Master Of None

Shadows were a strange thing. They were the darkness elemental man that had shrunk in to where the light would not chase it away. It was a place that most people could not interact with. Mordant was different. Shadows had always been close to him since his birth.

A shadow and darkness elemental mana came second nature to Mordant as a darkness dragon. He had studied it for many years alone in seclusion. When he had been doing so, he was lucky to notice that not all shadows were the same. Some moved.

Regardless of the monsters that used shadows to travel or hide, they were few in number. But the things he saw moving were not monsters, nor were they other dragons. They were darkness elemental spirits. One in particular, had taken to watching him even when he was considered a young dragon.

Over many years of bringing darkness elemental mana closer and studying it, Mordant had managed to befriend the elemental spirit that had been interested in him. He had managed to roughly communicate things to work out that they could help each other absorb darkness elemental mana and grow stronger.

Eventually, Mordant had grasped some of the core values of darkness. Of shadows. He had heard the stories of older dragons leaving for the darkness elemental plane, or more commonly known, the plane of shadows. A place where the strength of a being's darkness affinity was king. Where beings that could crush Mordant roamed.

Upon touching pon this, Mordant learned at an accelerated rate proving himself to be the royal dragon he was meant to be. It also graced him with many bloodline skills of darkness dragons such as shadow travel. The very skill that Walker felt himself caught in now.

Finding that he could breathe, Walker felt himself engulfed by cold darkness, "How can you tell where we are going!" His shout was surprisingly loud and echoed through the darkness.

"The same way you can hear. You can feel it. It is just how the shadows are. They are like black waters welcoming those that can sense them." Mordant had taken his dragon form. Walker was unsure how he could see this with the fact that there was no light.

The more Walker tried to figure it out, the more he became confused. "It's a feeling. Do not force it. Shadows move away from force. That is why they flee the brutality of the light. They prefer to meld with the world in a relaxed manner." Just saying this explained a lot about what characteristics that Mordant had taken from the shadows throughout his life.

Reaching out with his own senses. Walker felt the dense dark elemental mana around him. It was cool and flowing similar to water. Mordant was able to manipulate it to carry them. The way it swirled around them could be better explained as many strands of black ink in dark pools of water.

Even though Walker had a minor understanding of darkness elemental mana compared to the other affinities he had, it was growing. Just being surrounded by this was enough for him to begin to grasp other factors that influenced darkness elemental mana. "Midnight will be pretty angry with me." The fact hit Walker a little harder because he knew that she was trying to embrace her own lineage on her mother's side.

Onyx would most likely be the same. He literally hid his true body size within his shadow. The abyssal serpent bloodline would want to embrace shadows like these. "I know what you are thinking and why your champion would be jealous. But I do intend to share this with her and your little abyssal serpent. They share something with me that I already accepted."

"Mordant, Originally I thought I would get along with Current the best out of everyone. I think You proved me wrong. Out of all the royal dragons you seem to be the most accepting of others."

"Hmm, it was not always this way. I learned the hard way to accept others. The dragonkin that follow my words were once under my father and grandfather. The villages I keep were once small and had the potential to fall to pieces. Listing a royal is not a small matter. I was not always ready to step in to that position." Mordant didn't say anymore about this, however, Walker could tell that it was a test of strength for Mordant. A period of his life that made him to be the strong darkness royal dragon that the others saw.

"We are nearly there. This takes a deep toll on my mana and body. You can go alone from there. I will rest." Mordant was also trying to avoid Rise completely. She was the royal light dragon and he the royal darkness dragon. They conflicted constantly. If he were to walk in to her villages then it would cause trouble.

Before Walker could say anything in response, he found himself blinded by the world. He had come out under the shadow of a cliff while Mordant had remained within the shadows to recover his mana. Traveling this way was at a great cost but had a massive benefit of moving faster to other shadows of the world. Something that not many beings could do let alone comprehend. Even Onyx was very far from being able to travel such great distances.

Fleur was still out on Walker's shoulder. She had watched the darkness pass by and even taken some of the mana with her. She was very curious about everything going on around her and Walker. The feeling of darkness overtaking all other elemental manas was new to her. Mordant's darkness elemental spirit partner was also watching her the entire time. They could understand the same things about the mana of the world.

"We made it here, let's go and see what the light elemental mana is like." Fleur floated in the air with some excitement. Walker was glad he was not alone to come here. Even if he had made the choice to cleave himself, he still wanted his family with him.

The cliff that Walker had been left on was covered in light. The sun was shining down on it while clouds seemed to shy away from the mountain. When he looked up he found that he was looking at pure white stone carved to create open roofed buildings. The entire mountain was carved to be the dragon village that Walker needed to go to.

Taking slow progress, Walker decided to climb up a little to take a better look before stepping in to the air. Once he was in the air, he would be entering as a royal dragon and no longer able to be curious about the village. He had to act the same way that Rise might. Adhering to the traditional dragon ways.

The more that Walker saw, the more he realized that this village was only for the white scaled dragonkin that fell under Rise and her light elemental dragons. They were constantly polishing and cleaning the village. Moving around to ensure it was perfect in every way. "So this is what they do instead of managing their territory."

Seeing this proved why the other royal dragons had feelings against Rise. But she was still considered the older of the royal dragons. Rise could use her power to suppress them as well. "Alright, I saw what I needed to see. Now to go up there." Walker could see the slight shadows that came from the larger dragons higher in the sky. The dragon remained as close to the light of the sun as possible so that they could absorb the light elemental mana better.

Using the elemental wings skill, Walker did his best to force only the light elemental mana in to the skill. He had done so with the water in the air before, so he decided to use the light this time. Grasping the dense light elemental mana seemed easier here because of whatever was benign done to make the clouds avoid blocking the light. It was why the light condensed in to feathery white light wings. If Walker could describe them, they were less like a dragons and more like the griffins he had seen.

The immediate influence Walker used to manipulate the light caused the air to become tense. The dragons above him clearly felt that someone else had arrived. Someone else with the ability to manipulate the light that they coveted.

With a steel look in his eyes, Walker moved higher and higher to match the height of the dragons. He could tell who Rise was. The largest and purest of the white scaled dragons. Her wingspan longer than the other dragons and her teeth appearing sharper. The same could be said of the look she had toward Walker. An uninvited guest.

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