is it really okay? Then shall we give it a go? We have a pile of summoning letters that really needs to be used.”
“Ooh… Is it time for a lottery? How many blue summoning letters have piled up?”
“Don’t be surprised. Ta-da!!”
Yeon-hee began to pull out summoning letters from her arms, and they flowed out endlessly, shining with a mysterious blue light.
“Considering one for each level and the rewards for defeating the Great Beasts, this is way too much!”
“First, I’ve received nine for leveling up, and I got two more as a reward for Cha Jin-hyuk because he showed meaningful growth. And…”
“Cha Jin-hyuk…? It seems he woke up. Meaningful growth, huh… Did he awaken while recovering?”
Anyway, it was an enviable ability.
To gain rewards when a follower grows.
“Thinking about it again, it’s such an absurd ability… But if I had that ability too, I could really utilize the girls to the fullest. Greed, huh?”
Greed truly knows no bounds.
“What else did you earn besides Cha Jin-hyuk?”
But then Yeon-hee suddenly twisted her body awkwardly while speaking.
“Hm? Why did you stop talking? How did you happen to get so many?”
“You and that thing that day… We got five together…”
“…… Just five?”
She received a whole five summoning letters after their first experience together.
I was left speechless in disbelief. Of course, I was never one to speak much.
“So, just like the reward I got for removing the obstacles, it seems Yeon-hee also received something. It can’t just be the summoning letters, right?”
Since I had gained various things, maybe Yeon-hee also awakened some other abilities.
“And, come to think of it, Il-wol! Since that day, it seems like my magic power has also increased significantly. And, and… What else was there… Aha! My recovery speed has also improved!”
“Clap, clap, clap!”
“Of course, it makes sense.”
In the end, all abilities related to mana had generally increased.
I didn’t know how much the increase was, but judging by Yeon-hee’s reaction, it seemed to have risen sharply.
“And, the most crucial reward was definitely from defeating that Great Beast yesterday…”
Yeon-hee whispered softly while glancing around.
“Thanks to you conveniently defeating the Great Beast, I received twenty letters.”
“Clap, clap, clap?!”
“Twenty letters?! Even if it’s a Great Beast, isn’t that insane?”
Did Yeon-hee just receive summoning letters, which would ordinarily require twenty levels up, all in one go? This was an unbelievable reward level.
“But Il-wol, that was definitely you, right? The message clearly indicated that you defeated it… I can’t believe it either. The representative… no, Jo Gi-man nearly took it down, and you just happened to land the final blow with the marks you had set up, right?”
“……Hmm?”
I was puzzled by Yeon-hee’s response.
I hadn’t mentioned the five-layer effect of Flame Explosion, but I thought it would have been clear from the message, right?
“Could it be… that the distortion of perception only applied to Jo Gi-man?”
Something was clearly off in her understanding.
“Well… I guess I’ll explain it later when there’s more time.”
Anyway, Yeon-hee seemed to be deep in thought again.
“To use [Shaping], it’s better to quickly fix one of the summoned creatures. If I get either an Orc or a Werewolf, I’ll get right on it.”
“Clap, clap, clap!”
I was on the same wavelength.
Anyway, Yeon-hee began to chant the spell that would mark the start of her total thirty-six blue summoning letters.
The only thing that was different from usual was that the summoned creatures hovered around her in a circle, watching her with interest.
No, the summoned creatures exhibited a sense of awe, going beyond mere interest.
“It feels strange to be surrounded by summoned creatures.”
Woosh—
And then, shortly afterward, the result of the first summoning was unexpected.
“······?”
“Wow… In one go? No way.”
The Werewolf we had longed for appeared.
Among the monsters one might encounter in a C-rank dungeon, he was considered the strongest.
Over two meters tall, his body was muscular like that of an intensely trained warrior.
With deadly claws and fangs capable of tearing through anything.
Slightly bent knees and explosive thighs seemed perfect for a rapid sprint.
Every element of his physique felt like the product of relentless effort to create a perfect being.
But something else was causing our excitement.
He glanced around for a moment and approached Yeon-hee.
“M-Master… It’s an honor to meet you…”
“Huh?”
“Mom?! He’s speaking?!”
This was the first summoned creature to speak since Ran had appeared.
“Now that I think about it… It’s a full moon.”
Though it was faint in daylight, a round, silver sphere was floating in the sky far away.
The passive trait of Were-monsters, known to seek their identity once a month, was now activated.
Anyway, we’d finally summoned one of the creatures we wanted, so it was time to stabilize our probabilities.
But Yeon-hee and I were scratching our heads in contemplation.
“When did my luck start off so well? Could it be… today is my lucky day? I should really take advantage of this chance!”
Yeon-hee seemed to have the same thought as she fiddled with the summoning letters, tapping her forehead.
“Should we try for one more before stabilizing it?”
“Clap, clap, clap!”
“Hehe, sounds great.”
