12 Saving the nameless village, Finally… (1/2)
The village elder looked over the trio that came in and explained they found a way to save the village. ”What took you so long? I asked you to help us a long time ago.” He inquired of the warrior.
Shiarra nodded. ”There were unusual complications. The water elementals were being corrupted by necromancy. We couldn't obtain a strong enough untainted elemental core. But that is where these two behind me come in. They can summon the rain and fill your well with water. However they will need to go into the well to accomplish the task.”
The elder frowned. ”Isn't that dangerous? What if they drown and contaminate the water?”
Jericho stepped forward. ”Respected sir, the two of us can walk on the water. We won't drown.”
The old man's eyes widened. ”You are a miracle worker?”
Jericho shook his head. ”I'm a bard. She is a dancer. We use our performance abilities to make things happen. Please trust us and allow us to go into the well.”
The elder started laughing. ”Young man, you must not understand how wells work. Underground there are natural pathways of water. We have dug into these underground rivers of water. One cannot simply fill the well with water. You must restore water to the reservoir feeding the well. Follow me.” The man started to go up the nearby rocky mountain slope.
The three followed. After traveling for a few minutes they arrived at a very large open pit. Water bubbled up from one side and trickled down into a small underground river.
”As the water passes through the underground rocky path, the water cleans itself before making its way to our well. In order to restore the reservoir, the water in the ground must increase. It won't be simple. Do you still have the confidence to do it my young friends?”
”Yep!” Princess replied before anyone could say anything. ”You can leave it to me and my brother!”
The elder smiled. ”I will do so then.” He started to walk off.
”Wait,” Shiarra called out. ”While they are working on the water problem, is there anything else I can help with?” She asked to avoid getting soaked by their skills and to watch out for enemies.
”Sure, follow me.” The elder motioned.
The two left.
{So that is how a human well works; interesting.} Glaw spoke to Jericho.
Princess looked up at her brother. ”Should we get started?”
”Yeah. Let's get started.” He pulled out his violin to start playing.
{Wait!} Glaw shouted to Jericho.
The bard lowered his instrument. {What's wrong?}
{There is a better place to restore the water, and it will hide the two of you. I'm surprised you didn't sense it.} Glaw emerged. {Follow me.}
”Oh, hi Mr. Water elemental!” Princess said.
”We are following him.” Jericho replied. {I only have that cool water vision when I am in my water elemental form, Glaw. That is probably why I didn't sense it.} He explained.
The three entered into a cave with an open roof. The sound of running water could be heard inside. {Play your music, have your sister dance, and use your water elemental form to bring water to this place. It will be the most effective. It will take a long time by human standards. I will help you to speed up the process.}
{Thank you, Glaw.}
{Of course, I know you will return the favor.}
Jericho nodded to the elemental and turned to his sister. ”Now we will get started. I'm going to shift into my elemental form to help speed things along.” The bard shrunk. His body became liquid. Like before, he formed his arms into the violin and the bow. He started playing.
Moira danced. She summoned her water elemental background dancers to amplify the effects of the rainfall.
{Jericho, also use Create Water. You can form a second pair of arms to do so. When we finish filling up the pool here, use Command water to push it into the soil.} Glaw reminded the bard about the advantages of Mutable body.
The water violin's form collapsed a few times as he formed two additional arms and split his concentration between three different tasks. Only the song was practiced to the point of not requiring a large amount of focus.
The process ran on and off repeatedly because of the lack of MP and Stamina. They were only level 4. After a few hours of calling for rain and dumping massive amounts of water, the two logged off for dinner and Moira's homework.
”This is so boring. Performing the same dance repeatedly for nobody quickly loses its fun.” Moira said at the dinner table.
Jericho nodded. ”True, but how did you learn to get good at dancing?”
The girl frowned and lifted her pointer finger as if quoting someone. ”By repeatedly trying to dance. By watching other's dance. By finding and correcting mistakes in my dancing.”
Jericho nodded. ”Right, my ever famous misquote that I have shared countless times. Do you remember what mom used to tell us all the time? Practice makes progress. I bet your skills have improved greatly these last few hours.”
”Yeah…” She replied.
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