nyslfriends Chapter 6 A Contract Without Soul Bonds
Chapter 6 A Contract Without Soul Bonds
For a contract to succeed, the summoned beast must be willing. If the summoned beast is unwilling, it is very difficult to succeed. Of course, if the spiritual power is strong enough, a contract can also be successfully formed.
However, it's best not to do that. The book says that summoned beasts and summoning mages only have a cooperative relationship.
Do you think people will be happy if you force them to come and work for you?
This can easily lead to enmity between summoned beasts and summoning mages, resulting in summoned beasts being summoned but not putting in any real effort.
"Go..." Su Ming threw out the Origin Pattern in his hand.
The pattern formed a crescent moon shape in the air, one end in Su Ming's hand and the other end flying towards the porcelain doll.
The contract was awarded to the porcelain doll without any suspense, but Su Ming could not sense that the contract had been successfully completed.
The summoning contract seemed to sink without a trace, leaving no ripple.
"Holy crap, what's going on?"
Su Ming was a little confused. Wasn't it said that as long as the contract was integrated into the summoned beast, the contract would be successful?
At that time, you will feel a clear connection with the summoned creatures.
He felt nothing at the moment.
Is it because we don't have enough magic power?
Su Ming thought of the magic energy as the reason. He had been running for so long and had used up most of his summoning magic energy. It was probably because of the lack of magic energy that the contract had become flawed.
"You wait here. I'll come back to you when my magic power recovers." Su Ming didn't care whether the porcelain doll understood or not.
After giving a few instructions, his magical energy was almost depleted, and his soul began to flicker, threatening to disappear at any moment.
Contract magic is really mana-intensive. I've been traveling through the summoning plane for so long and only used up a small portion of my mana, but one contract has almost drained me dry.
He now feels dry mouth and throat, lethargy, and weakness when walking.
Su Ming leaned against the wall as he left the room, intending to drink some water and then go to sleep to replenish his magical energy before making a contract with the porcelain doll.
As Su Ming drank water, he felt that this porcelain doll was special.
He didn't have the intimidating aura of those massive creatures, but rather felt very approachable.
When I walk around myself, I can clearly feel my mood becoming more cheerful, and I can only understand many things now.
When I'm with a porcelain doll, I subconsciously ignore it.
Su Ming was the only one in the house. His father, who drove a truck, was rarely seen. Delivering goods to the military region was dangerous, but the money was still quite good.
Ring ring ring...
Am I hallucinating? Su Ming shook his head. Learning magic is really difficult.
Even after learning how to cast spells, I'm still limited by magical energy. With so little mana, I can't do anything right now.
I've almost mastered the Summoning system; Level 1 of the beginner level is enough. Going further would just expand the Stardust and make the familiars' energy more abundant, so there's no rush for now.
The space-age guys have been waiting for this for ages.
Ring ring ring...
The voice of that green porcelain doll kept ringing in my ears, making me feel a little listless.
Ring ring ring...
Su Ming suddenly felt something bump into him. Looking down, he saw a green porcelain doll swaying at his feet. The feather-like decoration on its body was gone.
This is his home, the real world, a magical plane, not a summoning plane. The porcelain doll should be a creature from a summoning plane, and therefore cannot come here.
Creatures from the summoning plane must sign a contract with a mage to come to the magical plane. The fact that the porcelain doll can come here proves that—
The previous contract had been successfully completed, but Su Ming did not feel any connection to his soul.
It was different from what the book said, but he quickly came to terms with it. Every magic book had it written about; it was just the general situation.
A large portion of the cases are not recorded; after all, it's magic, and it's normal for some changes to occur.
Summoning creatures requires a dimensional gate to appear, and the dimensional gate can only be opened with magic. And this porcelain doll appeared here.
Su Ming didn't use magic, yet she still appeared here.
If she really can get here without a dimensional gate, she can save a lot of magic energy in the future and also catch her opponents off guard.
Thinking of this, Su Ming felt a surge of excitement. His summoning magic hadn't changed at all, so her staying here wouldn't deplete his magic. Luckily, he hadn't only focused on appearances, otherwise he would have lost such a precious summoned beast.
"Xiao Qing, I'll call you Xiao Qing from now on."
"How did you get here?"
"Can you go back?"
What abilities do you have?
