Master Of None

Chapter 2274: 2274. Oddity In Mana?



"You know that you three have a whole lot of people riled up, right?" Midnight, Remey, and Walker had taken a moment to eat something while many of the training soldiers took the colosseum back. They couldn't take up all the room for long.

Plus, they had also trained with the soldiers for some time. While they were not able to compete with the three, they still were able to test their skills to the limit. Exactly what many people needed to be able to go beyond where they had been stagnating in training for however long. Sometimes an unbeatable opponent was the best opponent.

Regardless, it was Walker, Remey, and Midnight who were the ones thrown off. They had no idea that Su would be appearing within the coliseum after the three had been there for hours and the sun was even starting to set. The night training was about to begin and the three would most likely have just kept their training going all night.

But with Su here, they had other things to focus on. "What brought you back so soon? I thought that you would have remained near those crystal islands for another few days at least. The wyverns are already settling in so everything is running smoothly, right?"

There was a tone of worry in Walker's voice since he knew there was always the chance that there could be an issue he had not seen or heard yet. So much happened within Genesis that keeping tabs on every little thing could drive someone crazy.

"It's all moving as planned, even better actually. Especially with what we have learned about the crystals, unique plants that live on the crystal islands, and even that there is a dormant volcano beneath the islands." Su said this like she was holding something back. Enough that it made Walker stand back up and pay closer attention.

"Butttt, with all of you here just messing around and even enjoying snacks... I'm not sure I should tell you anything else until full reports are sent to the Genesis council at the end of the week." Her smirk made the three wish that they had still been training when she arrived, however, Remey could tell she had arrived while they trained.

"You saw that we weren't just playing games. We were testing new skills and also helping the soldiers here get stronger. So don't go keeping things from us when we are family." Remey's grumbling was enough to make Su smile a little wider. She just liked hearing that she was winning every now and then.

"Then I guess you will want to head to your alchemy guild where samples of crystals, fifteen crates of herbs that grow using those crystals, and even a few herbs that have different colors because of the different light manas they are exposed to have all been delivered. I even helped dig out some where the roots were many times larger underground than the single flower was above ground. It's really unique."

"Yes!" Remey was dashing away before anyone else could utter another word. But that was just the way she was. She would get so involved with these new things that no one would be able to drag her away from the alchemy lab for who knew how long now.

"I take it that you didn't just find the herbs and crystals. You have something else you want me to look in to?" Walker wasn't missing the hints that Su was leaving for him to find. She was enjoying this extra knowledge she had. However, she would not just sit here holding it. She wanted someone to get a little more information about it all.

"Exactly. I had to make sure that you were free to go take a look at what else was down at the base of the islands under the sand and broken crystal parts. Seeing that you are right now, you should be able to go for a swim with a few of the water wyverns and the dwarven diving golems."

From what walker could tell, this wasn't a threat, but an oddity which he was going to look in to. "I feel like more odd things might be happening. Both because places inaccessible for many years during ancient times are being found and also because the world has changed so much." He sighed as Su clearly felt the same way.

"Midnight, do you want to come or would you prefer to stay and wait for Gil, Ventus, and Zephyr to get back? They should be here within the next few days." There wasn't much hesitation from Midnight.

She thought about how she could go with them and check new things out, but to be fair, she really did not enjoy being submerged within the saltwater for so long. She would have to clean her scales much more in depth after that. If she stayed here she could avoid that while seeing what Ventus learned sooner than anyone else.

"Stay and see Ventus!" Midnight also had in mind that she could bring Erica to show off how she had changed over the recent days. It would be something impressive to any dragon with how young Erica was. The control of mana at that age was something that would need another twenty years for a dragon hatchling.

"Then that's that, should we leave now?" Su nodded. It appeared that she had already planned to handle this right away since that just made the most sense. She knew very well that if they waited, then they would end up sidetracked again. That was their entire lives. Bouncing from one task to another whether it was planned or not.

As Su brought Walker along toward the elemental rune teleportation formation, he grabbed her arm and before she knew it, she felt the world shift. They were standing right in front of it before she had managed to blink. She understood though, Walker had just used spatial mana.

"I did some meditating and managed to test this out. It comes with some heavy physical and mental drawbacks since it's a lot. But, it's impressive and very useful." His same casual attitude about this made su shake her head before she nodded slightly. But she also gave him a knowing look.

"And yes, I made sure to eat something after I finished meditating. I didn't mess up too many times while I trained this skill. I also found a way to buff other people with it by letting them use something like a flash step skill." He knew that the judging look from Su was her caring about his well being. He wasn't about to lie to her about how he had gone to train and made sure he held off on training space mana for longer.

"Good." She looked carefully for a moment before exchanging the topic. "The reason that I found things odd was when the dwarven divers returned. The water wyverns said that they avoided the base of the islands because of it being the safe space for the monsters living near the islands during the day."

"The bases are surrounded by very fine sands and corals. It is entirely unique. Especially since the rock formations are both crystal and evidence of cooling magma from who knows how many years ago. This is partnered by the evidence that deep below all this, there might still be some active magma flowing."

Walker tilted his head wondering where the odd part would appear. "It's the fact that the coral which formed creates frozen saltwater. It doesn't make sense that a coral growing there where magma once flowed somehow produces ice after the light mana has superheated the water enough to create a fog for miles."

"Then what you needed help with, is the mana flow and how this happens? The mages can't figure it out, can they?" Walker knew exactly what the issues were. This would not make sense to a single mage or anyone that researched mana flow right now. It was entirely too unique. "I can think of a few things, but if the echidna were there researching they might be able to

help."

"We thought the same, but they can't be spared. So many echidna had dedicated to teaching others the more natural ways of each mana along with natural mana. We would be hammering others by bringing the echidna away. Asn you are available." Walker understood what Su was thinking and why she thought that.

"Then I can meditate there for some time. I have a feeling that it will be able to help us understand some of the changes the world went through physically as well. If the water wyverns didn't go down there, they might have missed seeing the smaller coral freezing things. But with the changes to mana and the world, it could be growing now."

They both stood there for a moment before their turn to teleport came up. Curiosity sparked in their eyes.

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