4

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"You're on your first test, Alissa. There are two tests to go through." Anna's words echoed in my brain over and over again.

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I am currently walking away from the vast land I came from. the old land full of flowers is now only land that can be seen and until now I still can't believe that I was the one who made it.

When I got stuck in the vast land I found myself opposite a vast lake. the lake is very beautiful and it reflects the bright stars and big moon but the most noticeable is a large rock in the middle of the lake where I can see someone sitting.

"Who's that Anna?" I asked while staring intently at whoever was sitting there on the rock but whatever I did I could not see because of the darkness.

"Why don't you approach?" Anna smiled again so I was suddenly nervous.

I slowly approached the lake while still looking at the person sitting on the rock in the middle of the lake.

When I got to the lake I used my magic to walk on the water. every step I take brings small waves in the water but the one sitting there on the rock still doesn't move.

When we were only a few meters away, I suddenly stopped when I realized what was sitting there. It’s not human, it’s a serena. the green of its luscious tail shone because of the light coming from the moon as its hair was as black as the sky.

It smiled at me before suddenly jumping into the water first the head part of the body. at the same time as he went down into the water, I also suddenly sank into the water, causing water to enter my nose.

one of the characteristics of a Water user like me is to be able to breathe underwater so I'm not afraid to drown but before I can react to what's happening the water around me suddenly disappears causing me to fall into the sand at the bottom of the lake .

I was startled to look around and my eyes widened when I saw the high wall of water in the distance. I thought the lake suddenly disappeared but it turned out that in my place I suddenly lost water.

I shifted my gaze to the serene on the wall of water smiling looking at me.it slowly swam towards me and when she reached the place where there was no water her tail suddenly glowed and it was replaced by a foot and she was now wearing a green long skirt.

No doubt, he is also a water user like me. and I'm sure he's level higher than me. "Who is she?"

"She's Aquarius, the Water spirit" Anna replied.

"Spirit but with a physical body?" Kunot nuo kong tanong.

"All spirits have physical bodies but they prefer to remain spiritsonly Aquarius wants to be in her physical body because it's a pity she's beautiful if she doesn't show it "I wanted to laugh at Anna's explanation but it suddenly disappeared from my mind when Aquarius pulled out a big vase from somewhere.

Aquarius stretched out his hand and placed it in my direction causing me to suddenly kneel and at the same time I could feel the gradual flow of magic out of my body. a blue light coming from me slowly flowed into Aquarius's hand-held vase.

"Quick! Stop her before she sucks all your power!" Anna's shout caused me to suddenly regain consciousness.

I stretched out my hand in the direction of the water wall and controlled it in the direction of Aquarius. Aquarius stopped sucking my power and avoided but his eyes widened when he almost let go of the vase.

my eyes narrowed as I watched Aquarius protect his vase but suddenly the vase lit up and disappeared. Aquarius turned to me and hurriedly rushed at me. Aquarius probably knows that I'm also a water user so it's better if he fights me physically.

I crossed my arms with his approaching fist to confront it but I was still expelled due to the force of the impact of his blow. I was dragged to the floor and almost sneered at the pain I felt.

"Why his strength?"

"She's level 5 water spirit, equivalent to level 6 water user" I winced because of what I heard. No wonder there is no effect on his leftovers at my level 2 water barrier.

I suddenly stood up and avoided Aquarius' oncoming kick and my body grew cold when I saw how submerged the ground was hit by his kick. Before I could react to what happened, Aquarius suddenly attacked me again with a strong blow and this time, I could no longer use the water barrier so I shared the ferocity of his fist.

I sprang a few meters and almost penetrated the high wall of water if Aquarius hadn’t just pulled me to my feet and kicked me down to the floor. I could feel the ground sinking behind me and I was suddenly bleeding because of that.

Aquarius approached opposite me before taking out his vase again. He stretched out his hand again but he suddenly stopped when he saw me smiling at him. he frowned at me and before he could realize the reason for my smile the flower markings on my wrist suddenly shone and at the same time we were surrounded by thousands of flowers who rushed to Aquarius at the same time.

Aquarius even tried to hide his vase but the flowers that I controlled moved much faster so he could do nothing but watch how the vase gradually fell from his hands. I took advantage of that opportunity and gathered the remaining power in my body onto my feet and kicked Aquarius away with the now broken vase. Although my kick didn't have that much effect on him, it was enough to push him back a few steps.

I don’t know what’s in her vase but I’m sure it’s important to her because of the way she protects it.

"NO!" for the first time I heard Aquarius ’voice but I didn’t notice that much because my attention was focused on the cracked vase in front of me and the blue light coming from it. I was about to retreat when the blue light suddenly came to me and gradually entered my body. At the same time as the light entered my body I also felt the strong power flowing in my blood.

