Summon Squad

"Well, that was another fun day of hunting."

Today was a hunting day. It was past four in the afternoon, and Allen was about to hunt some monsters for their meat before heading home.

Before Allen lay the corpse of an Armored Ant. The Beast D Summon had crushed its head.

Last time he went hunting, he’d learned just how strong D-rank Summons were. Since they could hunt Armored Ants reliably, he decided to add them to his targets, which until now had consisted almost entirely of Orcs.

When he searched the area using the Hawk Eye of a Bird E Summon he was sharing with, he found that there seemed to be many more Armored Ants than Orcs. He wondered if ants reproduced faster than pigs.

Since information from scouting came to him directly, Sharing seemed like a very useful Skill.

(All right, I got the butler’s permission, so I can take this home.)

He turned over the Armored Ant’s salad-bowl-shaped armor, its head crushed. Using his mithril sword, he quickly cut the body free from the armor. He also retrieved the Magic Stone in its chest.

For the past two years or so, he’d prioritized hunting and hadn’t brought back materials. Even if he did, selling them meant a two- or three-hour trip to a shop. The mansion was quite far from town. EXP mattered more than money.

But now that his Summoning Level was 5, he could defeat Armored Ants reliably...