My Summons Are Mythical Beasts

Blerrrgh!

In an open field of green grass about two feet tall, a young man sprawled to the ground, belching his guts out.

'Damn it!'

'This again!'

Lucas was once again subjected to the onslaught of vertigo after he was sucked by the gate and then thrown out of the dungeon the moment it was devoured by the System's Dungeon Devour function.

Everything happened so quickly that when he came to it, his mind was already spinning. Even though he has already experienced this multiple times, Lucas' mind still spun a great deal, making him vomit uncontrollably a few seconds after he landed on solid ground.

Because his situation was a lot better than last time, it did not take him long before he recovered.

He lay down on his back weakly as he stared at the open sky.

The sun was high up in the air, and multiple cloud formations flew toward the west, some of them covering the ray of the sun, allowing some shade to descend upon Lucas.

After taking a few breaths of fresh air to calm his mind and recover some strength, Lucas finally sat up to observe his surroundings.

Everywhere he looked, he could only see a vast expanse of green grass.

He did not know where the gate had sent him out this time around. He just hoped that it was near any human civilization, or better yet, near the Twilight City, so that he could return home.

Having studied the area and the wilderness around Twilight City though, Lucas still did not find this place familiar to him.

Seeing no visible threats for the time being, Lucas sighed as he moved to a different position opposite the wind before laying on his back once more.

Without the smell of his own vomit assaulting his nose, Lucas could finally take a good rest.

Seeing the open sky above, without any visible threats around him, Lucas finally let out a chuckle.

'I finally escaped that damned place and that guy!'

Even though he was once again subjected to the motion sickness caused by the gate's pull, Lucas was actually very grateful toward it, as it resulted in him arriving in this place and successfully escaping that abomination beast's pursuit.

His mind and body began to relax, no longer bearing any pressure that he had constantly felt while traversing that wilderness full of strong beasts.

After a while, Lucas's eyes fluttered a few times before ultimately closing.

He slept.

A few hours later, Lucas opened his eyes to see the moon hanging over his head.

The sky was clear, well lit by the moon and the countless stars that shimmer in the darkness.

Speaking of stars, Lucas abruptly sat up as he recalled the matters regarding his grimoire.

After the dungeon was devoured, the System has announced that his Unranked Grade Grimoire has evolved to an Iron Grade Grimoire.

However, before he could inspect it, he was pulled by the dungeon gate along with Spot and the Mirage Worm, both of which had returned inside the grimoire the moment he began belching his guts out.

Although he knew that the System would not lie, he still harbored anticipation and fear that all of it might just be a mere dream.

Acquiring or inheriting skills was still somewhat understandable and was still in the scope of his understanding, as beasts could learn and awaken new skills themselves.

The System might be tapping into the beast's unknown potential, allowing them to learn new skills directly, and with little to no effort at that.

However, evolving the grimoire was something that he did not expect and something that he could not fathom no matter how rich his imagination was.

This was because for a hundred years, the humanity of this world had always believed that the grimoire that they awakened would be the grimoire that they would bring to their deaths.

Upgrading one's grimoire was simply impossible.

This was the reason why there was a saying that a person's fate was determined the moment they awakened their grimoire.

However, the System had once again broadened his horizons.

With a worried and optimistic heart, Lucas summoned his grimoire.

In an instant, a grimoire materialized in front of his eyes.

Previously, his grimoire looked dilapidated and worn like a book that was dusting in the corner of the library that had seen the passage of time.

The grimoire in front of him, though, was starkly different compared to the last time he saw it.

The previous dilapidated brown book had now turned a dark gray in color. There was a metallic sheen on it as multiple stars with a lighter gray color decorated its surface.

Lucas briefly counted, and his eyes widened in disbelief upon seeing the number of iron-colored stars shimmering on its cover.

"Nine? How?"

Even before he could fully rejoice about the evolution of his grimoire, Lucas' mind jubilated once more as he saw that he had somehow ranked up to Iron Star 9 from Iron Star 5 all of a sudden.

Curious to see what was going on, Lucas carefully opened the cover of his Iron Grade Grimoire—afraid that it would be damaged—and looked at the logs situated at the bottom of the first page.

