"Get moving! Speed up! Use whatever mana we need!" Walker''s booming voice was amplified by his maniption of the wind. Every ship heard it. Everyone that was enjoying the moon and stars was shocked. But when they noticed the small gatherings of algae seemingly growing before their eyes they started to realize something was wrong.


    Scy and Leon were the first to begin rying the same orders. They had enough experience between them that they knew or had heard details about the lunar algae. If they remained here, their journey would be as good as over. They would fall even further behind the enemy that had enved their own people.


    The ships seemed to rumble as the runes on them began to flow with higher mana than before. They had not truly been mobilized to manipte the waters around them. So far, it had been minimal mana used to manipte water and a higher reliance on the natural winds of the ocean.


    Since the night had been fairly calm, the speed had been reduced so that any dangers could be better fought off. Unfortunately, that had caused this situation. The algae had been able totch on to the ships partially. It had also allowed the growth of the algae faster than expected. no one thought that they would be facing so much danger from a naturally growing nt than a monster. But here they were.


    A fire mage released a stream of fire that burned up a small portion of the algae on the side of the ship. They would be tracking it with them all night if they didn''t release it. This didn''t seem to work though. The algae resisted the heat with the water that had been absorbed with it. This was why it would not fall apart in the harsh ocean sunlight. It would just slowly rot over time.


    "Stay back and let a real me destroy this annoying pest!" The roar that followed shook the ships even more. The glow of embers highlighted Ignu''s maw as he had taken off from the ship and returned to his natural dragon size and shape.


    The mes released around every ship were spectacr. They were guided with extreme precision above that of any fire mage that hade on this journey. They wrapped the metals of the hulls without damaging the runes or the ships themselves. Some mes licked the railings of the ship but everyone had jumped back at Ignus''s order.


    The smell of burning salts made everyone''s noses and eyes sting but they knew this was the algae losing the moisture it had saved. One ship after another appeared to lose the small pieces of lunar algae that had built up on them. It was an incredible disy of power in mes.


    "Awesome." Walker could only say this. He was in awe of Ignus''s disys. He had seen some of the things Ignus was capable of. Yet, he didn''t see it so up close. He was clearly feeling the might in the mes that Ignus had within his body. A deep heat that waspletely bonded with who Ignus was and what he could do. It was the many years of umtion that no one else could reach. An understanding that he was a fire dragon and the fire was there to be part of him.


    Thending of Ignus shook the ship Walker was on but he didn''t flinch. Instead, he ran toward the edge of the ship which was still steaming. The lunar algae had been burned up but the waters still held many of the glowing white dots. There was plenty of algae growing here. It was going to keep growing as long as the moon was out and the ships were in their way.


    "Faster, speed up the mana usage. We can replenish itter!" Walker''s following order had already been given by the king of the surface. He hade here to join the movement and invest in the golems that were part of the fleet. He had less experience joining the others in battle but felt the energy and seriousness in the situation. Therefore, he gave his best.


    As the orders increased, the liveliness of the golems became clear. The dwarves controlling the aquatic golemstched on to the ships here and there. They had tools at the ready scraping away portions of lunar algae from the ships that attempted to reattach themselves. This was a key order from the king of the surface, the best strategic mind of the dwarven kingdom.


    This went on for three hours. Everyone moving here and there to burn, scrape, and help those working. The algae went on for as far as the eye could see until the moon fully reached the zenith. It seemed to glow even more brightly causing the algae to grow at a faster pace.


    ''Emergency quest- lunar growth


    The algae in the waters is growing at an elerated rate due to the high amount of lunar light falling on them. Many people are in danger along with the heroes themselves.


    Requirements- block out the moon and save the people on their journey


    Reward- oceanic mapping skill''


    The system spurred Walker even more. He had no idea how he would achieve this but he was willing to attempt it. He was willing to do whatever he needed. Such an important situation was clearly rewarded with the best skill for them.


    The ships needed saving. The people on them were working themselves to the bone for it. Now, if they survived, they would have a skill that could map the ocean better. Walker had no idea how it would work but he didn''t care. He could use the skill in any way he had the ability to.


    The only issue was that he had to somehow block out the light of the sun. His first thought was Rise and Alice. But if they helped, the light would still reflect on the algae. It was clearly why Alice and Rise had stopped their attempts to assist. Rise knew that her light elemental mana would just bolster the algae and act against them. She didn''t want to be flying back tond alone. That would be an incredible insult to her and all dragons for failing here.


    Alice was just wise. She saw the light causing a faster growth of algae. How could she not hold herself back from using her songs? They would just cause pain instead of helping anyone. That would be against her beliefs in and out. An incredible let down for everything she stood for as a healer.


    "Mordant!" Walker realized that one person had more power here than anyone else. It was those with darkness affinities. The dragonkin that Mordant had around him were already moving the fastest and helping the other the most even though theycked skills to do anything about the lunar algae.


    It was nighttime. The most ideal time for darkness elemental mana. There were no shadows to use but that isn''t bad, there was an endless ocean of darkness around them. How could they miss this? Walker should have felt it the second that the moon rose. Yet, he had lost himself in the beauty and the dangers.


    "Mordant, I need you to work with me!" Walker had neglected manipting the darkness elemental mana. He had been too focused on light and other elemental mana as ofte. But now, he could unleash skills with Mordant as strong as he needed. However long he needed to stop the algae from growing, he would do it.


    "What do you need? I don''t have fire to burn the algae like Ignus. If I use my darkness mes I will ruin the ships as well." Mordant understood that he could not help here. If he did he would cause irreparable damage to the ships and potentially be the reason all the efforts thus far failed.


    "No, not that. We are going to use darkness elemental mana to manipte the darkness. We are going to block out the moon entirely. You have the mana control and I can add natural mana to improve your skill. We are going to work in tandem." Walker spoke quickly. He knew that the sooner that he did this the sooner they would be able to move from this ce safely.


    The moment that the lunar algae lost the moonlight would be the moment that it stopped adhering to the ships. Then it would be smoother sailing. They would not have any resistance cutting through the water to the spaces they could see in the distance without any glowing dots. They just needed to push through to get to that point.


    "Block out the moon? That''s a new one." Mordant grinned. He had heard about blocking out the sun but the moon? An interesting idea.


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