Master Of None

Chapter 2304: 2304. Gathering Fire Affinity

Assigning the right people to help investigate the ruins and monster remains within the large cavern he and Mordant had come from was easy for Walker. However, those he had called upon were going to need to hold back so that Mordant could take the lead on their new friend, the shadow eating octopus.

It wasn't necessarily that the researchers and soldiers would be attacked, but it would not be fair that they overwhelmed the one who had spent so much time alone. No matter the person or monster, they would struggle to handle the high number of people around them all of a sudden. It was just best for everyone.

Walker thought that he might be insulting not to go there himself. He had made a promise as well. The only issue with that was that he was now part of the investigation of other wilderness areas and the odds of him returning to Genesis any time soon was lower by the minute.

The benefits though was that an elemental rune teleportation formation, a temporary one, would be made there. Allowing for Walke to go there quickly and help Mordant with their friends before he had to move elsewhere.

His part in this was much simpler in the means of building his team. There were multiple Echidna who would help him with the ability to sense where there had once been and may be bridges to the elemental planes. Taking them to the cavern where the shadow eating octopus was would actually help them a lot since they could sense what Walker sensed.

Splitting up the echidna to go to different locations would allow the process of finding the potential bridges to the elemental planes to speed up. That alone could easily help clear some of the more mysterious wilderness areas of their dangers.

Knowing which areas had a high risk because there were monsters or manas drawn there by the bridges could help how they were handled. Some situations where there would be monsters drawn there would mean that more forces might need to be brought. Hence why some of the echidna could use their unique skills to blend in and hide within nature.

Their acclimation to natural mana allowed them to hide themselves much better than most people could. Even those without stealth skills overall had a greater ability to be able to hide away just by sensing the smallest bit of natural mana or using their instincts. Some of the youngest echidna had instinctual feelings which allowed them to better grasp whatever their classes or affinities were.

This just came with years of the echidna relying on natural mana.

If there were just unusual places with ruins or evidence of ancient monsters, without any dangers, then it would be a treasure trove. It could be a place where people could use as a base to study more of the phenomena going on within the world as it acclimated to the levels of mana from ancient times. It could be a valuable place for learning about the past and how that could affect the future.

When it came to all of this, Walker was worried about the dragons to some degree though. They had learned about the positions of their fellow dragons within the elemental planes. While some had become devouring dragons which needed elemental manas to survive the same as some of the other races within the elemental planes, the dominator dragons were chained down in a way.

This meant that if the royal dragons went there, they could be risking the balance of the elemental planes and be attacked right away. Their strength would be something which could grow to the point which could cause entire areas of a certain elemental plane to collapse.

This was because the dominator dragons helped maintain balance across massive areas of the elemental planes. They could affect them as they wished with very little of their own efforts. They even spoke directly to the origin beings at times. Meaning that they were one of the most powerful compared to the elemental kings and the true elemental sages.

That didn't mean that the dragons would take kindly to the fact that their race was somewhat tied down. Or even potentially chained down in a sense when it came to what they could do within the elemental planes.

Mordant in particular wished to head in to the dark elemental planes searching for any of the royal dark dragons who had attempted to cross through the shadows and chaotic manas to reach the dark elemental plane. Something nearly impossible, but not entirely impossible within itself. There was always a chance that one of them over the course of many years has succeeded and not perished to the chaotic manas in that unknown.

Shaking his mind from this, Walker focused on Ignus who had already begun to prepare those who could handle the flames growing within he had around the volcano. The moment that Walker had focused again, he saw Ignus's gaze fall on him.

"Yes, I will go as well. The volcano growing without any explanation as to why or how is important. It could be monsters, a ruin, or something else entirely. The best situation would be that it is just returning to its natural size and will stop only changing a smaller amount of the landscape." Part of Walker felt this was less true of a chance than others.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

"Or it will continue because there is something ancient there. We just witnessed these small ancient monsters. They could have grown beyond our abilities if we did not have those who could explore the area now. Just a month could have been too much for all of us." Ignus had a greater seriousness around him.

He would normally have been less serious about these threats since he knew his strength had grown along with Genesis's strength as a whole. It was Ventus who had made him this way.

She had mentioned to Ignus the level of strength that the blade flies had when she had sensed them clearly. None had been able to harm anyone fully. Their plan had succeeded in every possible way. It was a testament to how efficient and united Genesis had become.

That aside, she had felt a potent wind mana which could have even cut her body if she had not been on her guard. She had been able to feel that it was a more instinctual and brutal usage of wind mana. Not the same as the dragons of now or the mages of today.

The way she had compared them was a babbling stream that flowed and cut the land over time. Compared to a raging flood water which sweeps away entire riverbanks in the blink of an eye.

To put it even more clearly, the ancient monsters had a destructive quality to the way that they used mana. Due to the time they had developed and survived, ancient monsters could easily use their strength to destroy many things. While this was the case for their survival, the world had changed. These methods were not needed.

"I understand why you want to push faster. I will make that happen." Instead of pushing away the desires that Ignus possessed to move this matter along, Walker decided to be the driving force. He could remove that pressure from Ignus allowing the leader of this exploration to keep their mind clear.

In this, Walker meant that he would be calling on some of the Sigil continent's angels. While the angels were handling their own risks and issues, Walker knew that the angels with fire affinity could be spared to help for a short while.

What he had learned about the angels was that they needed to absorb mana from their surroundings. The angels did this through their wings. Basic information at this point for him

to know.

Where that was important though, was that if they entered areas which had denser mana matching their affinities, they would grow much stronger for the time being. It was limited to what they could handle, but that was fine. The angels had an elite group for each elemental mana for defensive purposes.

The red wing angel squad was what he wanted to call on. Since he was able to call on them, they would be an ideal group which could gain strength from the massive amount of fire mana near the volcano and combat whatever monsters appeared there. Or even hold off the dangerous terrain.

All Walker would have to do is pledge that the next place he went was somewhere within the Sigil continent to help. Most likely the unmoving clouds which were worrying the floating cities of the angels. It wasn't a place said to be growing, but the fact that it was nearby where one of the cities floated for the time being made it a priority for them.

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