Chapter 319 - Heading to the Northwest (2/2)
”What do you think should be my answer to that question?” Argentum replied to Felix's question with a question of his own as he pondered over Felix's appearance at this moment. Although he didn't have a clue as to why Felix appeared in front of him at first, it did not take long for him to connect the dots as he radiated a solemn expression towards Felix before asking, ”Did Eleanor send you?”
”Bingo,” Felix responded with an aura of glee radiating from him, which turned into slight disappointment as he let out a sigh. Unexpectedly, after hearing Felix sigh, Argentum let out a sigh as well as he murmured, ”Why do I feel like this was bound to happen as long as Eleanor got involved?”
”She just cares about you, that's all,” Felix replied, only to add a few more words with a slightly tired tone to it as he continued, ”Though I'd rather have her not butt into other people's lives every so often.”
”Do you hate the owner of the Desecrated Inheritance as well, Felix?” Argentum could not help but ask, recalling how Eleanor told him that Felix disliked the guy as well. In response, Felix scratched his head as he recalled his memories with the Desecrated Inheritance's owner as he slowly replied, ”Well…it's not really to the point of hating him. At most I just dislike him for what he did. That's all there is to it. Other than that, he's a good guy in my books.”
”What he did?” Argentum focused on this certain portion of Felix's statement as he continued to question him, ”What did he do?”
”I don't know what the motive behind it was, but after meeting with Eleanor, he decided to get c.o.c.ky around her, assert dominance, brag about stuff that isn't normally talked about, and so on,” Felix replied, taking a small breath before continuing, ”Surprisingly, that guy doesn't act that way around me. At most, only a small sense of pride could be felt from him. Then again, he's stronger than both me and Eleanor, so I know why there's that air to him.”
”Hmm…” Argentum hemmed and hawed over Felix's words for a bit, feeling that there was something unusual about the owner of the Desecrated Inheritance. Unfortunately, he could not put his foot as to what was wrong with the guy, so he chalked it off as the guy probably having a neurotic episode, placing the thought at the back of his head after that.
Not long after, he stood up and took a look at the sky, noticing that it was getting deep into the night. Knowing that he still had to trek a great distance in order to arrive at the Desecrated Terran Ruins, Argentum looked at Felix as he activated his movement speed boosting spells and asked, ”So, what are you gonna do now that I found out you were spying on me?”
Unsurprisingly, Felix shrugged his shoulders as he replied with an air of indifference, ”Eh. I could head back, or I could come with you to the Desecrated Terran Ruins. Either way, I'll still tell Eleanor the opposite of what she wants to hear from me. If she hears from me that you went to the Desecrated Inheritance, she definitely won't hesitate to go all out on the owner of the Desecrated Inheritance.”
”Seriously? Does she want the guy off the face of this world or something?” Argentum seriously felt that something weird was going on with Eleanor, though he still could not put a finger on what was wrong. Nevertheless, he and Felix couldn't care less about the reason why she was like that, knowing that her relationship with that being wouldn't affect the two of them at all.
”Hmm…” As he redirected all of the strength in his body towards his feet, Argentum pondered as to whether he would have Felix join him on his journey to the Desecrated Terran Ruins or not. In the end, he deactivated all of the movement speed boosting spells on his body as he looked at Felix and asked, ”Would you mind if you helped me travel to the Desecrated Terran Ruins?”
In response, Felix let out a faint aura of glee as he replied, ”That's not a problem to me at all.”
Soon after, Felix released a great amount of energy through his fingers, enveloping the two of them as he then used this energy to propel both of them in the direction of the Desecrated Terran Ruins. It was no surprise that the speed at which they traversed the distance between where they were and where they wanted to go was miles apart from the speed at which Argentum was traveling.
And so, by the time the moon had reached the peak of the sky, both Argentum and Felix were near the Desecrated Terran Ruins, continuing to zoom across the landscape in the air as the two of them chatted about things that ranged from they were going to do after this journey was done, to what they could improve upon in terms of combat power and whatnot, though they did not go too in-depth into the latter.
A few minutes later, the two of them were finally hovering near the boundary that separated the wilderness and the area that is the Desecrated Terran Ruins. Reducing the amount of energy surrounding the two of them to gradually descend to the ground, Felix looked at Argentum and said, ”Although I know you won't die in that place, remember to still be careful.”
”Don't worry, Felix. I know what I'm doing,” Argentum replied, letting out a light chuckle soon after. ”If I wasn't, then I wouldn't have come here in the first place.”
”Well, I hope you get what you need from the inheritance and I definitely hope it helps you out in the Origin Trials,” Felix said in response as he let out a light chuckle as well. After that, he turned around and summoned all of the energy in his body, releasing it in one large burst as he headed in the direction of the Inferno Plains at a speed far greater than what the two of them were traveling on.
”Guess he was holding back in consideration of me,” Argentum lightly laughed as he muttered before turning his head to look at the direction of the Desecrated Terran Ruins. Though he could not see the insides of the area as tons of dust was flying in the air, he knew that all of it would change once he stepped foot into the Desecrated Terran Ruins.
”Well then.”
”I should go and do what I came for.”