Master Of None

When reaching the cathedral and finding that there had been an entire area dedicated to what they would be working on, Ebon was shocked. He had been in awe of the heroes and soldiers that had come to the demon lands when they had rescued them.

Their village had been in poor conditions, but the demon soldiers and demons that beat on them daily had been easily defeated. Then there were glimpses of powerful generals he had seen within the Genesis building. Now he was with the talked about heroes of Genesis that even formed the city!

For many, this would be a major event, for Ebon though, he was more focused on the fact that he could become stronger.

The strength he had always seen was used for negative methods. For hurting others and making the weka do their bidding. This was something that Ebon had detested as someone weak. He had witnessed his parents hide and grovel in front of the powerful demons until they were eventually killed. This had left him with many negative views.

One thing left though, was a desire to stop all of that. Many weak people in the villages had thought of ways to grow strong enough to stop it all as well. But it had never happened.

When he saw monsters attacking his village again, he worried that they would lose everything. Without the demon soldiers, the village was a weak little target that any monster could walk right in to and harvest as their food.

The dragon left behind might not do anything. Trust was earned over time. So, he acted first. The slime he had made was not anything special. But offering it all his mana and his blood was enough.

The colorless slime did mutate and change due to the massive flow of mana. It could use some darkness and fire magic. It had burned away the attacking monsters while Ebon collapsed. Even if he had died, he would have been happy to know that he had stopped something terrible from happening yet again.

He had not expected that the dragon had witnessed it all and moved to protect him. To help him recover. To even bring him to the nearest whaler that saved his life before she had helped him meet those that brought him to Genesis to grow stronger.

”This is the space set aside. My young brother Onyx said he would have some of the heavenly serpents and abyssal serpents that were able to use light already help out if needed. But he will be along shortly anyways.” Walker saw a few of the younger serpents slithering in the roof rafters. They were curious about what would be happening.

”This is the light cauldron.” Alice stood proudly showing off the white cauldron made of light affinity metals. The carvings were imbedded with light crystals shards that had been laid in specially by blacksmiths that worked with projects like this. Many alchemists worked with them for the very same reasons.

The creation of unique cauldrons was not a new practice, but it was a growing one. Not many people saw them sued for other things like making slimes. Yet, people had heard that they were used for unique food preparation. That was another story though.

”So, what are your thoughts here?” Walker saw that Ebon’s eyes were slightly glazed over. It was the same look anyone got when they couldn’t think fast enough to figure out what they actually wanted to do.

It was a fair response since so much was happening so quickly. It was also because he had been offered a very good set of quests from the system. Some even referencing how he would be helping the formation of a lasting Genesis. A unity for all races.

”We need something that will help make the ore. But I don’t know what would work.” This was understable for Ebon not to understand what materials could and could not be used. He didn’t have an all around appraisal skill to help him learn about materials. He also was just not well versed in general about what materials were or useful for what things.

Walker felt that this would be a good lesson. He might be able to learn more about how slimes were formed, but also how to defeat them. They, as a party, had managed to create many ways to beat and weaken slimes. That had just been what they needed to do so that they were able to survive and save others.

”Use this?” Ebon grabbed a light crystal that had been broken and carved form. It left a slightly round ish light crystal that might work.

”That’s a partial light crystal. It had cracks so it was discarded since not many things could be done with it. You should look at the metals. There is a light related metal variety that many blacksmiths would fight for in there.” Walker suggested this since he thought a stronger slime core might mean more.

”They might not work. They are not flexible enough. Slimes are malleable.” Ebon was not arguing, but he was stating facts.

’Then what about the sunlight tulip bulb? They grow roots above the ground so that they can absorb more light. They even latch on to rocks in mountains to grow pure white flowers that absorb a lot of light before splitting off smaller bulbs from the roots.” This caught Ebon’s eyes when he saw it.

The slight flicker or interest proved that Ebon had quests related to finding the right materials. When he dropped it in the cauldron, it was clear that Ebon was starting to succeed enough.

”I like this too.”

’Light flounder bones.

The light flounder is nearly translucent. It will float on top of the water to absorb light mana. It is considered a very rare fish due to this. Its bones are ideal needles and smaller materials for unique natural jewelry that has great light affinity.

It is known to help with light mana channeling. It is also able to uniquely change its affinity to a singular light affinity instead of a light and water affinity. This flexibility allows a greater control over light mana when the bones are crafted with higher care…’

”That is a fish bone from a light flounder. They are very flexible when using mana to be transparent. They also bask on the top of the ocean waters. I bet that a fisherman found that while out working on the shores. It can also channel water mana if crafted properly. But it is flexible, just like you wanted.” Ebon looked more invested when he started to realize that Walker would tell him the qualities of all the materials here.

It took three hours to go through everything, but Ebon just seemed to be more energetic. He had chosen nearly fifty ingredients to add. All were some form of light related materials. All were able to be molded or crafted in some way other than being solid. When he added a light affinity potion, things seemed to be taking a new turn.

The light runes had been activated as they worked and a small gathering had appeared nearby. Many of the resting healers were clearly interested. Even the light mages were helping pull small amounts of light mana at a higher density toward the center of the cathedral.

This many people would easily jump in here and there if they were asked. Some had even made a join to offer Alice help by giving her personal materials that had light affinity. But the party would not take away from people when Genesis had gold set aside for these sorts of things. That was just how a good governing body worked.

”So, what did you do after all the materials were added? We have quite a few things here.” Walker wasn’t sure if this would work. A slime breeder seemed to be an interesting cross between tamer, breeder, and creator. Methods for all three were definitely being used in this process.

”Well, I need my colorless slime to come here since we aren’t making a slime from scratch. It should be able to consume it all in a few days, hours? I don’t know.” Ebon got quieter while he said this. He was inexperienced and low leveled. Naturally, he would not know everything.

”Then let’s go with the basics. We can have mages and Alice help direct the light mana. Then you can monitor how your colorless slime is doing. After that, we can adjust as we go.” Walker saw that Ebon was very much interested in this.

”Brother, I have a few of the young ones that want to help. Aurora is also here too, she will help Alice this time.” Onyx arrived back at the perfect time. He had twenty serpents with him that were all clearly excited to help out.

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