Master Of None

Chapter 2362: 2362. Seeing The Changes

When the group left, Walker knew that Clara had also made a few other plans. He didnʼt say a word about it, but there was more than just the group he had gotten together leaving.

He used his mana sense to check the surroundings constantly. Whether he was in the city or outside of it. This was just something he did even without thinking now. More of a passive aspect of his skills rather than an active one at this point. It was all just him being prepared and also partially at his second sight now.

He could sense multiple people hiding themselves, or at least trying to. It only took him a second to realize that Clara had the assassin trainees who were trying to join and improve themselves within the adventurerʼs guild attempt to remain hidden around their group the entire way.

A hidden set of guards who would be trained to be able to guard the most promising up and coming adventurers. Walker had been the same when he and his group had joined. Even the king of the human kingdom had sent a few hidden guards to watch them. They had hidden in his shadow at one point. Not that he needed them now.

But having them guard Walkerʼs group was a clear example of who they could learn. Walker could intentionally change the mana or make it harder for them to hide. Therefore, pushing them to improve faster and generally more efficiently than what they would improve just by staying within genesis and training.

There was also the aspect that they would be encountering monsters as well while they were hiding. Could they silently handle monsters that found them rather than attacking the group out in the open? Would they even be able to handle some of the monsters out in the wilderness that they encountered?

The nice part was that Walker would also be acting as a guard for those playing at being guards. Part of him also felt it was comedic that there were assassins in the world who acted as guards. Their stealth skills become something more protective rather than violent or killing. He didnʼt dislike that though, it was a good thing.

This was not the only group he had caught wind of. He had narrowly sensed the group of scouts gathering when he was leaving through the first gate. He could sense them because they did not try to hide at all. Also, because a fair number of tamers were with them. They had monsters that would help them scout out their targets.

From what Walker could gather, the scouts were the least experienced and would also be guarded by a small group of hidden adventurers. They were most likely following and trying to keep a distance to document travels. This would be training for them to be able to track the new changes in how some pack monsters moved.

This would be even more useful as time went on since many of the monster territories known before were changing. Not only that, but some monsters might expand the territories that they occupied. Making the roads being rebuilt and expanded useless to people if they could not travel through them due to monsters.

The adventurers having this information would be invaluable since they would be escorting merchants. As such, when the adventurers used the adventurerʼs guild to prepare for their quest, the guild would supply this information as long as it was asked for. Or a guild adventurer team manager would give it to them as preparation anyways. Both ways meant that the quest would be more successful.

Regardless, this was another way that the situation Walker had created when he took an interest in the exploration approval of the undead ruins was going to be better off for many more people. Clara had seen the opportunity and pursued it with a lot more cleverness than what he had expected.

Not that he doubted her. He knew that Clara was always improving. That she was generally going to become a better and better guild master for the adventurerʼs guild. He just hadnʼt realized just how efficient and wise she had become lately. Walker had assumed she was just always very busy, but maybe she was just now getting in to the perfect flow of things.

Just leaving out in to the outskirts of Genesis showed off a lot of changes. The farms in particular stood out as a radically different place than what Walker could recall.

There were more developed farms with newer methods of growing. From what he saw in the fields set up for food, multiple crops were being planted in one section. While many people could find this to be a strange thing to do, Walker had seen the reports and explanations gathered by the demi-human farmers to lead this method.

There would be one crop growing as a vine which could use a taller talkier crop as their branch to grow up. That saved space for more crops in other fields and allowed for more than one crop to be harvested in the same place. It also offered more nutrients to be put back in to the soil after the crop was harvested.

There were also many more farmers moving around. Even with the worries about the world changing and how there might be more monsters around, they had not stopped farming. Instead, it appeared that a few of them had found ways to innovate even more.

There were dwarven golems made to be able to move large amounts of earth and clear it. Or they were being used to rotate the dirt and fill it with air and fertilizer. Both proved to be perfect examples of how something used in the mines had a massive use elsewhere. Especially since the dwarves had never used them for farming in general. They relied on other means for their food within caves instead of farming on the top of the land.

”Excuse me, is there something we should be looking for?” the voice of the healer from the young adventurer party spoke up. Walker had felt their groupsʼ eyes on him for some time, but he had waited to see if they would be confident and ask questions. He knew that he was not there as their protector, more just to keep an eye on things. However, he also was more than willing to help answer their questions if it would allow them to improve.

”I am taking note of the changes. The gaming methods changed since the very beginning of Genesis. I am also taking note of the guards and farmers out here.” Walker pointed out the dwarven golems.

”Those dwarven golems are originally for mining, they were changed to be used for farming here. If the farms are attacked by monsters, then they can also be used to fight. Even though they are controlled by those without battle skills and experience. They are tough enough to do so.”

”I am also noticing the number of monsters.  Pests is a better term. There are four I have seen and in lower numbers. But one is more prevalent than another. Find them and tell me why.”

He left them with a challenge. The five didnʼt even ask why or argue. They immediately began looking because they hadnʼt even seen a single monster pest around.

While the harvesting mice were a species of field or game mouse pest, they were known for digging a large hole in the ground. That was annoying for farmers since they could trip and fall in to it. The harvesting mouse would hoard seeds, fruits, and other foods inside that hole to use as its own food.

This led to strange rotting or growing of crops where they should not be. The fact that they were the most prevalent pest right now was very telling.

There were not enough means to deal with them even though there were many farmers and guards. So, either the adventurers guild could be requested to assist or the taming guild. The adventurers could hunt them and that would be that. But the tamers guild could use the harvesting mice as food for some of their tamed monsters.

He knew he could make this an important piece of paperwork later. For the moment though, he watched Alice also looking around and sporting the pests. She seemed to be amused by the young adventurers missing them when they were right in front of their group.

She hadnʼt been through adventuring before learning To heal. So this was a first in some ways for her. Not that she was sprinted. But going through these motions would help sharpen her own senses for the future.

”Have you spotted them too? I bet I will find more than you before we get outside of the farms.” Walker teased a bit while starting to count.

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