Master Of None

Chapter 2029 2029. Light Ash Wood Forest

The sounds of battle began to be crushed as the silence of the soldiers slowly patrolling began to take place all around the massive forest. But that silence was only there because the large light ash wood trees had finally stopped growing. 

The earth still showed with the dark and rich soil that it should have. The simple reason being the nature dragon domain skill that Walker had used. It was fueled by multiple mages so that he could ensure that the land was not destroyed by what they were doing. Especially when it came to growing things in the future. 

When Walker sensed that all the farmer related skills and plant related skills were ceasing, he stopped his own domain skill. This was due to the fact that his mind had erupted in to a burning head ache. He had used this skill just a while ago and not fully grasped it yet. He needed more training. 

He knew that the nature dragon domain skill would surely be doing more than just affecting the elemental manas. Using it again this time spoke volumes in that aspect. But it had taken its toll. Walker was completely exhausted and could barely focus on the battle nearby. 

Midnight's return from the sudden attack made many of the forces nearby relax. They knew well that she had dashed ahead with every dragonkin nearby for a reason. The battle had been enough to ensure that they had to focus on their task with trust that they would be safe here. 

Furthermore, there was the added bonus that they had no idea what energy they had to even attempt to look at the battle. Those in particular, being the farmers. They had never been part of something this dramatic. They had never used all their manas on something like growing a forest. 

For farmers, they might grow seeds to sprout faster with their mana. They might make a vegetable or fruit ripen faster. These things were a potential task that they had to complete. But a forest? Altering the way a tree grew immensely? Neither were things they were used to. 

Alma was the very same. Gil caught her as she fell forward with weak knees. She was still conscious, but she was exhausted beyond belief. She had used her skill to the absolute limit along with the others. Channeling massive amounts of mana while guiding the trees to grow as many twisted branches as possible. 

The twisted branches had been something she noticed Gil and archers speak about. Somc archers would ask for a tree to be grown in a certain way so that they could make even more unique arrow shafts. 

One in particular were the arrows made from the densest central wood core of the tree. But Gil had once said that he wanted to make arrow shafts from twisted wood. Specifically because that would be wood that was somewhat braided. That way. The arrow would move in a twisting action already. It would add to the strength physically and even the speed through the air. 

This idea was already somewhat proven, but to grow a proper arrow shaft like that took mana, time, and experimentation. Things that gil and Alma had not done due to how busy that they were every single day. But now, Alma had chosen to cause some of the trees to take this form out of her trust. 

Gil had long proven that he was able to change the way that the elves thought about arrows and archery as a whole. His outside opinions had stopped the stagnation of archery as an art of the elves completely. They were moving forward now with many new arrow designs. 

When Su ran to where Onyx was, she found him and every single serpent that had come passed out. They had used every single little bit of light mana to provide the trees with what they ended. To free the sky of the dark clouds that were now slowly appearing again as one of the monstrous vampires made their magic active. 

Su felt that she had to protect them all, but many of the Genesis forces were already acting. They were creating defensive barriers that they had begun making at this location as a base camo for the battles to be had. 

The serpents needed the light mana and the time to properly recover before anything could be done. This made it clear that onyx could not join the next battle. He would not be able to handle things with such low mana. Even using his purely physical strength. Onyx might face a monster that could beat him down magically instead of physically. 

The same could be said about his skills though. He would be missing the light and darkness armor that he would form over his scales. That was a major defensive skill that would be gone. Leaving Onyx with fewer defenses was not an option that any member of the party would allow to happen. He had to rest whether he liked it or not when he woke up. 

The person that seemed to be doing the most though, was Remey. She was already providing mana potions in watered down forms to people. She knew that she would be unable to make enough to replenish what they had already used. She also understood that the side effects of using all mana within the body were drastic. 

Therefore, she took the high mana potions that she and everyone else had and began to split them. Using cleansed water that a healer had purified, she was able to water down the high mana potions in to some water with healing abilities. 

Not healing in the sense of physicality, but with mana recovery. It removed some side effects that everyone had who participated in creating a little forest. 

The towering light ash trees were not small. While some believed that this was instantly so large due to all the mana used, those that participated knew this was wrong. A poor assumption to make. 

These light ash trees had grown much more than what was expected, not only had the nature dragon domain boosted them beyond a level that was expected. It had also allowed them it remain at the top shape. This way, their roots had reached the nearby underground water sources. They had grown spectacularly. 

"Those of you that can do so! Begin making adjustments, this land is now a moving crafting guild!" This caused many to look up and notice that Walker gathered his breath and shouted out. He had to ensure that Gil was teaching and showing the arrows and other weapons to be made. Remey was already helping people recover some mana. Everyone else needed to work. 

Carpenters began to work the hardest. They now have trees for days. Specifically, wood that was easily being manipulated by the mages and elves. 

With the order out, Walker's mind was a little more at ease. He also went back to thinking about the mysterious other mana present within the nature dragon domain skill. He could have sensed the life mana in particular. 

Being the best option, Walker knew that this was also why the land was so fertile still. The innate life mana within all things had fueled this forest to grow. This forest to take the place of broken trees and plenty of damaged wood. Some of the roots had crushed the fallen trees and used them for nutrients as well. Just guided by the farmers.

Life mana within the nature dragon domain also meant that Walker was unconsciously controlling life mana much better than he thought. If this was the case, he might be able to use that against the monstrous vampires. They were immortal, but also stuck between life and death. They chose that though. They thought themselves perfect. 

However, if the light ash wood weapons failed, then there was the chance Walker could develop a skill that forced the vampires to be fully living and only living monsters. That way they could be killed by the general physical and magical attacks of everyone. Not just wanting to be pieced back together. 

The flurry of activity made Walker's head hurt more. But when he leaned over and sat, he found that he was already leaning against a light ash wood tree. Alma had intentionally grown one to catch many of those she knew would fall down without any energy. Walker was not the only one giving it his all. 

More crunching sounds came from the distance. Barry had gotten closer to the ruins and battled more powerful vampiric skeletons. This being the case, Walker forced himself to stand even though he should not be at the moment with his lack of mana. He had to ensure that they keep moving forward. 

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