"Shhhhhh, you're going to wake him up."
"Be quiet."
Jake's eyes were blurry; he couldn't see clearly. He could hear some faint voices around him, encircling him.
"Hey, he's waking up. Be careful, I saw his eyes twitch."
"Me, too. I saw it too."
"Shhhhh, don't scare him."
Finally, with the weakness slowly fading from his sleepy eyes, he opened them clearly to see what was surrounding him.
"Where am I?"
Small, green men with pointy noses and ears were grinning at him.
"What... HECK!"
"GET AWAY FROM ME!"
He hurried to get up, looking for an exit. There was a window just beyond the short green man wearing glasses. He lunged forward, trying to jump over him and reach the window.
"Master, Master, what happened?"
"GET AWAY FROM ME, FREAK!"
Before Jake could complete his sentence, a screen popped up in front of him.
Welcome to the World of Ignaria
* Name: Corvus Montague
* Status: Plagued
* Class: Summoner
* Race: Demi-Human
* Skill: Goblin summoning lvl 1, Water manipulation lvl 1, Darkness Manipulation lvl 2
* Ability: Author's grace, Supernatural luck
* Magic: Water, Fire, Darkness, Earth
* Title: Scion of Montague, Untalented hobo
Jake was confused, seeing this jumbled nonsense. He psyched himself up to run towards the window. The pop-up screen vanished just as his gaze left it. Just before he could reach the window, a sound resonated from behind him.
"Master, Master, the door is this way."
Turning his head in the direction the green man was pointing, he saw a door. He halted. "What? Why are they helping me? Master... I'm their master?"
He faced the green dwarf and asked him, "Where am I? And who are you guys?"
The green dwarf tilted his head and replied, "Ask the glasses master, he is smart."
The one with glasses, whom Jake had seen first when he opened his eyes, spoke. "Master, we are at Rus Haale Village, located on the northern side of the Ponty Empire... We are your summons."
Jake couldn't remember this village or the empire's name. He became more and more perplexed with every word.
He then asked another question, this one to confirm something. "Who am I?"
The glasses-wearing green dwarf was taken aback but didn't let it show on his face. He replied, "You are the heir of the Montague family, the only remaining viscount of the East... And an able summoner."
Jake asked again, this time with desperation hidden in his question, "What is my name?"
The glasses dwarf spoke. "Your name, Master, is Corvus Montague."
Hearing that, Jake was finally able to piece together what the hell was going on. Jake had transmigrated to a fantasy world. Jake tried to resummon the status window. It came alive with a mere thought.
Status Window
* Name: Corvus Montague
* Status: Plagued
* Class: Summoner
* Race: Demi-Human
* Skill: Goblin summoning lvl 1, Water manipulation lvl 1, Darkness Manipulation lvl 2
* Ability: Author's grace, Supernatural luck
* Magic: Water, Fire, Darkness, Earth
* Title: Scion of Montague, Untalented hobo
Jake started reading his stats one by one. "Name... status plagued? What does that mean? Class... it's like an RPG game. Race Demi-Human? Skill... Oh, that's right, yeah, makes sense. Water and darkness... Author's grace? What does this do? Am I in a freaking webnovel? God no... please no... Supernatural luck? Well, that's a big fat lie... Magic... nice."
Jake then focused his gaze toward the dwarf-like men in his room. 'So they are goblins. Three of them in total. One wears glasses, another stares with a dumb expression, and the last one seems a little bit gloomy.'
Jake finally faced the three goblins and asked them, "What are your names?"
The glasses one spoke before any of them could answer. "Master, you are the one who can give names to us. As of now, we are just expendable minions."
Jake thought, 'Right, that makes sense.' Without much thought, he started giving them names.
"You with glasses, you are Nerdy from now on. You, whom I spoke to earlier, you will be Dummy. And lastly, you in the corner will be Gloomy."
Dummy exclaimed with joy, "What a wonderful name, thank you, Master!"
Nerdy was perplexed but hid his bitterness with a fake smile. Gloomy just nodded from the corner.
"Alright, to the main business then..."