Chapter 3
I groaned feeling something digging into my back as I groggily opened my eyes and stared up at the blue sky with a few clouds slowly moving by. I sat up rubbing my back before looking back to see a pointy rock covered with moss and other things I didn't want to think about.
I stared at it for a minute before my mind started working again, remembering what just happened. I cautiously looked around, wondering if it was safe. Getting up from the ground, I stretched my arms above my head hearing a few bones pop before I looked around the forest I was currently in.
It's a small area without trees, with two moss-covered logs, and a bunch of rocks spread out in a circle with black soot inside. There were a few brightly colored butterflies fluttering around, two bunny-like things with horns on their heads, and a few fluffy animals similar to squirrels sitting on the tree branches, curiously observing me before hopping/running somewhere else.
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 sub-genres. I decided to check my status hoping it would have the name of the world I'm in. I simply thought the word 'Status', hoping it'll work without me having to say it outlook. It appeared a split second after and I was relieved that I wouldn't have to speak it out loud.
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World- (?)
Name - John
Level – 1 (0/100)
Class - The Summoner
Alignment - Neutral
HP - 8000 {Regen 8 per min}
MP - 1000 {Regen 20 per minute}
Deck: 0
Summoning Points: 0
Cards in Storage: 0
Available Draw: 1
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I blinked and frowned when I stared at my current level. I was hoping to keep it, but I guess it wasn't in the cards, heh. A new screen appeared and I read it.
[Because you are using the system for the first time, you will receive 1 free card pack along with the free daily card pack. Please pick which type you want.]
[Passion] [Cool] [Light] [Dark] [Special]
I pondered for a few seconds before picking the Passion and Cool card packs. A second later, the screen disappeared, and a new one appeared.
[Recieved Passion and Cool Card Packs]
[Giving you your deck holder for the cards to be drawn from. The deck is limited to 60 cards. Automatically opening both Card Packs and transporting them to storage.]
A flash of light appeared around my waist, and I looked down to see a blue deck holder clipped to my pants. I opened it up and there was nothing inside. I then thought of storage, and all 10 cards appeared in a book. I opened it and each 'page' seemed that it could hold about 100 or so cards before needing a new page.
I had to ask though, "What's stopping me from pulling my cards from the storage instead of the deck? What if the deck itself gets stolen?"
[They would remain inert and will be simple cards that can be easily ripped apart. If your deck is stolen, then you're unable to draw more cards and can only use what's in your hand.]
Ah, well there goes that idea. "Can I put the cards I draw from my hand back in the deck, my storage, or do I have to hold them?"
[No, but you can put them somewhere else like in your pockets.]
"Well, that sucks. I guess I'll have to be very careful then." I sighed and then looked at all the cards from the storage to see who I had. My luck did suck at these gacha types so I'm not too surprised by what I got.
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Passion:
Witch
Wrestler
Bugbear
Teacher
Selene
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Cool:
Onmyoji
Bard
Gambler
Kama
Sorceress
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[Transport cards to deck?]
[Yes/No]
I pressed yes and the cards were transferred to my deck. I then opened it again and tried to pull out all the cards, but they were stuck. After a few minutes of trying, I gave up. I then received a prompt.
[You can only draw out one card from your deck into your hand at a time. The deck itself can't be used by anyone but the cards in your hand can be taken and can be used against you at a price. Caution Mind control works on you and most valkyries.]
[Draw the card?]
[Yes/No]
"Yes, let's see who comes out," I nodded as I watched the deck start glowing in multiple colors. I pulled out one card easily and stared at the picture.
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[Teacher] (Passion)
(Teaches a wide variety of subjects, from archwitches to chemistry, not that her male students can tell.)
Level: 1/30 [0/100]
Attack: 1950 (3510)
Defense: 1950 (3510)
Soldiers: 1500 (2850)
Skill: Private Lesson
Activations: Always On
[Autoskill] Battle EXP +10%
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I... I'm happy but conflicted. When I think about it further, I cursed my luck that I got someone so attractive that I'll most likely be attacked by people like one of those annoying young masters in those cultivation novels with massive egos.
I bit the bullet and decided to summon her because I had nothing to protect me with other than moss-covered rocks. I felt my mana, a warm sensation from my chest, drain out of me traveling through my hand and into the card.
