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"Blake! I am so happy to see you again! I really thought you were gone!"
Braveblitz kept bugging me, this time I wasn't as weak as a normal human, so I quickly pushed him away with my strength, sending him back to where he was a second ago.
CLAAANK!
"Guaagh!"
As he was shocked by my strength, I quickly stood back up, glaring at him. I had gotten slightly madder, but what else could I have expected from this guy?
"Braveblitz…"
"Y-You're mad?! You just summoned me! Ah, I apologize…"
He apologized, lowering his head, he often acted like a kid. And in a way, he's a kid, alright. I suppose I didn't take that into consideration.
Especially not when you see him as a giant walking piece of metal.
"I'm glad to have you back, the trial is finally over, but I am happy I can bring you along, now as my familiar," I said. "What do you remember of your past so far?"
"Ah, yes, we defeated the Xenoid Queen, right?" He asked. "And then you disappeared…"
"I see, so you retain most of your memories!" I nodded. "What else happened once I was left?"
"I don't know, I immediately came here," he said.
"Huh?" I felt confused. "0-10, you said that timeline continues, right? So did Braveblitz get summoned immediately after I came back?"
"Yes, his existence, that of Aurora and Nova are too much for that world, humanity will prosper if they don't rely on such immense power," Said 0-10. "With the Xenoids gone, they have little to fear as well, and their technology by itself was fairly advanced."
"So they all disappeared in front of all those people?" I wondered. "What about the spaceship? The ark? Without Aurora…"
"Don't worry, the battery remains stable and usable. But Aurora, the ego and soul of it, is now within Braveblitz, reconstructed into his core." 0-10 explained.
"M-my core?!" Braveblitz wondered. "Wait, Blake, where exactly are we?! And why were we summoned though? I am now beginning to realize, hahah…"
"It's a long story…" I said. "But I'll explain it to you shortly."
I explained to Braveblitz who I truly was, and where I came from, what we went through and everything, he was rather shocked, amazed even, and as I talked with him, Aurora and Nova appeared as well and listened to my words.
"Welcome back you two, I'm glad to see that you're well too," I said. "Aurora, Nova."
"This space… If what I heard is real, then this is the thing you were hiding, right?" Aurora wondered. "I always knew there was something strange with you, Blake. You were very unique, and your powers didn't originate from me, but from another source. To think you were a visitor from a parallel world…"
"And your job was to help and save humanity?! Wow, then you nailed it buddy!" Braveblitz said. "Hahah! We nailed it, actually!"
"Awaaah!" Nova nodded cutely, flying to my side and hugging my forehead. "Mooch!"
And she even kissed my forehead.
"Looks like little Nova is very happy to see you again, Blake," Aurora smiled. "And well, I have to admit that I am too… I felt scared when you left… I didn't know what happened. But I'm glad I'm here now… even if my powers have been greatly reduced. There are now many tools we can use, Leveling for example, or these Skills. All very interesting concepts from your world. I am eager to explore it as well and gather as much data about it as I can."
"Same! I want to explore it with Blake and met his friends and family!" Braveblitz said. "I can't believe he had a whole life over here without us even knowing! And you said you had girlfriends?!"
"Ah yes, Eleanora…" I summoned her by my side, as she appeared rather happily, hugging me. "She is, well, one of them. Erika and Elizabeth as well. It is quite complicated. Perhaps some might think it is immoral, but these three girls are the ones I love, and I cannot really choose between the three, so I ended up with all three of them. Surprisingly, they don't seem to mind, and are all good, close friends. It helped that we are all childhood friends."
"Ooh! What a happy story of love! I cannot wait to meet them!" Braveblitz said. "Hmm! I want to go adventuring and defeat evildoers! Are there Xenoid equivalents here?"
"Yes, quite a lot. We'll get into that later though," I said. "For now, let me choose the last Familiar I will create with this card."
"The last familiar?" Aurora wondered. "So you can create another? Oh I see, you brought us here by making us familiars as well?"
"Indeed, my original power is summoning," I explained to her. "What you saw on our final battle was exactly that, or an extension of it. And now, with all three of you here, the last familiar I will choose… is quite obvious. I hope you don't get mad."
"Mad?" Braveblitz asked.
"I choose this."
I touched the card, which quickly flew towards my grimoire and fused with it instantly.
FLAAASH!
And in front of everyone, pure darkness encompassed the grimoire, followed by hundreds of tentacles made of flesh, eyes, and jaws.
The roar of a monster echoed from within it, as if it was trying to escape or something.
But eventually.
"GULP!"
The grimoire swallowed it all, processing its essence into a card, a powerful one.
Yes, this card wasn't golden or platinum…
It was golden red.
[Your Grimoire has successfully absorbed the [Familiar Card: The Mother Of All Xenoids, The Xenoid Queen]
[The New Special Familiar: [The Xenoid Queen] has become available.]
[Special Familiars can Level Up, obtain Skills Naturally and Level Up Skills.]
[Additionally, the first time their card is created, it is free of charge.]
[However, you cannot summon more than one card at a time, and there cannot be duplicates.]
"{Summon Familiar}"
I raised the card and then the card itself exploded into bright red and black light, spreading everywhere.
Until out of nowhere, we found ourselves within a completely black, abyssal world.
And from within, countless crimson eyes opened, and fleshy tentacles moved everywhere…
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