Chapter 238: How to Raise a Companion
“I would like to have Blob be the na of this Fla Companion,” Argentum said without hesitation after pondering over it for a while. Although the na he chose was quite straightforward due to the fact that his Fla Companion currently looked like a blob, he could not help but laugh inwardly whenever he thought about fighting against soone, only for him to summon Blob. In his mind, a na like that would stupefy anyone he was up against.
Then again, he did slightly feel bad that this Fla Companion of his had such a mundane na, but he was pretty sure that if this Fla Companion of his put in enough effort, the na Blob would definitely shock the world, just like how Argentum imagined that his na would shock the world once he beca a Super Animate.
Ding!
As the system received Argentum’s response, the holographic screen over the blob of fire soon disappeared as a few white particles manifested around it. Soon after, these few particles were absorbed by the blob of fire, increasing the intensity of its flas by quite a bit as Argentum felt a faint aura of vitality coming from the blob of fire. After a minute or so, this aura of vitality had stabilized to a certain point, which was accompanied by a notification sound resounding in Argentum’s mind.
‘Your Fla Companion, Blob, has been created.’
Reading through the notification he had received, only for him to close it up after finding out that it was just informing him that his Fla Companion was created, Argentum then looked at the blob of fire in front of him, which slightly hovered off of the ground by a few centiters or so. If it wasn’t for the fact that Argentum that this companion of his was created by the system, he would have thought that this blob of fire in front of him was a weak Fire-based Pseudo-Animate spirit.
After looking at the blob of fire for so ti, the blob of fire started to gradually move, inching closer and closer towards Argentum. This phenonon slightly shocked Argentum for a split second, but he soon understood why the blob was doing it. In his mind, he thought that this blob had considered him as a master or benefactor in so way or another.
Eventually, the blob of fire stopped just a couple deciters away from him, its flas slightly intensifying as Argentum noticed that in the center of its body, a white energy was being ford. He could not help but focus his attention on this white energy and ponder to himself, ‘What’s this blob going to do with the white energy?’
Fortunately, the answer to that question ca not long after the white energy inside the blob of fire was soon shot towards Argentum, filling his mind with bits of information regarding the blob of fire. Not only that, but the white energy the blob of fire shot out had also ford a connection between the two of them, allowing a childlike voice to resound throughout Argentum’s mind not long after.
“Are you…my creator?” Hearing this question resound in his mind, Argentum opened and closed his sense of vision for a few tis before looking at the blob of fire in front of him. As he looked at it, he sensed that it was radiating an aura of slight curiosity, prompting him to think that the one who asked this question…was actually the blob of fire he had made?
“Y-yeah, I am.” Surprised that a companion he had just made was able to converse with him, Argentum replied back with a slight stutter as he pondered over the reason why this newly made companion of his was able to do so. It did not take long for him to co up with the thought that since he was a Pseudo-Animate, then that ant that the beginning level of his companions would be at the Pseudo-Animate level as well, which was more than enough for a companion to start conversing with other beings.
Hearing the response of Argentum, the blob of fire radiated an aura of happiness as it replied, “I see! It’s nice to et you, Creator! My na is Blob!”
As Argentum continued to look at Blob while listening to the voice that resounded in his mind, he could not help but think that Blob was a child in a few ways, making him lightly chuckle in glee as he responded, “Nice to et you as well, Blob. I may be your creator, but you can just call Argentum.”
“Ar…gen…tum?” Blob repeated Argentum’s na as a response, to which he responded with, “Yes, Argentum. Is that fine with you?”
“If that’s what Argentum wants, then that’s what Blob will do!” Blob said in a cheerful tone. In response, Argentum let out a small giggle as he felt that creating a companion would make his future adventures less boring. Of course, he did not let this distract him from the fact that he made Blob right now so its combat power would be higher in future situations. Sure, Blob would beco a burden at the Azure Shores, but it wouldn’t be a burden in other places.
Taking in a deep breath to reorganize his thoughts, he then went ahead and asked Blob, “Is it fine if I check your stats, Blob?”
“Ah?” In response, Blob radiated an aura of slight curiosity, wondering why its creator asked it for its permission, even though its creator was the one who made it. Nevertheless, it responded with, “Go ahead, Argentum! You can check my stats whenever you want to!”
“I see.” Argentum let out a light laugh as he said, “Glad to know.”
“System, identify Blob,” he said after obtaining Blob’s consent, a notification sound resounding in his mind not long after as a holographic screen appeared in front of his field of vision, detailing Blob’s stats.
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[Blob] (Level 1/10)
Experience: 0/100
Existence Level: Pseudo-Animate (Normal)
Species: Inferior Fla Spirit
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[HP]: 1/1
[MP]: 1/1
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Stats:
Vitality – 1
Strength – 1
Defense – 1
Agility – 1
Intelligence – 1
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“It looks just like my stat screen when I started out,” Argentum muttered to himself, pondering how much of an increase in stats maxing out the [Fla Companion] skill would give if he made a new companion. He also pondered as to how he would increase the experience of the [Fla Companion] skill, but decided to put it in the back of his mind as he closed the holographic screen in front of him, focusing his sense of vision towards Blob yet again.
“Why did you check my stats, Argentum?” Blob asked him after noticing that he was not preoccupied with sothing anymore. In response, Argentum said to it, “I just wanted to see how strong you were before fighting against those Fire Slis right there.”
As he said this, Argentum pointed towards the Fire Slis that road around the area they were currently in, instantly instilling a sense of fear within Blob as it shouted at Argentum, saying, “You want to fight them? But they’re too strong! I’m incredibly weak! I can’t deal damage to them!”
