I Became the Youngest Summoner in the Strongest Guild

3. Arcana Online

Logging out doesn't make your character disappear like in other games.

If you don't log out in a safe place, you might find your character naked the next time you log in.

I took off the VR device, no, the gear, and returned to the real world.

A bleak reality.

A world without family, friends, or anyone I know.

I wanted to go back, but my stomach was screaming for food.

It doesn't make sense to be full in the real world just because you ate in the game world.
I got up from the bed, went to the bathroom, then to the kitchen and opened the fridge.
I took out the triangle kimbap I bought yesterday and some water, then cooked some ramen.
A meal that's warm but not warm.

After finishing the meal, I wanted to return to the game world, but it was impossible.
Due to the gamer protection feature, you can't log in for a while after being connected for a certain amount of time.
I went back to my room and struggled to fall asleep, tossing and turning in bed.

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When I woke up in the morning, finished my meal, and logged into the game, it was morning in the game world too.

The time in reality and the game is exactly 1:1 ratio.

I stretched and got up from the inn bed, opened the door, and went down to the first floor to find Bell unni already working early in the morning.

"Good morning!"
"Oh my, you're up early? Want breakfast?"
"Yes!"

When I answered brightly with a smile, she patted my head, saying I was cute.

I missed this touch.

A warm touch.

When I smiled innocently, she smiled back saying I was cute and went to get the food.

I sat in a chair and waited, and soon the food came out, but the amount was no joke.

Food filling the entire table.

Bell unni looking at me with eyes that seem to say, 'You can eat it all today too, right?'

"Thank you for the meal!"
"Eat a lot."

After finishing the meal, I tried to pay for the lodging, but she firmly refused.

"What money from a child! Don't worry about anything and stay comfortably."
"I can't do that!"
"You can!"

With those words, I was kicked out.

In an instant, she picked me up, put me outside, and closed the door, telling me to go play.

The inn unni is scary...

So, should I head to the hunting grounds now?

No. Information gathering comes first.

I couldn't check the guidebook or the system last night.

Besides, my job is summoner and I'm level 7, but I can't keep beating monsters with a staff forever.

To gather information, I headed to the library in the village.

To find out how a summoner can obtain a summon.

Arriving at the library and reading books related to summons, my knowledge increased.

[Knowledge increased by +1.]
[Knowledge increased by +1.]
[Knowledge increased by +1.]
[Knowledge increased by +1.]

Reading the books increased it quite a bit.

However, the information I wanted wasn't there.

How to obtain a summon, that is.

As I was sitting frustrated in a corner window seat, basking in the sunlight, a thought crossed my mind.

I can check the community, can't I?

I accessed the large community existing in Arcana Online and checked the latest posts.

[I'll tell you about the time I got caught raiding the Red Dragon King's lair.]
What would you do if the cave you accidentally entered was the Red Dragon King's lair?
There were countless gold coins scattered on the ground and mythical items piled up like mountains.
For a moment, I lost my mind and started scooping them into my inventory, then suddenly I felt a chill.
When I turned around, a huge red dragon was staring at me?
I thought I was going to wet myself.
Want to know how it ended?
I got stripped of everything, from the equipment I was wearing to all the items in my inventory.
F**k this game, I'm quitting. Bye.

[Comments]
- You wrote "I'm quitting" quite elaborately lol
- Just change it to "I'm quitting bye" lol
- How about changing "I'm quitting bye" to "I'll tell you about the time I got caught raiding the Red Dragon King's lair," you jerks?

[Is this what summoners were made for, you bastards?]
My level is over 50 but I don't have a summon. I'm not taking any questions, you jerks!

[Comments]
- This guy chose summoner out of all the many jobs lol
- It's your own fault lol
- Did someone hold a knife to your throat and force you to be a summoner? lol

[I started as a summoner, where do I get a summon?]
I'll give 100 points. I'll eat the points. I'm reporting this.

[Comments]
- It's not too late. Quit and do something else
- Is there a summoner with a summon? Probably not? lol
- What's the use of summons being OP if you don't know how to get them lol
- How does the comment above know summons are OP?
- I don't know?
- Are you crazy lol
- What a trash job lol

After checking the general perception of summoners, I searched for ways to obtain a summon.

