Master Of None

Chapter 2745: 2745. Thanks, Bye

Walker began to pull at the dark mana. Not from the air around him, but only using the eternal codex to take dark mana from the formation. He could sense the gathering quantity within the formation and understood that the formation would always be pulling in more and more dark mana. However, the rate that it drew it in was consistent as long as nothing unusual happened.

There were times it might change based on the time of day, however, that would easily be adjusted. It was the mana that got circulated over and over without dissipating properly that caused extra stress. The mana that gathered in the materials that the rune formations were carved on and the mana that gathered and stopped filtering through properly.

The issue was that the mana eventually became too stagnant because there was nowhere else for it to go in the first place. The rune carvers couldnʼt make anything to have it go elsewhere because they would have caused all the mana to move in an unbalanced fashion. That would cause the entire formation to break and degrade faster.

This was all that Walker could sense. However, when he used the eternal codex to store small amounts of the mana instead of dissipating it, the mana was not being unbalanced in any way through the rune formation as a whole.

The dark mana wasnʼt actually that much being gathered within the eternal codex either, it was shockingly lower than what Walker had expected. Although, that meant he would be able to say that with better mana storage or connection to a form of mana storage, then it would last longer when connected to one rune formation like this. That would all change if there were multiple rune formations like this though.

The issue was that there would have to be a solid enough storage to ensure that it would not fill up and cause any damage to the formation or the greenhouse itself. Therefore, it would need staff to monitor it constantly and they would need the skills to both manipulate that mana and also change the mana gem or storage material itself.

”Let me see if I can increase the density of the dark dome…” Walker started to slow the mana being gathered and allow more to circulate through the rune formation. In return the dark dome expanded slightly beyond the rune formation causing a lot of dark mana to dissipate in a more chaotic way. It caused the light mana and wind mana around to be pushed away because its density was higher than theirs.

After pulling back, Walker tied the opposite and drew even more mana from the formation causing cracks to appear. ”It looks like we canʼt expand it without having a rune formation to control it better. That means if we make this in to a skill it would cost potentially ten times as much mana from an individual to make a dark dome. Maintaining that would also be the same as when I just added then took mana away. It would be unbalanced unless the one using the skill was entirely calm at all times.”

There was a deeper frown on Walkerʼs face as he also understood that the stone that was used was a dark affinity granite, it should be able to handle the stress he just put on the formation but it had begun to show some degradation from both too much and not enough mana. ”We will lose the materials if we have either too much or too little. Itʼs not the amount of mana but the unbalanced and uncontrolled mana. So we would have to tie a rune formation right in to the mix of the floating greenhouse as a whole. Meaning we would need two cores, one to control the moving and floating aspect and another for the dome around it.”

”We can use a mana sensing formation to enhance the control someone will have over it. I have seen it used for smaller rune formations related to the movements of flames within a dwarven golem utilizing a burning flame to create fire magic effects or metal melting effects.” This piqued Walkerʼs interest since he had not considered a rune formation like that to be effective here.

”Then that rune formation could balance mana between multiple formations without needing to layer them in the same way that…” Walker relayed he hadnʼt seen any such rune formation in his exploration of any angel related building or ruin. Even the floating city he had been on didnʼt have a mana sensing formation.

The mana sensing formations had been invented to help mages gather specific manas and learn to do so better. It had only been used by the dwarven golems when they began to be made to help spirit race or elemental spirits reside within the dwarven golems. It enhanced their ability to sense the mana needed within the golem as a whole to move it safely.

When considering it here, this meant that if they had a few powerful enough spirit race members to work on it, the dark dome could be monitored while also allowing mana to be safely siphoned off. It also would allow for other floating islands to better connect and share mana. Therefore preventing degradation of materials and also allowing for the dome created to continuously offer the right amount of mana to nourish the herbs on the inside. It was perfect. All it needed was more cooperation from a member of the spirit race to work.

Even better, once a natural rune could be formed more easily, it might become like a connection to the small mage towers. Mana could be siphoned in that way allowing for the spirit race member only needing to be there to monitor and not even control.

The better side of having a member of the spirit race is also the fact that they already work closely with other races more in tune to mana like the echidna. If the elves join more closely as well in the terms of monitoring, the inner workings of the floating greenhouses could become the same as what the herbs need in nature as well as in the alchemy side of production. It would be a unique joint venture allowing for even more growth between races that might not interact in these ways.

When Walker halted the dark mana and the dark dome began to dissipate, he also noticed that it caused the rune formation to degrade slightly. Meaning that stopping and starting the dark domes would cause a larger issue for the materials used in production overall. ”If I were to have someone make a formation to make a dark dome for a longer term, it would have to function without stopping for a longer period. We wonʼt be able to turn it off and on like other rune formations.”

This made it clear that longevity was a goal that the rune carvers would need to work on. ”I want to make a formation for the last generations. The materials we used are for experimentation but we can look at getting a denser dark affinity stone.”

”We will need denser and stronger materials of all mana affinities. I want to make fire domes, wind domes, water domes, and light domes as well. We are using these chances now to make herb gardens that can travel with us where they need to be more than just here.”

”That sounds perfect! I can have metals forged to be within affinity with whatever runes we need. If you give me permission I can even bring over a small group to forge experimental metals for the formations. We could make a larger section by section carving surface like some of the rune formations around smaller villages or around buildings for security.” Walkerʼs eyes widened. He hadnʼt expected that the young runesmith would already have answers ready for this.

”The herbs are already affected by the way you tested right now. I can make this herb grow in three days instead of four. It will only be a sprout of seven inches or so, but it will be enough.” The old herbalist spoke up making it clear that he understood the speed difference in growth and was murmuring further about soil adjustments and nutrient potion requests. It seemed that the pair was going to stop any bickering between them and had plenty to improve.

”I will get to work, we will have a group bring a prototype to you in the next three days.” Walker and Midnight were waved off and the other rune carvers and herbalists started to move around like they had too little time to do anything. Walker had expected he would be more involved but it appeared he had done what they needed him to do. Now it was just a matter of waiting for the experts to show off their skills.

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