Chapter 267 - The New Leader (2/2)

With this in mind, he focused his vision back at Felix and asked him, ”Do you really not want anything from this manor, Felix?”

”My combat power is far higher than yours,” Felix responded in a slightly indifferent tone. ”Plus I've already undergone three Power Baptisms. You could consider my level of strength as someone who stands at the peak.”

”In other words, the items in this manor hold no interest for me,” Felix added, only for him to become silent as Argentum raised a flask filled with a blue viscous fluid. Even without focusing his aura on the flask, Felix knew very well that this flask contained an extremely dense concentration of the Water element, giving him the feeling that if he consumed it, his control over the Water element would slightly improve. Of course, to Felix, even a slight improvement was more than enough to increase his combat power by a few times.

Seeing Felix's eyes fixate on the flask he held up, Argentum let out an inward chortle as he explained what was inside the flask, saying, ”Heaven's Water Potion. That's the name of the potion. It increases your perception of the Water element by multiple degrees for a long amount of time. To someone like you, who's well-versed in the Water element, wouldn't you like your control over it to become better?”

”Well, that…” Felix said, eventually finding out that he had no words to say. In the end, he let out a sigh as he felt like Argentum was just doing the same thing he did to him a while ago, which he had no problem with. Kindness begets kindness. The same thing applies to other things. Tidying up his suit, he said, ”Does that mean you're giving me that flask?”

”Nope.” Argentum shook his head, making Felix slightly dejected. But just as Felix thought that he had to give up something in exchange for the flask, Argentum's words shocked him as he said, ”Instead, I'm giving you the recipe for you to create the contents inside this flask at any quantity.”

In an instant, Felix could not help but radiate an excited aura, wondering how much of an improvement he would gain after consuming something like that multiple times. But just as he was about to accept, he noticed that a slightly mocking aura was radiating from Argentum, prompting him to think that there was a catch to accepting his offer.

Slightly cautious, he asked, ”What's the catch if I accept?”

”Just give me a bit more control over your inheritance, that's all,” Argentum replied with a light giggle that was slightly filled with mocking intent. ”Around 5 percent, perhaps?”

”Fine,” Felix said as he let out a defeated sigh. Although 5% was not a lot to him, it would still reduce his combat power by quite a considerable degree. In the end, he consoled himself with the idea that he was going to increase his power with the concoction.

With the deal now being made between the two of them, Argentum did not hesitate to give Felix the recipe of the Heaven's Water Potion through a few strands of energy, to which Felix committed to memory. Soon after that, Argentum went ahead and kept the four flasks and the notebook inside the system's inventory. With those items kept, he then looked at Felix and said, ”Let's go upstairs and meet up with Blob. After that, let's announce the new leader of the town.”

Felix nodded in response before making their way out of the secret room, slowly heading towards the second floor of the manor where the library was located. Along the way, Felix could not help but ask Argentum, ”Now that I think about it, what are you going to do with the guard that was elected by the other guards? Are you going to make the election null and void as you announce your ascension to the position?”

Surprisingly, Argentum shook his head as he recalled the thoughts he had in mind after deciding to become the leader of Verdant Breeze Town. He soon responded, ”I've thought up of a good use for that elected guard.”

He then continued, ”Since I'm still a Pseudo-Animate, it would be dangerous for me to be in town, since multiple Animates might try and capture me for profit. I've decided to take an Animate form first before truly taking the position of leader.”

”Before then, I'll let the elected guard be a proxy for me,” he added as he looked at Felix's expression. Unexpectedly, no change could be found on Felix's face. As to the reason why Argentum was looking intently at Felix's face, it was because he wanted to find out if other Pseudo-Animates, especially strong ones like Felix, knew of ways wherein one could become an Animate even as a Pseudo-Animate.

Seeing the indifferent expression on Felix's face, it seemed like there were ways to do so, prompting Argentum to make a mental note to ask Felix after everything here was done.

Eventually, the two of them had arrived at the entrance of the library, only to see Blob making his way out. Briefly radiating a surprised aura, Blob said to the two, ”I didn't expect you two to come here and meet up with me.”

In response, Argentum let out a light chuckle as he asked Blob, ”Did you find some good skills to learn, Blob?”

”Sure did,” Blob radiated an elated and satisfied aura as he responded to Argentum's question. He then added, ”As long as I polish these skills to a certain level, it would definitely help you out, Argentum.”

”I'm glad to hear that,” Argentum said as he let out an aura of satisfaction of his own. He then looked at the two with the same aura before saying, ”Since we have no other business to do in this manor, it's time for us to go back to those guards.”

”A silent yet huge change is about to happen to this town.”

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