Chapter 351 - Inbetween a Warm Hug

It became established that Eric hasn't been knocked out cold due to the fact that his Stamina might have depleted, but it was all because his body was overworked! He carried a 250 Kilogram man for goodness sake, that isn't so easy to accomplish.

But the fact that he got knocked out isn't really a problem, he can sleep it off come to think of it and his entire body is where it is supposed to be, it is all in place. And most importantly, the oldest living Calidum Lutum here gets to live to see another day.

How awful this situation might have turned towards if Eric didn't insist to fly above their heads, Kazer would have been responsible for Xalk's death and would have been responsible for not letting Eric tag along. So much fault would be tossed upon him and this bad decision would never have been forgotten, yet Kazer never intended to do anything bad. Even super geniuses can mess up sometimes, but thankfully he didn't.

Waking up an hour later, he saw the Grand Masters around him. They didn't even bother to walk all the way up, because after Altacin gave Eric a few tests with her gentle touch she confirmed that he is alive and nothing is broken or out of place, he just passed out due to sudden extended exhaust and over working his body under a short period of time.

Altacin, is in some terms smarter when it comes to health. I mean, she is a 984 year old Calidum Lutum here yet she looks so youthful, obviously it wasn't an accident and it isn't common in the elderly years even for this naturally beautiful race.

Her knowledge on health is expansive, she even knows internal human body parts although she had to study victims to figure out such information. Either if those Victims were of the Calidum Lutum or any other race.

"What happened?" Eric asked, but at the same time glad that everyone is around him and in one piece. His brain trying to catch up on memories, he just woke up after all.

"Bubble lifted Xalk." Kazer Answered, breaking the 2 second long silence and noticed that Xalk has noticed that his own name has been mentioned. "He almost fell in Lava but you carried him here, you saved one of the Grand Masters."

The honour felt indeed amazing, yet Eric didn't know what to say. He just tried moving his arms a little bit to check if everything is in place, they all are but he instantly noticed how tired he is and the developing headache because of it.

"He is welcome." Eric answered, and with barely any motivation left he still managed to ask. "So what's our next move?"

"We Grand Masters have to talk it out." Kazer answered directly, in a way showing that Eric has no place in the following debates. Eric is the King, but still barely has any experience at such fields of work and has made minor contributions in a span of a year.

"Alright, I'll wait here then." He insisted to stay, mostly because he doesn't feel like he can fly all the way up there. Furthermore he thought that the debating would be short, so why go up now?

"No no, this will take a bit longer." Kazer Answered, and with a tone sounding a bit harsh unintentionally he added. "There is no point for you to be here right now, please go relax a little bit. Maybe have something to eat."

Trying to explain his point of view better, he added. "This could be a possibly major situation, and we need every bit of concentration here and we need you to be as ready as possible. We don't know if this is a disaster and we don't know how fast it can come."

"Alright, I can't argue with that logic!" Eric complimented the incredibly gifted Kazer and admired how fluently he is speaking the Ignite language, but not wanting to compliment that because he knew the answer. "You complain a lot." Kazer would reply, if his language progress was complimented by Eric.

As Eric walked up the spiral, aiming to walk just a little bit until he can manage to gain some energy to fly up. The Grand Masters started the debate, Xalk being fairly the most pissed off here.

"I reccomend to turn this whole thing in to nothing but rock!" Xalk pointed at the Lava, slightly yelling his sentences out as his white long beard bounced with his fast moving chin.

"No, are you crazy?" Laza answered with a bit of rage, her nickname indeed matches her attitude. She is the youngest Grand Master here(501) but she can notice when a move is wrong, and rather felt shocked how someone this old could think of it. "We are nearing winter, this Volcano is our only source of heat. People would freeze to death!"

"She has a point." Altacin complimented, looking at Kazer as the leader to slow down this slightly temperamental old man.

Noticing that look, he turned his attention towards Xalk and added. "Yes, that is not the brightest idea. You are choosing decisions based on your Sentiment, please calm down."

Xalk got mad, but he is still reasonable. He added as a last resort before his idea could be permanently rejected, "You are right, but I'm just saying. There won't be any Blue Orbs if there is no Lava."

"And how do you propose we melt it once more? It would take forever, this is half a mile of space we are talking about." Laza added, a bit temperamental too, but she is trying to input reasoning here. Well at least people can't see her rageful facial impressions at the moment because she is 15 foot tall.

"We can just blast more Lava over it, the rock won't melt but do we really need the Lava to be more than 50 or a hundred meters deep? What difference would it make to the overall town? Only we will be affected, even the Staff formation won't be harmed. It would just take a while of getting used too!" Xalk indeed started making great points, and became glad that he didn't get interrupted. He kept his "sentiment" Under control and just used reasoning, it worked but not enough.

