Master Of None

Some seemed to be standing before them as if they were barely there. The elemental manas mixed in to the illusion magic was what was allowing them to even be there in some shape at all. Walker’s higher mana senses allowed him to feel that they might just be able to watch and this was the extent of what they could handle right now.

However, the witch of forests and the witch of the warm sun were able to take a much more solid form. The grand witch of forests was using the a sapling as the base for the illusion to take form while then mists themselves were being used to capture the light better. But for the grand witch of sun that light was missing the fire mana so she was not able to show herself perfectly. Her shape was shifting slightly.

The shorter witch that could be seen was ignoring all other mists, magic skills, or anything though. She was standing still in the shadows and her shape was very hard to make out. The other forms were all hard to interpret but Walker couldn’t focus on them and the mixes of manas that they used to anchor their minds in to those illusions.

It was all the witch that moved in the dark that had his attention, because this was not necessarily an illusion at all.

"I see you noticed me. I was not expecting you to see through the illusions and notice that I am the one awake. It did come at a cost, however, I am able to negotiate as a direct link to the other grand witches. I am also able to act well enough if there are issues."

The dark mana within the endless night forest surged around and the figures in the illusionary mist shook a little since they were not able to remain formed with so much dark mana around.

The witch that stood in front had cloaked herself in the dark mana making herself a lot clearer now. Her features were sharp like an elves but had a slightly thinner and more worrisome appearance in terms of health.

"You offered a lot for your health to be able to take a waking form and negotiate with me. You also didn’t do that just to threaten me here." he could tell that she was using a lot of the dark mana and it was not enough to keep her standing for long before she would suffer side effects and even fall ill.

"Just enjoy some benefits of being around me then." Walker knew that he could easily call for Mordant to help here, but he wanted to ensure that his own strength stood out right now. So, he pulled at the dark mana and watched as he mixed it with natural mana to enhance its purity and calmness.

The larger amounts of dark manas being pulled toward the area was enough to make it clear that Walker was not intimidated at all. The focused strength of the dark mana that the witch in front of him was able to manipulate could be dangerous. Yes, but he had the ability to call on much more mana using the natural mana he gathered within himself.

That wasn’t even considering the dark mana that he would call on if Fleur used her natural mana and brought all manas toward Walker.

"I don’t want you falling ill when we are just about to handle the business we have here." Walker finalized his stance as he forced away a lot more of the illusionary mists and left only the witch of sun, the witch of misty illusion, and the new witch in front of him. The witch who had guarded the border of the territory had retreated before this had happened. She knew it was better to be away from this much mana.

"You are a good child. I always liked watching over the kids." the dark mana calmed even more and the shadows lowered. Now Walker could see this woman was thin and frail, and old, very old. "I am the witch of decay, the last our kind sees before they are returned to nature and the first that our young ones see when learning about how we all become part of nature in both life and death."

It appeared that this grand witch of decay was not just one that focused on any potent deathly abilities of dark mana. Instead, she focused on the natural process of returning to the earth through dark mana and the decay of nature. It was a focus that many had who Walker met so far, however, this was a much deeper conversion.

She could use the dark mana to decay a lot more than just a body or dead plants. If this grand witch wished, she might even be able to decay the binds or the very manas making something up.

He wasn’t thinking that she could destroy the manas, just the bonds that attached them together and force them to break down in to their basics. What Walker could sense was that she had a grand enough understanding of decay and nature that she could make things fall in to a form best for other aspects of nature to absorb.

Meaning she would be able to feed a garden much better than even those who were focused in farming or herbalism.

"And you young lady, your mentor is very angry with you. You have never acted this way. Now you have covered our mouths so that we needed to resort to waking me up. You will be facing discipline." The grand witch of decay glanced at the younger sun witch before ushering Walker forward.

With the illusionary mists that Walker had pushed back gone, the space they had was clear. A large open space which could be changed easily. No herbs or trees blocking it. The feeling that there was more in the distant forests was easy to notice but Walker knew that this was all made for safety. A place for the runes and other things to be done while the deals were made.

"Begin work on the herbal garden and the magic tower. The witches will assist in guiding enough mana to form a naturally formed rune after we have the basis set. The rune formations are priority to attract all manas and to purify them in to more condensed purer mana." Walker left everyone else to begin working as Remey, Ignus, and Su followed with him to speak with the grand witch of decay.

The sun witch seemed afraid to move forward but a small tendril of shadow rose up to push her forward. She knew she couldn’t escape the grand witch of decay who was known for her reprimanding of every child who started to stray from their path or break the rules of their teachings.

"We are very impressed. Races we have not seen exist in your home. Those with wind affinity, but looking like orcs, they are from the elemental planes? How wonderful." The grand witch of decay seemed genuinely amazed that such a thing was possible.

"There are others from the elemental planes and will be more. Those places are dangerous and not the best for all races to thrive. But Genesis is a good place for them and everyone to be." He was going to talk Genesis up more and more if he was allowed. Discover exclusive content at NovelBin.Côm

"We saw that you also have ways to learn more about the world. Floating ships, ships for the water, underground living areas, markets, all of it is so beyond what we knew of the chaotic era we grew in." The way that she said this was as if admitting a grand defeat.

Then again, this made a lot of sense. The witches had come from ancient times where a single monster could end a race by accident with this intense strength. Yet, the grand witch was not showing weakness, she was just admitting a truth.

"You have the strength to battle us easily right now. So why do you wish not to destroy us and take what we have for your people’s growth?" there was an inkling in her words that she knew an answer to this. One that could easily be said by her but she wanted to hear it from them.

"Are you witches fools? Genesis is the greatest existing home for every single race formed by those wielding the titles of heroes, sages, and even patriarchs of an entire race. There is no reason to go to war with those who will join us to live in harmony and growth anyways." Walker wasn’t sure how to react to Ignus who annoyedly spoke out first.

He wasn’t wrong through.

Genesis had no reason to fight those who could and would join them in peace.

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