Chapter 88 : Deal

Chapter 88 : Deal

'Sooo, now that the mystery of why you are here is cleared, can you tell me how to become a real true sovereign?' shamelessly asked Alex.

"...."

There was some silence after Alex asked the spirit of smoke how to become a true sovereign, causing Alex to feel worried. He hadn't thought much about it when he asked, but now that he considered it, perhaps he had just made a blunder.

Fortunately for him, his inquiry just made the spirit laugh.

"Hahaha, I like your shamelessness, human, but unfortunately you can't become a true sovereign, you don't meet the requirements"

'Can I know what are the requirements?' Asked Alex.

He understood that even if he doesn't meet the requirements for now, it might not be the case in the future, so, knowing what the requirements are might help him become a true sovereign in the future.

"You are not going to let go of the thought of becoming a true sovereign, huh?" Chuckled the spirit.

'Nope' replied Alex without hesitation.

"Hmm, I like your spirit" said the spirit before disclosing :

"Beside the approval of the spirit, there's only one requirement to be a true sovereign: being at level 8"

Alex thought froze when he heard the requirement, the level 8 was the highest level of power one could attain, there were only a handful of experts that attained such a level of strength, so hearing that to become a true sovereign the requirement was to become a level 8 was pretty shocking, and it was also disappointing as it really meant that he couldn't become a true sovereign for now.

However, Alex's disappointment didn't last very long before fading.

'It's true that attaining level 8 won't be easy, but with the system, it should take me less time to achieve it' thought Alex with confidence.

"...."

"Human, I said that I liked your shamelessness, that doesn't mean you should abuse it," said the spirit with an annoyed tone.

'Sorry' apologized Alex.

One couldn't really blame him, what could he offer the spirit that could move him/her ? Hell, he didn't even know spirit are interested in what kind of thing's.

He thought and thought about it, but couldn't find something to offer, in the end, he concentrated on the spirit and uttered with his most serious tone:

'I might actually be weak and unable to offer you something that can interest you. But I can promise you one thing. In the future, I will be someone so powerful that even the gods wouldn't look down on me, at this moment, you can wish of me anything as long as it doesn't go against my principles'

"In other words, you are asking me to bet on you ?"

'Yes'

The smoke spirit didn't reply for a long moment, it was so long that Alex might have thought that he disappeared if he couldn't still sense his/her presence.

After a long moment, the smoke spirit laughed again, then asked :

"I can wish anything?"

'As I said, you can ask anything as long as it doesn't go against my principles' answered Alex.

"Haha, human, you don't know what kind of promise you just made, but..."

"...You have a deal"