The Return of the Genius Ranker’s Myth Warehouse - Chapter 413

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Chapter 413
Chapter 413
Plant Summoner.
In truth, it wasn’t a popular profession.
Among the summoner class of jobs, the Plant Summoner was particularly unpopular, relegated to the fringes of the mainstream.
The greatest reason for this was simple.
“Summoner, what are you doing over there?”
“Oh, well… I need to unsummon the plants I called forth. If I just send them back carelessly, their affinity drops…”
“What? Isn’t that a one-time skill?”
“No, they’re my summons in their own right!”
“Summons that can’t move?”
“W-well, that one can move. It’s just… slow…”
“…Summoner, I’m sorry, but I don’t think you’re a good fit for our party. Let’s call it here.”
It was due to the fundamental nature of plants—their inability to move.
Even when they could move, their speed was slower than a tortoise crawling.
Therefore, they were utterly unsuited for Dungeon raids.
At best, they showed some promise in defensive roles, blocking enemy attacks from a single position.
“Summoner, what are you doing!”
“T-that’s impossible! If we hunt such a large monster and the vines snap…”
“What? You can’t hunt it because you’re afraid the vines will break? What kind of nonsense is that!”
“Plants don’t recover and grow back that easily…”
This aspect too wasn’t particularly popular.
Plant summons weren’t stronger than other summons, nor did they offer any special advantages.
Occasionally, there were Plant Summoners who wielded their summons flawlessly and displayed impressive power, but their numbers were few and far between.
“Sigh…”
Plant Summoner Taha.
She was one of those Plant Summoners.
At least today, she had managed to secure a party for a defensive-type Dungeon.
Though apparently, they had accepted her hastily because they were struggling to fill the roster.
As expected.
“A Plant Summoner? No, even if we’re desperate, why would we bring a Plant Summoner?”
“They do pull their weight in defensive-type Dungeons, at least.”
“Still, though…”
The looks directed at her were far from favorable.
But it was fine.
She had grown accustomed to such gazes long ago.
Precisely because of this, she resolved to do her utmost to improve the image of Plant Summoners, even if only slightly.
And so the defensive Dungeon began.
As monsters surged forward, she activated her Plant Summoning.
Whoooosh!
An enormous tree sprouted into existence.
“What, what is this?”
“Why is it so massive?”
The party members around me gasped in shock.
But they weren’t the only ones taken aback.
“Huh?”
Taha.
She too was bewildered.
Her summoned creature had grown at least twice the size of what she normally summoned.
The tree that appeared this way writhed with roots that were likewise twice as thick, beginning to seize the monsters.
No—it went beyond merely grasping them; it was draining the monsters of their nutrients, desiccating them to death.
Boom, boom, boom!
The flower she had summoned was no different.
Normally, it was a summoned creature that merely launched pollen bombs to inflict status ailments on enemies.
But now, those pollen bombs were completely dissolving the monsters.
“Plant Summoner, you’re no joke, are you?”
“Wow, this is serious?”
“Thanks to you, we cleared the Dungeon comfortably riding along.”
So naturally, the way people looked at her could only improve.
What was interesting.
[ What’s going on with the Plant Summoner? ]
[ It seems like the summoned creatures have become incredibly strong overall. ]
[ Wasn’t this a balance patch? ]
[ Did Second do a balance patch like this? ]
[ They might have done a stealth patch. ]
[ No, even if it’s a patch, isn’t this a bit much? Doesn’t it seem like it became too strong? ]
This wasn’t something happening to her alone.
The summoned creatures of Plant Summoners had become stronger overall.
It was one of the small incidents caused by Mir.
* * *
After the Plant Dimension came the Weapon Realm.
The moment I entered the Weapon Realm, what greeted me was a multitude of weapons.
It was only natural, since Weapon Summoners were a class that summoned and commanded weapons with ego.
Peculiarly, the way to build affinity here was to actually wield and swing the weapons yourself.
