Master Of None

The commotion took a little time to die down since Walker had to explain the extremely lengthy appraisal and the fact that he had broken past the skill that prevented appraisals. He also had to explain how skills that blocked appraisals worked and how they actually utilized some traits that people were born with.

Mostly though, it used a lot of maa from what Walker saw. It also was pointless against someone stronger who could enhance their skills like Walker could. Not that many people were capable of that. It would change though, as time went on.

He also made a very clear example of what the skills the high fiends could use. How they could change their bodies to appear more like another race. How they could gather information with a skill that didn’t make sense to what skills people knew.

He was proving that there were skills unknown to the world based on the fact that the high fiend race could get information right away without needing to do scouting or actually have proper connections to share intel. This alone was something that could play in to the future if there were classes that did so with similar skills.

It also brought up the similarity to some skills that already did something similar. There was a skill, ears of truth, that some people were already familiar with. Being able to tell if a lie was a lie just but hearing it was major.

It added the fact that some skills used mana but also could sense aspects of someone’s mana affected by lies or truths. Metaphorical aspects that most didn’t research or consider. This also played in to the ideas related to the soul and theories about how it was potentially a separate energy from mana. Or maybe another form of mana.

This was a whole other side of study and theory that many people did not chase after though. Mostly because there was already a lot of proof related to it that made it clear that it might not be the case. Or that whatever it might be was just part of life mana itself. Not many people took the time to iron out the very workings of the world and the depths of existence.

That within itself was well beyond many people since they could not wield the correct power to achieve evidence. Even Walker would be able to attempt it and find himself at a loss unless he was at the same level or beyond those of the Origin race member she had met very briefly.

Not that it would help him to be that strong right away. It was a process of understanding the foundations to get beyond the surface. He was still very much at the surface just starting to dive in to those shallow waters. Hence why he was so focused on the fact he had used true mana to enhance his skill instead of natural mana alone.

There was also a lot of thought to put in since a lot of people had managed to catch what Walker did. He hadn’t done what he usually did in terms of controlling mana around him to only allow certain manas in. he had actually copied the elemental dome that he had helped with.

The rune carvers he had met showed him the runes and he worked on the project. He could return there and see the progress since there were already prototypes being tested that worked incredibly well. There were even small greenhouses being grown with test herbs of little value entirely encompassed within elemental domes. This alone was progress that he had helped jumpstart.

But using the same theory with just his mana and control over manas was a massive example of how the dome could function. Therefore, the researchers, guards, and just about anyone who had seen it that knew of the elemental dome projects that would work with the floating island projects had come asking questions.

It was what distracted Walker and made him use several elemental manas to make the domes around the area after Alma had left with her main guard and attendants. Gil had remained to watch because he wanted to keep an eye on Walker in case Walker decided to sit and begin meditating. He knew all too well that Walker would do so and end up sitting in the middle of nothing where no buildings had been made yet since the bridge to the elemental plane here could bring many unknowns to the area.

However, Walker continues to show the uses of the elemental dome and how he made it similar to a dragon’s domain skill which only some of the strongest dragons could even use at all.

This had brought a lot of thought since there were mages who could do similar things but just not to the same levels since they did not understand their own affinities well enough yet. Since it presented new ideas and theories about the elemental domes and how someone could make the terrain in to something that benefited them in their battles or even in specific form of crafting and research, it was valuable knowledge.

There was also the simple fact that some people just took it as a chance to ask Walker about various things he had done and the state of some of the questst he was working on. Especially since they knew of the expedition and how Walker would easily teleport between the locations with the party members.

So many people were just beginning to hear of the untamed lands, some calling it the untamed continent. Others were beginning to push for a chance to go there already. A chance to allow themselves the exploration their hearts called for.

What Walker had not realized entirely was that there was a small group of elites who had begun to train at a younger age than ever before.

The fact that so many already had classes at ages that were never seen before as touring. But because they were training and following their curiosity, they were growing so much faster. This was leaving parents, the newly founded education system, and even the older teachers in a tough spot.

Having children who were advancing in levels so fast left them in need of faster paced knowledge that they could learn at their own pace. It was pushing the construction of the first proper academy for studies ranging from all forms of crafting, battle, and theories to the front of the public’s eye.

They wanted to see their children in situations where they could actually grow. Even if it were the basic level of skill all the way to the elites above them, parents wanted their children to have the opportunity.

The basic education of languages, cultures, and geography were not enough. They needed higher education specialized to the fact that some people were growing beyond where others had stagnated for many years.. Even the further kingdoms were asking when a unified academy would be completed.

It was a tough set of questions for Walker to answer since he knew all too well that there was a lot riding on the situation. All these thoughts and hopes were potential he was seeing all too clearly now.

The potential for the average person to grow beyond what would be capable of yesterday’s average person. They had the chance to be like the nobles they had once seen while some of the more unique class holders could take steps to heights no one had ever seen. It was a brilliant bloom of potential and Walker couldn’t stop himself from being caught up in the thoughts as time mana drifted in to his body subconsciously.

Everything came at him all at once causing Walker to eventually wave everyone off who had made their way to speak with him. Gil also caught the fact that Walker was overwhelmed by the manas and the theories. It was hard for Walker to truly be pushed too far but with his mind split to focus on so much, it was all a matter of time.

”You are getting too split up, huh?”

”You could say that. The fact that I have time mana running through my body without thinking about it actively is also making things hard. I can sense it but I can’t control it. I think it’s like how space mana doesn’t want to be broken or bent. It wants to work with the foundations of existence. You know?”

Gil nodded having heard Walker’s theories many times. But he also knew that Walker sometimes just needed someone to speak up and break him out of the chaos of his own mind. ”Let’s eat something first. Then we can head to the Genesis building and look at where the academy plans lay.” His smirk was enough to tell Walker that there were new street food Su had bragged about trying.

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