Master Of None

Everyone was stopped in place. They had not expected Walker to drop this. They had all expected that he would use the mental communication skill that Onyx had been able to help them all learn it had been invaluable at times when they tended to be silent while moving. They even used it now and then when they were trying to just be a little more private.

However, none of them knew the limits of the sin title holders. Especially the slime breeder, Envy, or the other sin title holder remaining. This was all assuming that even the demon lord was not someone that had some form of mental skill that allowed him to her mental communication.

”What do you mean visitor?” Remey’s words came out like a gating stone. She was speaking with enough aggression to make everyone feel a little unsettled. They had all noticed that since she had accepted the pure fire mana, that when she acted with real anger, that her tone was mixed with a slight bit of fire mana. This made her words feel oppressive in general as well.

’False finch slime

This slime was made entirely to copy a finch. It is able to mimic the shape, cry, and even the flight patterns of a finch. However, it requires a lot of mana to do so. Naturally, this causes its lifespan to be very short. However, by forcing it to exist using mana from another being, it can be used as a beast that shares vision and hearing with its controller.

This slime is a failed experiment to create a perfect mimic slime. Something that might be considered impossible if not for the ancient records where they were documented as being able to take the forms of other monsters and races….’

”I was using my all around appraisal skill on anything that we passed by. Mostly just because I want to be sure that we have the knowledge to handle whatever else we run in to. But the small brown finch that I saw was out of place.” Walker spoke slowly and calmly. He knew for the moment, that nothing was around them. But he had to speak slowly to ensure anything approaching did not speed up and start to listen.

”What concerns me the most, is that this is a slime that can not live long without being fed mana. It also has the ability to mimic a bird that I thought was just a normal finch. Besides that, it also was able to spy on us. So a living being was created to be a spying tool and nothing more.” Walker’s fists clenched. He hated that there was someone out there doing something like this.

It was cruel to create a monster just to be used as a tool. It should have every right to live naturally rather than be used to harm others. The tamer’s guild existed to prevent this. They prosecuted the tamers that sued their beasts like disposable tools. It was a main reason they had come to exist in the first place.

The slimes had already been forced to breed, forced to become tools, some even forced to fight in situations where they were just meat shields. While this was also a plague of sorts, the slimes had been pushed to places where the would not naturally form. Therefore, they were already displaced in a way.

The only option had been to destroy them. Now that another slime breeder existed, it meant that all of this had a chance to change. The slimes could be brought together in a way that they helped others. That they did not need to be destroyed. That they might have a future to gain some intelligence as other monsters. Was this likely? No, but why would anyone want to toss aside even the tiniest potential?

Ebon could be the one to wash away the negative thoughts about slime breeders. While he was the second known slime breeder, he was also directly combating the belief that slime breeders would be evil entirely.

”Mimic slime. He wants to make a perfect mimic slime. I remember that some of those ancient records say that mimic slimes used to cause entire areas of destruction when they mimicked ancient monsters?” Gil slowly spoke. He matched the way that Walker spoke, but it was clear that he understood the dangers of this happening.

”If we have to face a mimic slime, what is to stop them from copying us. I did not wish any of you to fight against me with violent and killing intent. Even as a slime. Nor do I wish to harm any of you.” Su’s worries were the fact that Walker was the only one that could easily and consistently use the all around appraisal skill.

Because this was the case, he would be the only one that could point out the mimic slime if it mimicked them. Therefore, they would be in the dark when they were not right next to the real Walker. Especially if it mimicked Walker.

That was also to say that they would be even able to fight Walker or Midnight. They were easily the two most powerful of their group. Midnight was very controlled and delicate now. She had grown faster and more mature than many. Not that it was always easy to see when she had food.

Regardless, she could easily use multiple elemental attacks along with her incredible strength to fight the group causing grievous injuries. Then there was Walker. He was a literal amalgamation of skills and control over manas.

If there was a mimic slime that copied him, then it would have access to natural mana. That was terrifying enough. Yet, Walker had begun to comprehend small bits of other more mysterious manas. What could a mimic slime controlled by Envy do with that?

Everyone could sense the dangers in this. ”My songs should be for healing and protecting. Not harm.” Alice finally spoke up as well. She, along with Midnight and Onyx had been silent while this went on. Their own thoughts on the forefront of their focus.

What would reality ruin Alice, or any of them, would be the fact that their skills were not used to defend and protect others. They loved their lives to ensure that they would be able to make the world better, not worse. If a mimic slime existed and copied then… they could watch all their hard work undone if it ran rampant.

”All things aside, that means that more might be happening.” Remey fletxed her arms as she prepared to be on edge to fight something. She knew that if Envy knew what they were doing, it was only as matter of time before trouble came their way.

”We just need to keep moving. Keep up our plans. That way we can handle the slimes that come our way. Then Envy will be forced to come out to try and claim the slime for himself.” Walker saw the brilliant slime bouncing softly nearby. It was clearly ready to keep moving now that Ebon had managed to send it mana from the shadows where he was hidden by Mordant.

”Wait a second.” Gil stopped for a moment. The communication crystal he had was lit up. He was sure that the scouting elves had found something. He was not afraid that envy would see them using communication crystals. How else would everyone communicate? Especially since it was becoming more widely used and shared with all the races coming together. The angels also sued them often.

A few moments passed by as Gil’s face showed more stress and even some anger. He clearly had just received bad news from the dark elf scouts that had moved well ahead with the angels to assist in fighting the slimes already present.

”The angels and the scouts found out that there are seven lord slimes already on the ground. Apparently they fell along with a few hundred acid and decaying slimes. There are even some mud slimes that have been wrecking the root bases for some of the floating grass islands in the marshes.” This was not good news. It meant that Envy had heard them mocking him. That he had responded by sending more slimes.

”Then we have to move faster.” Onyx spoke up loudly. He and Midnight had been silent until now. But the two were very clear on their intentions. They had taken the lead to make their moves. Onyx and Midnight would scout ahead while the party sped up behind them. That way they could handle any slimes getting nearby. A safer travel path to speed everyone up overall.

This also showed off their own desires. The conversation about mimic slimes made them on edge just the same as others. But they wished to end that potential sooner than later. That way no one they cared about would feel worried about having a mimic of themselves cause others harm.

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