I groaned, feeling something digging into my back, and I turned to my side, moving away from whatever it was. Suddenly feeling better, I started to fall back asleep, but I soon woke up again, shivering from the cold this time. Unfortunately, with my mind starting to slowly wake up from the cold, I blindly started searching for my blanket to cover myself with, but I couldn't.
Groaning again, I groggily opened my eyes, staring up at the dark blue sky with a few clouds slowly passing by. It took a few seconds for my mind to process what I was seeing, and once it did, I quickly sat up, alarmed, now wide awake. Rubbing my sore back, I looked back to see that I was sleeping on a pointy rock covered with moss and other things I didn't want to think about.
Looking around, I noticed that I was in a small clearing without any trees, with two moss-covered logs next to a bunch of rocks spread out in a circle with black soot inside. There's not much information I can gather from my surroundings other than it's a habitual world with breathable oxygen. It could be fantasy, sci-fi, historical, and many different types of genres.
"So, it wasn't a dream then. It really happened," I muttered, feeling the wet grass on my hands and the wind softly caressing my face.
Standing up, I paused because I felt fine, better than fine even. There's no pain in my back from getting up too quickly, and I can see everything clearly. As for my clothes, I'm wearing a brown shirt, brown pants and leathered boots. I started grinning at my new body and marveled at how muscular it was. I started stretching, feeling amazed that I could do that without pulling something; I moved my arms above my head, hearing a few bones pop.
When I was finally finished stretching, I decided to check what my status was, hoping it would have the name of the world I was in. I simply thought the word 'Status', hoping it'll work. I didn't want to look like a weirdo for saying it, nor do I want anyone asking why I was saying that word out loud. It appeared a split second later, and I was relieved.
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Name - Alexander
Level – 1 (0%)
Class - The Summoner
HP - 500 {Regen 2 per min}
MP - 500 {Regen 2 per minute}
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I blinked, a little disappointed that it just showed my basic character sheet and frowned when I stared at my current level feeling disappointed. I was hoping to keep the level up, but I guess it wasn't in the cards, heh. Turning the page, I found a familiar-looking system where I can do upgrades, evolutions, amalgamation, awakening, and there's a store at the end. It was currently greyed out, meaning that I need to summon some Rare Medals to unlock it.
Closing the window, I looked at my crest and decided to summon someone. My luck did suck at these gacha types, but hopefully, it'll be better now that there's no company making the rarer cards harder to get. I can understand it, but a 0.0005% chance of getting a UR or better is a fucking rip-off.
Feeding my mana into the crest, I also began picturing a familiar blue-haired Valkyrie, Oracle, the first Valkyrie I ever summoned. I was hoping it would influence my chances of summoning a Valkyrie, if not her, then at least not an item.
[–100 MP]
A similar looking circle appeared on the ground where it glowed. I felt it searching and connecting to someone and with a flash that person appeared before me.
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Teacher
(Teaches a wide variety of subjects, from archwitches to chemistry, not that her male students can tell.)
Element Type: Passion
Rarity: Normal
Level: 1/30 [0%]
Attack: 1950
Defense: 1950
Soldiers: 100/1500
Skill: Private Lesson
Activations: Always On
[Autoskill] Battle EXP +10%
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She's a blue-eyed blonde-haired woman with long pointy ears, black glasses with her hair tied up in a bun. She's wearing a blue robe, leaving her shoulders bare, but the sleeves cover her arms with some blue and yellow mixed in. The skirt barely covers some of her thighs, leaving much to be seen with blue high heels, and in her hands, she's carrying a wand and a book.
I... I'm happy but I also couldn't help feeling a little disappointed at not summoning the Valkyrie I wanted. Well, at least her skill will be useful going forward, so that's good.
"I'm your new teacher. You better listen to what I say!" she said in a stern tone of voice, staring straight at me. "If not then you will be punished."
"Uh, what?" I replied, a little confused, not quite sure I heard her correctly.
"Nevermind that, do you know where we are, master?" She asked, looking around curiously.
"I don't know. All I know is we're in a forest that's most likely used for a rest stop."
