Hello everyone Shady here :D I know this chapter is a little bit slow however it contains details which will be important for later
They follow along an empty river... the soil is wet, muddy and, in some spots slippery. 'you can already se the problem sticking above the trees over there, that mud wall has and, is currently clogging up the river' 'woah it is huge' Asta exclaims.
'it is' the man replies as they head into a thick forest. They hear giggling nearby as two kids runs over the path ahead. 'Ronald, Mikey, remember to be careful and, don't mess around too much' the Barron yells.
'we will' they say and run into the forest that the group walks further into.
They walk quite far up and they arrive by a huge hill made out of mud, dirt, Huge rocks and, threes that have been forced over each other. 'As you all can see, here is the blockage of the village water source' Berran says. 'I see, so you want us to remove this, so the village can have clean water again, if I am not mistaken' Noelle says.
'That is correct Miss, however we have been on the other side of this blockade and as you can tell it is massive, it has been like that for a while and we have given word a long time ago and the problem has only worsen until now. So we need this to be removed Without flooding the town' Berran explains.
'I see, is this the reason for the messed up soil back there' Finral asks. 'Correct sir, as of right now water is spilling out the side further up and the water drains into the ground making it wet and, cold so we can't plant anything there' the man explains.
'I see, so if this isn't fixed soon, it will be too late to wait for it to dry in time to plant anything before the harvest season comes' Magna says 'correct sir the man replies. 'oh man you guys are so smart' Asta tells them. 'it is not as much as they are smart as you are stupid' Liebe tells him.
'we will take care of it, just leave it to us' Magna tells the man. 'thank you' he replies and Berran leaves.
They look at the Huge pile in front of them. 'how will we even do this?' Finral asks. 'good question' Magna replies. 'hmm, we should probably see it from multiple angels so we know what we are dealing with' Finral mentions and the rest nods.
Finral and Magna breaks a branch each and flies on it.
Noelle uses her valcory armor which is an armor made out of water magic around her body with two long boots going up to her thighs and, a water dress with two log water like fins coming out of the back of it and a crown of water on her head.
Asta uses his sword and they fly to the top and they see a big body of water that has accumulated and they see where it spills out They fly back. 'Okey, that was way more water than I though' Magna says.
'yes how are we even supposed to do this?, I mean if we just start digging, this pile will collapse eventually... but if we do nothing then the water will spill over and the Village will be in trouble for sure' Finral says.
'well we need to do something about the water at least' Magna says. Finral sighs 'I guess I can use a portal to pass the water through it and into the river so we can have time to work as well as drain the water hole' Finral tells them.
'good idea and, Me, Asta and, Noelle is on digging duty' Magna says. 'right' they agree and they start to work.
Millie lays down on a branch as she has not been asked to do anything.
The hours goes by and they get a lot done. Millie raises her head and looks around, her ears going every direction to locate a sound. She stands up as she is steadily honing in on the sound.
She jumps down and starts to run towards it. 'Millie, what is going on' Asta asks. 'I hear someone in trouble Master' she says casting a glance at Asta before running.
'wait it talked' Magna says with his jaw on the ground.
Asta lets go of the rock and runs after her. 'hey wait a minute!' Noelle shouts and, goes after him. 'what are we all running for?' Magna asks and looks back and forth before going after them.
Millie stops by a small cliff and she looks around until she locates the sound 'Ronald hang on!' a kid screech.
They look down and they see him holding on to the rocks. And futher down is Ronald holding on to a root. 'Mike!' he shouts scared.
Millie is about to jump but Asta is already headed down 'hang on!' he shouts an barrels down the cliff side. He grips the cliff wall then he hangs on next to Mike. 'hey kid get on, I will take care of the rest' he assures. 'but Ronald' he utters.
'I will get him too. Just hang on' Asta says and the the kid takes Astas hand and climbs on his back. Asta climbs further down and he sees Ronald is hanging on to the tree-root for dear life.
Asta reaches down. 'Ronald take my hand' he says and Ronald looks up and he tries to reach and the root snaps. 'AAAH!' , 'NO!' Asta jumps down and grabs the kid and his slayer sword comes out and he lands on it. Ronald slowly opens his eyes and he sees that he is safe.
Asta flies up to the others. And he lands by his friends and the kids get off. 'I thought I we were done for' Mike says. 'what had you end up like that in the first place' Noelle asks. 'well we ran from something' Ronald says.
'what? ran from what?' Magna asks. 'we aren't sure it was like...' Millie jumps on a rock and looks around 'like those?' she asks and the kids looks at what she sees and spectral beings shaped like giant wolves growls.
