Chapter 80: Divine Skill [Summoning]

That day, when Sun Fei came out from the World of Diablo, he found that Angela and the blonde little Lori, Gemma, had actually been summoned again by the Princess Royal of the Zenit Empire to go chat. He thought this Princess Royal was quite interesting. Ever since arriving in Shampoo City, she had never shown herself. Even when Sun Fei publicly executed several cavalrymen of the Zenit Empire—including a deputy Knight Commander from the coronation mission—she never came forward to say a word. Afterward, there was still no movement from her. As the leader of the Royal Coronation Mission, she neither asked Sun Fei to come see her, nor did she come to see Sun Fei. It was as if she had come to Shampoo City for sightseeing and leisurely fun, never mentioning the coronation scheduled for half a month later. Instead, she grew increasingly close with the future Queen, Angela, often sending people specifically to ask Angela to come chat with her.

Sun Fei turned a blind eye to this. He wasn’t worried that the Princess Royal would do anything to harm Angela. It was a vague feeling, but at least at this stage, the Princess Royal of the Zenit Empire gave Sun Fei a sense of safety.

For Sun Fei, he was busy.

Very busy.

Sun Fei currently had two main goals: one was to work hard to improve his own strength, and the other was to work hard to improve the strength of Shampoo City. The former relied on the level-up function in the Diablo World, while the latter temporarily depended on [Hulk Potion].

The only thing that disappointed Sun Fei was that the production rate of [Hulk Potion] was too low, even less than three or four percent. Moreover, the potion only had that instant strength-boosting effect on people who already had a certain level of strength. For instance, Star-Rank Warriors like Brook and Cech could greatly increase their strength after taking [Hulk Potion]. Even those a bit weaker, like the tall, skinny mercenary who previously died in the Iron Prison Water Dungeon, could also improve. However, if someone like the handsome older man, Best, who had almost no martial foundation, took it, their body would probably explode and they would die within tens of seconds. Ordinary people simply couldn’t endure that kind of heart-wrenching pain.

The experience he just had entering the Diablo World was something Sun Fei had never anticipated. Things like the so-called ‘Ancestral Covenant’ and the black altar in the mysterious space of Acarra’s tent had never appeared in Sun Fei’s memories of computer games from his past life. Everything had deviated from his past memories. This made Sun Fei even start to wonder whether the monster-slaying and leveling up he did in his consciousness space was actually just a game, or perhaps something else disguised as a game…

He spent the entire night thinking about the three divine skills he obtained in the black altar—[Learning], [Bestowal], and [Summoning].

When he obtained these three so-called divine skills on the black altar in the Diablo World, Sun Fei did not immediately understand how to actually use them. In other words, after being enveloped by that mysterious white beam of light descending from the sky on the altar, aside from cleansing his body and tempering his constitution, Sun Fei didn’t gain any other tangible benefits. That majestic, cold voice only told Sun Fei at the end that the specific functions and methods of using the three divine skills required Sun Fei to slowly figure them out himself in the future. It depended on Sun Fei’s comprehension and luck. Maybe he would master them all very quickly, or maybe he wouldn’t fully grasp them by the end of his life.

Damn, how utterly irresponsible and frustrating this explanation was.

As a result, Sun Fei spent the whole night without any gains, and even began to suspect that the so-called three divine skills were just a scam left by the ancient ancestors of the Rogue Encampment to encourage later generations to work hard. But just after dawn the next day, something miraculous happened—Sun Fei accidentally triggered the divine skill [Summoning]—he actually opened a portal and summoned the Mercenary Beauty, the Sorceress Archer Ileena, out from the Diablo World.

That moment was enchanting.

Sun Fei was completely stunned at the time.

