The Summoners Failure
Isla Everin was a failure.
At Aetherspire Academy, where students summoned gods to battle, she was the only one who had never managed to summon even a minor deity. Others had called upon storm gods, fire deities, and war spirits, but Isla? Not even a wisp of divine energy responded to her.
She was mocked, pitied, and nearly expelled for her incompetence. If a summoner couldn’t summon, what was the point?
But Isla refused to quit. She spent sleepless nights pouring over ancient texts, searching for something—anything—that could explain why she was different. That was when she stumbled upon a forbidden summoning ritual, hidden deep in the academy’s archives. The text spoke of a god forgotten by history, a being so powerful that it was sealed away to prevent the destruction of the world.