Master Of None

"Erm...why are you all awake?" Walker knew that he was most likely the cause of everyone being awake but he also didn't see the reason for all of them to be watching him. 

"Well, I was taking my walk when I saw a weird glow and found you." Gil was sure that there was nothing in the immediate area so he decided that this was a safe time to check up on Walker.

"It was too cold to sleep...So I was going to punch you for putting out the fire. It's warm here now though." Remey was a little annoyed to have been awakened from her sleep, but this was a cool way to get warm. 

"Leader, your skills look very strong. I want to know more." Su was woken up by Remey when she was cold and grumbling about the fire. However, when she saw Walker had started to succeed with a new skill she wanted all the information. She wanted to make sure that she would be able to think about how it would change the strategies of the party and her defense. 

"Sister and I want to see what you can do. Sister says she wants to sleep near the pool of warm rocks." Onyx and Midnight had paired up and were enjoying the warmth f the nearby stones. 

"I'm not surprised that you want to sleep here now. You always sleep by the oven." Walker knew he should have expected this from Midnight. "Sorry for disturbing your sleep. I was having some interesting realizations about the fire and earth elemental mana." Walker did feel a little bad about it. 

"So spill it, what is the deal with you making a pit of lava? It's definitely different than the drawing in the storybooks about the dragons living in volcanoes." Gil was mesmerized by the cooling lava. The colors of yellow, orange, and reds were slowly changing as they faded to the black hardened stone they had become through this entire process. 

"I was trying to learn more about the earth elemental mana. I wanted the trench skill to become the fissure skill so I could trap or take down a lot more monsters if I need to. But I realized something else." Walker was sure that he could feel the fire elemental mana more easily leaving the lava pit he had made. It was another thing he took not of due to the nights' lack of sun and heat sources. 

"I found that I could find the fire elemental mana very deep in the earth and that the earth and fire elemental manas were mixed together without any negative effect. They can change the more or less of each one in the mix and end up in different forms. When I learned this and added a ton of the fire elemental mana to the earth it made lava." 

Walker gestured to the pit, "Then I used the trench skill and tried to make it blogger by adding more earth mana. Then the mana from deeper in the earth pushed up and I felt the trench widen and I had a new fusion skill; lava fissure. It would be really useful for stopping the progression of enemies or defeating them if I make it under them." 

"What about that long arrow like attack?" Gil was more interested in the lava lance attack. He wanted to see if Walker was trying to learn some form of magical archery. 

"Well, I got the lava manipulation skill. It is pretty much like the other skills I have to manipulate the elements but specific to lava. That and the shape of the lava with a little wind elemental mana, " Walker manipulated the lava in the pit and fired off another of the lava lances. It slammed in to a nearby rock and burst. 

"The skill lava lance became another long ranged magic attack in my arsenal. I think that it will be able to stay strong enough to pierce the yellow slimes' body then pierce the core. By the time the basic earth attacks get to the core, they have dissolved in the acid. And the fire attacks only burn off some of the slime. But combined the fire elemental mana burns away the acidic slime body while the hardening earth spike pierces the core." 

"So we can fight the yellow slimes easier. But I thought you were going to try and use water?" Remey was glad that they wouldn't need to worry so much about fighting them But she was also interested in why Walker had not tried water since he had said it would get rid of the acid aspect of the slimes.

"I tried to think of the lava as water and that let me shape it better. If I add enough fire elemental mana It is harder to control but in theory if we make enough I could make a wave of lava or something." Walker knew that the amount of mana needed would be much higher than he had. But it was possible in theory. 

"That attack could also break through tough defenses. If I still had an iron shield it could melt it and pierce it." Su was seeing that there were great ways for this skill to be used against tougher enemies. 

"Then it should be a pretty good skill to have around when we go underground. We all know that the slimes won't be the only thighs down there." Gil was sure that the earth elemental monsters underground would be tough in general. 

"It took a lot of mana but it was a lot easier to get this skill than I expected. It was like the earth and fire elemental mana were meant to be this way. I think I should focus on nature a little more when I try to learn skills." Waker had a much better idea of how fusing elemental magic skills came together. But he also was much more tired than before. After talking for a little longer he took his turn to rest after he was made to restart the fire. 

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