Chapter 2: Summoned Hero(1)

-Reyha Kingdom; Gallo City; Royal Palace; Throne Room-

In a large room, adorned with various expensive-looking paintings, vases, a few sculptures, and a contrast between the colors blue and golden, among other things, there were several individuals, most of which wore their armor or robes, waiting as they stood with the posture one would expect from a soldier. That was not all, as three other individuals different from those standing in wait, could be found in the room, and those were none other than the King, the Queen, and the royal adviser. High-end figures of the kingdom, most wouldn't dare disrespect in their wildest dreams, and all three of them, waiting for what was to come, with the type of posture that their status would call for.

-Reyha Royal Palace; Underground Area; Summoning Room-

While the Royals were stuck waiting in the throne room, the cause of it, was the hero summoning, a powerful ritual performed in order to summon heroes from another world. As a last resort used when the world finds itself in peril and lacks naturally born heroes. That same ritual was just performed by the princess of the Reyha Kingdom.

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Following the conversation with Irmina, Kymani found himself surrounded by darkness again. A point of situation that could very easily, just destroy his mind completely due to how much he had to be exposed to it. Fortunately for him, things didn't go terribly bad this time around.

Soon in the summing room of the Reyha Royal Palace's underground area, 4 people and Kymani, appeared in the middle of a summoning circle. Brought to this world once again, the first thing that Kymani noticed was his own lack of senses, not that he couldn't make a blurry outlook of his surroundings, he just couldn't actually tell what was going on in any vivid way. It seemed being a gelatinous sentient blob was not as simple as Kymani had thought.

Aside from the now confused Kymani, who was wondering if this wasn't basically the same as being in the void in several ways, there were two boys and two girls all looking to be in their late teens similar to Kymani himself, except for the girl closest to him, who instead looked much younger.

The first guy had orange hair, styled similar to a lion's mane with fierce yellow eyes and a tanned skin tone. In terms of physique, he was quite muscular but nothing like a bodybuilder. He was 1,90m(6'2ft) tall and was wearing a blue shirt with black pants.

"Would you look at this... Quite the fancy place if you ask me... Didn't expect them to choose the premium dungeon when I got kidnapped, but I guess life has all kinds of turns." The orange-haired young man, was the first one to react to his surroundings with a weak smile as he looked around curiously.

To the side, the second guy had black hair and eyes, with a tired maybe bored look on his face. His physique was average with not much muscle or fat. Finally, he was wearing an open black jacket with a white T-shirt inside, while on his legs black jeans and black shoes with white soles. Quite shorter than the last one, he was standing at 1,80m(5'9ft).

"How... Appropriate it is, that I would end up in a place like this. It almost makes it hard to contain my excitement." The black-haired young man commented with a deadpan expression and an even less excited voice, but in contrast to that he had an actual smile on his face.

After the two, there was the girl, who had green hair styled into curtain bangs with a bun on the back and orange eyes, looking to be one of the calmest out of the four. Her physique wasn't too out there, she was slim with a bit of muscle. As for her outfit, she was wearing a long-sleeved white cropped top with yellow baggy pants that stopped a little best below her knees, and yellow shoes with white soles. As for height, she was 1,72cm(5'6ft).

"... I can't believe I let myself get kidnapped... But how?... What happened before I woke up here... Whatever drug they used on me, it's making my memory blurry..." As soon as she took notice of her surroundings and heard the other two, the green-haired young woman found herself trying to piece the how of this predicament together.

Right behind Kymani, there was the second girl who had red hair styled as dreads in twin tails with front bangs, and her eyes were different as the left one was red and the right one was red with a snowflake-like white symbol at the center of it. She was just as calm as the girl before her, to a point where it could make it uncomfortable for some people to be around her. When it came to their physique, she was slim and had no noticeable muscles. In terms of outfit, she was wearing a white old-fashioned blouse with long leather black gloves covering the rest of her arms, while on the bottom side, she had a blue high waist rise mini skirt with web black stockings, and black closed high heels. All that couldn't distract from her long sharp ears or the fact that she was the shortest standing at 145cm(4'9ft) of height.

"Master, are you awake? We are already in Tefrat." The red-haired girl crouched and began lightly poking the unmoving Kymani.

Lastly, there was the dark blue gelatinous blob. 10cm(4 inches)tall and 15cm(6 inches) in width. Kymani himself.

