Master Of None

Walker was glad that the first thing he saw wasn't a room full of changed spirits but instead a small room with many dormant spirits. Most of them were earth elemental spirits that the miners had found while working but there were some of every element that the dwarves had purchased or found elsewhere. 

"These are the spirits we have. No one else should have any anywhere else in the entire city unless they were just found. The only room that is equipped for spirit forging is the one I was in and no one else has been there in years." 

Walker felt more at ease knowing that there was nowhere else in the city that could be attempting spirit forging. This meant that the spirits here were safer than he had imagined they would be. "Friends! More Friends!' The earth elemental spirit was rushing to each of the dormant spirits whispering to them to wake up. So far none of them had reacted but Walker knew that eventually, one might.

"We have some already active spirits held up ahead over there. You may want to speak to them." Pointing forward the elder held himself back. He didn't feel like he had any right to be part of the conversation Walker would have. 

Walker had been carrying the earth dwelling shield with him the entire time and the weight had been pushing down on him. However, when he made it to the three cages spirits the shield seemed to lighten a little. There was a decent amount of earth elemental mana and Walker saw that one of the spirits was also an earth elemental spirit. 

"Hey, want to come meet another earth elemental spirit?" Walker called to the earth elemental spirit who was whispering to the dormant ones. The spirit rushed over and nearly threw itself at the cage with the earth elemental spirit in it. 

"Friend! Come out and Play! Look at my home!" The spirit was trying to pull the cage apart and Walker reached down to open it releasing the silent earth elemental spirit. It was looking around lost before the earth elemental mana rushed towards it and brought more detail to the clay like body. Soon the two spirits were dancing about with each other conversing rapidly. 

"Would you two like to be free of those pesky cages as well? I can explain how the dwarves are changing their ways and you can decide if you want a home like that earth spirit has or if you would like to leave?" The fire spirit that was next to a darkness elemental spirit both seemed silent and slow from lack of their elemental mana. But soon Walker caught them moving their heads to signal that they wanted to be free to hear him speak. 

The darkness elemental mana surged towards the dark elemental spirit causing it to dive in and out of the shadows in joy. The fire elemental spirit followed the same surge of fire elemental mana and consequently caused multiple little sparks in the air in joy. The two were much happier being free from the cages than they had been while trapped. 

"Now, the dwarves didn't know you were able to speak or sentient at all. They believed you to just be the key to crafting sentient weapons. Unfortunately, they were following the wring process and they were burning their souls and trapping spirits. This was their mistake." Walker saw the three newly freed spirits slow down and focus on him. 

'I worked with their elder and this earth spirit here to change the way things are done. Now there is this shield made with the help of this earth elemental spirit and the dwarf elder. It is called the earth dwelling shield and it is a place an earth elemental spirit can rest if it desires. But it is not bound and trapped within it."

The earth elemental shield proceeded to enter and leave the shield a few times to prove to the three that this was all true. Even more, it began to tell them that Walker was their friend and that they could leave and explore if they wanted. The fire elemental spirit approached Walker first out of the three. 

"The other spirits? What will happen?" This was a respectable question to ask. Walker knew that this spirit was putting the dormant spirits first before itself. 

"They will be here until they wake up. When they d they will have the same choice. I plan to have some elves come here and assist the dwarves. Naturally. That is if they join the alliance the elves are part of. But at this point, I would say they will." Walker was almost sure that the dwarves would be unable to turn down the extremely beneficial alliance. 

Hearing this the fire elemental spirit moved closer to Walker and examined him. "How do you speak spirit?" That was also a good question to ask since he was obviously not a species that could normally speak to spirits freely.

"I learned while with the elves. I met a certain elf that had spirits that dwelled within her and they talked to me so much that I learned to speak to every single element of spirit." Walker paused and looked to the spirits, "I am actually recruiting spirits that would want to join me on my journey. I have a quest to find one of every element to join me. That is an option for all of you. I also have a dormant water spirit with me." Walker showed the three newly released spirits the dormant water spirit. 

"Spirit guardian?" The dark elemental spirit thought that Walker had the spirit guardian system since he was able to carry a dormant spirit. 

"No, my system lets me have most of the skills though, and more." Walker waited as the spirits became energetic and talkative with each other. They all wanted to consider the things they could do now and where they could go. 

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