They don't want me to try anymore.

Richard pursed his lips, genuinely feeling the pressure.

Therefore, he naturally accepted Luvia's suggestion to expand the types of summoned creatures.

In fact, he felt it was necessary ever since he was promoted to Silver.

The animal friends of the elements and the forest are diverse, but their strength is generally average.

The mutated Big Black, catalyzed by its own "Great Reformer" abilities, is indeed formidable, but there's only one of it, and it's prone to prematurely exiting the stage.

So, what should we choose? Another dragon, or summon a demon...?

Just as Richard was pondering this question, Sophia suddenly came to visit.

Inside Saint Goethe's café.

"Who is that woman across from Richard...?"

"Ah, why is there always a beautiful woman around that guy?!"

"Is there any way to report him to Senior Alice?"

Richard rubbed his forehead.

Is this what Saint Goethe, the top school on the mainland, looks like? You're disgracing the school!

"Pfft, it seems Mr. Richard is quite popular at school."

"This is not a welcome sight at all..."

Sofia covered her mouth and chuckled, saying, "I came here today for two reasons: first, to congratulate you on your victory in the preliminary rounds, and second, to give you a gift."

"Gift?"

Richard blinked and saw Sophia unbutton her coat and pull a thin, old book from her slightly less voluptuous bosom than Luvia's.

He took it instinctively and found that its surface was still warm.

If you bend down and smell it, you'll definitely be able to smell something...

Oh... this is a bit awkward!

So why did you put the book in such a strange place?

Is that a four-dimensional pocket? Like under Zoe's skirt?

Seeing that Sophia seemed completely unconcerned, Richard had no choice but to suppress his urge to complain, engage in self-criticism about his despicable thoughts, and then casually begin to examine her books.

The book is titled "A Travelogue of the Insect World".

Opening the book, there are about a hundred pages, all recording various insect-like magical beasts from other worlds. Most of them have illustrations and descriptions of their habits, while a few only have names, and some pages are missing...

On the last few pages, Richard saw a series of runes and numbers. He instantly realized that this was the coordinate of a phantom world—with this, he might be able to contract the insect-like magical beasts he had seen before as summoned beasts!

Richard looked up, his eyes showing both surprise and doubt.

Sofia tilted her head slightly, a slight upturn at the corner of her mouth:

“This is a book from our family’s collection. A summoner once used it to summon a demonic insect.”

"Silver-rank summoners can contract a much larger number of summoned beasts than bronze-rank summoners, but Mr. Richard has only recently been promoted, so he probably hasn't expanded his summoned creatures much yet, right? That's why I thought I'd give you this book, hoping it will be of some help."

"Of course, these insectoid magical beasts may not be stronger than the demons or elemental lords that Saint Goethe can provide, but their advantage lies in the fact that very few people recognize them..."

Richard understood what Sophia meant.

With people like Aaron and Damon as typical examples, there must be many imperial geniuses who graduated from Saint Goethe at the Resurrection Festival competition, and they must be very familiar with the typical summons of Saint Goethe Academy summoners.

Putting aside other things, they are mostly good at dealing with demons.

Therefore, Richard is better off using some less common summoned creatures to achieve a surprise effect.

Richard closed the book and said frankly, "This is far too precious..."

For summoners, the right summoned creatures mean a permanent boost to their power, something that won't just disappear after participating in a major competition.

"Don't mention it. Your improved strength means the team's improved strength, and I really want to win too."

"I'm not being polite. There's a saying in my hometown that goes, 'You can't accept payment without merit'... Miss Sophia, if you have any conditions you'd like, just let me know."

Seeing Richard's insistence, Sophia blinked, lightly touched her lips with her slender index finger, and smiled after a moment:

"Then... if I ask Mr. Richard to recite poetry outside my window every morning, like in the opera, for ten days, would that be alright?"

Ah this...

Even setting aside issues of personal will, if I really did that, a certain sword saint would definitely fly across half the empire carrying chains!

"Pfft, I was just kidding."

