07. Assessment Quest: Summon!(1)

Day after day passed.

The Saint candidates are now being moved to a special residential complex in the middle of the city.

In each house, there would be a total of 10 Saint candidates living in it.

Also, just outside the residential complex where the Saint candidates were moved, a 5-floor building that used to belong to a small company has become the Saint Institute building.

Ever since the Open Meeting was completed, there have been many Quests given to Rona and the others.

The Saint Institute assisted them in completing the Quest each time.

***

Yes, even I, who didn't want to become a Saint, also became obliged to complete the task.

How annoying!

Now, it's been 25 days since the System first appeared.

After completing the Assessment Quest that day, I sat on the sofa weakly.

"Ugh... I want to go home. I don't want to be a Saint."

A girl with curly hair and tanned skin, Nulli, laughed at me.

"Rona really doesn't want to be a Siant, huh."

She was one of the 9 Saint candidates in this house besides me.

By the way, Keisya also lives here, but...

"Ah, hmm, ahaha, that's right... I miss you too..."

Using a video call service, Keisya was exchanging sweet words with that glasses bast*rd.

That girl, after she was free from worries, she started doing things like this all the time. Are you planning to kill me?

I sighed.

"I also want love...!"

Why isn't there a cool guy who intends to win my heart?

When I was complaining to myself, the doorbell of the house rang.

Nulli and I exchanged glances.

Then, after some time of exchanging thoughts without saying anything, I stood up and saw who was coming.

When I opened the door, I met a familiar face.

"Rona!"

"Sisti..."

Yes, it was the girl whose her future I managed to save.

A girl named Sistiamika.

This girl was actually leading the way in qualifying to become a Saint.

Her qualification to become a Saint had exceeded 167%!

Meanwhile, I'm only... -2%.

It seemed that she was truly destined to become a Saint.

Ever since the day I saved her, she had come here frequently. We became closer naturally.

I immediately brought her in.

Nulli waved at Sistiamika when she saw her enter.

We spent time talking about some random topics that are trending right now.

Keisya joined after she ended her video call with Aldrian.

The afternoon unknowingly came quickly.

The Siant candidates who inhabit this house go home one after another.

It was at that moment that it appeared.

A quest unlike before.

[Assessment Quest: Pick your Summon!]

[Explanation: Summon is a kind of beast born from the unique magic energy of a Saint that meets with some kind of trigger. A good Saint needed a formidable and useful Summon as well. Try calling yours!]

[Task: Find a 'Mystic Beast Fragment' scattered around the world and summon them using the instructions provided in the 'Summon Book'.]

[Time limit: 98 hours.]

We were all surprised when suddenly a book appeared in each of our hands.

***

Night.

Alone in my room, I started reading a book titled [Summon Book].

Here it is explained what Mystic Beast Fragment are, Mystic Beasts, their origins, how to identify a Mystic Beast Fragment among ordinary objects, as well as the techniques that will be used to awaken Mystic Beasts.

Mystic Beasts are mythical creatures and animals that once existed in this world or lived in another world.

That right, it seems that another world really exists, at least, according to what this book says.

And the Mystic Beast Fragment was a kind of part of the body or soul of the creature after they were killed. It can also be said to be a fossil.

Then, with the summon technique, a Saint would use the so-called holy energy to feed these 'Fossil'.

If this Saint and the Mystic Beast that possessed the Fossil had a good match, then a contract would be formed between them.

Saints would be a living battery for the Mystic Beast in order to once again gain life.

Of course, the strength of Mystic Beast would not be the same as when they were still alive in the past after becoming a Saint's Summon.

They will mostly be weak and behave very simply.

However, by obtaining other Mystic Beast Fragments from the Mystic Beast, the Mystic Beasts would slowly recover their past strength.

After reading for last night, I already understood enough about Summon and this Mystic Beast.

I was even beginning to guess the purpose of this summons.

Saints were very weak at the beginning. Other than the existence of Divine energy, they would not be any different from ordinary humans.

Divine energy had great potential.

However, the Saint wouldn't be able to truly utilize the Divine energy without practicing for a long time. So, during that time, she needed the existence of a reliable guard.

Even if another human was likely to be able to fill the role, a Mystic Beast, who would be 100% loyal to the Saint, was much more trustworthy.

"I really have to help Sistiamika get a powerful Mystic Beast..."

Sistiamika will become the Saint of this country.

There is no need to doubt it. She really needed a Mystic Beast.

When I started thinking about what kind of Mystic Beast would be suitable for the important position that Sistiamika would carry, I started to wonder.

Hm, but... that's right, after Sistiamika becomes a true Saint, what will happen to our, Saint candidates' Summon?

Will they just disappear after we go to great lengths to find them?

Suddenly, I started to lose the spirit to carry out this quest.

I lay down on the mattress limply.

"Phew, if they will disappear eventually, then I won't bother to look for them. I guess I'll just focus on helping Sistiamika..."

Muttering that, I closed my eyes, then went to sleep.

The silent night passed, then, the next day...

Early in the morning, Sistiamika and I formed a small team.

Together with our respective companions from the Saint Institute, we set off for our destination.

Ah, by the way, Keisya and the others weren't with us not because I deliberately distanced myself.

They seem to think that it would be more efficient if they moved individually, so they spread out without creating a team.

Regarding Sistiamika, she originally also seemed to be acting individually as well, but I just forced her a little, and somehow I managed to form a team with Sistiamika.

The car driven by our escort took us out of City.

Our destination is Mount Merapi which is located on the border between Central Java and the Special Region of Yogyakarta.

There are two reasons why we chose this as our destination.

First, it was because according to the [Summon Book], powerful Mystic Beast Fragments would mostly only appear near places that were related to it or dangerous places.

Mount Merapi is the most active volcano in Indonesia with an average time frame between eruptions of 2-4 years.

I thought that Sistiamika would be a good match for a fire elemental Mystic Beast that had a powerful destructive power, so searching around Mount Merapi seemed to be quite suitable.

The second reason, Sistiamika also seemed to be from the area around Mount Merapi, so it would be more convenient for her to look for the Mystic Beast Fragment there.

We spent hours on the way by car to our destination.

Near Mount Merapi, there are many habitable locations regardless of the danger of eruptions, so several major cities have long been formed naturally here.

We took the nearest road, so it only took about 8 hours from Jakarta to reach the nearest city from the Mount Merapi area.

Arranging all travel plans, lodging, and even getting climbing permits and preparations, all done by our escorts sent by the Saint Institute.

My escort as a Saint candidate, a 25-year-old man named Rian Boerjo, escorted us into our room while Sistiamika's escort took care of everything before we started our hike.

Inside my room, Sistiamika and I relaxed and played with our phones quietly.

When I was reading various articles about what to look out for before climbing Mount Merapi, I found something interesting.

"Setan Market?"

Setan Market.

It is a famous myth that exists on Mount Merapi.

On Mount Merapi, there is a sloping area which is the only place suitable for camping on the mountain.

During the day, the sloping area is just an ordinary sloping area without any irregularities.

However, when night falls, in addition to the sounds of nature, it seems that there will be sounds of people boisterous.

That was as if, they are in a market.

It is said that the place is where various types of supernatural beings make transactions.

Subconsciously, I began to feel a chill in the back of my neck.