I Reincarnated As A Stick

Chapter 161: Divine Wind Spirit

Whoosh! Whoosh!

It only took a few teleports for Aurus to arrive at the Tower of Seclusion, specifically in the room where Fenrir and Charisa were still grinding as of late. It was only at this point did Aurus deactivate his Ruler skill, looking at Fenrir and Charisa, who were still engrossed in grinding. Just as he was about to come closer to them and tell them that he was going somewhere else, a flash of light radiated out of Fenrir’s body.

“Eh?” Aurus could not help but think that his sense of vision was playing tricks with him. He knew very well that once a skill has reached the Transcendent level, a flash of light would radiate from the body of the being that achieved it. Not long after, a flash of light radiated out of Charisa’s body as well.

And then…

Swish! Swish! Swish!

Like strobing lights, flashes of light radiated out of Fenrir and Charisa’s body in an alternate manner, making Aurus become silent as he waited for the two of them to stop flashing out light. Eventually, around a couple of minutes later, the flashing of light stopped as the two of them opened their senses of vision as they looked at their master with auras of excitement and happiness radiating out of them.

With the two of them looking at him, Aurus could not help but chuckle as he thought that it was not a problem for him to delay the formulation of the Tempering skill quite a bit as he said, “You two have given quite a big surprise. I’m glad the two of have achieved Transcendent level on your skills.”

“We have fulfilled your request, Master,” Fenrir said in a polite manner, wagging his tail left to right. “As requested, we have achieved the Transcendent level for all of our skills.”

“…” Aurus was at a loss for words for quite a bit, wondering if what he heard was correct. Although he knew that their comprehension speeds had gotten faster since he had absorbed a Transcending Comprehension Leaf, it shouldn’t be that fast, right?

“Are you surprised, Master~?” This time, it was Charisa, who spoke before laughing with glee. “You did tell us that we had to reach Transcendent level on all our skills, right~?”

“Ah…right.” It was after Charisa asked this question was his memory jogged, allowing him to remember what he told them. Although it had been like a day or two since he told them this, due to the amount of things he had done during the past day or so, the details of what he told them had become quite blurry, only becoming detailed as of late.

“Anyways, since both of you have achieved Transcendent level skills,” Aurus said to the two of them, before adding, “It’s time for the two of you to evolve even further.”

He looked at Charisa and said, “Since you’re still at A-grade, you’ll be the first one I evolve to X-grade.” He then looked at Fenrir and asked, “Do you have any problems with that, Fenrir?”

“I have no problems at all,” Fenrir replied politely. “As long as my comrades are stronger, that means our power to protect Master would become even greater.”

Hearing Fenrir’s reply, Aurus could not help but radiate an aura of happiness as he looked at Charisa one more time and asked, “Are you ready?”

As the flames on her body intensified, Charisa replied with glee, “Always ready, Master~!”

Nodding inwardly, he then commanded the system, “System, all of my unused experience points to max out Charisa’s level.”

Ding!

‘A lot of unused experience points have been deducted from the user’s inventory.’

‘[Charisa Flamerei] has reached the MAX level.’

‘[Charisa Flamerei] has met the necessary requirements and is ready to evolve.’

Not long after obtaining these notifications, which hastily passed through his mind, he then commanded, “Evolve Charisa.”

Whoosh! Whoosh!

In an instant, all of the Fire energy particles that were present in the room started condensing into small orbs of Fire energy particles, before heading towards Charisa’s body, which she absorbed without a problem. Of course, the transformation did not stop there. Like a small but violent whirlpool, Charisa’s body continued to absorb Fire energy particles outside the room, even going so far as to absorb a lot of the Fire energy particles present in the small ecosystem.

This in turn increased the intensity of the flames on Charisa’s body, transforming the black flames into flames that flickered between black and white, as if a balance has been reached between the two. Not only that, the flames even expanded to spread around the wooden part of Charisa’s body, transforming into what seemed to look like a coat made out of black and white flames.

Whoosh!

After a few more seconds, the intensity of the flames calmed down as Charisa looked at Aurus and said, “Thanks for allowing me to wield more power, Master~! I now have more power to protect you!”

“I’m glad you feel that way,” Aurus replied back, an aura of happiness radiating from him as he knew that by evolving Charisa to the next grade, her Ally skill would improve as well, which focused on the great extreme of offensive properties. Just as he was about to go ahead and evolve Fenrir, a bad feeling enveloped his body, prompting him to look at Fenrir and saying, “Fenrir, I think I’ll have to postpone your evolution for a bit. I seriously apologize.”

“It’s fine, Master,” Fenrir replied back without being jealous of Charisa’s evolution. “Charisa and I are finally at the same evolution level, it’s kind of a nice feeling.”

“Haha, I agree as well~!” Charisa chuckled as she replied.

“Anyways, since the both of you have achieved the Transcendent level skill, there’s no need for you two to stay in this place anymore. I’ll bring the two of you out of the system when the war starts, okay?” After hearing their replies, Aurus looked at the two of them and said this.

“Alright, Master,” Fenrir replied. “Just make sure to call us for that trump card, okay?”

“I definitely will,” Aurus answered Fenrir’s question.

Whoosh!

“Don’t forget about us, okay Master?” After Fenrir disappeared from their fields of vision, Charisa was the next one to talk to Aurus. Of course, Aurus responded with a light chuckle, saying, “Why would I?”

Whoosh!

