VRMMO: Am I The Strongest Yet?

"If you are reading this, it means you are somehow connected to the angels or are an angel yourself.

If you are on this ship, in this room, it also means you are close with our descendants and are accepted by our home.

We will not know if you have qualifications or not, you will have to find and pass the test that we have left behind, but if you do pass it and are eligible… we want you to have what we have left behind."

Sera stopped for a moment, and looked at the rest of them.

There was a strange golden parchment in her hand right now, something that had materialized out of nowhere.

It wasn't here a moment ago but it was here right now and she did not know why she had this, but there were many instructions on this parchment. And all of these must be linked to the 'legacy' that is mentioned in this place.

"Master… I don't think I will-."

"I know that as well, Sera. It belongs to the people that live here… but, if they wanted them to have it, they wouldn't have made it this complex."

Sera didn't feel right about taking what wasn't hers. She was fine with telling the others about this place and what the creator had left behind, but she did not believe she was qualified to have something that should go to the people of this ship.

She was an outsider that wouldn't have been here if it wasn't for Alex, so she wasn't comfortable with this.

"Let's find out what this thing is first before we decide what to do with this, ok? We can give it back to them if it's something that should go to them."

But just like Alex, Elio also wanted to keep whatever could make them stronger. The times were changing and they did not know what kind of change this was going to bring them exactly, so they wanted to have it if it would help them.

"It's fine, Sera. Don't think too much about this. If you find it, it's yours. That's how the pirates do it anyway."

Be it a treasure or a simple coconut. If you find it before anyone else and prove your connection with it, you are the owner of that item.

Of course though, if the owner dies, the one holding it next would be the new owner. Those were the rules.

"You can think about it, ok? It's alright."

None of them minded it actually. They simply needed her to accept whatever this was.

It wasn't like they knew if they would be able to pass the test that they had left behind anyway, but if they do somehow pass the trials and get whatever they had left behind, it wouldn't really be a bad idea to add a few more weapons to their arsenal.

Anyway…

"Alright… that's all they wanted to tell, I guess. The rest of the things here are descriptions and narrations."

Sera was done reciting what was present on the walls, and now that she was done with the things on the wall, they were done with the first thing they had come here for.

"Now then…"

Miu was exploring this place, the Gate to be specific, but she came back after looking around a few things.

The hourglass seemed to be made from grass, it was actually a special kind of crystal that attracted Miu so the little gecko was watching it from up close.

But now that the creature was done with its evaluation, it came back to them and climbed on Sera's head.

"Why don't we start with the second agenda."

As mentioned earlier, Alex had brought Elio here for two reasons.

The first was to have Sera here so that they could know what was written on the walls of this place, and the second was related to his little slime.

"Az, how about you help your master a little?"

This place, the gate that was present before them, was one of the only place in the entire world that was connected to the world of the spirits,

It meant that the spirit connection of this entire room was much more powerful than most of the other places in some other place.

"Muuuu?"

"You know what I mean. There are so many spirits here… won't one like to be with Elio as well?"

There were three ways to form a contract with a spirit: through direct contact with the spirit, through a joint contract of someone else, and through possession of an item that the spirits are bound with.

And there were three steps to form a contract as the little slime had already learned from her.

The first thing that one needed to form a contract with a spirit was the ability to perceive these spirits without them having materialized into the material world.

If they are able to perceive them naturally, like Elio and the rest of them could, they have the most basic qualifications to form a spirit contract.

But, the other two things required weren't as simple as that…

"What do you mean by that, Alex?" He had no idea what they were talking about, but the little slime was smart so it understood her hint after a little thinking.

"Muuuu! Muuu!"

Elio had been away from them for a few months and Az had learned a lot from Alex in that time.

One of those things was about spirits and spirit contracts.

It had affinity for elementalism already so it did not have any problems perceiving the spirits, and as it grew a little more, it was able to materialize the spirits without making a contract with them.

It was a being of nature, unlike human elementalists, so it was able to do things that humans usually cannot. Which simply made it even more special.

"Muuuuu!"

This time, since Alex was saying how some spirit would like Elio, the slime who had already made contact with a few low rank and an intermediate rank spirit, knew what she was asking.

"What's happening here? Can someone please tell me at least?"

Oblivious to what was happening, Elio only watched as Az jumped off his hands and went to the other side, to the spirits that were playing by themselves.

Then it started gathering the spirits and Alex smiled at the enthusiastic expression of the creature.

"We are going to find you a spirit to form a contract with, haha. You're not an elementalist but thanks to Az and this place, it will be possible."

Since this place was directly connected with the spirit world, the saturation of spirit energy was so strong in this place that none of them could feel it.

They could not even perceive it since it was present in the entire atmosphere around them. So, they weren't really going to need any spirit power to form any contracts which was the second thing that they needed for the contract.

The third and the last thing that they needed to form a contract with a spirit, was a suitable spirit that they could resonate with.

And, to find a spirit that one could resonate with was the same as finding a familiar out of every single being present in this world.

There were countless spirits in this world and findinding the right ones that one could resonate with, especially in the case of those who weren't an elementalist, was the most difficult task.

"It is possible for the non-elementalists to have spirit contracts but, one needs to find the spirits that one can resonate with the best for that."

But of the countless spirits in the world, one might never find the ones that they are looking for in normal circumstances.

"But this place eliminates that worry as well."

Since this room was connected to the spirit world directly, the origin of all spirits, the spirits all around the world could be reached out with the help of the spirits in this place.

Since they had an elementalist, conveying the message to the other spirits was a simple task so Az was doing that right now.

And it didn't take too long for it to explain their situation to the playful spirits either.

-Ooooooooooong!

The spirits swarmed around them once again, but this time, they all started vanishing back to the hourglass after circling around Elio.

"Let's start preparations."

They weren't going to get many chances, Alex knew that already. So, she wanted to make sure he got the best possible spirit companion out there.

"Muuuuu!"

"Miu!"

The slime and gecko had done this a few times in the past already. Both times, Misha and Rin were present there as well, but this time, they were resting upstairs.

They didn't need to be here, and Alex didn't want them here either since she knew with the presence of an ichorborn in a place that has something directly connected to another realm.

"What are you standing still for? If you want a companion, help us with the preparations~."

Alex was excited about this but Elio was still wondering why she was doing this.

It wasn't like he would be able to use a spirit with his limited Mana, but he didn't question her.
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"Yes, tell me what I have to do."

He simply accepted the fact that he was getting a spirit friend, and was thankful for her.

He knew she knew that he wanted to have a familiar as soon as he could after seeing Odin and his partner, but a familiar wasn't in her hands.

She was doing what she could for him, and he appreciated her thoughtfulness greatly.

Now, if only she could show this much consideration before their family… things would be much simpler for them then how they are right now.