Not just because of the accidental triggering of the [Summoning] divine skill, but more because… since it was just daybreak, presumably people in the Diablo World hadn’t gotten up yet, so Ileena, who appeared through the portal in front of him, was only wearing a few scraps of clothing, revealing a breathtaking scene of spring scenery without a doubt. The dazzlingly beautiful curves outlined the most beautiful scenery in the world. Her supremely beautiful face, carrying a hint of laziness, and her slightly disheveled fiery red hair made Sun Fei instantly petrified, gushing nosebleed.

Ileena herself was clearly not fully awake from her sleep yet, looking completely dazed. A few seconds later, when this powerful Sorceress Archer finally understood the situation, she let out a gasp, covered her proudly standing peaks with her hands, gave Sun Fei two white eye-rolls, and then ran back through the portal in the King’s Hall before it closed.

After being briefly entranced by the ‘peerless beautiful scene’ from a moment before, Sun Fei quickly tried to recall his words and actions that triggered the [Summoning] skill. Following the clues, he only managed to determine one thing, half-believing and half-doubting—a dozen seconds earlier, he had just unconsciously muttered, “If only Ileena were by my side right now, maybe she could remind me of something…” Then a miracle occurred. With a soft humming sound, a sky-blue oval portal, similar to the one that appears after using a [Town Portal Scroll], materialized out of thin air. And then Ileena, almost completely naked, appeared out of nowhere.

Having figured out the key point, Sun Fei tried a few more times, extremely excited.

Sure enough, twenty seconds later, he actually succeeded again in opening a portal and summoning Ileena from the Diablo World. However, to Sun Fei’s slight disappointment, this time, Ileena was clearly prepared—she was wearing all her clothes and armor neatly and appeared before Sun Fei through the portal.

Successfully summoning Ileena made Sun Fei overjoyed.

He next tried to summon everyone else in the [Rogue Encampment], like Nun Auntie Acarra, the armed leader Kashya, and the blacksmith Charsi… But, contrary to Sun Fei’s expectations, no one else from the [Rogue Encampment] besides Angela could be summoned into the real world. The specific reason was unknown.

Throughout that entire day, Sun Fei experimented many times. The final conclusion was—for some mysterious reason, the [Summoning] divine skill currently seemed only able to summon Ileena alone. The form and process of the summoning were also simple—as long as Sun Fei was willing, he could open a sky-blue oval portal out of thin air and summon Ileena from the Diablo World to the real world.

Of course, there were corresponding limitations.

First, it only worked if the summoning was performed under [Barbarian Mode]. Second, the summoning process consumed a certain amount of Magic. With Sun Fei’s Magic value as a level 16 Barbarian at the time, he could only maintain about 3 such summons. After 3 summons, if he wanted to perform a fourth, he had to drink a [Magic Recovery Potion] to restore his Magic value.

And so, an accidental, unconscious action finally allowed Sun Fei to peel back a thin veil from one of the three divine skills, [Summoning], revealing a tiny glimpse. Sun Fei guessed that since it was called a divine skill in the Diablo World, it shouldn’t only be able to summon Ileena. In theory, others from the [Rogue Encampment], like Nun Auntie Acarra and Kashya, should also be summonable. But clearly there was still some discrepancy, and he currently couldn’t do it.

As for the other two divine skills mentioned by the majestic cold voice on the black altar—[Learning] and [Bestowal]—despite Sun Fei’s exhaustive efforts over the next ten-plus days, he couldn’t find any trace of understanding about them. It was all mist; there were no clues at all. He simply didn’t know where to start to trigger them.

But Sun Fei wasn’t anxious.

Because being able to summon Ileena to the real world was already an unexpected pleasant surprise, like timely help for Sun Fei.

Ileena, a level 14 Magic Archer, possessed strength comparable to a three-star low-level Warrior in the real world. For Shampoo City, this meant having one more decisive expert at critical moments. In the Zenit Empire’s Martial Arts Tournament half a year later, for the six individual champion matches, with Ileena’s presence, one victory could almost be guaranteed. After all, there were still half a year, and during that time, Ileena’s strength would greatly increase as Sun Fei killed monsters and leveled up.

