Chapter 2284: 2284. A Lot Of...

Chapter 2284: 2284. A Lot Of...



The two serpents were not so little. They could not house their bodies the same way that Onyx did in his shadow. However, they were not the small palm sized serpents that Walker could recall. They could easily wrap around his waist three or four times now.

It also showed how one of them could use their dark magic affinity to manipulate shadows and push themselves to move through the terrain much faster for a short while by using everything they had. Or, in this case, moves through the cracks in the rocks to discover something like these ruins.

Part of Walker wondered if their classes would influence their growth. If they remained thinner to be able to move in to the ruins that they discovered or just to slither through smaller caves it would make more sense. Onyx had to grow larger to be able to follow his bloodline but also to combat monsters with the party. Not that he had had a class growing the way that he did.

As much as he wanted to hear about that, Walker knew that the theory about classes affecting growth would and could apply to every single race. Taking the time to think about it could be the rest of everyone's lives. Right now, he had to focus on what was more important. Specifically, healing the two serpents before him.

As the healing light bathed the two serpents, Mordant looked around for any other monsters that might threaten them. However, his dragon senses were telling him that there were not any other spiky rock scorpions here. Instead, he was feeling that this ruin was a little larger than what they had expected.

While it wasn't some magic sense or any unique ability, it was just his hunch. Yet, he knew that it was right. Maybe it was the way that he could look ahead in to the dark passways and feel that they kept going on for a while. Or maybe it was the earth mana around them proving that there was a deeper level to these ruins.

"You two should be mostly healed, but I can't rush your bodies to heal. You are missing scales and will have some lasting scars. Not that I think either of you care. Your third partner seemed not to mind any injuries either from what Onyx said." Walker was sure that all three would show off these scars as the time they managed to discover a unique ruin to help Genesis.

The two didn't say much but Onyx appeared to understand that they were just too tired. They had managed to fight off multiple spiky rock scorpions which were definitely stronger than them. They had even collapsed part of the entrance to these ruins to defeat some of them. Regardless of the situation, they had overextended themselves.

"We will leave you here to rest with a buff from my brother. We will move towards the marked area you have explored and will search for any dangers remaining. Otherwise, we will ensure that this can be properly explored and researched with your lead."

The focus on this wasn't to tell Mordant and Walker that they would not be allowed to explore. Instead, it was to say that neither of the three would be taking a single bit of credit here. They had come to help at their request. As in, they were taking the back row on this.

"I don't wish to have credit. I am honored to be able to assist anyone and everyone who wishes to better the alliance we all spend our blood, sweat and tears growing." Mordant spoke softly. His words betrayed the ferociousness that many dragons were imagined to be at all times. But it would set a tone of respect that could help the ruin hunters in the future if they helped discover any other draconic ruins such as those that housed information about the dominator dragons.

They were experts in using the water mana in the air and the earth mana at their feet to sense prey or predators. They would only ever join together when they were forced to fight a more terrifying predator or when they wished to reproduce.

They had a major potential to become a race within the world if they were not hunted by other monsters due to their unique earth and water dual affinities. Their fur was also collected by the vampire since it was incredibly useful for repelling the light of the day.

These eggs were forced to go dormant due to the complete isolation from water and earth manas when discovered by an ancient race that believed they could be saved or even trained in the future. Even though this never came to be...'

Walker read this all around appraisal out loud. His confusion when he read it was clear though. "If they were so smart, then how did they die out? Wouldn't they have been able to avoid the ancient monsters better than that?" Since Onyx had asked, Walker wished he had a better answer. But they would only be able to tell if they could go back in time. And that was not a desire that Walker possessed.

"If we can hatch them now, they could be the next race and the next monster that returns to the world. I'm surprised they never hatched here. But if this place was isolated because of lack of mana..." Walker trailed off since they all knew what that meant.

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