Master Of None

”Walker is trying to gather more people to be ready for another investigation. He wants to explore a continent we haven’t been to that is both underwater and above water. There should be ruins there that tell us about ancient magic. It was also once ruled by ancient monsters called lord monsters that held territory so no race even established a proper civilization there.”

Since Gil had heard everything, he was idly talking to Alma about it. The forest elf queen was occupied learning about some of the new herb growing methods that would be brought to the forest to prevent extinction or scarcity, therefore, the two were free to work on other aspects of their duties.

”I know that you will go no matter what, but I doubt we can get many of the elves to join an expedition like that.” Alma knew that many of the elves were already divided in terms of new opportunities. Almost every single young elf was working on understanding the world and had taken up new professions they had never seen before. Thai left the older elves who were either against Genesis or were trying to run things. Meaning that not very many elves would wish to go off in to the unknown right now.

”I was hoping that the idea of exploring untamed wilderness would appeal to them. Especially since that is what this continent should be. Un-touched wilderness that we haven’t seen. Monsters that we most likely know nothing about. Ruins that were very small because they were just mages trying to survive against an untouchable ancient monster.”

”You can make it sound sweet, but we have very few who would want to go.” Alma wasn’t trying to dash the desires that Gil had. She knew he wanted to help Genesis and help Walker. But it was all to a point. It needed to be possible and couldn’t be divided like this.

”The water elves could help since they have been working with Current instead of other areas. Current also would most likely try and explore the underwater areas. Apparently, a larger section of the continent is underwater because of changes in the world over time. It changes during the cut off from mana.” Hearing this, Alma raised her eyebrows.

They both knew that many of the water elves referred to Current as their leader. That was all well and good though. It didn’t hurt the elves since they were able to learn more about the water that they had affinities for. Besides this, it also was also a way to pay respect to Current who had been the primary source of rebuilding a home for the water elves.

This was also a good bond between the water dragons and the water elves. The two races were united and were flourishing in their efforts. This wasn’t even mentioning the dragonkin who had water affinity that were working with the water elves and the merfolk. ”I assume Walker will speak to Current about all those working with him joining them.”

Now Alma knew that Gil knew this. So the fact that he was bringing it up was just to make sure that Alma would make an announcement to help. Otherwise, it left the two of them still busy with paperwork and other goals. ”That should work then. I also wanted to know if you noticed any changes in all the spirit trees?”

Alma focused and stopped glancing over paperwork to try and figure out where Gil was going with this. ”Well, I wanted to make sure you might not want to worry about exploring a new continent. I also know you are closely bonded with the spirit trees, especially the grand natural spirit tree…. And it was noticed that there might be buds forming for a few flowers ahead of schedule.”

Alma hesitated as she began to guess where Gil may be going with this and that he was also saying he might not go on this expedition depending on his responsibilities as well.

”Walker! You came all the way here to ask for more healers if they want to travel?” Alice found Walker and Onyx visiting the cathedral. She had been working with a few of the nuns and healers trying to help improve how many bandages they could store in a small first aid kit to sell to the adventurer’s guild. The cathedral had begun making these to help with wounds in the wilderness and it had been a great way to bring income to the cathedral while also ensuring safety for those too far away from a healer.

”I was here just trying to see if there were any returning from a pilgrimage or that wished to join teams to go on one within the next month.” Walker knew that Su had heard this and came over just because she understood the stress that healers were under right now.

There were many new healers learning to the best of their abilities. That included the teamers who were working hard to educate healers. However, the number of healers could never be too many. There was always a need for them.

Many had also been working with the adventurer’s guild to gain experience along with making additional income. This way they grew stronger and could handle more dire situations in the future. With everything going on within and outside of Genesis, having a higher tier healer was always a great thing. Not a single person would say they didn’t want a healer regardless, but if they had a higher caliber healer? Well, they would sing their good luck to the world.

”I also wanted to make sure that we would be able to have the news out properly. I am going to map whatever I can ahead of everyone. The magic ruins there might hold information about how some mages were able to grow in the most dangerous wilderness there had ever been in the world.” Considering something a bit more, Walker paused before speaking again, ”There is also the fact that we will most likely see more monsters growing stronger in the further away wilderness areas. The territories our people live in are very small compared to the wilderness out there.”

This hadn’t been the case before the world regained connection to the elemental panes. However, now, the world has expanded and returned to its natural state. Dungeons appeared that housed monsters and places unknown to everyone. There was also the fact that places never before seen were out there unknown waiting to be found. They held monsters that now lacked proper predators and that was an ongoing issue being dealt with by Genesis forces as well.

These facts alone would be enough to convince many people. Not Su though. ”We need to nurture more people at this point. The ambassadors are barely returning from the elemental planes. We can’t have the races within the elemental planes help us either since they also live in very unexplored areas or are coming here in search of safety to grow their own people.”

It was clear that Su understood the reason why Walker wished to push for this. She also understood the downsides of where Genesis was right now. They needed time to develop more and that was just a fact. ”You should look to see if the dwarven golems can be brought out more. They can be controlled by the spirit race, they are the most free race right now. Or maybe just have the golems controlled by the dwarves to help.” Su hadn’t offered a bad option. It was something that Walker had yet to question.

”Tamers too.” Alice had been silent since she knew this required some good forethought. ”Some of the tamers are able to tame the halo jellyfish, pure white sheep, and the whistling dove. They can heal.”

”Those are genius ideas!” Both Walker and Onyx were ecstatic to consider these possibilities. The tamer’s guild had been slow as they adapted to learn more about monsters appearing nearby in the wilderness. They would surely wish to explore a new wilderness and see what they could gain.

Then the dwarven golems were amazing too. They worked under the rune formation and other methods of order from a single dwarf. If built properly they could fulfill the right positions in a ship, patrolling, and even assisting with building activities. While there would be issues depending on situation and lack of critical thinking, that was where the sport race members could come in handy.

As the spirit race could already inhabit a core of a socially made golem, there was a precedent set for them controlling more than one. If enough could be recruited then that alone would cover a huge part of the work force needed along with the critical thinking aspect.

”We are going to visit the dwarves’ workshops in the lower city.” Walker and Onyx were off again with even more energy than before leaving Su and Alice behind to wonder just how they could have that much energy.

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