Over the next ten-plus days, Sun Fei would [Summon] Ileena to Shampoo City every day. Although there was a time limit for each summon—it could only last up to four hours per day—it didn’t stop the beautiful mercenary from observing and integrating into the real world like a traveler in the desert desperately drinking water after finding an oasis. In Ileena’s eyes, the beautiful, tranquil, picturesque Shampoo City was clearly no different from the beautiful paradise described by the ancestors of the Rogue Continent. Almost from the first moment she looked out from the window of Sun Fei’s King’s Hall, she deeply fell in love with Shampoo City.

“This is a beautiful paradise on earth… Lord Sun Fei, if necessary, I am willing to bleed and die fighting for this land, just like I previously did for the [Rogue Encampment].” Ileena once said to Sun Fei, bathed in the sunset of Shampoo City, with an enchanted smile.

Sun Fei nodded.

Because he himself, just like Ileena, was deeply enamored with this beautiful, peaceful land.

In the following time, Ileena integrated into Shampoo City at a surprising speed.

The only difference was that Ileena never revealed her existence to anyone in Shampoo City besides Sun Fei. Even when she first met the pure, crystal-like young girl Angela and learned that this girl was Sun Fei’s fiancée, after suppressing a moment of heartache, she did not show herself… Up until about thirty minutes ago, no one knew that there suddenly appeared a powerful, beautiful Sorceress Archer in the city, whose strength rivaled a three-star low-level Warrior.

In the King’s Hall earlier, Prison Warden Oleg was the first person from Shampoo City, or even the first person from the Azeroth Continent, to see Ileena’s existence.

“This bastard might be a sycophant, and cowardly afraid of death, but it seems his luck is a bit better than ordinary people’s…” Thinking of Prison Warden Oleg, Sun Fei had a somewhat strange feeling. The rulers of ancient times in his past life who commanded the world would often knowingly keep and use certain corrupt officials and treacherous ministers. Sun Fei finally understood the real reason now… For some reason, using ‘corrupt officials and treacherous ministers’ like Oleg in certain aspects actually felt more reassuring than using people like Brook.

Sun Fei sat alone in the King’s Hall for a while, and suddenly remembered what Ileena mentioned earlier about the [Rogue Encampment] needing support in terms of food. So he ordered guards to bring in some Winter Wheat seeds, stored them in the Barbarian’s Belt Space, then calculated the time. Since it was still early for Oleg and Ileena to return from observing the Underground Grotto Labyrinth on the Back Mountain of Shampoo City, he simply dismissed the guards, consumed a portion of his Magic, and directly opened a portal in the King’s Hall, stepping into it…

As Sun Fei’s figure completely disappeared into the sky-blue oval light sphere, the entire portal vanished instantly into thin air. Not even the slightest trace of Magic fluctuation remained in the King’s Hall, as if a bubble had suddenly popped, leaving no trace.

And the next second, Sun Fei appeared in the [Rogue Encampment] through the portal.

This was a ‘byproduct’ Sun Fei obtained after triggering the [Summoning] skill, one of the three divine skills. From then on, whenever he wanted to enter the World of Diablo, he no longer needed to contact that mysterious cold voice in his mind. Instead, he could directly consume Magic to open a portal and enter through it. It was no longer like before, when he could only enter the Diablo World through will and spirit in his sleep to kill monsters and level up. Now, even his physical body could directly enter the Diablo World.

The first thing Sun Fei did upon entering the Diablo World was not to rush to find Acarra and Kashya, but to open the Barbarian’s Belt Space. When he looked inside, he felt a surge of wild joy, because he discovered that the pack of Winter Wheat seeds he had previously placed in the Barbarian’s Belt Space actually hadn’t disappeared.

This meant—

“I can actually bring things from the real world into the Diablo World.”

This discovery filled Sun Fei’s heart with wild joy.

Because this wasn’t just about one pack of seeds.

It meant—he could also bring other, more important things from the real world.