Heavily lacking in the sensory department and now realizing, that he can't communicate due to the lack of vocal cords and or a mouth, Kymani couldn't do much besides try to move, which he could do.

Moving with his new body was different, to say the least, but it proved that he still had a sense, the sense of touch. Something he should have realized sooner, but the internal panic didn't necessarily allow for it.

"Just what is that thing?..." The green-haired asked as she saw Kymani move on his own, making her back away slowly from the weird moving substance.

"It looks like that slime thing kids like to play with... My little sister was obsessed with making more of it at some point... Which I'm thankful about, but then again, they are actually pretty good stress relievers if you have nothing better to do." The orange-haired young man interjected upon noticing Kymani.

"Well... While I'm of a similar opinion since it's just moving... It looks more like a slime, as in the RPG monster... Assumptions aside, kid what's that thing? Some new toy?" The black-haired young man looked at the girl behind Kymani, as he asked the question.

"I'm not a child, and he's not a toy." The red-haired girl replied as she moved forward and lifted Kymani from the ground to her hold.

"Don't touch it! That thing looks dangerous." The green-haired young lady warned seeing how carefreely this girl who looked about 11-12, was just interacting with this weird thing.

"You're worrying too much, if she's that calm and even calling it he, it's probably one of her toys. As I said, it looks like something my younger sister would have at some point." The orange-haired young man reassured as he looked at Kymani.

"Kids these days are into some weird stuff. Anyway, do you know where your parents are? Or how we got here?" The black-haired young man got a bit closer as he questioned.

"You're actually asking the kid about that first?" The orange-haired young man narrowed his eyes as he looked at the black-haired young man, as he moved to the big metal door that was the only exit to the room in sight only to confirm that it was in fact locked and it didn't look like it could be forcefully opened any more than the walls.

"Since you two didn't say anything about it, I just assumed we are all in the same ballpark, and since she's a kid, I thought maybe whoever got us here, did it differently, so she might have seen something or remember something that could help us get out of here." The black-haired young man clarified, sighing at the expected locked door.

"From what you said, I thought you were ok with this somehow." The green-haired young lady commented.

"Only up until the point of no return. Just like most people, if I have a chance at survival, I'm likely to take it." The black-haired young man answered.

As no one, said anymore, the black-haired young man continued. "So, hey... If you know something please tell us. I'm sure you want to see your parents, and if you tell us what you know, I'm sure we'll find our way to them."

2 meters, the moment the black-haired young man, got that close, the red-haired girl, got one hand off Kymani, and almost in an instant, put her hand under her skirt which confused everyone, but before anyone had time to make their own assumptions, she pulled out a Musket from under her skirt and pointed it at the black-haired young man's face. The musket wasn't normal and had a round crystal sphere, where one would typically reload.

The shock at this turn of events was unanimous, as the others all froze in place, unsure of what to make of the situation. The most logical answer was that it was a toy, but even if that was the case, where was she keeping it all this time? There was nowhere she could have kept it outside of their view, so how? And that doubt alone was enough to confuse and stop them on their tracks as the line between what is real and isn't is getting a bit blurry, and only being drugged could explain this, but who would be the first to test that theory?

None of them wanted to be the test subject afraid of that small percentage of probability that says this is real, and they could be shot.

"You know... I feel like you're jumping to a conclusion a bit too soon and we can definitely tal-" The black-haired young man with both his hands up, couldn't help but smile awkwardly at having a gun pointed at him.

Right as this was happening, the metal big door began opening, four armored individuals came in followed by a young woman in an expensive-looking antique dress.

Before anyone inside the room said anything, one of the armored individuals looked at Kymani, and immediately charged at him with a sword in hand. This obviously caught the attention of the red-haired girl, as she began to instead look at the armored person charging at her.

Seeing this as an opening, the black-haired young man tried to tackle the red-haired girl not thinking too deeply about the decision, and more so acting on instinct, since the gun was still pointed at him.

In a demonstration of finesse, the red-haired girl evaded the black-haired young man with ease, before shooting at the armored person with her musket.

"8th Degree shot." The red-haired girl chanted.

The shot was loud and most closed their eyes as an involuntary reaction, and then opened them to find the armored person, completely frozen in place with actual ice, like a more gruesome version of what those fancy ice sculptures would look like.

"... I almost froze to death... That's both terrifying and exhilarating..." The black-haired young man commented making everyone come to realize that this just actually happened.

Chapter end