Chapter 350: The Summoning Descends from the Sky!

"It's done!"

The instant the mark materialized, a new sensation arose within Gervas's mind, as if from the void itself.

And he knew this meant his summoning mark was finally complete.

From this moment on, he could summon the Hell Baron across distances!

"Lei Meng, have everyone head to the dock and wait for me. I need some time alone with the Hell Baron!"

"My lord, we are too close to the Death Mountain Range. Could there be danger?" Lei Meng felt somewhat uneasy.

"With the Hell Baron accompanying me, what are you afraid of?"

"With the Hell Baron's strength, he could even fight a Iron-Armored Mother Lizard. He is at least equal to three Silver Knights!"

Hearing this, Lei Meng understood the facts were indeed so.

"Yes, my lord!"

Afterwards, Lei Meng, Knight Mi Gen, and others headed straight back along their original path.

After they left, Gervas also led the Hell Baron westward.

After traveling for twenty minutes, covering roughly seven or eight li, Gervas finally stopped.

"Hell Baron, wait here on the spot!"

"Yes, my lord!"

The Hell Baron's intelligence was not high enough to worry as much as Lei Meng did.

Upon hearing Gervas's order, he obediently squatted by the edge of the forest beside the road.

Gervas, however, spurred his horse on. In less than five minutes, he had returned to the Grey Stone Heart area.

After carefully confirming no one was around, Gervas wasted no time and began chanting in a strange language.

Of course, if Tu Haojin were here, he would discover that Gervas was actually chanting standard Dragon Tongue.

"Summoning Art, activate!"

Finishing the chant, Gervas suddenly let out a sharp cry and pointed his finger toward the sky.

In the next instant, the spot in the sky he pointed to shook violently, and the surrounding space began to distort.

The spatial vibration grew more and more intense. With a hum, a black vortex appeared in the air.

The vortex was about three meters in diameter, constantly spewing purple-black mist from within.

"Hasn't it arrived yet?"

Gervas stared unblinkingly at that black vortex.

Just as he felt anxious in his heart, a dull boom suddenly rang out from the sky!

Boom-boom-boom!

The dull boom was intense, like thunder striking the flat ground.

Just as the boom fell, a blue-gray figure suddenly burst out of that black hole.

It was the Hell Baron, who had been waiting five li away.

At this moment, the Hell Baron was wrapped in a layer of red-glowing protective shield.

His expression held a hint of fear and confusion.

Especially after breaking free from the black vortex, seeing himself forty or fifty meters high in the air, and beginning to fall toward the ground.

Whoosh!

The Hell Baron's falling speed was extremely fast, even producing a sharp whistling sound. Combined with the protective shield on his surface, it truly gave the visual sensation of a meteor falling.

Boom-boom-boom!

The ground suddenly trembled, accompanied by huge dust clouds and a roaring sound.

Gervas quickly rushed forward and found the Hell Baron had landed, smashing out a pit more than two meters deep and seven or eight meters in diameter.

"Hell Baron!"

"Mas... Master?!"

The Hell Baron looked completely dazed, unable to recover from his shock.

Only upon hearing Gervas's call did he raise his head in confusion.

"Hell Baron, are you alright?" Gervas had secretly breathed a sigh of relief by now; at least the Hell Baron looked normal on the outside.

It was his own fault for being too rash; he should have known not to point at the sky.

After all, it was his first time casting the spell.

Although the scriptures described that a protective shield would protect the summoned creature during the summoning process.

At the very least, it was guaranteed to prevent injury from falling from a height of over a hundred meters.

But what if the record was inaccurate?

Or perhaps for a being of the Hell Baron's massive tonnage, the protective capability of the shield was reduced.

Looking at such a huge pit now, one could imagine just how great the impact force had been at that moment.

"Master, I... I am fine. I even feel a bit comfortable, warm!" the Hell Baron answered cautiously.

Good heavens! This was truly too simple-minded!

"Hell Baron, just now, I was actually summoning you!"

"Do you remember the mark I planted on you a few days ago? That is the sign that allows me to sense you anytime, anywhere, and then summon you to my side!"

"With it, if I need you in the future, I just need to cast the Summoning Art, and you can appear by my side anytime, anywhere!"

"So it was Master summoning me. That really scared me just now. But I won't be afraid anymore!" After hearing the explanation, the Hell Baron nodded and felt relieved.

Gervas was amused by the Hell Baron's simple-minded appearance. "By the way, Hell Baron, are you sure you felt no discomfort at all during the entire summoning process?"

"Master, I felt no discomfort at all. After entering the black hole, it was just a blink of an eye, and I appeared in the sky over here!"

"Except for being a bit frightening when seen from the sky just now, that layer of red light protected me and left me completely unharmed!"

"Very good!"

Gervas felt completely at ease.

This experiment indicated that his summoning art could now be applied in actual combat.

Just thinking about how, whenever he fought someone in the future, he could summon a helper equivalent to three Silver Knights at any moment, Gervas felt exhilarated.

Of course, after thinking it over, Gervas made another request of the Hell Baron.

That was, when being summoned, to try and make itself look like a meteorite sphere!

This wasn't simply to show off.

But to lower the enemy's guard.

"My lord, you have finally returned. Just now, a team claiming to be from Eagle City arrived at the castle!"

"They said they brought a Kingdom Conscription Order. Right now, Steward John is entertaining them and has instructed me to find you immediately and inform you!"

Outside Wheat Town, Gervas had just arrived at the town entrance when he happened to meet a very anxious Thomas.

Gervas could learn about the Conscription Order from intelligence, but his subordinates knew nothing about it.

And every Conscription Order represented a moment of crisis for everyone in the territory, from top to bottom.

Serfs need not be mentioned.

When war breaks out, they are the ones conscripted to be cannon fodder; once on the battlefield, life and death depend entirely on luck.

And there is another group that is least hoping for war to break out.

That is the management layer, such as Thomas and Old John.

Their power all comes from the Lord.

If anything untoward happens to the Lord, it means their glory and wealth could collapse overnight.

So, for them, the annual Kingdom Conscription Order is like undergoing a tribulation.

"A Conscription Order? Thomas the Civil Administrator, you didn't get that wrong, did you? Our Lord only participated in the war against the Western Tribes a few months ago!"

"Even if the Kingdom truly has some great war, there is no way it would fall to our Lord!" Upon hearing this, Knight Mi Gen and the other knights immediately voiced their doubts.

"Knight Mi Gen, I am not clear on the specific situation either; Steward John personally sent someone to tell me!"

"Right now, that team from Eagle City is at the castle gate!"

"Don't panic; let's return to the castle and see!"

Gervas knew the truth, soothed his subordinates, and went straight toward the castle.