Chapter 377: Progress on Two Paths (2/2)

Of course, they were curious as to who Helios was. But since Argentum seemed to be in a pensive state, they decided to rein in their curiosities.

Then again, the same couldn't be said for Argentum, who was left at a loss for words after he noticed that quite a certain amount of people in town were busily moving through the streets, with some holding papers, some holding materials, and some even holding tools.

”What's going on?” Argentum could not help but ask the town guard that allowed them to enter. With a salute, that town guard replied, ”After you mentioned the development projects that the town would undergo while you are the leader, quite a great portion of the town's population has proactively decided to help out in those projects.”

Taking in a quick breath, the town guard continued, ”Although almost all of the projects you have explained in the town meeting earlier today have been started on, the project that has received the most participation is the streetlight and road renovation project you mentioned at the end.”

With the town guard mentioning this, Argentum then went ahead and focused his attention on the roads and the streetlights, noticing that they seem to look more modern than before. Of course, it wasn't as modern as the streets of modern Earth, but it was still far better than its previous state, which looked incredibly decrepit.

As he walked along the streets of Verdant Breeze Town beside Helios, he could not help but notice that two people were more active than the others, seeing them give out orders every once in a while as they talked about the development projects he had given them. Surprisingly, those two people were none other than Delmann and Valstra, the vice leader and the secretary of Verdant Breeze Town.

Seeing how Argentum looked to be at a loss for words while looking at them, Helios went silent for a bit before telling him, ”You want to talk to them, right? Go ahead, I'll just take a tour of the town myself.”

Hearing that, Argentum thanked Helios, making sure to use words of flattery before the two parted ways. Argentum then headed to where Delmann and Valstra, noticing that quite a few stacks of parchment have been placed near them.

With him being greeted every once in a while by the people, Delmann and Valstra had already noticed the arrival of Argentum, prompting Delmann to ask, ”Sir Argentum, why are you here? Didn't you tell us you were going out for a few days.”

”I've already taken care of what I needed to do. It had finished earlier than I thought,” Argentum replied before asking, ”Forget about me for now. What are you two doing?”

”Well, before you left us two, you told us to create a policy that would help make sure that the Livelihood Incentivization Law isn't being abused,” Delmann replied, to which Valstra continued, ”Though, just as we were about to go ahead and do so, quite a few of the townspeople decided to ask us when the development projects were going to start.”

”With that, we talked with each other for a bit before deciding to go ahead with the smallest project of them all, the renovation of roads and streetlights. Though, to make things a bit easier, we also started preparing for the three main projects you mentioned earlier in the town meeting, Sir Argentum.”

Noticing that this was the first question Argentum asked them, Delmann could not help but think of the worst-case scenario as he asked, ”Is there…a problem with us doing this, Sir Argentum?”

”A problem? No, not at all,” Argentum hastily replied before lightly smiling. ”I've quite happy to see that the town has proactively made a move to start the development projects. Though, as the town's leader, don't you think I should make a contribution as well?”

Seeing that they weren't mad at him at all, but rather wanting to help out in the development process, Delmann and Valstra looked at each other before beaming bright smiles towards Argentum as the three of them went ahead and worked on the development projects with the townspeople.

In the midst of doing so, unknowingly, two weeks have passed since then. Compared to the previous state of Verdant Breeze Town, it could have been said to be a miracle for the town to drastically look better in the span of two weeks. Nevertheless, it had been done under the leadership of the three leaders of Verdant Breeze Town.

At the moment, Argentum was sitting on top of his bed as he gradually increased his mastery over the element of Lesser Origin. While doing so, a knock could be heard from the other side of the door, to which he responded, ”Come in.”

Creak.

Slowly opening the door, Valstra appeared in front of Argentum, who was still more or less focused on circulating the element of Lesser Origin. Nevertheless, he ignored that as he told him, ”Sir Argentum, we've obtained news that the townspeople have found an iron ore vein only ten kilometers from here, 10 degrees south-southwest. Would you like to head there and check it out?”

Hearing that, Argentum opened his eyes as he stopped circulating the elements. With a light stretch, he then looked at Valstra with a smile as he told him, ”Lead the way, then.”

”As you wish, Sir Argentum.”

…

Maerr-viki Continent, Tempest Cliff, inside the Verdant Blossom Branch Alliance.

While Argentum was fully focused on the development of Verdant Breeze Town these past two weeks, another being had instead focused on improving their combat power at Tempest Cliff.

Ding!

As a notification sound resounded throughout the large stone room, a jade-like being opened its eyes as it let out a long sigh, muttering to itself, ”Finally. After two long weeks, I've finally maxed out [Purification of Noble Blood].”

With a slight grunt, the jade-like being slowly got up before starting to stretch its body. Of course, this being was none other than Aurus.

After commanding the system to show him the effects of a maxed-out [Purification of Noble Blood], Aurus could not help but nod in satisfaction as he focused his attention on the other skills he had obtained, muttering to himself, ”With [Purification of Noble Blood] maxed out, I can finally use that other skill and give Herellia and the others a decent boost to their stats.”

”Then again, I should probably focus on myself a bit more before doing that.”

”Hmm…what should I do next?”