Chapter 105 - Moving Up The Ranks (1/2)
Whoosh!
A few hours later, Kurohana was finally within proximity of her palace, making her let out a sigh of relief as she could not help but mutter, ”I wonder how long I've been gone.”
Not daring to waste time, Kurohana darted towards the inside of her giant white cube, instantly seeing the orb which showed the happenings around Aurus near the center of the insides. She walked towards it and conjured a chair to sit on not far away from the orb, sitting on it at the instant it was done.
She then waved her hands for a bit as she tried to call for the things that happened to Aurus while she was gone, easily finding out that he had suffered through a bout of bad luck, though that was somewhat mitigated with the summoning of an SS-grade ally.
”I should have created a clone while I was gone,” Kurohana could not help but sigh as she looked at the current Aurus who was travelling through the pathway with Herellia. ”If it weren't for me being gone, then Aurus would not have any bad luck at all. Thanks to me being gone, my plans of Aurus being used as a weapon material in that world have been delayed slightly.”
Staring a short bit at the two through the orb, Kurohana got a spark of inspiration, to which she could not help but lightly chuckle at the thought of it. ”Familia, I hope you don't mind me using your material.”
”But before I do just that, I should really ask for permission.”
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Tempest Cliff, Tempest Branch Alliance Base.
At the current speed of the two, it did not take them long to head towards the Alliance Lobby of the base situated within the small ecosystem of the base.
Thud. Thud.
Looking at the insides of the alliance lobby that did not go under any significant change at all, Aurus could not help but look at Herellia and ask, ”So…why'd you bring me here?”
”Didn't I tell you?” Herellia, who was busy releasing her SP to connect it to the large crystal that was situated on the ceiling of the lobby, could not help but stop releasing her SP as she looked at him with a bit of confusion. ”You're going to replace Horell as one of the Pillar level members of the alliance. And since you're grown to an S-grade Inanimate, I'm increasing the effects of the alliance buff as well.”
”You're actually serious?” Aurus thought that Herellia was joking as she said this while they were traversing the pathway. ”Wouldn't the other members become mad when they find out what you're doing?”
”Other than the Executive level members, who might think that it's too early to give someone like you, a newcomer of the alliance, a level of authority like this, the Pillar level members have no objections to this since I've asked them about this a few days ago,” Continuing to accumulate the SP around her body, Herellia replied to Aurus' question.
”But what if I betray you…just like Horell?” Although Aurus was thankful to Herellia for putting her trust on him, he did feel that it was way too soon for him to become a Pillar level member.
”Yeah, that's impossible. I know your motives,” Herellia did not get agitated at Aurus' words, facing them without worry as she replied with a slightly cheerful tone. ”Since we both know we have systems, I won't hide anything further from you. I have a skill named [Eye of Undeceiving Kin] that allows me to see through the ulterior motives of beings…though its limited to early Animates at most since I haven't leveled it up that much.”
”And through that skill, I found out that…” Herellia looked at Aurus before continuing. ”From the time you entered the alliance up till now, you won't betray the alliance since you aim to become the strongest. Why would you rely on nefarious means to become the strongest?”
Hearing the words that came out of Herellia's nonexistent mouth, Aurus could not help but chuckle. ”Well, you're not wrong.” Afterwards, he then placed himself at the center of the magic circle under the crystal that hung on the ceiling of the lobby, remembering the first time he went through this process. ”Take your time, I don't mind waiting for a bit.”
”I'm actually done preparing,” Herellia said as all of the accumulated SP that circled around her body started to coalesce into a ball before heading towards the crystal.
Fwoosh!
Not long after absorbing the SP, the crystal shot out a beam of light as the runes surrounding the magic circle where Aurus stood started to light up one by one, covering Aurus' body with a white shroud of light that made him look like some sort of stick deity.
As for Herellia, she could not look at Aurus' current appearance at all as she was focused on the crystal, muttering before her voice got louder and louder until it could deafen a person's ears.
”As the leader of the Tempest Branch Alliance, I beseech the Gods to heed my call.”
”With the power vested in me and the power given to me by the Deity Crystal, I shall now announce that a previous Executive of the Alliance has now spread its wings, becoming a greater power that could affect the balance of the alliance, yet its main purpose is to help it wholeheartedly. Indeed, I now announce the creation of a Pillar of the Alliance, serving as its guardian and savior in times of need.”
”With these words said, please accept my plea.”
”Ariansus Triholos Spiritas Branchus, Pilares Ultimatum!”
Whoosh!
At the instant Herellia was finished with her incantation, the shroud of light covering Aurus' body intensified in brightness as a newfound power was instilled inside Aurus, heightening his senses for a bit as he had a feeling that could peer through walls and see the whole alliance within a single glance.