Yeon-hee asked the Werewolf to wait for a moment and then began preparing for another summoning.
With that anticipation, she summoned again, but regrettably, it turned out to be the same one we’d already encountered.
“Aowww──!”
“Aah! You again! You can’t show up!”
“Eek…”
It was the Dire Wolf.
The two Dire Wolves we already had raised their heads in unity and howled at their kin.
“Ugh, just once more…”
Yeon-hee must have thought today was her lucky day, as she proceeded with two more summons.
But.
“…You’ve got to be kidding me?”
Out of all the potential summoned beings, she ended up with two consecutive Dire Wolves.
Yeon-hee had managed to amass a total of five adorably gigantic Dire Wolves!
“Aowww──!”
“…I guess I’m out of luck… I definitely burned all my luck at the start, sigh…”
Yeon-hee hugged the five howling Dire Wolves tightly as tears welled up in her eyes.
Honestly, the Dire Wolf kept appearing and had potential, so it wasn’t all bad.
But for us who had first encountered unique monsters like the Sword Dragon, our standards for what was considered “great” had significantly risen, and hence the feeling of disappointment was unavoidable.
Yeon-hee no longer tried to test her luck.
She stabilized the probability for the Werewolf to appear and systematically went through the remaining thirty-two summoning letters.
The result was thirty-one Werewolves and one Were Raven.
The previously summoned ‘Black Bird’ seemed joyful to finally meet a relative, flapping its wings in a greeting.
When the summoning was complete, the front yard of our rather spacious manor brimmed with the bodies of Werewolves showcasing their imposing frames.
They all calmly surveyed their surroundings before kneeling before Yeon-hee, clearly indicating who their master was.
“Thank goodness it’s a full moon. Usually, those guys are a bit insane.”
If it were another day, the Orcs and Lizardmen eagerly observing them might have started a fight, throwing everything into chaos.
“Werewolves… they’re definitely on a different level. Dotti and Lizardman 1, you don’t have to be too nervous. We’re all friends here, right?”
Yeon-hee seemed to be saying that for everyone to get along, but the two Lizardmen were visibly on edge around the Werewolves.
“Not quite human, but not exactly monsters either. They’re beings that don’t belong to any side.”
Even those in the C-rank dungeon couldn’t transform into human forms during a full moon, making them essentially inferior even among Were species.
I felt a strange sense of kinship towards them, mixed with a bit of melancholy.
“I wish I could change at will…”
The Werewolves, especially those capable of changing their forms as per necessity, were said to hold the highest rank in A-rank dungeons.
I wanted to be like them.
In any case, whenever a new type of summoned creature appeared, Yeon-hee inevitably would contemplate one thing.
“I need to give them cute names!”
“Clap, clap?!”
“How about ‘King Mungie’? It means ‘big and adorable pup’—”
“… Master?!”
As Yeon-hee suggested an unexpected name, the first summoned Werewolf looked taken aback and questioned her.
He was overwhelmed with anxiety, fearing he might become Mungie 1.
“Honestly, even I think that’s… uh, can we go with something else?”
“Huh? Isn’t King Mungie cute? Affectionate and good name. Hmmm… then how about King Dori! It means ‘big and adorable wolf’—”
“You’re really not giving up on the ‘king’ aspect.”
As the first attempt at naming only got worse, the thirty-two Werewolves looked back at me with eyes full of desperation.
They seemed to sense that I was the leader of the summoned creatures and were silently asking for something.
“…How about just calling him Lycan?”
As I suggested a textbook name, Yeon-hee shook her head disapprovingly, entering another period of contemplation.
“Ummm… okay, let’s go with Rakan. How’s that?”
“That’s just dropping a single character…”
But the Werewolf unit nodded vigorously, looking relieved.
“Ooh, I wonder what kind of guy will come out if I combine the Werewolves through [Shaping]~”
Yeon-hee embarked on the process of merging the thirty-two Werewolves.
Since they were higher-ranked beings, it would take two full days just to prepare for the merge.
“He’s sure to be incredibly strong. Come to think of it, a being with the power of thirty-two Werewolves would make a great bodyguard, right?”
At the very least, he should be able to buy me time until I come back.
Of course, it would be a different story if a monster like Jo Gi-man showed up.
I was thinking this while finishing up the moving preparations when suddenly the events from yesterday came back to mind, prompting me to tell Yeon-hee.
“What?! Those Ilseom guys are truly insane, aren’t they?”
After hearing the story, Yeon-hee was greatly shocked and began causing a commotion.
“I can’t let this go. I need to speak with Ah-rin right away.”
“……Are you just wanting to gossip?”
Recently, Yeon-hee had seemed to enjoy playing with Ah-rin a lot.
She needed to drop a few formalities to get closer, but with both of them being socially inept, things weren’t progressing.
After tidying up our moving preparations efficiently, we headed towards the meeting spot with Ah-rin.
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