– Magnificent!
– Perfect form!
– Choose me! Choose me, Summoner! Please!
– Swing me too!
– I’m first!
– What will you do with a blade missing teeth! Wield me instead of that hideous weapon!
Separate from my weapon affinity, I found myself welcomed far beyond my imagination in this place.
Everyone welcomed me so warmly.
Thanks to that, I was able to meet the king of the Weapon Realm in an instant.
And by wielding that king directly.
[ You have successfully formed a provisional contract with the Divine Sword Kalos. ]
[ Your weapon affinity has increased significantly. ]
[ The skill level of ‘Weapon Summoning’ has increased. ]
[ The skill level of ‘Weapon Summoning’ has increased. ]
….
I completed the provisional contract with the king at a record-breaking pace.
In that manner, I utilized every summoning skill I knew.
Not only the summoning skills I had known since First, but all the newly acquired summoning skills from Second as well.
When there was no skill book, I purchased them with my overflowing wealth.
When it came to class skills, I sought them out directly and learned them by demonstrating high affinity.
If I continued this way, I would be able to form provisional contracts with all the kings of the summoning realms.
Later, when my level increased, I could convert all the provisional contracts into true contracts.
Wait, now that I think about it, there’s still one left.
The most popular skill among summoning-type skills.
‘Spirit Summoning.’
A summoner who calls forth spirits of all attributes to fight alongside them.
A spirit summoner.
And finally.
Now it was time to enter the Spirit Realm.
– Using the skill ‘Spirit Summoning’.
– Entering the Spirit Realm.
As I entered the Spirit Realm, my vision began to shift.
I felt a slight anticipation.
While the other summoning realms were grand and magnificent, the Spirit Realm would surely be the grandest and most splendid of them all.
And the place I arrived at with such expectations was.
Splash!
“Ugh?”
Water.
I had fallen into the water the moment I was summoned.
Though I was momentarily flustered, having been actively engaged in the Kalbera Territory, I quickly regained my composure and moved my legs to surface.
And then.
[ Wave Boots ]
( Non-tradeable )
Type : Footwear
Grade : Epic
I changed into the new shoes.
With this, I could walk on water without any issue.
Looking around after that.
“How beautiful.”
A vast Sea stretched out before me.
No land was visible anywhere.
All I could see was an endless Sea.
And in that Sea.
“Giggle, giggle, giggle.”
“Try to catch me!”
“Let’s play together! Slow down a bit!”
The Water Spirit Realm was teeming with spirits.
To be precise, it was filled with lower-tier water spirits.
They floated lazily across the water’s surface, basking in sunlight.
Some leaped like dolphins across the Sea, while others gathered in small groups to converse.
It was an incredibly peaceful sight.
‘Is this the Water Spirit Realm?’
This was my first time actually entering the Spirit Realm.
But I already knew what the Spirit Realm looked like.
After all, as the most popular and widely-known summoning skill, the Spirit Realm’s internal structure was the most thoroughly documented.
In that sense, the Spirit Realm is divided into five major regions.
First, a massive circle is divided into four quarters, creating the Spirit Realms of fire, water, wind, and earth.
These are the domains of the four cardinal spirits, where the spirits of those four attributes and their derivatives dwell.
For example, the Water Spirit Realm doesn’t contain only water spirits—mist spirits and ice spirits also live there together.
And the remaining fifth Spirit Realm is.
‘They called it a neutral zone, didn’t they?’
The center of the Spirit Realm where spirits unrelated to the four cardinal attributes gather.
It was a place difficult to define by what kind of spirits inhabited it.
It was simply where all spirits that didn’t belong to the four cardinal axes congregated and lived.
For example.
‘Spirits of emotion.’
Spirits of rage, spirits of jealousy, spirits of happiness, spirits of joy, and so on.
Spirits that generally felt unfamiliar to most.
But that wasn’t all.
There were also spirits of darkness and light, or spirits of dreams and illusions.
