Master Of None

While Laurence took the paperwork and sat down at one of the many tables walker swore he saw a tear in his eye. Poor Laurence and his stack of paper work.

”I have gathered some smaterials and copied them in To this journal. The first section is about dragons with dark elemental affinities, the second is some information specifically on skeletal dragons. There are very interesting things related to their diet which I think will help once midnight hits a growth spurt. I also managed to find some parts on abyssal serpents, mostly about their rarity and the most common location they have been found. They were once hunted to near extinction since they were thought to be evil. They may consume light element as nourishment but they can actually utilize light magic skills along with dark magic skills. However you’ll need to note that their dark elemental skills are mostly for stealth, it’s actually a significant part of their species evolution.” What would he ever do without Clara! Walker had totally forgotten about her looking in to the guilds records for information. The tamers had completely taken his attention lately.

Walker began to scan the pages of the journal making sure to get a good look at each page. His skill mental archive was recording all the information for him to peruse later on. Clara had really outdone herself, not only had she recorded in depth bits of how big a skeletal dragon was expected to grow but also the ideal diet for one! Catching his attention was the fact that most skeletal dragons would eat only bones once they reached adulthood. Their stomach acid would become strong enough to dissolve even other dragons bones! The curious part was that the stronger the bones they ate the more they could strengthen their own sakes for defense. If midnight did the same she could avoid a serious amount of damage. Since midnight was a mixed breed dragon walker didn’t think she would only eat bones especially since she had eaten other monsters as well not just the bones. This most likely meant that she could survive off a mixed diet! This relieved him quite a lot since they party would always need to provide food for her.

The section on the abyssal serpents had similar knowledge on growth rate and inner anatomy. It referenced a researcher who had discovered the long thought extinct serpents over fourth years ago. The man had hidden in a cave from a storm while out doing research I let to see strange pairings of snakes moving in the walls. Eventually he saw one smaller one turn in to a pool of ink and materialize in to an abyssal serpent. Naturally this researcher furiously recorded all of this and studied their activities for some time. Hence the knowledge on diet and growth came to be. Abyssal serpents seemed to start out with only the ability to hide themselves as ”paintings” or in onyx’s case a tattoo. After they reached a full two feet in length did their growth spurt start. The theory was that this was when their system unlocked and they could actively grow.

Glancing down at where onyx had been resting in tattoo form walker figured he was about one and a half feet long. This growth must be from the more concentrated light element from the crystals onyx had been snacking on. If walker were to only feed him light crystals would onyx grow even faster? This could be an expensive investment but if onyx grew to the size this researcher theorized it would be well worth it. The longest one the researcher had witnessed was one spanning the length of ten horse drawn carriages. The thickness the size of a hundred year old oak. That size of an abyssal serpent could easily swallow a young dragon and a few adventurer parties to boot.

”This is perfect! I didn’t expect you to rewrite it all in to a journal for me. You’ve outdone yourself!” Clara stood just a bit taller hearing his words. She was after all the first floor manager of the adventurers guild. Of course she would put forth amazing results. It helped greatly that she had found the motivation to become better herself. Seeing this party in front of her push forward to improve by leaps and bounds made her want to do the same. If they would become the strongest party then she should become the best manager. It was the only acceptable path.

” well as your manager I am required to do my best. So are you planning to accept their request? Should I guess that it stems from you wanting to improve your knowledge on the bonds you share with midnight and onyx?” Clara hit the nail in the head. ” if so I strongly recommend it, adventurers and tamers often pair up and have dual memberships with each respective guild. I’m not telling you to join them, but making connections could improve your survival in the future. For example since tamers have a better understanding of beasts this works out to them also having better relations with the Demi humans. Since their species has many traits from monsters their personalities follow suit. Humans tend to have a decent relationship politically with them but on an individual level it’s still challenging.” Knowing the party would branch out and eventually visit other kingdoms Clara knew it was part of her duty to guide them. The tamers guild connecting with them and showing them how to get along with Demi humans would be the perfect situation. Not to mention the Demi human territory is well known for being safer than other areas. There were still dangers but because it was mostly open plains before the mountains it was a great training ground. Adventurers would be able to see danger and run or be able to openly maneuver to take down an opponent. This was also a reason why the merchants preferred their journeys to the Demi human kingdom than to the elf kingdom. Too many monsters could ambush them in the forest.

”While their leader does some paperwork I’ll give you all some Demi human basics!” Clara had gone in to full manager mode. It was a wonder she wasn’t a teacher!