Chapter 229: Through the Fire and Flas
“Is the inheritance telling to basically cross this narrow strip of ground until I reach the end of this seemingly unending corridor?” Argentum could not help but ask himself this question, slightly disbelieving that this was what he was supposed to do in this trial.
“I don’t feel like there’s a challenge to this,” he said not long after. “Is there so sort of hidden reward wherein I need to cross this corridor as fast as I could muster?”
“If so, then I guess there’s a bit more incentive to this trial,” he muttered as he went ahead and activated [Tempest Awakening] and [Zephyr Burst], the skills he had that boosted his movent speed to a greater degree. Not long after that, he then used his [Keen Vision] as he focused his sense of vision towards the different colored flas, proceeding to go ahead and walk through the narrow strip of ground at his maximum speed.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
At the very instant he started to move through the narrow strip of ground, the disembodied voice of the inheritance resounded throughout the corridor, slightly startling Argentum as he wasn’t expecting for the inheritance to talk at this mont. He could not help but mutter under his breath, “I almost jumped into the flas.”
Nevertheless, Argentum intently listened to the disembodied voice’s words as it talked.
“The first fla you shall be crossing through on this Seven Fla Road is the red-colored flas surrounding you at the mont. You might think that these flas are normal flas, which they are but aren’t at the sa ti. In short, the flas surrounding you is the purest and strongest form of flas achievable for normal flas, its na being the Crimson Ruin Flas,” the disembodied voice said.
“Since they’re the purest and strongest form of flas achievable for normal flas, that ans that multiple Animate mages that are inclined towards the Fire elent have these type of flas, commonly those from Rank 4 to Rank 6, with Rank 3 mages and below having weaker versions of the Crimson Ruin Flas,” it added not long after.
“The defining characteristic of these Crimson Ruin Flas is its ability to transform anything it touches into ashes. As for those with evil intent inside them, these Crimson Ruin Flas can purify that evil intent, making it the go-to fire of novice priests and healers as well.” This was the last thing the disembodied voice said after it went silent. After processing the information given to him by the disembodied voice, Argentum could not help but say, “I see…so the flas surrounding are actually pretty strong flas.”
“Wait a second, why did the inheritance explain this to ?” Argentum soon asked himself this question, finding it slightly peculiar. “It’s not like I’m going to use this information in the future or anythi—”
“Ah.” It did not take long for Argentum to realize why the inheritance had done such a thing, although the reason he had in mind was quite different from what was originally intended. “They know that this trial is going to be boring, so they’re helping pass the ti by giving facts regarding the flas that surround the path I’m currently on.”
“I guess that’s sothing to look forward to,” Argentum said to himself not long after as he let out a short sigh. He then muttered, “Sotis, I don’t know if the inheritance is ssing around with , with this trial being great evidence of such antics.”
Not long after, he realized that what he said was a mistake, correcting himself soon after as he said, “Oh, right. This inheritance has been ssing with from the start. Is it because I’m a Wind-based Pseudo-Animate or sothing?”
“Or perhaps…soone alive is manipulating this inheritance just like the Inheritance Ruler in Area 52?” Argentum muttered after pondering over it, thinking that these types of trials would only be possible if the master of the inheritance is alive. Then again, he had no idea whether or not the master of this inheritance was alive, with Aurus’s mories not confirming this idea as well.
In the end, he placed this thought at the back of his head as he decided how he was going to pass the ti while traveling through this narrow strip of ground. Surprisingly, it did not take long for Argentum to think up of an idea, with him lightly chuckling not long after as he muttered, “I guess I’ll sing so songs to pass the ti.”
“It’ll be hilarious if the songs I sing are related to the trial in a way,” Argentum added, letting out another chuckle as he rummaged through Aurus’s mories, trying to find so songs that fit the trial. Fortunately, it seed that Aurus’s mories did contain a few songs that fit Argentum’s requirents, eliciting an aura of elation from him as he let out a slight snigger.
But after he rummaged through those specific mories even further, he could not help but be slightly sad as he found out that Aurus only rembered the choruses of these songs, with only a few songs in his mories being completely morized.
“I guess the choruses were stuck inside his head. I don’t bla him though,” Argentum muttered not long after finding a few songs that fit the bill, taking a deep breath before going ahead and singing.
“I’m on the highway to hell~”
“On the highway to hell~”
If a person was listening to Argentum singing at this mont, they would probably cup their ears and scream to mask the sound. Unsurprisingly, Argentum’s singing ability was pretty bad. If one was sugarcoating it, then they would say that Argentum’s singing ability was subpar at best. Then again, Argentum was relying on the tune Aurus morized while singing this song, trying to mimic it as close as possible.
Perhaps, Aurus was the one with subpar singing ability?
Nevertheless, this did not stop Argentum from singing this song as he zood through the Seven Fla Road, humming every once in a while as well.
…
After about twenty minutes or so of incessant singing and humming to pass the ti, Argentum had finally reached the end of the path that was surrounded by Crimson Ruin Flas, continuing on the path that was surrounded by flas of a yellow hue. At the very instant Argentum entered this path, he could not help but feel that the flas surrounding the narrow strip of ground he was moving through had intensified in power and heat. Coincidentally, with the increased feeling of power and heat, he felt a bond to the yellow flas surrounding him, as if it was an extension of his limb in a way.
Just as he was about to wonder whether the inheritance would explain the new type of flas surrounding him, the disembodied voice of the inheritance resounded throughout the corridor, prompting Argentum to tell himself, “Ah. So the explanation cos at the start of a new fla. Got it.”
“The second fla in this Seven Fla Road is called the Grand Erudinian Flas, due to its origin being in the depths of Erudinian caves. Wielders of Grand Erudinian Flas start at Rank 5, with Rank 6 and Rank 7 commonly having these flas. So Rank 4 mages also wield these flas, but they only use them as trump cards,” the disembodied voice started explaining.
