Master Of None

The party and the three elf friends they had stood behind walked with the elders at their sides. They felt that they were already being imprisoned. Not a single one of them could speak a word. The eyes of the elders glanced at them showing pride and disdain. This was the struggle they faced in their ways versus the future they wanted to create. 

Walker thought that this was a lot to happen in such a short time. They had arrived such a short time ago and were involved in such a massive change to the elven people. Even if they decided to stay with their current values the elves would have felt this wave and begin to change in some form. Walker could only hope that the change that was going to happen would lead to a better life for everyone.

The queen appeared to struggle slightly with each step. Her body was weak from needing to rest upon her hammock of vines for years at end. Her mana was always supplied by the forest and even now it still was. The tree sprang up branches and vines to help her along with every step, the party could tell that she was not working her magic or using any skills. This was the will of the forest itself, it wanted to protect and guide the one that had stood for it all these years. 

Walker lost any doubt that the forest spirits would have cowered in their failure to defeat the slime. Seeing the way the vines moved to give the queen a place to lean or better footing made him realize the true depth that the elves and the forest spirits cared for each other. 

The noises the group started to hear were coming from many elves moving about the streets down below them. Some jumped through branches or stepped on the very air to make their way to the "Walker, did you see that elf? They were walking on the air." Remey had seen the elf stepping on the air to run past the other elves. She believed herself to have just seen something amazing.

Alma was amazed that one of the party had gained the courage to speak with the situation they were in. But when she thought about it for a moment it started to make sense. If they were about to get imprisoned or locked away to keep the secrets of the elves, then it made sense to chat and enjoy the last moments.

"Those are elves with the wind walking skill. They use mana to condense an air current under their feet and walk. Their system is the wind strider system. They are not a combat oriented system, more like letter carriers and communication experts." Alma gave in to the party and their amazement witnessing the number of elves on the ground. 

"Walker, you are going to learn that skill. You could be way stronger in combat." Su was firm. She had forgone the use of leader out of professionalism and decided that Walker would be learning the skill. He looked at her face and couldn't tell if she believed it that valuable for the party or if she just wanted to see him walk around the sky himself. 

Midnight was giving a soft purring growl in agreement. She wanted Walker to be able to join her in the sky when she was able to fly. If the two of them could dominate the skies then there would be no monster of opponent that could stand in their way as a party. She was happily imagining Walker raining down fireballs from the sky while she swooped in to ear apart a weak enemy.

"Look at those bracers," Gil pointed out a group of younger looking elven archers. "Those bracers have mana crystals attached. I bet that they make their elemental arrows as they fight. That's amazing." Gil had not even thought of something like this. If he practiced enough he might be able to use his skills to make an elemental arrow at the moment he needs it.

Walker saw this but was also caught on another fact. "Gil, you know how you wanted your dagger on your chest so you could use it to fight? Look where all of those elves have their daggers." Gil's eyes focused on their chests where their daggers were fixed. 

"So I picked the right place then. I just felt it was the best place for it to add to my combat style, but seeing them means I made the right choice." He was happier than a kid in a candy store. 

A few of the elders were angered by the party's information gathering while they walked. Others looked like they had wanted such things their whole lives. The fact that the party was in such awe over their people made their hearts swell. While the others felt threatened by the intrusion. 

Wade was being helped along by two enforcers and a third was trying to do more healing. They were rushing things a little since he was being brought before the people as a title holder. It was imperative he showed his strength to them to put every elf at ease. "You don't have to try to heal me so fast, it's exhausting. I need to be able to stay awake while the queen speaks." His soft protests were ignored, but Walker heard him. 

"I don't think this is the best way to go about healing him. He should have a slower recovery to make sure everything is healed properly, but here." Walker pulled out three mid tier health potions and three mid tier mana potions. "Take them, I know Wade doesn't need the mana potions, but you have been healing him since the forest, you must need them by now." 

The enforcer that was healing Wade had not realized that Walker had seen the difference between them and the others. They all purposefully dressed and acted the same so that they could be seen as an equally strong force throughout their people and the forest. If they showed themselves differently then it would allow their commanders to easily be taken down or their weak points to be taken advantage of.

The enforcer took the potions and gave them a thorough examination. It was natural not to trust them since there were many things up in the air at the moment, however, Wade chimed in while the enforcer did this. "I already drank a potion from them, it worked wonders." He smiled a little weakly at Walker. 

"Don't tell that to me, tell that to Remey. She is the one who made them, didn't I tell you about her unique class? She is the only one with it." When Walker said this Wade directed his smile at Remey who couldn't help but walk taller at the praise. She was definitely the one that was influencing Midnight to do this as well. 

One of the elders nearly tripped on their robes hearing that Remey had a unique system that only she had. He would have argued against this but was currently witnessing things that he had not believed would happen in his lifetime. "Human ambassador Remey, may I inquire to what system you have?" 

The other elders were doing a poor job of hiding their own curiosity. Even the ones whose gaze held disdain were now showing the all consuming curiosity for something new. "Well the hero title gave us a pretty intense quest and after completing it I got a class upgrade. I have always had a passion for alchemy so the world fused two systems and created the alchemical brawler system." The way Remey spoke was a little arrogant but also slightly unsure. 

Walker gave her a nod that he supported her in sharing the quests they had received. There was no reason for them to hide such things. They were either going to be locked away or become very strong allies. If they hid everything they would only foster distrust between the elves and the humans. 

"Thank you, that is a very impressive feat." The elder that had asked the question was able to quickly hide his shock. The other elders were also in disarray. They wanted t stop and speak about why the world would do such things and why the system was so strangely made. To have a fighting and a natural healing based system come together was unheard of. 

The noises of the elven crowd became louder as the procession reached an ornate platform. There were guided vines that created a large standing area for speeches like this. The vines rose up creating a place for the queen to rest as the remainder of the elves funneled in to the trees and the square. The elders stood along the side and the group was brought to stand behind the queen. The three elves on one side while the party was on another.

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