Shibao's Personal Journal: I Became a Summoner and I Don't Know How I Feel About It
Hi Everyone,
Shibao here. How are you? I’m okay I guess. We’ve been playing Elminage Original for a while now and it’s a lot of fun. I was a mage for a while and levelled up a bunch, learning all of the spells, even the super high level extra explody ones! Recently, I switch to summoner, though. It’s still fun but I don’t know...
I kinda miss being a mage but at the same time I’m making new friends. Summoners make contracts with monsters we meet in our adventures where the monster agrees to help us. I’m not sure why they sometimes do that. Maybe they just want to help. Or maybe they’re lonely and want a friend. I don’t speak monster so I can’t ask them. They stick around and never really complain about anything so I guess they’re happy with the situation. I just try to be nice to them and make sure they feel welcome.
Giving up being a mage was tough. I could keep the spells I learned as a mage when I became a summoner but I could only cast them a few times before I’d have to go back to town and rest. I didn’t like that. One of my best spells is super powerful and does a ton of damage to any monster I can see. It made me feel safe because if a group of super scary monsters we’d never seen before attacked us I could cast it and they’d usually get wiped out. “Enterook Mista!” and suddenly most of the monsters were gone.
At first I made a contract with a demon to see if I could do it, and I could! Sasuke thought it was super cool but Anzu was a bit worried about having demons with us. I didn’t want Anzu to be scared so I let it go and apologized that I couldn’t keep the contract with it. It didn’t seem bothered. It just waved goodbye and left.
After that it was like the game was trying to really make me want to keep being a summoner. I tried casting Contract on an enormous Red Dragon not thinking it would work...but it did! Now it helps us a lot. It hits super hard and can breathe fire on whole groups of enemies. Monsters can cast confuse on it sometimes, though, which is super scary. Anzu cures that ASAP. Whenever I bring our dragon out, Sasuke just says, “=O” if that counts as a word.
The next creature I made a contract with was a Unicorn because I wanted a friend that was easier to hug. I’m not sure if the dragon likes hugs. I haven’t tried. I don’t want to bother it. The unicorn seems fine with it. It’s very nice and casts spells that give us crazy good armor class. It can also silence monsters who are magic users, which makes us feel safe. Unicorn is a very nice magical horse and I’m glad it wants to stay with us.
Finally, there’s this golden robot we’ve encountered a few times. The first time it was with a group of monsters and we beat them all together. The robot gives a lot of gold if you do but we all noticed something strange about it. The has robot never attacked us once. It only ever tries to run away. That got us thinking maybe it’s not a bad robot. Maybe it made a mistake and wandered into a fight by accident. So we just choose defend when we see it in battle now and it’s the only enemy left. That way it has a chance to get away. Beating it up and taking its money would be wrong. =(
Once when we encountered one, I offered it a contract. I thought it would be too scared and run away, but it accepted! I was so happy! It trusted me! I thought it might feel safe in battles with us because we’ll obviously protect it but when I summoned it the first thing it did when we got into battle was to run away. Was I too harsh bringing it into battle with us? =( Maybe fighting isn’t its thing. I’m not going to get rid of him, though. A contract is a promise and I’m going to keep it safe no matter what. Ending the contract would mean sending it out into the world where it might get attacked again. I don’t want that! I’d rather it stay with us and never be summoned again. At least then I know it will be safe. It trusted me enough to accept the contract so it’s the least I can do.
By the way, did you know if someone else joins the party to help with a quest, summoners can’t summon their monsters during that time? I sure didn’t! This meanie named Royal Page Harris needed help finding an airship and eventually he wanted us to show him it. I didn’t think much of it at the time because helping people is important but when I saw I couldn’t summon anyone I became very sad. I was useless! I only had a few of my mage spells and no access to my summoner buddies. Even worse, the quest was taking forever! We were supposed to find two switches in order to open a door and we couldn’t find the second one. Eventually I crawled under one of Anzu’s blankies because I wanted to lay down and be left alone. I cried a bit and apparently I fell asleep but I don’t remember that.
When I woke up Sasuke told me we failed the quest because Harris got beat by some monsters so we would have to go back to town and do the quest again. I was so upset that I just shouted, “NO! T_T” I just wanted things to go back to normal! Harris should find that switch by himself! ):< Everyone else decided we should take a break and explore somewhere else for a bit, so we did. I could summon my dragon again. It felt so good. =D
Eventually, we did go back and get Harris. Luckily when we returned to the airship we found the other switch really fast and before we knew it the quest was over and Harris left. I was so relieved. I immediately summoned Unicorn because I needed a friend that likes hugs after all that. Now I think I know that summoning is at least a little bit important to me.
I’m not sure if I’ll stay a summoner forever. No one else in the group has changed classes and none of them seem interested. It makes me wonder if I made the right decision. Sasuke always tells me, “You’re still you. It’s fine.” That makes me feel a little better. I might spend time getting a bit stronger as a summoner but I may eventually switch back to mage. I’m able to make friends with monsters now and that ability will never go away. That’s the most important thing.
Anyway, I better get going. It’s my turn to set the table for dinner. Thanks for listening. I really appreciate it! *hugs!*
Please take care and I’ll see you another time,
Shibao