Overlord's General

Right after Arlan went to the Nephites region's teleportation altar and moved into the nearest area called Geocry Forest, he encountered a level 406 monster, Fristle Troll.

The giant five meters tall troll had a crystallized fire club as its weapon and had flamy sigils carved on its earthen-like body.

[ Fristle Troll ]

_Level: 404

_Rank: Legendary-Lesser

_Health: 100%

_Mana: 100%

_Stats:

—>Body: 4558

—>Mind: 4489

—>Magic:4388

—>Mana: 4274

—>Soul: 4389

_Skills:

—> Crystal-Flame Armor, Shatter Fire Blast, Sweeping Swing,…

Arlan had reduced his presence and watched the troll walking aimlessly in the forest in search of prey, its mouth salivating as if it was hungry.

'Hmmm, I should be able to summon another of my familiars now, but will it work inside the game?' Arlan wondered and curiously decided to try it.

After thinking for a few moments about who to summon, Arlan closed his eyes and mumbled something as his lips moved without issuing any sound.

[ A summoning attempt detected from another realm. ]

[ Connection established. ]

A dark silver magic circle with black patterns appeared before Arlan, but Arlan's face paled, and his soul trembled in pain. 'Uhh, I guess Keyan is still hard to summon with my current strength.'

His real soul force was getting consumed instead of from the game-generated source. Moreover, his soul was under high tension and pressure.

'But I am already halfway. Fuck, I'll do it.'

Arlan continued as he finished the summoning incarnation and the magic circle before him.

Sighing wryly, he shook his head. 'It looks like I'll have to give my soul some rest. But with Keyan, I won't need to worry much.'

[ You bakayaro! I just mended your soul, and you want to injure it again? Also, why are you summoning someone more powerful than you? Recover your soul power first.]

'Eh? Alpheon?'

[ Hehe, Yes. I am Alph- Oh shi-]

"…"

'Hello?' Arlan called out in his mind, but Alpheon didn't respond anymore. 'Got busy, I guess.'

The completed magic circle finally glowed after a few seconds as it activated. Shortly, a powerful presence exuded from it.

[ Initiating Code 198#: Creating Eidos Avatar of the summoning being. Race… Analysing… ]

[ Analysing progress 9%...11%...]

A humanoid wearing a long black furry coat emerged. He had long, wild dark silver hair, two furry light grey ears, and confusion in his amber eyes as he stepped out of the magic circle.

Upon seeing Arlan, he instantly recognized his master's soul presence and kneeled with one leg.

"Greetings, Master. I am glad you are safe and sound," Keyan said, gladness and relief evident in his stoic but respectful voice.

Arlan smiled and nodded.

"At ease, Kayen. How is everyone doing in your tribe?"

"Thanks to you, they've gained a peaceful life away from those hunters. But I fear those hunters might start looking for them again after hearing the news of your death in the Arcane realm."

"Return whenever you need to go help. No need to ask for permission. Unlike me, you can traverse back to your tribe and to me."

Keyan shook his head. "No need. You and I've left them enough to help them grow and protect themselves. I am no longer their king. I can't bear it."

Arlan smiled and nodded. "Alright, I approve of that. That's probably the best for them, too, and they need to suffer for what they did to you."

Keyan sighed before shaking his head to clear it and looked around curiously. "This world feels strange."

"This is not a physical world, but a virtual world operated by reality magic and some other powers that I can't comprehend," Arlan chuckled. "Don't bother too much about it."

"More importantly, can you use your powers here?" Arlan asked.

Keyan had dark silver eyes with vertical slit amber pupils, and they briefly glowed as he tried to use a magic spell.

"Ah, I heard a voice in my head telling me that my analysis is not finished yet, so I can't use my powers yet," Keyan said. "It seems I will be able to use my powers once this process is finished."

"How long will it take?"

"The voice said a few minutes."

After a few minutes passed, Keyan frowned and said, "I have gotten limitations imposed upon my body, magic source, and soul. The voice tells me that I must rank up."

"You were registered as a player? But why limitations?" A curious light appeared in Arlan's eyes as he inspected Keyan.

[ Keyan ]

_Rank: Legendary-Greater.

_Race: Demi-Undead Werewolf.

_Title: —

_Level: 499 (Rank-up required)

—>Health: 100%.

—>Mana: 100%.

_Stats:

-Body: 10,000 (-23,590)

-Mind: 10,000 (-21,138)

-Magic: 10,000 (-21,483)

-Mana: 10,000 (-21,329)

-Soul: 10,000 (-22,389)

_Affinity: Darkness, Shadow, Death, Blood, Fire,...

_Talent: Blood Moon Domain, Wolven-Transformations, Amber Lord,…

"Hmm, Your stats are indeed suppressed," Arlan nodded. "But that's just in this virtual world, so worry not."

"I see. What do I do now? Any orders, master?"

"Go and kill that troll," Arlan said as he pointed at the troll that was still walking away.

"Understood," Keyan nodded before he vanished, his speed fast enough to appear before the giant troll in a second as he stood with his hands behind his back.

"Grr?" The troll was surprised before roaring angrily and smacking the club weapon on Keyan.

However, Keyan raised his right hand and made a swift chopping motion, causing the troll to pause midway as it was cleanly cut into two before vanishing.

A shiny yellow orb dropped in the monster's place with the same club weapon the troll used inside it.

"A legendary weapon?" Arlan was surprised before shaking his head. "I don't want to use that club anyway; use it if you want to."

[ Excess experience entering summoner's Eidos Avatar. ]

[ You have reached level 199. Please rank up to reach Epic rank. ]

[ Your class, Dark Spirit Warlock, has reached level 199 and is ready to initiate the 2nd evolution. ]

[ Important note: Please use your 20 class talent points in the class tree. ]

Arlan was startled.' This is convenient."

"How many gold coins have you got for defeating that monster?"

Keyan checked his status panel and found soon found it. "3489 gold coins."

"Kill all monsters you encounter in this forest and beyond, only monsters. Also, send all gold coins you get to me."

"And join the guild," Arlan added before he invited Keyan to the Guild.

[Unable to add more players due to the Guild reaching the limit of level 1 guild.]

[ Arlan: Nina, upgrade the Guild. I need to add someone.]