So does this mean that the rest of summoned are either test participants or are they actually important NPCs? If I have to say, the probability of the earthlings are actually test participants are quite high but for others summoned ones that aren’t earthling, it’s low but still plausible because anyone who woke up and find themselves as elves, having out of place hair colour or a beast that is made as though god got drunk and decided to messed up creation, the first thing that would happen was that they would freak out after they come to conscious. Of course, there might be the test participants that are fully aware of this and they were probably masquerading like that Manticore. I guess if that was the case, there are two group of participants, which is the ‘fully aware’ group and the ‘genuine clueless’ group. I guess I’m in the latter. “Welcome to Athryshiayl, fellow summoned ones!” One of the figures descended and came fully into view. Long, golden hair flowing freely and a face that is probably on par with a top model as far as I concern and not only that but her body was top grade, a true bombshell of a body. The cloth that she wore was a single one piece dress that had the colors of gold and silver intersecting in intricate pattern. Not only that, the most distinguishing feature about her was the pair of white dove wings behind her. So with all of that in mind, it was no exaggeration to say that she looked like an angel. No, she literally is an angel! “… Tiphaniae?” I heard a muttering at my right side. It was from the beautiful woman that had a pair of bat-like wing. Now that I see her clearly, I noticed that she would have been what they called a succubus. I’ll be lying if I say that I wasn’t fantasizing about her in a various sexy situations in the span of three seconds after I gazed at her. She had full, inviting lips with her slightly slanted pair of hazelnut brown eyes. Her face was perfectly symmetrical and her skin complexion was of fair white. A long black hair that was flowing freely also but it felt wild just by looking at them. She wore a dress made of red and black and it complemented with her body as her body proportion would probably be the envy of every woman that ever existed. Those legs, thighs, waist and most importantly, those pair of mounds that looked as though it would burst out in any moment from that dress and that other pair of mound that is her bottom looks quite irresistible that if I were to stand behind, the temptation to smack them would be overwhelming for a simple man like me. If someone were able to read my thoughts earlier, they would probably register me as a sex offender. Beside, I’m not the only one who is ogling. I’m looking at you, you indescribable creatures that seem to be literally made out of tentacles. “Oh, is that you Aeriasus? Oh my, What a miracle!! I’m so glad!!” The angel came down and bear hugged the baffled succubus. It was a joyful reunion from what I observed but I was more concentrated on watching those two pair of mounds that was grinding with each other. It reminded me that friction occurs when two object come in contact in different direction. Also, guys, manticore and tentacles, if you want to ogle, don’t put a half-ass effort. Everyone in this room knows where you’re all looking at. Be like me. I’m not saying I’m a professional but at least I’m giving a full effort in being inconspicuous and definitely not being obvious about it but I can personally attest that it’s much harder for a guy who wore only a pink loincloth to try to look inconspicuous when the rod is tingling. Or maybe you can be like the ubermensch, who doesn’t even gave any attention to the amazing scientific experiment on friction as he looked at upward at the three other figures with a grim expression. “We summoned a lot of perverts for this generation especially that half-naked guy who only wore a pink loincloth.” ...... “Look maybe that’s his culture on his world or perhaps that is a part of him. We have records about a lot of summoned humans from different worlds several times. This is strange but there were a lot stranger humans than him.” …… “I’m reading the report from Ghaez about the summoned right now. Turns out that guy were summoned naked and that pink loincloth actually belonged to ours. It seems we ran out of every other colour except that one.” ...... “Oh… This is the first time someone was summoned naked. I guess we should compensate him much higher than the others then.” ...... “Poor guy and it had to be that colour. If it were a woman, it’s a bit lewd but understandable in a sense but a guy wearing a pink colour in this land… we can’t have him roam around with that!! It would give the natives here a severe and mortifying culture shock!!” …… It was such a conversation from the vague and blurring three figures that were still floating up above. I’m thoroughly impressed with the intelligence scripting in the AI. What more, it was loud enough for me, who was standing at the furthest back, to listened with a clear and pristine high definition. If the purpose were to illicit a certain emotional response from the test participant which is me, then I’ll gave them an A+ because I am certainly brimming with a certain negative emotion inside. After they finished talking, the three figures were descending slowly. From where I see, it was two males and one female. The first male on the right side looked quite a normal middle-age human but he had a wizened look with his short black hair and beard. He wore a scholarly grey robe. The second male on the left side looked much younger with his brown hair and without any facial hair. He had pointy ears so he was an elf of a sort. He was wearing adorned and decorated full-plate armour with a black cloak. The furthest on the left side was a female-looking girl with a blue scale with a tail and Jet-black long hair. She had a pretty feature and she was wearing a kimono-like dress of black and red colour. She seems to be the same race with the blue skinned guy previously. Speaking of that blue skinned guy, after the three figures had descended, the guy gasped audibly and was gawking at the blue skinned girl. She flew closed in front of him. “Lady Thurieol!!” “Wow!! Someone still remembered me even after 80 years had passed!! Judging at your facial feature, are you the son of Archknight Ghorion?” “Y-yes, my name is Ghozano!” “Good, good but we’ll have to wait for the talk later because right now, the Ceremony is about to start!!” The blue scaled woman had a joyful expression after talking with this Ghozano guy. She then backs off and stood next to the armoured elf. The angel that was hugging the Succubus whispered something to the latter, and the friction experiment ended with the angel flying back to stand next with the old man. With all four of them floating in front us, they assumed a solemn pose as though they became sacred entities that demand tribute. “We are the Inheritors, the Chosen few of Eoum and the Guardians of Athryshiayl!!” “For hundreds of years, we have watched over the hegemony comprised of the natives and summoned beings.” “War and peace, good and evil, all those are necessary paths for the Hegemony to thrive.” “As it has always been, since the very first Arrival, let the Tenth Arrival be mark down in the history of Eoum!!” After the four had proclaimed, they were chanting something that I can’t understand simultaneously but with different tones. As they chant, behind them, a huge circular symbol coalesced from light-like energy and in that symbol, even smaller circular symbols coalesced. As they coalesced, the air and the ground literally shake. This event is too intense as I can literally feel my spine shaking. The rest of the summoned was looking on with fear and bewilderment. Even the ubermensch was affected by this as he had a surprised expression. After a few second, the circular symbol was fully luminescent like a nano-sized sun and then it burst as though it exploded. Instinctively, I turned away and closed my eyes. I opened them again after a few seconds. The symbol was no more but what were in front of me were two floating grey pill-like objects, one of them was spherical and the other one was oblong-shaped. It was the same for everyone… actually, it was not the same for everyone because some of the pills were golden in colour and it belonged to a certain few. To be exact, it was the succubus, that girl I made eye contact with, a female earthling wearing what seems to be a uniform, the ubermensch, a dandy looking ginger haired guy and a dark-skinned male elf. And the four figures were looking at them with an exalted expression.