Armipotent

Tang Shaoyang immediately pulled his off the slimy hand as the Voidknight turned into a purple orb, entering his purple orb. He floated down and washed his hand into the lake, pulling off the slimy substance on his palm. He did not mean to be rude to Karoen, but he just did not like the feel on his palm.

"So, what is this Mythical Spirit?" He asked because this was the first time he summoned Mythical Spirit. The only rank he knew about was the Grade E Spirit to Grade SSS Spirit. He put Avyn into a special category since she was not an actual spirit.

[You are lying to me!]

Tang Shaoyang did not get the answer he wanted, but an angry yell from Karoen. He did not know what he was talking about, confused, "What are you talking about?"

[You haven't made a contract with an Archaic Spirit!]

"What? Avyn is an Archaic Spirit. What are you talking about?" He came off the shore, looking at Avyn. There was zero explanation, did not know why Karoen accused him of lying. The proof was right before him, and he had seen her himself.

[I don't see her space in your Spirit World! You are lying to me! She is not your spirit.] Karoen seethe in anger inside his head.

He let out a sigh, "I honestly don't understand what you are talking about. Avyn is an Archaic Spirit, and I can easily prove that to you. Why would I lie to you? You don't make any sense."

[Then prove to me that she is an Archaic Spirit!]

Tang Shaoyang shrugged and told Avyn what happened with the new spirit. He told her that he would call her back and re-summon her later. That was the easy way to prove Avyn was a spirit.

Avyn returned to her world, then she reappeared again not long after, "See? I can recall her back and re-summon her again. Is she not a spirit?"

That was not enough to convince Karoen. [Tch, do you think you can trick me with that cheap trick? How am I supposed to know whether she is a spirit or not just because she disappeared and appeared again?]

"You are being unreasonable, Karoen. Like I said, I am willing to settle it with a fight, and it's you who chooses to have the mutual contract. It's dishonorable for a knight if you are doing this because you regret your decision." Tang Shaoyang did not have the patience to talk it out if Karoen was like this. He kept throwing accusations without any explanation.

"He does not believe you?" Avyn asked, but then shrugged, "It should be easy, no? Just show your screen to him. That will solve the misunderstanding."

Tang Shaoyang did not think of that, then he showed the Voidknight his status screen, scrolling down to the contracted spirit list. There was one list with just one name.

[Archaic Spirit: Avyn the Last Kankara'Xeo]

The list silenced Karoen. The Voidknight did not say anything for a while, then he broke the silence.

[I apologize for my misunderstanding. I don't know if your Archaic Spirit is different to the one I know.]

There was no response from Tang Shaoyang. He waited for further explanation. Even though it was just a misunderstanding, it annoyed him a little bit.

[The moment you take the Spirit Contractor class, you also gain a Spirit World where your contracted spirit resides. Each contracted spirit has their own space in this Spirit World. For an Archaic Spirit, their space will be noticeable but I don't see one a space that is higher than my space. That's why I thought you were lying to me, because I don't see her spirit space.]

Tang Shaoyang nodded understandingly, then said, "Actually, Avyn is not dead. She is not fully a spirit like you or the others. She lived in her world, a world that is devastated by a war, leaving her world uninhabitable. Her world is cut from the other worlds, and maybe that's why the System gave her a chance to be a spirit. I don't know much, but she lived in her own world, and that's why you will not see her inside the Spirit World."

[This is new… I have met two Archaic Spirits from two different masters, and this is the first one for a living being regarded as a spirit by the System.]

The misunderstanding was pretty much cleared up, but Tang Shaoyang was intrigued by Karoen's experiences with his previous masters. He wanted to know more about the spirit, and it started from their rank. So far, he only knew about the Grade E up to Grade SSS Spirit. He expected there was a higher rank spirit than Grade SSS Spirit, but there was so little clue until now.

[Lady Avyn did not know about the other ranked spirit?] Karoen started to be more respectful toward Avyn, more than toward him. Understandable because Avyn's real rank was God Rank. The summon limited her power, so he did not think that much until Karoen reminded him of her real rank.

"This is the first time for Avyn to make a contract, so she did not know much more about the other spirits. Though she inherited her ancestor's memories, it seems the System does not allow her to reveal the full memories to me."

[There are three higher ranks than the Grade SSS Spirit, and that's Mythical Spirit, Primordial Spirit, and Progenitor or Archaic Spirit. However, just like Lady Avyn, the System does not allow you to tell you much about the other spirits' detailed information. I can't really tell you much about the other spirits but the basic]

Tang Shaoyang did not pressure the Voidknight about the other Archaic Spirit. He changed the topic to another important part, "Does that mean I can evolve the Grade SSS Spirit to Mythical Rank with Spirit Blessing?" The only way for a spirit to evolve was Spirit Blessing. At least, that was the only method he knew about the spirit evolution.

[Unfortunately no. The Spirit Blessing could only be used up to Grade SSS Spirit….] Karoen paused a little bit, [The System does not allow me say how to evolve spirit to Mythical Rank or above, but you will eventually find out how.]

Tang Shaoyang did not doubt Karoen about the System restricting the information. There was no benefit hiding such an information from him because that would benefit Karoen too as a spirit. Then he got the clue that Karoen told him. [You will eventually find out how.]

That was the clue, meaning he would find out as long as he level up and advanced his rank. That meant his class would give him a skill that allowed the spirit to evolve to Mythical Rank or above. Just like how he got Archaic Summoning skill.

As he continued his conversation with Karoen, the group headed back to the village. There was a reason why Tang Shaoyang wanted to return to the village, the Dragon Essence. He needed someone to test it out, and Areth was his choice. He wanted to find the other essences that mixed into the Dragon Essence.

The plan was to return to the village, then he would escort the dwarf to the city before he went on another journey, exploring the eleventh floor to find the boss floor. He decided to go on his own rather than joining the other Starter City. The drawback was he could not take the quest in the Administrative Building by not entering the Starter City. Completing the quest would help him to raise his level and also his faction's Authority level to unlock more buildings for his territory.

Tang Shaoyang opened the Authority's level and was surprised to find his faction's Authority was already at level 3. He did not check the Authority Level that much, but he could tell what contributed to the level, it was the war against the Divine Church, and he who slaughtered the monsters. The Skelly Family killed the monsters regarded as him killing monsters.

He let out a sigh as he remembered his people, but he knew that he could not go back yet. From how the Mistovel Family's God Ranks acted, he could tell that Guild Master Gortham seemed to have not told the other God Ranks that three God Ranks of the Divine Church entered the room earlier. Or else, the seven God Ranks would be more prepared.

The old man seemed to have not informed the Divine Church as well that he was still alive, or else the Divine Church would not go silent like this. If they knew that he was still alive, the Divine Church would actively fight his faction to destroy his faction. The old man had a little bit of conscience for not selling him up.

The trip back to the village was just a few minutes, and when he started to feel the familiar scenery, he knew that they were close.

"Huh!?" Tang Shaoyang stopped his track, looking up ahead of him. He could hear the scream ahead, from the village direction.