Master Of None

The flame swallowing turtles moved fairly quickly and Walker was easily able to move with them while everyone else took pace well too. There was not much worry in the landscape so far which seemed to just be various flames covering a darker black land.

While Walker understood this wasn’t actual land because it was actually condensed forms of fire mana which made up the fire elemental planes, others would easily interpret this as land or earth that had been charred black.

The elemental planes were the purer forms of their elemental manas and that was easily felt in the ways that they were penetrating everyone’s bodies. Their training and the measures take to help resist them were major right now. Too many risks were appearing while they traveled.

In the distances bursts of harsher flames with greater heat were clear to the groups as they moved. They had their squads so that they could shield and protect one another. The whalers had to support constantly with biffs to boost resistances. The potions and salves were timed to be applied in rotations so that every squad was not finding themselves without at any point in time.

So far this trained rotation was more than enough. The all around appraisal was also enough for Walker to identify what was around them.

He was quality gathering some herbs or small plants in to the high spatial storage which he could better understand now than ever before.

The small seeds he noticed were carried on fire mana currents just the same as if a wind current would carry the pollen or smaller seed of the plants of the world. This interesting similarity also allowed Walker to understand how the elemental planes related since they could become their own larger sections of the world if his theories about how the world and the elemental planes would develop together over more and more time.

The observations that Walker made were also going on while he thought about what he gathered in his high spatial storage. He had used it often and for so long it was certainly one of the reasons that some of the party members and his family were able to to have an inkling at the very least when space mana or space related skills were used.

However, now with his more intense understanding of space and accepting a larger amount of space mana in to his body Walker could tell the full grasp fo what he had in this skill. It was not just some frozen space made out of nothing.

The high spatial storage was an entirely space elemental plane almost. That was the best way for Walker to understand it. Nothing could be created within it, everything that went inside was isolated which was why most conventionally living things could not go inside. It was also why nothing else could get inside it or cause him issues with the items aging or rotting.

This was just another aspect that he was able to grasp and contemplate as a usage of his space mana manipulation elsewhere. If he were to manipulate space and make more areas like this but allowing manas to flow inside and if he grasped some time mana…

The ideas were plentiful since Walker considered the fact that he also had the mobile forge he could bring out using the right amount of items and tools along with the spatial skill. It was a skill that was considered amazing for traveling and repair, a skill that allowed him to be able to help immensely while here in the elemental planes.

The simple idea that he would be able to repair any damage armor, weapons, or tools was already major. They didn’t have to bring any other crafting class users who would be at a greater risk without the proper equipment and resistances compared to others. Therefore, they were at an advantage for how every single squad member would be able to remain in top condition.

The wear and tear on the items brought in to this place were not small. The fire mana even if it was being resisted, reflected, or even nullified entirely would still cause damage to the reformations and also to the metalass and fabrics themelevs. It was the same if the items were just used in perfect conditions at all time. Blades on swords would dull, armor would get worn out, and even accessories might begin to lose their color. That was just the price of using them.

This wasn’t to mention the mana flowing through the rune formations would eventually wear away and cause the rune formations to become unusable. That was why the rune carvers found the ancient runes to be so amazing. They did not wear away as much as the current modern runes did.

While the rune knowledge had advanced so much, they were still far from having rune formation carved in to materials that would last hundreds and thousands of years. They needed to enhance their skill levels so that they were able to to do such things. It would take time but the matter was of skill and combining knowledge. They had the time to do that.

Walker caught sight of something a little more interesting ahead. It was not the arc of flames they had been watching appear here and there. It looked more like a vine or a tree branch had sprouted and quickly burned away in its dissipated fluttering leaves of flame.

’Flash flame tree

This small tree grows in a single flame. The seed gathers immense fire mana and will eventually explode in growth causing the leaves to fly off as it burns and dissipates. In this action it causes the leaves to transform in to more seeds which will then repeat this process.

It is considered one of the most valuable sights to witness when many of these flash flame trees grow since it means that there is a split second of brilliant flames exposing the gathered nature. Some even gather unique fire mana within them causing the entire small tree to disappear ina flash of different fires than others around it.

Some of the more powerful fire types being within the fire elemental planes like to grow these and will trade valuable knowledge for the seed if they are not filled with large amounts of fire mana yet.

These seeds can be saved and grown even slower if they are brought in to the world. If this is the case, they can be used to absorb larger amounts of fire mana in an area to protect other plants or maintain a better balance. They can not survive in the world alone without care however…’

Walker started looking rapidly and Gil noticed that he was searching the ground for something. When he notched Walker to spot a deep black rounded object, he realized that there were sevarla spread around and they were pulling the tiny sparks of flame on the blacked ground they walked toward them.

”These are seeds?” He looked for answers before he saw that Su and Remey had grabbed a few too. They looked like their hands struggled to hold them due to the what but Walker smiled and stored them away when he was handling them.

Midnight and Onyx didn’t appear to be interested in what the group was doing, instead, they were maintaining sharp eyes on the flame swallowing turtles.

”We are lucky that we found some of these flash flame tree seeds. They are traded for knowledge and can also help us out in the world absorbing fire mana. I bet a few people would need these to grow in certain greenhouses or for medical reasons. Remey, you will have some when we get back. You just need to find the right people to grow them.”

He shared the all around appraisal knowledge with them but he was clear when it came to the fact that they were not normal seeds and would have to be cared for specially. But it was a nice addition to what he had found so far. They were lucky and he would take a little luck with this. It also showed that they were moving through some untraveled places since this flash flame tree was somewhat rare in terms of what could be found out here in the fire elemental planes.

Was the fact that there were not many being here good? He couldn’t say that out loud, but Walker felt that it was a benefit to them since they were in search of knowledge and this was a piece they could add to what they did not know before.

He also looked out further in to the flames and was comforted with the fact that the larger flames out away from here were not chaotic but burning calmly proving that disturbances were not heading their way. They needed to take times like this for the most they could give.

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