There was nothing useful, mostly clickbait posts.

One said you could get a slime summon if you killed 9,999 slimes, but it had hundreds of curse words in the comments.
Then I checked the system and guidebook, but there wasn't anything special.

Unable to obtain any information, I headed to the hunting grounds.
'I should at least hunt.'

Today, it's time to challenge goblins, which are stronger than slimes.

But it's lonely hunting alone.

Does it make sense that there are no users in the #1 ranked game?

I even moved to channel 1004 on purpose.

The 'Angel' channel is so pretty, right? But why is there no one here?

With bitter steps, I headed to the hunting grounds while looking at the game system, and there was a streaming button.

What's this?

The system says I can broadcast my screen in real time, but will this make me feel less lonely?

When I tried to start streaming, there were many things to set up.

Profile picture? Can I just upload my picture?

After finishing some settings and pressing the streaming button, it was activated.

And a small chat window was created next to me, which was interesting.

[Viewers: 0]

There's no chat because no one is entering, though.

Should I go see the rabbits on the way?

As I entered the hunting ground full of rabbits, the rabbits that spotted me started to gather.

"Kyahaha! Don't lick! It tickles!"

The rabbits come to me, licking my cheeks with their cute tongues or gifting me carrots.

At that moment, a chat message appeared.

[What is this? How did you do that?]

"Wh-what!?"

Startled, I checked the chat window and someone had entered.

[Viewers: 1]

[How did you do that? Rabbits aren't aggressive monsters, but they're not that docile either. And they're even gifting carrots?]

"Uh, hello? But isn't this normal? It's been like this for me from the start?"

[What's your unique characteristic?]

"My unique characteristic?"

At that moment, the person chatting was kicked out and a warning message appeared.

[Asking about others' unique characteristics is subject to ban. Never reveal your unique characteristic to others.]

There was something more important than the warning message.

My precious viewer disappeared!

[Viewers: 0]

I became alone again after losing my only viewer.

Can't be helped. More importantly, I learned that I shouldn't reveal my characteristic.
I learned a new fact.

I waited for another viewer to enter, but no more viewers came in.

This isn't about them not coming in. They can't come in.

I pressed end broadcast and had a solo mental victory.

With a gloomy heart, I arrived at the goblin hunting ground and saw names displayed in red.

[Young Goblin]

Are aggressive monsters displayed in red?

Slimes weren't red, what's going on?

I approached a goblin and swung my staff.

With a 'Kwaek!' sound, it fell down with a splat, then got up again?

The goblin rubbed the back of its head and stared at me.

'Its eyes are scary!'

With trembling hands, I gripped the staff tightly and swung it again, hitting its head. At that moment, it collapsed and dropped an item.

«Goblin's Necklace»
Old and shabby, but seems to have a story behind it.

I put the item in my inventory and as I was moving to hunt other goblins, I saw a small cave.

It's definitely a cave that didn't exist until just now.

It looked dangerous just by looking at it, but as if possessed by something, I entered the cave.

Against my will, that is.

As I entered the cave, I heard a sound.

"Child, this way."
"Who's there?"
"Come this way."

Following the voice deep into the cave, I saw iron bars.

But something was different.

The thickness was no joke for ordinary iron bars.

At least 5 times thicker and stronger, and when I touched it, the surface was smooth and gave a tingling sensation, indicating it wasn't the steel I knew.

And there was a warning message in front of the iron bars.

[Turn back. If you attempt to break the seal, you will receive the red dragon's curse.]

[Warning: Breaking the seal will result in the red dragon's curse.]

[Due to the effect of the unique characteristic: Protective Instinct (保護本能), the curse is ignored.]

[Do you want to break the seal?]
YES / NO

The moment I broke the seal with trembling hands, something dark flew at me but disappeared with a bright light.

The bright light briefly revealed something existing inside the iron bars.

Something huge, that is.

Thinking about it now, I think I've gotten into big trouble.