Chapter 193 - Personal Assistant (1/2)
”How about I go on an adventure as well?” Aurus said as he hovered beside Argentum, who was running at his maximum speed. Hearing Aurus's words, Argentum hastily concluded that his original body was going to join him on his adventure to Verdant Breeze Town, possibly obtaining the same elemental affinities on the way.
With this in mind, Argentum asked Aurus with a slightly eager tone, ”Are you perhaps planning to join me on my journey to Verdant Breeze Town?”
”Eh?” Aurus heard Argentum's question, radiating a slightly confused aura, which he concealed not long after. He then pondered as to why Argentum would ask him such a question like that, realizing that the words he said gave off that sort of vibe. It did not take long for him to respond, ”You're mistaken, Argentum. I'm going on a separate adventure from you. An adventure that would solidify my foundation even further before I become an X-grade Inanimate. Plus, if you think about it, you're at a higher existence level than me. Wouldn't I just get killed if I join you?”
”Lies. You're way stronger than me,” Argentum pouted as he responded before responding, ”You just don't want to see my face, right?”
At this moment, Aurus let out a sigh as he wondered if the splitting of his soul gave Argentum the part of him that was stubborn. He thought up of a way to appease his clone's emotions, eventually saying, ”I'll accompany you until we reach the boundary of Tempest Cliff. Does that sound good?”
”Yes, it does!” Argentum said in response to Aurus's query, letting Aurus let out an inward sigh of relief.
Since the time taken by the two to travel from the alliance to the boundary of Tempest Cliff was limited by Argentum's maximum speed, which was not that low, mind you, it took them about thirty minutes or so to reach it, talking about some stuff along the way regarding their plans in the future, as well as possible ideas that could hastily increase their strengths.
Unfortunately for Argentum, times of happiness were bound to end eventually, with the two of them at the boundary of Tempest Cliff. At the instant they had arrived, Aurus looked at Argentum and said, ”It seems we've reached the boundary. Let us part ways here, Argentum.”
”Alright then,” Argentum let out a low sigh as he said reluctantly. He then waved his hands as he said to Aurus, ”See you in two weeks then.”
”See you in two weeks,” Aurus replied not long after. He then added, ”May you come back stronger than ever.”
Hearing those words, a light smile crept upon Argentum's face before turning around to face the direction where Verdant Breeze Town was. A few seconds later, a distance of about ten meters or so were made between Argentum and Aurus as Argentum had officially started his journey towards Verdant Breeze Town.
”As long as he doesn't have any dumb moments, if he's in danger, he'll remember to communicate with me with [Mental Communication],” Aurus muttered to himself as an aura of excitement radiated from him. ”I guess Argentum's spirit of adventure has rubbed off onto me…though I'll just go to places I've been to before.”
”Speaking of which…I should let Herellia know where I currently am,” Aurus said not long after, realizing that he had only told Herellia that he was in the Tower of Seclusion a long while ago. In the off-chance that she needed him for something and went to the Tower of Seclusion to find him, only to find out that he was not there, Aurus had a feeling that she wouldn't hesitate to use all of the manpower in the alliance to scour the whole Tempest Cliff just to find him.
With that in mind, he utilized the Alliance portion of his system to contact Herellia, surprisingly connecting with her not long after.
”What's up, Aurus?” At the instant the two had connected, Herellia was the first one to talk, asking why Aurus had connected with her.
”I just wanted to tell you that I'm not in the Tower of Seclusion anymore,” Aurus replied to her query as he added, ”I'm currently outside the alliance.”
”I see why you called me then,” Herellia responded to his words not long after. She then asked him, ”What are you doing outside then?”
”I'm going to go to that inheritance to grab a few more Comprehension Leaves,” Aurus answered her last statement, deciding to not hide it from her.
A moment of silence ensued after Aurus's reply, taking a while for Herellia to respond with, ”I see. Good luck on obtaining more Comprehension Leaves then. Also, remember that the maximum comprehension multiplier is 30 times the normal comprehension speed.”
”Although I'm quite curious as to how you know that, I have a feeling that it's because you absorbed a lot of Comprehension Leaves yourself,” Aurus replied before lightly chuckling. ”Anyways, thanks for the heads-up, I'll be on my way then.”
”Have a safe trip.” These were the last words Herellia uttered before the connection between the two of them had been cut.
After cutting off the connection, Aurus pondered over his plans of solidifying his foundation after being inspired by Argentum, thinking out loud for a bit.
”Well, that solves the problem of the unlikely chance that Herellia would try to find me. I wouldn't be so unlucky for her to try and find me while I'm inside the Tempest Cliff Inheritance, right?”
The plan he had in mind to solidify his foundation was incredibly simple. Nevertheless, this simplicity was extremely effective. It was only composed of four steps. The first step was for him to go to the Tempest Cliff Inheritance and learn all of the skills that he had not learned yet from the bookshelves in that room filled with skills.
After that, he would go ahead and fuse all of the skills that are of the same category into a greater skill, which he considered as a substep rather than a step in his plan.
The next step after that would be him going to the inheritance where he had obtained his Ruler of the Void title, trying to get more Comprehension Leaves to increase his comprehension speed to the limit. It would not only help him out in the future, but it would also help Fenrir, Charisa, Argentum, and even the future Allies he would summon. While thinking about this second step, he remembered that he had become the owner of the Tempest Cliff Inheritance, obtaining a title that had significantly increased his stats.
With this in mind, he decided to make becoming the owner of the Comprehension Leaf inheritance an optional substep in his plan. If he achieved it, good for him. If not, then there was not much of a problem.
After maxing out his comprehension speed, the step after would be to enhance the other parts of his system as much as possible. The Soul Enchantment System, the Genesis Tree System, Fenrir, and Charisa, he would try to get them to the highest level possible with the current resources he had.
”Ah, right. I should ask Argentum to transfer back the unused experience points to me,” Aurus muttered as he thought deeper about the third step of his plan. Not long after, he made a mental note of it.
As for the final step, it was none other than to evolve to X-grade Inanimate. In actuality, he decided to make evolving to the X-grade the fifth step, but he could not help but be wary about the fourth step he added, which was to grab the other elemental affinities before evolving.
'If I add other elemental affinities haphazardly before evolving, wouldn't that result in a weaker evolution?' This was the thought Aurus had in mind while thinking about it, postponing the fourth step when he had become an X-grade Inanimate.