Sofia didn't want Richard to continue feeling awkward, and said earnestly, "I really can't think of anything I particularly want right now... If Mr. Richard really feels bad about it, then please accept my personal favor."

Having been put on the spot, Richard had no choice but to agree.

After another round of thanks, Sophia got up and left, while Richard continued studying the book.

He quickly chose his target, asked Katyusha to help prepare his things, and went to ask Professor Arno for a room.

Saint Goddard had everything he needed, so the next day at noon, he gathered all the materials and went to the outside of the Summoning Tower.

Arno, who was guarding the spot, squinted and smiled, "It's unbelievable to think that just a few months ago you were only a beginner Bronze. Is the potential of youth truly limitless?"

"You flatter me, teacher."

"What do you mean? If we wait another two years, you might even surpass me in skill, and I'll be the one calling you teacher... But don't expect me to run errands for you and bring you local specialties!"

Why are you still thinking about local specialties...?

Richard was both amused and exasperated, and followed Arno into the tower.

Since it was the third time, he skillfully arranged all the items, then sat cross-legged, took out a book and a small bottle of mercury, and drew an overlapping circular symbol on the cover.

He then closed his eyes and, following the guidance of the magic circle and coordinates, began to let his mind wander.

Unlike his Bronze Age, after completing the Silver Age advancement ritual, he can use his spirit to condense an illusion that retains some of his strength when summoning across realms, thus allowing him to more accurately find and subdue targets.

soon.

His hallucination took him to a dreamlike world overrun by insects. When he opened his eyes, he was surrounded by towering, strange plants.

"Let me see, the giant beetle is attracted to the sap of the orchid grass..."

Just as he was about to take out the bait to catch the insects, he heard a buzzing sound.

"Is there an enemy?"

He looked up and saw the flying object, and immediately froze on the spot.

"My god, which dragon has such a heavy taste?!"

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What Richard saw were three strange dragonflies.

Each of them is six or seven meters long, with a red body and gold markings, spiral-shaped hard horns on their heads, and sharp, chitinous sickle-like blades along the edges of their wings and tails. Their bodies are covered with patches of scales...

That's right, those must be dragon scales.

In other words, are these three dragonflies with dragon blood?

Richard's lips twitched slightly.

He had heard that dragons were indiscriminate in their hunting, but he thought that at least they would be limited to vertebrates. He never imagined that they would even be able to kill insects.

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Thankfully, no dragon tried to break me.

However, back in reality, after carefully observing the dragonflies, Richard discovered that they were not recorded in that book, but their individual strength was probably at the high level of bronze, and their flight speed was ridiculously fast. With the three of them working together, even the original Big Black would probably have to give way.

More importantly, seemingly due to his dragon bloodline, his [Dragon Knight] trait also worked on them, to the point that they were incredibly obedient in the face of Richard, even to the point of showing awe.

Richard had no doubt that he didn't need to offer any decent sacrifices to get them to sign the contract.

To be honest, even with the system reward to explain it, he still felt that the scene was really strange, as if he had raised the three dragonflies from a young age, or as if some being was forcing them from behind.

But despite the doubts, why wouldn't you want the benefits of door-to-door service?

Richard fell in love with someone else and quietly crossed out the beetle on the plan and changed it to dragonfly—that was the name he gave to his new companions.

After the little incident, he found two more interesting magical insects.

Finally, only one option remained on the schedule.

"A wondrous firefly that can transmit magic... This description is far too brief, and there isn't even a picture."

With the summoning room's usage time limit fast approaching, Richard couldn't help but feel a little anxious.

But no matter how hard he looked, he couldn't find his target. He could only sigh and decide to rest for a while to calm down.

He looked up at the starry sky and saw the stars shining brightly in the night sky of the illusionary world, and unconsciously began to hum a lullaby...

"Twinkle, twinkle, little star...wait, something's not right."

Does this illusory world have a night sky? According to the book, this place should be underground, right? There should be rock walls overhead.

So where did these stars come from...?