“Is that monster safe to be around?” Zayaan, who was the only oo get out of the dungeon after I asked them to hide at the entrance, asked me.

  “It should be fine.” I answered him. ’t really bme him for being scared. Slot Mae is a rge metal golem standing at just under 4 meters tall. It really must look like a powerful moo everyone.

  “I don’t like the word ‘should’. Is it safe or not?” He insisted.

  “As I said, it should be fihis is the first time I have summohis monster so I ’t be pletely sure. But none of my other monsters have ever attacked anything that I haven’t wahem to attack.” I told him.

  “Well you’d better keep that thing in check.” Zay said.

  “I’ll do my best.” I say ba.

  So how to best make this road? Or is it a path? A clearing in the forest? No, clearing sounds like an area, not a route.

  (Laura do you have a good idea?) I ask my always useful assistant.

  (If Master allows me to and Slot Mae, I take care of it.) Laura told me.

  (So you and them? I didn’t know that.) I said back to her.

  (After improving from basic to standard I am capable of anding Master’s skills to aent. If I have permission from Master.) So Laura was really improved. That’s nice.

  (Sure, you have and of Slot Mae. Do you need me to do something?) I give her permission to and my monster and ask if she needs something else.

  (You should give the Slot Mae a start and. That will make your panions less worried.) Laura tells me.

  (Sure.)

  “Go Slot Mae. Make us a path.” I order my monster.

  It starts moving it’s on arm and from it a bright beam gets fired. The beam hits a tree causing it to topple. After a few more trees are down, Slot Mae moves up to them and moves them to the side. I don’t know if this is Laura’s doing or if the Slot Mae just is this smart. Perhaps a little of both. Kagemusha was smart after all.

  “You e out of the dungeon now.” I say to the rest of the group. The clearing in front of the dungeon had beeended just a little by Slot Mae and now it was hard at work making a path.

  “That golem seems very strong.” The baron ented. “ we really summon something like that with your cards?”

  “You should be able to.” I answer him. “But that Slot Mae is the stro one I have at the moment, so the ones you summon might not be as strong.”

  “A great golem like that being the stro one is hardly a problem. Could you let me try summoning one?” He asked me. I already used five cards to make a sleeve and I don’t really want to lose too many at this point. I think I should avoid this for now.

  “I don’t think that’s a great idea at the moment. I’ll let you try tomorrow if that’s fine.” I tell him. With me now having five daily pack tokens, I should get 45 cards tomorrow. I also still have three tokens uhat’s another 27 cards. With that I’ll have enough that I throw some away. I could even sell some to adveo act as bonus fighting power or insurance. With Frenzied Panda being able to stop the charge of a k monster, something on that level might be reassuring to have on hand.

  “You’d better let me.” The baron es onto me.

  “Will we be given a ce?” Lucia asks me. So she wants to try as well.

  “I think that should be fine.” I tell them.

  “Me too. Me too.” Alice says excitedly.

  “Fine, fine.”

  —

  Our trip back went a little faster, thanks to Slot Mae making us a path. The baron even ented on it being cleared well.

  “I o send people over to gather all this wood.” He said. Well it would be a waste just to leave it all here.

  “Is there something specific that is made with wood from this forest, or will it just be used as firewood?” I ask him.

  “It’s used to make some indoor furniture and musical instruments like guitars. But that’s only the best parts. The rest is used just as firewood.” He answered.

  “So it’s not used to build houses?” I ask.

  “If you build a house from these spruce trees it will toppel in uwo years. Only fools build their houses out of it.” The baron teaches me. I wonder why that is?

  (Master, spruce has bad decay resista ’t take the enviro after it is chopped down.) Laura tells me. She even teach me, while anding the Slot Mae.

  —

  Meeting up with the carriages was a bit of a hassle. With them hearing something rge ing through the forest they almost ran away. Well the carriages and the horses actually did, but the knights didn’t. I guess they have some level of loyalty or they might even know that I’m a summoner and guess that the golem is my summon.

  With the path now clear I walk up to my Slot Mae that was just standing still and unsummon him. “Thank you for your service.” With that he sinks into the card on the ground.

  I grab the card from my DiaDhank and take a closer look at it. It looks perfectly pristine and doesn’t seem to be disappearing. I pce it bato my Pack Opener skills colle.

  “Brian this card didn’t disappear like the ones you used yesterday. Why?” Rioticed and asked me.

  “I put a protective sleeve on it. It won't disappear uhat monster is destroyed.” I told him.

  “Then why didn’t your cards yesterday have them?” He asks.

  “They are a little expensive, so I only use them on the best cards.” I tell him.

  “Oh, I see.” It seems that Rico would uand something about saving on money. Even if it doesn’t oo make sleeves.

  —

  After the disappearance of Slot Mae and the knights giving signals to the carriages, the carriages e back to us. The horses also seem to be returning. They really are well trained.

  “What was that monstrous golem?” One of the carriage riders asked.

  “That was one of Brian's summoned beasts. He used it to clear a path through the forest, so that getting to the dungeon is easier.” The baron expined.

  “So I take it that your mission was successful.” The carriage coach said.

  “Yes, this town now has a dungeon. You will get busy soon. Adventurers will ransport to the dungeon.” The baron told him.

  “More business is always good.” The coach said.

  “Then you won’t mind taking on another job?” The baron asks.

  “Of course we will prioritize any job from the town's Lord.” He answers.

  “We left a lot of trees in the forest. They o be collected and transported. I need your pany to do the transp.” The baron gave the coach a job offer.

  “Of course we will do it.” The coaswered.

  —

  We got on the carriages and began to make our way back to town. I think now might be a good moment to open packs.

  “Sir Brian, would you be willing to show me some more of those cards?” Alice asked me.

  “I mean I , but do you really want to? They are not that special.” I tell her.

  “Yes they are. Only you have them.” She says to me. Well I guess that’s true. I could show her for sure, but I don’t really have any special cards in my colle. That Slot Mae is probably the most exg one. I don’t even have any of the cutesy ones.

  Actually I could do my pack opening with her. Well, that is if I show her my Pack Opening skill.

  “Oh, I have a good idea. How about we open some packs together?” I offer her.

  “Sure.” She says excitedly. “But what are these ‘packs’ you speak of?”

  “I get my cards from packs. I open some packs every day.” I tell her. “It’s exg to open packs because you don’t know what cards yoing to get.”

  “Yes, let’s do it.” She says.

  (Laura, how do I show it to her?) I ask Laura for info.

  (Like you would show your status. Just say ‘Pack Opener open’.) Laura instructs me. I guess that would make sense.

  “Pack opener open.”

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