Master Of None

"We just made it here. Su and I were at opposite ends of the city." Gil had felt the sudden weakening in Zephyr and immediately went looking for the others. Something like this was not good at all. He also had a strange sense of worry that was putting him on edge even though he didn't know the source.

"Good, we were just about to send for you. We have a problem. Everyone forgot about water elemental mana. Specifically, the water grand spirit." Walker was sure that Gil and Su had the same quest that he and the other royal dragons had just received.

"We must act now. In some way." Terron felt that they were not acting; he wasn't sure how but he needed to defend Mordant. The dragons were not some weak species that fell to something like mana sickness. A dragon could never have too much mana.

"If we rush in to this, the flow of the wind may shift in to tornado that only turns us back on our problems." Ventus tried to calm Terron a little. Unfortunately, Ignus was exasperating the situation by having the same feelings.

"Terron is correct. We must act and tear this spirit from wherever they are to properly balance the world." Since Ignus had heard of the event with the fire elemental spirit and felt the mana, he knew that someone should be able to find the water grand spirit.

"I can barely sense the water elemental mana anymore. It will not react, it's moving away from us. It's like something is taking it away and bottling it up." Current felt that there was more to it. However, he wasn't sure what the more was.

"There's no way that so much mana could be taken away like that. It's not normal. There should be some way for the mana to flow. It doesn't just get taken and disappear…" Su felt that she had just touched on a very solid topic. An idea was forming.

"This is just like that time. Mana being taken. People falling to illness because they are losing or can not control the mana they have. It's a little different but it's the same."It had taken one glance for Walker to understand what Si was thinking. Remey and Gil gave each other a look before they nodded.

"Come with us, we have an issue that can't be growing in the city. We had it guarded but it might be the cause." Su was taking the lead in this. She had to defend the city. Her energy seemed to be growing even though she could feel her strength in mana waning.

"What is this? You are hiding dangerous secrets here?" Rise was not happy to still be in the dark. She knew that there was danger here. She knew that Mordant could perish because of this. From what she saw, Walker was acting as if he had solutions already but was hiding it.

Moving through the city, the royal dragons constantly asked questions but received no answers. Instead, they saw the humans before them acting more and more serious before they reached a wall with iron gates. "The guards are still here so it might not be this." Gil had a sliver of hope but felt that it would be too easy.

"Sir Walker, what is your business here today." The guard that stopped them was on edge because of the dragons that came with Walker. However, Walker just waved a hand to move. His determined expression proved that there was a major reason for them to be there.

"This is the courtyard where the Demon, Greed, Is sealed. We were able to fight and seal him but he was able to steal away mana. He controlled it as his own causing those around him to fall ill. He is immortal from what his title does. He is also obsessed with taking everything as his own." Walker pointed out the petrified statue.

"It's here." Current felt that his very heart was being pulled out with the mana he had in it. He fell to his knees as soon as he saw the statue ahead. Floating above it was a translucent blue shape. One that dripped water down on to the statue constantly.

"The Grand elemental spirit Luna is trapped by Greed even though he is in statue form and sealed. How can this-" Su was cut off by a swirl of water that kicked up around her. She was not sure why but the water directly pushed her away from the statue as she had approached.

"Stand away. You are interfering with nature by stopping the flow of what must be. You did not purify but sealed away the mana here. It is not the flow that should be." The voice that rang out was enough to make them all stand in silence.

"You are the Grand water elemental spirit Luna. you were trapped by Greed!?" Gil yelled the question loudly but received a scoff in reply.

"The flow of the waters can never be tamed. They move with the rise and fall of the mood. They flow with the desire to carve nature in to the earth. This is not what is intended. I will cut away the corruption of the world and free this being. Do not lay a hand on this. Your corruption shall not continue."

"We sealed him because he was taking all the mana. Sealing it within himself-"

"Nature spirit human. I can feel you. You are the one that sealed this Greed you call it. You were wrong. You must use the water to purify such things. Call on the elemental mana you are bonded with. But instead you desperately cried out and sealed it away. You panicked in battle. I can see it all through this one." The sudden lecture made all the royal dragons immediately fall in to anger.

Their fellow Royal dragons were suffering because this grand elemental spirit had halted itself here to fix a sin title holder. A being that they had been fighting. What was this?

"Stop your anger dragons. You do not understand. Generations of growth and you still cannot flow with nature. This being here is not some devil sent to claim the world. They fell victim to their Greed. I can see their memories. The water can tell all. You should know that." Current was still weak but his eyes widened.

"Water has the power to communicate in any way. To show others the hidden connections in the world." This whispered explanation made Walker feel somewhat off. He could tell that Current had been taught this somewhere. However, it was more of a rule. It felt like water was more deeply rooted in certain things than others.

"Walker, this spirit is trying to wash away the sin's title. It's… written in the teaching of the previous water dragons. There used to be a royal dragon that could purify even the most tainted ground with water. They were the most powerful water dragon in our history."

"You are correct. That was my first friend of any race. The dragon that asked me to teach it how to cleanse the world of suffering. In a time when even you dragons were not strong. You lacked homes. That dragon asked me to teach it and I did. But you have not grasped his words." the grand water spirit seemed to be shifting until finally, it took the form of a young girl.

"I will only teach one more. I have chosen to clean this one from his title. Bring him back to the world and the system he was born on to. If you assist, I will grant you a single lesson. If you deny, then leave me to my work alone." Walker could clearly see that the water alone could not do anything here. The grand water elemental spirit was feeding too much water elemental mana in to the statue. "Fleur, can you hear me? Can we do anything?" Walker felt that he wanted to argue. Shout at the spirit. Yell his questions at here to make a point that she was hurting more than helping. However, he also could tell that she was showing them a chance. A chance to free someone from their cursed past.

"I have no idea why the memory of you faded or why you made this decision alone. But Fleur, my partner wants me to help you so I will do it. If Greed escapes, we will not hesitate to seal him away again." Walker surprised everyone. They didn't believe that he would dare risk something so great just because a grand elemental spirit was angry with them. But Gil, Remey, and Su understood. Walker had promised himself to free Greed from an endless life of desire somehow someway. It was not Greed's fault for becoming this way.

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