Master Of None

’Building World Flames:

This title is a title gained while enhancing the bonds of fire mana, fire elemental planes, and races associated with fire mana with the world. It is a title that often requires the corporations of powerful beings or many beings with fire affinity.

While the grand essence of this skill rises above what many may grasp, the benefits of increased fire resistance and boosts to owned fire resistance skills will allow for future delving in to the bonds of fire mana and the world as a whole…’

The title was surprisingly simple. Walker had finally sat down and was helping the expedition forces leave the flame wreathed city. While compared to Genesis the coal people lived in a small area, a city was a city nonetheless.

The flames had not receded enough yet to easily move around so those without higher fire resistances needed help to live in the direct area. The flames were just part of the city and the coal people bonding with the world, evidence that they were both getting closer.

There was also the fact that the fire mana in the area still needed to dissipate entirely. The densest and majority of manas had balanced well. That wasn’t an issue. But the residual manas needed to flow slower and needed the time to do that which was fine by everyone since it would allow for some unique forms of crafting or meditation for many.

The elder dragons and dragonkin were already getting requests to allow people in to the fire elemental territory to do these things. The tamer’s guild was acting the most focused since this fire mana could help hatch monster eggs they wished to tame or help them advance the strength of bonds with their tamed monsters.

A few had even begun traveling to Genesis to be able to do exactly that. The opportunities were too perfect.

Walker himself had made sure that many of the expedition forces had gotten to places to rest. They were still in the area but they needed rest and so did the coal people.

The coal people had been through a major baptism of manas from the world.

Walker had looked in to the city before moving every force of the expedition squads. He’d worried that there would be a lot of trouble for them since they had not been born in the world.

This meant they had to adjust more than they ever had, however, when Walker had looked at the coal people, he’d been assured they would be fine.

Their meditative states had been influenced by the manas that the flame swallowing turtle left behind for them and the world. They had also been Influenced by the life mana within them and the natural mana of the world itself.

This mix of influences had spurred on their bodies and racial qualities which had stagnated due to a major focus on the flame crawling coal. They would certainly still need flame crawling coal in the future, for them it was food that nourished them.

They might not be so dependent on it though. Walker couldn’t get a complete and perfect all around appraisal since it was so focused on their adaptation to the world, but he did notice small bits.

’The intensification of racial qualities may free the hidden mana affinity.’

’Due to life mana influence multiple class potential…’

’Additional mana has allowed for a breakthrough in fire affinity…’

Just these small phrases from the all around appraisals were enough to understand that the coal prowl would be wildly different once they had been through this process. This was also a reason that everyone should be kept well away from the new city.

If there were issues that hurt their future, the coal people might regret their decision to accept living here. They have chosen this because it was the best option they could make, but that didn’t mean they would be happy with any wrongdoing that could be prevented.

”Walker, we need to rest.” Ignus had taken his dragonkin firm and was carrying Remey. She had fallen asleep right after they’d finished allowing the city to settle. Even though she and Ignus shared a unique bond at the core of their beings, it didn’t mean she had the stamina to maintain so much control.

Her mind had been under a lot of pressure while using her unique racial talents and class talents to manipulate the fire mana. Ignus had taken a greater amount of that pressure but he was clearly unable to maintain a perfect state either.

He was a fire dominator dragon. He was powerful within his own right. Yet, he had not been a dragon that grew up in the fire elemental planes. The sheer pressure and purity of the mana he’d just helped control effected both his current affinity and understanding of fire mana. It also left him weaker.

Ignus knew that his lack of presence right this second would not be an issue. He could take the time to recover since everyone that he needed to meet and spend time understanding was also incapacitated right now.

”Do what you need to do. I can feel that everyone is tired right now. It will take some time before everyone is ready to handle the new environment.” Walker said this as he also noticed a small flickering fire taking a somewhat humanoid shape.

He watched Ignus move away to where he and Remey could recover safely before walking over to it.

”Is everything looking good to you?” He didn’t bother with lofty words or niceties. Walker knew that the true fire sage was unable to form a full body here due to the distance and changes in fire mana within the for elemental plane and the world right now.

”It’s well done. I will prepare more for them and for you. They have a future here.” The true fire sage didn’t need to mince words. He said what he needed before this secondary small body faded back in to ambient mana.

Walker wondered for a moment what the true fire sage might prepare for the coal people and for himself. He hoped it would be more flame crawling coal to help them grow faster, but with the changes in their affinities, there might be something better for them that Walker couldn’t think of since he’d never seen it before.

The fire elemental planes were massive and he’d barely seen a fraction of what they had to offer. This was the same for every elemental plane. He would need multiple lifetimes to explore even half, but he had that. As an origin race he could adapt and grow to the point where age wasn’t something he worried about. Even now he could sense that he was nowhere near the end of his lifespan.

With a deep breath, Walker began to live toward the edges of the city to examine the ways that the manas fused and bonded. The flame crystal walls were amazing and they were powerful. They still flickered with defensive flame but now they were connected to the earth below.

The world had balanced so much mana but in this way, the fire territory took on even more fire elemental plane similarities. While it would never be identical, right now Walker could sense that the fire mana was mixed very well with the earth causing jd ground flows of magma that moved toward the established magma filled lands. It was perfect for the development of these two territories.

He could see a future for the land around it too. A lot would become homes or small areas for personal farming. Places where the coal people could branch out and keep themselves self sufficient.

They would also be able to designate the roads already built as places that would be perfect for their own new markets. All coming together to make the fire territory even more vibrant.

This was all on top of those already living here in their own somewhat separated areas so that they could grow more and more. Even the farming areas for herbs and food in this territory might need to be expanded even more. It would be a lot to plan but even more exciting to learn about while it happened.

He could also see how this might affect the other territories. The dragons were in charge of these territories to make it simpler and easier for all of Genesis. The dragons had also given up their normal small villages to adapt and fully invest in Genesis while other races had other kingdoms or lands they could return to if needed.

Therefore the royal dragons of all territories with their natural pride would become competitive to improve each to match Ignus’s which had not grown yet again. A healthy competition would only make the entire alliance stronger.

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