They stare at the group before they growl and runs for them. 'leave it to us' Magna says and pulls out his fiery bat and swings it and shoots fireballs after the wolves. Noelle takes out her wand 'water-ball' she utter and shoots after the others wolves. Asta goes in and cuts them down with his sword. 'anti magic?... I see' Millie utters to herself looking at Asta.
Once they get rid of them all they gather together. 'those creatures were like something one can find in a strong magic region, I wonder what they are doing way out here' Noelle asks.
'well there is a strong magic region not far from here maybe they wondered of and got down here somehow' Magna Replies. 'maybe, still I find it strange, and their mana felt weird too' Noelle utters.
'I get what you mean' he replies. 'well if there are any more I am gonna slice it up just wait and see' Asta yells 'How about we figure out what is going on first, idiot' Noelle spits. Asta looks at her. 'what do you mean' he asks ' well their mana felt strange and that wierd purple aure' Noelle utters. 'huh stange how?' Asta asks. 'I don't know they felt cold and menacing almost like...' Noelle says and starts to think.
'regardless, I think it was all of them, we don't exactly have time to get into it right now' Magna says. 'Agreed, we should still write this in our report though just in case' Noelle respond. 'good thinking we will do that and if it is worth looking into the investigation unit will handle it' Magna says and they all nod to each other.
'let us get back and, continue' Asta says. The group leaves and Asta stops and looks at Millie who is standing on the rock looking at the woods where the creatures came from.
She seems concerned. 'Millie is there something wrong' he asks and Millie looks at him. 'No, Master, it is all right, as of right now' Millie says and jumps down and looks back again, before she follows along with the group.
'As of right now what?' he asks as he and Liebe share glances, 'Asta quit lagging behind already, we still got a lot to do' Noelle yells. ''Right, coming' he says running after the group.
They bring the kids safely back to the village before they go back to continue with their job for a few more hours. They dig quite far into the wall of mud and they hear a slight sizzling sound. 'uh what is that' Magna questions.
'what is it?' Asta asks. And pressured water spills at Magnas face. 'Are we suppose to hit water already' he asks covering up the hole with a rock. 'I don't think so or we shouldn't be, unless we underestimated the amount of water' Noelle says.
Magna looks at the rock slightly moving. 'uh, Guys! we better do something!' with nervousness to his voice.
The rock falls out and more water forces its way through as the pile of dirt starts to give in right down the middle where it collapses and the water spills over. 'Oh oh, no!' Magna yells and jumps out of the way.
They see a twister of water form guiding the water to the river. 'you guys are hopeless without me, now how about a thank you' Noelle says.
Asta/ Magna: 'Thank you' 'That is a lot of water, we should probably wait until most of it is drained away' Asta says. 'good thinking' Magna says.
Meanwhile Finral notice the big decrease in water as it empties out more rapidly. 'uuuh what is going on? what is happening with the others' he utters to himself. 'I shouldn't worry about that right now. They are all strong enough to handle it so I will trust them and focus on what I need to do' he thinks out loud and continues sending water through his portal.
The water is draining quickly and the dirt wall keeping in place fall apart 'oh no' Magna says and, Asta gets on the sword and Noelle put on her Valkyrie armour and, flies up and heads towards the village.
'Okey I have to direct it using my water magic' she utters taking a deep breath. As she stops in front of the massive wave of water. 'Water magic water wall!' she improvises making a Huge wall ahead of her 'there is so much water!' she utters focusing on directing the water by supplying the water with her mana and drives the water away.
Magna flies using a branch and Millie sits on Astas shoulder looking at the team work. (they are all so immensely powerful, it is truly amassing) She thinks to herself.
The water is moved down stream and it quickly turns into a small river, trailing down its proper path.
'Man that took a while' Finral says and gets down to the others.'it sure did but it is finally over' Magna says.
'now that is done, we should remove these piles' Noelle says. 'What you can't be serious right' Magna tells her. 'I don't like it ether but look. those piles on each side of the river still looks very unstable and if they fall into the river we are back to square one' she points out. 'I hate to admit it but you are right' Magna says looking at the two monstrosities that are left.
'well better get to it' he utters and soon they are digging and removing more and more of the piles. They keep going until late and they walk down to the village and they notice the river is quite full of mud.
'shoot we should probably clear this out too before it turns into another problem' Magna says. 'I guess' Finral complains as they work until later at night. 'finally we are done now right' Finral asks breathing hard. 'it sure looks that way' she says. And they talk with one of the villagers in town and they are told to be back the next day.
They wave good bye to the villagers and Millie jumps up on Astas shoulder, and they go through Finrals portal back to the hideout.
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Thank you for reading all the way. I have allot I want to do with this story I have started. Reviews and criticism are welcome. :D