Master Of None

Chapter 2320: 2320. Unexpected Clouds

Being tied to a rope and walking through the air toward a wall of white clouds was an odd feeling for Walker. But he trusted those that held the rope. They knew very well that they would protect him and make sure that those outside of the unmoving clouds were safe. He also understood that if things became dangerous, they would not panic.

Since he was taking this on as an individual, Walker knew that there was a lot about whatever was within this space that might stun him. Mostly for the fact that he was still full of curiosity at the situation as a whole. It didn't make sense that the water mana was so affected.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

He was even trying to pull some that he could sense from in front of him, but instead of getting a handle on it, he found that the water mana was tightly held in place. But not in the sense that it was ice. More so that it was somewhat trapped where it was right now.

He even felt that whatever was holding it in that place might have a more solid control over water mana. Or that it might have a better water affinity than him. Not that he could doubt that being a potential fact.

Walker was able to use all manas equally, he did not have a higher affinity for any singular mana and that would not be changing. He could tell that even before he was an origin being, that because of his actions in his early life he had managed to guide his body to that balanced state.

Trying a little bit of everything was proving to be very valuable.

These things aside, it was also the wind nana that was acting oddly.

Since these were clouds, it meant that the water mana had to be mixed with some wind mana. That was normally how clouds moved and eventually ended up becoming rain at some point. Besides the fire mana mixed with light mana that heated the water mana in the first place.

Since the water mana was stuck, the wind mana that had been within this area was also stuck. Not directly as the water mana was, but in the sense that it was in a forced balance and unable to move. Even the wind that pushed through the open sky toward the unmoving cloud moved around this section as if it wished to avoid breaking the balance here.

The balance was causing greater issues though. Walker knew that rain could not fall over a larger area. Meaning this had to change. Especially when taking in to account the potential for dark mana and decay to set in within the portions of land that were now always cast in shadows.

Stepping in to the cloud, Walker was surprised to find that no water stuck to him. There was a cool feeling though. All over his skin a mist had formed which was suddenly pulled away by a slight breeze.

To him, the clouds were moving.

Turning around, Walker saw the rope and saw the wall of clouds covering up where he had come from. "I'm in an entirely different place." he realized that it was only unmoving according to what they could see from outside. He had been foolish.

"It's space mana!"

All this time, Walker had ignored an important aspect of what he had been learning about lately. That space mana could cause a lot of oddities. That it was hard to catch and hard to manipulate. For him, it was even hard to sense it when he was not looking for it. Therefore, the space mana right here and now that was causing this effect of a separate area with different appearance was all about the space mana around the clouds.

The water was being pulled in to the space affected and trapped here creating an always moving cloud inside and a seemingly unmoving cloud from the outside.

"Space mana, that's a good one. I haven't heard anyone make that guess in quite some time. But it was me who isolated this space when the world started to shrink and crumble. It saved our lives after all."

The voice sent a shiver through Walker's voice. There wasn't a power in it that caused him fear, but it was the fact that he hadn't sensed anywhere here. "Are you human? Did the human race survive the collapse? I know there were a few races at war on the ground, but we didn't go down there."

Now Walker was sure that he hadn't just imagined anything, but he still didn't see anything. "Where are you? I like to see those who I speak with." Walker's slight tone of threat was not missed by the way the clouds moved. They shifted a little more violently after he spoke. Proving that they were under the control of someone.

"Well, I would have shown off what we are sooner than later. I can make sure you don't go running around in the real aspects of our little home in the sky. We are isolated still with our little tricks from a friend. But now that the world seems to be fixed we won't need it much more." The laughter was akin to that of an old man's.

The clouds condensed opening up a blue sky hidden behind larger walls of clouds. The expanse of the sky was enough to keep a few more things hidden and Walker could vaguely sense more water mana and other manas in the distance.

"I am the old man in the sky. A god system user, now that the world is fixed, I am the one with the class, god of the blue sky. I was born from the mana sent in prayer by the cloud fairies who grace the sky with their light wings and elegant dance. And I waited while protecting them even as the world collapsed on them."

The clouds before Walker were in the shape of an old man holding a kite. But the clouds were changing, making images of dancing cloud fairies and other monsters or races. But Walker could tell they were more ancient. They were what the god had seen many years ago.

"Another god. You know, I am pretty sure I have seen the goddess of the moon before. But god system holders were too rare and hard to prove. But this really..." he wasn't sure what to say.

"I know, even the little fairies who brought me in to form with their beliefs did not imagine I would take from and even move to protect them. They believed and still do believe that I hold the skies in my hand like a creator holding clay. It's endearing. But time has taken its toll and with the return of the world, I really must return to the true sky. And so must they."

All of it was hard to understand. Walker couldn't see anything else but he could snes the manas. He also knew that fairies existed. "Fairies are a monster though, aren't they?"

"Oh no, they are a race. But as these fairies were separated from the others of their kind, I can assume they began down a path of loss. They are peaceful beings. They enjoy their calm flow of mana. Without it, many slumbered in their city of clouds... I was ready to wish them and myself a goodbye if that old friend of mine had not offered me a shield of sorts."

The clouds gestured to the moving walls of clouds nearby them. "At the cost of always being awake through these many years, I held the barriers strong. Then, outside of them, everything went black. As if nothing existed beyond them. Or as if we were folded up in to a crack in existence and left to wait. But we have come back again. And so, the world must be fixed, am I

right?"

"Oh, you can not use an appraising skill on me. That is what my system prevents. Or is it class now? You should understand, it is hard for me to adapt when I am so tired. But my eyes can still look at you. I can feel how your body flows with mana. You are not human, you just look like one. But you feel like those paired serpents and dragons...strange times?" Confusion grew in the tone, but also a sense of trust in each word. Like this god of the great blue sky could sense who Walker was at the core of his being. Actually, Walker felt like he was watching someone slowly wake up from a daze. Not necessarily asleep, but more that this being, or god, had been stuck in the same monotonous existence that they were taking some time to break their stillness.

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