Chapter 35: Summoning
[Chain Mission]: You\'ve unlocked the {Mr. Popular} chain mission by reaching the first milestone of 1,000/1,000 friends.
[Reward]: Your charm and charisma have increased, and a %1 chance to trigger love at first sight from females with a good impression of you.
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Hiro\'s eagerness deflated. That\'s it? No achievement points? No gems? Just charm and charisma?!
As Hiro thought to this point, he also checked the next milestone; it was set at the 10,000 friends benchmark.
Hiro rubbed his chin in thought. That\'s troublesome, there aren\'t that many students in this school, so I can\'t use my soccer skills to reach that point.
Hiro then remembered that his goal wasn\'t to reach the benchmark, it was only to collect achievement points.
He made about 800 new friends more or less, gaining over 4,000 achievement points, which was the true harvest.
Thinking about it, it was really silly of him to think that the milestone would reward him with achievement points if he were to earn 5 points from each new friend on the list either way.
I\'ve become a little greedy… I need to calm down a little bit! Hiro quickly settled his mind and decided to be content with the current harvest.
Looking at his achievement points count of 4,330 points, Hiro was more than satisfied.
After listening to the coach\'s speech with hardly any focus at all, Hiro prepared to leave school back to his personal mansion to review the acquisition documents of Nebula Electronics\' 5% shares when his phone rang.
He quickly pulled the phone from his school bag and checked the caller\'s ID; COC Handler.
Hiro quickly answered the phone, "Hello?"
"Mr. Sciatis," the Handler on the other end spoke respectfully. "Your liquid assets in our internal bank have been verified, and your business account has been officially unfrozen.
Just wait for the notification via email to arrive, and you\'ll be eligible to liaison with our marketing department to hire a business consultant or if you wish to rent or buy a business floor in one of our estates in the city."
Hiro\'s eyes shone. At this moment, he was pretty sure that the Daily Life RPG system would give him a substantial reward for every achievement in real life, as long as that achievement had a huge impact on the trajectory of his life.
As expected, the system indeed rewarded him for completing the hidden mission, and this one was called the "Fledgling Business Empire" mission.
He swept away the default notification and focused on the reward.
Hm? What\'s this? A demon summoning ritual? What\'s this? Hiro quickly asked the system in his mind.
A blue window appeared with a few lines of text.
[Notice: You can summon creatures from the dimension and impart a skill of your own choosing to them. In the future, you can nurture the summoned creature by consuming achievement points to upgrade the skill level.]
Hiro understood.
In a sense, he could become a versatile all-rounded genius or he could simply summon creatures and impart his skills to them.
Out of curiosity, Hiro opened the system shop and searched for the various summoning ritual tokens.
Hiro quickly found the summoning tokens column near the elixir potions column.
There were all kinds of tokens; demon summoning ritual, heroic spirits summoning ritual, beasts summoning ritual, mythical creatures summoning ritual, etc.
However, there was a clear notice under the price tag of 10,000 achievement points.
Irrespective of the summon\'s race and individuality, their power level would always start from the bottom.
Unless they entered an environment friendly to their power system, they wouldn\'t be able to increase their strength.
In a sense, even if Hiro squandered achievement points to increase their core skills, he would need to find suitable pocket dimensions for each and every summoned servant if he wanted to increase their strength.
Honestly, if it weren\'t for the reward this time, I wouldn\'t have bothered with such an expensive expenditure.
After thinking about something, Hiro asked while on his way to the parking lot. System, what about the publicity and identity of the summons?
[Notice: To provide a better experience for the host, the system will create a false identity for the summons. Furthermore, all summons will appear in humanoid form, thus negating any adverse effects caused by their presence.]
Hiro could finally relax. After thinking about it, he decided to impart the {Business Acumen III} skill to his summoned servant, then give them the position of Sciatis Holdings Limited CEO.
Since he would most likely depart on an expedition that would take days if not weeks in the future, he couldn\'t leave the company in the hands of someone incompetent.
With that in mind, Hiro rushed back to his mansion in the Third Ring together with Sebastian, then ignored his kind advice to have dinner as he rushed to his private study.
