Master Of None

”Come on, I know you are awake now. You can’t sit there and meditate after you wake up and have me of all people think that you are asleep. I know you too well.” The sarcastic tone that Gil used made Walker smirk a little.

”I was just going to try and understand what I had gained better. There was a lot going on with that bridge.” He wasn’t joking at all though, even though Walker knew that it had been a lot, the bridge to the elemental planes had been an intense form of mana which he was unsure of overall.

”I don’t doubt that. The bridge you made didn’t even send a wave of mana out causing chaos like the others have. That lightning mana even seemed to become calmer when it opened all the way. Your doing I would guess?”

”Mhm, I managed to feel the way space mana made up the bridge. The other manas are part of it too but space mana anchors everything in to place. It moves and shifts, but for the world, space mana is like the stone holding the house up. When the other manas were unsettled and not properly flowing, space mana bent and shifted too.”

”And that’s what caused the bridges to fall apart and close!?” Now Gil felt that he could understand a lot more about how everything Walker constantly mumbled about came together. Especially the flow of mana and how it bonded with space.

He’d heard so much about how the other manas could make the elemental teleportation formation work, how Walker could use manas to help move faster in a form of teleportation, but now he also understood that it was not because the space mana was immovable.

Just that the space mana was similar to earth in a way. No one could just make a mountain turn or leap up, it wasn’t natural. For space mana, the bridges to the elemental planes were natural but forcing it to move and to bend was causing issues. Walker had basically just helped them stay in shape and build up their foundation like a builder would. Or at least that’s how Gil interpreted it.

”Now we have a perfectly opened bridge to the elemental planes that can allow manas through slowly and calmly. That is very different from the others. I would say that this bridge will have effects on all the others. It should be easier to travel through them as well since there will be less volatile manas flowing through when the elemental planes shift naturally.”

”I also think that the boundary we feel from the other side right now, the lightning elemental boundary is closer to being a lightning elemental plane between the other elemental planes.” The reason Walker said this was that he could still sense the lightning elemental mana flowing.

If that was the case then the space was massive and not a simple small boundary as he had heard about and seen before. Since that would be the case, then the origin being might be building it up using the smaller elemental planes they pulled from chaos to build it in to balanced and constant elemental plane uniting the manas.

This screamed in Walker’s mind for a moment. An important thought he couldn’t deny.

If the origin beings were bringing manas and specifically in the form of elemental planes from chaos, they were building the potential for the world to grow and also for the elemental planes to grow.

If this was true, then the manas that made up the dungeons which formed naturally would be the growth of the world. Potentially, they might even become part of the world when the time was right while other dungeons would open. It was the way for existence to acclimate certain areas in to the world before they became part of it with enough mana and whatever else it needed.

’Existence smiles upon you’

The single prompt echoed through Walker’s mind focusing him for a split second. He knew that he was being acknowledged for touching upon something important. His smile was soft but his mind anchored that feeling. The sense that he had discovered something about the origin race.

A race that went out in to chaos and was known as all powerful. So much so that they could change and alter the elemental planes and seemingly communicate with the very will of existence itself.

They were trying to build the world and elemental planes up even more from the chaotic manas out beyond what Walker could fathom. It was hard to even comprehend with the knowledge he had now. Walker could learn though. He had just taken another step in doing so anyways.

”So, before you get in to whatever the bridge and space mana is, want to tell me what you will do about the natural lightning rune?” Walker had to admit that Gil made a good point.

Even with the space mana, Walker could sense more clearly, it wasn’t enough reason to entirely stop the handling of the main aspect that brought him here.

First was the bridge to the elemental planes. That was handled.

Second was the naturally formed lightning rune which was calm but dangerous for the average person and also in a dangerous area for people to go to. It was also attracting strong monsters which would surely awaken their ancient bloodlines.

The odds that there would be more monsters around was also high. Lightning monsters becoming more common in this area could not be a surprise now. It was just an inevitability.

That also meant others could come here and potentially learn of lightning. Something that might literally change the very affinities they possessed. Or for some, awaken their own bloodlines hidden deep within who they were.

It was all very intriguing. ”I will check it out but I think having camps nearby to monitor the monsters and study the plants is ideal. They will need to be strong and earth mana affinity is recommended. Less pure metal armors too.”

”Alma is already working on that. She has been getting ready to resist some of the issues that might happen in the future. She also used some of her mana to manipulate the roots and vines already here to hold the sides of the cliffs better.” Gil pointed at Alma in the distance using her hands to hold large roots that she rose firm under the ground.

”So she had a head start, good. I was worried we wouldn’t be able to make this place safer quicker.” There was also the fact that Gil knew he and she had already sent people ahead to set up a proper path of travel through the jungle canyon so that a supply line could be made.

Just this alone would speed up the making of a camp and safety for everyone involved. What Gil and Walker also knew was that this change to the trees and roots would make it possible to mine the growing elemental mana crystals as they formed. Making it safer and more efficient.

They could even make multiple series of smaller mines that were rotated as mana crystals grew. Ensuring that there was always a safe and natural flow of mana crystals being established without loss overall.

This would be an example for everyone that wanted to do such things around naturally formed mana runes. They would all need to understand the balance which needed to be upkept.

While making the magic towers would help protect them, the people would be even more important.

The way Walker was casually attaching manas and had even made some small sparks flash off his hand explained to Gil a tiny portion of how immensely important to people like Walker this place is.

”The witch born shared a lot with me but now I can use the mana here to learn properly. I think I can even use lightning better outside of an area like this.” Walker showed off a little and mana buzzed around making the lightning arc across his arms before dissipating.

”It just doesn’t like to Remain a round for a long time. I think we could call it shy.” He laughed a bit before he felt a familiar presence. Lightning elemental spirits had just appeared.

It was an even better sign that this area was perfect. While not all lightning was the same, this was an ideal place for them to appear in the world. A safe place that they could acclimate and help the world grow in their own ways.

”This is pretty exciting. I’m glad Alma and I came for a walk.” The wide smile Gil had in his face told Walker everything he needed to know.

”Let’s keep working hard then. We can explore the elemental planes soon.”

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