Master Of None

Chapter 2568: 2568. Stangnant

’Second Link: Balance

Requirements:

Assist the manas within various areas to flow more smoothly.

Instruct others to take up quests to discover lands where mana has stagnated.

Learn and map the shifting of the elemental planes around the world.

Rewards:

World resonance with all manas.

Small enlightenment in mixing mana understanding.

Small enhancement of the quest granter skill.’

The second link in this major quest appeared shortly after Walker had calmed from his sudden enlightenment and growth in understanding of the world. While he could have lingered on thoughts about how the manas had shaken the world or how the bridges were more solid than before, his mind was captured by this quest.

It didn’t feel like this link in the chain quest was as weighted as the previous. This one was just about making sure manas flowed and didn’t stagnate. Even about handing out quests to ensure that others would be doing the same. It made him wonder if there was already an issue.

He also was curious whether there was more to it than what he expected. Could there be issues that if an area had stagnant mana that there would be a lack of ability to live or grow there? Or was it because it would make the world too much like the elemental planes and halt the movements of mana as a whole?

This final one seemed to be the thought where he lingered the most. The elemental planes were divided, yes they had boundaries between the planes where other elements manas mixed and grew, that was natural.

If the world was a place like that then what was the point of the bridges? Just let the world be consumed by the elemental planes and make that that. The elemental planes were mixed here in balance and they were not shifting and competing with another to rotate consistently.

This was their balance to prevent a war or for the manas to clash so much that they became chaotic. There were countless beings who reported to the true sages or even the elemental rulers to ensure this was maintained.

The world had become an anchor for the elemental planes allowing them to flow better and more safely. This meant if there was a problem with the world it could reflect on all of the elemental planes as a whole.

Imbalances could disrupt their flow and even cause older and more powerful beings to travel. That would further cause damage and disruptions which could be the start of another elemental war.

Walker had heard of this elemental war. A long fought battle that caused extinctions and damage to many. The elemental rulers had used their strength to ensure that it halted, but that didn’t mean there hadn’t been lasting side effects.

While Walker wanted more knowledge, he did fear what he would learn if he went digging in to this history. There was nothing good that could have come from it other than the extreme dedication to balance and order which some possessed now.

Other than this, Walker focused on the idea that he could map the flow of the elemental planes. He had considered trying this with his senses before but now it was clear he needed to focus on that.

Since with was a quest condition, it meant that this was more than just an idea with the potential to be possible. It meant that with the state that the elemental planes were in now and with his level of skill and knowledge he could achieve it.

What he also understood was that it wasn’t something he could do alone. While he had skills in forging and knowledge of other forms of crafting, making something to track the flow of the elemental planes was beyond him. He would be acting as a guide book of sorts.

Forget the fact that they were others with sharp mana senses, they would need to somehow manage to sense the flows of mana through the bridge and not just what was leaving the bridges. Therefore, those who could even use a tool that tracked the elemental planes would have to be behind the average or even the highest of skill for mana sensing.

While there were scouts that specialized in mana senses, that didn’t mean for a second that they would be ideal for this. The people who used whatever tool that was made would need to be the best of the best and at least one, if not more, would need to work together at the bridge they were assigned to so that it was an accurate reading.

The tool crafted might need to be similar to the eternal codex. Not in the way that it could change forms and be used to enhance magic but in the way that it was able to utilize some of each mana. This way it would be able to pick up on the smallest shifts and show what manas were across the bridge it was stationed at.

This was naturally still dependent on if he could even find the right materials or the right people to design it. Part of Walker wanted to say it would be entirely made of metal, yet, he believed that this was almost entirely wrong. Even though his kind lingered in forging, that couldn’t be it.

The flow and mixing of the elemental planes were complicated and needed something that could reflect that.

He did feel that connecting every single one of the tools made would be the right path to pursue. If they were connected then it could be similar to the magic tower project.

So many naturally formed elemental runes had appeared lately. With them, smaller magic towers had begun to be constructed along with even more herbs gardens with other materials deposited to encourage more naturally formed runes.

Their being connected by elemental rune teleportation formations already gave them a basic connection. Meaning that information and people could go back and forth between them.

With that principle established, connecting tools to share the mana flowing from each bridge could create a centralized larger tool that connected that information in to a larger map of what elemental planes had moved to connect to which bridge.

From the center of Genesis there could always be accurate and invaluable information for those who would be traveling to the elemental planes. Or for those studying the flow of mana coming from them. Walker was sure there would be more uses, but this was enough for the time being to push forward his ideas and plans.

As Walker noticed he had a few convocation crystals lighting up with messages from various people, he contemplated if he should sit and meditate right here and now.

One of his rewards for the previous link was a glimpse of the world. The potential that the world had couldn’t be small. It also couldn’t be anything that was considered easy either.

He knew for sure that the world and the elemental planes were going to be fully integrated within his lifetime. He was the one working toward that goal even if the will of existence or the world didn’t say it clearly. He’d already made the bridges to the elemental plane a permanent fixture that would just make traveling back and forth easier for the manas and for those intelligent enough to utilize them.

He was also sure that one day monsters might migrate through the world to get to other elemental planes. Or that some lobster would be born in the world and venture in to the elemental planes once they were of age. Some ancient monsters had done so before the two were separated by the actions of the demon king.

Before he could begin meditation, another few communication crystals lit up. It seemed he would have to explain what had happened. Calming the people and the representatives was paramount to the next plans he had. He could go in to deep meditation after he had achieved the start of his plans.

He would just need to hope that he would not be putting off something that he should be doing right away. Knowing more about the potential future of the world could be invaluable, or it could make him think too much. It could push him to pursue too many different things and attach him to an unhealthy mindset trying to avoid the bad which could lead to the bad.

Trying to control and shape the future was a double edged sword. Someone could push for betterment but be consumed by the worries and frustration that came with things potentially being done wrong or what they perceived to be wrong.

It was clear the future couldn’t be set in stone, it made more sense that just like anything else it flowed and shifted with every action whether small or large. Meaning time mana was not concrete either.

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