190 Ch. 190 'To Be The Strongest'

"Do you have to destroy my hope?" pouted Niken to her dismay at the short, firm answer from the familiar spirit. "You're the only hope I have. When everyone opposed me, I thought you're the only one who will support me."

Aqua giggled in amusement to hear Niken's complaints. "What do I support you for? I preferred to give my assistance to my own master. After all, you have your own spirit familiar. If there had to be only one party that would support you, I guess only your vlinder would stand at your side no matter what you do."

"Vlinder? What kind of familiar spirit is that?"

"Butterfly."

"Ah, I think I've met this butterfly a few times."

"Hm." Aqua shook her head. "The butterfly you saw was not your spirit familiar. It already has its own master, and the master is still alive in this world."

"I don't understand."

Each spirit familiar was only one type in this world. If the vlinder's master is still alive, why would vlinder choose her to be the next master?

"Don't get me wrong. Your vlinder is still in its cocoon form. You won't be able to see it because the current phantasm lord is still alive. However, if one day the vlinder inside your astral decides to come out and you make an equal contract, you and the current phantasm lord will have to fight each other to the death. But I guess you will definitely lose because I've met the current Phantasm Lord. She is powerful and a strategist. That's why your vlinder decided to wait for the current phantasm lord to leave this world for good."

Niken swallowed hard at this. Why did she have to get new facts about her life again? She felt that her current identity was not hers. She was the princess of the Nishian kingdom. At the same time, she was Niken, a poor Water Elementalist.

In the next second, she was the time master, but at the same time, she was also the next Phantasm Lord candidate?

It seemed like she wouldn't be surprised anymore if she had some secret power over her without her knowledge.

"Speaking of familiar spirits, Kazuto..."

Isn't Kazuto also the same as Niken?

Currently, there is a little white wolf following Kazuto. Aqua immediately recognized the wolf cub as White Supreme Alpha. White Alpha's body would not grow if the two of them did not make an equal contract.

However, there is still a black Alpha in this world and its master. If Kazuto made an equal contract to White Alpha, the two Alpha masters would fight each other sooner or later to determine which Alpha would survive in this world.

There can't be two Alpha in this world. Likewise, with other familiar spirits. There shouldn't be two Aqua or two vlinders in this world.

He was from a wolf clan, but he had pureblood wizard's blood, making him an immortal.

Kazuto wasn't ready, neither was Niken. The two of them were not prepared to claim their identity as the lords of the sprites.

"What's with Kazuto?" Niken asked because Aqua had not continued her sentence, making Niken curious.

"No, nothing." Aqua decided not to tell Niken. After all, ignorance is a blessing for kind people like Niken. That's why she didn't tell Niken the reason why the girl's vlinder never appeared even though Niken tried calling it repeatedly. "By the way, since when did you manage to open the third magic circle? I can feel a different flow of energy in your body."

"Ah, that. Someone helped me open it. But, this energy is not mine. Looks like that guy gave me a fraction of his energy."

"It seems so. Even though it's minimal, the pressure is intense. If only I were just a human, I would envy you."

"Envy me? Why?"

"You have anything a human wants. You have more than one magic circle, a familiar spirit, and also… your power as a time master. Do you know, if you manage to master all the abilities you have perfectly, you will become invincible in this world?"

Niken frowned at this. She really wanted to become stronger and useful to the people around her. Niken did not want to be a burden and cause the people she loved to hurt for protecting her.

But Niken never even wanted to be the strongest. She didn't want her heart to turn greedy and arrogant as she stood on the top of the food chain.

Most people who stand at the top were greedy and never satisfied with what they already had. Niken read a lot of books in Bieger Academy whenever she had free time. So she knew what has happened to her predecessor, who was once the strongest in this realm.

One of them was one of the Zeed kingdoms who carry out mass murder in the Zeed kingdom. After destroying the eastern country with his strength, that person did not stop and suppressed the surrounding small towns.

This era was no different. The proof was Lord Traze and Uzzarc. They were both tempted and dissatisfied with the power they had. They want to be more and more and will never be satisfied even if they succeed at the top.

Niken didn't want to experience such temptation, and she didn't want to change her current heart. She probably wasn't satisfied with her abilities now because she still could not protect all the precious people in her life.

However, she would make sure to stop herself when she started to feel herself changing.

Niken stared at her right hand blankly, remembering what this hand had done beyond her control. This hand had suffocated to the point almost to kill a mix-blood. This very hand also entered the same person's privacy void, causing her to feel disgusted at herself.

It was so disgusting, and she hated it. Even though Niken didn't do it herself, this hand was still hers.

"I don't want to be the strongest. I just want to be strong enough so that I can protect the people I love."