Chapter 68 - Tempest Branch Alliance (2/2)
Hearing that Herellia obtained an invincibility skill from the inheritance made Aurus widen his nonexistent eyes in surprise, but concealed it easily due to the fact that he had no eyes whatsoever. Neither of them had eyes.
As they continued to traverse the Tempest Ruin and get out of it, all of a sudden, Fenrir, who was silent all this time, started to speak ”Where are we, Master?”
”The outside world,” Aurus replied inwardly to Fenrir's question. He knew that if he revealed Fenrir to Herellia, he would definitely shock Herellia to the core.
”Outside? Is it...big?” Fenrir thought about Aurus' words for a bit and asked a question. Aurus could not help but inwardly laugh and reply, ”Yes, it's big. It will also help you grow stronger.”
”Grow strong...yes! Fenrir will grow strong!” Hearing that it could grow stronger in the world of Erudinia, happiness could be felt throughout Aurus' mind.
Aurus could feel the enthusiasm that Fenrir radiated throughout his mind and laughed as he said to himself, ”I should grow stronger as well!”
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It took Aurus and Herellia about a day or so to reach the place where the Tempest Branch Alliance's base of operations was located. To be honest, it was already incredibly fast for the two of them to reach it at a day, thanks to Aurus not dragging Herellia down.
”Here we are, the alliance's base of operations.” Herellia looked at the sight in front of the two of them and could not help but feel homesick, as if she left the place for a few months or so.
As for Aurus, he looked around his surroundings for a while and decided to ask Herellia. ”Uh...where is the alliance's base of operations?”
Herellia awkwardly chuckled as he used SP to form a blood tendril as it pointed towards a certain direction. ”Right there.”
”Hm?” Aurus looked at the direction where the blood tendril was pointing. ”The only thing that looks oddly unique is that big hole in front of us.”
At the current moment, Aurus and Herellia were currently hovering above the edge of a small cliff, looking down at the plains that had small hills and mountains sparsely scattered all over.
In the end, Herellia decided to steel her courage and said, ”That big hole is our base of operations.” Herellia and Aurus were referring to the big hole that was formed naturally at the base of a small hill. Its entrance was around 10 meters in height and around 8 meters in width, allowing branches and saplings of all shapes and sizes to easily fit inside.
Aurus could not help but let out a sigh as he said, ”As expected. It's a good place as a base of operations, it won't arouse any suspicion from other beings at the very least.”
”Okay, let's go inside then.” Aurus did not hesitate to move towards the big hole, leaving Herellia at a dumbfounded state for a few seconds before waking up from her stupor.
”Eh? Ah!” Herellia only realized Aurus was gone after Aurus was already halfway to the big hole, forcing Herellia to use her movement skill to the limit. ”Wait for me!”
Whoosh! Whoosh!
And so, with the two branches...well one large branch and one weird branch heading towards the Tempest Branch Alliance's base of operations, a change was bound to happen sooner or later throughout all of the Tempest Cliff's Inanimate population.