Self-Summon [Demon Summoning/Evolution litRPG] Chapter 27: [1.27] The Bigger Picture (Part 1)

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The next morning, despite everything that had happened, Angelica decided to stick with her routine and go for a run. She was doing so in her Imp form. While she was still avoiding making any direct decisions about her future, there were aspects of her situation she couldn’t discount that were direct advantages, even if she chose to live on as a normal human. First, the invisibility in her Demon form. Of course it wouldn’t work on everyone, but as long as it worked on most people, it was still an extremely useful power. Even if she had no plans to use it for illicit means, being able to avoid awkward social situations was a beautiful thought. Angelica could even pretend she wasn’t home when her landlord came knocking. She actually had the money to pay Ms. Gate this time, but the less interactions with the woman, the better. So Gelic wanted to get better at moving around as an Imp. She was surprisingly dexterous when bouncing around, but bouncing wasn’t always the optimal choice. Running, and heck, even walking in her blobby body was still difficult, so she wanted to get better at it. Of course, she could always rely on Orders to get her moving if absolutely needed, but part of her didn’t want to make them a crutch. She at the very least wanted to be able to operate her own self functionally without needing the firm hand. That was definitely not to say that particular power should be ignored either. Complete control over herself was definitely optimal and something she’d want to continue using regardless of the path ahead of her. And she was presently taking advantage of the new Summoner Skill she’d received, Simultaneous Orders. Its description was pretty much what she expected, but did add a little extra insight about Contracts in general. [Simultaneous Orders | Add a simultaneous Order to a Contract that supersedes the inherent sequential Order limitation. Additional Order must not impede or contradict the original Order. If there are conflicts, the original Order will take priority, and additional Orders will take priority in the sequence they are issued. Priority may be shifted by spending MP. Current additional Orders allowed: 1. Amount of additional Orders scales with Summoner Rank] [Note: If Contract type is Order Exhaust, Simultaneous Orders will cause Contract to count down] That part was the stickler. Lustre had used an Order Exhaust Contract on her, which was probably why she hadn’t used Simultaneous Orders, assuming every Summoner got the ability pretty early on. That, or by the inherent nature of what she wanted done, they needed to be taken care of sequentially regardless, or maybe she just didn’t want to use up the MP. Since Angelica didn’t expend MP for her own Orders, she couldn’t check how much it cost, but her gut told her it was a lot more resource intensive to make them simultaneous instead of sequential. And of course, she knew that other types of Contract existed, and that was what worried her more. Completing fritsy Orders was one thing, but the real terror came from the idea of being permanently Bound. Like her Soulbound Contract, there were definitely others that made the Demon and Summoner a continuous pair until they were either graciously released or managed to break free. Undoubtedly, there were more types than those too, probably ones with conditions like time-limits or other requirements. While she hadn’t encountered them yet, there was enough to go on that made her fearful. To counter that, Gelic wanted to increase her Obstinance and the related skills as much as possible. Currently, her primary Order was to complete her run as usual. Because of her short and stubby Imp body, that would take significantly longer than usual, maybe even most of the day. But it gave her plenty of time to think things through and to practice. Angelica was using the free Simultaneous Order slot to repeatedly give herself junk Orders and then cancel them with Order Rejection. They were usually nonsense things she coul