"I see," She pondered as she looked around and cast a few spells that lit up the ground. Two faint line tracks with tracks appeared, leading away from the clearing in both directions. "Hmm, it seems that these lines are from a single carriage being pulled by horses or something similar heading up North from the South."
I kept quiet and watched her work. She cast a few more spells outlining multiple footsteps and other things at the camping site.
"Um, Teacher, can you teach me how to fight using magic?"
"W-well, yes, but let's go somewhere safer before we start on your lessons. In the meantime, I'll cast a shield spell on you to protect you until we're safe." She waved her wand and tapped me on the head with it.
I shuddered, feeling something invisible wrap itself around me before it went away. 'Speaking of which, I should increase Teacher's health (soldiers), but how? I know it uses mana to do it. So, through skin contact?' I thought and decided to ask her. "Do you know how to increase your soldier count?"
"Yes, you transfer your mana to me and I absorb it," she replied, pushing up her glasses and tilting her head, wondering where I'm going with this.
"So, it's possible through lip contact then?" I asked curiously, walking up to her, and causing her cheeks to start turning red at my words.
"Of course, but it's also possible through holding hands, too," she quickly replied, offering up another solution while stepping back a step when I moved closer to her.
"I didn't know I summoned such a lewd Valkyrie. I wonder what will your students think if they could hear you say something like that?"
"What? Why would holding hands be considered lewd?"
"I thought you knew. Hand Holding is the action of holding hands to display affection between two lovers."
"That may be true but it has other meanings than just that."
"I know, but I wanted to tease you a little," I told her with a smirk, and was rewarded with a small pout for my troubles.
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After giving Teacher almost all of my mana, leaving some behind to summon another Valkyrie if needed. We slowly began following the tracks that the carriage left behind, stopping now and then to pick up a few interesting herbs that Teacher found safe to eat, along with a few rabbits that she killed and quickly cooked.
I followed the same steps, trying to summon another Valkyrie during our second break, having regained more of my mana, but all I got was a Passion Stone (S) and a Cool Stone (M) for my troubles. Thankfully, it was sent into the systems Awakening section, and I didn't have to carry it with me.
We wandered around for a few more hours with Teacher collecting more items to study and with no signs of civilization still, we took another break. I tried summoning again only to receive 100 rare metals this time.
Suddenly, all the sounds in the forest ceased, as if something dangerous had appeared and the world itself seemed to hold its breath.
"Hmm? Why did mnm–" I started to ask in a whisper, but my mouth was suddenly covered by Teacher's hand. I shot her a questioning look, but she shook her head, signaling for me to stay quiet. I nodded as she quickly cast a spell around us, turning us invisible. I felt her hand tugging me and leading me deeper into the forest, hiding behind a different tree.
For a moment, nothing happened. The stillness was almost unnerving before I heard it, and another few seconds to feel it. Crouching down, I looked out from behind the tree to see a massive humanoid thing stomping through the forest as it dragged an animal that looked like a deer and easily carried a club twice my size on his shoulders.
He looks like an orc, tall with grey skin, red beady eyes with large muscles, a fat belly, with a dirty-looking loincloth that barely covers his private parts.
My first reaction to seeing him was to summon multiple nukes and nuke half of the world, just so they wouldn't be able to touch my Valkyries. I've seen how it goes down, and I don't want any part of that shit. Sadly, it wasn't possible, well, for now, at least. But someday and hopefully soon, it will be.
'Please tell me we aren't in a hentai fantasy world where all the powerful women gets beaten or tricked into surrendering, and ultimately falling to dicks,' I silently prayed to the Aqua look a like and yet, I knew it to be true because that monster is here. I began listing all the hentai and non-hentai worlds that has a creature like him and there were too many to narrow it down.
Stepping on the trail, he paused near the place we were last resting at, sniffing loudly before grunting and looking around the area. The next thing I knew, the ground shook with his attack as the tree he hit splintered, falling over. As a result, a few dozen birds soared through the air for a few seconds before everything turned quiet again.
My eyes widened at the speed and the strength it had to cause the earth to quake like that. We're quite far away from it, but I still felt it. If Teacher didn't pull me away, our paths would have crossed with him. I felt a bead of sweat forming on my brow, a shiver going down my spine at such power.