Master Of None

With this, Walker had split up too. But this wasn't a bad thing. If something happened the group now formed a chain that could alert the surface of what dangers showed her. Walker also knew he had the party skill to warn them silently to avoid monsters being alerted. This was ideal for them to explore. He also was the best option since he had the shadow wrapping skill and control of other elemental manas. Therefore, he would be able to hide the scent he had from whatever was down her, many underground monsters had a better sense of smell than sight due to the darkness.

He still had Fleur by his side but what shocked Walker a little was the fact that she also pulled the darkness elemental mana toward her to hide herself. It was something he had no idea that she could do. Yet when he thought about it, he realized that it just made sense. Fleur was a nature spirit and could manipulate all mana. Did she have massive battle prowess? No. But she could control it and make it bend to her will to a degree. The real reason people could fear her was the fact that she could take control of the elemental mana around them and keep them from using it. Therefore making her powerful.

Walker did not need to communicate to her his plans. She could feel his ambition to move forward and explore. When he saw that the ground was becoming more and more heavily traveled, he managed to glance up and see the reason why. There were separate tunnels dug in to the ceiling and sides here and there. They were obviously not made by those that created the original tunnels. The cuts in them were the same as on the mural walls he had seen earlier.

His thinking brought him to the realization that this was not some singular or small group of monsters. That alone narrowed down the potential for what these could be. However, he needed more proof as to what it might be. The number was still too high. Many insect type monsters hit in large groups. This was evident in the desert and the volcanic areas which had many swarm type monsters that would nest together. One such was the firefly. They didn't seem very harmless due to their small size but once gathered they were a swarm of sparks that could burn anything to ash.

Here and there Walker started to pick up the small sounds of something hitting stone or something hard snapping together. He could only think of claws or teeth making him wonder if he was finally going to get a glimpse of what was up ahead. The tiny amount of light elemental mana he had used to create a minuscule light orb near his eyes to see better in the dark didn't seem to matter. There was a sense of sight that seemed to be taking more control the longer he was in the darkness.

Walker had noticed that Midnight didn't seem to have much problem with the dark, the same with Su. he could easily connect this to the dragon blood within them. He began to remember that he was told by the keeper in the dragon royal court that he would also exhibit dragon like traits. The sight improvement in the dark seemed to be one trait along with his easy ability to use a dragons' roar. But that was not what Walker was thinking about. Instead, he was thinking about the large carved out cavern he had come to.

The area had definitely been some form of underground city or living area in the least. There were cut apart buildings and open spaces. Walker could even make out what had once been a fountain still spurting small amounts of water. But what kept him from seeing it all properly were the eggs. Oval white eggs that clearly had something in them. Something that Walker recognized as grubs or worms.

Yet, this was still a small matter compared to what was moving around taking care of these eggs.

' Giant Earth Ant

These ants are known for their extremely strange life behavior. The entire colony is known to go dormant when the queen sleeps, sometimes for many years at a time. Therefore they go through cycles of rapid food harvest before that happens. They are great at carving through the earth and stone while hunting for anything they can defeat and use for nutrients. The worker, soldier, and guard ants are only able to live for five years in service of the queen. That reason is why the queen will gorge herself on food to lay thousands of eggs at a time. Depending on the situation, a colony can completely obliterate a small area of land when it comes to the ecosystem. If they remain underground they will often be peaceful and slowly expand whatever cave they found as a home. They were once magma ants until they evolved to be a pure earth elemental monster when a volcano went dormant.'

Hesitation would cause problems. Walker turned himself right around and began to move as quickly as possible. These ants would not be able to stay underground. They would find the path to the surface and search for food. They weren't sealed off any longer in this ancient ruined city. They were able to leave their maze of tunnels and ruins. They would pose a threat. The worst part was that Walker had not even seen the queen. There were so many eggs and the queen with the soldiers, guardians, and the majority of workers were elsewhere.

Sending this information forward was a major priority. While he ran, Walker sent this to the party, Clara, and started to whisper in to the communication crystals for Scylla. She would be able to pass this on to the dwarves, Walker distinctly remembered that when he had read about these ants in a bestiary that they were hunted by dwarven miners.

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