“That’s why I’m here to help you out,” Argentum said as he chuckled, radiating an aura of confidence. Sensing this aura of confidence radiating from its creator, Blob’s fears were gradually suppressed as it asked him, “How are you going to help out?”
“By bringing them to near death,” he responded succinctly. He then added, “The reason why I want you to fight against them is because I want you to beco stronger. You also want to beco stronger, right?”
“Of course I do, Argentum!” Blob replied to his question before adding, “I would be glad to fight by your side but it’s just that…”
Continuing with its statent, an aura of slight inferiority emanated from it as it continued, “I’m still too weak.”
“You won’t be weak for long, Blob. Trust ,” Argentum said to bring Blob’s morale up. Surprisingly, those words were enough to return Blob to its original self. Seeing that, he went ahead and started to move towards the Fire Slis, gesturing Blob to follow him, to which it did.
While the two of them were heading towards the Fire Slis, making sure that the first one they went up against was far away from the others, Argentum could not help but ponder over sothing. After so ti, he found out that he could not co to a conclusion, prompting him to ask the system on this one.
“System, is it possible for to allocate Blob my unused experience points just like in the Ally feature?” This was the thought that was plaguing his mind right now. If he was able to do so, then it would just be a matter of allocating enough points for Blob to grow strong enough before going ahead and allowing it to fend off for itself.
Ding!
It did not take long for the system to respond to his question, the system’s feminine-sounding voice resounding in his mind as it said, “Due to the user’s companion being made from a skill and not from the system itself, the user cannot allocate unused experience points towards the companion.”
“I guess it was worth a shot,” Argentum muttered to himself as they continued to traverse the area for a stray Fire Sli, eventually finding one after a few minutes or so.
The two of them stood quite a distance away from this stray Fire Sli, making sure to not alert it of their presence. Looking at the Fire Sli in front of it, Blob could not help but compare its size to the Fire Sli’s, pondering as to how it would be able to deal damage to such a large creature. On the other hand, Argentum ignored Blob’s internal queries for now as he focused his sense of vision towards this Fire Sli, prompting a screen to appear in front of his field of vision not long after.
Only taking a short ti to skim through it, Argentum could not help but imitate the sound of a being clicking their tongue as he thought, ‘So I was actually dealing too much damage to it, huh?’
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[Fire Sli]
Existence Level: Animate (Rank 0)
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[HP]: 1/1
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Although he could not check its stats, Argentum was incredibly sure that its defense leaned more towards the physical side rather than the magical side, allowing him to deal tons of damage to its core through an elentally disadvantaged spell.
He then started to mutter to himself, thinking out loud as he said, “Due to the difference in existence level, I must treat the Fire Sli’s HP bar as 100 points instead of 1. I shouldn’t use [Zephyr Ascendance ] and the stronger spells of [Lower Tempest Magic ] and [Lower Blaze Magic ] since that would just kill the Fire Sli in one shot, thus rendering it this outing to be useless.”
With that being said, he then went ahead and pondered over the remaining portion in his mind, which prompted Blob to look at him with slight curiosity, wondering what its creator was currently thinking about. Fortunately, it did not take long for him to finish formulating a strategy in mind to whittle down the Fire Sli’s HP to a level where Blob would be able to kill it in one shot.
Thinking that there was a great chance for this strategy to be feasible, Argentum looked at Blob and said, “Stay here for a while. I’ll give you a signal on when to attack the Fire Sli, okay?”
“Alright, Argentum,” Blob said with a tone of slight uncertainty. “Are you really sure I can fight against sothing like that?”
“I’m sure,” Argentum responded with a tone of slight elation and expectation. “Just make sure to aim for the red orb in its center.”
“If you say so, Argentum,” Blob said in response to his words, only for Argentum to hastily dash towards the stray Fire Sli he was eyeing a while ago.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
In a matter of a few seconds, Argentum was able to decrease the gap between the two of them as he raised his right hand, conjuring a ball of fire not long after. Unsurprisingly, this action of his attracted the attention of the Fire Sli, incurring its wrath as it went ahead and leaped to its fullest extent, wanting to crush Argentum with the weight of its body.
Seeing that the Fire Sli took the initiative to leap and crush his body, Argentum radiated an aura of slight elation and glee as he adjusted the position of his right hand, making sure that the fireball in his hands would collide with the Fire Sli’s core.
At the very instant the Fire Sli’s body collided with Argentum’s fireball, he shouted, “[Lower Blaze Magic: Fire Ball]!”
“Burst!”
Fwoosh!
In an instant, the fireball Argentum was holding exploded, dealing a lot of damage to the Fire Sli as its montum was abruptly halted and even reversed, flinging the Fire Sli closer to Blob.
Ding!
‘You have dealt 99 HP damage to [Fire Sli]!’ Obtaining a notification that the Fire Sli only had 1 HP left, Argentum could not help but let out a chuckle as he thought, ‘I guess luck is on my side!’
“Blob, go and attack the Fire Sli!” Just before the Fire Sli could land on the ground and retaliate from his attack, Argentum shouted at Blob, to which Blob hastily responded, “Alright, Argentum!”
Whoosh!
Since the trajectory of the Fire Sli was heading was sowhat close to where Blob was, Blob only adjusted its position by a bit as it sent out a small ball of fla towards the red orb inside the Fire Sli, just like how Argentum instructed it to do so.
Fwoosh!
At the instant the two collided, the gelatinous body of the Fire Sli instantly transford into a puddle as the red orb inside it shattered into pieces. On the other hand, after the Fire Sli died from its attack, Blob instantly felt like it had grown a few notches stronger as its size swelled by a few notches as well.
Ding!
‘Blob has dealt the last blow to [Fire Sli].’
‘Blob has obtained 1000 XP.’
‘Blob has leveled up to Level 5!’
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