75 A new journey and a hefty welcome gift

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The next few days... Yuki spent them peacefully with his friends and enjoyed his time fully… But an incessant calling kept echoing inside his head, and the longer he ignored it, the stronger it felt…

'It seems like I'm reaching the end of the deadline of my mission very soon, I can't keep stalling any longer' thought Yuki while staring at the details of his [Chain Quest: Footprints in another world]

[Quest description: You were blessed with the chance to spread your notoriety in another world full of magical beings, empires, demons, and dragons!]

[Quest Task 1: Because you have a system, people can't establish a contract forcefully with your soul to summon you to their world, so you can choose to accept it or not. Accept the summoning. Deadline 30 days. Reward: Being summoned is your reward you greedy fuck.]

[Quest Task 2: You are destined to be disliked and hated, just look at your appearance…but you are required to establish good relations with at least 10 humans and 10 monsters like you. Deadline: 6 months after getting summoned. Reward: 2 Skill points + 10 free attribute points]

[Quest Task 3: Fame and glory aren't something related to you in any way, but you are required to achieve Worldwide fame. Time limit: 1 year. Reward: Vampire's gaze ]

[Quest Task 4: In a world of swords and magic, survival of the fittest is a rule that everyone lives by, so are you a hunter or the prey. Prove yourself by killing at least 1000 Enemies. No Deadline. Reward: Wicked thought ]

[Quest Task 5: Only available after completing the first four tasks]

[Quest Punishment: Lose one random skill And -1 to all attributes for the failure of each Task]

"Time for me to leave huh" muttered Yuki before he turned to Yurei who was sitting near him silently and said "Yurei, I don't know for how long I will be gone, just tell the rest that I went on a trip and that I will be back soon…"

Yurei remained silent for a while before he said "Are you sure you don't want to say goodbye?"

Yuki shook his head "No, it's not needed, plus I might even not take that long since I'm not sure about the time difference…"

'You might also take longer than expected' thought Yurei but he didn't voice these thoughts and simply said with a smile "Fine, I will relay your words to them, and make sure to summon me if you ever require my help"

Yuki nodded at him before he checked a notification that he kept ignoring…

[You are being summoned to another world by the demon lord Leon Cromwell]

[Accept the summoning: Yes/No]

"Protect the fort in my absence" said Yuki before he muttered inside his head 'Yes' and he immediately vanished from Yurei's vision as if he wasn't there in the first place…

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In rooms 201 and 203, the demons and the hero both felt the presence of the strong space magic that just enveloped Yuki's room causing them to pause slightly and have two completely different reactions...

Emilia had a very sad look on her face which Mashiro noticed and she went to comfort her... Meanwhile, the demons had twisted grins on their faces, and Yurei soon hear a knock on the door as Ashiya's warm voice drifted from it..."Yurei-kun, did something happen?"

Yurei opened the door and stared at the three of them warily before he said "What do you want?"

Maou rubbed the back of his head awkwardly and said "I just remembered that I lent Yuki a few million yens, does he happen to be here? It's okay if he doesn't have the money, we can take the fridge and other things as payments"

'What are you? a corrupt bank?' thought Yurei with a dark look on his face before his blue eyes being shining with a cold light as he floated slightly from the air and all the knives in the room begin swirling around him before he said

"Bring it on you bastards!"

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Meanwhile, in a different world...

"Hmm, where am I" Yuki felt as if he was submerged in the deepest parts of the ocean, no light, no ability to move, and a huge pressure enveloped him, and he couldn't even think properly which was something he didn't appreciate at all…

'I'm suffocating… this is bad…' Thought Yuki instinctively and a voice suddenly said in his mind

[Skill natural breathing acquired]

'Who the hell is putting all this pressure on my body and mind?' he thought, and a voice echoed inside his head once more

[Skill Physical pressure resistance acquired]

[Skill Spiritual pressure resistance acquired]

[Detected two compatible skills… Merging complete…]

[Unique skill Undeterred acquired]

However, Yuki couldn't focus at all on what the voice was saying since his head was muddled up for some reason and he couldn't think properly... but his instincts quickly kicked in...

'I need to focus, I need absolute focus in this kind of situation' he thought and suddenly

[Skill Focus acquired]

[Skill Focus advanced to Absolute Focus successfully]

Once he regained his focus, Yuki immediately started thinking 'Clear up, clear up…' He kept repeatedly wishing for his mind to clear up until he suddenly heard a voice echoing through his muddled head

[Unique skill: Absolute clarity acquired]

'Whose voice was that?' Thought Yuki who suddenly found that he could think clearly once more and noticed that the pressure enveloping him was greatly reduced…

'If I'm not wrong, this should be the voice of the world… I need to take advantage of this before it's too late' he thought greedily as the darkness enveloping him was quickly vanishing, but he didn't know what was the best thing he could ask for so he instead said

'I want my skills and abilities to grow stronger… I want them to evolve as much as possible!' he thought and the voice inside his head soon responded

[Too many abilities and skills detected…]

[Starting evolving process…]

[Unknown interference detected… FAILURE FAILURE FAILURE…]

[Another solution found…]

[Ultimate skill Path of evolution acquired…]

Yuki noticed that the voice grew slightly faint as the light around him grew stronger before he suddenly opened up his eyes and stared at his unfamiliar surrounding vigilantly…

He found himself in a room made of stones that appeared quite dark as it was only lit by a bunch of candles with a blonde guy standing in front of him wearing casual clothing and would easily pass aa a girl from his beauty if he wasn't heavily frowning while staring at Yuki.

