I Reincarnated As A Stick

Chapter 276: Coming Back Home

“I see,” Blob nodded in understanding, only for his sense of vision to focus on various areas of the room Felix resided in, instead of focusing on his creator instead. Although Argentum had noticed this after Blob was finished responding, he was interrupted from asking Blob as to why, with Eleanor chiming in as she asked in a curious tone, “Tempest Cliff? Ain’t that one of the places in the continent where Wind energy particles are concentrated?”

In response, Argentum nodded to the query, responding with, “That would be a yes. That is also where I originated from.” After that, he focused his vision on Blob once more, who was still looking around aimlessly, only to be barred from asking him once more as Felix went ahead and asked Argentum this time.

He interrupted Argentum from getting closer to Blob before going ahead and pondering over a question he could ask him. A few seconds later, he opened his mouth and asked, “What are you planning to do once you get back?”

“Now that you mention, I haven’t thought about that,” Argentum responded with a tone of slight gratitude as he mulled over the question for a bit. In a matter of a few seconds, he had formulated a rough plan of what he was going to do once he came back, saying, “First off, I’m gonna improve my understanding of the Wind element. After that, probably head to the Inferno Plains and an area where the Earth energy particles are condensed so I could raise my understanding of the elements to an extremely high level.”

“And then, I would go ahead and attempt the Origin Trials,” Argentum added after that. As he finished his response, he noticed that both Felix and Eleanor were silently looking at each other before focusing their gazes onto Blob for quite some time. Noticing this, Argentum felt that something was off, as if he was excluded from something he should have the right to know.

With that in mind, he imitated the sound of one clearing their throat, attracting the attention of the three as he calmly asked, “Does there seem to be a problem? I noticed that the three of you have been silent for quite some time. Is it something I should know of?”

“Well…” Felix was the first one to respond to Argentum’s questions, with the other two looking at him, waiting on what he was going to say. Eventually, he decided to spill the beans as he let out a low sigh, looking at Argentum with a slightly guilty gaze as he said, “Argentum, let me just say that…I’m sorry.”

“Sorry? What for?” Argentum tilted his head in confusion as he did not expect Felix to say something like that to him. Wondering what was going on, Blob went ahead and took a few steps forward, placing one of his hands on Argentum’s shoulder as he radiated a guilty aura. Taking in a deep breath, he asked in a slightly apologetic tone, “Argentum…”

“Is it fine if I don’t join you on your journey back to the Tempest Cliff?”

“…eh?” It took around thirty seconds or so for Argentum to realize what his companion was saying to him. He was in great disbelief that the being he had nurtured for quite a long amount of time, was now deciding to part ways with him. Although Argentum wanted to radiate an aura of disbelief and burst out into a rage, he did not do so as he suppressed his urges to the maximum, taking a deep breath soon after.

With his composure back to normal, he looked at Blob before opening his mouth to ask a question, with the last part of his question having a hint of anger in it as he said, “Is there a reason as to why you don’t want to join me on my journey back?”

“Er…” As Blob scratched his head while hemming and hawing, he went ahead and recalled the reasons he formed in his mind while he was with Eleanor. Surprisingly, this decision to not join Argentum on his journey back had something to do with Eleanor.

After a couple of minutes of silence surrounding the four of them, Blob eventually opened his mouth as he responded, “Well…although I would be able to unleash great amounts of power in that place without difficulty, in terms of improving my combat power while we’re not fighting, it’ll be harder to do so in an area filled with Wind energy particles, don’t you think?”

“Well…that makes sense,” Argentum eventually said after pondering over it for a bit. Nevertheless, he could not help but wonder as to what Blob was going to do while he made his way back to the Tempest Cliff. Feeling the need to obtain an answer, he hastily asked, “If you’re not going to join me in this journey, then what are you going to do?”

“Let me answer this one,” Eleanor said to Blob before he could answer, slightly startling Argentum as he pondered over the current situation. With how Eleanor took the initiative to answer his question, he could not help but think that Eleanor had something to do with Blob deciding not to join him on his way back.

Unfortunately for him, his hypothesis was correct as she responded, “While you head back to Tempest Cliff to go do your own things, Blob decided to learn under my tutelage, improving his control over the Fire element, as well as his control over his skills and spells. Of course, he would always be in my Flame Spirit Inheritance, which is a place you can easily access. You don’t need to worry that much, Argentum.”

Listening to Eleanor’s response, Argentum went silent for a bit before asking the two of them, “Is this something the two of you have agreed upon while you two were inside that room?”

In response, the two of them nodded in unison, prompting Argentum to look at Blob in silence, waiting for him to explain why he decided to such a thing. Fortunately for him, Blob opened his mouth to explain just that, as if he was reading his creator’s mind as he said, “Remember what I felt after you cleared your Power Baptism, Argentum? That feeling of helplessness?”

“Yeah? What about it?” Argentum replied, to which Blob answered with, “Well, to cheer me up, you told me that there are still a ton of places that I could fill in while you can’t.”

Enveloped in a faint apologetic aura, Blob added, “What I’m doing is just enhancing my strengths so I can make sure I can fill those holes without a problem, even if you grow stronger than me.”

“You could say that I’m being selfish since I decided without your consent to do this,” he continued before adding, “But I feel like if I did not do this, I would regret this in the future.”

