Life Hunter 9 ''You're A Total Freak''

It's a summoning ritual which creates a soul beast from your own soul, the stronger you are the stronger your soul beast is, and they grow stronger with you. Usually, they have the appearance of a beast and possess their own ego. But the summoning actually has a low chance of succeeding. The probability is something around 0.1%. But Arima oddly knew that he was going to succeed, you can call it either arrogance or confidence, it doesn't matter.

Arima arrived in a plain, then he started drawing something in mid-air with his fingertip. After some time, a glowing, blue magic circle was drawn. It was floating and had approximately a two meters diameter. When Arima finished drawing it, it moved on its own and placed itself on the ground before starting to expand, it soon became ten meters wide. Arima looked at it for a moment then took out a knife and cut his own wrist with it. He extended his hand to let the blood fall on the circle, the latter began to glow with a red light. Arima placed his hand on the circle and sent his mana in, a large quant.i.ty of it.

After that, the process really started. The runes and inner circles of the original drawing began to turn and spin, the glow became even stronger. From the outline of the circle, blood spurted out like a whirlpool. This blood gathered in mid-air to form a small black sphere. This sphere was perfectly round and was surrounded by a red aura.

In no time, the black sphere changed form, it first expanded to create something like a torso, then the arms and legs, which could be called claws to be more accurate, sprout out of it, next, ahead was formed, and its neck stretched out. Red lines spread on the body, forming a pattern. Finally, an explosion occurred, a black and red pillar rose toward the sky, even Arima almost took a step back and had to cover his eyes.

When the situation calmed down and the dust dispersed, what remained was enough for Arima to exclaim in surprise "Wow" That's all he could think of.

A crater, and in its middle stood a ten-meters-tall, a bipedal black dragon with its wings and dark red eyes opened. That dragon looked at Arima.

"Are you my master?" He opened his mouth and asked. He spoke in a male voice and it sounded calm and strangely wise.

"Master? If you mean to ask if it's me who summoned you, yes it's me" Arima answered with a smile.

"I see" The dragon jumped out of the crater and landed lightly in front of Arima. The disparity in size was obvious but the dragon still crouched on one knee and slammed a fist on the ground "Then I'm at your service" He said

Arima nodded "Okay, but remember, with me, there is no such thing as a master and servant, you'll be my partner, I am Arimane Blade, call me Arima"

The dragon looked deeply at Arima and nodded "I understand, Arima" He stood up

Arima looked up "Do you have a name?"

"No, it should be you who give me one" he answered

"Okay, then, I'll call you 'Night', and I'll give you the surname of 'Bahamut', which suits you pretty well" Arima said.

"Then It's decided, my name from now on will be Night Bahamut" Night took up his new name.

"Good, first, spar with me" Arima uttered, he called Karma and released his aura.

Night wasn't surprised, he smiled, showing his fangs "My pleasure"

The two charged at each other with the same kind silly smile on their face.

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The next day, the plain had lost all of its verdure and the trees in a kilometer radius were cut, destroyed, burned or crushed. Along with the crater from the summoning, the flames still burning, strange holes on the ground caused by lightning, deep cracks on the ground, this place looked like an actual battlefield swept by a natural catastrophe.

In the middle of it, Arima sheathed his katana, his face and clothes were dirty, some blood was still dripping. But in front of him, was Night lying on the ground, looking a lot worse. His wings were pierced, scales were destroyed, and he was bleeding from everywhere. He suddenly snorted and black flames left his nostrils "Arima" He called.

"Mh?" Arima raised his head

"You told me I am your partner, so I'll skip politesse, let me tell you this" He paused and took a breath "Even though I am an existence just born yesterday, my personality was synthesized from yours and I received knowledge of this world since the beginning so I can tell" He turned his head to look at me "You're a total freak"

Arima laughed "Yeah, it seems so. And I have to thank you. Thanks to you, I was able to use my power to a higher degree and test some magic"

Night snorted "Higher degree? You were barely using half of your power. How much mana did you use anyway?"

"Maybe around 20%?"

The dragon sighed "Can you heal me? I can't move at all" He said

Arima smiled, he approached Night and extended his palm "[Sana Plena] (Full heal)" The effect appeared immediately. Night's wings returned to its original state and the missing scales returned. Night slightly trembled and moved a bit, but still stayed on the ground.

On the other side, Arima cast a heal on himself "[Sana] (Heal)" After that, looking at Night he chuckled and laid down too "He pointed his hand at the sky "[Aqua Pluvia] (Water rain)" The clouds quickly gathered in the sky and soon the rain began to wash the 'battlefield'.

"Feels good, right?" Arima said

"Indeed" Night responded. The rain was was.h.i.+ng away their blood and fatigue.

"Well, I think I'll sleep here for a bit, I'm quite tired" Arima said

Night turned to look at Arima on his side "If you are tired then I'm on the brink of mental collapsing" He said sarcastically.

Arima laughed "[Obice spatium]" He waved his hand. And a transparent barrier circled them both.

"What's that?" Night asked.

"s.p.a.ce barrier. I'm sure the commotion here was felt until the capital at least, I'm sure there will soon be someone who'll come to check this area, this barrier is to give a peace of mind when I'm sleeping" Arima said

"Don't you fear someone can break it?"

"Nah, this barrier is not something that can't be broken but at the same time it's not something that should be broken. It's a s.p.a.ce barrier, as it's said in the name, a person walking and touching this barrier will be displaced naturally on the other side, without them realizing. There is also a bit of illusion magic to make things look natural. It only works on weak people, but even if someone clever and strong enough can notice this barrier, right now, I don't think someone that strong will come and even if someone tries to break it, I'll wake up. So, it's all good" Arima explained.

"I see" Night didn't even retort on the outrageous barrier that was created with just a two-word chant. He actually has seen enough during the fight to be numb of the anomaly that is Arima.

"Sleep well" Arima said and closed his eyes.

"...Yeah" Night followed.