Others Summon, I Forge Beast Armor

Luke began trekking to the EX-Residential area. His Bluespine Centaur Chestplate was under his clothes. This helped him stay alert as he walked through the academy’s premises, dotted with classic-style buildings.

Because of the Trials, the academy was almost vacant, leaving mostly juniors in attendance, and seniors who barely stuck around campus to be called students.

Luke checked his Token to see how the second day of the Trials had been going.

His lead from yesterday was impossible to overcome in one day, so Luke wasn’t checking because he was worried about losing first place. He was more interested in seeing how everyone else was doing.

Even though it looked like everyone was chasing accomplishments, most students were still figuring out how to find a zone and enter one. Another category of students analyzed which zones were worth entering, which monsters gave the best points, and how much they could handle without getting themselves killed.

Luke was also curious about Prince Derek. After losing first place yesterday, there was no way someone as strong as him would relax. Luke imagined what Derek had been doing since then.

His Token said he was still leading the Trials, with Scarlett in second place.

Scarlett was resting today too, which was why her points were the same as yesterday.

But Derek had gone from 91,000 points to 115,000 points. That was about 280,000 points behind Scarlett and 350,000 points behind Luke.

If Luke and Scarlett hadn’t been put in Act 1 of that mutated final floor, maybe Derek would be closer to them, or even ahead of them.

Luke arrived at Principal Claris’s fortress and used his keycard to enter.

He noticed how deserted the place looked, but he assumed it was just that feeling of isolation Camilia talked about as he entered the building.

Luke hoped Grace would be present, but she wasn’t. The fortress was empty except for a few books left open on a table, proving that someone had been here recently. If Grace was around, Luke was keen to learn more from her now that he had evolved his soul to C-rank.

He could talk about Aspects and how they were useful to his armor, and even the fusion technique he had created.

Grace might help him understand these new terms just like she had done before. She was very good at guiding someone’s thinking until they realized things themselves rather than telling them the answer.

That was very Principal Claris.

But there was one thing he couldn’t disclose to Grace. That is, his ability to have more than one beast summon.

Having multiple beast armor summons was nothing. But having multiple beast summons was a very rare and questionable phenomenon.

A summoner’s soul had to reach a very high threshold before it could get a second beast, and it required a strong soul, experience, and the knowledge of what and how to cultivate it.

Therefore, multi-summoners were rare. Any person with two or more beasts usually got them through other means, like buying from a pet shop, and that didn’t count as summons.

That’s why even among great summoners, having two summons was a greater achievement. Luke knew only one person who had two summons. It was his father, the Duke.

So, Grace might help Luke understand his beast armor, but once she discovered he could summon living things, she would take a step back and question him.

”Principal Claris’s reaction would be worse because all my summons are Mythic-tier,” Luke said to himself.

He entered his room, and the first thing he thought about was his newest Mythic summon, Seraphina—an Empyreal Angel from a time when divine entities upheld order.

The problem with Seraphina was that she was naked and she was humanoid.

Many beasts out there, even Amigo and the Dark Dragonlord, are naked, but since Seraphina was humanoid, something had to be done about it.

Count Lucius’s master clothed him for a reason.

So Luke got to work to crossbreed the cloth he bought into Seraphina’s armor.

He took a pair of scissors and began cutting to the measurements. Soon, he had the right measurements for the armor. According to the system, it was listed as〖Size 3〗

So, he used the 〖Size 3〗Man Cloth to crossbreed into the Empyreal Angel Collar because the cloth had to be attached to the collar to drape over the rest of Seraphina’s body.

After minutes of work, Luke was successful. He spent 10 Flame Points, which was very costly compared to his past crossbreeds.

〖Item: Empyreal Angel Collar (Crossbreed Edition)〗

〖Stock: Man Cloth〗

〖Buffs: +Tear Resistance +Retention〗

〖Nerfs: nil〗

〖Grading: 8/10〗

DING!

〖Congratulations on successfully forging an ideal Crossbreed Armor!〗

〖System Info: Gradings 7+ are rewarded!〗

〖You have received (1) Crossbreed Coupon〗

〖Crossbreed Coupon: Guarantees that the next crossbreed of choice will not receive a negative trait.〗

”My first crossbreed attempt was 2 stars; now I’ve got 8 stars. That’s what I call progress,” Luke said, holding up the Empyreal Angel Collar now woven with the Man Cloth.

It looked perfect on the outside, but he had to make sure it was perfect on the inside, too. Crossbreeding an armor could change the armor’s properties and also the summon’s abilities for the better or for the worse.

The only way to find out was to summon the Empyreal Angel, so Luke dismissed the Empyreal Angel Collar, waited for some time, then summoned Seraphina.

She appeared in his room in her teenage form, but she wasn’t naked this time. She was dressed like a mini-goddess.

The dress was sleeveless, but her golden armlets made her arms less bare and more majestic. And although Luke was no tailor, the system made his results look better than they were.

The fabric became acutely seamed for Seraphia, covering her breasts, cinching at her slim waist before flowing down into a shimmering skirt.

There was a slit on her left lap that Luke remembered cutting for the design, and he also gave her a good U–line, so her breasts wouldn’t be suffocated. Finally, the white cloth stopped below her knees to show off her golden anklets, but the back of the cloth also extended like a trail.

Luke had added that trail to give the dress more room behind, so the fabric wouldn’t stretch too tight across her big butt for the whole world to see.

Seraphina looked down at the dress Luke made for her, then opened her mouth to say something.