Chapter 129 Sync 100%

"Try me," Satoshi stood up to the challenge with a forced smile on his face.

Against another powerful summoner, a certain summoner wouldn't stand a chance unless his summons is much more powerful than his adversary's. However, such a thing cannot be so easily gauged especially when it was their first time meeting each other.

One thing's for certain, though. Right now, Satoshi is facing a Dungeon/Gate Boss. And based on his experience, these Gate Bosses are quite a pain on the rear side by just how chunky and capable they are. It was safe to assume that Satoshi stood no chance against the Summoner in front of him. Satoshi could feel the tension down to his very bones just by glancing at the Summoner's individual summons. Right now, he's only got White Lion who's a beast-type summon, and even the White Lion didn't stand a chance against one of the many summons. What more his other summons?

Emma's senses immediately felt Satoshi's powerlessness as he firmly stood in front of the Summoner. With its mighty presence looming over him, Satoshi didn't step out of the way because there were three superheroes behind him. Also, there's Emma who's still trying to recover. Satoshi had to consider protecting those four, all the while fighting a Summoner who's leagues better than him.

"Why aren't you making the first move?" Satoshi's voice almost cracked but he camouflaged it with a light cough as if he was clearing his throat. He felt his stomach hanging low and his throat constricting as nervousness almost got the better of him. He knew he couldn't back down now. Right now's the critical time and if he were to make a mistake, then getting out of this Gate is a mere wish away instead of a mere possibility.

"You... You're afraid, summoner... Why do you still shield them from their inevitable doom? What drives you to save them, summoner?... You can't win against me, isn't that as clear as day?" The Summoner continued.

"You don't know me, shut your trap." Satoshi forced a smile on his face as he bent backward and tightened his core. He was physically ready to fight even though he hasn't fully resolved his mind. It was a complicated feeling but Satoshi rode on it. At least he's got half the resolve to fight.

And he intended to win.

"Your choice... it is rather foolish... how amusing, humans are." The Summoner spoke as if he was a popular green alien on a certain sci-fi movie series. Satoshi recognized the reference that he almost chuckled out loud.

"Droplet, Ghast, Sera, Windfan, I'll be relying on you this time around. Also you Dex, lend me your strength." Satoshi continued.

A total of seven clicks were heard on Satoshi's mind and he recognized it immediately. A split second later, Dex appeared beside him as if to give him a pat on the back. "Those clicks, those were the clicks you hear when playing Laser Fingers, right?" Satoshi asked as a genuine smile spread across his face. For the first time since his encounter with the Summoner, Satoshi had relaxed quite a bit. Hearing those clicks, he perfectly knew what Dex was trying to imply.

[We summons are a mere extension of your arms, Satoshi, just like how the lasers on that game you used to play are a mere extension of your fingers. Just give us the command and we will see through it no matter what. If by any chance, you still can't win, then we're prepared to become decoys so you and the other people can escape. We heard your goal loud and clear and we will assist you to the best of our abilities.]

This was the first time Satoshi heard Dex lengthily say something but it sure gave him a boost of confidence, a push on the back, hyping his morale. "I know you got my back, Dex, all of you. But you don't have to take it too far. We will win with the affinity we have right now. We've been to many battles and let me just say that I can't do anything without you guys."

A battle between immense power and an unshakeable bond. The two summoners faced each other with their solid strengths and weaknesses. Satoshi grinned, feeling more confident than ever. Without his summons, he's powerless as a sheep to the slaughter, but with them, he can do anything. Even reaching the stars is out of the question.

"So... you've finally found your answer... Summoner?" The Summoner asked Satoshi.

"Yes," Satoshi said, extending his hand and glancing toward Ghast.

"Wuuuu," Ghast seemed to respond as he opened a big portal. Fortunately, there was a big body of water right behind the mountains and Ghast had already sensed it, for one reason or the other. Upon activating his portal, Ghast procure tons and tons of water from the body of water, aiming the fountain towards Droplet.

Droplet took it greedily, and before the Summoner could react, Droplet had become a body of water suspended in the air. Satoshi then stared at Sera and had her fly over to the top of the battlefield, away from the attacks of the Summoners and the other familiars on the ground. Even if they fire off multiple attacks from the ground, Sera would be able to sense it and dodge. And if worse comes to worst, Satoshi had already instructed Ghast to always support Sera just in case.

The Summoner could feel that giving Satoshi more time to prepare would just put him at a disadvantage. Of course, he wanted to return the favor since his preparation wasn't interrupted by Satoshi. It was only fair play for him to wait but right now, he couldn't afford to miss another chance since Satoshi was getting stronger by the minute.

"RAGGGGHHHH~~~ " The Summoner screamed as the two phantom-like tigers charged at Satoshi at full speeds.

Without further ado, Satoshi rode on his Nailguns and had White Lion flank the Summoner. Satoshi wasn't wasting another minute. He knew that his priority right now is to kill the Summoner because, without him, all the other summons would be worthless as well. With Sera's buff, and Nailgun and White Lion assisting him, he decided to focus on the Summoner which seemed to have decided to retreat.

As for the phantom-like tigers, Droplet and Windfan were ordered to keep them at bay. Because of that, Windfan pointed up and decided to form a blizzard which would then enable droplets to instantly transform the water it controlled into ice spikes. If the ice spikes won't render the phantom-like tigers immobile, then the cold will. As for Lighter, it was left to fight the dragon-like multiple summons on its own. Of course, Lighter was more than capable of burning them up since they weren't that defensive compared to the Golems back there. The snow did take an effect on it since its firepower went down a notch. It was still formidable either way.

But then, in an instant, the blizzard that Windfan created was gone. The frozen dragon-like monsters were brought back as well and also, the phantom-like tigers became even faster than before they were almost invincible.

Fwuoooooohhhh~~~

When Satoshi looked behind him, he ducked as a fireball almost hit him on the face. A portion of his hair was singed but there were no real damage done. Right behind the fireball was another summon that Satoshi didn't expect to attack at all. After all, it was the biggest out of everyone and it didn't seem like it would make its move unless the battle was nearing its end.

It was the Phoenix that flew right behind the Summoner back then. It probably realized that Satoshi was aiming for the Summoner and that's why it got agitated.

"Nailgun," Satoshi need not give the Nailgun complicated instructions since everything's on his mind. He just had to think of it and his summons will get it.

It was time for Phase two!

Satoshi started falling mid-air, not because the Nailgun abandoned him, but because he would be relying on another familiar from now on.

Not the White Lion, but Ghast.

Fwoop!

Satoshi went through a Portal and appeared right behind Droplet. At that moment, he wasn't sure whether he'd be able to pull it off but all his doubts were cleared when he felt all the expectations of his summons weighing down on him as if some sort of pressure was suddenly passed down on him. He forced a smile and synced with Droplet the way he'd never synced with it before.

Droplet started condensing all the water it was manipulating up til now and suddenly, it transformed into a crystal, which then implanted itself on Satoshi's head. Satoshi suddenly felt overwhelmed as if a huge wave came crashing full force on his body. And yet, that feeling somehow calmed his mind, a refreshing feeling yet heavy at the same time, just like what he initially felt being born as a powerless son of the Midoriyama Duo.

Satoshi's hair turned blue and his appendages seemed to become one with water. With one swing, he sent powerful ice spikes that made a couple of dragon-like monsters explode.

[Stay calm, Satoshi, don't let your emotions get the better of you. You can't lose your cool or you'll end up falling into unconsciousness once again.]

"Thanks for the reminder, Dex, I can do this." Satoshi gritted his teeth as his body transformed into one body mass of water, slinging through the sky like a liquid meteor.