Master Of None

Chapter 2654: 2654. Larger City

Finding the feeling of light mana that they had been following before was easy enough for Walker. Despite the events that had happened earlier, everyone was able to refocus their minds away from what other powerful beings might be resting in the elemental planes. The journey that they found themselves taking now seemed more peaceful than what they had expected though.

Gil found evidence of many monsters but it seemed the larger pulse of light from that ancient dragon taking the dragonkin with her was enough to terrify most monsters in the area. Meaning that the party was gladly harvesting some random herbs or materials from the fields before they noticed armed beings ahead.

The flowing white robes that the entire party noticed were familiar, but the heads of the beings were covered so proving that these were a group of patrolling radiant light elves had to come to a meeting. ”Hello!” The spout made the three patrolling people fall in to battle stances immediately. They did not seem to trust the party at all, which was fair, this was the wilderness after all.

”We are from the world and the Genesis alliance. Are you from the radiant light elf city?” The question that Gil called out was met with a change in stance. It seemed that there was a bit of recognition causing one of the taller patrolling individuals to wave a hand and send some sort of light magic spell away and back toward an area where they could see trees growing.

They all expected that some sort of forest might be around if the radiant light elves were there. Not just because it was more comfortable for elven races but simply because it would offer better protection from the wilderness if they were in comfortable terrain building up a city at that.

Another wave of light returned and the three patrolling individuals lowered their hoods showing the familiar faces of radiant light elves. ”Is one of your names Gil?” Gil smirked at the others and he gave a wave, he was more than glad his name was the first brought up. Not that there was a chance it wouldnʼt be since he and Alma made a point of spending the most time with the radiant light elves.

”We are traveling here and there to learn more and we came to your territory while we did so. We should have a small group visiting from Genesis later behind us, but we are lucky to have the time to get here before them and meet all of you.” He laughed a little as he took the lead. The three radiant light elves seemed interested too, especially once they noticed the smell of many light affinity herbs around the party.

Just coming from a dangerous area where many races and monsters went to hunt was a sign enough that the party might have a lot to trade or to offer in general. But smelling such a strong herbal smell would make anyone excited. It meant there would be a lot that came from trading with them and a lot that could be used to get the best herbs they had.

”I take it thatʼs illusion magic behind the start of the forest there?” Walker felt it now that he was closer. Something interfering with the small light affinity mapping orb. It was magic and when Walker focused a bit more, he could sense that there was light mana put in to the shape of a massive bubble encompassing something.

”That would be correct. Our home is protected by some of the elders and their illusions. It keeps larger monsters passing by from bothering with us.” The impressed tone from one of the radiant light elves showed that they hadnʼt expected any of the party to realize this fact.

The illusion being created was just that it was an endless expanse of trees. The white leaves and eggshell colored bark just went on and one. Otherwise, it would be easier for the more attuned to light mana beings to sense the oddity in the fact that the trees were just repeating. That there was nothing moving anywhere within them or that there were not other plants able to be seen growing within it. Just a white forest and that was all.

As they approached, a larger group of hooded radiant light elves appeared to guide them. It was a nice welcome and it made all the difference once the party was guided to the cut grass paths and shown to the illusionary wall. They were able to see the odd flickering of light that caused the illusion skill to function.

Alice was the most interested since she thought she would be able to make some illusions with her songs. She could already shape the light to look like a forest or grasses, even make smaller monsters that moved around. But if she were to study illusions and make the light she gathered and moved in to a dense and more physical form, then she might be able to bring the illusions to life so to speak. Make the illusions she created strong enough to be able to attack and work as shields rather than just condensing light in to the form of actual shields or swords at times.

She was not the only one interested though. In all their travels, Walker had not dealt with a lot of illusion magic. While it was a rarer form of magic in general, there was also the fact that it just wasnʼt used to practicality. It was a supporting magic and not an attack or defensive magic. Therefore, people would not take much stock in it overall.

Stepping through it changed their view entirely. Instead of forest and herbs, the entirety of the radiant light elf city was tall spiraling trees many times higher than the forest elves in the world. This was due to the long term care of these massive trees and why the radiant light elves would never be able to leave their homes here in the light elemental plane. This was many generations of hard work and focus to make their homes, it couldnʼt be left behind or lost.

There were many radiant light elves moving around through shops, the streets, and moving materials to build even more. It was more than just a normal city, it was exactly what the party felt comfortable with.

”Your home is larger than I expected, itʼs a lot more like home than what we thought it would be.” Walkerʼs compliment was met with a few nods of approval. It seems that the easy thing to do anywhere in the elemental planes was to compliment the homes of others. However, it was generally just polite.

”I can see that there are a lot of herbal shops. I want to see what teas you have to offer while I am here.” This caught the attention of a few radiant light elves wandering by. It seemed to be a topic that drew attention no matter where and when it was said. Some of the attention also came because the party stood out, but that would be normal for everyone.

Everything else aside, the party soon saw another group of radiant light elves with magic staffs coming toward them. They held their staffs and all bowed before taking the party and escorting them. One of them was clearly and elder of some magical focus and was right in front. Their eyes wandered over Walker but focused on Alice since Alice had still not stopped humming and drawing in some light mana just to focus on adjusting her songs and condensing them in to stronger states with more emotions behind them.

”This is our home. As you allowed us to visit yours, we hope you can also visit ours with the respect needed while traversing our culture. You are free to go with guides, and your emissaries will be given the same respect. We did not expect you to visit this soon.” The elder mage who was leading them seemed to have decided on how he would be greeting them.

”We plan to follow your laws as we learn them and nine future so will our emissaries. We are just excited that we happened to have the time to visit here while we search for knowledge to bring to our home. We also hope to meet many more races while we travel. Build bonds to grow beyond what any of us even imagine right now.”

The uplifting positive atmosphere seemed to drift to all the escorts with them. They walked with their heads higher and soon had all removed their hoods proudly displaying their faces. It seemed that the seriousness had been relaxed to allow for more open, comfortable chatting. The party was welcoming of it right away since this was exactly how they hoped things would be.

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