Master Of None



There were many eyes on Gil as they all realized what he had just done. The soldiers weren't the only ones that had frozen when the mummified soldier had fallen to dust and was not starting to move back together. The undead had also sensed something wrong and hesitated. This was proof that wherever was controlling the felt the attack somehow. 

"Defeat the nearby undead and push harder!" Mordant shouted out. The invigorated replies of multiple soldiers proved to make all the difference. While Gil was panting from the over exertion, he had shown them that they could destroy the undead. It was a major step. 

"You managed to do it, huh?" Walker approached Gil with a mana potion in hand. He also had a small health potion. Gil hadn't noticed it, but he had gained many scratches, scrapes, and forming bruises from battling the way he did. 

"It just makes sense now." Gil finally responded after drinking the potions and grabbing Walker's shoulders. "There is mana always around us and it just is. But the styles replicate the way those manas move so that they can be used to some small degree by everyone. Even the elves without the affinity, they should be able to use it. That's what the high elf dagger technique was. A way to fill in the weakness of an affinity." 

The excited words and emotions that Gil had going on was enough to make anyone stunned. He had not reacted with such fervor before. "Then the high elves took the styles and fused them in to multiple. They weren't ever supposed to be elemental styles but moves. They are moves and the high elves had been able to mix them to create a better flow of moves and  and and"

Walker grabbed Gil by the shoulders to calm him down this time, "and then the elemental manas mixed in to natural mana and gathered on the dagger. You felt a boost to your entire body then slashed. It used all the styles and natural mana to purify the undead. That means that using natural mana can sever the link between the undead and the one controlling them. 

"I didn't think to use pure natural mana every single time I attacked. I never do that. It only use it to boost individual elemental manas or to help others boost themselves. If you attacked with natural mana alone, then I should be able to make a similar skill or attack. But should I really use natural mana to attack?" Walker was mostly talking out loud. But Gil was smiling like a fool. He saw that his own quest had been completed when it came to the high elf dagger technique. 

Yet, Gil was more focused on the feeling he had. He could still feel natural mana within his body. As if it was trying to settle down there. He knew that he had a high wind affinity, that was just as it should be. However, he had spent time around Walker and been influenced by natural mana a lot lately. This had to have some effect on him since the natural mana that came to him was not dissipating completely. 

This feeling was the same as being woken up. As if half his body had been asleep and slightly numb for his whole life. "Walker, I am pretty sure that I will have a small affinity with natural mana now. I just feel it. That dagger style. The high elf dagger style can help people awaken affinities. And since you had natural mana around all of us at all times…" Walker opened his eyes wide and his jaw dropped. 

"Then you were able to awaken some form of natural mana affinity because you were influenced. I get it, and the dagger style draws in natural mana which wouldn't normally happen with your system as an arcane archer or any form of rager or ranger. You basically broke the expectations of your system since you shouldn't be like that. It's awesome." The two seemed to be bonding over this while the undead seemed to have retreated. 

"So, I know you two are binding, but can we keep moving? Gil looks fine enough to go off and slash some runes too. The other elves all just saw you too and are kind of upset. You shouldn't show off like that." Remey wasn't being mean. She left Gil with a soft punch to the shoulder. A sign of encouragement and congratulations while also reminding the two of their goals here. 

When the two looked at the elves fighting vigorously, they understood it clearly. The elves had sensed the return of something that was lost for multiple generations. While there were not any high elves, their styles had been returned. Specifically, the high elf dagger style that had been revered as the top of the close combat styles to follow for any elf. It would radically improve their people to see and learn it. 

On top of that, they saw their own weakness in Gil's sudden change. They all understood that while he was younger, he had accomplished more than them. He had managed to become their pillar of strength. How could they defend him if they were just some weak elves?

"I would say you lit a fire under them for sure." Walker prepared the multi buff skill again and released it toward the groups of elves heading in to the small stone buildings. Their efforts would not be ignored since they were working even harder to prevent everything. 

"Don't just stand there. We saw that too. You have to use your manas to defeat the undead and cease their regrowth." Current stood in front of the two and was demanding their action. But the two didn't seem ready to do so yet. That was why he was slightly angry and demanding. He knew that things could move faster and that the party could take a more dominating role in this battle. 

"I have to learn how to make an attack with natural mana. I use it to boost others and share mana to make skills stronger. Gil can't use that high elf technique constantly. If he does that before we face the real undead problem…" Walker left it at that. He knew that Gil could now battle with the undead at a much higher level than many of the others in the entire army that they had come with. Especially when they got inside the pyramid and found more powerful undead. They all knew that they would find them there. 

"Current, take the time to let them rest. They will be more important later than now." Current had been on edge since there was so little water to use on his attacks and just in general. That was why Ventus and stepped in and calmed him down. She understood that she could manage things a little while in the ruins since she would also be at a disadvantage with the tighter spaces. Especially when they went inside the pyramid. She would be able to handle things where. 

"I saw that as well, the attack was what we needed. I expected as much." Ignus nodded. He didn't seem as fired up as he was before. Instead, he seemed calmer than earlier. It was odd since he should usually be angry that the undead had retreated and were nowhere to be found all of the sudden. 

"Both of you can purify the area. That is a good thing. Now stop waiting here." Rise snapped at them from the air. She had taken Alice above the others to heal everyone and to also help spread light elemental mana around. Alice just kept up her song but definitely looked more energetic as well. She knew that they had another valuable attack to use against whatever undead was in charge here. 

The only royal dragon that did not approach was Mordant. He seemed to be pushing further ahead than all the others. One of his dragonkin had just returned and given him a report. Clearly, the information was important since he had begun rushing toward the pyramid. It also proved that the scouts had been working hard. In that case, it meant Onyx was working very hard. 

"Now that you two have discovered a way to fight, the world might share more information with us. The rewards of elemental insight and next, rune insight might be important. They might be the best way to combat these undead." Su had calmly returned to their side before speaking. Her mind had reached out to these possibilities first. Especially since it seemed that they would be making more use than everyone expected of the rewards the system gave. The rewards that were guided by the world. 

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