"I actually failed again… and how did I end up summoning a boy in the first place, did something or someone interfere with my magic?" muttered Leon until Yuki suddenly cut him off from his contemplation by saying

"Mmmm, buddy, where's this?"

Staring at the nervous white-haired boy in front of him, Leon simply said "I tried to summon someone else, but apparently I failed and ended up summoning you instead… As for where's this… it's a different world than where you came from…"

Yuki put on a startled look, while in reality, his recently acquired absolute focus skill and absolute clarity were both activated at the same time and helping him judge the situation to the best of his abilities 'This should demon lord Leon Cromwell... If I remember correctly, he owns a whole city so he must be quite rich' Yuki almost smirked wickedly when his thoughts reached this point before he took control of his emotions 'I can't let this guy guess that I already knew about this summoning… I should appear completely normal just like any newly helpless otherworlder' thought Yuki before he responded "C-can you send me back please?"

Leon had a bigger frown on his face before he shook his head and said "I'm sorry but I can't, the probability of you arriving at another planet or simply falling into the emptiness of space is higher than 95%"

'Why are you summoning people then if you can't send them back you fucker... I will make sure you will regret ever summoning me' thought Yuki before he said worriedly "What should I do now… I left my brothers and sisters at home and they only have me to provide for them…"

If only the demons could Yuki right now, they would have pitied the fate that was waiting for Leon...

Leon observed how thin Yuki looked and easily believed his words, making him feel even more guilty as he said " You can stay here at my castle for now, that's all I can do…"

Yuki could see that despite this guy finding it hard to express his emotions, he was still feeling guilty for involving him in his shitty mess, and he was going to take full advantage of it…

'Good, the my seed of guilt was successfully planted and watered' Smiling wickedly inside his head, Yuki immediately said "I'm hungry, can I have something to eat, I also want to learn more about this world since I'm stuck here anyways"

Leon nodded at him before he called for food to be prepared and began explaining to Yuki about the state of this world, and he didn't hide anything from him including the fact that he was a demon lord…

"So this city is called Eldorado, and you are actually its ruler, this is amazing" said Yuki with two dollar signs shining in the depths of his eyes…

"It's nothing…" Replied Leon calmly as Yuki thought ' But this place is also dangerous, although he says it's protected by magic, it's still near one of the gates of hell…'

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After exchanging some more small talk with Leon and gathering enough information, Yuki found that he was probably summoned not long after Rimuru since according to Leon, the dragon Veldora had just recently disappeared from his seal in the Great Jura forest!

'The best way for me to complete my tasks is to follow Rimuru around, but it won't be easy to get there since EL dorado is located On another continent rather than the central one where the great forest of Jura is located… The best way to get there is to ask for Leon's help, but not until I milk him dry' thought Yuki before he opened his system's window to check the new skills he gained

[Name: Yuki Chibana (Robin Peterson)]

[Strength: 33

[Speed: 10.5]

[Vitality: 20 (+1.8)]

[Soul: 30]

[Free attribute points: 0]

[Magic: 110 (+40)]

[Mana: 850 (+150)]

[Mastery: Mutsu Enmei-Ryu]

[Skill points: 2]

[Items: Space Ring (1/10) | Guardian's Orb (1/10) | Guardian's Horn (1/10)]

[Item Upgrade points: 0]

[Talents: Drawing | Minotaur's potential | Swordsman]

[Description: You are finally starting to shape into a powerful being, but you are still far far from being capable of dealing with true monsters, Especially the ones in this world…]

'Amazing' thought Yuki 'Now I understand why the quest said that my summoning was the reward in itself…'

Then, he clicked on the description of each of his new abilities

[Ability Natural breathing: Allows the user to breathe underwater and completely unaffected by the change of pressure in the air (Like in high altitudes)]

[Ability Undeterred: Stable as a mountain, unfazed in front of any storms or disasters, this skill grants the host a +300% increase to his defense and +500% to his willpower!]

[Ability Absolute Clarity: Grants the host resistance to all mind control abilities of lower rank than this ability and increase his thinking speed by 300%

[Ability Absolute Focus: Allows the host to enter a state of extreme focus where they use the complete capabilities of their brain and talents and increases the effectiveness of any training they do by 500%

[Ability Path of evolution: Show the host how to evolve his abilities, skills and talents and allows him to absorb special items or beings to evolve them without creating any side effects]

Yuki was left speechless by the effects of the skills he just gained just by accepting a summoning and he couldn't help but like the system for an instant before it quickly vanished like an illusion as his hate for it overwhelmed all other emotions…

'Natural breathing excluded... The first ability greatly increases my survivability while the next two will be a great helper for me to master new skills in the future and they might even affect my talents and increase their effectiveness further!' thought Yuki delighted before he turned his attention to the last and most formidable ability.

'Path of evolution huh… let's put you to the test' he thought before he thought of using it on his ability body of stone which was starting to become useless from all the monsters he was encountering…

Suddenly, a notification appeared in front of him

[To evolve your ability, Body of stone, you will need to absorb 100 tons of pure steel]

'It's actually possible to evolve it! although the requirements are slightly tough to get but now at least I can get stronger in a different way rather than only rely on the system' he thought before he kept checking the rest of his abilities and skills and how to evolve them…

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