Important Info Below
SummonTeirs:
From lowest to highest
F-D-C-B-A-Æ-S-SS-SSS-Z-EX
Anything Æ and above is considered above the mortal realm. S is the general threshold into the immortal or divine realm.
A through F = Mortal
Æ to EX = DIVINE
Æ, S, and SS can all be considered Pseudo-Divine or Demigod class. Most half-god heroic spirit summons will be (or rather SHOULD be) in this tier list.
SSS, Z, and EX are considered the level of Gods. Even the weakest of Gods are at the bare minimum of SSS tier. EX is the highest tier.
Classes of Summons:
Beast. Nature. Human.
These are the three main classes of summons that Summoners can summon. Thats not to say that's the only classification they can have. There are five different grades to these three classes known as realms.
Mortal Realm- any normal living being.
Undead Realm- any living being that has died and been remade or reanimated as an undead.
Mythical Realm- The Realm of Myths and Heroes. Ranges from Fabled Heroes and Demigods to Mythical Beasts and Monsters.
Demon Realm- The Realm of Hell. Basic demons, succubi, fallen angels, Oni, Onryo, etc. Anything that could be considered a demon or a resident of hell that wants nothing more than to corrupt or harm the human spirit.
Divine Realm- The Realm of the Gods or Heaven.
These five realms add further classifications to possible summons. For instance, one might summon a Dire-Wolf, which would be a Mortal Beast. However if one summoned a Cerberus or Minotaur, it would be a Mythical Beast. However, the premise is that MOST, IF NOT ALMOST ALL, of Summoners have LIVING summons. From Mythical creatures to Fabled Heroic Spirits, even those who were equal to Heaven. But very very very few have summons that are weapons.
Summons don't instantly evolve either. Evolving a summon is something that takes months or years through either: gathering dungeon cores and offering them to your Summon to feed it the ambient mass of mana inside, or meditating and gathering mana passively through the surrounding area and feeding your Summon through your own mana stores.
Symbiosis and Echo are both skills that also exist for Summoners from Summons.
Symbiosis is the amount of strength a Summon passively grants to its summoner. Most people only get anywhere from 15% to 25% of their summons power. The very lucky few get 50%. Only the utmost of the elite, as few as five in the world have around 70%.
Echo is when you can somewhat summon a portion of your Summon to overlay your body and grant yourself power. For beast, nature, and demon summons this would be borrowing a body aspect of that summon like the wings of a Phoenix or using its fire to attack, gaining the claws of the werewolf summoning, or gaining the shell of a tortoise as a shield. For humanoid or Heroic spirit summons it would be to wield their equipment or use an ability of theirs.
Synopsis of the Main Idea:
This is a Summoner novel that takes massive inspiration from the NASUVERSE FATE series, UnOrdinary, Solo-leveling, and basically every dungeon raiding and cultivation Manhwa ever.
I was vastly inspired by one of the most popular novels on this site written by DD_TheDreamer. I have given various nods to their work, and have as such garnered their blessing to continue the birth of my own work.
This verse will be one where those with prominent family ties rule most of everything. The strong rule with power, influence, wealth, manipulation, and many other things to keep the weak down as a blissfully unaware, meek, and eager populace.
Survival of the fittest rules this world.
The Main Character will start weak, basically a normal human kid, having unlocked his Summon spirit very early on as a mere toddler. This normally would have had him regarded as a prodigy, save for the fact that his Summon was utter trash. However, there lies a small discrepancy between his Spirit Realm and His dream realm.
Plaguing his dreams, stands a giant mysterious, corroded, petrified stone gate. A Gate so large and immense that he can never even see the ends or top of it.
But whenever he focuses, whenever he truly looks at it he gets the faintest glimpse of gold beneath all the corrosion.
Yet when he's awake all he sees is the small and useless little rusted spare key.