[Do you wish to summon the hero Asterin?]
[Yes/No]
[Note: Currently, your strength is insufficient for a full summoning. The estimated duration is ten seconds.]
As he looked at the system window, Adam felt a sense of relief wash over him; he had endured all of this… to be honest, he wasn't sure if he would make it, but, like a ray of light in a storm, the system had appeared.
The screen floated before him, cold and indifferent… but at that moment, it was the closest thing to salvation.
...And of course, he clicked "Yes."
He quickly felt his body go limp… not because of Asterin's summoning, but because of the backlash from using the knight's hymn, even if only for a few seconds.
The price came suddenly as if his own body were taking its toll on him for having forced something he shouldn't have.
He looked up as his body slumped back against the wall and watched Asterin's small figure enveloped in golden energy as her size grew rapidly until she appeared.
