Chapter 1657: 555. The Spring of Summoners: Freshly Baked Minotaur Summoner_2
As they walked through the Underground Palace, Miss Winnie, who was a formidable Summoner before joining the Blood Vulture Clan, held a torch and shared summoning secrets with the “junior student” Mo Niqiong beside her, saying teasingly:
“Moreover, the Minotaurus is considered a relatively ‘cheap’ large summon. Among large creatures, the most expensive is the Gem-armored Scorpion from the Elemental Plane. Summoning that thing requires you to prepare a natural gemstone of at least relic-quality in advance; otherwise, the Gem-armored Scorpion will rebel immediately even if summoned.
But there’s a reason for the expense! Remember, my junior, this is a classic saying in the way of summoning.
The Gem-armored Scorpion has no frail flesh; its entire body is covered with an indestructible elemental gemstone shell. It’s adept at melee destruction while inflicting deadly elemental poison on enemies. Most importantly, it possesses the traits of elemental beings and is not sensitive to the passage of time.
This means that as long as you summon the Gem Scorpion and sign a temporary contract, you won’t have to waste a summoning slot to let it stay in the material world for a long time.
Previously, when I was studying summoning techniques on Green Island, I heard that a Summoning Master from the Circle Tower had a temporarily contracted Gem Scorpion that had been in the material world for seventy-seven years, which rounds up to a permanent contract with little difference.
Ah, if it weren’t for the decline in my family and my sister’s, I had planned to summon my own Gem Scorpion last month, and I had already prepared the materials, but in the end…
Sigh, let’s not talk about those bittersweet memories.
In any case, while that thing is expensive, it truly retains its value!”
“Oh oh oh, I’ve learned a lot.” Mo Niqiong, who had been mingling in the game for a long time, had also learned some social skills. While quickly jotting down the knowledge this “senior sister” casually mentioned, he asked:
“Earlier, I saw that before summoning the Minotaur, you applied multiple defense states on yourself, and Lady Triss even added a shield for you. Why is that? Is summoning the Minotaur risky? But it seems quite docile to me and easy to communicate with.”
“Hmm, the Minotaurus is indeed not a mindless monster. If you don’t provoke it, it’s quite peaceful. But the problem is, the companion beasts of the Minotaurus aren’t as ‘friendly’.”
Miss Winnie sighed, sounding like any senior sister explaining basic knowledge to a junior, shaking her head as she explained:
“The dimensional plane where the Bullheaded Monster lives has many peculiar beasts, and the Minotaurus coexists with a kind of Hell Bull. According to legend, these Hell Bulls are ancestors of the Minotaurus, and there is some strange bloodline connection between them.
Every time you use the summoning spells, there’s roughly a one-third chance of summoning an enraged Hell Bull.
The Hell Bull itself is not a significant problem; it’s just a beast and much less powerful than the Bullheaded Monster. But the trouble is, the Hell Bull has a deadly innate death gaze.
If it gives you a glare, there’s a chance of you ascending on the spot. That spell doesn’t even require chanting, and although the instant death rate is low, horror stories among summoners I know always feature some unfortunate soul killed with a single glare from a Hell Bull.
So, although the Minotaurus is the cheapest summon among large creatures, hardly any summoner would choose it as their permanent servant.
So, there’s a reason for it being cheap.
If it weren’t for this maze path requiring the Minotaurus’ talent for ignoring any labyrinth, I wouldn’t risk summoning it.
One has only one life and must cherish it.
When you learn this spell in the future, don’t use it recklessly; it’s easy to cause trouble… uh, you’re not afraid of death, well, apparently this spell is specifically prepared for people like you.”
“Yes, yes, yes, sounds cost-effective and very entertaining. I think if this spell gets leaked, it will definitely stir a ‘luck contest’ among my companions.”
Mo Niqiong chuckled and asked again:
“Sister Winnie, I just heard Lady Triss say that the summoning spell for the Bullheaded Monster doesn’t require summoning knowledge to learn, right?”
“Yes, that’s true.”
Being called “senior sister” by the polite junior cheered the not-so-old Miss Winnie up. She directed her Bullheaded Monster into an older-looking tunnel ahead while responding:
“The alternate dimension where the Minotaurus resides is ‘very close’ to the material world, requiring very little Spiritual Energy to summon them. Therefore, most Psychics can learn this spell.
When I was learning summoning techniques, my mentor mentioned this to me.
She said it’s because the dimensional plane where the Bullheaded Monster lives has essentially collapsed, and the dimension is vanishing, so the creatures there wish to escape the fate of extinction. They respond more eagerly to summoning techniques than creatures from other planes.
The difficulty of conducting a permanent contract with creatures from the Bullheaded Monster’s plane is also the lowest.
Basically, as long as you have enough summoning slots and spiritually overpower it, you can complete a permanent contract.
But the problem I’ve just mentioned, the summoning rules of that dying plane are troublesome. Even with a permanent contract, every summoning risks calling forth the dangerous Hell Bull.
Compared to them, the reborn, obedient elemental creatures make for more cost-effective summons.”
“But if they eagerly respond to summons…”