Chapter 259 - Operation Retrieval (2/2)

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Concurrent to Blob's nod in response, the two went ahead and transformed into two small and inconspicuous items. Argentum went ahead and transformed into a small pebble that did not look off when placed on the ground. As for Blob…

”A red leaf?” Argentum could not help but ask, to which Blob replied, ”I haven't really morphed that much so this is the best I can do.”

”Fine,” Argentum let out a low sigh before casting movement speed boosting spells on both of them. ”It's many times better than you being in your original form anyway.”

Swoosh! Swoosh!

After giving a signal to Blob as to when they would start to head towards Verdant Breeze Town, the two of them went ahead and dashed at the fastest speed they could muster without breaking through the sound barrier. Although they couldn't break through the sound barrier in their original bodies, due to their bodies currently having a smaller surface area, there was a higher chance for them to actually break through and alert the guards that were just about to guard the area.

Fortunately, no mishaps happened in their journey to Verdant Breeze Town, with the two of them safely entering through the gates of the town within ten minutes or so. Seeing that both of them had successfully entered through the town without a problem, the two went ahead and suppressed their auras to the bare minimum as they made their way to the center of Verdant Breeze Town, the place where the leader of the town resided.

Due to the small size of the town, it did not take long for the two to arrive in front of the manor where the leader resided, taking around the same time it took for them to arrive at the gates. Just as they were about to ponder as to which entrance they were going to use to enter the manor, the main entrance to the manor was opened by a lavishly dressed woman covered in makeup, her face flushed a slight red as she walked out in a slightly funny manner.

Oblivious to what the woman was feeling, the two of them could not help but focus their sense of visions on one another before hastily entering the manor through the main entrance. After that, Argentum went ahead and sent Blob a strand of energy that had the shortest routes towards the library inside the manor. With both of them now having the routes memorized, the two hastily made their way to the library, only taking a couple of minutes to arrive in front of what seemed to be a plethora of books.

”Holy heck,” Argentum could not help but say through a connection formed between him and Blob through a strand of energy. ”That's a lot of books.”

”Indeed,” Blob said in response, agreeing with what Argentum felt. ”So…where's that Tome of the Four Elements you were talking about?”

”It's probably in one of the corners,” Argentum replied as he urged Blob to started moving through the great number of bookshelves in the library. He then added, ”If you want to help me out, keep your sense of vision peeled for a book that has the aura of the four elements in it.”

”Then again, I've got to say, this leader has a lot of books,” he muttered to himself in slight wonder, recalling the background of the leader of Verdant Breeze Town. Just like Argentum, he was someone who pursued the peak of magic. Not satisfied with his current position, he needed to gain more power in order to become a City Leader, which at least had the combat power of a Rank 5 Animate. The leader of Verdant Breeze Town, knowing this very well, could not help but become depressed as he had already sapped his potential, stopping at Rank 3 Animate.

Until…he found a book that seemed to be the ray of hope he needed.

Of course, this book was none other than the Tome of the Four Elements. After buying it, he skimmed through it and pondered over it, surprised that his stagnant strength had increased quite a bit after just a few minutes of contemplation. With that in mind, he planned that he would quit his position of being the leader of Verdant Breeze Town after some time and fully focus on learning the entirety of the Tome of the Four Elements.

Unfortunately for him, Argentum was about to grab it first.

”Where could that tome be?” Argentum said in a tone of slight annoyance as he had already searched through the library a few times. It was then that he realized that Blob was not by his side anymore, prompting him to head to where he was.

”You should have told me you were heading to another part of the library,” Argentum muttered in a slightly furious tone as he had finally found where Blob was. ”What if you get caught by the lea—”

Just as he was about to berate Blob for separating from him, Argentum's senses could not help but pick up the aura of four elements that seemed to harmonize with one another. Following where the aura came, his sense of vision eventually met up with a book that looked slightly tattered. On the center of its front cover were four crystals that were colored green, blue, red, and brown respectively.

Surprisingly, Blob was intently looking at this book, only realizing that Argentum was beside him after a minute or so. Letting out a light chuckle, he focused his sense of vision on him and said, ”I guess this is the item you were looking for?”

”Yeah…” Argentum said slowly in a tone of disbelief. He had to go through the entirety of the library a few times, only to end up finding nothing. But Blob only had to separate ways for him for a bit and he already found the tome?

”Why do I feel like luck is shining on Blob and not me?”

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