Chapter 194

"With the protection of the First Familiar, the Golden Vajra of the Divine Sheep, you cannot use space magic to decapitate me."

"If you try to break through from the front, you will have to face eleven Flame-Haired Night Lords at the same time."

"Even as powerful as you are, you will inevitably be injured and exhausted in this battle."

"Tomorrow is the day you go to war with the three great Progenitors. I think you should think carefully before making a decision."

"Is this your last word?"

Lin Que took a step forward, slowly walking toward Balthasar.

"You have ten more seconds."

"Damn it! Are you not listening to a word I say!"

Seeing that Lin Que was impervious to reason, Balthasar's expression suddenly turned ugly.

"There's no other way... You lot, do it!"

"......"

"Hm? What are you doing!"

Discovering that there was no response from the surroundings, Balthasar's expression grew even uglier.

Glaring at the Flame-Haired Night Lords standing around him, he said in a rough tone.

"Didn't you hear me? It's time to act!"

"Stop shouting, they won't act."

Pop~!

A crisp shattering sound rang out. Lin Que's palm passed through the gemstone crystals on Balthasar's body and grabbed him by the throat.

"Making the Fourth Progenitor's familiars attack the Fourth Progenitor—I'm impressed you could even think of such a thing."

"Are you kidding me!"

Balthasar grabbed Lin Que's arm with both hands, trying to pry it off his neck.

"You are just a newly born Fourth Progenitor. How could those familiars possibly..."

Crack~!

Before Balthasar could finish his sentence, a crisp sound rang out first.

"One minute is up."

The Dragon's Shadow followed Lin Que's palm and swallowed Balthasar's corpse in one bite.

"It seems you didn't have the chance to finish your last words, clown."

Balthasar is dead?

Looking at Balthasar, who had disappeared into the shadows not far away, and then at the Flame-Haired Night Lords who were standing still in place not far away.

La Folia, who had originally thought there would be a great battle, felt a flash of confusion in her eyes.

"It actually ended just like that?"

"Yeah, it's over."

Lin Que's voice rang out beside her ear: "Did you actually think I would fight him for three hundred rounds and then win by a narrow margin?"

"......No, I didn't think that."

La Folia shook her head: "It's just that I heard that familiars are proud existences with independent consciousness."

"As the newly born Fourth Progenitor, it's somewhat unexpected that you were able to gain their recognition upon your first meeting."

"I am stronger than them, so I gained their recognition. There's nothing unexpected about that."

Speaking of this, Lin Que seemed to think of something, and a playful smile appeared on his face.

"How about it? My dear Princess, did my performance earn your recognition?"

"To be honest, this is the first time in my life I've experienced such a dashing rescue by the Fourth Progenitor."

La Folia shrugged and replied very cooperatively: "If it's out of 10 points, I'll give you 10,000 points."

"Only 10,000 points?"

Lin Que raised an eyebrow: "What a pity, I thought it would be higher."

"I personally don't think that's the point."

La Folia replied without changing her expression: "Your performance is number one in my heart, and that's enough."

"That's not bad."

Lin Que nodded with satisfaction, temporarily moving his gaze away from La Folia to look at the Flame-Haired Night Lords around them.

"What do you say? Are you coming with me?"

"Coming with you?"

Hearing Lin Que's words, Number Four, who was wearing heavy armor not far away, became somewhat confused.

"Are you not planning to reclaim the familiars inside us?"

"That's up to you."

Lin Que replied casually: "I have a way to reclaim the familiars inside you without affecting you."

"As for whether you want to hand them over, you can decide for yourselves. It's not like I'm lacking the power of those two familiars anyway."

Due to the special nature of the familiars, Lin Que had two choices after devouring them through [Ultimate Lifeform].

One was to digest them completely and gain all of the other party's abilities.

The other was to keep them inside his body like the vampires of this world, raising them and pulling them out to fight when needed.

Lin Que had no interest in being a summoner, nor did he have any intention of slowly cultivating familiars, so he chose the former when devouring them.

And for the current Lin Que, the improvement that five-digit familiars could bring him was negligible.

At most, it would be gaining some flashy abilities that he could occasionally pull out to play with.

But in Lin Que's view, that was just that.

If he really had to fight seriously, he still preferred the thrill of fists hitting flesh.

"Alright, it's about time you made a decision."

Lin Que urged: "For Aurora's sake, I won't stop you even if you want to leave."

"But if there is a next time for something like this, don't blame me for not giving you a chance."

"Aurora?"

Number Three, dressed in twin tails not far away, asked: "Is that the name you gave Number Twelve?"

Lin Que replied: "I didn't name her, but that is indeed her name now."

Number Six, dressed in a yukata, raised her hand: "Can I see Aurora?"

"Of course you can."

Lin Que did not refuse: "If she sees you sisters, she should be very happy too."

"Then I want to see her too."

"If it's on the way, take me with you."

"Meeting."

"Sorry for the trouble."

As soon as Number Six's question was answered, various replies came one after another.

Under Lin Que's gaze, the Flame-Haired Night Lords, who had originally been silent, walked up one after another and chose to accompany him.

Clearly, these Flame-Haired Night Lords, who had been active all over the world since birth, were all very interested in Aurora, the sister who had always been in a deep sleep.

"By the way, you can take the familiar inside me."

Number Six, who had requested to meet first, seemed to think of something and reached out toward Lin Que.

"I don't really like fighting. It's more appropriate for familiars to be with those who need them."

"Then I'll accept it."

Reaching out to hold her small hand, Lin Que activated [Ultimate Lifeform] and instantly devoured the Number Six familiar inside her.

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"The ability to cut through concepts like matter, energy, and even causality?"

Feeling the newly acquired ability inside his body, a look of satisfaction appeared on Lin Que's face: "Not bad."