Chapter 4 : Chapter 4
Chapter 4: Summoner of the End
“Brother Lin, don’t lower yourself to their level.” Sun Xu walked over to Lin Yuan’s side.
“They passed up a powerhouse like you just to go kneel and lick Xu Jie’s boots. They’re all a bunch of short-sighted fools.”
“Oh?” Lin Yuan raised a brow. “And how do you figure that?”
With a serious expression, Sun Xu replied,
“First you awakened a trash talent, then you chose a bottom-tier class, and now everyone’s mocking you. That is absolutely the template of a main character.”
“What comes next is obvious. You’ll awaken some unique hidden class, summon a divine beast cub, crush a few arrogant young masters, build yourself a harem, steamroll everything in your path, and rise straight to the peak of life.”
“If they don’t cling to you now, they’ll probably regret it so badly later their intestines turn green.”
“What third-rate melodramatic novel did you read that in? That’s way too ridiculous.”
Lin Yuan was at a loss for words. “Crushing young masters? Building a harem? What do you take me for, some Urban Dragon King protagonist?”
“What, am I supposed to give you that trademark crooked grin too?”
As he spoke, Lin Yuan pulled the corner of his mouth into a wickedly charming smile.
At that moment, the Dragon King descended.
“Brother Lin, you should smile like this.” Shaking his shoulders, Sun Xu let out a sinister “Heh-heh-heh-heh” cackle.
“Get lost. What kind of noise is that? Why does it sound so much like a villain?”
The two of them chatted and laughed all the way back to the classroom.
Along the way, Lin Yuan took the chance to inspect the new God-Tier Talent he had just obtained.
【Summoner of the End】(God-Tier)
Talent Effect 1: By consuming Evolution Points, you may allow your Summoned Beasts to break through the shackles of their bloodline and undergo 100% perfect evolution.
Talent Effect 2: Your Summoned Beasts are guaranteed to awaken SSS-Rank talents.
Talent Effect 3: The Summoner gains the talents and skills of their Summoned Beasts.
...
Strong. Far too strong.
Lin Yuan was so delighted he felt as though he might take flight.
A Summoner gained one additional Summon Slot every 10 levels. That meant Lin Yuan would gain an extra SSS-Rank talent every 10 levels.
As for how far his Summoned Beasts could evolve, he had no idea.
But one thing was certain—Lin Yuan was invincible now.
Was this system expecting him to tear gods apart with his bare hands?
Summoner of the End...
Interesting.
Not long after they returned to the classroom, their homeroom teacher Chen Hongwei hurried back in.
“The principal just held a meeting about class assignments. Students who awakened and became class-holders will be placed into one class.”
“As for those who failed to awaken, they’ll be sent off to work in factories.”
That was the gap between ordinary people and class-holders.
It was like a heavenly chasm.
Quite a few students secretly let out sighs of relief. They had only awakened F-Rank talents, and although those talents were hardly different from having none at all, at least they could still become class-holders.
“Tomorrow, the school will open the beginner dungeon for half a month. During that time, all of you must seize the opportunity to raise your levels.”
In order to stir up the students’ enthusiasm, Chen Hongwei told them about the rewards the principal had mentioned during the meeting.
“The first person to break through Level 10 will receive a B-Rank skill book and 500,000 in cash.”
“The second person to break through Level 10 will receive a C-Rank skill book and 300,000 in cash.”
“The third person to break through Level 10 will receive a C-Rank skill book and 100,000 in cash.”
“Those ranked fourth through tenth will each receive a D-Rank skill book and 50,000 in cash.”
Chen Hongwei’s words were like a massive stone crashing into a lake, instantly stirring up huge waves in the classroom.
“Damn, the school really went all out this time. If I remember right, last year the highest reward was only a C-Rank skill and 200,000 in cash.”
“Well, that was last year. Last year only one student awakened an A-Rank talent. This year, there are three S-Rank talents.”
“Ah, there’s no hope for the top three, but the top ten still seems possible.”
The students immediately began talking among themselves.
