Chapter 413 - Unexpected Gravitas (1/2)

While an incredibly important event that might change the future of Maerr-viki Continent was happening near Seraph Kingdom, something else was happening in the small town led by Argentum, which was being supported by Felix and the others, being strong beings in the own right.

After Argentum asked Herellia and Horell to come accompany him as they made their way back to the town he managed, the one and a half weeks of seemingly peaceful silence was not wasted by the town. First off, one of the initial development plans Argentum devised for the town related to supplying clean water had finally been completed, with the plan now moving onto an unexpected second phase. Surprisingly, all of them hadn't thought about the problem of waste management and water treatment, which was definitely important in keeping up the overall health of the town.

As for the plan to create a large farm that would allow the town to become self-sufficient, almost 80% of the plot allocated for it had now been turned into arable farmland, allowing those that have chosen to volunteer in growing food to plant the crops that the townspeople commonly ate. On the other hand, the remaining 20% was allocated for the farm animals. After all, even though it was fine for the townspeople to temporarily live off of only vegetables and fruits, they would eventually start to crave meat. Fortunately, Argentum's thoughts were right, with the town delighted that they wouldn't have to import meat from other areas from now on.

Naturally, with fresh food and clean water, the final development plan had gone smoothly, with all of the households undergoing a massive renovation on both their interiors and exteriors. In fact, if one entered the place, not knowing that it was previously a town, they would think of the place as a city that was just starting to expand.

Nevertheless, with all of those development plans more or less taken care of, Argentum now expanded on the other plans he had formulated during the time he managed the town, specifically the plan to turn the town into a town focused on blacksmithing. With those that were hired to find more ore veins being able to find a few more sources of iron, he was able to kickstart a small-scale production of iron weapons, hiring blacksmiths from other towns to come to his town and train some of his people in the process.

At this point, one would wonder as to what Herellia and Horell had been doing all this time? Well, since they were both leaders of the Verdant Blossom Branch Alliance, it wasn't surprising to find out that the two of them had decided to help out in the management of the various plans that were going on. Surprisingly, Herellia helped out on the plan wherein the Tempest Regiment was being formed while Horell helped out on the plan wherein an academy for everyone was going to be constructed.

With all of that said, the three of them working in tandem was able to speed up all of the town's plans by quite a bit…until the fateful day arrived.

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At the moment, Argentum, Herellia, and Horell were talking with Delmann and Valstra on what part of the plan they should focus on next, wanting to improve the foundations of the town for expansion until all of a sudden, a man urgently ran to where they were, only stopping when he arrived in front of Argentum.

Seeing who the person was, Argentum quickly remembered that this person was the one he appointed to look at the real-time information network he had created with Felix and the others at all times. Looking at the expression on the person's face, it was apparent that Aurus had done something big yet again. With that in mind, Argentum asked the man, ”So, what's the news this time?”

”Very big news, Sir Argentum,” the man replied, taking quick breaths of air with every word he spoke out. After catching his breath, he then took in a deep breath as he told Argentum, ”We've obtained reports that The Great Calamity has been found circling the 27 provinces, only to eventually stop at the first province he had arrived before heading in the direction of the Seraph Kingdom. It is reported that The Great Calamity is aiming to destroy the entirety of the Seraph Kingdom itself.”

Hearing the man's words, Argentum, Herellia, and Horell all wore solemn expressions on their faces as they had different reactions towards the words told by the man. Nevertheless, all of them still had the same base emotion in their minds, which was surprise and shock.

Taking in a deep breath, Argentum then asked the man, ”How long has it been since this piece of news has been relayed?”

”Considering the distance taken for the message here, it would have taken around 5 to 10 minutes for the report to arrive here,” the man responded, prompting Argentum to nod in response as he thanked the man. He then dismissed the man as he told him to head back to the real-time information network.

Sensing the aura that Argentum was emanating at the moment, Delmann and Valstra looked at each other for a bit as they had a hunch that he was going to leave the town for a bit once again. Then again, at this point, they could truly handle all of the things on their own right now. After all of the things they had done so far, they had gained enough experience to be confident in what they were doing.

With that, Delmann looked at Argentum and took the initiative as he told him, ”Sir Argentum, if you're going to leave the town once more, then by all means, go ahead. If you don't want to tell us the reason as to why you're going to leave the town, we don't mind either. Just believe in our abilities to keep your plans going.”

Hearing those words come out of Delmann's mouth, Argentum could not help but look at the pair that had stayed by his side once he embarked on this journey of becoming the leader of a town. Feeling the gazes of determination and confidence emanating from their eyes, he eventually let out a light sigh before nodding, telling them in response, ”I apologize for being such a tardy leader.”

”However, I thank you.”

After saying those words, he then looked at Herellia and Horell, both of which nodded at him as the three of them soon left the town. Of course, they didn't head straight for Seraph Kingdom. With their current strengths, it would be a miracle for them to arrive near the outskirts of the kingdom within a couple of days, taking into consideration the distance separating the two of them.

With that, the three of them stopped at around ten kilometers away from the walls of the town, wanting to make sure that none of the citizens would see what they were going to do next. After that, Argentum circulated a bit of the energy in his body as he contacted two beings at the same time. While the connection was being formed, Argentum noticed that Horell was going to deactivate [False Visage of the Animate]. Before Horell could fully deactivate it, Argentum stopped him, prompting the former to ask him why.