"I don't care if we need to make more equipnt. We will do it in rounds and just make the event longer. It's not in the budget!" Trish was done spending gold for the guild. She had brought the hamr down and was changing the way the competition would progress. The herbs were covered with the adventurers' guild and now the equipnt was an issue. But she would not have more made. She wanted it to be reused every wave of the event.
"That's fine. I just want enough to have an even group." The old master alchemist was concerned that the even would go too long and they would run out of ti. But when he spoke he saw the death glare that Trish was giving and decided just to accept it.
"You two really need to calm down. I can hear you from downstairs." The two looked at Rey who was holding a large barrel of herbs.
"Says you. You are usually the most fired up. Ever since you started making potions that temper of yours has beco less than a spark." The old master alchemist was glad that Rey had cald down and beco more level headed. However, he did moss the witty cobacks while they argued over potion ideas. It was a little good and a little bad.
"I can show you temper old man. Just let see you ss up the next batch of earth affinity potion testing." This was a sore spot since the potion was still not coming out properly since its shelf life was minutes instead of weeks like other potions.
"I co to find you and of course, you are arguing about potions. Well, no more. We are going to train. Get your knuckles and get outside." Walker ca in and brandished two gauntlets of his own. The eternal orb had taken the form of gauntlets. They went up to Walker's forearms and shined with a silvery light. The flow of mana around them seed to be the sa as Rey's interchangeable knuckles but had a balance that emanated natural mana.
"Who says I nee-"
"Let's go so I can kick your butt down the street in front of every alchemist! You are soft Rey! All you do is hide in a lab and make potions. You can't stand up against a monster anymore!" Walker turned and left Rey stunned. He had never confronted her like this and she didn't know what to do. There was a twitch in her eyebrow that seed to be growing while she dropped the herbs in her arms.
She had not felt so offended and angry in a long ti. She had focused solely on Alchemy and been able to do so much, yet Walker showed up and just throws her lack of training in her face? The old man was telling her she had cald down? What kind of world was this? How could they insult her this way?
There were no words for her anger. She attached the water and fire elental knuckles to her left and right fist while rolling her shoulders. The few students and staff that had heard Walker shout at Rey were deathly afraid. They had learned to fear Rey a little since she had a unique system that allowed her to be the only one that could fight in the alchemy guild. They didn't know so much about Trish's explosive potions so they were in the dark with that secret.
When she ca outside, Rey found that Walker was standing in an empty herb field. He was just watching the herbalists walk away who had been working nearby. As soon as Rey ca nearby, he touched the ground and a ring of earth was made. "What do you have to say about it? Any excuses? Skipping training? Not letting the guild run by itself with Trish and your ntor? Not going out like you said you would with younger alchemists and training them up personally?" Walker rembered that Rey had ntioned she would take young alchemists out to learn how to do so things, like avoiding monsters and gathering herbs. But this hadn't happened. She had shut herself up to experint, deal with rules, and just stay in the alchemy guild running things even though it was one thing she said she didn't want to do.
"What is it? Your siblings all found places to go and the orphanages had too much finding now? They don't need you so you can slack off and pretend all of your responsibilities are small?" Walker was intentionally poking the sleeping bear. He was waiting for Rey to snap and rember her rage as a brawler. She had pushed herself to a point when Greed attacked but it had amounted to nothing. She wasn't able to fight it off and he knew this had an effect on her. Yet, Rey didn't make an active motion to change that potential. She just accepted it and focused on alchemy.
He slamd the gauntlets that the eternal orb had ford together with a resonating clang. The mana seed to stir in the air and Walker felt that he was ready for a second round of training. He was after Rey so he could improve a section of battle he had avoided. He also wanted to snap Rey back to the fiery battle hardened adventurer who could flip to healing and alchemy in the mont. She needed her balance back.
"Let's go, Rey! Show you deserve to be part of this party! Tell if I can rely on you to protect the city of Genesis while I am away!" This roar matched Walker's charge forward. Unfortunately, he had already gotten to Rey with his words. She had stopped hearing him and allowed her anger to cloud her vision. She slamd her knuckles together.
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