Master Of None

” I have to say, I am surprised that you sent an assistant to call me back here. You are making quite the progress in ordering around the team.” Walker was looking at the little princess who had clearly eaten here in the archive, and even taken a small nap here in the archive. To be honest, it was very much like a child that had found the best playroom and decided just to live there.

”The books are good. Father visited and said I could stay until we leave.” Walker nodded his head. He had a feeling that the king of humans had decided to let his daughter be spoiled while here. Then again, he might be considering how she would feel if they left without giving her the chance to fully embrace something and somewhere she adored.

There was also the thought that once they returned home, Walker knew very well that it would be the same kind of boring noble life for her. She had been hungry to learn more and more the entire time that she had the ability to learn. After that she had lived in their personal library.

It was an intense way to go about life since she had basically found a way to study and chased it as much as possible. Yet now, she had everything she could ever want at her fingertips.

”I think when you go to leave you should speak to your father about finding a way to use the elemental teleportation formation with a special set of guards. That way you can travel back and forth here when you have the free time.” He had said this since it would make the future easier. It was very much like a child to throw a tantrum when they wanted something but were told no.

”I would very much like that. In my name as Glenda Diamond, I thank you.” he shook his head hearing she had decided on a new name yet again. This little princess had some off habits but then again, she also had awakened a lost bloodline of her family to gain those unique violet eyes.

”So, I take it you sent people looking for me because more books were found?” Since this was the only thing he could think of, Walker knew that the books should be interesting in the very least.

”A map.” The little princess thrust a small paper at Walker making it clear that she had personally found it. She also had an expectant look on her face.

”You saw the bits of mana attached to the map despite it being so old and realized it might be the same as the place we are trying to explore. Great work!” He didn’t hold back either. He had a little sister and knew how important some positive reinforcement was. Plus, he was genuinely glad she had been here. Her unique eyes allowed her to pick out a damaged map from the stacks of papers and books. And it did have similar symbols as other books they had found from the same area.

Taking extra care, Walker began to examine what the maps had to offer. It was faded, terribly so. But he could see remnants of harder black lines making out a mountain range along what appeared to be a faded blue ocean. This aligned with some of the water currents they already saw if the tops of the mountains were islands.

”This is actually better than I imagined. It might not tell us a lot since it seems to be a coastal map of the mountain range, but this is all about the underwater region of the continent now. We know that this mountain range became islands and that the lower side would be the open plains leading to the mountains. Meaning that the underwater is a larger and flatter area perfect for some simple exploration. There might be underwater places used by ancient monsters and modern monsters.”

With this it might be easier to partially guess where some more dangerous areas might be. However, Walker was more worried about the faintest line she could see. While the little princess might struggle since she had just noticed the bits of mana on the map due to its age and being with the similar books as itself from the same area. She had not been able to see that the map had a small village and tower marked on it. Even Walker struggled to see what it said since the words were gone, but the outline of black was still there in the smallest font he could see with its age.

This was a potential location to explore and find more books of ancient magic and how people survived against ancient monsters powerful enough to control entire territories. He stills struggled to wrap his mind around the fact that there was an entire continent that was all about monsters divided in to areas fighting for territory. Not a single race was able to hold its ground. Just survival and study of magic to survive the inevitable attacks of monsters.

”I also see that there are a good number of official archivists here. They must have become interested.” Walker didn’t comment on the guards also here now. The king sent them to watch over the little princess but they also seemed to be taking advantage of the time to read a little. One even had a book about elven culture. It was a nice thing to see.

”The demi-human king came too. He took a book about swords.” The little princess surprised Walker seeing as she had met king Rorick. Then again, if he had come to pay some respects and also take away a book then he was getting what he wanted while upholding some duty to allies. It was a smart move to take as they were all meeting here in Genesis now.

”I would not expect him to take any book other than one about swordsmanship. I assume he took one related to ancient swordsmanship of some kind?” He saw her nod and knew very well that the book would be something he used to adjust his own sword style. If anyone was a battle fanatic, it was the demi-human king. Yet again, his people were all like that. Their fervor for sparring and tournaments was too great it seemed.

This did remind Walker that a small tournament was happening where the young fighters were demonstrating some strength. Many would be recruited from it and he was certain that some of different races might be taken to new kingdoms for work. It would go a long way to helping more races mix at a deeper level than before.

”While I am here I might as well check some of the research too.” Focusing on the papers left after evaluation of other books, Walker was stunned to say the least.

These were documents condensing the books to some degree that they had found.

It was very nice to see that the experts who made these condensed documents were so experienced. Walker quickly glanced through them and had a better understanding of various factors from ancient times.

It was hard to say which order some events happened because there was nothing explaining years or dates, however, events like monster wars were not uncommon. Some were named due to the veracity of the battles and were named after the lord monster who won the fight. Overall though, there was always a battle between the offspring of certain lord monsters, they never seemed to end.

Yet, it was the battle and the ways that the monsters used magic that appeared to teach the mages of this era. Not only would they utilize the natural flow of mana around them to increase the density of certain manas in one place, but they would try to mimic the ways that a monster used mana. Specifically, if a monster used balls of water to shoot and hit others at high speed, then that gave birth to the water cannon ball spell written in one of the books.

There was more about self enhancement magic skills that would allow a weaker mage to be able to defend against powerful attacks that would easily kill them. That alone inspired Walker to change the ways he saw the current state of self enhancement buffs. There might be different methods to better increase these buffs for warriors who could use a little magic rather than always needing a mage or support based class user to cast them on them.

There also might be methods to allow for items to be inscribed with better enhancement buffs that enhance the user. Just getting this ancient knowledge could help a variety of classes and aspects of Genesis. If workers were hard to come by, then why not strengthen the workers they already had?

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