Master Of None

"Another slime!" One of the adventurers encountered a slime that seemed to be resting in a small frozen stream. It was just hidden enough that Gil and Onyx did not pick it up from the top of the carriage. 

The call prompted Gil and two other archers to fire arrows at the same time to break away some of the ice slime's body. The follow up from a swordsman was enough to slash the core in half. The speed boost from Alice's song of haste was proving to be better than any had known. 

The guards and adventurers were not only traveling faster. They were able to out speed the five ice slimes they had encountered along the road and better defeat them. There was even one adventurer that had slashed down with his ax and managed to free the ice slime core from the body. He was the first to manage this even though it was an accident. Naturally, Remey had jumped at the chance and traded a mid tier mana potion for the core. She had a feeling that the ice slime core might be a key ingredient to a high water affinity potion. 

Seeing that she had been willing to hand over such a useful potion for their journey, the other adventurers made it their goal to get ice slime cores as well. The higher morale from this caused the overall attitude of the carriage train to rise. 

"Brother, we have three ice wraiths u ahead. They are just floating around trying to battle each other to get larger. Gil and I will take care of them so we can pass by before they form bodies again." Gil had taken care of some enemies before the group got near them, but Onyx suggesting that they do so was a new occurrence. 

"Just be careful and make sure you work together." He could only encourage the actions they took while keeping a sharp eye on them. The sky was clear and the day was warmer which caused a lot of the powdery snow to begin to melt around the road. This was only a benefit to Onyx. 

The change in the light element mana did not go unnoticed by Walker. He immediately knew that it was Onyx doing this and put the pieces together. "He's testing a new skill!" Walker was so happy that he said it out loud. Su and Remey heard him and focused on what Onyx was doing as well. 

"Focus on the targets you want. They are farther away now but will get closer as the carriage moves. Take that in to account for your attack. When you release it make sure that you do so on a breath out. This will keep your aim calm and true." The archer tips were not usually the same for a magic skill but when it came to aiming, they were extremely useful. 

"Understood. Thank you.' Onyx was very thankful for Gil's exceptional help. He had not noticed that Gil had been watching his training the night before but when Gil began to seamlessly help him he had the feeling that Gil knew more than he said. 

The light spikes started to form in the air and as Gil had instructed, Onyx took careful aim and adjusted his vision of the three light spikes flying through the air. Onyx found that imagining them similar to Gil's arrows was the best method for this and pushed them to flow through the air and down with more speed. 

The guards and adventurers watched impressed at the sudden attack heading out. The light spikes may have headed out of range for them to see but they heard the impact they made. The shattering of ice crystals was the damage done to the ice wraiths that were battling for a stringer body. Because they were weaker ice monsters in the first place the single attack from onyx had destroyed all but one of them. The remaining one was left with a half solid body which was soon struck down by Gil's arrow. 

"That was very good for a first try. Next time focus on one light spike. They have a good arch to them so it is better to slowly learn to aim them. If you want to use multiple then you need to have even finer control of the mana." Gil had learned this partially from Walker and also from Zephyr. He also needed finer control of wind elemental mana to make the arrows bend to his will. 

"Onyx, you didn't tell me you had learned a new skill!" The excitement in Walker's vice was not hidden at all. He was very happy to see the new use of light elemental mana in Onyx's attacks. 

"Brother, I told you I would get stronger. I tried to change one of my skills to use the light elemental mana and this was the result. It's called falling light. It can make up to five light spikes that fall on to an enemy. They are hard to control but I will master the skill all the way to five falling light spikes soon." There was no argument in what onyx was saying. He would master the skill and there was nothing that would stop him. Everyone around could feel the determination he had and felt themselves spurred to push on harder themselves. 

Alice may have still been singing to boost the agility of everyone but her eyes had still seen the attack that Onyx had used. She felt that she could also use such an attack by putting her feelings about it in to a song. She didn't have the time now but she would be speaking with Onyx about it later. She was inspired and would make the best of it. 

"If Onyx uses that skill with Gil, then we might not see another m monster the entire journey." It was a small joke from Remey but they all felt it might be true. Onyx and Gil working together made a very impressive combination for long ranged attacks. 

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