Master Of None

Chapter 1217 – 1217. Sneaky Sneaky

Su watched as Walker became harder to see as he crouched down in to the grasses around them. The shadows seemed to meld with him slightly as he pulled his cloak out of his storage to wear. It made him much harder to see and follow up until the point that she just looked over at Midnight waiting. 

Midnight had just finished taking down another of the silver hair raccoons and was waiting for Walker to come and clean up. He was the one that would store everything so she knew that he would be there any moment. But she just stood there waiting until she realized that he wasn't over at all. By the time she looked back and saw only Su, she was a little worried. Walker was gone!

Her surprised huff was cut short but the fact that she could see Su shaking her head in slight disappointment. Was she in trouble? Did Walker and Su decide that they would actually reprimand her? Midnight was completely lost on what was going on until she felt a heavy weight land on her back. The next thing she knew she was pushed down to the ground and a soft ball of flame burst on her. She knew it wasn't a monster because she had not smelled or felt any real danger. The ball of flame that hit her was also obviously held back to easily break on her scales without harming her. Yet, that didn't mean she was not upset. She had been ambushed! Of all the beings in the world, the one that did the ambushing had just been ambushed herself!

When she jumped up she was going to get Walker back for it with a small breath of frost toward hum. However, he wasn't there. He wasn't right where he should be after tackling her and using magic on her like that. Her eyes darted from side to side to find him but came up with nothing. She could still only find Su who was a little impressed at the sight before her. 

The next attack that hit her was a small needle of frost which sent a chill down her spine but still did not cause any damage. She felt it come from her left side so she turned and released a large breath of frost toward the grasses. Her only success came in the form of her freezing some of the damp grasses. Unfortunately, she had not succeeded in even touching Walker. This made her even more frustrated. 

Things just became worse as she felt the mud beneath her feet shift and she was blocked off by a wall of soupy mud that fell forward dirtying her scales. She instinctively wrapped her claws in flames but was immediately met with a small bubble of water that came out of the mud and put out her flames. "Having some trouble?" She felt a tap on the top of her head. Walker had managed to walk right up to her opposite side and tap her. Midnight could only look at him with a stunned expression. Had Walker always been this sneaky? How had he managed to do this? How could she not have seen it happening?

"You were so distracted that you didn't even notice me learning your skill. I have seen you use the shadow wrapping skill like a million times. Do you think that I wouldn't learn it one day? It isn't my specialty and I don't plan on taking your spot. But I will use it to show you a lesson. You were so focused on your flame wrapped claws that I was able to mess around all I wanted. What if this was serious? If Su wasn't here protecting us through this I wouldn't even dare to do something like this." The words weren't harsh but they were matter of fact. Walker could easily have done real damage. 

The shadows wrapped around Walker again as he stepped back in to the grass showing off the skill that Midnight was so adept in. she had used it so many times that she could do it in an instant. It was one of her most used and best skills. Now she realized that she was able to use it but had lost when it came to detecting it. She could not nail down where Walker had gone, putting her at a continuous loss. She had strayed from her training so much that she was unable to match Walker when it came to her best skill. 

"Now if you two are done playing, you splashed me with some mud." Su pointed out the shield that had some mud on it and waited for Walker to clean up. She knew he had the skills to clean easily and was expecting him to do something about the mud covered Midnight and her precious shields. They didn't need to be the collateral damage to the lessons Midnight should learn. 

"Yes. I wouldn't let anyone walk through all dirty like that." Walker followed the order immediately. He could sense that if he didn't then Su would be teaching some lessons of her own. Walker was very careful to pay attention to the training that everyone had been doing lately. Between him and Su, Su had been training with mana more. She had been focusing her mental energies on understanding the flow of mana around her. She felt far behind the other guardians, not to mention Walker and Midnight. So, while they walked she had constantly been observant of the small changes that even a fly made while moving by them. 

"Midnight, do you know why Walker did this?" Midnight nodded softly while looking at Walker with curiosity. "Good, then let's make sure you can sense the shadow wrapping skill. Walker will sneak around and you need to play hide and seek with him. It's a childs' game but one that will help. He is also the scout for the rest of the trip." Su smirked while she watched as Walker had to play the role of helping with her and Midnight's training. 

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