In their eyes, first place definitely belonged to Luo Qingqing. Triple skill damage meant her team would clear the dungeon much faster than everyone else.
And speed meant efficiency.
While others were clearing it three times, Luo Qingqing might already have cleared it five times. What could anyone possibly use to compete with that?
Second and third place were uncertain. Both Sun Xu and Xu Jie had a chance. It would depend on whose team had the better composition.
Or perhaps the two of them could simply join the same team. If they did, they might even be able to catch up to Luo Qingqing.
Among the three S-Rank class-holders, Lin Yuan alone was left out.
There was no helping it. He had chosen a universally acknowledged bottom-tier class.
Magic-type classes already suffered from low damage in the early stage, but Summoners were even more miserable. They did not even possess a single active damage skill.
Although Summoned Beasts did not fear death, once one died, it could only be summoned again half an hour later.
Without a Summoned Beast, a Summoner was not even as useful as a wild monster.
While the other students chatted with great excitement, Lin Yuan remained very quiet.
He was thinking about where he could get a Summoner skill book.
Summoner was an extremely rare class, so its skill books were somewhat cheaper, but even the lowest-level F-Rank skill book, Summon Slime, still cost 5,000 yuan.
After all these years of pinching pennies, Lin Yuan had only managed to save 6,000.
As he was thinking, his homeroom teacher suddenly called him outside.
“Lin Yuan, come with me for a moment.”
When they reached the corridor, Chen Hongwei took out two skill books.
“According to school policy, students who awaken S-Rank talents are rewarded with a B-Rank skill book.”
“But the school doesn’t have any B-Rank skill books for Summoners. At the moment, we only have these two.”
“The principal has decided to give both of them to you as your reward.”
The skill awarded to Luo Qingqing by the school was the B-Rank Chain Slash, while Sun Xu had received the B-Rank Combined Healing.
But when it came to Lin Yuan, Principal Chen Qingshan found himself in a difficult position.
There simply were no B-Rank Summoner skill books in the school’s stores.
After searching through the entire school, they had only managed to find two Summoner skills.
So in the end, Principal Chen Qingshan simply handed both skill books over to Lin Yuan.
One of the two skill books in Chen Hongwei’s hands was D-Rank, and the other was C-Rank.
【Summon Shield Guard】(D-Rank)
Learning Requirement: Level 0
Skill Description: Summons 1 Shield Guard of the same level as yourself to assist in battle. The Shield Guard’s initial bloodline rank is First Rank, and it may be raised as high as Third Rank.
【Summon Skeleton Warrior】(C-Rank)
Learning Requirement: Level 10
Skill Description: Summons 1 Skeleton Warrior of the same level as yourself to assist in battle. The Skeleton Warrior’s initial bloodline rank is Second Rank, and it may be raised as high as Fourth Rank.
Taking the skill books, Lin Yuan waved a hand at Chen Hongwei.
“Thanks, Old Chen.”
The timing was perfect. Lin Yuan had just been wondering where he could get skill books, and now two of them had fallen right into his lap.
That saved him some money.
“Oh, right. There’s one more thing.”
Chen Hongwei seemed to find it a little hard to say.
“Originally, since you became a class-holder and awakened an S-Rank talent, you should have been moved into the villa district in the city.”
“But...”
“You know as well as I do that your S-Rank talent doesn’t provide any real boost in combat. And on top of that, you chose Summoner, so quite a few teachers opposed allowing you into the villa district.”
“In the end, the principal came up with a compromise. As long as you can clear the Normal-Rank Golden Fang Ruins, you’ll be allowed to move into the villa district.”
“The principal has already done everything he can. I hope you won’t take it the wrong way.”
“Old Chen, we’ve known each other for so many years. Do I look like that kind of person to you?”
Having grown up on welfare from childhood, Lin Yuan had long since seen through the warmth and coldness of human nature.
Even so, given that they were neither family nor kin, the fact that the principal had gone this far already counted as more than benevolent enough.
Even if they had given away the B-Rank skill book that should have belonged to him and casually tossed him a D-Rank Summon Shield Guard instead, he still would have had no choice but to accept it.