Chapter 346: Awake Once More (1/2)

With the problem of having no Heaven's Wind Potions being taken care of, Argentum soon left the Grand Blue Inheritance, activating all of the movement speed buffs as he went ahead and headed to the final destination he had in mind. Of course, with Wind being the only element he had not understood to the True Element level, the destination he was heading towards was more or less a given, being the Tempest Cliff, his birthplace.

With Felix taking only a couple of hours to transform the materials he was given into Heaven's Wind Potions, the time at which Argentum had arrived was already past midnight. Although he knew that Inanimates did not care whether it was morning or night, he still opted to be as silent as possible once he had arrived at the entrance of the Verdant Blossom Branch Alliance.

Surprisingly, just as he took a few steps inside the main hall of the alliance, a silhouette appeared in front of him, its body being made out of energy that took on a dark cyan hue. Of course, this was none other than Horell, who had been given the position of de facto leader by Herellia and Argentum before they went off their separate ways.

Naturally, with Argentum appearing in the alliance, Horell could not help but let out an inward sigh of relief as he thought that his job as acting as the leader of the alliance would be over. But, unfortunately for him, things would not go out as he expected it to.

”Is Aurus still unconscious?” Argentum instantly asked Horell after greeting him with an aura of glee. In response, Horell lightly nodded as he replied, ”Yeah, he is.”

Just as he was about to finish his response there, he could not help but remember the peculiar phenomenon that happened involving Aurus a few days ago. With this in mind, he prompted Argentum, who was making his way to where Aurus was, to stop for a second.

Wondering why he was stopped, Argentum was about to ask him why, only to notice the aura of uneasiness surrounding Horell.

”Is there something wrong, Horell?” Argentum could not help but ask, slightly feeling anxious as well. Horell did not respond to Argentum's question at first, but after some time, he let out a sigh before saying, ”Well, something happened to Aurus a few days ago.”

In an instant, Argentum thought that something had befallen Aurus, instantly making him activate the movement speed buffs he had deactivated before entering the alliance. Fortunately, Horell was able to stop him from zooming to where Aurus was as he said, ”Wait a minute, Argentum! Don't head there just yet. Listen to what I have to say.”

”If it involves Aurus getting hurt, then save it for later,” Argentum said in response, adamant on heading as to where Aurus was. Seeing how it would be hard to persuade Argentum to calm down, Horell decided to be straightforward and explained what happened a few days ago, saying, ”No, Aurus didn't get hurt at all. It's just that…something happened to Aurus while he was evolving.”

At this point, Argentum's attention was fully focused on Horell, wondering what he meant by his statement. Taking an inward sigh of relief after seeing how Argentum had calmed down, Horell went ahead and continued his explanation.

”While doing my usual check over the alliance, I happen to arrive at an untimely moment within the Tower of Seclusion,” Horell said. ”Out of nowhere, a large wave of energy started to emanate from one of the rooms, so I tried to find out where it came from…”

”…and it came from the room where Aurus was in.”

”Naturally, I entered the room without hesitation, wondering what was going on. Of course, I saw the companions Aurus had with him standing near one of the corners of the room in nervousness and fear since they also did not know what was going on.”

”Looking at Aurus, though, I noticed that there was a white thread of energy extending from his body, going all the way to the ceiling. I had a feeling that this white thread continued far beyond the ceiling, but I could only see up to the ceiling.”

Horell then went silent for a bit, wanting to see if Argentum was keeping up with his conversation. Noticing a light nod from Argentum, he then continued with his narration.

”After some time, this white thread disappeared while the increase in energy disappeared as well. Of course, at this point, I thought something was off with Aurus. But do you know what happened next?”

”What happened next?” Argentum asked, his curiosity at an all-time high. Knowing very well not to drag the story, Horell replied, ”A voice resounded throughout the room we were in, talking about how from that day onward, the thirteenth Spiriveritas or something was born…something along those lines.”

”Spiriveritas…” Argentum could not help but repeat this term, feeling that it was somewhat familiar. He then went ahead and rummaged through Aurus' memories, wondering if he had any knowledge on it. After a while, he did obtain some knowledge about what a Spiriveritas was. Though, unfortunately, the knowledge Aurus had on them was only superficial.

'According to Aurus' memories, a Spiriveritas is the term for a being that's part of a strong organization covering the entirety of Erudinia,' Argentum thought to himself, eventually coming to the conclusion, 'Does that mean Aurus is now part of this organization?'

'Maybe Aurus will know more about it once he wakes up,' he thought, deciding that it was better for him to place the thought at the back of his mind for now since he did not have any clue on what it was. As for Horell, he looked at the silent Argentum for a bit and asked, ”Do you know anything about it?”

”A Spiriveritas?” Argentum asked before shaking his head. ”Unfortunately, I don't know what that is either. Anyways, I'll be heading to where Aurus is.”

With those final words, he then turned around to head to the Tower of Seclusion. Before he could get far away from Horell, Horell went ahead and asked him, ”Since you're here, you'll be taking over the position of leader, right?”

In response, Argentum replied without looking back, ”Herellia chose you for the position, not me. Good luck.”

Whoosh!

And with that, Argentum went ahead and zoomed towards the Tower of Seclusion, leaving Horell alone with an aura of slight melancholy as he asked himself, ”Why did I join this alliance again?”

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