Master Of None

Without hesitation, Walker used wind mana to float the books to an open spot on the table. Not only did they each stand out because of their own unique looks, they also had the most mana around them.

One with green mana gems within seemed to have been made quite some time ago. The brown leather was from some form of monster and the mana gems made from earth mana crystals. They were clearly broken and cracked but still held a decent amount of earth mana. Enough to signal that it was stronger and more unique than some of the others in this pile of books.

’Earth mage’s grimoire

This is a grimoire made by a group of earth mages. While the book is old and the spells within are hard to understand due to the changes in recording language, the knowledge is more based on the mana trapped within.

Using a unique spell and process, the pages react similarly to the way that a magic scroll works. However, the spells sealed within are not able to cause any effects to the outside world. Instead, they cause a vibrant hallucination within the mind of the earth mage using them to influence how they are able to guide their own earth mana.

Due to this, they can learn how to use certain types of earth mana in spells that mimic the pace the grimoire is turned to. This could be repaired by…’

The methods to repair were simple and related to replacing the mana gems in the right shapes and sizes. However, the idea that a book could be made that had an illusion based learning method was interesting. It might have been similar to the magic books of fantasies that just outright taught skills. Unfortunately, this would require training and time to grasp the propeller ways to move the heart mana. It wasn’t an instant amazing gain, it was an offer of a path to take for learning more.

Looking at the white leather book, Walker felt that he was less happy to see it. He could tell it was made from a rare monster’s leather and did not hold the kindness of light mana. The light mana still holding on to it was sharper and less purifying. It was mana meant for battle.

’Record of the light spear

This is a book only readable under the light of the stars. One man known as the wielder of the light spear found himself obsessed with the stars. To the point that he believed the light of a star could be shaped in to a blade greater than any world around him.

This obsession caused various forms of violent light blade spells, light attack, and light speak skills to be created. All recorded with special ink that is only visible under the light of the stars. Due to this, the book has been ignored and kept as a display piece due to its color and cleanliness. Now it can…’

”Maybe this is a book we can ignore for now.” Walker knew that it would have a clear effect on those who read it. This person put everything they had in to using starlight as a weapon. It became their moniker. In essence, it could lead someone else to follow their path and create an obsession.

Sometimes that sort of mentality could lead to someone greater than others in their field. Many times it would lead to unforeseen issues. Walker only wanted that sort of book to be brought in to someone who had a stronger mind to handle whatever this book could teach.

The third book was damaged to say the least. The only reason Walker and the little princess had focused on it was because it felt like it would blow away at any moment. The pages were appearing to be well ruffled, but that was actually the wind mana within the pages.

’Records of wind

This would be an unremarkable book if not for the fact that the weather mage who held it in ancient times recorded every change in wind currents he saw using his mana to inscribe the feelings within it. The material is made from trees that channel wind mana naturally causing imprints of different wind flows to be left easily on each page.

By channeling wind mana properly through each page, there is a reaction that copies the same feeling and changes in wind currents that the weather mage felt at that time. It was his belief that if he did so he would be able to predict when ender storms passed through. Unfortunately due to the riskier nature of chasing massive storms known as ender storms, the mage lost this book and it was later stored away for many years.

Learning the natural flow of wind mana in the era that it was used is much easier and could hold many unique opportunities for those studying wind mana…’

”Lots of different winds are inside of that. I like the way it looks.” The little princess could see the wisps of wind mana Walker had used to move the book. Instead of the mana drifting away, it had lingered causing the mana to change as it attempted to follow the same flow that had been imprinted on the pages.

”We will pass this one on to someone who needs to see it. They will be able to bring it to the mages who track the weather. They might be able to guess when larger storms will happen and track their own knowledge based on ancient wind currents.” The knowledge in this book was an opportunity to take, Walker fully saw its value and knew it would need to be brought to someone with the skills to utilize it sooner than later to be useful overall.

The last two books appeared to be from a set. They weren’t marked with numbers but they were very similar. They had metal straps to keep them closed along with rune carved patterns where locks should be. But if he tried to ruffle the pages to see anything, they too appeared to be blank which was why he felt it was strange.

However, their true strangeness was in the fact that the mana melted in to them before dissipating again. Like they were trying to absorb mana but failing to do so because it wasn’t being done correctly.

’Twin grimoires of the archmage

These grimoires are not one but two of the same. They can not be used without the other being opened. They cannot be read within the flow of mana through the entire body. All elemental mana must be used when opening these books to study them or else they will activate various rune formations to close and lock themselves.

The balance of mana was discovered by the first archmage who later gave up their body to follow a different path. Within is the knowledge of balanced elemental manas studied within the first five magic towers. As such, the records of those magic towers are also kept within despite their destruction over war and time.

Within are several magic scroll pages that can be directly used to instantly learn a spell along with the method to create such magic scrolls capable of teaching the lowest form of a spell to be grown over time. The materials may not exist any longer.

Both grimoires react to one another using the runes within them to connect and create a mana circuit sharing mana between one another. This is called a form of magic called -’

The mana of the all around appraisal skill touching the books were absorbed and Walker found he wasn’t able to get any more information. The twin grimoires had absorbed his mana without him being able to halt it. It was against his will but they seemed to have done so due to some imprinted spell or rune formation stopping him from digging deeper in to the knowledge held within.

All Walker could do was stand still and try and find a way to say something of substance. He’d rarely been blocked from seeing more. But right this second he wasn’t unhappy with it, he was more focused on the fact that these twin grimoires focused on the balance of manas.

This wasn’t some small book made from a random mage either. It was from an ancient arch mage who had stepped beyond whatever race they had been and in to a different form all together. Meaning that there was some form of transcendence they used after they understood their mana and the mana around them at the time to achieve.

Furthermore, the fact that there had once been five magic towers which had been destroyed was major. Something like that was not small whatsoever. It was a huge piece of information to use while everyone was searching for ruins.

None of this was even considering that the knowledge within the books could teach him spells and skills related to magic! What if he could manage something like this to pass on more knowledge about elemental manas in general?

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