"hm! still as abundant as ever!" said master Sage as he looked at the sky-blue mana stones shaped like stalactites and stalagmites on the tiled walls of the room.
but Lylah narrowed her eyes as she saw something unfamiliar and tugged on her master's robe. "master what is that thing? it looks like an egg..."
master Sage looked at the direction Lylah was pointing, and he also saw a round white object wrapped around by web threads.
master Sage observed carefully, but he immediately hit his staff on the object.
immediately the object broke and shattered which then appeared slime that spilled around and was accompanied by a cow-sized Spider that appeared.
"Oh iron spider eggs!" said Master Sage as he turned his face away and replaced his magic staff with a pickaxe and started mining.
But on the other hand Lylah's way of mining is different from her master, instead of using the usual method that drains physically she uses magic that makes her pickaxe float and hit the collection of magic stones.
a gust of wind that at first glance looks like a green hand appears and grasps the iron pickaxe and starts mining.
But after just a few strokes, a slap was delivered directly to Lylah's buttocks. "Ouch! .... Master! Why did I get hit?"
Master Sage looked at his hand which was now slightly red either because the blow was too hard or because his hand had been used for mining. "hmp! you're getting naughty huh!? how many times has master told you not to use magic to mine this new!... the purity can be reduced you know!"
Lylah looked at her master with teary eyes and a trembling mouth. "Ta... but master... "
instead of sympathizing the Sage master looked at Lylah with his stern eyes. "Don't try to lie to your master, boy! I changed your diapers myself, so I know you better than you know yourself!"
getting an answer like that Lylah immediately looked away annoyed, she was forced to take her pickaxe and start mining the old fashioned way.
both of them are not the type of people who always train physically so it is certain that this mining job is a separate enemy for them, the proof is that they have only been mining for a while and only get 1 boulder the size of Lylah's palm while their sweat is already pouring out.
"No... crack... no..." until a stone step and the sound of eroding stone were heard approaching them.
Lylah looked like someone who had been tortured and had a hero come to her, so her eyes filled with hope.
"Hiks! Rocky... help me... huaaa" Lylah's spoiled cries were now heard again.
master Sage who was now out of breath and full of sweat looked at his student. "Lylah! Why are you being spoiled like this!?"
Lylah looked at her master, "master we are mages not fighters or miners!... we are not suited to do this kind of work... after all I am still a child while you are old... at least make allowances!"
"hmm.... that's right" said the Sage master subconsciously, "ehem!... not if we mine with magic rocks then the purity of these stones will be eroded by the magic we cast! so it's useless".
Lylah stared blankly at her master, slowly a drop of tear appeared from her blank gaze, "master... oh, my great master... it turns out that no matter how great a person is if he is old, he will be forgetful like this... hiks!!, poor me"
while Lylah was lamenting her fate, a heavy footstep was heard approaching slowly. along with that a chewing of broken crystals was also heard, and as if like a hope Lylah's eyes slowly returned to showing hope.
after waiting for a while the owner of the heavy footsteps and sounded like stone steps appeared, he was none other than Rocky who was chewing the adamantium Spider monster crystal in his hand.
instantly Lylah immediately smiled happily and immediately ran towards Rocky, "Rocky are you done!? please help us.... huaaa.... " and a whimper from a young witch was heard while Rocky was enjoying the atmosphere.
Lylah ran fast and immediately jumped to hug Rocky's stone legs, whether on purpose or not but certainly Lylah slid at a fairly fast speed.
"What's wrong Lylah?" asked Rocky, Lylah looked up with eyes that were still shedding tears but with part of her face reddened.
"ugh... looks like you tripped and hit my stone leg huh?" Rocky said, but on Lylah's side her tears were now seeping out even more. "huaaa... help me Rocky! Master can't be relied on anymore in this kind of thing... and besides I don't understand what you're saying why are you so loud! look at my face now!... this really hurts you know!... huaaaa!"
Rocky slapped his forehead and shook his head while Master Sage walked over, "Rocky can you help us again? I'll give you a share later... and Lylah did you forget that Rocky is a stone?"
hearing her master's words Lylah immediately looked at him with a sullen face, on the other hand Rocky immediately nodded in understanding, he immediately lowered the legs of the Spider monster on his back and took over the pickaxe in Master Sage's hand, "remember Rocky the mine that has the highest and biggest part! the higher and bigger the better!"
Master Sage stared at Rocky closely, and when he realized that the stone that Rocky mined was still of good quality he could calm down and find a place to rest, he also grabbed the legs of the spider monster that Rocky was carrying.
Meanwhile Rocky who was mining the chunks of mana rocks in front of him which were probably 5 times bigger than an elephant now knew that mana rocks had their own layers.
on the outside it had low quality while the more it was dug the denser the mana became, "hmm.... I think I know why Master Sage told me to mine the big part".
Rocky continued to mine tirelessly, he himself was also surprised to do physical activities without getting tired at all.
the longer he thought the more he added the fact that he was getting further away from his human form, he glanced at Master Sage and Lylah who were resting.
seeing the interaction between the two Rocky now hoped that his mysterious body would not lose its humanity.
if he could show his feelings, now he would definitely smile bitterly because he remembered the tightness in his chest when he was required to hold back his feelings when facing his superiors and family.
he still clearly remembered where his mouth used to be unable to express the feelings he was holding back, his eyes that he always forced to stay open, and even his sense of smell that was no longer useful because he always covered it with a mask.
his weak and tired body he always forced to stay strong, his strong heart as fuel to continue living, even when he got what he wanted the world would always bring endless problems.
Rocky patted his two stone cheeks with his stone hands, he tried to eliminate the bad thoughts that existed in his previous life.
now Rocky is more determined to find a reason for him to stay alive and he also wants to find a reason why he was reincarnated as a golem, an artificial creature that although can move but in reality they are inanimate objects.
"well... actually there is no difference, after all my nickname used to be a walking corpse.... but, I'm still curious, is it possible for me to become human again?"