[You have killed a Silver Grade-Bronze Star 9, Verdant Bloom Vine (100%): You gained 6503.33 XP]

[Experience points reached the limit. You have ranked up!]

[Experience points reached the limit. You have ranked up!]

[Experience points reached the limit. You have ranked up!]n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

[Experience points reached the limit. You have ranked up!]

[You have killed a Gold Grade-Bronze Star 2, Tri-Colored Finch (100%): You gained 376.69 XP]

"The heck?!"

Lucas could not help but blurt out a curse as he saw the massive numbers recorded in the logs.

"Damn! No wonder that vine was extremely powerful!"

Speaking of the vine, Lucas did not expect that he would receive any experience points from killing it at all.

It was impossible to gain experience points from killing another summoner's contracted beast.

This was not the first time that this happened. When Spot managed to kill the Dark Catowl of Asher before, he also received experience points, confusing him greatly.

"Is this your doing, System?"

Obviously, his question received no reply from the System.

However, Lucas could only assume so.

Although it sounds demonic to gain experience points from someone's contracted beast, Lucas was still glad that he gained something for killing that guy's beast.

It would be a pity if he did not get any rewards from it, right?

As for that boss beast called Tri-Colored Finch, Lucas also did not expect for it to actually be a Gold Grade Beast.

Unfortunately, its rank was a lot lower compared to Asher's Verdant Bloom Vine, so the experience points he gained from it were not as massive.

At the same time, his rank was already at Iron Star 9 by the time Spot killed it, reducing his experience points gained even more.

The death of the Verdant Bloom Vine boosted his rank all the way to Iron Star 9.

Although Asher was quite hateful, Lucas actually thought that he was quite kind at this moment.

It was just a pity that he did not receive any blank pages this time around as well. Lucas could only curse his luck in this regard.

Glancing up, Lucas saw his information, which was also starkly different compared to before.

[Name: Lucas Valen

Age: 17

Grimoire Grade: Iron

Grimoire Talent: Reduction

Rank: Iron Star 9 (739.41/7000)

Spiritual Energy: 199/199

Beasts: Gentle Dog, Mirage Worm]

As he took a glance at his profile page, the first thing that caught his eye was the new entry, Grimoire Talent.

This part was not there before.

Thinking about it, Lucas willed his grimoire to reveal information about it.

Below, the kill logs disappeared, replaced by new information regarding the Grimoire Talent.

[You Grimoire has evolved to a new grade! You received a Reduction Talent as a reward!]

[Reduction: Consume thirty percent less Spiritual Energy while summoning or maintaining the summoning duration of your beasts.]

"Hmm? So evolving one's grimoire is actually possible?"

This was recorded in the grimoire itself, so one would be able to assume that grimoire evolution up was indeed possible aside from receiving help from the System.

As for how to do it, Lucas was not aware yet.

Considering that his grimoire managed to evolve after the System devoured a whole dungeon, Lucas could not help but think about those summoners who owned and managed a dungeon.

From the looks of it, it was not only due to early exploration rewards that those guys would rush to conquer and regulate a newly descended dungeon.

Although he was not sure why it was not announced to the public, he was sure that there were people who knew of this information already.

Although he was not aware of the specifics, Lucas could tell that his guess was at least eighty percent correct.

If there were any possible means to increase a grimoire's grade, it was only through conquering a dungeon.

As for whether someone has already managed to upgrade their grimoire to the next rank, Lucas did not know as well.

All he knew was that with the help of the System's new function, this process was made simpler and easier.

The Dungeon Devour function also does not only revolve around evolving his grimoire. It could also evolve his beasts if he chose them as the main beneficiaries of the devoured dungeon.

The talent was a reward that he had not anticipated.

The talent might also look simple, but it was actually of great use. With this reduction talent, Lucas would now be able to sustain summoning his two contracted beasts at the same time for a longer period of time.

With his increase in rank and the evolution of his grimoire, Lucas would be able to recover Spiritual Energy greater and faster than before as well.

Speaking of his rank, Lucas looked at the number of experience points he must gain to advance to Bronze Star 1, and surprisingly enough, he actually did not feel that it was anything high.