"I still think it is a bad idea, we could be panicking over nothing here. Sure they are bubbles that fly a meter above the lava and pop, but what else is there? What danger could it bring? If it wasn't for the fact that we didn't approach it closely, no one would be affected." Pezik brought some more reasoning to the table, slowing the old man down. Luckily she can think with a clear head at a high pressure situation like this.

"Then what do you recommend we do?" Xalk still refused to stay and wait. "Sit on our... well we can't sit and wait to see how dangerous it can get." He almost used an unfavourable word but remembered that it just wouldn't suit an old man neatly.

"Waiting appears to be our best option Xalk, if this was at Spring we would be all on board to try your idea." Kazer calmed down the situation, seeing that it might have gotten a bit out of hand. "But there are 800 people we are talking about up there, and we had a lot of newborns this year. Do you really think we can survive a Winter without our Volcano's heat?"

To compliment Kazer's reasoning, Laza added. "And without the heat, the next planting season can be damaged. Who knows how hot it would get up there if we move the Lava higher? Just the heat we have now can make it feel like Summer at Winter up there!"

"Alright. All of you have a good point." Xalk finally gave in but still sticked with some other points he previously mentioned. "But we can't sit and wait. If not turning the place in to nothing but rock, can we at least find another idea. Waiting can also be dangerous, we don't know what those Blobs can do in the future. This could just be a seed planted for future disasters."

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As the Grand Masters were debating the next move down there, Eric made his way up the Volcano. Once his feet touched the Volcanic Side Walk, and made his way towards the farm, walking for about 50 meters clumsily and slowly as if he was just woken up from the dead.

He saw Ada, and it is fair to say that his mood changed for the better by the passing second. He wanted to give her what they recently started and felt it amazing, hugs! Don't think about something else naughty, they are kids!

But as soon as he reached her, his body just couldn't handle it anymore. He passed out for the second time, but on her arms. Ada isn't the strongest physically, but she still couldn't let her little boyfriend fall to the ground and risk a nose bleed.

She caught him, and fell along with him on her back. Eric ended up over her, tied around her with a hug and cuddling her more. Well at least this made sure that he is alive, so Ada figured that he could just be very exhausted or is playing some type of game to mess with her, he tends to do this a lot with the women she fancies apparently.

But this isn't in no way making her mad. The only bit of Concern she has here, is if anyone walked by and saw them like this. It might seem embarrassing, but she doesn't want to move because this both feels tremendously nice and she wants Eric to be comfortable. Luckily he didn't fall close to her enough for them to be face to face now.

About an hour later, Eric woke up and noticed the situation. He noticed that he has passed out again, at a rather unintentional embarrassing position.

Ada has fallen asleep as well, it just felt too comfortable. But when Eric moved, she woke up seconds after. Standing close to the Volcanic wall, they saw Commander Alia. Glancing upon the two cute kids and moving her head from left to right, with a wide smile across her face and inevitably about to tease them.

"I don't think you understand how this works." Her teasing here was rather complex, an a.d.u.l.t joke come to think of it but she knew well that neither Eric or Ada would understand it. They think that babies fall from the sky or something.

"I fainted, its not my preference to sleep over other people!" Eric complained, explaining the situation.

"Fainted? Why? Is she this cute too you?" She teased again to lift the mood but hoping that everything is alright.

"No, there is a situation with the Blue Bubbles going on down there. The Grand Masters told me to come refresh up here a little bit before returning." As Eric explained, Commander Alia figured that since they've send Eric up the situation can't be severe.

So she answered. "Let me handle that, you go eat and then sleep. You need your energy, we don't know what will happen." Rather interesting how she said the same words as Kazer.

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An hour later, Ada arrived to the King's Throne Room bringing as much food as she can carry. She insisted for Eric to directly head towards his throne room bed and take a quick nap, while Ada herself would go to the farm and bring him food.

Upon entering, she noticed that Eric is already sound asleep. It felt troubling to wake him up, but he can't eat food in a rush. "Eric, Eric!" Ada repeated calmly, trying to wake him up as gently as possible.

Unfortunately with embarrassment as if following them today, she felt Eric's grip around her neck as he unconsciously dragged her over his body then close to his chest as they both turned to the side. Cuddling her from behind, apparently this boy has been in desperate needs of more hugs.

"I want to wake him up, but this is so comfortable." She thought, and taking moments to debate what to do here she ended up becoming sleepier and sleepier until she decided. "Oh well, he can eat later."