Master Of None

”Oh! You’re lady Midnight! I am so glad to see you here. You must be here for the scheduled inspection this month. I know the Genesis building was asking someone to come over but it’s great that they sent you over.” The sudden excitement that Midnight heard when she walked in to the large building felt a little wrong.

She had come because she was curious and not because she had been asked to as one of her duties. However, she also didn’t mind taking this on as one of the duties she could perform. This way she would be able to help out a little more without actually cueing any large problems.

”Send a messenger to let them know I came here at this time.” She said this to the woman who nodded since it didn’t seem out of the question. She knew very well that there were other facilities that dismantled monsters and studied them. This was just the main one. So making sure that it was known Midnight came and was inspecting was more than understandable.

”This is a surprise for us. We also received the monster you brought in and more than a few people are amazed by them. They have unique traits and some of them even have different ways of storing mana within their bodies than some other monsters. One of the plant type monsters forms a core like a golem while another snake you brought has small crystals in its bones. It’s exceptional.”

This rant of excitement proved very much the adoration for learning that some people had. Midnight was excited about fighting and food. She loved to explore and discover new places. But for these people here, every new monster was a mystery to them. It was something to learn about.

”This is the entrance used and attached to the adventurer’s guild. We have taken advantage of several plots behind it to create a storage area for paperwork and acceptance of smaller monsters. This also leads to the main research area behind the training fields used by the adventurer’s guild.”

”The space allows for multiple elemental research areas and also the study of how some monsters might be able to survive for years without the mana that they have an affinity to or the food they need. We have already discovered that some monsters changed to survive after the changes of the world.”

”Their diets were different because they would eat specific plants or hunt species of monsters for food. Without the right nutrients they perished or the survivors were changing their bodies and even lost entire affinities and skills innate to their bloodline. We are amazed to see those things resurfacing. Some monsters don’t even know what to do with their reclaimed skills or affinities because they only have their instincts to go off of.”

This educational rant was a little more than what midnight could handle. She was looking at the fact that there was so much around her. The documents that were being prepared in to the familiar monster guides she had seen being sold lately, the research papers being discussed in rooms with others who would educate others, and even the fact that some were working on the warning notices for general travelers.

All of this was just the paperwork side that was working to ensure the safety and growth of those leaving the safety of the city. So much changed every day with the knowledge that was brought and grown here. Yet, it was made and sent to the right people to be shared rapidly.

Just the fact that so many communication guild members were coming in and out proved that the knowledge was swiftly being brought to those who needed it. Not that it wouldn’t if it was shared in others ways, but still, it was so quick that no one professional could claim they didn’t know of the risks nowadays.

As Midnight moved and found the carts and other methods of transporting monsters, she was able to smell the different species in the air. Her senses were sharp enough to tell that two of the boars being moved were extremely different.

”Ah, those are two new entries. One is the ember hair boar and the other is the stone hair boar. Both live near the volcanic lands or the lava fields. But they preferred to live on the cooler side where less lava flowed until recently. We believe it’s an awakening of the innate bloodline. We also believe they could be raised and domesticated easily as well since they are only aggressive when they protect their young.”

These were traits that midnight didn’t expect. She thought that the awakening of an innate fire affinity to mix with the earth affinity would mean these monsters were more aggressive and violent. Yet, they were still somewhat safer as long as distance was kept, meaning she could see them being kept within the city territories in the future. An interesting turn.

”They are safe to eat? They can be raised easily?” her questions were simple and Midnight also saw the woman who had noticed her nod with energy.

”This way to the examination and dissection area. This is one of the main areas run by fifty members who used to be butchers or other similar professions. Over the course of the last months they have gained unique classes and some can even cut through tough scales or bone armors that some monsters use now.”

The room opened up and was exceptionally clean. Each working area had rune carved patterns to protect from dangerous poisons or venoms that could be released in to the air. Multiple assistants moved around helping care for parts and also recording information.

The large boards had diagrams of each monster being studied and broken down for their parts. The strength of scales, thickness of bones, and even weaker points in the body. So much information was gathered that entire books could be written on that one species of monster alone.

Just watching how smoothly and cleanly it was all done proved to Midnight Had Genesis was advancing well beyond what she had known before walking in to this room. Walker would be stunned that the appraisal skills here were so focused on specific aspects of each monster that his all around appraisal would be seen as useless.

Just the information here alone could help prevent the largest dangers when fighting monsters. Every single guard or young adventurer could learn the best way to avoid, fight, or defend from monsters that lived within the areas they worked and lived. An exceptional standard to have.

”This is a scaled wolf, the tails have been reported to grow longer and we believe that the scales are actually due to serpent or lizard traits. See how the tail looks similar to a snake? We believe that it means that their tails will eventually develop in to snakes and be another form of attack. There are even ancient documents found that describe the snake tail wolves and their deadly venom.”

The woman showing Midnight the area pointed out the protected organs which have some dark mana oozing out. The beginnings of a dark mana venom sac. A clear and perfect example of changes in monsters.

Before Midnight could look around more, she heard a little commotion. Behind her, another monster being examined had begun to break down at an exponential rate. The dark mana was decaying its body rapidly and multiple rune formations activated to contain it. This would have been dangerous for everyone but the runes ensured safety.

It wasn’t the fact that the dark mana was decaying the body, but it was the way the monster looked and what was happening to it.

The dark mana and the rapid rot was also condensing. Many researchers, disctors, and assistants ran over to watch in shock. Before they could even record their thoughts, a fist sized egg lay on the table the larger avian monster had just been. Stay updated via freewebnovel

”Get the appraisal experts and the scrolls now! We have a change in front of us and we need to record it all!” The air was filled with orders and sudden usage of skills to analyze this. But as Midnight felt the instinctual clash that came with innately powerful monsters from the egg, she also understood that she had just witnessed something even more unique.

”There’s no way! It’s an extinct monster!?”

”They were never extinct; they just lost their bloodline entirely and needed to revert. I saw the carvings of them and how they had many types just like dragons.”

”You idiot, the dragons never devolved in to just monsters. These did.”

’Not just monsters, they were-”

Midnight pushed through and growled a little to silence everyone. She didn’t hide her look before she walked to the egg and examined it closely. She then turned her head and waited for the appraisals. She wanted information.

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