1 Summoned Hero
"Here it is, your second task towards promotion signed by the great Almighty himself."
Artemis, an A-rank healer deity, trembled as he reaches for the golden paper from his great rival Cornelius. After taking the paper from his co-deity's hands, he then searched for the name of the world he is tasked to save, that will lead him either being promoted to an S-rank healer deity if done successfully...
Or being demoted back to being a worthless B-rank deity.
His eyes almost popped out of its sockets as he was reading the details of the world he is about to save.
-Amber-
Details: SS-rank
"What?! A double S-rank world? Is the great Almighty out his mind?" Artemis asked out of frustration.
A smirk appeared on the corner of Cornelius' lips as he saw his rival's horrified expression on his face. "Yep. You've read it right."
His shoulders dropped in an instant as he hears that from him. He just actually saved a B-rank world named Demetris from being completely destroyed by monsters with the help of a mortal hero, who just came back recently to his planet Earth.
And he barely made it out alive, for goodness' sake!
Now, after a few weeks of submitting his promotion application and waiting to hear back from the great Almighty, this is what he gets?!
"But how come?! I thought that you need to save an S-rank world in order for me to be promoted to being an S-rank deity also. Not jumping directly to double-S!" he complained. But he just heard a soft, kinda insulting chuckle from his rival.
"That's the usual drill. But for your information, there is no currently available S-rank world to save after the last one was saved by-"
"YOU. Of course. I should have known." Before he finishes off his statement in his face, Artemis gladly did the work for him.
That's actually right. His rival here, who was just promoted by the great Almighty after saving an S-rank world named Zenon, was the recently rumored deity who saved the very last S-rank world from total destruction.
His last ticket towards promotion. And now he lost it, because of him!
'I hate this guy.' statement was written all over Artermis' face as he looks at Cornelius that's currently letting out another insulting chuckle. He just let out a sigh of frustration.
"Fine. Just you wait Cornelius, I'll definitely save this world and might outrank you." Artemis said with full of confidence, or at least he tried to.
If and only if he can save that world, then there might be a chance for him to be a double- S rank deity as well. The thought of it makes him a little bit enthusiastic.
However, it goes off immediately. Even on his mind, Artemis was quite unsure and anxious of saving a double S-rank world. He's not that skilled to be given this impossible task! The Great Almighty should know that, of all people living in Sofya- the world they are currently in for all deities like him.
"You wish." Cornelius uttered, smirking at his rival for the second time around.
Artemis decided to ignore that and turned his back on the lad then made his first few steps away from him. He went straight to his chamber, and on his rectangular-shaped brown-colored table is a pile of papers .
Since he was already given the task, a list of hero applicants was already sent here for him to choose from just like before. He still would like to have that same hero who helped him save Demetris and led him to his promotion. With his well-toned physique, he is definitely suited for the job.
However, there was a certain rule here in Sofya. You can never summon the same hero twice.
So going back to the current situation, he took a sit in front of his desk loaded with these hero applications.
He stretched both his arms forward before setting aside the golden piece of paper on the far end corner of his desk to avoid it from getting mixed up with these applications, and started to dig in,
"Alright. Let's do this."
He read each application one by one, and immediately throw it away whenever he can't see something interesting from it.
"Low stats." he commented before throwing the said paper and immediately grabbing for the next one. "Low stats again."
He continued to be that way until he grew tired and sick of this never ending search for a hero who can help him to be promoted. Maybe he might just accept defeat and being demoted again to B-rank and let his rival Wang Lei laughed his ass of in his face.
But no! He can't do that! The disgusting look on his rival's face laughing his heart out waked Artemis from nearly giving up and again randomly grabbing a piece of paper from his desk.
"This is it!" Artemis happily said as he reads the details on the paper. "This hero is the answer to my promotion!"
Hero Details:
Name: Morgan
Lives in: Earth
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Hero Stats:
MP: Max
HP: Max
DEX: Max
INT: Max
STR: Max
DEF: Max
AGI: Max
With the paper in his hand, he quickly dashed off and left his chamber to walk towards the summoning hall, where all of them summon their heroes from different worlds.
He lets out a loop-sided smile as he walks towards the said hall.
"Just you wait Cornelius-" he said on his mind "-I'm gonna be promoted in no time with this overpowered hero."
As he arrives in the summoning hall, he wasted no time and went towards the magic circle crafted on the middle of the said hall. In it were two triangle drawn opposite towards each other, somehow forming an odd star.