"Show it to us."
"Oh... wait, we're at home, let's go outside and show it off."
Su Ming was very excited and rattled off a whole bunch of things. Xiao Qing just tilted his head, unable to understand what Su Ming was saying, but he could tell from the changes in Su Ming's expression that he was very happy.
Although she didn't know why she was happy, Xiaoqing also got up with the ringing bell, feeling happy for Su Ming.
Su Ming carried Xiao Qing outside. His home was in the old town, a very old town, and a little further out was a small mountain.
That place also belongs to Zhoucheng. Beyond this mountain peak lies the border of Ya'an, where you might encounter demons.
There are military mages patrolling the Ya'an border from time to time, so Su Ming doesn't need to go that far; the mountain is enough.
Due to the depletion of his magical energy, Su Ming was somewhat exhausted. When he was a child, he used to run back and forth several times in a row.
Su Ming said to Xiao Qing, "Come on, here. Use whatever abilities you have. No one will come over."
Ring ring ring...
Xiao Qing flew around in the air for a while, then ran to sit on Su Ming's shoulder, tilting her head to look at Su Ming.
Su Ming frowned, realizing that the little one couldn't understand human language, and he couldn't understand her language either. How were they going to communicate in the future?
It's said that there's a spiritual bond between summoned beasts and mages, but the key point is that Su Ming didn't feel any spiritual bond at all.
Disappointed, he returned home, where the little one was still sitting on his shoulders. When she was still, she was just like a porcelain doll. She would stop moving when she encountered people on the street, but she would keep moving when no one was around.
After placing Xiaoqing on the bed, Su Ming sat facing her and began to ponder how to communicate with her.
The little one was arriving in this world for the first time, his eyes filled with curiosity.
Su Ming immersed himself in the spiritual world, beginning to search for the contractual bond. The stardust was only so big, and after searching several times, he still couldn't find the so-called spiritual contract shackles.
Su Ming quickly gave up and then spent the next period of time teaching the little guy body language.
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"Boss, Hanbing said he'd like to invite everyone from Class 7 to get together."
Liu Qi's home is not far away. We used to visit each other often, but after awakening our magic abilities, everyone had to cultivate and control the stars, so we spent much less time together.
"A get-together? And a cold meal?"
Su Ming didn't want to go. He wasn't familiar with Han Bing, and now that Xiao Qing had finally gotten a general understanding of his body language, he wanted to strike while the iron was hot and not waste any time.
"Boss, this isn't a good idea. Everyone from Class 7 is going, and you haven't even managed to get a single star. If you get along well with Han Bing after you go, with the Han family's influence, you might not get expelled next semester even if you don't do very well."
"Boss, you're a space science major after all, and the school doesn't want to expel you." Liu Qi said worriedly.
Su Ming suddenly realized, "No wonder Liu Qi wanted to go to the Han Bing organization's gathering. The Han family is a big client of Liu Qi's father. Although they are not very high-class, as long as there is money to be made, it is fine for Liu Qi's father."
Liu Qi is different. He is young and impetuous. He feels very bad seeing his father being mistreated in the Han family. Despite his cheerful demeanor, he works hard to cultivate after awakening his magic ability and is often praised by Lao Lin.
Both Hanbing and he became role models for Class 7, and were highly respected.
Liu Qi disliked Han Bing, but he was still willing to attend the party Han Bing organized for Su Ming's sake, as he didn't want to see Su Ming expelled from school.
Seeing that Liu Qi was doing this for his own sake, Su Ming felt uneasy, but decided to let him go.
Training Xiaoqing won't be effective overnight.
"Okay, I'm a little hungry anyway."
"Okay, I'll tell them the location is the Marriott Hotel in Zhoucheng." Liu Qi picked up his phone and sent a message to Han Bing and the others, indicating that Su Ming would be coming.
Marriott Hotel, what a rich person! A sixteen or seventeen-year-old kid treated everyone to a meal at the most luxurious hotel in Zhoucheng.
That's such a waste; it's much better to have crayfish at a street food stall.
Su Ming shook his head. "So what if it costs money? Anyway, there are other people willing to pay, so it's not my problem."
I'm already a magician. When the time comes, I'll kill demons to make money, and then I'll take my dad to the Marriott Hotel. He's never been there before.