【Target detected, with complete loyalty to the Protagonist.】
【Congratulations, Host, you have collected A-Rank important character, Lilya!】
【Suitable Keywords: Swordsmanship, Maid】
【Reward: A-Rank Corresponding Character Summon Card!】
【Congratulations, Host, you have completed your first collection.】
【Reward: Unlimited Lottery Card!】
Before Rod could recover from the shock of learning her name, a series of system prompts brought him a huge surprise.
In other words, she really was the Lilya from that Mushoku Tensei world!
Rod was both overjoyed and puzzled for a moment.
He couldn't understand why Lilya would be by his side, becoming his maid.
More importantly, Lilya was still in her pure state!
This was also completely different from the original history.
Could it be the butterfly effect caused by his arrival?
Rod only thought about it briefly before letting go of the question, turning his attention to the collection rewards.
【A-Rank Corresponding Character Summon Card, can summon characters with the highest limit of A-Rank.】
【Limited Scope, possessing the keywords "Swordsmanship" or "Maid".】
Rod pondered for a moment.
Limited scope...
It seems that the rewards obtained from collection are also related to the object he collected.
Rod remembered that Lilya's father was a swordsman, and his family had a dojo waiting to be inherited.
The "Swordsmanship" tag is no surprise, and the "Maid" tag goes without saying.
Rod also had a further understanding of the system's mechanics.
The level of the country determines the lower limit of the rewards in the card pool.
The collection of the King's Treasure determines the upper limit you can obtain.
By the way, if the country is upgraded to S-Rank, but you collect a B-Rank person, what reward would you get?
【If such a situation occurs, the Host can directly specify any B-Rank item or person and obtain it immediately.】
Rod's spirits were lifted.
What?
This card pool can be specified?!
【Any card obtained by the Host can specify its target.】
"Then I..."
【However, the more keywords the Host adds independently, the more specific the target specified, the longer it will take to summon it.】
"......"
Rod's excitement was immediately doused with cold water.
I thought I could summon a god and take off!
Rod pinched the bridge of his nose and pondered silently.
Although Lilya found her Majesty's sudden contemplation a bit strange, she quietly retreated to the doorway, keeping watch to prevent anyone from disturbing him.
Rod judged that since this was the Mushoku Tensei world, the current active ceiling of combat power should be the Human God and the Dragon God.
The Dragon God, Orsted, has learned all the swordsmanship, secret techniques, and magic in the world through more than a hundred time loops.
Rod was confident that he could surpass him, but certainly not now!
The Dragon God's only goal is to kill the Human God, for which he constantly tries to guide the destinies of certain people, making the future favorable to him.
Rod's existence is bound to change all sorts of fates, possibly contrary to the future the Dragon God wants to guide.
In other words, there is no possibility that he will face him.
A sense of vigilance arose in Rod's heart.
"Well, I need to consider the possibility of a head-on confrontation with him..."
The best way to deal with the Dragon God is to completely crush him with numerical superiority.
But he needs time to grow.
Would the strong of this world give him the chance to develop peacefully...?
And the Human God....
Rod frowned deeply.
That guy, the Human God, once destroyed the Dragon Realm with a single orb, and now he is in the inaccessible world of nothingness, fooling the world through his apostles.
If there is still a chance to avoid confrontation with the Dragon God.
Then, no matter what, the Human God is a potential enemy he can't avoid and must kill!
And he also has the ability to make the human race of this world unconditionally trust him and has mind-reading and future-seeing abilities, making him both troublesome and disgusting to deal with!
Rod's expression suddenly froze, and his face turned ugly.
Damn, if the Human God can see the future, then he will surely know that he is hostile to him!
If, by chance, he can't see the future after his appearance, he can only breathe a sigh of relief for a short time.
As long as he screens out the only outlier in this world - himself, the Human God will immediately understand who is behind it sooner or later.
The guy who likes to control everything won't like this kind of loss of control.
Maybe the apostles he sent to kill him are already on their way right now!
A thick haze of gloom instantly enveloped his heart.
The possibility of facing the two strongest beings in this world sent a strong sense of crisis rushing through his mind.
Rod's brain started working at lightning speed.
Leaving the Dragon God aside, the Human God's current usable apostles are still unknown, but there will surely be beings like the Seven Great Powers!
And I'm only five years old, damn it!
Rod didn't think twice, and immediately ordered in his mind.
"System, specify tags:"
"Holy Sword, Heroic Spirit, Last King of the Age of Gods."
"Mom, save me!"
If I can summon that full-gear Saber with the Holy Sword + scabbard + Holy Spear, that would be great!
Rod was willing to worship her as his adoptive mother on the spot, absolutely vowing to be a dutiful son!
【......】
【Reminder: Too obvious tags are no different from specifying the summoned target.】
【Furthermore, due to Arthur's special nature as a wielder of the Holy Sword, his Spiritual Core will never be rated A-Rank, regardless of its nature.】
Rod immediately argued in his mind, refusing to accept this.
"System, Saber's stats are all A, even her King's Chest is A, isn't that a proper A-Rank character?!"
【.......】
The system seemed to be silenced by Rod's theory for a moment.
【Reminder: The System summons characters to make them obey the Host, essentially a contract that the target willingly chooses, and the System merely enforces the contract from the side to prevent breach.】
"Contract?"
【The System will show the target the possibility of realizing their own aspirations by following the Host, which also guarantees the summoned character's subjective initiative.】
【Characters who have already realized their own aspirations and have no desires or whose aspirations themselves would harm the Host, the System will not summon them!】
Rod was not disappointed by this, but instead, the corners of his mouth turned up.
It turned out that this was just a slight probe without any hope, and it revealed a major underlying rule of the system.
The System's summon function has "defects."
Knowing this, Rod felt inexplicably relieved.
This means that the characters summoned by the System are real, and their choice to obey Rod is voluntary.
If the summoned characters were forcibly bound or fabricated out of thin air, he wouldn't know how to face them.
【Therefore, even if Arthur is considered an A-Rank character, the perfect King that the Host hopes to summon is impossible to respond...】
The System suddenly crashed for a moment.
The red negative sign on the System panel suddenly blurred and turned green.
【Detection: The possibility of Old Sword Arthur responding is 15%, and the possibility of Artoria (Unknown Spiritual Core) responding is 1200%.】
【Do you want to summon Artoria immediately?】
".......Huh???"
Rod was dumbfounded.
I was just saying it casually.
How can this really be summoned?!
Could it be because my mom is called Arthur and you're called Arthur too?
And what does this sky-high possibility mean? Could it be that I owe you money and you're coming to kill me?!
Rod felt a chill down his spine.
Then, after weighing it over, he gritted his teeth.
".......Well, for the sake of safety, then summon her."
"If this Arthur's Holy Sword can unseal the thirteen restraints, that would be even better."
Rod thought optimistically.
"Then wouldn't I be able to rest easy and become a corrupt royal right away?"
【Prompt: The time required to summon the current character is 3650 days. Do you confirm the summon?】
"???"
What? Ten years?!
I'll either be dead or have already cleared this world in ten years!
Through questioning the System, Rod finally understood.
Unconditional random summoning can bring the target out immediately, but the more tags you add, the longer it takes to summon!