Though this trial battlefield replicated by the God of Justice had drawn plenty of criticism from Li Wei, it still basically perfectly reproduced the casting logic of summoning spells:
That was, treating the target along with their weapons, armor, mounts, and the like as part of the summoned entity.
Thus, the Dragonbound Knights out on patrol not only arrived armed to the teeth, some even appearing on the battlefield together with the giant lizards beneath them. Door-sized tower shields hung at their mounts' sides, while Explosive Repeating Crossbows—the very weapons that made the northern city-states turn pale at their mention—were clutched in their hands.
Most outrageous of all, more than two hundred Iron Golems that had been standing by in Zelandia to guard against possible incursions by northern Orcs and underground Drow had also been "replicated" into the battlefield. Their watch duties were temporarily handed over to the Ultimate Battle Rat legion led by Cavennis.
The most conspicuous among them was Rayne the minotaur, who had appeared first. Already famous throughout the Underdark, this minotaur warrior had undergone the baptism of dragon blood and the surgical enhancements of the Ultramarines, growing to over eleven feet tall. He even stood slightly taller than the frost giant Bestna nearby, making Skard—the shield warrior who had once been exceptionally burly among humans—look utterly insignificant at his side.
Ever ready to be summoned by his lord, he wore a suit of refined iron armor like uniformly rolled steel plates welded directly onto his body. His once-gentle horns had become as savage and sharp as a dragon's, while broad patches of scales covered the exposed skin around his limb joints. A totem pole rested on one shoulder, and an outrageously huge battleaxe forged from pure refined iron was held in one hand. He was, in