Master Of None

"I know you want a meeting, but do you know what needs to be fixed? There are shops that lost their fire and froze their goods, forges that are cold and need the attention before being fired again, and don't even get me started on the family vaults that somehow got…well, that solves that." The king of the deep caves looked at the throne of gems and gold only to realize that this was where the missing items were. 

"I know there is a lot to fix. We all know that. But we need to get the story straight so we can put people at ease. Do you think they are comfortable being here right now? Do you think that they know that there was a demon here? Or do you think they may believe an army is marching here now?" King August was a lot more level headed than the king of the deep caves. However, it was dwarven nature to want to fix everything. 

After some grumbling the king of the deep caves sat down and looked at the table, he was not happy that it was broken since he knew the craftsman that made it. "I will start, the information that sent Walker out of here was from me. I was holding off until we desired to research a mag tower more. That didn't seem to be the right decision though." Alma and Walker already knew that was going to be the first part of the conversation. 

"The desert city was once an elf city. They discovered the ruins and built upon them. Unfortunately, that is all my people really know about their ways since Greed visited them at some point and caused their downfall. By the time we heard of it, we sent out sealing sage in hopes that someone had survived. He gave his life using an ancient metal tablet to seal away Greed. The surviving desert elves were lost to the winds since they didn't want to come to the forests. Some say the stone elves in the mountains took them in but we have no proof of such an event." 

"I see why you would not share this. If the mage tower was the focus and that greed was sealed, it would not be important. Especially since messing with it without proper preparation would be dangerous." King Rorick knew now that Greed was an opponent he could not beat with his armies that focused on physical strength. They wouldn't have been able to beat him before the curse was discovered. 

"From there I escaped. I have Fleur and the control of some natural mana which defended me from Greed's curse. Stealing away individual manas and lifeforce was easy for his curse. But all the manas combined in to natural mana? Well, that was not easy." Walker was sure that he was just very lucky to have escaped. "Su was strong enough due to her defensive capabilities to resist the curse and escape while Alma and Scylla were not in the city yet. I had guards that had been on patrol create a temporary camp and alert Scylla and Alma when they arrived."

Scylla stood slowly, "I used all of my strength to rush them to the desert where I could not continue. They left me behind in a shelter made of stone to rest with some potions. I waited for their return." 

Since Alma was ready she spoke next, "We made out way to the city ruins on the map and broke in to the sand covered buildings. The tower was easy to get to but we found that Greed had been forcefully broken out. We freed the soul of the sealing sage and took the tablet." She looked at Walker for support. 

"Another event occurred that we will speak on in a moment. From there we escaped the entire towers' worth of monsters. When we stopped I tried to learn the magic in the tablet and discovered what it was. That forced me unconscious but while I was in such a state I learned a natural sealing skill that I could only use once. I am not a compatible system user for the carvings on that tablet." Walker held back information which everyone caught on to however, they did not pry. 

"By the time Su and Alm made it to me they were down and out. Walker had the water and I was the only one able to get there. I used my mastery skill for the second time and it put me in the state you see here." Scylla was visibly skinnier and pale still. She still stood strong though. "I managed to get them back but was forced to stay in place and recover." 

"And that brings us to the battle, the sealing, and now us sitting here. Greed is sealed for a long time unless someone that has better natural mana control can free him. But that still will take a lot to do. One day maybe I will free him from the greed title…" Walker still felt that greed needed to pay for what he had done even though it was part of the title he was trapped with. 

"So what was the other event that occurred?" the forest elf queen was staying focused and trying to discover what else could have come to pass in their excursion. 

"This might be hard to understand because we don't either. But the ruins that had been there before the desert elves were made by a race that left. They left their magic knowledge for others and that was how the desert elves gained strength. That tower is currently here. I have no idea how the runes worked, how they left a magical consciousness in the tower, or how it can be studied. All I know is that I can call upon it and it will return to its natural state here." Walker showed the book and was met with many skeptical looks. 

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