Chapter24

He stared at the prompt in silence.

'Right,' he thought after a few seconds, looking at the dark panel and then back at the stream comments still blinking at the side, 'because clearly this day needed one more insane thing.'

He let out a breath and accepted the prompt anyway.

[ First Summon Initialization ]

[ Follow guidance to establish connection ]

More lines appeared under it right away.

[ Step 1: Open your palm ]

[ Step 2: Channel mana into the Veil connection ]

[ Step 3: Fix your intent on summoning a soul ]

[ Step 4: Complete manifestation ]

He held his hand out and did exactly that, mostly because he had no better plan. Mana moved easier than before, which was still weird enough to throw him off a little, and the moment he pushed it toward the panel, the dark gold lines widened into a circle in front of him.

'So I can only summon from the Veil now?' he thought, keeping his eyes on the forming light. 'Then no monster summoning at all?'

That question immediately ran into the other one.

'And why only females?' he thought, already feeling tired just thinking about it. 'This is about to get so awkward.'

The circle brightened, then a shape began to rise out of it. At first it was only light, a loose outline of a body suspended just above the ground, but the more mana he fed into it, the clearer it became.

He saw long ears first, then long flowing hair, followed by the shape of a girl with wolf features coming together inside the glow.

Light rushed inward, skin and fur took shape at the same time, then a wolf beastkin girl dropped out of the glow and hit the ground on her knees before tipping to one side.