"No, it's impossible!" As soon as the words fell, this idea was hurriedly refuted by one person: "The vortex only summoned a few monsters in front of the gate of Eternal Winter City, and they were all solved by the guards!"

"How can you be sure?What if another monster is summoned to a hidden place?" The guard who proposed the idea did not waver in the slightest, but became more and more nervous: "Perhaps, there are monsters hiding here......"

As soon as this argument began, it was impatiently stopped by the snow crow. At the same time, the medics had already rushed to the scene with stretchers, carefully lifted the wounded knight, and took him to receive regular treatment. Some of the people noticed the commotion, and in a trend of curiosity and panic, they approached the alley to check, but they were stopped by the guards and kept order.

However, after all, some of the guards were wounded and carried away, and fear, doubt, and anxiety naturally spread, causing panic in the hearts of the people. As groups of guards arrived, the commotion gradually began to subside.

"This monster is indeed from the Black Mist Demon Realm, but it has long lived in the World Tree because of the Black Mist Gate. York didn't know if there was such a monster in the Permafrost, but his rich experience made him ponder for a moment, and he immediately recognized the true identity of this monster, and said in a gloomy tone: "It's called the Hugger...... He is known for his terrifying attack method of holding an enemy and using the four sharp claws behind his back to kill. This guy has a lot of strength, and once he is caught, it is difficult to break free. ”

“...... Huggers?" Suddenly thinking that the name was a good image, Vicol looked at the monster in disbelief with a look of disgust: people often say that hugs can convey warmth. But a monster with such a warm name hugs you, and it's not a joke.

"Where else have you seen such a monster?" asked Vicole, his mind confused, at York. And under this question, the Iron Knight's first reaction was the last battle with Lucina in the Voshir Sinkhole.

Carnet was also there. Together, they take on a crazy summoner.

Given that Lucina is also a summoner, you can imagine how chaotic the scene was at that time.

Each side summoned a number of demons. One of the enemy's summoned beasts is a powerful hugger.

Its own strength, combined with the blessing of its summoner, makes its combat power quite terrifying. York and Canette teamed up to knock him out. To this day, he could remember the sparks that burst from the hugger's blade as it slashed across the shield.

The carapace on the hugger's body is already hard, and it is even more difficult to resist after the summoner hardens it extraordinarily. Combined with his brute force that can almost knock everything away, it makes it especially difficult to go toe-to-toe with him. Moreover, it is very annoying: if you do something, he will chase you and make trouble for you, and he will chase and beat you all the time. Even if such an enemy is not strong in itself, the trouble he causes to you is enough for his companions to clean you up - not to mention, this guy's own strength is terrifying enough.

The summoner apparently also has the Hugger as the core of his operations, and has a lot of command magic over it.

Some of them are high-level huggers who possess the ability to control lightning and flame. For example, if you hold an enemy, you can not only use a sharp blade, but also discharge or breathe fire to attack. Under the enhancement of the summoner's contract, it can cause a high-temperature explosion.

Carnett's chains, which wrapped around the hugger's head during that fight, were the key to victory. Just as rangers love whips, chains are a weapon that overcomes rigidity with softness and is favored by many demon hunters, including Canette - but when he first became a witcher, he didn't have enough control over his interest in this weapon.

In the battle of the Ice Dragon Knight just now, it seems that he was not attacked by magic. It's a blessing. After all, even an ordinary hugger can easily turn the tide of battle in an instant.

Soon, the guards investigating the warehouse nervously reported the disturbing news. A corpse that had just died not long ago was found in the warehouse, along with spellcasting materials scattered around it.

Among them, there are summoners, magic powder, and magic stabilizers that are used as summoning mediums...... And on the corpse, there were four terrifying blood holes.

Thinking of the signature four blades behind the hugger, it's not hard to guess what's going on.

The guy ritually summoned a hugger, but something went wrong - maybe the preparation wasn't enough, maybe the spell was cast in the wrong way, or maybe it was simply a lack of magic and underestimating the power required for the process...... Causes the summoned hugger to lose control and kills the summoner.

Judging from this state, he uses the summoning method of forcible slavery to make a contract, rather than Lucina's form of requiring the demon to voluntarily sign a contract.

Imposing one's will on others and enslaving monsters with magical contracts always comes with risks.

The only thing you can control this kind of magic is a magic-driven forced contract. Once this servile relationship is broken, the demon will immediately break free from control and take revenge on the summoner.

Summoners have always been roughly divided into two factions.

One faction believes that in order to achieve a relationship of mutual trust and dependence with demons, it cannot rely on forced slavery. That will never be able to gain the trust, loyalty, and all-out strength of the demons, and there is no tacit understanding and unity with each other.

On the other hand, the other faction thinks that demons are to be controlled and enslaved by contracts. The summoner doesn't need to think too much about the feelings of the demon, just give the order. Of course, they do not deny the affection between their masters and demons, so the practice of slavery is only applied to demons who are difficult to communicate. However, some radicals believe that all demons are just tools and just need to be used.

These two factions have maintained a conflict of ideas with each other for a long time. But because radical members are excluded from talking, their ideas usually overlap, and they can identify with each other – to a certain extent, of course.

It's just that the factions of the summoners are not just divided by these two factions. This only illustrates their general position. For example, some factions focus on crushing the number of demons, some focus on cultivating individual demons and focus all their magic and energy on strengthening individual units, or some focus on fusion tactics, some focus on allowing demons to fight on their own, and some prefer to rely on command magic for precise control......

Moreover, the choice of demons is very different. Everyone's tactical direction is completely different. You can never see two identical summoners.

There are many summoners' organizations. Lucina was one of them. It's just that later, for some reason, he quit the guild.

Apparently, the investigating guards came to the same conclusion, as York. Now there is only one question that is puzzling: what is the identity of the summoner?