Master Of None

The overwhelming aspect was the sheer force of the manas behind the bridge to the elemental planes. It wasn’t that he was unable to sense it, just that he was unable to encompass it.

Walker was attempting to wrap his mind and control around so much mana that he could not even attempt to comprehend the actual strength of it. This was something that even those entirely made of the mana would struggle to do. Hence why he now had a glimpse of the world that the elemental kings would be part of.

They were the embodiments of their mana within the elemental planes. They had to handle their elemental planes in the deepest and most core places within the elemental planes because that was where they came to be and existed within it.

While they possessed the ability to move all the mana within that plane, that was because they were basically the will of that mana given some form. The true sages were the ones who were actually able to do more.

They had the freedom to follow the mana but also interact at the very edges or even the outside of that elemental planes if they were needed to do so. Something that the ruler of that elemental planes would be unable to do easily without causing imbalances or the entire elemental plane to shift in some way.

Regardless, Walker quickly felt that he had no chance to control all of the mana whatsoever. The bridge and the manas moving through it while it formed were massive and extending his control would mean he was able to influence the entire boundary where the manas mixed to become lightning mana of this form.

He also understood that the manas were moving chaotically because of the lacking balance that they had. The manas mixed and were fighting within the boundary. This meant that they were not at a perfect equilibrium which Walker knew as very much true since these boundaries were not properly formed elemental planes in their own right they were the areas where purer singular elemental planes connected.

If this was a different elemental plane it would be fully grown and held outside of the balanced elemental planes. While this boundary must be substantial to exist so well and for so long that it was still flowing through the small bridge to the elemental plane along with resonating with the naturally formed rune, it wasn’t a guarantee that it would not shift away.

Walker had his own thoughts about the boundary becoming a more permanent aspect of the elemental planes since he knew this plane would not be as rare as a space or time or other other mana elemental planes found by the origin beings out in the chaos.

Then again this was also not the focus that he wanted to have right now. He had to focus on the manas which were allowing the bridge to form and not on the manas using it to travel to the world as it was.

The naturally formed elemental rune had come to be because it had the fire, water, and light mana in the area coming together. It also had monsters and formed elemental mana crystals which allowed it to grow. The entire area was ideal for it to exist and that was just how other naturally formed runes were.

Nature itself had these runes form because that was just the way of the world. Places that allowed for immense growth and advancement because of the way nature balanced. It was a peaceful and calm endeavor.

So that raised the question, why did it resonate with the manas of the elemental planes?

Walker’s mind wanted to delve in to this as he touched the manas of the bridge to the elemental planes itself. The space mana and the fact that manas could be used to influence space mana was all he needed to worry about here.

The mana were dense and they were similar. Therefore, they had a connection that put natural pressure on the space mana around. So, it made sense that there would be some form of reaction between the two whether it was clear or not. Especially with the fact that the bridge to the elemental planes must have existed nearby regardless in the ancient times before they collapsed.

Evidence must still exist within space mana some how. It wouldn’t be something lost. The world had begun to develop and connect to the elemental planes which were part of existence itself. That meant that they would reform eventually when the proper flow of the world was repaired. And how was the time.

So, the manas resonated with one another because the naturally formed rune needed the mana to properly balance and exist along with the fact that the ,ana pushed the space mana to open the bridge earlier in a small amount.

As the world returned to flow pearly, the bridge expanded and was as Walker saw it now.

All of this meant that he had to forget the fact that other manas were influencing the space mana which the bridge to the elemental planes was relying on almost entirely right now. If this was the case, he just had to support the space mana.

He’d never tried to enhance the space mana through this way of thinking before. He had focused entirely on the fact that he had to make use of the manas in other ways. Specifically, Walker had used denser elemental manas and even natural manas to force the space mana to bend and push him where he wanted to go.

This was the same thing that the elemental teleportation rune formations did. They sued denser manas to use the teleportation of multiple people. Balancing the manas to pay the cost of space mana. But realistically they were just putting so much mana in one spot that it had to shift and bend itself to allow it to balance properly.

Space didn’t like being manipulated and preferred to remain as it was no matter what.

With Walker understanding that, he channeled his manas in to enforcing space and separating other manas in the area. The fire, water, and light mana were not his focus. Instead, he used dark, earth, and even natural mana he’d used to boost his focus on the space mana. It pulled manas away and created a more balanced area around the small bridge to the elemental planes.

The moment he’d accomplished this change he felt that the bridge slowed again. Instead of just pushing more mana outward, the flow of lightning mana itself from that open bridge slowed. It was like there was less in a rush to get there. Space mana was holding it back more.

The desire to balance everything was not long the priority because either manas were not attempting to also push in and clash or balance naturally.

The world needed to balance, yes, but the forced clashing while trying to balance was what space could not handle and would not allow. It did not enjoy chaos even though chaos existed within it.

To have these thoughts was very hard to keep straight. Walker barely understood the fact that the elemental planes were a place of order in a massive amount of endless or seemingly endless chaos outside of them. That manas clashed and collided in dangerous and vicious ways outside of the elemental planes before somehow managing to form smaller and unique elemental planes. It was all very tough to grasp but still a truth that he had to accept.

Regardless, he felt that space itself was also lending out a hand now. He could feel the inspiration about how the bridges to the elemental planes were the weak points where the world was unbalanced and could absorb mana from either side to match itself properly. How the natural runes were made by nature and also allowed for balancing and harmonizing of manas that entered the world.

By mixing these thoughts and focusing on them, Walker could potentially make the bruges to the elemental planes close slightly or open better. If he were able to grasp a better usage of them and also use manas to better balance them, then travel through them might become easier. It might allow for there to be a better flow of all manas.

It would be invaluable when he moved through the bridges themselves. He might be able to appear where he wished to be and not have to find which bridge was in which connection to the elemental planes he wanted to be in.

Just that alone would be so valuable that he could begin the panning for exploration in to the elemental planes as a whole.

That was, if he could match the feelings of what he was investing in now. The feeling of space allowing him to touch upon it and become closer than ever before.

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