20 How dare you?! (1/2)

The manta had fallen asleep through the night and only woke up the next morning when he heard some movement on the ground underneath him. He found that most of the healthy people from the shore had walked back to the village through the night when they heard the news from the small clone the manta had sent them.

As the two groups met there were many people that cried of happiness when they saw their loved ones still alive. Of course not everyone had survived, there were hundreds of bodies covered in cloth lined up side by side in front of the town hall. As time passed there were more and more people accumulating on that spot. They would look through each body until finding the right one and breaking down beside them. The villagers that were lucky enough to not lose anyone would quickly sit beside them helping them go through this tough time.

Even though this was a sad scene, the big manta in the sky was feeling a little jealous at how much they cared for each other, until he felt some movement on his back. The little crab had woken up and was slowly stretching her limbs.

'I'm not alone anymore' He watched as she finished stretching before moving to the side of his body and popping her head out to watch the interesting humans curiously.

It seems they had left a part of the group back at the shore which were the injured and the ones to look after them, therefore some people were preparing to go and bring them back to the village now that the danger was taken care of.

”It's time for us to go little gold” the large manta said

”Where are we going?”

”The amount of information we can get from a mortal is limited. He told me about the cities that were close by and there is a holy city a couple of days east from here. Its primary focus is delivery but they also work with information gathering. Little gold! Let's go meet our first divine!”

”Hmm!” The big manta could hear the excitement in her voice.

As the large shadow in the sky started receding the people on the ground looked up. They felt slightly relieved but at the same time they felt a bit disappointed. Even though that shadow was a bit oppressing it also made them feel safe at the same time.

Everyone watched with conflicting emotions as the large manta moved through the air as it would underwater. The dark clouds started to gather around him obscuring him from view as he got further from the village.

The speed they were moving might have seemed fast for the villagers but the manta had decided to move slowly towards his destination so he could see a bit of the world. At this speed they should reach the city at about half a day.

After around an hour, as they were moving over a large grassland a sweet voice suddenly sounded from his back.

”let me down!”

”???? little gold you actually want to walk?” The giant creature in the sky slowed down his speed to a stop.

the small crab lifted off his back and descended towards the large grassland underneath them. As her large pointy legs touched the floor they sank slightly into the dirt. She looked around curiously for a bit before raising her small claw.

A large amount of dirt suddenly started gathering together about a dozen meters away, becoming a large sphere twice as big as her body leaving behind a big crater on the ground. All the plants, bugs, and stones had been filtered out as the dirt was gathering together becoming a perfect sphere of dirt.

'What is she doing?' The manta thought as he watched curiously.

Glowing gold once again the little crab started to rise off the ground with the ball of dirt following closely behind her. She floated onto the center of the manta's back before putting down the large ball of dirt. Even though he has lost her from his vision he was still curiously watching with his mana.

Once the large amount of dirt was safely on his back the little crab started waving her small claws side to side as the sphere of dirt started to slowly change its shape. It was only around an hour later in that he was able to finally make out what she was making. The dumbfounded manta didn't know if he should laugh or cry.

'Little gold aren't you getting a little too comfortable? How am I supposed to refute the fact I'm not your mount now if you built a house on my back!?'

It looked like a larger version of one of the simple houses he had seen in the village. He wanted to say something but seeing her happily creating that tiny home he decided to stay quiet.