“And with that, I would like to apologize that I can’t join you, Argentum,” Blob gradually bowed in front of Argentum as an apology, only to hear a light chuckle come out of Argentum’s mouth. Radiating a brief aura of confusion, Blob looked at his creator, noticing that he was exuding a relaxed and carefree aura.

Letting out a sigh of relief after he was finished laughing, Argentum looked at Blob and said, “You should have told me directly that you were going to do something like this. I don’t like it when people beat around the bush, you know?”

“Ah? Blob uttered in response, eventually letting out a giggle of his own as he let out a sigh of relief as well. Soon after, he said to his creator, “I’ll keep that in mind the next time we meet up.”

“I definitely hope you do,” Argentum said in response as a slightly gleeful and elated aura radiated from him, combining with the carefree aura he had from before. He then went ahead and looked at Felix and Eleanor before saying with a joking chortle, “I guess I’m gonna head back solo. I hope you two take care of Blob well while I’m away, okay?”

“Although I’m of an element advantageous against Blob, I’ll make sure to teach him better control over his skills and spells,” Felix said in response with a faint happy aura surrounding him. He then added, “You don’t have to worry about a thing.”

Following up on Felix’s words, Eleanor profusely nodded as she said, “Yeah, yeah! You don’t have to worry about a thing, Argentum. Under my tutelage, you’ll be amazed at how much power he could unleash once you two meet again!”

Just as Eleanor thought that the conversation would end there, a familiar voice resounded inside her mind, slightly radiating killing intent as it said, “If you increase my control over the inheritance to a 50-50 split, then I’ll forget about the grudge I made just now.”

Knowing very well that Argentum could easily become a powerful being in just a short amount of time, Eleanor hastily replied in her mind, saying, “Alright, alright! I’ll increase your control to 50%. Will that make you happy?”

In response, the familiar voice spoke in a cheerful tone as it replied, “Yeah, that definitely makes me happy. Thanks, Eleanor.”

After that, the four of them went ahead and bade farewell to each other, with Argentum being the first one to exit the Grand Blue Inheritance, leaving the three to their own devices.

Being greeted with the sight of Water energy particles everywhere, Argentum went ahead and took in a deep breath of the air in the surroundings, feeling that if he just attuned his body’s energy for just a second, he would become one with the surroundings. Nevertheless, he only savored the feeling for a short moment before going ahead and commanding the system to open up a map of the continent. After setting up a route on the map that would allow him to reach his desired place in the shortest amount of time, Argentum went ahead and activated all of his movement speed boosting buffs.

“[Zephyr Tempest Brilliance++]!”

“[Grand Azure Transformation++]!”

“[Higher Zephyr Magic: Zephyr Burst]!”

“…”

“…”

“[Higher Zephyr Magic: Zephyr Magna Acceliaris]!” 

Whoosh!

In an instant, the power surging throughout his body had increased by multiple notches, with most of it specifically aimed towards boosting his movement speed. Lightly stretching his body to acclimate himself to his newly obtained power while looking at the sun to check what time it currently was, Argentum eventually channeled all of the energy inside his body towards his feet, traversing a distance of over a couple hundred meters in less than an instant.

And just like that, Argentum had now set off to head back to Tempest Cliff, only taking a little bit over a week to fulfill all of the goals he had in mind.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Due to his stats being greatly boosted by his skills and spells, the number of breaks he had to take to replenish his stamina had been drastically reduced, allowing him to traverse almost twenty kilometers before running out of energy.

Nevertheless, while dashing his way back to Tempest Cliff, he could not help but feel that it would be better if Blob was beside him since that would allow him to focus on improving his skills while the gap between him and the place he had to go to would be shortened.

“Well, I could go back to doing that thing,” Argentum muttered to himself, recalling the start of his journey wherein he grinded his skills while heading towards the place he had in mind. After mulling over it for a bit, he concluded that it was better for him to not do so as his current skills were now more flashy than his previous ones to a greater degree. If an Animate even saw a small glimpse of such a spell, there was a likely chance that he would be captured and transformed into luxury goods.

After that, he then pondered as to whether or not Herellia and Horell, who both of which were close to Aurus, would recognize him. Fortunately, it did not take long for him to remember that he told his original body that he shouldn’t be introduced just yet since he was weaker than his original body. With that in mind, he could not help but let out a slight snicker as he muttered to himself, “I wonder who would him between me and the original body? Surely, I would gain the upper edge, right?”

Deciding that he would just introduce himself properly if they did not recognize him, he continued with his journey to heading back to Tempest Cliff.

Naturally, while he was doing just that, time passed. At first, it was only minutes that passed…then hours…then days.

It was only after three days, with the sun positioned right at the peak of the sky, did a change occur on Argentum’s journey, with a familiar landscape coming into view thanks to Argentum’s enhanced vision.

Noticing how the trees were structured peculiarly compared to the trees currently in the other parts of the surroundings, Argentum could not believe that he had already reached his destination. But then, he felt the harsh winds that blew throughout the trees, allowing him to recall the familiar feeling he felt while he was inside a familiar place.

At this point, an aura of extreme elation and happiness radiated from him as he felt like he could not hide his happiness. Taking in a deep breath before jumping for joy, he went ahead and shouted, “Tempest Cliff!”

“I’m finally back!” 

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