Master Of None

Chapter 2384: 2384. A Learned Lesson

”Maybe you should all head back where you can easily fight and pay attention to your surroundings.” The growled words shocked the following soldiers to their core. They did not realize that Suʼs dragon eyes could be so piercing.

The damaged head of the magma river golem was slowly melting back in to place as the large core heated up. It was releasing fire and earth mana to be able to reform its body where it was damaged. This proved to Su that she had to keep battling it right away.

The older age of this golem was only working in its favor. Its body was made up of a large number of different metals and rocks. This made it tougher but gave it the materials it needed to be able to reform itself if it ever got injured.

But that was the thing, it would rarely if ever be injured due to how comfortable and acclimated it was to the environment it was created in. it had grown here and absorbed a large amount of fire and earth mana which has allowed it to be able to grow much more. This put it at the top end of the list of powerful monsters within the entirety of the lava fields.

”You think I donʼt sense what you are doing?” Suʼs instincts were not just for show, she could feel the surge of earth and fire mana which allowed her opponent to reform its body. She could also generally keep the remaining smoldering gollettes in her view. She could tell that they were being weakened since the strength of a more powerful golem could consume them.

It was the natural order of things within the lava fields. The golems were all malleable and could consume one another in a way to grow more and more. Especially these little golems. That was why they were instinctually trying to move away.

That was also why the tail of the magma river golem slammed down and tried to break and capture the smoldering gollettes. It could take their bodies as its own feed to repair more of the missing materials that Su had just shattered from its body.

The soldiers saw and heard Su and watched as she leaped ahead again. This time her normal twin shields took their place in her hands. They were her toughest shields and would not dent or break so easily. Using her fire resistant shields did not matter much right now. She didnʼt need to worry about the heat or damage from that heat.

She needed force and powerful defenses turned in to attacks.

The next resounding crack and shattering of stone and sparks made the soldiers stop in their tracks again. They had thought the first attack from Su had been powerful, but they had been wrong. This one at closer range using the pointed bottom end of the shield was even more terrifying. She had completely shattered the stone and ore connection to the main body from the head. The core was still exposed and now molten ores were melting out where it had been broken.

The golem was not defeated, it was sending out pieces of stone to reshape its body again. That was the instinctual drive of a golem like this. But it had no choice. The mana it had was being drained away constantly by the damage that Su had just done.

”I wouldnʼt try to build another body. I am going to break you apart now.” The growl came as Su slammed her shields downwards and cracked the molten core of the magma river golem. The fire and earth mana being released were both fusing in to the pieces of the body that had been controlled and also spreading out in to the surroundings. It was sure to attract more trouble.

”I felt that!” Su looked up to find Walker stepping through the air down to the ground next to her. ”You really had a lot of fun with that one. Looks like you managed to get a ton more ore than anyone else just yet.” He laughed a little as Su nodded.

”I also damaged the fire resistant shield set that I was given. It wasnʼt tough enough to take a hit using half my full force. I got stronger.” Su looked unhappy with this as she calmed herself. The dragon scales that had spread up to her face had receded slightly.

”Really? Thatʼs a good thing though. We can see what the wandering blacksmith says. He was going to have to adjust some of the armors anyways, right? That water armor is a little right around your neck, you said.” Walker knew that this was because Su had grown due to the dragon half of her but that didnʼt change the fact that the armor sets would all need to be adjusted accordingly.

”Want me to take them with me while Iʼm here? They are in a little rougher area than I think they should be.” Walker was looking at the soldiers who had followed Su. he knew that they would not normally be here by themselves if they had fought their way through. Proving that they might have pushed through trying to impress her or having some other foolish ideas in their heads.

”Yes, make sure you give them a harsh talking to. They should focus on their own growth rather than follow or watch someone else. They are not me.” She gave them all a hard glare to make sure that they understood they should work on their own styles and not follow her every single step. But she was also a little happy that they had followed her. She had their respect and that meant she was doing something right.

”They might be the group to start your healing escort squadron you wanted to make. For the wandering healers. Think it over.” Walker mentioned this before capturing the soldiers with some wind and pulling them away. He wasnʼt going to store away the materials Su had just won. He also didnʼt touch the incoming smoldering gollettes. He knew Su would handle them.

While Su knew that she had only tossed the idea of forming a completely dedicated squadron for escorting healers as an idea, she had liked it even more when she heard that Alice would support that. The number of whalers that could defend themselves were low and the guards they had always came from other places or were too few. Especially those who went with a healer when they wandered around town to town and village to village.

If Su pushed for this to happen, it would happen. No doubts about it. She even hummed while contemplating it before getting in to another fight against some of the smoldering gollettes.

”So, you all know where you went wrong? Su was not there to defend you. She was training herself and also preparing materials for Gneiss. What have any of you done? Trained at all? Gather anything to bring back?” Walker knew that they were not all experienced guards. They lacked it which was why they had been able to learn from Su.

That Was the issue though, they had gotten it in their heads that they needed to follow Su exactly. ”We were-”

”Yes I know what you were doing. And right now you will be left in a safer area. I expect all of you to carry enough materials back that I can look at your contributions as significant. Also, you have potions you could have used. You have the tools. You have everything you need to carry what you gain from the lava fields to the floating ship. Use them and prove that you didnʼt waste the space coming here. Others would have gladly taken that spot just to mine a single ore here.”

With Walker putting this on them, the soldiers realized that they had not at all considered their greater duties here. They had not pursued what they should as representatives of Genesis out in the world. They should have cared about their duty over their own desires to grow and follow a powerful fighter.

”Understood!” they all saluted and responded instantly before Walker stepped back in to the air. They also realized though, that Walker had not told them where they were entirely. That they could only see a few smaller landmarks. They would need to follow their maps back to the floating ship. As an added test!

”Well, that was fun. I need to stop doing this though. I keep feeling the stronger fire mana and I know there are some good fire mana crystals out there.” Walker mumbled to himself while he used his mana sense to pick up on higher quality materials. With his mana senses, he could pick up more of the highest quality to be used in Genesis. For the most important projects.

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