Rem stared at the humongous Scorbee in front of her. There was nobody protecting it either.
'It's sleeping...?' Rem sneakily walked closer and closer to the giant Scorbee.
In a swift motion, Rem sliced the creature's head off, decapitating it.
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'What??? It's that easy?'
It might be because the Queen of the Scorbees was only there to reproduce more of them, not fight.
'Then why was nobody protecting the Queen?'
I'm not too sure.
{They're not alive. They're just creatures that were created by humans.}
'True... It's horrifying how humans would create these things. Why are they even doing this?' Rem wondered, destroying all the Scorbees that were in the tubes.
*RuMbLe!
'Don't tell me...'
*RUMBLEEE!!!
'It's getting hotter!!!'
"Roy! Get over here!!! I'll teleport us back to the village." Rem grabbed Roy's hand and teleported the two of them out of the volcano.
Arriving at the village abruptly, Rem immediately created a barrier surrounding the village with it.
"Roy, transfer as much mana to me as you can." Rem demanded.
People who saw the two of them surrounded them quickly, curious about what was going on.
"What's going on?" Someone whispered.
"What are they doing?" Another asked.
"Huh? Is the volcano erupting??!" A person from the crowd yelled and pointed, receiving everyone's attention.
"HOLY! THE VOLCANO IS ERUPTING!!!" A man yelled at the top of his lungs.
"Get the Tribe Leader, quick!" Someone ordered.
'The Queen Scorbee must have been the core of the volcano. That was what had been causing the volcano to not erupt.' Rem concluded.
"What do you mean the volcano is erupting? It hadn't erupted in decades!" The Tribe Leader walked past the crowd, facing Rem.
"Look! It really is erupting!" A woman pointed.
The Tribe Leader's eyes widened in horror. The Tribe Leader's grandson ran towards Rem.
"What are you doing?" The boy asked.
"Trying to protect all of you." Rem replied.
She wasn't in her best condition since she had to teleport here as fast as possible. If she didn't, they would have melted and died in the volcano due to the lava and heat. Plus, she needed to protect the village from the volcano's eruption. Creating a strong barrier around the village was the best Rem could do. After all, she can't stop a volcano from erupting.
'Hopefully, this barrier won't break from the lava.'
The lava was getting closer to the village at a rapid speed. After a few minutes, the lava hit the barrier. A few seconds later, the whole barrier was surrounded by lava. Everyone was scared for their life.
'Great, it didn't break... Now I'll have to sustain this...' Rem furrowed her brows and concentrated on preventing the barrier from shattering.
'When does the lava harden???'
{It'll harden after around a month or two.}
'Oh, no... Are you kidding me? I can't keep on doing this for months!' Rem tried to think of another way to get rid of the lava.
'The lava surrounded us already... If we dig a huge hole around the village, the lava should go inside the hole. This way, I won't have to sustain this barrier.'
"Karasu!" Rem summoned her shadow bird.
"Yes, Master?" The bird landed on Rem's right arm.
"Go high up in the sky and tell me how much lava there is whenever I ask you to."
"Understood." Karasu flew high up, flying around the village.
"Roy, can you keep this barrier up for me for a moment?"
Roy nodded then asked, "What are you going to do?"
"Keeping this village safe." Rem shifted into her monster form.
Everyone was shocked except for Roy. Roy shifted into his dragon form. The two were getting all the attention of the villagers.
'Roy! Tell me when you're running out of mana. I'll transfer you some.'
"Okay."
Rem ran outside the barrier and protected herself from the lava by using shadow magic around her whole body. In her monster form, Rem could do things much faster. She was strong physically too.
'I can't waste anymore mana. I'll have to die this with my own hands. In this case, paws...' Rem began to dig, using her front paws.
•••
After an hour, Rem was halfway through with digging around the village. The hole she dug was large, wide, and steep enough for a lot of lava to go through.
'Master! I need more mana. I'm running out!' Roy said loudly, using telepathy.
Rem transferred half of her mana to Roy and continued to dig.
•••
Another hour later, Rem finished digging around the village. Most of the lava was in the hole Rem dug, but the hole wasn't nearly steep enough.
'I'm running out of mana again!' Roy claimed.
'Alright.' Rem transferred almost all her mana to Roy, leaving only a speck of mana to herself.
'002, am I lava proof?'
{Of course... Not.}
'Well, great. Just great!'
Suddenly, Rem remembered what the seven gods gave her.
'Right!!! How can I forget? I can use the fire orb the king of flames gave me to have fire resistance! Lava is technically extremely hot fire, so it should work.' Rem got the fire orb out of her inventory.
'How do I use this?' Rem inspected the item.
[Name: N/A]
[Description: An orb was given to you as a gift from the Flame Emperor himself. To use this, simply drip a drop of your blood on it.]
Rem scratched her arm with her sharp claws, dripping some blood on the orb. The orb shone brightly in red color and granted Rem the power to become resistant to any kind of fire. This would go on until the orb runs out of magic. Rem could tell by looking at the color of the orb and he bright it shines.
'Time to get back to work...'
•••
'Finally! I'm done.' Rem thought happily, jumping up from the steep hole.
It took Rem another hour. During that time, she transferred all her mana to Roy.
'The hole is steep enough. There shouldn't be any problems.'
"Roy, you can get rid of the barrier now." Rem said, shifting back to her beast-man form.
Everyone was staring at Rem. Rem looked at herself and realized that she didn't put on her disguise.
'Oops... It's too late, isn't it?'
"Sorry for the trouble. We'll leave this instant." Rem apologized as she bowed down slightly, ready to leave the island with Roy.
"Please, don't leave yet. We haven't shown our gratitude to our savior yet!" The boy stated, looking at Rem with puppy eyes.
"My Lord!" The Tribe Leader got onto his knees and bowed.
The others got onto their knees and bowed as well.
'What in the world...?'