Master Of None

Chapter 1987: 1987. Future Battles

”As the general drama calmed down, new rumors had spread about the entire event. but the time that Gil had a meeting with the current forest elf queen, many things had been blown out of proportion or twisted.

”You know that some people are saying that the ice elves came to offer themselves as better husbands for Alma instead of you, right?” Walker teased a little. He was sure that this would bother Gil a little and it was only fair that he mess around a bit.

”Walker, they are saying that Gil was challenged by a frost elf prince for the right to rule the elves. Not what you said.” the blushing face of Alice as she joined in made it very clear that she was telling about a falsehood. No one would have believed her face here. She was too honest.

”I believe it was a elven ritual. Fight the most powerful elves for the right to get married in the first place. Thatʼs what the demi-human workers were just saying.” Su could not help herself. She spoke with deadly seriousness that caused everyone to burst out in laughter.

”If you all keep up with that, Gil wonʼt be able to keep up with all the rumors. We can barely pay attention to gossip as it is.” Alma laughed along as she started to change her attention from the scenery and the conversation with the current queen of the forest elves. Especially since the ice elf elders had arrived and taken the young ice elves for s stern conversation.

While Gil had also lost count of the things he talked about and whatever the gossip might be, he had not finished being amazed by the coliseum. It had become such a magical place that he was sure that an entire garden or portion of a mystical forest had been brought to Genesis entirely.

But when he was about to say something about the brilliant artwork made of vines and trees, he was cut off from that train of thought. ”I think Alma is still waiting to hear it. The explanation of what skills and abilities you gained from your ceremony.” Su calmly pushed this on to Gil. she was the only one that had noticed the intentions here after all.

”I should make it more clear than I did before. Itʼs a lot to grasp. But I know a few things for sure.ʼ Gil took a deep breath.

”The ceremony for the high elven marriage requirements was not a real requirement. It was left so that elves can properly test themselves to see if they were ready to bring a life in to the world or to uphold a life they are building. That means that both men and women of the elven race can undertake it.”

This made a lot more sense. The ceremonies and rituals lost to the elven race because of their own issues would be made very clear here. Especially when Gil wrote it all down and showed it to the elders along with leaders in the elven race. It would be a very busy event when he did so.

”There are other ceremonies too, but surprisingly, what I learned about the marriage itself is very accurate. We just need a few other helping hands when it comes to the time.”

”I gained a title because of the fact that the originator of the elves left behind the chance to face a unique quest. I got that quest because of my titles and it was slightly different than other quests might be because the world influenced it. That was also why I was able to get a single drop of high elf blood.

Partially a magical work of something I donʼt understand, but also that it was an ideal reward.”

Now this made a lot of sense. This was more than just the world. However, no one knew what things were like when an originator of a race lived. Beyond just ancient times, things had been very different. Even the oldest ruins might not have been far enough back to truly grasp what originators of a race lived through or existed to be like.

”So, I am a half elf now. But even that is a purer bloodline than elves today. The whole pure elf blood thing. But regardless, it allowed me to tap in to a stronger affinity to manas overall. Ancient elves used to use natural mana and influence manas much more easily.” Gil made it clear. This was a known fact to elves.

” then I realized that I can now partner with Zephyr much more. She can condense wind and I can use it for a short time. I can also use my natural affinity with wind to walk through the air like the wind elves. Some of their dagger techniques are stronger with that now. But it will get better as I use the high elf dagger technique. I can split up the manas and bring it all through my body.

Thatʼs whatʼs going on with the rune patterns.”

”They are called kiss of nature runes. Runes that exist only when I match myself to the manas around me. It is risky since I have to focus a lot, but it also somewhat happens with my emotions. It will be interesting to learn about.” Gil wondered what else he could tell them. But he felt that everything more specific would be a bother. However, he was a little sad not to be fully human any more.

But this just felt right.

”That is a lot, but letʼs be real, after a few years, no race will be pure so to speak. We canʼt have that talk around.” Alma shook her head when she finally spoke before any one else. She did not want her people to believe themselves above other raves, not even each other because of their affinities. Therefore, she would make sure that not a single person spoke about such things.

She would be the strongest advocate for equality within genesis.

”A very good point. And since we have to get you ready, we are going to leave Gil to think about that. Especially since he needs to get a hold of his emotions before the day is over.” Su suddenly swept Alma off her feet and dashed away. Gil tried to move forward, but a wall of light came to block him as a soft and sweet melody came out og Aliceʼs mouth.

Surprising them even more, they found that Midnight was somehow flying right above the two. Walker and Gil had not noticed her hiding in the literal sky because of their distraction in the new appearance of the coliseum.

”Ah, this somewhat reminds me of the older ways in some of the history books I was forced to read. Some demi-human warriors would choose a wife. If she agreed, he had to prove himself. She would run away with the help of many others. The warrior had to chase and capture her. It was romantic, but that isnʼt done often because of so many different wedding rituals between different tribes.”

”Scylla?” Giʼs surprise grew since he did not expect to see here right away. He had expected that she would be too occupied with soldiers and getting battle plans prepared.

”Yes, I had an idea after seeing the wharf work put in to the coliseum. It looks very unique. I believed it would be a good thing though.” the sudden change of events was something unexpected, but Walker believed that to just be a fact of life at this point. He could roll with the flow of the river so to speak.

”If we were to keep this appearance after your ceremony, the various elves could come to show off their battle prowess. It would help immensely in balancing the planned groups of soldiers.” Scylla looked like she wanted to just see battle. However, many of the leaders from other races could learn a lot.

”Make it an open challenge tournament. People will challenge whoever they wish that remains within the coliseum stages you set up after Gilʼs wedding. That way you can see various people fight. And better off, we can have more people learning how to make those in to a proper strategy based on the unique terrain here.” Walker jumped in to counter this and saw that Scylla was very happy.

”Using magic to change the terrain of the colosseum in the future will be the biggest source of tournaments and turn out. I can not wait to have dedicated mages that will create unique places to test my skills.” Scylla appeared to be in her own world now. This was her coliseum after all, but it felt like she was building it a hundred times over in her mind.

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