[875 MP/1000 MP]
The card soon brightened so much that I had to close my eyes and then she appeared in front of me.
She's a blue-eyed, blonde-haired woman with glasses and has her hair tied up with a noble bearing. She's wearing a blue uniform, leaving her shoulders bare, but it covers her arms with some white and yellow mixed in. It barely covered her thighs, leaving much to be seen with blue high heels and a wand in her hand.
"Good morning, class! Did you do your homework?" She asked me while looking for any more students, but frowned when I was the only one she could see.
"Uh, no?" I said very confusedly, and a large secret part of me hoped that she'd "punish" me for it.
"Hmm, I see. Well, I guess I have to punish you, won't I~?" She said, pushing her glasses up her nose with the light shining on them.
I shuddered, feeling excitement and embarrassment course through me at the same time. I think I just found a new kink that I never realized I had. (Step on me mommy!)
"Now, where to begin..." Teacher said, taking a step forward and smiling with her rosy pink lips.
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I was secretly disappointed when she started by giving me a small lecture all about the archwitches and valkyries and how they counter each other. However, I didn't mind since her breasts jiggled enticingly with her every movement. Thankfully she stopped a few minutes later and conjured up a jug of water.
"Do you know where we are, master?" She asked after taking a drink and handing me a different cup of water.
"I don't know. All I know is we're in a forest that's most likely used for a rest stop at night."
"I see," She pondered as she looked around and cast a few spells that lit up the ground. Two faint line tracks with animal 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, do you have a name that I can call you by, other than Teacher?" I asked curiously. It's like that British sci-fi TV show called Doctor Who, and the guy's name was Doctor. It wasn't his real name, but still.
"No, I don't. That's my name master, and before you ask, yes, I teach anything and everything." She responded shaking her head.
I nodded and froze as the last part sank in. I stared at her, wondering if something bad would happen to me for gaining such a powerful Valkyrie.
I rushed up to her excitedly and I couldn't help but ask, ''Can you teach me how to fight using magic and weapons?"
"W-well, yes, but somewhere safer than here. In the meantime, I'll cast a shield spell on you to protect you until we're safe." She waved her wand towards me and tapped me on the head with it. I shuddered feeling something cold wrap itself around me.
"With that taken care of, I need some mana, master." She said, looking at me and waiting.
"How do I do that?" I asked and said the first thing that popped into my head when I remembered about mana transfer, "Do we have to kiss or do something other than that?"
She didn't say anything in response other than stare at me as her face heated up so fast and steam came out, "H-how l-lewd, m-master... N-no, nothing like the sort. Just give me your hand and I'll transfer it into me."
I didn't say anything more as I felt my face heat up, massively disappointed, and took her hand. It was soft and warm as we locked our fingers together. I tried to ignore it and only focused my mana on our connected hands.
[Teacher]
Soldiers: 1500+900= 2400
When I told her about my plan of wandering in one of the two trails until we found civilization, she looked at me with a raised eyebrow. Then she explained the small hitch to that plan from how to identify edible food, the unknown language of this place, and, more importantly, that we had no papers to identify ourselves with.
I waited for her to tell me her better plan, but she looked to the side unable to answer that. She quickly changed the subject by easily killing the two-horned rabbits and cooking them.
[+44 exp and +44 Summoning Points]
After we finished eating the meat, we picked a random direction and started following the tracks.
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We wandered for a few hours, only meeting a few horned rabbits, some birds, and a weird fruit plant that ate a horned rabbit, surprising us both. We soon came across something bigger and uglier.
We slowly move behind a thick tree, peeking out and watching a massive humanoid thing stomping through the forest as it drags a club twice my size behind it.
Is that an orc? Its skin is green with a large fat belly, two large tusks coming from the mouth, with a loincloth barely covering its private parts. That club looked like it could crush me in a single swing, so we stayed hidden and watched the monster wander into the distance.
It paused for a moment, looking around, and the next thing I knew, the ground shook heavily with its attack. 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 we still felt it, not to mention that its Attack and Defense has me worried.
Orc [Attack 6860/ Defense 7995]
[Draw a card?]
[Yes/No]