Book 1 Chapter 645
“Gkghk!”
Undine, using the trident in her hand as a staff, pushed herself up.
‘What was that just now!’
To attack Leo, Undine used the water of Lake Rumelia.
This place, an island in the middle of a vast lake, was an overwhelmingly advantageous battlefield for Undine.
‘I didn’t think I could end it in one blow.’
Undine bit her lip hard.
She hadn’t underestimated Leo.
As a spirit of the deep sea, she created her domain in the depths of the ocean, but that didn’t mean she wasn’t interested in the flow of the world.
Rather, Undine was more interested in worldly affairs.
Undine’s goal was to be the strongest spirit.
And to leave her name in history as such a spirit, there was something else necessary.
‘A covenant partner.’
No matter how powerful a great spirit, they cannot leave their name in history alone.
It is the heroes who are recorded in the Hero Records, not the spirits who made covenants with them.
The influence of a hero could be seen even from Laruel.
Laruel, the spirit of radiance, had not appeared in history for thousands of years.
She had no covenant partners and had remained an observer even during the countless wars against Tartarus.
However, simply because her covenant partner was Rodia, the dragon of the epoch, Laruel had been considered outside the discussion for 3,000 years.
Decades ago, that lowly spirit of purification.
Even now, though she was hailed as the strongest spirit, the moment Laruel was mentioned, she was pushed aside.
Undine could not stand that.
Therefore, she had waited for centuries for a suitable covenant partner.
And the one she found was Leo Flob.
He was not the type of spirit user preferred by great spirits.
After all, great spirits dislike womanizers.
However, Leo was such a charming covenant partner that his background was invisible.
That’s why she offered to make a covenant, on the condition of breaking her covenants with other mythical beasts and spirits.
She had expected that Leo, being who he was, would not be easily persuaded.
‘What in the world is that!’
On a battlefield where she, a water spirit, had an overwhelming advantage, her attack was blocked in a single blow.
It was astonishing, even if it was a spirit technique that used Istar, another great spirit.
‘Even with a spirit user…!’
A summoner is someone who brings out the abilities of a mythical beast beyond its limits.
However, for beings like great spirits, the limits of their summoned beasts are overwhelmingly high.
It is also difficult to bring out their maximum potential.
This was also the reason why most great spirits adopted a condescending attitude.
Even if they gained greater power than usual through the existence of their contractor, on a terrain where the advantage was so clear, the outcome was often an equalization.
It was at this moment that Undine was raising her spirit power again.
*Flash-*
“……?”
A flash of light glinted before her eyes.
At that moment.
*Fwah-*!
“……!”
Leo, who had approached in no time, swung his leg towards Undine’s face.
*Pahng-!*
Undine’s head exploded, scattering in all directions.
Water droplets scattered in all directions.
As a spirit, she wasn’t mortally wounded, but she couldn’t help but feel the impact.
*Charyureuk-!*
The scattered water droplets instantly became sharp as needles.
Hundreds of water needles rained down on Leo from all directions.
*Hwareureureureuk-!*
Blue flames erupted from Leo’s entire body.
*Ciiik-!*
The water needles that reached Leo were swept away by the armor of fire and evaporated.
“Gkghk!”
Undine quickly created distance from Leo and slammed her trident into the ground.
*Bugeulbugeulbugeul…… Chaaak-!*
Starting from where Undine struck with her trident, the surroundings began to turn into a sea of water.
“I’ll sink this entire island!”
This was to make this place an advantageous battlefield for herself.
“Even the spirit of purification can’t evaporate the entire Rumelia Lake!”
Undine curled the corners of her lips.
It was as she said.
Rumelia Lake was so vast that it could be mistaken for an ocean, and it contained a great amount of water.
Since Undine was drawing water from Rumelia Lake, even with Istar’s power, completely evaporating the water was almost impossible.
“You will regret making me your enemy! Leo Flob!”
In response to Undine’s words, Leo spoke indifferently.
“I’m not really planning on becoming your enemy.”
“Don’t make me laugh! You attacked me first!”
“That’s because you picked a fight with her first.”
Leo tapped the air with his finger.
Laruel, who was the size of his palm, shook her head left and right with Leo’s finger.
“Besides, I don’t intend to have only one covenant partner.”
Leo shrugged.
“If you had heard this, you would have attacked me first anyway, right?”
“……”
Undine fell silent at Leo’s words.
Indeed, if he had refused her offer, she would have thought he was arrogant and attacked him.
“So, about that. Do you want to make a covenant with me?”
“Womanizer!”
“Someone would misunderstand if they heard that.”
-It’s true that you’re a womanizer if you say that when you already have a covenant partner.
-Even I agree with the old hag on this one.
Laruel kicked Istar, who had appeared next to her, in the side.
-Peep peep.
-Honestly, who likes that.
-Among us, only Elsya-nim can fully understand Master.
The mythical beasts also sided with Undine.
Leo clicked his tongue at the words of the summoned beasts.
Then, looking at Undine who was showing hostility, he said,
“In any case, I need you.”
For a spirit user, a powerful spirit is a powerful weapon.
Of course, contracting with a powerful spirit doesn’t automatically make you stronger.
Moreover, for an ordinary spirit user, even if they contract with another great spirit after already having one, they don’t necessarily become stronger.