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Hiro\'s Mansion, the Study.
Hiro locked the door, closed the curtains, and willed for the summoning ritual token to leave the system space and appear in his hand.
It was a translucent purple prism with a complex diagram on its surface, and following the system\'s instructions, Hiro injected his spirituality into the prism.
The purple prism glowed with an ominous light before the diagrams spread like spiderwebs embedded into thin air.
Then, the small prism shattered to pieces and collapsed onto itself, turning into a deep swirling vortex—a depthless coldness visible within.
The vortex expanded into a portal with a radius of one meter. Then, a blue window with statics appeared in front of Hiro.
[Notice: Please select a skill to impart to the designated summon.]
Hiro didn\'t hesitate to choose the {Business Acumen III} and select confirm.
[Notice: Please provide the desired identity you wish to bestow to your summon.]
Hiro was about to appoint her as the CEO of his company when his eyes spun a little in hesitation. Then, he inputted her as the CEO of Nebula Electronics and selected confirm.
[Notice: You can only assign this identity when you\'ve completely acquired Nebula Electronics as your private property.]
Figures, Hiro pursed his lips. Then, he assigned her the position of his company\'s CEO, and everything went smoothly.
Then, the blue window disappeared, revealing the cold vortex of darkness behind it.
From said vortex stepped out a fair, slender leg, followed by a milky white thigh and a split purple dress.
In a moment, a beautiful woman with mature facial features, a curvaceous hourglass figure, charming purple eyes, and wavy brunette hair stepped into the study.
Curious, Hiro checked her information after catching his breath.
[Arabella]:
Race: Demon.
Bloodline: Succubus.
Tier: 9.
Rank: C.
Skills: Telekinesis, Beguiling Hypnosis, Transformation, Business Acumen III.
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Hiro blinked his eyes. Looking at her set of skills, especially the hypnosis, and transformation, Hiro felt like he had made a mistake.
Wasn\'t it better if I had simply given her the espionage skill and turned her into my spy?
Forget it! What\'s done is done, I can\'t do anything about it!
Then, Hiro noticed the new set of documents that appeared on his table.
He saw the identification documents and legal procedures the system provided for Arabella.
Looking through them, Hiro felt jealous. "You have a driving license? Even I don\'t have one yet!"
[Notice: The system provides the summon with the basic understanding of the current world, as well as the basic skills to integrate into the functioning society as smoothly as possible. For example, the common languages, driving skills, and basic education on the level of a PhD graduate.]
Hiro felt like crying, why couldn\'t the system provide me with these credentials for free?
Even if Hiro could get this knowledge through the system shop, he would still need to go through the motions of school and college to get the legal credentials, despite his base knowledge level.
However, his summoned servants didn\'t need to go through such a troublesome process.
Sighing, he looked towards Arabella; she was still in a daze, probably receiving the knowledge injection from the system.
Then, a spark of intelligence flared in her violet eyes before her expression turned animated and lively.
Arabella smiled at Hiro and greeted him passionately, "Good evening, Young Master!"
"What\'s with the Young Master thing?" Hiro felt goosebumps to face such a mature woman who was old enough to be a mother.
Furthermore, she acted so subservient towards him, passion and obedience burning in her eyes.
Arabella tilted her head in confusion as she touched her bottom lip. "Is it wrong? My knowledge base dictates that the rich and powerful young people appreciate this title greatly, so I figured it\'s only suitable to address you as such, Master…"
The softness of her voice was so infectious it almost caused Hiro\'s bones to melt along.
He hurriedly waved his hand and said, "That\'s them, and I\'m me! Just calling me \'Sir\' would do, don\'t imitate herd mentality in the future!"
"Understood, Sir!" Seeing that acting coy was counterproductive, Arabella immediately adopted a professional attitude.
Finally, Hiro could heave a sigh of relief.
Now, he only needed to buy an office building for his company. However, that could wait until the five companies terminated their cooperation contract first.
Hiro realized that everything on his agenda required time, hence, he decided to focus on gaming while he waited for developments in the next few days.