CHAPTER 2679: 2679. MAKE A LITTLE PEACE

Logic? No, there was none of that within these actions that the four leaders of the mountain alliance could see. They did not at all see anything related to logic in the fact that Walker was able to hand out quests and rewards for those quests that would even supersede the guards’ current orders.

He had managed to get their attention and pass out quests to their guards while also seemingly grabbing on to their beliefs to make them known and seen. Besides that, Walker had managed to hand them weapons that they could utilize well without the guards each making any changes to their styles or skills. They were perfect matches.

While the weapons had heart affinity, they had weaker affinity, but the unique materials and forging styles used within them caused these weapons to be much stronger than what they had before.

Just the larger axes that had been given to the mountain gnomes proved that the quality of the hammer held by their leader was not in the same realm as theirs. The axes could easily resist a blunt attack from that hammer even though it was one of the best within the entire mountain gnome race.

It only grew stranger when Walker mentioned that the rune formations on these weapons would allow for the storage and usage of earth elemental aman through each weapon. Even the steel lamia holding a bow found that she could channel her metal manipulation through it and gather the surrounding ore to condense in to a slim arrow to fire.

She had basically received a path to a brand new skill for her!

That alone was something to note since there were many who would not have been able to easily adapt to a new weapon. The reason it had been so easy was because the steel lamia guard in question had made small spikes with metal from around her to shoot at someone while fighting with a dagger. When handed the bow, it seemed like she had just been offered a missing puzzle piece.

She had shaped a spike in to an arrow similar to what gil was using but smaller and thinner. She had easily fired the bow with a rough trance quickly adjusted by Gil as he got excited seeing that she would be able to make metal arrows. He wanted to see if she could make those arrows permanent so he could take a few back to Genesis to experiment with.

The other guards who had taken weapons and accepted quests had been drawn in by Midnight and Su who were now training with them. Even more shocking, the guards had not simply ignored the guards of other races. Su and Midnight had not allowed them to ignore them to be clearer. They had forced them to start sparring and testing new weapons with them. Any time that there was an issue, either would leap in and fight them instead.

The method had prevented there being any issues that stemmed from their races and beliefs. Instead, it had brought a focus on the battle aspects that Midnight and Su had stopped them during. Making them focus on learning to counter the attack that had come at them. After just a few hours of this, the guards had begun to spar without speaking or trash talking in any way. Like their innate desires were finally manifesting.

The peace and desire to follow their given quest had taken root over the hatred. Then again, they had also considered leaving behind that life of hate toward the other three races different from them. Simply because they had grown tired of fighting and felt they were losing more than what they gained by continuing the fighting. Especially after hearing and seeing what this new alliance could do.

The four leaders had been angry until they realized that Walker was not intending to explain himself. Instead they saw Walker return to working on odds and ends repairing what they could. A few of the guards still watched him work who had not accepted or asked for quests. They were more stubborn but they also were not as interested in fighting. They were curious about crafting. Hence how Remmey had returned next to Walker while making potions too. Showing off her skills and making them stand in awe of the two different forms of crafting. Forging and alchemy.

For them, the idea of alchemy was small and almost pointless. They could heal themselves through other means and achieve better results with innate skills, additional earth mana, or with specific class users. Yet, Remey had shown them that potions could remove the need for some of those things. Making life easier because the quality of alchemy used was higher. Meaning that the more developed alchemy Genesis knew could be brought to each of their races.

That had made the guards who witnessed it wonder why their leaders did not encourage the usage of alchemy more. It had so much more potential than what they had been led to believe their entire lives. Or was it that the potential had been missed?

When Onyx returned he had a few more of the steel lamia with him. A few guards who had wanted further off who had been in arguments with the nearby guards of the descendant of Arachne race. Yet, when he had arrived with another steel lamia race guards he had easily swept both groups of guards in to his coil and forced them to stop their arguments before an all out fight actually happened. They had not expected him to possess such strength.

Once the two side had realized that they were basically fighting a monster larger than they could properly fight without immense preparation, they had actually listened to onyx. Therefore, they had followed him to the meeting making the leader of the arachne and the steel lamia freeze on the spot.

They were going to make a move to speak with them when they realized that they were watching something they had never before seen within their lives.

Somehow, Onyx had managed to get the two sets of guards to speak to one another. And not even in the sense that they were arguing, but actually beginning conversations. Whether it was the fear of the opposing light and dark manas within Onyx’s control or the fact that he had made it very clear he could consume them without even feeling slightly full. Onyx had managed to break down the barriers that had existed for many years between these two races and allow them to see one another as living beings who also feared and wished to survive.

While it was not a deep bond that would change everything, it was significant enough that the two sets of different race guards were open to interacting with the Genesis party and began sparring while Onyx also joined the efforts to maintain balance and safety for everyone.

Yet, sparring was not a safe matter to begin with. Hence, when one of the mountain gnomes had been injured, the mountain gnome leader began to walk over in a rage. Until, the slow drifting voice of Alice began. She sang of safety and warmth allowing her inner light mana to take shape.

The familiar shape of the cathedral within Genesis took form around the little sparing area that Walker had created. It seemed illusionary and was naturally so, however, the radiant light was allowing for everyone who was injured or even slightly scratched in these sparring matches to heal perfectly well. Even some lasting injuries in joints or scarring was healing a little shocking the guards who had long accepted the price they paid for their past fights.

"Alice is always the best whaler. She couldn’t do much like this once upon a time. But now she masters the light mana that moves with every word she speaks. She can use it to show you the core of her songs. Isn’t the cathedral a sight your people may want to see?" Walker’s words were more like a whisper he used wind mana to transport to the ears of each leader. They did not have to speak back, they just knew that what they were seeing was an infinitesimal part of what Genesis or the world was.

Their lack of knowledge was massive. It was a huge hole that made each leader feel as if they had been blinded by maintaining such a small outlook for their whole lives. While stubborn, even the mountain gnome leader was considering how to ensure that his people were able to see places like this cathedral made of light mana.

Why should they lose the opportunity to see such wondrous sights? Shouldn’t all of them have the right to travel to these places? They had all fought because their territories could not expand, now, they might be able to expand and venture elsewhere.

For the very first time.

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