Master Of None

Chapter 2576: 2576. Carpentry Needs

”I need to start to work on the other aspects of my chain quest.” Walker had left Remey and the wandering blacksmith with these words. They had made a lot of progress on the mana dispersion potions and the gluttonous mana gems. Both were ideal options for everyone to use when it came to the stagnant manas.

While this allowed his mind to rest more easily, he was still a little worried about the fact that the manas would stagnate here and there needing solutions. It meant that people would have to travel the world more often.

That thought was also somewhat good though. There would always be investigating quests for the adventurer’s guild. Besides that, there would become entire classes related to moving along the stagnant mana or discovering areas which were suffering from stagnating mana.

The future would hold a great many ways to handle these issues and also potentially find uses for whatever side effects came of these situations. Walker had managed to encourage a benefit in the first area with too dense wind mana. However, he could consider there to be other benefits that might not be seen on the surface.

’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’

These were the requirements Walker was reading through yet again. He knew that there would be a few other situations that he had to focus on to make sure that the quests were working well. He had given out a good number and had already started to see some of the results of them. He owed a few people personal training or he had left materials for those who would be coming to collect the rewards while he was preoccupied.

While he had no other areas to travel to and help make the manas flow smoothly, it meant this was the best time to work on the mapping effort. He has given a few other quests related to gathering unique materials but the rewards for them were mostly just materials in trade. It was odd to consider a trade as a reward for a quest but for the materials that he possessed in his high spatial storage, it might be better than expected.

Walker had many materials that were higher quality that he had gathered because he had used the all around appraisal or that he had helped refine. Not to mention the materials he had from the traveling efforts of himself and the party. So many of the items he had might be impossible to get for the general public.

When it came to the materials he was looking to use for the potential mapping device he wanted to create, he was thinking about the same if not just similar materials used in the forging of the eternal codex through its lifespan. He knew that he could further enhance the eternal codex if he were to add materials that came from the rarer manas, but it was perfect the way it was for how strong he was now.

Lately he had used the eternal codex as a staff to be able to be better in tune with manas, or it took the form of a cloak that would allow him to better absorb manas around him. He didn’t need either boost more than the other he just found it useful for the slight mental decrease in pressure. However, right now while he worked on the ideas of getting materials he made it take the form of a book. Specifically one that allowed him to recall his memories better.

While he had the mental archive and his split mind that was able to check through all his memories, the eternal codex could take the ideal form of what he needed. Not always meaning it would be a weapon, armor, or even a tool, this book quickly took the information he thought of and condensed a list of useful materials he contemplated.

The fact that he could sense the bridges to the elemental planes so much more closely than he could before he had made them permanent fixtures of the world gave Walker the best ability right now to make progress. He had also mentioned to the wandering blacksmith that he might be forging some materials that would be useful for creating unique tools. It was enough to catch the wandering blacksmith’s attention.

Meaning that the wandering blacksmith would surely finish his work with Remey and the dwarven smiths sooner than later to make an effort to be a part of something new. What Walker needed was a rune carver and a carpenter who could also help. He had not done as much carpentry, he was not as versed in the skills while he also did not focus on the rune side of things either.

The runes were more because he did not have the time to deal in depth with them. There was something about runes that were both natural and unnatural. While it was a created guide for how manas should move, they could become naturally formed as well. This differential between the two was something that Walker should look more in to but had yet to sit and learn of.

Finding a rune carver to help experiment with things would be a little challenging. However, Walker was nearby the crafting guild and could check in on carpenters first. He was also interested to check and examine some of the unique materials they used as well. He might have a significant list of materials that could be used, but the explorers heading out in to the world might have brought the carpentry section of the crafter’s guild something even more unique.

The crafting guild has been expanded yet again to ensure that they had enough workshops for the various crafting professions. Lately the newest addition has been for jewelers and those who worked with extremely fine jewelry. While it didn’t often have enough uses for adventurers or those looking to improve their strengths, there was the fact that there was a market for it amongst those with the gold to pay for it.

Besides this, the carpentry area was significantly larger due to the storage of some whole trees that needed to be processed in to boards or other materials. Walker could see the various storage methods used as well. Some had to make use of various potions or other methods to ensure the quality.

There were some water ponds that held trees which needed to be harvested right from the water and once they were removed from water they would become too brittle to be used at all. These woods were something that couldn’t always be called trees either.

He felt that he could spend a lot of time just looking in to some of the deeper qualities within the materials. The issue with that was that Walker would find himself still without the carpenter he needed.

He had an idea of the man he was going to look for. While the wandering blacksmith was popular for wandering, there was a carpenter who had his own fame. While odd, this man was known for making ornate furniture at prices well beyond the average.

It wasn’t something that just anyone would be able to purchase due to the skill needed to produce it and the time taken to create it. Yet, the man was not at all known as someone who was unfair or even negative whatsoever. Most of the crafters that focus just on the richer side of their business would gain some negative connotations due to taking large sums of gold or for being arrogant with their skills.

Instead, this man was said to be exactly fair with the work he did. He could craft much more than furniture but preferred it since he was a very comfort focused individual. Then again, who wasn’t when it came to a piece of furniture that they might use every single day?

Regardless, the workshop Walker wandered through was shockingly clean. The sawdust and chips of wood scattered about had all been swept cleanly in to piles to be picked up later. There were a few assistants and apprentices moving around keeping equipment and tools clean or maintained. Even a few of them seemed to be working on smaller projects to train their skills. A peaceful and organized workshop compared the few he had passed by that were hard to even look at.

”I am not available for another order. You will have to speak to my account manager.” The voice cut through the silence as a man gave a few apprentices a nod to escort Walker out.

”I have more than an order to request of you.” Walker created a quest for the man he was turning to look at.

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