Master Of None

Chapter 2308: 2308. Earth And Fire Mixing

While the matter with the magma shell pangolin was finished for now, there were other matters that were appearing. Some of which Walker Was a little more skeptical about.

"You keep staring at those rocks. Why are you so focused on them?" Ignus had noticed that Walker was slowing in their movement toward the volcano which almost loomed over them

now.

The pair had barely traveled an hour away from where they left the magma shell pangolin. Yet, he was slowing and stopping to look at the bubbling magma pools. They were not all flowing lava and pushing lava out to melt more rock.

"I want to understand what's happening because of our theory. It looks like there are places where magma is being pushed out and then flowing in to other cracks in the stony ground. The changes in this lava flow are very odd since they change the way that the ground has been for a long time. The lava fields cooled when the volcano went more dormant, right? So now it is changing again."

Ignus nodded along with this. He was sure that Walker was focusing on important aspects of what might happen with an ancient aspect of the volcano reappearing. "What do you think about that? What would change the land too much?" However, Ignus's mind focused on the danger that appeared.

He knew that elder fire dragons and even the younger fire dragons would wish to travel here. Not only because the fire dragon village had been in these lands for some time prior to Geneiss's founding, but also because of the changing fire mana and food for them to grow.

The old lands which had cooled left behind the lava fields. Places where small amounts of lava bubbled and melted stone but reformed soon after. It also left many places which would collapse at some point fi the right foot stepped on it. But more or less, it was heated rocks and unique herbs growing here.

That being the case, the land was very hard to traverse but offered a unique variety of food sources for fire affinity beings. It was less explored by many races making it more secluded. Only those with strong desires and true connection to fire had come here.

Right now, that was changing. Much of the cracked stone land was being melted and reshaped by magma which then flowed in to large waves of lava. Partially due to what the pair believed to be a blockage in the main volcano, and also just general changes as mana returned to the world entirely.

These changes could be more like things were in ancient times. But just because that was happening, did not mean that the lands had not changed between ancient times and now. The land had layered through natural earthquakes, monster growth, plant growth, and even smaller volcanic eruptions.

It couldn't just go back to how it was in ancient times.

That was impossible.

Therefore, Ignus was worried that these lands would be too drastically different. He and the other dragons would lose their attachment since the land would be entirely different and potentially untouchable to their history. To their young and old as a bonding place.

Not that Walker would hear that from Ignus, instead, Walker was still focusing on what he had spotted.

"I can't get a solid all around appraisal on these rocks which get pushed up by the bubbling magma. I think it's because all the earth and fire deeper in the caverns where the magma moves is changing what the rocks are and what is formed."

"Right there, that smaller rock isn't as heated but was pushed up. I think that is the start of a diamond. And that more square shaped one, it might be the start of iron ore before it metals together. I think deep down in the volcano, there are ores and gems being formed."

It wasn't that Ignus was surprised by the way that Walker thought, but it was just the simple fact of what he was thinking right now. Walker was focusing entirely on how the volcano worked and what was happening within it causing everything they saw.

The sprouts of superheated volcanic water. The sprouts of lava. The ash and smog. All of it to Walker was just the effects of whatever was truly happening. He was using that information to trace back to the source of those events. Trying to grasp at something Ignus had never thought about properly.

"We should have brought Terron." Walker tilted his head and furrowed his brows.

"He would be able to tell us more about the way that the earth mana is being altered by the fire beneath us." It was easy to understand. Ignus could only sense part of this. He could sense how the fire mana around him was becoming denser or thinning out. How it was moving. How he could influence it if he desired. How he could take it in to his body.

The earth mana though? That was like trying to see in to a darkness. It was hidden from him. It was not part of his strength or understanding at all.

"The fire mana and the earth mana are colliding. They are pushing ways from one another and also mixing in an instant. That's what's happening. Both are balancing and unbalancing while doing a rough push and shove match. The fire is forcing the heart to change but the stubborn earth is also refusing which changes it again and makes the fire mana flare up in different places."

Sensing this was easy for Walker. He could sense all manas, but the interactions between earth and fire? He could focus on just those to give some enlightenment about the current state of the magma.

"When we get to the top of that volcano, can you sense the same thing?" Ignus wanted to know if he would even be able to affect what was happening. Especially with the fact that the entire volcano was a mass of earth and fire mana needing attention in some shape, way, orn/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

form.

"I can, and I will take the lead on the earth side of things." Seeing that Ignus was being more open with his focus on this matter, Walker was not going to do a single thing to jeopardize that. Remaining focused right now was more important.

"There are also some other things in the magma. Small mites. They are a small insect monster that lives in volcanic pools of magma." Walker had just casually mentioned this monster and Ignus had already flown ten feet higher in the air away from the pools of magma.

'Volcanic mites

These little insect monsters are some of the most annoying pests to anything living within the magma or the lava flows possible. They will try to scrape and consume whatever they can off of other monster's bodies. Especially those with tough shells which could gather unique earth and fire particles.

They are not harmful, but cause extreme discomfort to these other monsters. This is why many of the fire affinity and earth affinity monsters that encounter them will immediately leave the area or search for another monster that consumes the volcanic mites.

As much as they are seen as a pest, they are an important species of monster which allows for the magma to remain purer rather than contaminated by...'

He understood entirely. Ignus was a dragon and had many scales. They cared very much about their scales which was why dragons cleaned themselves often. These volcanic mites were small and could help them clean their scales, but at the cost of extreme discomfort.

"So fire dragons have a weakness after all. I will have to remember that in case someone ever brings these things in to Genesis." Walker laughed a little and was rewarded with a fire ball of dragon flames sent right towards his face. He also thought he should let Remey know about

these little monsters.

Meanwhile, Ventus had reached the area and witnessed the cascading light purifying the entire lava fields and volcanic lands. She could see the ways that the smoke moved and how it was gathered in some places not moving at all. The wind currents were all a mess. She felt as if this was due to the changes in heat radically altering more than just the land.

She could also tell that bothering Rise was a huge issue. She could not do so whatsoever or else. It was part of her dragon instincts and natural instincts working together as a warning. Instead, she immediately began focusing on the way the wind was trying to move and how she could use that to force the ash and smog in to a smaller space where the purification light could deal with it. That would make all of this easier for Rise and potentially halt more

damage.

She could see a lot of damaged land below right now.

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