Shingi had detected so mana with good earth compatibility to use at his tree. It was using it in its roots and its place that his Earth Elent mana was produced and stored to strengthen it but not to extend it, not to disrupt the balance it currently had with the Light Mana.
He didn't find any mana with over 70% compatibility, but there was quite a good amount of mana ranging from 60 to 65 % that was helpful to him.
When he finished gathering and feeding all this mana to his tree, he ended his ditation as he noticed that Anna was awake.
Anna noticed that he had woken up and was almost certain that he caught her sleeping while on watch, but she didn't want to ask to be entirely certain.
They had so of the rations left that they hadn't given to the Kobolds and started their way towards the town.
Shingi had asked Anna to tell him what he had known of the town, but she didn't know much as she hadn't been in and had just passed near it without getting in.
They reached it within hours, and it seed not a small town like Carda.
There was a stone wall surrounding it, and even if Shingi couldn't see the total size of the extension of the wall at the left and right, he knew that this was a large city but not a tropolis.
As they got nearer and noticed more details on the wall, his eyes saw a banner with the shape of a flying white Eagle on it.
Seeing that Shingi had an idea where they may be, and told Anna to be careful.
They got in front of the gate as there were two guards there, one sitting on a wooden bench, while the other was standing up still as a statue.
Both seed human, but the one standing was young, close to his second decade, while the one sitting was quite old, maybe in his fifties.
As Shingi and Anna reached the two of them, Shingi decided to stop by the older man, which he could tell by his armor, that had a little different design from the younger man, that he was of higher rank.
"Halt, there. What business do you have here?" [Older Guard]
"A few evil n enslaved my mother and , but we were able to escape. There was a Blessed One that had helped us but said he had other business to take care of and suggest to take co here." [Shingi]
The Old Guard, even if he looked a relatively simple man, Shingi could tell that he was looking at his every move and trying to read if there was anything strange.
"I see. Well, the town isn't open to taking refugees as we are rebuilding ourselves. Even if I could let you in, you wouldn't be able to find any place to stay." [Old Guard]
At that point, the younger Guard have also joined them and seed concerned and was ready to suggest sothing, but the more senior Guard just gave him a simple look and, in the end, stayed silent.
"What if we don't want to be refugees in the town?"[Shingi]
The Old Guard seed to get confused about the young boy and looked towards the adult woman staying silent besides Shingi.
It seed suspicious that the young boy was doing the talking while the adult was staying silent.
"The Blessed One who saved also gave us so money. We are from Carda, and we want to use the Teleportation Circle of the city to get there." [Shingi]
The Old Guard seed to get more suspicious of it as he turned towards Anna.
"What do you have to say?"[Olg Guard]
Anna didn't say anything a first but then started making so motion with her hands. It was sign language, which fortunately the Old Guard didn't know how to read but knew what it was.
He understood then why the woman wasn't speaking because she was mute.
"Oh, I am sorry, but even an old man like can't read this sign language. I will continue speaking with your boy then. My na is William, by the way." [William]
He seed to be sowhat embarrassed by his assumptions but tried not to show it.
"Indeed, the Teleportation Circle is still working, but I don't think you will be able to use it anyti soon. Unless you know any important figure in the town."[William]
Shingi acted like he was trying to rember sothing as after a few seconds, he seed to have rembered it.
"The blessed one ntioned sothing. A tower of water or sothing, and soone nad Ben?" [Shingi]
The Old Guards eyes went wide when he heard the na.
"Master Benjamin of the Water Spire?" [William]
Shingi nodded to show that this was probably the one the "Blessed One" was talking about. The Water Spire was part of an organization called the Four Spires.
There were four spires, each representing a different of the essential elents, and the Water Spire was in this city called Zephron.
"Well, if that is true, he may be able to help you, but I can't bring you to him or even ask for him to see you without actual proof that this Blessed One knows him. Do you have anything like that or know when he is going to return?" [William]
Shingi went back on acting that he tried to rember sothing, as he already had a plan in mind when they reached the gate.
"Ehm.... he said that we could use so kind of code if asked?." [Shingi]
He cleared his throat and said in a sowhat more resounding voice.
"When the ice lts, those are its tears.
When the water boils, those are the fus of anger.
To calm it, you need the right balance.
When you reach the balance, you will find the calm." [Shingi]
This didn't make sense to any of the Guards, but they decided to give it a go, as it didn't appear to be sothing a young man would say out of nowhere.
