Master Of None

Chapter 2195: 2195. Twisted Branches

"He's really heading off with them to try and learn to make treehouses. When they told me they saw Walker, I thought he would be finding a new place to meditate. but making treehouses? I should have guessed he would do something weird." Gil's laughter made Alma a little more curious about what he was thinking about.

"You know that there are plenty more of them now. So many new classes that are learning from those that have their older methods. But the best of the best are still showing off. That's why there are so many more now. Maybe Walker will help those new kids become the best of the best."

In Alma's point of view, there were so many new classes, those that could potentially cause waves within the elves, let alone the entirety of Genesis. If Walker was somehow attracted to those that were learning how to make treehouses, then he might have seen a reason to be attracted to it. He might help them gain a new understanding.

It wasn't uncommon for Walker to just happen upon someone or something interesting. Especially when it came to those that had unique skills or unique classes. Before it was just those that awakened unique systems, now that had changed and everyone had access to the existence system. It was now unique classes that gave people the best possible chance to become a better version of themselves.

"And off he goes." Alma shook her head. While she loved Gil, she wished he wouldn't get so distracted.

He had to go to the archery range and teach a few of the new and upcoming elves how to best experiment with their different bows. They had to find the best materials and forms for them to use. Now she would have to assign someone else. It meant that she had another small task to handle. Besides the fact that she was also heading to the fire elf homes that were built so that she could learn about how they did so. She needed to learn about all the differences between elves as their united queen.

When it came to the recently plowed herb field, the teacher had been right, there were a few young farmers and other related classes here. They were learning from a few of the more experienced demi-human farmers from the demi-human kingdom.

Many that had come here to teach the best farming practices were very experienced. They had gone through both good and bad years. Learned from various mistakes which pushed them well above what any single farmer was capable of.

There was also the fact that the sheer number of the demi-human kingdom populations demanded that farmers were their most important group of people. Without them, their warriors did not eat. Their warriors would not grow. And finally, they would not have warriors at all. Then their people would slowly suffer before they lost their entire kingdom.

That was why they had learned how to grow plants that resisted diseases and droughts. Plants that were able to grow and be used as seed plants so that they could be grown for years on end. Most of all, the farmers had learned to better make the soil adapt to the plants they needed to grow.

For these herb fields, they needed a rich soil with higher acidity than what would normally be used. Specifically because this smaller section of the field was going to be used for the yellow moon rose. A rose that bloomed during a full moon once a year. At that time,. The moonlight was slightly more yellow because of the way it rose in the distance.

Regardless of the way the moon rose, it was the oddity of the light mana coming from that moon which the roses needed to bloom. The reason this harem was valuable was very simple, the petals after the roses bloomed and fell off within the hour had a greater amount of oil within them. This oil was ideal for preventing allergic reactions and general poisons from certain herbs.

As many alchemists might touch such things, these roses were very valuable to be made in to hand creams that would be used after or even before the procurement of herbs that caused rashes or somewhat serious allergic reactions. Hence why there was a focus on teaching here.

The farmers saw the elf teachers' class and waves letting him do as he needed. It was a polite acceptance from teacher to teacher since the farmers were learning as well and needed to slowly teach before they focused on the entire field to prepare it.

Walker noticed this and was quickly brought back to the focus on the lesson. Growing a tree here would be very different since the soul was different. And as such, they would all have a chance to reflect on how both the soil and the light in the open field changed the way that the saplings grew without the changing of the branches.

"Go on, plant your seeds and share some of our mana with them. Let your skills speed up the growth but don't alter their branch patterns. You might be surprised by what happens." Walker had the skills to allow the tree seed he was given, a simple acorn to grow a basic oak tree. But he wasn't sure he should just allow lots of mana to flow in to it.

"Oh come on, hesitating? I thought you were being a student here. That's what the elves I saw said. You were joining classes.' Gil snuck up and leaned on Walker's shoulders. Walker had sensed him, but knew that Gil was just coming to say hi. He didn't have to stress out that Gil was attacking him. They were family after all.

"I was just debating how much mana to use to help it grow. If I use too much natural mana I could ruin the field." Gil hesitated when he heard this. He had somewhat forgotten that Walker had brought plenty of farmers together and boosted their abilities by resonating with Fleur and a massive amount of natural mana.

If he were not as careful as he should be, he could turn the entire field in to a single oak tree instead of a field at all! Or at least that was the smallest worry for Gil to have. What if Walker made something strange happen?

"You might be right." Gil mumbled as Walker placed the acorn in the ground. The other students had started to add mana to their little seeds and various little tree sprouts were forming.

As the teacher watched, he stopped at every student and pointed out slight differences here and there. Some of the saplings were smaller because of the slightly acidic soil that the tree seeds didn't like. Others were able to handle that but were spreading out in to more small branches because of the higher amount of light they received.

All were valuable things for the students since they wanted stronger trees, not smaller and weaker branches. "So we can restrict light so that they grow fewer branches. They will be stronger though!" One of the demi-human students with deer traits was very glad to catch this. She had a lot of different thoughts about how to make this work with older trees needing the support of younger trees.

"And if you all look at Walker, you will see what happens when you accelerate the growth too quickly using denser mana than normal. Purity and density of mana is important too. Especially for species of trees that have stronger barks like the oak trees."

The reason that the teacher pointed Walker out was because he had used natural mana to boost the growth of the acorn. It started off normally so Walker and Gil both looked at one another before Walker added more mana. That was the mistake.

The added natural mana made the bark growth too thick too soon and the tree began to twist and become gnarled while still sending out more smaller branches. That also made those smaller branches twist.

The small gnarled and twisted tree surely would not grow to support a treehouse. It would, though, look amazing in an artistic sun garden as a form of guided art or natural art. "See how he added a lot more mana and caused the bark to grow while the light caused more branches? It means the tree is less able to support weight but will have a very unique shape and form. Most gardeners may have trees they spend years guiding to make this shape, he did it in a few minutes."

The students found their own awe in this, meanwhile, the gray haired spider student had begun growing a small oak of their own. They had seen Walker's results and tried their own luck. That's when Gil realized that they had to all back up as the mana surged.

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