Master Of None

"We are lucky that the tower and ruined city are close to the mountain. I would assume that it was built that way so that melting snow on the mountains could funnel down to the city." Walker was constantly brainstorming as they walked to keep his mind off of those in Genesis. His words just spilled from his mouth but no one objected. Both Su and Alma had started to like it since it helped them keep from focusing on their worries as well. 

"That is pretty smart. It would be the best way for them to have water without worry. The mountain tops get snow all year long and melt consistently. Especially if the warm breeze from the desert hits it." Si could see it being a major growing point for a city. The desert elves had been wise since this was a great way to survive the heat. 

"I just wonder if they were able to manipulate it by using wind elemental magic. The journal said they were known for using a fusion of earth and wind elemental magic." Walker had not used such magic often. Mostly because the earth resisted the wind and the wind couldn't move large pieces of earth at once without a lot of mana being used. 

"I actually have some theories and explanations for that." Since Alma had heard of the desert elves she knew some of the things they were known for. On top of that, she had seen joint spells between the wind and earth mages in the forest elf city. 

"They can solidify the sand and direct the wind upwards. That makes the water in the air rise as well and become clouds. They were known for a joint magic skill using five mages to cause small rainstorms in heat waves." Just because Alma was a forest elf didn't mean she didn't take pride in the fact that there were elves capable of making the weather change. It was a wondrous skill to have. Being able to work so well with other mages that a joint spell like that was possible deserved high praise. 

"That would take a lot of mana but with multiple people working on nit they must have been able to do a lot more." The idea that Walker was thinking about had been that it would be very tough with one person. Now knowing that it was better off as a joint spell made him question anyone with a weather controlling system or skills. 

"What about their defenses and agility? Did they have high agility because of their win affinity and then tough defenses because of the earth affinity?" The idea that Su had was that the desert elves had been tougher and faster than the forest elves which were speedy and silent. 

"No, from what I read and was told they were actually very frail. They used the wind to manipulate the sand. Mixing them both they could make many things from the sand like needles, swords, arrows, and even giant sand waves." Walker raised an eyebrow as he walked. He was surprised that the desert elves would focus on the wind speed to manipulate the sand. 

"You know, I can understand that. The sand is light and dry so the wind should be able to kick it up better. A small amount of earth manipulation would be needed to remove air from between the sand grains. Then they would have whatever they needed for battle and maybe even crafting." The idea nearly made Walker want to test it out, but this was something for another time. He could not afford to get distracted by new magic. "Hey, do you know how they lived? Like how they made their homes?" The sand didn't seem like the easiest material to build on from Walker's perspective.

"That was actually something that stumped me when my teacher asked me." Alma was glad to be remembering the things she had been taught years ago. It was a long time since she had spoken about the history she learned while pursuing the dream of being the next elf queen. "The sand gets denser the deeper you dig and eventually becomes sandstone. It is resistant to the desert winds and that is what they used. Their magic was perfect for carving it." 

"So they had a sand city. I wonder if it is still around?" Since Su knew the city had been left for many years and swallowed by the desert, she wasn't sure that they would actually find real ruins. 

"Does that view answer your question?" Walker pointed at the distant tower that seemed to be slowly leaning. It was still very far away but could just barely be made out. 

"Yes, yes it does. If it survived the elements then there may be a lot under the sand that's intact. I would assume that something sealed would be kept as deep below the sand as possible. The sealing sage would want to ensure that Greed never escaped to the light of day." Su hit the nail on the head. This was exactly the way anyone would think when it came to burying something away from the light of day. 

"If I need to dig I will dig. I still have a lot of Remey's mana potions left to use. I don't need to rest once we are there." Walker's words were of course not true. He would need to rest so that he could understand the tablet. The magic was sure to be complicated and he had hope that Fleur would somehow be able to help him with it as well. Especially since the natural mana had helped him fight off Greed's curse. 

"We will all di- What is that!?" Alma was about to pledge her assistance when she saw the sand shift and a spiky black insect crawl out from it. 

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