He went in the middle of the circle and started the ritual of summoning as he stretches forth his right hand in front of him...
"By the power of the great almighty Apollo bestowed upon me, I now hereby summon a new hero who is destined to save a double S rank world Amber! And I shall call him, Morgan!"
The magic circle then glowed, emitting enormous white light that's quite blinding to the eye. Automatically, Artemis closed his eyes as the white light shone brightly than before.
It took almost a minute before the white light slowly faded. When it did, Artemis now slowly opens his eyes, and was immediately shocked to see a petite figure of a girl, with a hair as white as snow, and who is now quietly laying on the marble floor of the hall, currently sleeping.
This girl is now wearing a white plain shirt, a pair of worn out pants and a pair of slight-dirty-looking sneakers that is obviously not washed for several days. 'Kinda boyish eh?' Artemis said at the back of his mind.
He reads again the details. Gender was never mentioned on this piece of paper he is currently holding. So he never knew that he is actually summoning a girl.
His gaze went back on the sleeping cinnamon roll, which he made out just now on his creative mind... and he has no idea how did he come up with that weird nickname. He's now quite confused now on what he'll do next.
Just as he was about to walk towards the direction of the cinnamon roll, it's eyes suddenly flung open, revealing a set of golden eyes. The next thing he knew, he is now standing face to face with this cinnamon roll
"Who are you?" the cinnamon roll asked, still slightly dazed from her quick slumber.
"And where am I?" she added, yawning in the process.
Artemis looked at her in disbelief. She should be horrified to be summoned in a different universe, you know., and scream "Oh my gosh, where in the world am I right now?" like other girls will usually do if they were in her situation.
But instead, he gets this bored and dazed reaction.
"Welcome to Sofya. I'm Artemis, currently an A-rank deity, the one who summoned you here and will be going to be your mentor-"
"Woah, stop right there! I quitted all of my martial arts classes since I'm already tired of doing it, and now I'm getting myself a mentor, again?!" The girl suddenly cuts him off with a disappointed tone.
"What? This is not the time to discuss about your martial arts lessons. This is about saving the world darling." he said, taken aback by what he just called her. Okay, quit the endearments already!
"Saving the what?" the girl said in disbelief.
"If you'll just let me finish my sentence, I will gladly explain to you why are you here." Artemis tried to be calm as possibly as he can but this girl is testing his patience already.
When the girl didn't utter a word, he decides then to continue.
"So as what I'm saying earlier, I was the one who summoned you here to be my hero, or a heroine rather, and help me save the double S rank world Amber. If you help me out-" Artemis suddenly stopped again when the girl he's talking with turned her back from him.
"Nope. Not gonna do it." she lazily said and laid down on the floor once again.
"Boy, I sure love your marble floor than the wooden floor back in my apartment. It's nice and comfy." she added.
Geez, this heroine sure is weird.
"B-B-B-But you are my, I mean our, last hope. Imagine those poor souls, waiting for a hero to be saved, as each of them is slowly slaughtered by demons one by one." the deity said, trying to convince her with his guilt-tripping.
"Why don't you do it then? I heard you're a deity." she quickly responded with a hint of sarcasm, still lying on her favorite marble floor.
Artemis frowned at her answer and keep on reminding himself to stay cool and not to kick her right here and then. After all, she's still a girl and he respects women.
It was then that an invisible light bulb appeared above his head, giving him an idea to convince this girl from becoming his heroine.
"So, you like sleeping that much huh? I actually have a nice and comfy chamber for you to sleep on." he tries to lure the girl. She didn't move but he knows well that she's listening to what he is now about to offer.
"And I'm willing to let you stay on it as long as you meet my conditions." he added. The girl quickly stood up in a blink of an eye and once again looked at Artemis, smiling sheepishly at him.
"Deal." she said without second thoughts this time, extending her right arm in the process.
As they were about to shake each other's hands, they suddenly heard an odd sound, like someone's stomach is actually growling.
"Do you have food also? I'm kinda starving." she awkwardly said. He tried his best not to laugh at that.
"Sure, anything you need... uh..." Artemis paused for a moment and tried to search for the girl's name again from the piece of paper he's currently holding.
"Morgan." the girl finished it off for him.
"Well then Morgan, follow me. Let's get your stomach stuffed first." he said which the girl willingly obliged.
As they walk, Artemis decides again to full scan Morgan's file which he is currently holding. To his astonishment, there was one important detail he clearly missed out located at the far end corner of the paper... before summoning this heroine.
Warning: This heroine is kinda lazy.
