Chapter 317 - The Destined Meeting (2/2)

After that, the three of them made up in their own ways, which led to Herellia and Argentum leaving Horell as they headed to the Flame Spirit Inheritance. As for Horell, he looked at the fleeting silhouettes of the two for a bit, only turning around to head back once he could just barely make out their silhouettes.

”I wonder how long it'll take for you two to come back,” Horell muttered to himself as he made his way back to the Verdant Blossom Breeze Alliance, lightly chuckling as he thought about the things he had to do while the two of them were gone.

…

Whoosh! Whoosh!

While Horell was at the alliance, informing everyone about the change that had happened to the way the alliance was run, both Argentum and Herellia were heading to where the Flame Spirit Inheritance was at great speeds. Thanks to the movement speed boosting spells Argentum had in his arsenal, it did not take long for the two of them to arrive at the border that separated the wilderness and the Inferno Plains, the place where the Flame Spirit Inheritance.

Experiencing firsthand on how hot it was, Argentum looked at Herellia and asked her, ”Do you have any skill that increases your resistance to the Fire element?”

”Hmm…let me check,” Herellia said before checking through her skills in the system she had. Not long after, she shook her head as she replied, ”Unfortunately, I do not. Evolving to the Animate existence level removed all of the skills I had placed a ton of effort on raising.”

”Well, that's natural,” Argentum replied, not surprised that Herellia's skills were wiped clean. Nevertheless, they still had to cross through the Inferno Plains in order to arrive at the place where Eleanor was, so they had to find a way to make sure that Herellia would be able to cross through the plains without feeling too much heat, or no heat at all.

Fortunately, Argentum had access to Aurus' memories, allowing him to skim through the various methods Animate players had to withstand the harsh elements without having a skill that increases their resistance to it.

”Could you manipulate your mana?” Argentum asked her, to which Herellia closed her eyes for a bit as she tried to get a feel for the energy circulating inside her body. Due to her evolving to the Animate existence level, the usual energy she manipulated, which used to be Stick Points, had been condensed and purified, with a single point containing tons more energy than a single Stick Point. This new form of energy was commonly called mana by the Animates, though it was unknown where the word mana came from.

After a while, a strand of light red energy was released through one of her fingers, prompting Herellia to open her eyes as she replied, ”I can manipulate it…though it's a bit hard.”

”You just have to make sure that the energy you're manipulating covers every inch of your body,” Argentum said to Herellia, inwardly letting out a sigh of relief that Herellia was able to manipulate her energy. Of course, if she could not do so, he would not hesitate to use his energy to cover her body. The reason why he was doing this was because he wanted to help her obtain better control over her energy, which could be done while they were heading to the Flame Spirit Inheritance.

Lightly nodding in response to Argentum's words, Herellia continued to manipulate the energy inside her body, releasing it through her pores as she spread the energy she released throughout her body. Due to her inexperience with mana, it took around ten minutes for her to create a somewhat stable barrier over her skin, giving her a faint red hue.

Making sure that there were no holes in her barrier, Argentum then told Herellia to follow him, to which she did. At the very instant they passed the boundary that led into the Inferno Plains, Herellia instantly felt a wave of heat permeating throughout her body, which was fortunately mitigated by the energy barrier over her body. Although it offered her a bit of discomfort, it was not to the point where it was unbearable.

Of course, Argentum noticed the discomfort Herellia was feeling, so he told Herellia that they were going to pick up the pace. Thanks to this, they had arrived at the boundary separating the inner area of the Inferno Plains from the outer area in around fifteen minutes thanks to Argentum's buffs.

At this point, he was not going to take any chances, using a decent portion of his energy to cover Herellia in a thick layer of energy, knowing how hot it was in the inner area. Making sure that every inch of Herellia's body was covered in a thick energy barrier once more, they then set forth into the inner area, with Herellia feeling a bit more discomfort at the very instant they set forth into it.

Fortunately, the heightened feeling of discomfort did not last long as the two of them had arrived in front of an abandoned building that was charred to ruin around five minutes later. At first, Herellia was curious as to why she came to this place with Argentum, but after being transported into another space a few seconds later, she now understood what was going on.

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In less than an instant, both Argentum and Herellia appeared in a large room decorated with various trinkets that were of various shades of red. Looking around, one could see sofas and chairs that were also a shade of red, though it contrasted very well with the walls of the room, being a lighter shade of red compared to the chairs.

”Are we where I think we are?” Herellia could not help but look at Argentum beside her and ask. In response, Argentum lightly nodded as an aura of slight glee radiated from him as he replied, ”It's exactly what you're thinking, Herellia.”

”We're inside an inheritance. Namely, the Flame Spirit Inheritance where one of my friends reside,” he continued, only to stop talking as he noticed a presence enter the room they were in. Focusing his vision on the presence that entered the room, he was left at a loss for words for a bit, which soon transformed into a light chuckle as he then said to Herellia, ”This is one of the friends I made on my journey. Herellia…”

”…meet Eleanor.”