My Summons Are Mythical Beasts

"This is what I\'ve used before. I no longer used it, so I thought of giving it to you."

His decision to give it to Lucas, though, was not out of generosity. As he had said before, he indeed gained something for introducing Lucas to Teacher Christie.

And after the event earlier, he was even more certain about this decision. Lucas had just been so perfect for the job that he was able to discover more Vinecrawler\'s than usual in a short period of time, allowing Teacher Christie to make countermeasures to prevent the damage even further.

For that, he was extremely grateful.

Lucas received the iron tonfa from his hands; however, hesitation appeared in his mind as he felt the cold tonfa touching his skin.

"Iron grade? Senior, isn\'t this too valuable?"

Just like other treasures in this world—such as magical plants, potions, and grimoires—weapons are also graded based on their strength and effectiveness.

Most of the time, their grades depended on the materials that were used to forge or make them, but there were also seldom cases where the weapon went up a grade or downgraded for some various reason.

Although Lucas was not an expert when it came to grading a weapon and materials, he was more than aware of some basic things due to his eagerness to learn new things.

As for their value, of course, he was more than aware of it.

An Iron Grade weapon was made mostly of Iron Grade or even above materials. Their prices may vary depending on their usage, but Lucas knew for a fact that the cheapest Iron Grade weapon or item out there can cost at least a thousand Unity Coins.

A thousand Unity Coins… That\'s like a hundred thousand Starlight Coins. Lucas could not even calculate how many days he would need to spend at work just to save that amount.

Normally, Lucas would have gladly accepted such a generous gift.

However, everything has been going so smoothly lately that he could not help but grow suspicious.

Senior Ethan and Teacher Christie have been so good to him that he could not believe it.

Although he did not know them personally and only interacted with them a number of times, he still could not see the reason why the two of them were good to him, especially after they knew that he only has an unranked grimoire.

He did not think that there was something special to him, and he did not think that they would gain anything of value if they swindled him as he was extremely poor.

In fact, given the current situation, it even seems like he was the one swindling the senior and the teacher.

Lucas shook his head and calmed his overthinking.

"Senior, this is an Iron Grade Tonfa, right? This is too valuable for me to accept."

"Are there... Are there some strings attached to it?" As he said so, he could not help but unconsciously cover his chest.

Understanding what he was implying, Ethan\'s lips could not help but twitch.

Now, he kind of regretted giving this bastard his tonfa.

\'This kid is not only greedy; he even plays too much. Should I take it back?\'

Sigh!

"Don\'t think about it. I already said that I also gained something out of it, so it\'s a fair deal, to say the least. And I no longer have any use for that Armadon Tonfa, and I don\'t want to sell it either because its value has already depreciated compared to the first time I bought it."

For Ethan, this was definitely a win-win situation for both of them. At least, that\'s what he thought.

For Lucas, it was even more so.

A thousand Unity Coins worth of weapons? For doing nothing other than to show up to be introduced to someone? If this was not a good deal, then what was?

Lucas smiled and did not hesitate anymore and said, "Thanks!"

Ethan nodded his head. "Don\'t mention it. I just hope that when Teacher Christie ever has a new mission that you can handle, I hope that you won\'t decline it."

…

Sometime later, Lucas began walking back home.

His smile was sleek and uncontained as he held the two tonfa in his hand.

The tonfa was deep, dark brown, almost resembling aged wood in color. According to Ethan, this tonfa was made from the body of an Ironwood Armadon, a humongous beast with a strength of Iron Grade-Iron Star 9. It was also where its name came from.

The Armadon Tonfa\'s main shaft was a foot and a half in length and was cylindrical in shape. The shaft and the handle were as thick as an infant\'s arm; the head of the shaft was rounded and had a white jewel embedded in it.

The grip was wrapped in a rubber-like material for better grip.

Due to its appearance looking like aged wood, a simple glance might reveal that it was extremely light. However, made from an Ironwood Armadon\'s body, each tonfa actually weighs around eleven pounds.

For Lucas, however, the weight was just right.

All in all, Lucas liked this Armadon Tonfa very much. It was his very first graded weapon after all.

Now, the only thing left was to practice how to use it.

In this world, every child has been taught basic martial arts and how to use various weapons ever since they were young, not to attack the beast themselves but to defend themselves when an undesirable situation arises.

Fighting a beast with your own body has always been discouraged, as it was a known fact that a human\'s body was very weak compared to beasts, no matter how well-trained the human body was, unless, of course, they have the skill that allows them to go toe to toe with the beasts.

Hence, everyone was only taught basic martial arts, and only when they wanted to pursue such careers would they delve deeper into this area.

For them, learning how to defend oneself and not be a defenseless summoner in front of a beast was more than enough.

Lucas was more or less the same.

Even though he did not know how to properly use a tonfa before, his foundation in terms of martial arts was solid—like everyone else—hence, he did not think that he would not be able to wield such a weapon.

If he wanted to, he could even specialize in using it.

Lucas pondered about his option as he played with the tonfa while walking home.

For a summoner, a weapon was truly not that important, as their main fighting force was their summoned beast.

Still, having a weapon was still better than having none.

Not attacking does not mean that they can\'t, after all.

The tonfa was a good weapon for both offense and defense. It was a very versatile weapon suited for summoners. Although it could not cut and pierce like a sword and a spear do, the blunt damage it can do could still not be underestimated.

Since it was thick, it also should not break easily if struck by a beast of the same grade.

Lucas shrugged his shoulders as he played with his new tonfa.

Like always, he thought that his walk home would be as safe and uneventful.

However, his steps halted a moment later due to the commotion he saw ahead of him.