It was an incredibly unique and distinctive place.
‘But it wasn’t a popular one.’
These spirits were never preferred by summoners in the first place.
Most of those spirits had relatively low combat ability.
That’s why most summoners only took interest in the four cardinal spirits and summoned only them throughout their lives.
Anyway.
It appeared I had fallen into the Water Spirit Realm, one of the five domains of the Spirit Realm.
The moment I materialized there.
“The scent of water.”
“Where is that smell coming from?”
“What an absolutely delightful fragrance!”
“Who is that?”
“A human?”
“Our seniors said we shouldn’t approach humans carelessly!”
“But this scent is just too wonderful!”
The spirits frolicking in the Sea began to take notice of me.
Well, thanks to the effects of All Master, my spirit affinity was as exceptional as that of an elf.
And since my water attribute affinity was also quite high, it was only natural that the spirits would show interest.
As a result, not long after.
“I can’t help myself!”
“Me neither!”
“Human, what are you? Who are you?”
“Why do you emit such a wonderful fragrance?”
“How fascinating. So this is what a human is!”
“I already knew. I’ve made a contract with a human before.”
“Really?”
“Yes. But that human didn’t emit such a pleasant scent.”
All the spirits around me swarmed toward me.
They were all water spirits.
In the past, I would have engaged them in combat first to befriend the water spirits.
‘Let me first observe.’
In the Plant Dimension, I had recklessly burned the plants, only to have my affinity reduced instead.
If I attacked the spirits here, my affinity might diminish as well.
So I decided to lower my weapon first and harmonize with the spirits.
“Your scent is so wonderful.”
“I want to be close to you!”
“Hey, human. Will you make a contract with me?”
“Wait, we were told not to make contracts with humans carelessly!”
“But this human’s scent is just too good! I want to smell it all day long!”
I had no intention of making contracts with these lower-tier spirits.
“You said you wanted to play?”
“Yes! I want to play with the human!”
“What should we do to play?”
“Is there any fun game?”
It seemed I would need to engage in ‘play’ to befriend these spirits.
Then.
“How about surfing?”
“There are no adults here right now. Without an adult to create waves, we can’t surf.”
“But surfing is the most fun….”
From the spirits, I could discern how to play with them.
I could glean hints from their words.
“Waves?”
“Yes! When the adults create waves, we ride them—it’s so much fun!”
“We can’t create waves that big!”
Waves.
The adults or seniors they spoke of must be higher-ranked spirits.
If the waves they created were the spirits’ plaything, then—
“I’ll make them for you.”
“Really?”
“How can a human do that?”
I could make them.
The method was simple.
– I activate the 3rd Circle water magic ‘Aqua Wave’.
Aqua Wave—a 3rd Circle spell that generates waves.
This would suffice.
Of course, the waves it produced weren’t particularly large.
Aqua Wave was merely a 3rd Circle spell, after all.
But modifying the spell formula and channeling mana to amplify its range and power—that was my specialty.
In fact, I was confident I had surpassed Raymond Mistborn, the Knight Commander of the Blue Moon Knights, in this particular domain.
Moreover, with the sea as terrain, water magic efficiency increased substantially.
Whoooosh!
Through my magic, a colossal wave materialized.
An artificially generated wave, much like those in a water park.
Even while channeling mana, I wore the ‘Water Magic Set’ and all my accessories—rings and the like—boosted mana regeneration rates.
At this rate, it would take considerable time before my mana depleted maintaining the wave.
As the wave took form—
“Woooow!”
“A wave, a wave!”
“It’s even bigger than the ones the adults make!”
“Surfing!”
“This is going to be fun!”
“Thank you, human!”
The spirits cheered and began riding the wave I had created.
As expected.
[ The spirits delight in your magic. ]
[ Spirit affinity increases. ]
[ Skill ‘Spirit Summoning’ has increased in level. ]
Through this, my Spirit Affinity and Spirit Summoning skill levels began to rise.

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