“Unlike the Crimson Ruin Flas, which need refining to reach its peak, these Grand Erudinian Flas are already brimming with power, only needing the user to make its purpose specialized. So users use these flas for mass destruction, while so use it for purification. Of course, that did not stop others from using it for healing, because human ingenuity.”
“The defining characteristic of these flas is that they could be artificially made as well, with the Crimson Ruin Flas as its core. Though the cost is high, it would allow those types of mages to have a path of advancent in their minds. Then again, artificially made Grand Erudinian Flas are weaker than natural Grand Erudinian Flas, but that does not an artificial Grand Erudinian Flas cannot outperform natural ones after a lot of enhancent and refining.”
“This fla is quite interesting,” Argentum could not help but say as he committed the information to mory. Although he said that the reason why the inheritance was telling him about this information, it was still of so use to Argentum one way or another, having the feeling that he would use it once he beca a Super Animate.
After committing the information to mory, he then pondered on what song he was going to sing this ti while going through this path, eventually finding one that resonated with him quite well. Even though the ssage of the song was quite sad, Argentum sang it cheerfully.
“I walk a lonely road, the only place that I have ever known~”
“Don’t know where it goes, but it’s ho to and I walk alone~”
…
After another 20 minutes or so, Argentum had finally passed through the path surrounded by Grand Erudinian Flas, entering a path filled with orange flas this ti. Of course, Argentum felt an increase in power and heat from these flas, but it was still sothing he could handle. Not only that, but the bond he felt from the flas had also grown even closer yet again.
Naturally, since he had entered a part of the path surrounded by a new type of flas, the disembodied voice of the inheritance resounded throughout the corridor, giving Argentum so more useless information…for now.
“The third fla in this Seven Fla Road is the yellow flas surrounding you as of this mont. These flas are the rarest type of flas in this continent, with the Undying Fla Spirit, the master of this inheritance, being one of the only beings in the continent that could handle such flas.”
“This fla is called the Unworldly Sol Fla, due to it exhibiting properties of the sun that light the world of Erudinia, naly its heat and power. Normally, the Unworldly Sol Fla would kill millions of beings just from its indirect heat, with the inheritor dying just by coming in close contact with it for a picosecond. Fortunately, the master of the inheritance has reduced its power to a great extent, allowing it to exude a stronger feeling than the Grand Erudinian Flas while not letting the inheritor die from it. Note that the subsequent flas after this are far stronger than this one.”
“The most defining characteristic of this fla is that it is near immortal. Even if tons of beings try to put it out with skills and spells of the Water elent at the Rank 9 level, it would still continue to burn.”
Committing the mory to mind, he then moved on and continued singing one of the two songs that he was singing a while ago.
…
Surprisingly, due to him being distracted by his singing, it did not occur to Argentum that he had already reached the fourth fla of the Seven Fla Road. Thankfully, the disembodied voice of the inheritance snapped him back to reality as it explained the white flas surrounding him at the mont.
“The fourth fla in this Seven Fla Road is called the Lux Purity Fla, an incredibly strong fla from the Vasterion continent, its power akin to a hundred Unworldly Sol Flas combined. The master of the inheritance obtained this fla through sheer luck after traveling through the Vasterion continent in the past, being gifted to her by a great pyromancer.”
“It is said that the master of this inheritance is the only one that can fully exhibit the fla’s properties in this continent, but beings in the other continents would be able to show its worth with just a small amount of power.”
“Its defining characteristic is its ability to manifest into a spiritual form, allowing the caster to not need to manually manipulate them. It’s a ‘just command them and you’re done’ sort of deal.”
“I can’t help but feel like the explanation is getting more and more sloppy with every fla I pass,” Argentum could not help but mutter, concluding that the inheritance did not have information on these latter flas, leading to a sowhat sloppy explanation.
After getting to that answer, he then moved on through the path, reaching the fifth fla after another twenty minutes or so.
…
Eventually, Argentum had reached the end of the corridor, with the disembodied voice of the inheritance explaining the last three flas to him in the best manner possible. Although the information the inheritance had on these flas were quite lacking, he still committed these thoughts into his mory, with him wondering for a bit if the fla Charisa had was one of the latter flas in this Seven Flas.
“Samsara Phoenix Flas…flas that flicker between black and white…” Argentum muttered to himself. “Once I’m done with this trip, I’ll probably go ask Charisa about this since Aurus is still in the process of evolving.”
“Nevertheless, I’m finally done with this trial.” Argentum let out a sigh of relief after seeing the great space after the seventh fla, filled to the brim with the ground he was moving through a while ago. A few seconds later, the flas behind him had disappeared as the corridor eventually shrunk back to the large stone room he was in before. This phenonon made Argentum ponder over the power the inheritance had.
Not long after that, the disembodied voice of the inheritance, which used to tell him information regarding the flas on the Seven Fla Road, was now telling him the rewards he had obtained from the third trial, making Argentum radiate an aura of elation once more.
“The inheritor has successfully reached the end of the corridor, thus completing the Seven Fla Road,” the disembodied voice said to Argentum. “Due to the inheritor crossing the Seven Fla Road in less than 12 hours, the inheritor has increased the quality of the reward given to them.”
Ding!
Hearing the notification sound resound in his mind just as the disembodied voice told him about the reward being enhanced, the aura radiating from Argentum had intensified once more, seemingly reaching the epito of elation. It did not take long for Argentum to open up the notification screen and read the latest notification after that. But at the very instant he was finished reading through it, he went silent, only uttering a sound a few seconds later.
“…eh?”
‘You have obtained the active skill [Fla Incarnation: Undying Spirit].’
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