The singular thing that could be said when one looked at the fiery gold chicken was the fact that from its face, they could see an aura of extreme arrogance and dominance, its eyes gazing around everyone as if it stood above them!
Even while glancing at Noah, its golden beak was raised high as its flaming feathers flapped towards him, seemingly telling him to get a move on after it had been summoned.
Anastasia came out of her stupor as she sensed the profound aura around the chicken that told her it was of high rank, her years of experience telling her not to underestimate it as she quickly spoke.
"Quickly contract it! An Animus Summon will not remain here for long unless it finds a master right away."
Noah's eyes shone at Anastasia's words as he didn't need to even be told, the identity of the chicken in front of him making him wave his hands as he cast [Archaic Contract] right away!
RUMBLE!
Essence flooded out as the skill enhanced by skill points formed into a unique runic sigil in the skies, the sigil separating into two parts as one shot towards Noah's head and the other shot towards the fiery gold chicken.
SHAA!
It felt like a brand was being placed on his very origin when the archaic rune entered, the process being fairly fast as in a matter of seconds he felt...a consciousness that he could understand!
His eyes sharply opened as he stared forward, locking with the fiery gold eyes of the chicken as its face still continued immense regality and arrogance. The consciousness within him conveyed an arrogant thought as he received the first ever thought from an Animus Summon.
"Human! Count your lucky stars to have summoned someone as great as I- the Great and Archaic Animus that stands above all, the Golden Crow!"
OOOM!
The voice dripped with confidence and strength as Noah smiled at the successful contract, looking over the details of the pet as its arrogant words stood true.
[Three-Legged Fate Crow](Ultra Rare) :: An Animus Pet currently at the Domain Rank. It holds within its origin a semblance of the bloodline of the Archaic Golden Crow, and is currently contracted to Noah Osmont. Its abilities include Fate Flames of the Void, Barrier of Brilliance…
The description of the first pet were displayed in front of his eyes as he drank them in, going towards this pet as its voice continued to resound in his mind.
"Well? I've heard that the Trainers calling upon us will have skills capable of raising our realms and refining our blood, where are these skills at? It is the only reason I answered your call!"
Noah smiled at the domineering voice inside him as he went to grab the juvenile Fate Crow, its fiery feathers flapping as it tried to get away, but its power at the Domain Rank was nothing to Noah!
He grasped onto it as it flailed around with complaints, this creature never being held by anyone before as it grumbled its complaints in his mind.
"Let's see, I'll call you...Flamey?" He sent his thoughts towards it as its head shook with horror, not accepting the name as Noah continued.
"Sparky?"
"No!"
"Fruitloops?"
"No!!"
….
"How about Ruby?"
"...Hmph"
An acceptable name was taken as the Fate Crow took to the skies, announcing its entrance to the Dark Universe with a piercing cry!
CAAA!
Flames of fate erupted out as Anastasia appeared behind Noah, nodding her head as her sonorous voice rang out.
"After summoning a pet and contracting it, you must then work hard for years to increase its realm and refine its bloodline."
"The [Bloodline Forging] ability can only be cast once a day to gradually refine your pet's bloodline, with powerful trainers spending hundreds of years to even successfully awaken any ancient bloodline within their summon. But the [Animus Growth Empowerment] can be cast as many times as possible, and only depends on your mana reserves and the talent of your pet for how far it can grow!"
Noah's eyes shone as he heard these words, Anastasia continuing as she expounded more knowledge.
"Some are able to quickly raise the Realms of their pets and even bring them to the Manifested stage for each realm, the only thing stopping the advancing of the pet thereafter being their Summoner's Realm and the capability of the Summon to refine the essence of the Realm they enter before they can proceed forward."
Yes! Animus Summons were special in that their realms could be raised purely from their Masters casting the Animus Growth Empowerment on them, with the only thing they had to do is to refine the essence flooding into them and stabilizing their realm before they could advance!
Some had the talent to quickly stabilize their realms and break through multiple times, while others took years to stabilize their realms before proceeding forward.
"When a pet achieves the latter realms of Nebula, Black Hole...the talented ones take years while the worst ones take hundreds of years before they can be caused to advance even with the Summoner casting [Animus Growth Empowerment] until they run dry. The only limit to how high a Summon's Realm can be raised is the Realm of the Summoner himself."
Noah nodded as he sent a command to the Fate Crown, its three legs touching the ground again as he neared it and cast [Animus Growth Empowerment] right away!
RUMBLE!
Mana flooded out of him in waves as it created three illusory runic circles above the Fate Crow, these runic circles beginning to undulate up and down the summon as essence from the surroundings and from Noah flooded into it incessantly.
Anastasia said even with the use of [Animus Growth Empowerment], pets would still take months or years to move up! He wanted to test with his Infinite Mana and the talent of this Ultra Rare summon, just how fast could he raise its Realm?!
WAA!
He gave no pause as after casting [Animus Growth Empowerment] once, he cast it once more as three more runic circles appeared and began undulating around the Fate Crow, the conversion of essence only increasing.
CAAA!
"Hey…"
A piercing cry was released from the crow as Anastasia was about to caution, but everything she knew was once again flipped upside down as in the next second, a wave of essence released as she watched the realm of the summon go from Domain and into the World Realm right away!
At this moment, the first three runic circles undulating on the body of the crow had begun to fade away, but Noah waved his hands as yet another three appeared with ease.
[Animus Growth Empowerment], [Animus Growth Empowerment]...
"You…"
Anastasia was cautioning with alarm as she saw Noah casting the ability multiple times as if it didn't take immense amounts of mana, numerous undulating runic circles appearing on the Three-Legged Fate Crow as the unique cultivation only for Animus Summons began with a stellar fashion in the Blue Plains Realm!
Anastasia could only watch on before finishing her caution as she saw from the body of the Fate Crow, an Illusory World was already beginning to be Manifested!
Trained from the Domain and into the World Rank in seconds, with its current Realm already beginning to reach Grand Completion as an illusory world was already manifesting on its body.
CAA! CAA! CAA!
An excited expression could be seen on the arrogant Three-Legged Fate Crow as it sat within the numerous undulations of runic circles, its eyes shaking in happiness as it sensed the profound essence continuing to flood into it as its Realm rose even higher!
Its body already began undergoing changes as it looked towards Noah with a shining light.
This was a Trainer! This was an Animus Summoner!