Chapter 282 - Preparing for the Tribulation (2/2)
Rustle…rustle…
After a few more seconds, Argentum had finally arrived in front of the two, albeit the aura surrounding him was that of slight embarrassment as he knew that they were looking at him in a slightly confused manner. Letting out an awkward chuckle to relieve the atmosphere in the surroundings, he then greeted the two as he said, ”Uh…let's forget that that happened.”
”Sure,” Herellia concisely said in response to his words, eliciting a light nod from Argentum. On the other hand, Horell dashed towards Argentum before going ahead and hugging one of his legs, surprising the latter.
”What are you doing, Horell?” Argentum could not help but ask as he found the current situation to be weird. In response, Horell said in a pleading tone, ”Argentum, please forgive me for what I've done earlier! I didn't know you were a clone of Aurus! If you told me that from the start, then I would have let you in!”
”Well…” Listening to Horell's pleas, Argentum pondered over what he should say. He then thought to himself, 'If I think about it for a bit longer, I'm pretty sure that the outcome would stay the same if I told him I was Aurus's clone.'
In the end, he thought that there was no point mulling over what had happened in the past and said, ”Alright, alright. I forgive you, so can you please stop hugging my leg?”
Hearing that he was forgiven, Horell hastily let go of Argentum's leg as he let out a light giggle since he felt that there was no more guilt weighing on his body. After that, Herellia focused her sense of vision towards Argentum and asked him, ”So, what made you come here?”
”You told me a while ago that you had something to say to me,” Argentum responded in a solemn tone. In response, Herellia pondered over Argentum's words before finally recalling what she wanted to say to him a while ago. She then went ahead and told him, ”I finally remember. I wanted to ask you if you could help me out on my Existence Tribulation.”
”Eh?” Argentum could not help but utter after hearing such a request out of the blue. He then went ahead and rummaged through Aurus's memories before he underwent his evolution process, finally recalling that Herellia requested Aurus to help him out with her Existence Tribulation, as well as obtain an All-seeing Comprehension Leaf from the Area 52 Inheritance. With that in mind, he pondered over his choice of words for a bit before asking her, ”Is it because Aurus is still in the process of evolution?”
”Well, that's one part of the reason why,” Herellia responded to his question before adding, ”The other reason why I wanted you to help me out in my Existence Tribulation is because of your existence level.”
”Makes sense,” Argentum replied as he shrugged his shoulders in slight nonchalance. He then went ahead and asked her, ”When are you going to undergo your Existence Tribulation?”
”To be honest, any time is a good time for me to undergo,” Herellia said, telling Argentum that she did not care about the time that much. She then added, ”Though, I should make sure that I should undergo the tribulation as far away from the alliance as possible.”
”Hmm…” Listening to her words, Argentum mulled over it for a bit before asking, ”Are you going to do it right now?”
”Well…I don't see why not,” Herellia said in response to his words with slight nonchalance. But just as she was about to head towards the main hall of the alliance with Horell and Argentum in tow, Argentum stopped her from doing so as he said, ”I think we should prepare a bit more for your tribulation. Who knows what trials are in store for your tribulation?”
”Hmm…” Herellia pondered over Argentum's words for a bit and thought that it would be better if she did prepare for the tribulation. With more preparations, the chance of her succeeding in her tribulation would be higher, which was a good thing. She thought about what she could prepare to make sure that her chances of succeeding the tribulation would become higher, but after a while, she realized that she did not know anything about it other than the fact that passing through it would allow her to evolve to a greater form.
With that in mind, she went ahead and looked at Argentum and asked him, ”What do you think would be good things to do in preparation for the tribulation?”
”Well…” Argentum went ahead and recalled all of Aurus's memories regarding Existence Tribulations before compiling and organizing them into a list. He then took in a deep breath before responding, ”First off, when preparing for an Existence Tribulation, one must have helpers that have decently high combat power.”
”In that case, the first thing to do when preparing for your tribulation has something to do with Horell,” he said not long after, pointing towards a confused Horell after that. In response to his words, Horell could not help but ask, ”What are you trying to imply? Are you saying that I'm too weak to become a helper?”
”Pretty much,” Argentum said without hesitation, making Horell feel bad for himself as a dejected aura radiated from him. But then, after hearing Argentum's next words, Horell could not help but become invigorated with energy.
”Fortunately, there's a way to increase your power pretty easily,” Argentum said not long after, prompting Horell to ask him, ”And what would that be?”
In response, Argentum let out a playful chuckle as he said, ”Two words.”
”Power Baptism.”
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