“Is it something like this?” Nathan asked while taking a step back. He was quite impressed by how well he managed to draw the summoning circle, considering he had never learned how to draw on Earth.
The strokes were rough, but it had a pretty high accuracy.
Selena frowned. “I think yes.”
Both of them couldn’t help but look at the Dragon King to get his confirmation.
“It is indeed a summoning circle. Not everyone can draw it perfectly. The most important is that every line is connected and…” The Dragon King pointed out several symbols within the circle. “The beacon, the coordinate, the summoning contract, and the familiar call have been drawn correctly. While it doesn’t look the best, it is functional. You can use it.”
“How about its size?”
“No need to worry about that. I have seen someone summoning a titan with a summoning circle of the same size.”
Nathan let out a sigh of relief. It was his first attempt, but he managed to succeed.
“Will it cause any trouble with the summoning ritual? Or maybe ruin the familiar or something?” Nathan asked.
“I have never encountered such a thing.” The Dragon King shook his head. He crossed his arms, double-checking the circle. “Yes. The summoning circle can be used without a problem.”
“Alright.” Nathan nodded with a solemn expression. He grabbed the tube and the dragon scale and placed them in the middle of the summoning circle. Of course, he didn’t forget about the world tree’s root.
Before he began, Nathan said, “Let me clarify. You are going to negotiate with my familiar, right? You are not going to force my familiar, right?”
“If I wanted to do something like that, I would have forced you this whole time. Did you think I was afraid of the principal of the Frexia Academy?” The Dragon King sighed. “Don’t worry. I have integrity.”
“Alright.” Nathan turned to Selena and nodded.
Selena took a few steps back.
Nathan then closed his eyes. He looked like he was concentrating, but was actually praying. ‘Please work. Please work. Please work. Come Nidhogg, come!’
After taking another deep breath, Nathan pointed his hand at the summoning circle.
“O’ Miracle of the World, Divine Being of Summoning, please use my body as the beacon and grant the beloved being your passage. By my name, Nathan, heed my call and come forth to this world, the great being of another world.”
The summoning circle started to glow, using the Ena Nathan provided. The light gradually moved toward the dragon scale and the tube and enveloped it.
It was proceeding normally, like what happened when he summoned Anubis.
When the three items gradually started to combine, the Ena in the air started to vibrate and move in random directions as if they were shaking in fear.
“Hmm?!” The Dragon King widened his eyes in surprise, not expecting for a student to cause this kind of phenomenon. ‘The energy is chaotic. What kind of dragon is he summoning?’
The two items gradually expanded and expanded to the point where it was bigger than the summoning circle.
Nathan noticed the distance between him and the light was shrinking, so he had no choice but to take a few steps back.
However, looking at the size of the light made him realize that this was truly a dragon.
The figure gradually turned more and more into a dragon. It started with a pair of giant wings on the back. Then claws from all four feet.
Last but not least, the neck gradually formed until the dragon reached 20 meters (65 feet) in height.
“Oh?!” The Dragon King felt excited. He thought Nathan would summon a wyvern or something, but it seemed he had underestimated Nathan.
On the other hand, Nathan couldn’t believe it. ‘This is it. The disruption in the air can only represent chaos. That’s the trademark of Nidhogg.
‘And looking at this size, is it his true size? No, rather than the size, I’m more concerned about the form. There are several descriptions regarding Nidhogg. In one record, it’s said that he is a winged serpent. On another record, he has the form of an eastern dragon with an elongated body. But it seems it is following the appearance of a western dragon.
Either way, something is finally working in my favor… for the first time.’
The moment Nathan smiled, that was when things started to go awry.
All of a sudden, the Ena from his body began to leave his body.
“Huh?” Nathan widened his eyes in shock, looking at his hand. The Ena kept leaking out of his hand.
He was offering a third of his Ena to summon Nidhogg, but the Ena in his body kept decreasing.
In just three seconds, he ended up losing half of his Ena.
“What? Something is going on.” Nathan gritted his teeth while grabbing his right hand, trying to get away.
Selena’s heart sank. She didn’t know what she should do since she didn’t have knowledge about deviation.
“What’s wrong?” The Dragon King approached Nathan but stopped several steps away so that he didn’t fully disturb the summoning. He noticed that the Ena in his body was being drained by the dragon. “Don’t stop! It probably needs more Ena to materialize in this world!”
Nathan already had a plan to give the Ena to Fenrir while reserving 1,500 Ena for his own use.
However, the Ena in his body kept leaking out. He didn’t even have a third of his previous Ena. Yes, there was only less than 1,000 Ena in his body. “Are you freaking kidding me? Why is everything not going my way?”
To his surprise, the fully formed dragon, while still being enveloped in light, actually started moving. A single step of the dragon caused the ground to tremble, the air to crackle, and the birds to fly.
The dragon opened its mouth and let out a thunderous roar.
“Uoooaaaaaahhhh!”
The roar was so loud that it almost made their eardrums explode. Nathan and Selena covered their ears as the Dragon King became even more excited.
Without him realizing it, the Draconian behind him, while not kneeling like Landark’s werewolf, was trembling after feeling the suppression on his bloodline from the dragon before him.
Nathan really summoned a dragon.
As if the roar took up all its energy, the light suddenly shrank to a tenth of its original form. It then dropped to the ground as the light gradually dissipated, showing a black-colored dragon lying on the ground as if it were exhausted. It let out a small harrumph to greet its summoner. “Fuu…”