Chapter 76 - Prelude to the Madness (1/2)
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
Even though the duration of [Tempest Burst] was done after about 30 seconds or so, in the midst of his crazed emotions of wanting to obtain more Alliance Points, Aurus subconsciously noticed that [Tempest Burst] was done, casting [Gale Hover] on himself, which boosted him to a speed that was faster when compared to his previous speed with [Tempest Burst] activated.
”Herellia? Where are you?” Of course, Aurus did not forget to scream out Herellia's name as he continued to fly through the alliance base. Not long after the start of Aurus' crazed motion of calling out for Herellia, some members at the lowest level of the hierarchy could not help but look at Aurus weirdly for a bit before passing the message onto another Inanimate being.
Gradually, the lowest members would pass it to the Executive level members, which would then be passed onto the Pillar level members. It only took a couple of hours or so for the news of Aurus calling Herellia out to spread throughout the alliance base.
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Within a specific part of the Tempest Branch Alliance's base of operations.
Not knowing what was occurring throughout the alliance base, Herellia was currently occupied with honing the [Tetraelemental Tempest Affinity] skill she obtained from the Tempest Cliff Inheritance. Concurrently, she was also honing the [Blessing of the Tetraelemental Tempest] skill where the respective affinity skill came from.
Fwoosh!
With her sense of vision shut off, she started to sense the rapid movement of the energy particles that surrounded her body, most of them being of the Wind element. A few seconds later, with the help of her original [Tempest Affinity] skill, she manipulated a few of these Wind element particles and forced them to coalesce as the image of a raging fire consumed her thoughts.
Not long after, a small green spark started to appear above Herellia's body, which gradually intensified to the point where a soft explosion resounded throughout where she was, prompting her to open her eyes.
She could not help but focus her vision on the top of her body as a small green flame started to crackle and flicker like a normal flame. If not for the fact that the flame was colored green, then it would be hard for someone to notice that it was made out of Wind element particles.
Ding!
Not long after being mesmerized by the sight of the Wind flame, a screen appeared in front of Herellia's field of vision with a notification sound accompanying it.
'[Tetraelemental Tempest Affinity] has leveled up.'
'[Blessing of the Tetraelemental Tempest] has leveled up.'
Seeing that both of the skills she was honing leveled up, she could not help but let out a cheerful aura.
Whoosh!
Basking in the happiness of growing slightly stronger, Herellia could not help but stop celebrating her feats as she heard a few bushes rustle from not far away, making her vigilant as to what or who the being that made the bushes rustle was.
A few seconds later, the being that rustled the bushes was finally revealed to Herellia who was vigilant all this time, making her let out a sigh of relief as she said, ”Oh, it was just you Horell.”
”Hehe, I do apologize for disturbing you,” Horell let out a chuckle as he replied to Herellia's statement.
Fwoosh!
Herellia decided to extinguish the Wind flame she created just a while ago before continuing to talk with Horell. ”So? What brings you here when you know I'm currently training?”
Horell maintained a cheerful aura about him as he replied, ”Since you're training, then it's expected that you haven't heard of what Aurus was doing, right?”
”Aurus?” Herellia was confused as to why this name popped up in Horell's conversation. ”Did he do something wrong?”
”Oh no, not at all.” Horell chuckled. ”It's just that he's searching for you throughout the whole alliance base. I feel like he would go to great lengths just to find you if you don't respond long enough.”
”Eh?” Herellia could not help but utter. ”Why does he want to find me?” Since Horell told Herellia that Aurus was currently searching for her, Herellia subconsciously activated her movement skill, waiting to move at the instant she could do so.
”I don't know, but sensing from the aura he's emanating, I'm pretty sure it's important,” Horell replied, which was then answered by a strong gust of wind not long after. Before Horell could even speak a bit more, Herellia was already gone, activating her movement skill to the fullest.
”Hah…” Horell could not help but sigh as he lightly chuckled. ”I guess Herellia relies on Aurus a lot.” Not long after, Horell started to hover in place before muttering to himself, ”Then again, they're the two things that are the impetus for a great change in the Tempest Cliff.”
Whoosh!