The cart carried on down the road as we left this side of the mountains border town, with Raisa driving the cart as i sat in the back of the wagon, preparing to begin my experiments on what my provided Otherworldly skill could actually perform since up to now i had only scratched the surface.
Ok so first up for my Gamer skill is some way to provide us with security; I need to know exactly how my Monster summons skill works.
So far whenever I summoned a monster from a monster card the creature would remain until either it was killed, or two hours passed before they merely vanished, at least that's what happened to the Kobold I summoned when fleeing the bandits who had captured me.
Pulling a pair of Kobold cards from my Monster book, having selected them because of their size they would easily be able to remain in the cart with me, and without drawing attention.
"Summon Kobolds"
Calling out the command two Orange kobolds materialized in front of me on the other bench of the cart.
Once again the naming screen appeared before my eyes, I pushed one to the side opting to not name it, but for the other I selected the naming screen.
[Ugh I hate naming things I'm always the worst when it comes to them, should I just go for a tried and true basic like pochi, tama, or Kuro? No that would just give the other heroes even more reason to mock me, so instead I'll name it after a famous gamer fox]
Without hesitation, I typed in the name from my favorite ninja anime back on earth from when I was a child.
Clicking the confirm screen that appeared after entering the name.
From my character screen now I saw a small change, where the first summon card disappeared from my inventory, the second now could be found on a sub tab of the monster book, still appearing brown in color denoting it's common attribute, but the name I'd chosen now showed in bold letters above the creature name, and below at the bottom a line for a special ability was now showing though at this time that line was blank.
[Guess that will fill in as the cards are increased in rarity]
Ok next check, I looked at the two shown ally's in my party listing, it was showing two level 7 Kobold, one just showed Kobold while the other displayed the name I'd chosen.
"Now if this was just like the game I should be able to dismiss any summoning early if I choose to, but I wonder how it works in this world, so many things are already different than the game"
Casually letting my words fall out as a whisper
Having decided it was worth the risk of losing the two summons I selected their icons and selecting dismissal, the unnamed kobold vanished in a glittering scattering of light particles, whereas the named kobold glowed white before flashing towards me.
Checking my book it now showed a full color creature card whereas before it had been greyed out.
[Good so it looks like if I name them I can keep them if they are not killed but next is the test of how long they can remain outside card form; don't want them to disappear while we're sleeping]
"Summon Kurama"
A single flash of light and the Red furred kobold once again sat on the bench in front of me.
"Kurama?"
I heard a faint voice from the front seat, well any name I choose is going to be weird to here I think.
Expanding on Kurama's display I looked over his skills and stats.
Seems his skills are about half as strong as I am at my level now, but his skills are focus as one would expect to survival skills; Survival, Hide, Darkvision, Search, and Listen.
After having examined my new 'pet' I raised a question to Raisa who jumped with a start as she heard my voice.
"Raisa"
"Eep… Uh yes what is it?"
"Oh sorry didn't mean to startle you, I just had a question about skills since I only know about my own so far, can you tell me how they work?"
"Uh well can't speak for everything but from what I've heard, most common skills are ranked G-A, though Heroes and legendary figures are said to have S ranked skills and they grow in power or ability as one levels it up, which only happens from constant or repetitive use, whereas the profession skills are on a different scale they range from 1-5 but they are much harder to level up you see."
"Oh ok, I see"
[So the profession skills are just like the skills we used to have in the game I bet, like Alchemy, Blacksmithing and the like, but we never had common skills so I wonder if I can obtain them myself?]
"Thank you, well I suppose introductions are in order. Raisa this is Kurama he's going to be our watch dog, err scout?"
"Aww it's such a cutie! I don't think I've ever seen a kobold quite like that one before"
Her voice was so high it was almost a squeal.
[Guess she's like any girl and likes something she declares as cute with fervor]
"Do you mind if he joins you up front? He's got skills in scouting so if any monsters try anything we should know about it long before anything happens"
"Sure I don't mind"
Responding positively she patted her hand down at the seat next to her.
Kurama took one look at me and I nodded my head so the little fox clambered its way over the cart and onto the seat.
[Ok so next is to decide whom will be our guards since I've already got Kurama as our scout plus he's the best choice with darkvision, my other guard choices are; Stone Golems, Night Wolves, Gorns, or Orc's, The wolves would most likely also have darkvision, but would be limited in their ability to fight since their an agility spec'd monster, Orc's on the other hand are Atk spec, so I should go with Stone Golems who are tanks, since they'd give us the greatest amount of time to respond to an attack]
Pulling two Stone golem cards into my inventory I worked the menu to bind the cards to myself without actually summoning them, the same naming screen appeared once again.
"Let's see for a pair of tanks who are going to take a beating, let's go with a couple of boxers then who are used to taking a pounding"
Having made my choice I registered my two newest summons before confirming their appearance In my monster book.
Stone Golem: Rocky, and Creed;
Their stats showed lower ranks in agility, and dexterity, but boasted higher defense and strength.
Skillwise they both possessed only two: Intimidate, and Survival.
Continuing to poke around my menu as we carried on our way as the suns, crept slowly towards the horizon.
Not opting to waste my time solely on investigation I worked my way through the shop to purchase items for our dinner and subsequent breakfast.
Having chosen to go for simple foods once again I purchased a Pot of Eodun Potato soup, a Loaf of Llambdas bread, and cause she'd never forgive me if I didn't a pack of assorted cupcakes.
Along with a pair of fruit juice pitchers.