It was then that Fenrir and Charisa had finally returned to the system, leaving Aurus alone once more. In actuality, Aurus was never alone, he could always converse with Fenrir and Charisa through the system, so it was fine. Nevertheless, after keeping the two in his system, he focused his mind back to his original train of thought, which was to formulate a Tempering skill for his clone, Argentum.

Swoosh!

Of course, it only took an instant for Aurus to consciously control Argentum’s movements, leaving his original body in the Tower of Seclusion without hesitation. At the very instant he obtained full control over Argentum, the first thing he did was…

Spit out what Argentum had in his mouth.

“Pweh! Pweh! What have you been eating while you were in auto?” Aurus could not help but complain as bits of dirt and grass was spitted out of Argentum’s mouth. Although he knew what Argentum was doing through [Sense Sharing], he could not really do much since he can’t really control two bodies at once. He did not even know how one could do that.

Nonetheless, Aurus…well, Argentum was now back to his previous self, a man that didn’t eat grass or leaves or anything off the ground. At this moment in time, Argentum was deciding on what kind of Tempering skill he wanted to go with.

“System, bring up my skill list,” Argentum commanded the system, to which the system hastily replied since the clone was also a part of the system.

Ding!

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Skills:

[Nature’s Blessing], [Spirit Resonance], [Wind Affinity], [Innate Tempered Body], [Natural Mana Affinity]

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“Hmm…” Argentum looked at the skills he had and pondered over it for quite a while, wondering what kind of skills he could use to formulate a Tempering skill. While thinking about the combinations, he could not help but mutter, “I’m quite lucky that I have skills to start out with. If not, it would take me a long time to formulate a Tempering skill.”

In Argentum’s memories from his previous life, Tempering skills could only be obtained once one had at least one skill in their skill list as an Animate. The methods to obtaining these skills ranged from continuous fighting, pillaging inheritances, or even doing menial work. What was constant though was that the more skills one added into the formulation of the Tempering skill, the stronger the Tempering skill would become.

Of course, the downside to it was that it would be harder for the person to ascend to a higher Rank. Then again, Argentum…Aurus had reached the existence level of Godhood in his previous life. To him, even what seemed to be a great spike in difficulty in ascending ranks in the Animate level was nothing compared to the existence level after that, or the difficulty in ascending ranks in the existence level of Godhood.

“Identify [Innate Tempered Body],” Argentum commanded soon after, checking the description of each skill he had.

Ding!

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[Innate Tempered Body]

A rare condition for humans, those born with this skill have greater overall abilities when compared to other humans.

Effect: All Stats +1

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“Identify [Nature’s Blessing].”

Ding!

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[Nature’s Blessing]

A rare condition for humans. Those born with this skill have enhanced abilities when around nature.

Effect: 20% boost to all stats when near nature, removal of the need to eat or drink when near nature

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“Identify [Wind Affinity].”

Ding!

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[Wind Affinity]

The inclination towards the Wind element. Those with this skill have greater success when comprehending anything related to the Wind element.

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“Identify [Natural Mana Affinity].”

Ding!

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[Natural Mana Affinity]

The inclination towards the manipulation of the mana in the surroundings. Those with this skill can rely on the mana surrounding them to power their abilities.

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“And lastly, identify [Spirit Resonance].”

Ding!

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[Spirit Resonance]

When two entities are born from the same soul, a resonance between the two is born, enhancing the qualities of both entities when in close proximity with one another.

Effect: 50% boost to stats when close to another being that has [Spirit Resonance]

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After reading through all of the description of the skills he currently had, Argentum closed his eyes and wondered what combination would be the best path for this body of his. Although his goal was to make a Tempering skill that would allow him to stand above peers of equal rank, he wanted the difficulty of ascending to be quite low when compared to the other Tempering skills out there. Of course, his definition of low was different from other people’s definition.

“[Spirit Resonance] is a skill that works only when I’m around my original body. It is nice, but in the off chance that I’m not close to my original body, I’d become incredibly weak. Hmm…I won’t add it in the formulation,” Argentum started thinking out loud.

“As for [Innate Tempered Body], although it is a good skill as a foundation, I don’t really like fighting with my bare fists, which would become the possible result of the Tempering skill once I add this skill in.”

“Well then, by the looks of it, the path I’m gonna take seems to be obvious.” Seeing as the three skills that remain from his list are quite compatible with one another, Argentum could not help but chuckle as he said to the system, “Combine [Natural Mana Affinity], [Wind Affinity], and [Nature’s Blessing] into a Tempering skill.”

Whoosh! Whoosh!

After Argentum was finished commanding the system, a small tornado started to appear around Argentum, with Argentum being in the eye of this tornado. This tornado grew more and more intense until it seemingly flattened down due to some unknown force from above. Not long after, this flattened tornado shrunk in size and made its way towards the top of Argentum’s head, acting as some sort of halo as a green light started to radiate from this flattened tornado.

Ding!

As a notification sound resounded throughout his mind as the halo radiated green light, Argentum hastily opened up the notification screen in front of his field of vision. The words on the notification screen were:

‘By combining three highly compatible skills with one another, the Tempering skill [Divine Wind Spirit] has been created. Would you like to train in this Tempering skill?’

Not long after, he brought up the information regarding the benefits of the Tempering skill he had just made on another screen. After seeing what it offered, Argentum looked at the halo of green light over his head before he responded with one word.

“Yes.”