Master Of None

Chapter 2238: 2238. Partially Made



"How can they have done this?" Walker was looking at the space where all the manas had come together. He was sure that the all around appraisal had to be wrong.

"I finally got them to let me get closer. But what is that thing?" Gil could see it too. The manas condensed to the point where they were able to be seen even without the proper mana sense. Not that Gil lacked the ability to see things at a better than normal people. He had high elf blood in him now, therefore he could sense these things naturally.

"I am trying to figure out if this is right. There is nothing that gives us an answer and the runes broken here don't have enough strength to make all of this happen. So it has to be the herbs in combination too." Walker's annoyance was rare to see like this.

Gil had seen Walker frustrated before. It was nothing new since Walker would constantly work on his own strength and skill. Yet, right now Walker appeared to be a little more frustrated than usual. Especially with the fact that he didn't believe his own all around appraisal skill which he had relied upon for a very long time.

"Just tell me what your appraisal says and we will go from there." Gil smacked Walker on the back trying to snap him out of his own head. It was better to share the weight than to sit here and keep trying to figure it all out.

With a large sight, Walker began to read the all around appraisal out entirely.

'Partial natural mana rune

This rune was condensed ahead of natural growth due to the involvement of multiple elemental mages and a lower class rune carver. Due to this, the mana was not sufficiently balanced nor was the mana melded together as nature would have done. Causing the manas to be forced together in a dense ball unable to settle properly.

With this as the case, this partial natural mana rune is shifting dangerously. It could cause magic nearby to become chaotic or to fail entirely. If it flows through a rune formation, it will break the runes that were placed due to higher pressure on the formation and runes unable to handle this high density of mana.

If anyones to attempt to channel this mana and control it, they will face the entire strength of nature. Mana in nature is not always calm and can be intensely destructive and trying to control. Therefore, this mana will push back as if it has its own will. Making this mana very hard to even touch for those that have a very high degree of control over elemental manas altogether.

To properly balance the manas, a great force, and control of elemental mana along with affinity and control of natural mana is needed. It will take at least a week of control and slow accumulation of manas to solidify while nature adapts as well.

This is also dependent on the materials used to balance the direct area around the potential natural rune. There needs to be materials that balance the core manas within the area to a higher level. A base material for each elemental mana which will remain intact and the same through the entire process without breaking or showing damage to cause the mana within them to escape.

Beyond this, there is a higher degree of failure regardless of the materials and the person involved due to the hasty nature of this partial natural mana rune being created...'

As Walker trailed off, Gil was already cussing out the mages that had been taken away to the healers. He also wanted to have a few words between his fist and the rune carvers face. Not that he would actually do any of this. He knew very well that he was going to be the one that needed to come check on Walker while this issue was handled.

"You can't even make Fleur handle this with her higher affinity for natural mana since she is made of it. She might get badly hurt while doing this." Gil knew exactly what Walker was thinking right now.

Who would get hurt the most of this partial natural mana rine failed. How it would steal away the mana from Fleur and just make the problem worse. How she could literally die since she was of the spirit race and had a body literally made from mana. This was like a trap waiting to cause damage to the spirit race and the elemental spirits. Not to mention the angels who pulled mana from the air to be able to survive as well.

"I am not happy with this at all. A partial natural mana rune shouldn't even be possible, but they forced one to happen. They risked a lot of damage to the city. And they forced nature ahead of itself causing this problem."

With all the work that the party had done to return the world to a natural flow, he felt even more hurt. Not that it was an attack on Genesis, but an attack against him and everything he had worked for. That was simply because he had seen the struggles in the world that he had tried to change. All of which could be undone if their balance was broken.

"What do you need?" healing Walker and seeing that he was not leaving, Gil began to work ahead. Since Walker had to put everything he had planned on hold, he would need to be the one to back him up. And, Gil was his right hand man, how could he ignore Walker's need for an assistant.

"Find Terron and get a dense rock with purer earth mana in it. He should have some ores or stones that will work. Also have them carved with earth runes. Then find the other dragons and do the same with materials that they placed mana in themselves. Then have the grand elemental spirits add some of their mana in to mana gems. I will use all of that. But have Fleur keep all spirit race away from here."

Walker stepped forward and felt the fierceness within the partial natural mana rune. It felt like it could become a great power or a great havoc. Both seemed in line with the situation he was in along with the mana he could sense. He was also worried about the manas being pulled from nearby in to the partial natural mana rune.

While the rate was slow, proving that the partial rune was not fully formed enough to have an effect on the larger area, the effects were still there and might cause more issues as time goes on. It also meant that the forest elf area would suffer slightly as manas within the air were not brought to where they would have flowed according to who Genesis was built. Instead, they would be drawn here making everything harder.

Alchemy would be tougher and the growth of herbs would not go as smoothly. They would need a much more careful hand when working on either. This was also not including any healing, training, or other crafting that happened nearby. All of it would be slightly harder since another force was trying to draw manas away from what they were doing.

Shaking off the frustration, Walker took a sitting position and fully dedicated himself to the manas within the air and how he could guide them to fluidly meld with the partial natural rune before it could do so of its own improper control.

His immediate feeling of unease as he could sense his own mana being pulled at was enough to get a lot more serious. He had a week, if not more, to work on this. Nothing else could be brought to his attention nor his focus while he worked on this. As that was the case, he also began using the eternal codex to meld manas together to make natural mana which he could feed to the partial natural rune.

This had an immediate calming effect on the manas in the air pushing against one another. It slowed the rotation within the partial natural rune without causing any waves or damage. Not only because it was properly balanced natural mana, but also because this was the mix of mana needed for the partial natural mana rune to form entirely in to a natural mana rune.

As much as Walker wanted to keep being frustrated and annoyed, he realized he was seeing a new aspect of natural mana and nature as a whole. How it could and how it should form in to runes. He would just need to take things slow to figure it all out. It was just a matter of time.

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