Master Of None

The meal went by faster than everyone expected. Clara seemed to be the most uncomfortable since she was unsure what was happening. She didn't expect a powerful royal dragon like Mordant to be fawning over the food that Walker's mother Hilda had prepared. Even Midnight was standing next to him showing off the best tasting things as if he was just the average person there for dinner.

Walker had taken time to speak with Clara and Su alone so that they could get on the same page about a few things. He wanted to ensure that Su was planning to bring the other draconic guardian to the adventurer's guild to train. It was something that Su had already discussed with them but Walker knew that it would make Clara more relaxed to know that it was indeed happening.

Mordant had let them in on a few details about how he had certainly come ahead of his escort so that he could guarantee safety. It was his job. Yet, as they all looked at him he had broken and explained that he had been unable to properly contain his desire to see the things he had been told about. Walker had made claims at the royal dragon court that seemed too impossible for a young village.

Since Alma had come along, he spoke about when she had first met the party and how she had taken her position. She even went as far as to explain that she would be uniting every elf again just the way things had been many years ago. This was something that Mordant truly respected since it was what would happen when the dragons were brought together with a nature dragon royal. The keeper had explained this to him and the other royal dragons.

Mordant was not in need of rest but saw that the rest of the party was. He found himself browsing the library and taking many books out to the garden to sit in the night. His vision was perfect in the darkness to read. Before the sun had risen and Walker had found him in the garden, Mordant felt that he had grasped some human understandings that made the city of Genesis more relatable. The fact that the party had brought the races together might be because of the childhood stories shared by them. Ones of fighting and overcoming great obstacles to build safe homes.

"I didn't think you would have come out here in the night. I woke up ready to find you in your room so we could go to the mage tower." The plan was exactly what Mordant wanted. He wanted to see the runes, experience the effects of the tower, and learn more.

"I could feel the aura that the tower gives off the moment I came near your village. Now that I know it comes from the tower, I wish to know how it works." Mordant had felt it constantly. He had been able to pull in more mana than he had expended while traveling from his village. He could also tell that the darkness elemental spirit was happier and more interested in exploring the area.

"We can also grab some of the scrolls for you to attempt to use them. The chances of learning the spirit speaking skill is low but they are being made constantly so that people can take that chase." The gamble was there and sounded incredible. The chance to learn a skill from magic skill scrolls was crazy. However, Walker knew it was limited. To learn a high tier skill would be impossible. The skill had to align with a system to a degree. Everyone could sense their own mana therefore, everyone could use it to communicate to a degree. The elemental spirits did this with their specific elemental mana so a person just needed to influence that mana with their own.

The ability to manipulate it as Walker did was also not possible since he used elemental manipulation which was more of a mage skill. It was semi complicated but also made sense. But taking the risk to learn the skills was what Mordant wanted. "If I have the chance it is wise to take it. I have gone many years without hearing the voice of my companion." The darkness elemental spirit moved around Mordant. It had a very serious expression outline on its face before it returned to the circlet.

Traveling the streets brought a different experience for Mordant. He had never seen so many people preparing for the day. The dragon villages did not have shops. They had hunting parties and those dedicated to their positions. They had orders to follow and roles to play. It was expected of them and they would rarely even need money. That was the difference. The other races had created gold as currency to push each other to make and build. The dragons did it out of necessity. That was why the markets were so different in comparison.

The guards near the tower had already heard of the arrival of a royal dragon; they stepped aside as soon as Walker and Mordant appeared. Mordant hadn't spoken against leaving Midnight and Su to keep resting. He understood that he had decided to walk as Walker did through the streets.

"The runes on the tower are very in depth. My eyes can not follow them clearly." The mystery that was the mage tower was exactly that, a mystery. Even to Mordant's clear gaze, he saw nothing simple. "The draconic runes we use that have persisted for generations are nowhere near these. But I can see the roots that could unite them." The draconic runes did not stem from these ancient runes but held many similarities. Walker could see the draconic runes assisting in the understanding of these runes once the right minds had the chances to explore them and their meanings.

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