Chapter 359: Preparing for the Future (1/2)

Agreeing to the prompt the system had given him, his body had instantly undergone a massive change in less than an instant. Although not much could be said in terms of his appearance, in terms of his combat power, it had undergone a massive transformation as the gray energy forming his body had become more dense, allowing it to radiate an aura of the Origin that was slightly more intense than before. Other than that, not much has changed to Argentum's body.

Nevertheless, Argentum felt that he had become stronger. Of course, with the system notifying him that his species had changed from Lesser Origin Elemental to Lesser Origin Spirit, that meant the change was official. Doing some basic movements with his newly evolved body, he felt that there was more force behind his movements, prompting him to think that there was a possibility for him to defeat trained Rank 0 Animates without utilizing any of his status boosting buffs. Perhaps, he could even fight against newly ascended Rank 1 Animates to a standstill with his current power.

After acclimating himself to his newfound power for a short while, he then commanded the system to use all of the unused experience points he still had, raising him to the maximum level in less than an instant while being left with around 20,000 points of experience to spare.

With him now at the maximum level, he now felt that he could beat himself up from before hundreds of times before running out of energy. Not only that, he even had a feeling that he could probably be on par with Felix at half power with his status boosting buffs thanks to the increase in stats brought by his level.

Naturally, he was curious as to how much his stats had increased since he felt his combat power increase by a few times by just reaching the max level. With that in mind, he commanded the system to bring up his status screen, to which the system hastily complied with as a small holographic screen appeared in front of his field of vision.

In less than an instant, the numbers he could see from his stats left him at a loss for words as he instantly calculated that the stats he had right now were more than enough for him to be considered as a decently strong Rank 1 Animate. On some stats, he even felt that he had reached the Rank 2 Animate level.

Ding!

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[Argentum] (Level 20/20)

Experience: MAX

Species: Lesser Origin Spirit

Existence Level: Pseudo-Animate

Grade: Magic

Power Baptism: 1

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[HP]: 2350/2350

[MP]: 8720/8720

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Stats:

Vitality - 235 (x10)

Strength - 202 (x10)

Defense - 241 (x10)

Agility - 300 (x10)

Intelligence - 300 (x10)

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”To think obtaining partial ownership over the Desecrated Inheritance would boost my stats by this much,” Argentum muttered to himself with a chuckle of disbelief as he remembered that that was also why Aurus was stronger than Inanimates of the same grade. Eventually, he had acclimated to his newfound strength once again before dispersing the world of frost surrounding him.

After that, he went silent for a bit before his mind had decided on what he should do next. Commanding the system, he brought up the map once more as he placed on a marker on a certain location he had almost forgotten.

With a light grin as he activated all of his movement speed boosting spells, he then muttered to himself, ”It's time to set some things straight.”

”Time to become the leader of Verdant Breeze Town.”

Whoosh!

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With the boost in Agility given by him evolving to the Magic grade and reaching the max level being compounded by his movement speed boosting spells, Argentum had surprisingly arrived at the outskirts of Verdant Breeze Town by the time the sun was about to set, multiple times faster than the speed at which Blob took to arrive at the same place.

After that, he then dispelled all of the movement speed boosting spells applied on him as he gradually walked towards the gate that served as the entrance to Verdant Breeze Town. Of course, just as he was about halfway to reaching the entrance gate, he then remembered something he should have done beforehand.

”Since I'm now a Magic-grade Pseudo-Animate, I can finally use this,” Argentum muttered to himself as he allowed the energy in his body to circulate over his body's surface. Not long after, the gray energy making up his body was soon replaced with the sight of human flesh while his face had taken on the features one would see when looking at a person. After a few more seconds, the aura surrounding Argentum had changed as well, giving off the feeling that Argentum was not a Pseudo-Animate anymore, but a true and blue human.

”[False Visage of the Animate] truly works wonders,” Argentum muttered to himself as he used his energy to take a good look at himself, emulating his appearance from his previous life with a few modifications here and there, mostly on the height area. Noticing that he was naked, he then used a bit more of his energy to create clothes that made him look like a traveler that came from far away. He then stood in place for a bit, allowing him to get a feel as to how much of his mana was being consumed every second. In the end, he had calculated that the amount of energy, in addition to his regeneration rate, would be enough for him to last about half a day in this appearance.

Being assured that his facade would last for half a day, he then sped towards the entrance gate, noticing that the gates were about to close. Fortunately, the guards guarding the entrance gate noticed his presence, prompting them to delay the closing of the gate only after Argentum had gotten in.

After Argentum had gotten in, he then thanked the guards that delayed the closing of the gate before making his way to the manor where the previous leader of Verdant Breeze Town resided. While making his way to the manor, he could not help but look at his surroundings, noticing that the people living in the town were now living far better than before Felix had killed Irren, the previous leader of Verdant Breeze Town.

With a light smile hanging on his face, he eventually arrived in front of the gates that led to the manor, which was well-lit even at this time. Naturally, he was barred entry by the guards that guarded the manor's gate as one of them shouted at Argentum, ”Halt! State your identity and purpose.”