Master Of None

There were many turns and twists that the party was guided through. Many roads were blocked off by the golems which all appeared to have some acidic damage. The party even passed one that had completely broken down while blocking a road due to the parts of the yellow slime body still on it. 

"The golems are not doing well. They have to be barely taking care of the problems here. But I have a feeling things are much worse below ground." Walker was beginning to spread his senses out and realized that there was much denser earth elemental mana below them. 

These were the mines that the dwarves constantly searched for more and more ores to craft with. Yet, this also meant that the yellow acidic slimes were attracted there most of all. This was good for the city so that there were fewer dangers for the residents. But this was very bad for how the dwarves would provide for their people. 

If the dwarves could not continue their production and allow merchants back in to the city freely they would lose the goods they bought from the many merchants that left the demi-human kingdom with food. They would also lose the revenue their merchants made from selling their forged and crafted products. It was a massive loss for their entire kingdom. 

"Danger up ahead. Please return from the direction we came." the small golem spoke up to stop the party but Walker had already laid eyes on the three slimes that were ganging up on a golem. 

He immediately began to form a frost whip from the moisture in the air. The perks of the steam being so common meant that there was a lot of moisture in the air and the frost whip formed almost instantly. "Gil, prepare an ice elemental arrow and try for the slimes trying to wrap around the golem. "

Gil was already reaching for the arrow as Walker sent the whip out and made contact with one of the yellow slimes. There was a hissing sound as the slimes' body caused the frozen parts of the frost whip to melt. However, Walker saw that the water diluted the slime body and some small pieces fell off of the slime. 

Gil managed to fire an arrow over Walkers' shoulder and made contact with one of the slimes. The result was larger than expected due to the high amount of moisture in the air. The moisture was pulled toward the arrow at a rapid rate and a large crystal was formed which immediately started to dissolve in the slime body. 

This would have been bad if the water was not diluting the slime's body cutting it down to nearly a tenth of the size in a matter of a minute. "Nice shot, try for more. I will try to defeat the slimes you shrink." Walker and Gil were a perfect team as they fired arrows and whipped out. Before the small golem could yell at them to retreat again they had diluted the slime bodies to the point that there were only three puddles of acidic water and three yellow slime cores trying the hardest to pull up the bodies they had lost. 

"Remey, collect the slime cores before they can gather their bodies. Su, push that golem away from the slime bodies. I will gather more water to wash away the acidic slime bodies and acidic water." Walker was already condensing water from the air while Midnight and Onyx had taken up positions blocking the roads on the opposite sides. They were n the watch for innocent bystanders and more slimes. 

"The threat has been neutralized. Thank you for the assistance. Please follow the guide golem to the administrative buildings." The golem voice changed and it was obvious that it was someone different taking control. 

The party was quick about their clean up and Remey was studying the three slime cores in a large glass flask. She had not expected that they would still be actively trying to control their bodies up to the point that they were fully isolated from them. This was an interesting note in her alchemical brawlers guide since it could influence how the acidic slime body was used for potions. 

"Midnight, Onyx, take the back and watch for any slimes incoming. There are bound to be more around." Walker watched as the golem that had been damaged was slowly limping away. He used the last of the water he condensed to wash away more of the slime body on it and saw that this showed the magnitude of the damage the slimes did in a short amount of time. 

'The skill soak has been taken from the magical washwomen system. The skill soak has been automatically learned.

Soak- 1 mana cost

The water from the air is called to condense and fall upon a certain target. This soaks the target with the condensed water assisting in the washing process. This skill is unique to the magical washwoman system due to the fact that it uses mana to condense water from the air. This is a similar skill to the soaking skill of the washers system which enhances the cleaning ability of soaking items in a cleaning agent.'

"Huh, I learned a skill called soak. It's' for cleaning clothing…" Walker wasn't sure what to say about this skill. It was not in the least what he had expected when the system sent a notification. He had expected some form of water related battle skill only to find he had gained a cleaning skill, but he couldn't argue that it made sense. 

"Then you are on cleaning duty when we face more slimes. I will take care of them with my ice elemental wither spike arrows...or what's left of them." Gil was mourning the loss of three more wither spike arrows to the yellow slimes. 

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