Usually, it’s difficult to properly wield the power of even one great spirit.
‘This is only for ordinary spirit users.’
Leo was a great hero and the second most powerful summoner in the history of summoning.
Leo became stronger as he acquired more great spirits.
Fiora, Kirian, Ati, Laruel, and Istar, though inwardly displeased that Leo had contracted with multiple mythical beasts, remained silent because they knew Leo had the ability to perfectly control them.
Therefore, for Leo, making covenants with great spirits was essential to prepare for future battles.
“I refuse!”
“It would be better if you covenanted with good words.”
Leo smiled.
Undine snorted at his words.
“What if you don’t use good words? What can you do!?”
“I can do many things.”
Leo curled the corners of his lips.
*Kwaaak-!*
Suddenly, a large vortex began to form in front of Leo.
Seeing that, Undine’s body flinched.
The vast amount of water that Undine had been drawing began to be sucked into the ground.
‘It’s like a giant hole has opened…’
*Suga-ga-ga-ga-g-!*
*Pot-! Pot-!*
Dark chains suddenly shot out of the water, grabbing Undine by both wrists.
“Spirit of the Abyss!”
Undine’s eyes widened, and she glared at the spirit with gloomy eyes that had suddenly subdued her.
It was Ignis, the spirit of the abyss, who had been stationed in Lumen.
Laruel also wore a surprised expression.
-When did you make a covenant with Ignis?
“I never made a covenant. I just summoned him, and he responded to me.”
-…It seems you’ve gained a new family member while I wasn’t looking, Leo Flob.
-Who are you calling a family member! If you’re going to make a covenant with Leo Flob, I’m your senior who joined earlier! Treat me with respect!
-Your habit of showing off those disgusting muscles is still the same.
-And you’re still as scrawny as ever!
Kirian, with his arms crossed, looked at the dark great spirit and the fire great spirit, who were showing hostility towards each other, with a pathetic expression.
-Honestly, why are great spirits always getting along so badly? Our mythical beasts are so united. Don’t you agree? Fatty chick? Pervert?
-Peep peep!
*Kwack-!*
Fiora, without hesitation, pecked Kirian on the temple, calling him a fatty chick.
-You little chick!
-F-Fiora-chan! That sharp beak attack on me!
“……”
Leo clutched his throbbing head.
‘I’m beginning to respect that guy Lysinas.’
Lysinas’s covenant partners were no less, and perhaps more, troublesome than Leo’s current covenant partners.
As a summoner, he felt a vast difference.
‘Maybe he hit them when they were being noisy when he wasn’t looking? Given his violent tendencies, it’s possible he would do that?’
Thinking something that Lysinas would have done if he heard it, Leo approached Undine.
“Gkghk!”
Bound by Ignis’s power, Undine bit her lip hard.
The ability of Ignis, the spirit of the abyss, was the sealing of power.
Furthermore, not only Ignis, but Laruel and Istar were also suppressing Undine’s power.
No matter how powerful a great spirit was, if three great spirits of the same caliber decided to suppress them, they could not escape.
It was difficult to break free from this restraint right now.
“So? Still don’t want to make a covenant with me?”
“Don’t make me laugh! Do you think I’m the same as those cheap summoned beasts?”
At Undine’s outburst, the summoned beasts, who had been bickering, stopped moving.
The gazes of the six summoned beasts, the dream and goal of summoners, turned towards Undine.
-Are you calling us cheap right now?
Laruel approached Undine’s face and asked.
“Don’t come near me! You’re so low-class! I feel like I’m becoming cheap too!”
At those words, Laruel looked back at the summoned beasts who had covenanted with Leo.
The great spirits and the three great mythical beasts were all strong-willed and egoistic individuals.
It was natural for them to be noisy when they gathered.
Harmony was almost impossible.
However, there were times when they harmonized even in such situations.
That was when a common enemy appeared from the outside.
And Undine had successfully become their common enemy.
-It seems we all have the same idea.
Istar returned to his original size.
In his hand was a club made of flames.
The sight of him wielding the club, showing off his muscles, was menacing.
-I don’t usually like hitting things. But sometimes, this is good, right?
In Ati’s hand was a pure white club made of lightning.
-Hold on tight, dark great spirit.
Kirian smiled like a mischievous imp.
-When Leo-sama said his method of persuading great spirits was violence, I absolutely disagreed, but shall we test if persuasion works?
Laruel smiled.
-Peep peep. Peep peep.
Fiora also flapped her wings threateningly.
“Wh-what are you trying to do? Don’t come near! Don’t come near!”
Sensing the unusual atmosphere, Undine shouted with a panicked expression.
As Leo watched her, he was contemplating what to do.
*Flash-!*
“Hmm?”
A huge magical power was felt from afar.
‘It’s the fourth and fifth years.’
They had finished their preparations and were aiming a great magic spell at Leo.
‘Runeba-senpai is still fighting Elsya.’
*Ziiing-!*
A magic circle appeared beneath Leo’s feet.
*Flash- Kagagagag-!*
Flames of fire soared.
As the flames disappeared, Leo, caught in the magic, raised his head.
“You’ve prepared thoroughly.”
He could feel that the nature of the magic was distinctly different from just before.
He could feel that the method of dealing with him had drastically changed after just one battle.
Leo curled the corners of his lips.
“How different it is from just now… Shall we see?”