Master Of None

"This is one of the demons that causes all the problems. Another sin title. Hope long have they been here!?" Gil knew that this was a very large problem. One that someone should have discovered sooner but had not been found because the water elves had kept people away. 

"If Lust got to the elders then the younger water elves would have followed the directions of their elders. That means that they would have chased people off until they had been taken over too. It's a terrible plan that worked too well. Now there are half elf half demons that can cause major damage in battle and are even expanding the water elf territory." Alma was disgusted. The fact that elves had been taken advantage of in such a way was terrible. The fact that this led to the birth of had elf half demons was even worse. 

"I want to be supportive of the races coming together. But this is not the way. Hypnotizing people with poisons is despicable. The elves and demons should come together by choice and not because someone is forcing it to happen so that there can be another army. We are dealing with this now." Walker was gripping the eternal orb in staff form so hard that his knuckles had turned white. He hadn't found himself so angry before. It was not because it was another attempt by the demons to take over more territory. But it was the fact that they disregarded basic decency to make it happen. 

"We can handle these things. I don't want to go in to that water but I have a skill that could come in handy to break down those boats and rafts. Maybe even wash some of that poison away. But after that, I will need some serious time to get back to fighting strength." Leon was willing to bet it all on one move to help the others. 

"We should sneak in and find this Lust demon. We can use your move as a distraction once inside. If the poison relies on this demon then we should get rid of it. The half demons under control obviously don't have ill will. Same with the elves under control. But the demons that came with Lust will need to be removed. We sneak in, I handle those demons while the rest of you resist poison and handle Lust." Neil had already built a plan. He knew that Leon could use a big move to give them time to deal with those in charge of everything. 

"Then I will be using the razor whip weed anyways. I can create a cage to protect Leon. Then help hold off any of those under control. I don't want people to get hurt. But I will not allow anyone responsible for this to escape. They are the problem. They are the corruption trying to take the world from every good soul." At that moment Alma pledged to herself and the world that she would make this all right. She was not going to allow those with ill will to ruin everything. She would protect those in need. 

Little did Alma know, the mana crystal seed that her queen had given her was resonating with the natural mana. The world had more than heard her pledge. It was the powerful will she had that caused the reaction. Mana began to pull toward her stronger than usual and become stored in the mana crystal tree seed. It was unnoticed by the others who believed it was just Alma resonating with her ideals and getting fired up. Not that they felt any differently. They had no idea that they were witnessing a defining moment of Alma becoming a true representative of all elves in the world. She didn't even notice the quest she received on top of her current quest. 

"Leon, you will be fine alone like this?" As much as Walker wanted to jump right in he still held his sanity. He wanted to be sure that Leon could handle this. They did not have enough time working together for Walker to blindly trust him. Even after the battle against the kraken. 

"You don't need to worry. I was made to train for things like this since I was young." Leon was from the ocean. He had to be able to fend off monsters that could outmaneuver him in every way. This would be the same as being home. 

"Then we will take those water breathing scrolls. It's time to sneak through the water." While they had been planning and preparing, Gil had been looking for their way to sneak in to the water unseen. "We are going through that grass there. We can get in to the water through that stream. The grass goes right up to it." 

Leon took out the scrolls he had brought with them. "The water mages made these for you. They will activate a spell that allows you to breathe underwater for a full day. No more, no less. Even if you exhaust your mana you will be able to breathe at the very least." The spell scroll was made with high skill and even Alma admitted that it was just as good if not better than the spell scrolls that the forest elves had made. 

"I know these are valuable and hard to make. If we can, we will pay you back." Both Gil and Walker had the same thought. The scrolls were very costly to create for a mage able to do so. 

"After we rescue these people, Walker can learn to make scrolls and give me one with his appraisal skill on it as payment." The slight sneaky response was enough to allow their stress to roll off. They were already high strung and a small amount of cheeky response helped them break that tension and focus deeper. 

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