Only I Level Up By Shoveling-Chapter 44: "An Ambush"

If it’s gone, how could he get a job? Even if he was popular after the previous summon, surely, not many would deliberately summon him, right?

For summoners, a targeted summon was way more expensive than a random summon!

Wait, maybe if he plucked Garfin’s fur, he would be lucky and someone would summon him?

Or maybe a lucky summoner would summon him, this cheap yet super strong spirit?

While Castra was anxiously waiting for the lucky summoner who could summon him, in the human world, a certain boy was biting his lips while summoning a random spirit.

"Please, please, get me a useful spirit..."

If Castra was here, he would have seen the young boy’s ominous aura and that luck level equal to...

Zero star.

Right after the "lucky summoner" summoned a spirit, the Spirit World administrator, pitying Castra for his previous mishaps, gave him this summoning chance.

BEEP. [You have received a random summon.]

[You will be summoned in 3...2...1...]

This time, there was no intervention like before and a summoning magic circle appeared below Castra’s feet!

Castra looked at the magic circle with teary eyes, almost kneeling and kissing it.

Mwahhy! Thank you, summoning circle!

Whoever summoned him, that person must be super lucky!

Castra wiped his tears and nodded at the two beast spirits.

"Thank you, your majesty, milady! I’ll be going now— "

Swoosh!

The samoyed spirit suddenly pounced at Castra and...

Started to strip his clothes!

"Ah! Ah! Milady! This is immoral!!"

"Woof. Don’t be so dramatic! This lady is just taking back your jacket. It’s a local specialty— "

Then, Castra’s body started to disappear, along with the samoyed.

!

"Wait, meowww, where are you going without this king??"

Garfin pounced at the disappearing Castra, wanting to tag along, but he was bounced away by an invisible barrier.

BEEP. [Warning! Warning! You are in a suspension period. You can’t receive a summon request!]

!

The samoyed looked at the rejected Garfin and instantly laughed like a villain,

"Fufufu, this lady will replace you, crazy cat! I’m taking your slave for a day!"

"!! MEOWWW!! Fera, you stinky dogggg!!!!! This king won’t forgive you— "

Amidst Garfin’s mournful cry, Castra’s body disappeared completely, along with the samoyed spirit.

POOF! 𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮

At the same time, a magic circle appeared somewhere in the human world, followed by the Spirit World’s notification ringing in Castra’s mind.

BEEP. [You have been summoned to the Human World’s Elementé Continent, Central Land.]

BEEP. [There’s no buff or debuff for any spirit in this area.]

Central Land.

It was located in the middle of the four big elemental empires but the Central Land was a neutral area, free from any element’s influence.

Not to mention, the Central Land was a "bridge" for humans from various empires and non-human races to interact.

It was a dream land for all races, including the summon spirits!

Castra’s body slowly appeared above the magic circle that was shining with a bright blue light.

Castra’s eyesight that was previously blurry and chaotic slowly became clearer.

Castra felt his heart beating faster and a tinge of expectations rose in his heart.

Where is he summoned in the Central Land?

Is it the Summoner City where talented summoners reside?

Or is it the Magic City— ah, impossible. The mages can’t summon spirits, haha.

Then, is it the Fae city full of non-human races from fairytales or the solemn Holy Kingdom?

Which one is it??

What appeared in front of Castra was a place...full of green.

...?

Hello? Green? Isn’t this...

Poo: [A garden?]

[Garden your a*s!! It’s a forest! A forest!!]

Castra screamed at the blind poop system and Poo, who was scolded, immediately shrunk, feeling wronged.

[Host, why are you so fierce...QAQ]

Well, Castra was definitely not in a good mood.

Who would have thought that he wasn’t summoned to any of those famous places?

A forest? It looked like a dangerous place outside of those famous places!

"What luck..." Castra sighed and turned his head to the right, only to catch a glimpse of the snow white tail wagging right next to him.

...tail?

"Fufufu~ hello~ "

The samoyed spirit, Lady Fera, waved her paw at Castra and Castra almost jumped three feet high.

"Ahhh! M-milady!! W-why— "

Why are you here??

"Fufufu~ don’t be so shocked. This lady is here to look around. After all, you owe this lady a huge favor!"

Castra slumped on the golden toilet under his b*tt and struck a pose of the "thinking man" while hiding his sorrow.

Ah. Ah. Ah.

Instead of Garfin, he got the unpredictable lady.

It must be because of the previous punishment preventing Garfin from being summoned.

Ahhh! His luck couldn’t be worse!

Despite feeling gloomy, Castra still posed like a cool spirit with a long shovel in one hand and an antique toilet modified to blend with the current era’s technology.

Of course, the tag-along was also posing elegantly by sleeping on the head of the toilet, not knowing that what was beneath her noble body was a toilet.

Now, now, where’s his summoner...

Castra had just dismissed his "throne" and stood up, intending to find his summoner when a rustling noise sounded from the surrounding bush.

Castra subconsciously turned his head towards the bushes when a whistling sound tore through the air.

Psiu!

A glowing bullet shot out of the bushes, going straight at Castra’s forehead.

!!!

[Host!!]

"Duuu!!"

"The hell!!" Castra subconsciously swung the tall Llyod in his hand and immediately blocked the bullet with a loud noise.

CLANG!

Screeechhh!

The glowing bullet created a spark of fire, but the next second, it bore a hole in the shovel!

Before Castra could even react, the glowing bullet arrived just a few milimeters in front of his forehead.

Time seemed to slow down and Castra could clearly see the bright glow of the bullet, the spin, and everything around it.

It was as if the bullet also slowed down.

Even though Castra could see the bullet’s trajectory, he found that he couldn’t move his head to dodge fast enough.

It...it was too late!