"I am sorry, but I might not be the one meant for you." Nightin replied calmly, he had seen enough of the world.
The kindness of the world, is nothing but a drop of water in the ocean compared to the cruelness of this world.
"Why? Just why is it that I have to suffer from loneliness?" The water clone asked as it dashed forwards, its hand clenched into a fist which brought about a breeze.
Wham
"I understand your pain, you want to see the outside world, you want to experience what it means to be truly alive instead of just being a piece of a puzzle." Nightin stated calmly, his sword intent had formed a energy s.h.i.+eld of its own accord.
That was the sign of him being near the Sword Heart realm, whereby his sword intent will have its own consciousness to protect its master, making a true Sword Ancestor problematic to be ambushed against.
"If so, then why won"t you just accompany me?" The water clone cried out in its own voice which sounded childish, strings of water which resembled tentacles replacing the hair.
The tentacle like hairs whipped forward as the s.h.i.+eld started to shake and break apart, but fear wasn"t seen on Nightin"s face as he took out his sword and parried the flurry of attacks.
"Dont you get it? I am obliged to clear the puzzle and leaving this place is a must, your defeat is essential to me." Nightin said in anger but slight traces of sympathy was flas.h.i.+ng past his eyes.
"Are you saying that, as long as I am defeated by you, you would be able to advance?" The water clone asked excitedly as it gradually took on the form of a bracelet.
Before Nightin could even react, the water bracelet imbued itself onto Nightin"s arm and latched onto him tightly.
"Can you hear me?" A childish voice sounded within Nightin"s mind.
"Yes, so we can communicate through telepathy now?" Nightin asked in amus.e.m.e.nt.
"Human... Why must it be you who I sought after?" The water bracelet asked again, but its tone was of disappointment this time instead of the short lived excitement.
"Huh? What do you mean?"
"Don"t pry into knowledge beyond your access level yet, just know that the moment the system awakened within you instead of all those true demons, your life won"t be smooth sailing anymore." The water bracelet said seriously, but the childish voice it spoke with just...
Why are you the chosen one... The system wouldn"t make such a careless mistake in choosing someone with such poor talent...
Back in the Nirvana sect, while Lancelot announced that he would be the second sect master of the Nirvana sect, it was Isabella and the rest who were doing the admin matters.
Lancelot may be the current sect master, but he still views the sect from the perspective of Nightin"s great disciple. Master, just when are you coming back? Lancelot questioned in his heart as he looked up, towards the morning sun saying h.e.l.lo through its light rays.
"Hey! What"s your reason for intending to join the Nirvana sect?"
"Of course it"s for their sect master Nightin who once suppressed the leading characters of all five King forces."
"That isn"t totally true, don"t forget that the Psychic sect and the Lotus sect are now his subsidiary sects."
"But doesn"t that just further shows his prowess?"
Discussions were going about down below as Alexander looked down from above, cutting off the ongoing chatters with one shout. "Listen!"
The crowd all kept their mouths shout, whatever they had to say were swallowed back.
"Congratulations on being the first lucky batch of newcomers to take on the entry test of increased difficulty!"
"What? Are you trying to disqualify all of us?" One of the youths couldn"t hold his question back as he shouted back and asked.
"What did you just say to me? What gave you the guts to!" Alexander bellowed as he pointed towards that youth and said "You"re disqualified."
The face of the youth changed as he tried to explain himself, but he realised that the words were stuck in his throat and that he wasn"t able to speak up.
Alexander stared at him intensely and repeated "You"re lucky you aren"t my enemy, or your head would already be rolling on the ground. Now, leave!"
The youth didn"t say anything as he left quickly, hoping that his speed was fast enough to be called back through appreciation, but that was just a fleeting cloud of his.
"Now then, the first challenge will begin. All of you will be given the chance to comprehend a random martial technique of the heaven grade."
"In an hour, those of you who fail to even step into the entry realm, will be disqualified from the entry test."
Alexander explained briefly, but a smile could be seen if one observed closely. The entry test may be of a higher difficulty, but they had to set it at this level or the newcomers wouldn"t even be able to survive in the sect.
What? How is that even possible? That"s the only thought which went past the mind of almost everyone present, only a few of them here were still carefree and treated this as a warm up instead.
Back in the ocean, the water bracelet took on the form of a living droplet, it had eyes and a mouth with facial features no different from a human child.
"You see, I"m one of the nine elements created to serve under the master of this system, who is you of all people." When the water bracelet mentioned this, a sense of helplessness flooded it as it dashed into Nightin"s spirit core.
"Hey, what are you doing?" Nightin asked anxiously when the spirit actually infused inself into his spirit core and said in calm despair "Since I"ll have to be lonely even if I stay alive, I might as well await the day you step into the Overlord realm and revive me."
"Wait, I won"t accept that! Get the h.e.l.l out of my spirit core right now!" Nightin told it in panic as he tried to circulate his spirit core and forced the water droplet out, but it was already diffused within his body.
"Don"t worry as you enjoy your new profound strength, the ability to cultivate at three times of your previous speed and immense recovery speed in battle. Also, congratulations on unlocking one of the nine elemental swords."
When the water droplet finished speaking, its voice drifted off and no voice was heard from it again.
Tears, I don"t know what that is. Just wait for me, just eight more puzzles to go and I"ll leave here, I"ll find a way to revive you in the near future no matter what.