Barrier of Light and On the Job Training

A white light enveloped outside the small hut. It was rather a cylindrical tower of light that pierced the sky. Ryuji was preparing himself to get the shock of his life in case the shield did not materialize. The sinister looking cleaver turned into a dark Aspis, a round wooden shield with the face of Cerberus as the ornate design on the outer side of the shield. It also had markings of hydras at the four corners. It looked evil in a glance, like the sinister cleaver, this looked like a cursed shield. But since Pyun-Pyun set up the , the appearance of the shield is rather late. It is a waste of manifestation of the cursed shield.

"How!?" The deep read slime cried in disbelief. The crackling noise of the black thunder died down. It was one of his powerful spells. This goblin easily destroyed his and now his . Any creature should not withstand his might. This goblin and his puny friends should be erased from existence. His divine item should be something that he should be able to get his hands on if he killed this green pathetic creature.

"Hohoho. You totally stole my thunder Pyun." Ryuji gave a pat on the slime's head. He totally ignored the ramblings of the red slime from afar and then looked up for the magnificent tower of light created. It was not as bright as the sun but bright enough to light up the area.

The deep red slime suddenly jiggled. The voice laughed like a mad man. "Hahahaha!!!! It will soon be mine!!"

The snake woman was out of commission. She was bleeding and burnt as one of the thunder attacks struck her down as she was escaping. She was muttering. "I will not die like this…" As she squirmed helplessly to the side. Her dreams of evolving into something more powerful seemed so near until that goblin and that slime meddled with her magic rock. She hated them. She glared at the jiggling red slime then sprung towards it again. "Give the magic rock back to me!!!!".

"You still have not learned your lesson bitch!!!!" The slime stopped laughing and replied to the attacking snake woman.

The snake woman gave a crazy shrill laugh. She stared at the deep red slime with her eyes. She casted a move that she learned when she still had the magic rock in her possession. Her eyes turned slowly into red pupils and black irises. The remaining slimes apart from the deep red slime shivered. Some of the yellow slimes started to explode violently. The green slimes flee in terror avoiding the gaze but those who failed, also exploded. The remaining deep blue ones shivered but they congregated near their boss.

"How- You bitch!!!!" The deep red slime noticed that his slime cohorts are exploding. The lower-level slime lackeys are exploding from her gaze. He summoned the black needles again. It was smaller than the ones that were summoned earlier but there are numerous. Since it is already dark, the needles were not noticeable he immediately directed to the snake woman.

"They are at it again." Ryuji frowned. "Pyun, keep the up." He commanded. The light blue slime nodded. Pyun-Pyun increased the barrier of light to a certain level. The area was dark but due to the barrier they have enough light to see what is going on.

A chime resounded one after the other:

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'One skill after the other? Is it that easy to learn skills?' Ryuji looked at Pyun-Pyun in surprise. He saw how it was concentrating on maintaining the barrier as he could feel the mana pouring to maintain the spell. He is already thinking that his slime is already OP at this point. The light on the barrier had reached a certain level, it was no longer towering light like before, but rather a dome structure covering the area that they were at. Ryuji can see the scattered slimes and the snake woman making them explode. At this point, the best thing to eliminate these two is attack from where they are right now behind the barrier.

Ryuji was a bit tired of what was happening, and he could hear his stomach growl. It is already dark and perhaps dinner time. but before he could do dinner, he needed to clear these two crazy creatures first. It would be better to cast a bigger and since it is dark, it is perfect. He imagined a bigger radius for the target, the actual battlefield while the two creatures are busy.

The deep red slime took the opportunity to attack the snake woman with the black needles he conjured and immediately aimed it to the snake woman's face. 'I need to remove this bitch before he can make a move to the bastard goblin and that ridiculous slime.' The deep red slime scorned.

"Aaaaahhhh!!!!" The snake woman wailed. She was hit by the black needles as soon as there was a bright light that shone behind her. Her face was hit by several black needles and her left eye was also hit. "How dare you imbecile!!!!" She frantically screamed at the slime and lunged to strike with her fangs.

Once the snake woman stopped conjuring her attack, the remaining slimes fled the area leaving the deep red slime and about five deep blue slimes huddled around the red one. He conjured needles again to retaliate to the incoming snake woman who had baring her fangs towards them. He was able to make black needles but before he could move them, the ground started to shake. The earth that they were standing on suddenly was moving as if it was liquid. He saw like two large walls engulf him and the five other water slimes along with the snake woman. He looked at the goblin from afar, behind the barrier. The goblin had his palms on the ground and had closed his eyes. He could only shout. "Curse youuuuuuuuu!!!!" Then darkness covered the whole place.

Ryuji had made a bigger mound this time. It looked like a hill as it was towering over the other trees. He could feel the mana flow over the mound. He actually made a dome over the battlefield that made the center part hollow. Now his next step after , is to conjure another spell which is . It would be best if he can make the mound collapse to squeeze and flatten what is inside. At this point, it would be better to use area of effect attacks, in this case he was picturing a forest of spikes inside the hollow area. He moved his palms and felt the flow of mana. He attempted to feel the vibrations coming from the center of the mound. He was attempting to probe using mana around the mound. He activated so he can see whatever is inside the mound using mana. Then he had an idea.

"You two!" Ryuji called the wolves. "Try to feel the mana around you. Your goal is to see the mana from individuals who are inside that mound." Ryuji commanded. He did not command Pyun-Pyun to maintain the barrier around them. It is already dark and because some of the slimes flee, they are not sure where they are currently, so not to be blindsided by anyone attacking, he would rather have Pyun-Pyun keep the dome up.

Fuji and Raiji heard their master's commands. For Fuji he had already sensed mana around the fog earlier, so he was a bit familiar with the feeling. He attempted to recreate the feeling of it as he was touching the earth. It was chaotic at first but then he could feel the mana like a liquid pouring out from his master. The feeling was similar to a waterfall. Once he got a hold and familiarized with his master's mana flow, he then directed his concentration to his surroundings. He started to feel Pyun-Pyun pouring mana over the dome. Comparing the flow of mana, Pyun-Pyun is similar to a stream, not much but it is steadily flowing. He inadvertently felt his brother's mana. It was like a small shallow pond. It was stagnant and the flow was blocked. He then continued sensing the environment around him. A familiar chime went off.

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The same chime played over to Ryuji as well.

Raiji also followed the command, he was attempting to concentrate on the feeling of mana. He could feel the faint mana on the fog earlier, but he was not as sensitive as his younger brother. For him, he is confused with the concept of mana. This posed a problem when attempting to feel the earth and its surroundings. He can feel the magic but that was it. After a few minutes of trying, he could feel nothing. It has been several times within the day that he could not do anything. He felt clueless and pathetic. He could feel a budding anger within him, but he knows he could not get mad. It is shameful that he suggested being someone's familiar, but it is like the second or third time today that he could not do anything for his master.

"Raiji, don't force yourself. We shall discuss this later." Ryuji smiled.