Master Of None

The energy that everyone had spent when they were worried about the living island left all the crew a little extra tired. They had not expected that they would be dealing with such a situation. They had been told about the monsters of the oceans that might never have been seen before, but this was too much. It was a monster that was thought to be fantasy.

We should stay moving tonight. The more we can make up for the time we lost the better." Walker was sure that they would not have to deal with the lunar algae tonight. He could see the clouds blocking the sun slowly. It wasn't a storm but a soft misty drizzle. Much safer than a storm. There were also no winds and waves building which reassured him.

"I agree with that, we will make up the time and try to find a current. One of the water mages we brought with us had been monitoring the deep ocean currents. She has struggled to find one that keeps us on the path we are following based on the stars until now." Scylla had been skeptical when Leon told her to follow this water mage's guidance. Now she fully accepted it.

"That's good. I want to help us too but I doubt I can sense the water currents like that." Walker wanted to ask Current about this but found that he was long gone. Apparently, after the living island had appeared, the dragons had all been convinced that they might find worse soon. They had all gone in to seclusion in some form or another to strengthen themselves.

This had left Remey with a harder task to make more potions for them. Not that she was going to do anything else, she had the desire to perfect some potions after the last breakthrough with the dual water and fire affinity potion that had surpassed low tier quality.

Knowing this, Walker didn't want to ruin any chance that Remey would be distracted he was sure that this would help them all in the long run. The dragons getting stronger, the potions being better developed, and whatever else came with these two things coming together. Therefore, he volunteered to take the night watch with Gil instead of Remey joining Gil.

The others that were watching the sun set and the ships light the beacons that would help the stay in formation were also taking the places of others. Many had the same feelings after seeing the massive threats in the oceans. They had the desire to get stronger. Especially the mages that had come with. They felt the weakest.

Many of the mages had seen the growth of the warriors that came with them. They had already faced multiple monsters that they could only throw their magics at. The warriors were able to train with one another on the top deck of the ship without damaging anything. If the mages did that, then they would cause magic damage that could ruin the runes all over the ship. If they did that they would be known as the ones who ruined the chances of saving many lives from the demon king.

"So, what should we work on while we keep watch? We can only see so much under the water. The merfolk are mostly resting too so they won't be anywhere near the water." even the golems had been set back in place for the night since they had used a lot of mana to search the waters around the living island before it had woken up. Gil knew this.

"I have no idea. I keep thinking that I should try and learn more about the water. There is a water mage that is able to sense the currents below us. That's pretty amazing. That's why we are able to stay on course all through the night and even keep ahead of schedule." Walker's ideas were simple. He knew he should work on other elemental manas, but couldn't justify it after hearing how amazing this one mage was.

"If she is able to do that, then it's her place. She is helping everyone so let it be. You don't have to do it all. But you also can sense other things. Without Rise and Ventus in the air, we will have to figure out other things to keep watch around us." Gil had a good point that Walker could not argue with at all.

"Then I will take to the air. If I am above the ship then that will be good." Gil also knew that Walker needed a little encouragement. That was why he gave Walker a push after Walker had said this. He knew that Walker was worried about what could have happened to all of them when the living island woke up.

With this, Walker left Gil on the top of the ship to keep watch. He had a feeling that Gil would end up finding some way to train his dagger skills or archery while also doing the watch they needed to be on.

The goal that walker had as he stepped in to the air was to mix other elemental manas from the air. He was sure that he could mix the wind and water all around him easily. But what about the darkness mana and the water? What would dark influenced ice look like? This wasn't something that he had tried before in a pure form. He also was training his ability to focus on multiple things by using mana to walk through the air and not use the wind ripple skill exclusively.

This was the ideal way to train his mind more while he used different elemental manas. It would improve his control and hopefully, help him make a better natural mana manipulation in the future. He would be relying on natural mana more and more, this he could be certain of. There was no way for him to argue against this feeling, it was too strong.

The water he pulled from the air was simple. It was easy to make it freeze, turn in to a mist or mix with the winds. But as Walker stepped forward, he found it harder to pull at the darkness elemental mana around him. This was partially because Mordant had a decent hold on it with Shade while he meditated somewhere. But also because he wasn't used to splitting himself in to three trains of thought at once.

As the shadows finally started to condense, Walker found that they were very resistant to mixing with the water in his other hand. The small ball of water and shadow seemed to be the same when he had mixed light and darkness or fire and darkness. They needed additional mana to force themselves in to a balance.

Luckily, Walker had done that before with other elemental manas. He could easily do this with the additional help of natural mana and the eternal orb made in to a staff for him to use his own mana through.

The two balls of different elemental manas floated in the air moving with him. All of this strained his mind. But for Walker, it was like stretching a muscle that he had not been training lately. After a few moments, a fog lifted in his mind and the feeling of openness surprised him. Walker was better able to grasp the manas easily. It was just a matter of warming up so to speak

When the two manas collided, they resisted each other. The darkness and water tried to swirl around each other until Walker began to force them to condense more. To get closer. The water started to freeze in to ice. This trapped little bots of darkness elemental mana.

The frozen darkness elemental mana was odd. It was dyeing the ice black but still left it somewhat translucent. It was the same as coal colored black glass that some of the cathedrals used to create characters on glass. An odd technique but a very beautiful creation when seen as a whole.

The ice crystals started to crack meaning that Walker had lost the balance he was forcing. He had to excerpt more mana which caused him to slightly stumble in the air while walking. Gil had a close eye on this and wondered just what Walker was doing that would make his steady pace falter.

Since he was cleaning his bow and arrows, Gil had decided to keep an eye on Walker just in case he started to wander off toward another ship or the ocean in general. It wasn't that he didn't trust Walker but that he would worry no matter what. It was the same for any family member anywhere. But when Gil saw that Walker was fusing elemental manas, he could only grin in anticipation. It was always a sign that Walker was going to be learning something interesting.

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