I was blinded by the intensity of the power flowing through my body so I didn’t notice the re-flow of lake water to the spot where Aquarius and I were fighting. The dry ground I was stepping on got wet again and I was gradually covered with water.

when my body finally finished sucking in the light from Aquarius' vase I immediately swam up to get out of the water. It was true that I was close to the rock in the middle of the lake so I swam there before lying down while gasping for breath looking at the sky.

"Congratulations! You defeated Aquarius, the water spirit! You are now a level 7 water user!" Suddenly I stopped at what Anna said.

"Level 7?"

"Yep! That you absorb all the magic Aquarius has accumulated over a few thousand years" I suddenly felt guilt for what I heard. how many thousand years did he save and then I just stole?

"Stop being sorry for her, she just stole those powers from other water users" Anna replied when she noticed the guilt in my eyes. I just nodded before looking around.

"Where's Aquarius now?" I asked when I realized Aquarius had suddenly disappeared.

"Like the flower spirit you fought before, she's now just a spirit without power" I nodded again before suddenly someone remembered.

"When I got the power of the flower spirit, I had markings on my wristbut now that I got the water spirit, why didn't I see any markings? "

"look at your reflection" Anna said so I got up from lying down and looked at my reflection in the water.

My eyes widened and I stared in amazement at my own reflection. my complexion is smoother and paler than before but instead of looking like a corpse I looked like a fairy because my blue eyes used to be black.

"How?" I asked while still staring at my reflection in the water in amazement.

"Water is an element unlike a flower, so instead of markings, the power of Aquarius is poured into your blood"

"What if I'm not a water user and I defeat Aquarius? Can I still get his power?" I asked because of my curiosity.

"Yes, if you are a fire user and you get the power of Aquarius you will be a dual user. You can manipulate fire and water at the same time"

"So in my case, I just leveled up my power because I'm also a water user like him?"

"Exactly" he said.

I stood up and gasped. "Alright, I'm ready for the third and final test"

Anna didn't answer and just grinned. My forehead frowned but before I could ask him why he was laughing suddenly a blue mixed with black light shone around.

I closed my eyes because of its excessive light before I gradually felt the touch of the very cold air on my skin. My whole body was shaking from the extreme cold so I hugged myself in my arms.

I am somewhere now covered in snow. there were blue flowers all around me and there were butterflies shades of ice flying around which made me even more amazed.

butterflies were a cold blooded animals so they don't live in the cold but the butterflies here are just flying around as if they aren't cold like me.

"Alissa knoxx, daughter of Diana and Alen Knoxx, Welcome to my home, the land of butterflies ..."I heard Anna say but it was no longer coming from my brain.

I turned around and looked for where Anna's voice came from and there I saw a radiant woman walking towards me. before I could see what it looked like it suddenly transformed into a blue butterfly and flew towards me.

"Anna?" I asked there the butterfly before it gently reached. The butterflies stopped flying and landed on my hand.

"I am," he said. it felt weird because the voice was coming from the butterflies in my hand.

"Is this the last test? I have to fight you?" I asked him.

"It looks like that" he promised which made me suddenly nervous.

"But you don't have to fight me anymore, I will give you my powers willingly" he said causing my eyes to widen.

"Really? Why?"

"Why? You want to fight me? I'm not just a butterfly spirit like the ones you fought. I am the goddess of Butterflies, Alissa"

"It's not that I want to fight you, it's just that, why? Why would you give me your power?" Suddenly Anna's butterflies flew and other butterflies surrounded her.

"I've been watching you since you were young Alissa.I know you and I know you will use the powers you have in this world correctly "

"Wait, you've been watching me since I was young? How? Eh just now we met" I asked but instead of answering Anna just laughed.

"Soon, Alissa ...I'll tell you soon "he said and before I could speak again the butterflies flew around me. Almost thousands of butterflies flew around me for reasons I don't know.the wind was getting stronger around me but instead of feeling the cold I was gradually feeling the heat flowing through my body.

I got on my knees in the snow at my feet because of the force of the wind. At the same time as I knelt down, butterflies were flying behind me. my body ached because of the intensity of the sensation enveloping my body. With each touch of the butterflies behind me it suddenly glows before suddenly disappearing and at the same time I can suddenly feel the warm sensation flowing through my body.

I don't know how long I've been kneeling in the snow on the floor as long as all I know is that my knees are numb. I barely looked behind me when I noticed a light shade of ice and there I saw the butterfly Anna. it flew overhead before going straight and quickly flew behind me and suddenly lit up.

"Congratulations Alissa, You and I are now one" was the last I heard before I fainted.