Master Of None

Deep darkness. That was what Onyx was sensing. He had been able to learn both light and dark mana. That was a blessing of his species as an abyssal serpent. Yet, he had not felt the true depths of dark mana that Morant had become privy to.

However, that did not limit the help that he was giving to Mordant. He was there not to control the manas, but to act as a counterbalance so that they would not be running themselves out of bounds.

What this meant, was that onyx would be the one that added the slightest amount of light mana around. This sounded counterintuitive to those that could not sense the changes in light and darkness manas when they came in to contact with one another. However, when the dark mana becoming denser here was pushed by light mana,

Because the light mana would push the dark mana, it would ensure that the dark mana was being guided in to the rune as they were completed. But he also had to focus on more.

Onyx needed to ensure that the dark mana which Mordant and the rune carvers were not focusing on, did not bleed away and fall in to the flow of manas already active. If it did, then there would be a small amount of dark mana that was imbalanc the current flow. It could turn the manas from balance in to chaotic without a single chance at success.

The same was therefore Alice who had been brought over. She was the second choice to Su because Su was someone that Rise had trusted to train and share secrets with. However, Alice was a draconic guardian and not a person who could manipulate light mana like Alice could. The best person for the job.

Taking this as what it was, Alice had been told to ensure that she was stopping the light mana from flowing elsewhere than the runes. She had the ability to make the light mana act with just her voice. This meant that she could create a song that matched the flow of the runes being carved and attached together for this.

The reason that someone with dark mana had not been brought over was simple. This was being done during the daylight hours. Therefore, there was always light mana in the air. That was just how things were during the day.

This meant that the light mana would naturally be flowing through every aspect of the city. Every aspect of the different dragon villages. So, if they used dark mana to push it out of that flow, then there was a high chance that they would be the ones causing an imbalance altogether.

The best method would be to have the light mana being controlled by multiple people with powerful abilities to do so overall. This would allow the light mana to not overwhelm the runes that were not finished being carved while they were connected. It would relieve the additional pressure that the runes would be under as the entire process was completed.

While everything began, the pressure over the entire city increased. Everyone had been warned that the last two dragon village rune formations would be set up so that the dragon villages could proceed with building. This saved panic that there was something wrong instead of the massive feat being undertaken to improve the dragon villages and the city as a whole. It was more positive.

This change in the atmosphere was due to the manas suddenly being controlled and changing flow even more than before. The last few days had been off since the elemental manas had changed flow around the city. The spirit race had become unsettled along with the angels. The other races had sensed the changes but been somewhat unaffected.

Now though, the entire city felt like it was stuck in a soup of sorts. Like they were walking through thicker air. Because of the manas being pushed in different ways by one another, they were stopping people from using their skills the same ways as normal.

As Walker and Fleur sensed the light and the dark runes began to connect, they understood that this was why they had to sit on top of the mage tower. The distance between the dragon villages and the main city plus the mage tower, was much more than one would think. However, it was still part of Genesis at the end of the day.

It was still within sightline from the top of the mage tower, one of the tallest buildings within the city.

Feeling something in him click together, Walker sensed Genesis more clearly. This was not a calm situation since he had to focus, but the calm that washed over him made everything more clear than it had ever been.

The sheer amount of mana that began flowing around trying to find the right pathways was like a dance within his mind. Just as he reached a hand out, he manipulated the wind mana that had begun to cause a gust back toward the mountain that had been raised. With the other hand, Walker pushed back the water mana which had gotten denser and began to freeze a small section of the nearby waterways.

Fleur was stunned by the sudden control that Walker had. She had expected that he would need help and that they would be working together with all this unbalanced mana. That wasn’t the case though. Instead of working to balance manas together, Walker was standing up now, silent but entirely focused on things his eyes couldn’t see from where they were. He was operating on pure mana sense.

As she began to sense through their connection, she was shocked to see that he was gaining a lot more experience and strength. The denser manas were feeding his body while he manipulated them. Walker was subconsciously using the denser manas for himself while in his focused state.

Nothing of what he was doing while drawing in these manas was of any hard to what was happening. In actuality, it was beneficial. Some of the denser manas were causing different effects. The denser wind was getting in to sharp gusts that could harm a building. Walker absorbed that mana though.

While that was one instance, Fleur realized that as an origin race being, Walker must have tapped in to something that was innately his. He had already explained that he didn’t necessarily need food. He was similar to the spirit race like that. He could subsist off of mana if he desired. Not that he did, he wanted the amazing tasting food all around Genesis.

As a new avenue for strength, Walker took in the manas more and more. His mana sense was sharpening all the while that he did. It allowed his reach to extend further and further through the city without any additional assistance. To the very point that Walker realized he could feel the two new rune formations being shaped right that second.

He could feel that Mordant was allowing extremely pure dark mana through the rune formation as twenty highly trained rune carvers connected every section on a counted planned timing. He could sense the light mana was being directed back toward the sky by Alice so that the runes being connected together could fully focus on just the pure light mana from Rise.

When he reached both hands out, Fleur heard that Walker had begun to count down as well. He had started to count to the moment that the runes would be completed. Both formations would click in to place at the same time. This plan had allowed things to move as smoothly as possible without breaking either rune formation and causing damages.

”Three…two…one…” Walker clasped his hands together and felt the manas pull toward the mage tower naturally. It was a beacon of runes and mana. Therefore, it would attract the manas and let them flow no matter what.

Right this edmond though, Walker had caused the manas to twist and mix together. Flowing in to and through one another. Taking on larger forms that could be made with one, two and even three different manas. But as he pushed for them all to come together, he felt the eternal codex react.

It had remained still, ever so slightly moving from time to time due to his weakness and lack of understanding for the other manas other than elemental. Now though, so much mana was around in such pure and dense forms, that it had somewhat awakened again. Using this, Walker began focusing natural mana around it.

The floating eternal codex brimmed with natural mana while Walker felt he had found a new strength within himself. What he had not realized, was that every single person from the dragon villages to the main city, also felt a sense of rebirth. A sense of closeness with all manas. Regardless of their affinities.

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