The younger man got in the town to deliver the ssage while Anna and Shingi stayed with William waiting.
There was space on the bench for them to sit, and William gave them so soup he had that his wife had prepared for him and the other Guard this morning.
"Can I ask what happened in the town? You ntioned sothing about it getting rebuild, but the walls seem to be fine." [Shingi]
"Well, it is a big story, so I won't bother you with all the details. Just a few weeks months, the town was under the control of a Half-Demon, but he seed more than a full Demon to if you ask . He had under his control an undead army, as he was a practitioner of the Dark Arcane Arts and had cut any communication of the town with the outside world. A few Blessed Ones, like the one who saved you, have tried to get rid of them, but none seed to be able to pass its traps and army. Until the Dragons ca." [William]
The Old Man cleared his throat with drinking so water, as Shingi's eyes were wide with confusion.
The Old Mana ntioned Dragons and not a Dragon. But even if he said of one Dragon, how did that helped the city and didn't eradicate it.
"It was the craziest thing I have ever seen in my life, and I have seen many crazy things. But the mont I saw almost a dozen different colored Dragons flying towards the city and then starting fighting the undead army is sothing that this Old Man will never forget. The Half-Demon was reported to have been able to get away, and the Dragons didn't stay long. Of course, they had caused quite a bit of damage in the city, but at least we are free now, and we can rebuild whatever was lost." [William]
Shingi was confused about the story. Not only multiple Dragons showed up, but they were of a different color and have fought together against an Evil Army to save a city of flesh-ones as they would call it.
This was more than unheard of; it was sothing that not even the crazier man could imagine happening.
Dragons have fight side by side in the past, but most of the ti, it was less than four different colored ones, but now William told him that was almost a dozen different ones.
There was only one person he could think of that would be able to make sothing like that.
The Father of All Dragons, Dormon.
He asked William, and it seed that a few had noticed a figure over one of the Dragons, but since none could get close enough, they couldn't be entirely certain about it.
After discussing so more, both Shingi's and William's attention was drawn by Anna, who started pointing at the top of the wall.
They saw a figure jumping from the wall and making so gestures with its hand as she released the water from a waterskin from its side.
The water was moved under the figure and started extended and getting frozen and was creating a slider down the wall ending just less than a ter from them.
With great agility for its size, the figure seed sowhat short and wide, slid down, and landed perfectly.
She was a female Dwarf and was an Arcane Practitioner, which was rare for Dwarves as they were more in research on the ways of crafting and not of the arcane.
Her ropes were of a typical arcane practitioner, but she had removed the sleeves. Her hair was completely blue, with so white at its side, but because of her eyebrows color being dark brown, one could tell that her hair was painted that way.
"Who of you is the one who wants to speak to little Ben?" [Dwarf Woman]
Shingi stepped forward without a second thought.
"You?!? I was waiting for soone who had passed puberty. Well, then I guess you will do."[Dwarf Woman]
Without any warning, the female Dwarf made a move with her right hand, which looked like slapping the air with the back of her hand. An attack similar to the AIR SLASH of Annoue, but made out of the water she controlled, made its way towards Shingi.
It wasn't that fast that Shingi wouldn't be able to avoid it, but he couldn't show his skills in front of everyone. Fortunately, he didn't have to.
Just a second before the attack reached Shingi; it was cut in half as a figure appeared in front of him.
This figure was, of course, Anna.
She had in her hand the Dagger of Shingi that he had lent her just in case for this kind of situation.
The Old Man's eyes were wide with confusion about what was happening and now knowing what to do since he knew of the female Dwarf and her personality.
All he could do was that none would get seriously hurt.
The female Dwarf made more WATER SLASH attacks and even so who were in the form of ICE SPIKES.
But Anna was quicker than her and could dodge each of the attacks and even deflect those who had a chance to hit Shingi, who just stayed where he was.
The battle didn't continue for long as the direction heard a voice of the gate.
"THAT'S ENOUGH! This isn't the way to welco possible friends." [Unknown man]
Everyone turned to watch the person who talked.
It was a young human boy wearing similar robes with the Dwarf and similar colored hair, although his hair was making a ponytail, while the Dwarf's hair was cut short.
The boy was looking to be too young, maybe around the age of Shingi, but he had an air around him of soone of experience and age.
This was the one Shingi talked about, Master Benjamin of the Water Spire.
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