Master Of None

There were runes that were made in to a stone door. The stone was even darker than the other dark stone walls making up the entire tower. This was easy to figure out though. There was a rune that was dimmer than the others which Walker had seen in similar fashion used nowadays. His hand touched the runes on the door and his mana was pushed through it to open the door easily. It was as if there was no weight to the door at all. 

The flood of water that hit him was more than he could handle. It seemed as if it had built up for years. There were small green plants and even some small fish. The surprise was that there was still water above him. It was staying in one place by the door after some had spilled out on to him and forced him down the stairs. 

"It's runes! They are holding the water back!" Walker couldn't help but exclaim this in awe. These were way more advanced than he had figured it to be. There was a slight layer of magic that had been holding the water back. When Walker pushed the door open it had disrupted it. The runes had been carved in to the air somehow. It was a mystery that would shock every single person outside.

Fleur was bouncing on Walker's shoulder. She had been shocked by the water that pushed them back as well. Ut she had also felt the water elemental mana and was even more driven to move forward. "The floor shouldn't be too big so I should be able to use mana to bring the air with me to breath," Walker assured Fleur and ran back up the stairs. 

This time he manipulated the water to stay in place and pushed upward. Yet, when he broke through he found that the runes at the door molded around him keeping the air around him as well. The runes had been made to temporarily follow whoever passed through to protect them. The doors just needed to be open and the water help back by additional mana. The even more shocking part was that the runes fed off of the ambient mana instead of Walker's mana. 

The room was actually very easy to see in. It seemed to be made in a way that replicated a real ocean or pond. There were overgrown underwater plants along with some small fish that had been kept alive. This wasn't something that would normally be done but for the tower it was possible. Every rune on the walls and floors made this possible. It was the ideal place to study and understand concentrated water elemental mana. There were even books that were complete with diagrams on bookshelves in perfect condition. They had been written in strange languages mixed with runes. Walker could only understand pieces since he didn't comprehend the runes. 

He eventually found another door that seemed to go up further. He saw that there were some dim runes going upwards as well and he followed on. The next door was already open, but he could tell what it was. Air. It was windy, and very condensed mana . He felt that the wind was powerful and violent spinning in the room, but the same happened when he manipulated it away from the door and he walked through. The runes wrapped around him and he didn't even feel a soft breeze. 

There were more dom runes and the environment was like the top of a stormy mountain. The books were less so than the water looks below, however, Walker could read more of them. There were less runes and more of the strange language used. The drawings showed different flows of ai and how it affects spells. 

He couldn't hold himself back. He pushed through to the next floor finding earth and dirt with many rocks around. It had more books. The next floor was darkness. Pure darkness but somehow he was able to see and found that the environment was full of dark elemental materials. Some fabrics that flowed in the air somehow and some harder woods making up tables and desks. The books were nearly impossible to read without using dark elemental mana to flow through the words. 

Yet, Walker could feel the heat through from the next floor. The heat was enough to show that the floor was more than active and keeping flames alive. But these flames were totally field by mana. They were flowing around the room in flickering shapes. The heat was only enough to make Walker warm after he pushed through the darkness and runes wrapped around him again. 

The books were even on fire in some cases, they did not burn though. Everything was made from a different material mixed with the black stones. It must have been from a volcano or flame filled area. That Was the only answer. 

The next floor was too bright for Walker. The light coming through the next door was blinding. He could feel that it was the most powerful mana yet. It was out of control and the runes on the door were struggling to hold it back. "I would say that is our problem. I bet the runes are blocked up there and break the control on the mana gathering. If we can fix it we might be able to restore the flow of mana to the core of the tower."

The theory might work but first Walker needed to gather his own mana. That was the first step he would need so that he would be able to investigate the problems on the floor. What was weighing on his mind was the fact that this seemed to just be a set of training floors. They were not floors that were massive enough for him to be at the top just yet. 

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