Chapter 370

Balthasar is dead?

Looking at Balthasar, who had disappeared into the shadows not far away, and then at the Flame-Light Night Earls standing motionless in place.

La Folia, who had originally expected a great battle to occur, felt a flash of confusion in her eyes.

"It actually ended just like that?"

"Yeah, it's over."

Lin Que's voice rang in her ear: "Did you really 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 familiars are all proud existences with independent consciousness."

"As the newly born Fourth True Ancestor, it is 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 is 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 Imperial Princess, has my performance earned your recognition?"

"To be honest, this is the first time in my life I've experienced such a handsome rescue by His Majesty the Fourth True Ancestor."

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

"Only ten thousand 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 with a straight face: "Your performance is number one in my heart, and that is enough."

"That's not bad."

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

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

"Come with you?"

Hearing Lin Que's words, the No. 4 Flame-Light Night Earl, wearing heavy armor not far away, became somewhat puzzled.

"Are you not planning to reclaim the familiars within our bodies?"

"That depends on you."

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

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

Due to the special nature of the familiars, Lin Que had two choices after devouring them via 【Ultimate Lifeform】.

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

The other was to keep them in 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 a five-digit familiar 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 wanted 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?"

The No. 3, dressed in twin tails not far away, asked: "Is this the name you gave to No. 12?"

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

No. 6, 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."

"Then I want to see her too."

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

"Meet."

"Sorry for the trouble."

As soon as No. 6's question was answered, various responses came one after another.

Under Lin Que's gaze, the Flame-Light Night Earls, who had previously been in a state of silence, walked up one after another and chose to accompany him.

Clearly, these Flame-Light Night Earls, 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, take the familiar inside me."

No. 6, who had first requested to meet, seemed to think of something and reached out toward Lin Que.

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

"Then I will accept it."

Reaching out to hold her small hand, Lin Que activated 【Ultimate Lifeform】 and instantly devoured the No. 6 familiar within her.

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"The ability to cut through conceptual things like matter, energy, and even the laws of causality?"

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