Chapter 3068. Status

Chapter 3068: 3068. Status

The smell of rot from the basement storage area was enough to turn Walker around after fifteen more of the mechanically altered rat servants had been defeated.

He had not needed much strength since they were all in various states of illogical rage and damage. But he did feel bad that these creatures had once been normal monsters turned in to some sort of creatures that needed to struggle for food within a degrading shard of space.

He didn’t dwell on that too long though, it was hard to accept what could have been when he had no way to change that past. Even if he had time magic like that,. It would be cruel to alter something like that.

No one should tamper with time in that way since the odds of destroying everything were too high.

It was the same as someone saying that they wanted to dissipate space mana.

The answer and action to that would just be a collapse. Therefore, even thinking that time magic could change the fate of someone or something like this was impossible and irrelevant.

But he didn’t stop himself from feeling bad that this was the state of things.

He had to face that this entire dungeon only came to be because a portion of space had been entirely broken off and drifted through the unknown.

The stairs he walked up toward the more refined areas that any mansion would have were also breaking visibly.

Splinters of wood and carpet were turning in to dust under his feet while he could tell if he touched the once copper plated railing it would crumble as well.

Let alone if he were to be foolish enough to even glance at the fact that the ceiling itself was also breaking down and would certainly not be staying the same if he glanced twice.

However, he followed the left hallway. Not because he knew what was there, but because he sensed more stable manas ahead.

He also sensed earth and water manas which made him wonder if there was a garden of some sort.

He had seen many noble mansions within the human city of Diamond and knew that some preferred to have a larger greenhouse attached to their mansions.

This was not just for looks and to grow any food or herbs they liked. It was so that they could rest safely in a peaceful area with nature and have guests or tea even in the colder months. Many people would even spend their time enjoying peace there so that they could train in certain scholarly activities like research or translation.

Many of the nobles even had lessons held inside such gardens for their children so that they could have a better environment. It was a common practice.

He sensed the mana spilling in to the hallways and found broken glass panels that would have allowed for a guest or owner to walk through the halls and look at the plants.

He also noticed the bones of monsters that might have once been kept as pets.

"Maybe this wasn’t just a greenhouse." Walker’s words came with a long sigh of disappointment.

He should have known that this was a place to keep captured and tamed monsters too. Especially if the owner of this place had been using them to connect golem body parts and unique magical rune formations to.

He saw evidence of this but he also saw that whatever had once been within this tamed monster housing greenhouse was dead and rotted away. The bones left were somewhat marked as proof of some experimentation while also showing that the real care someone might have had for them was not existent.

He did spot a few monsters standing up but quickly realized that they were dead as well. Close to becoming undead if he sensed the manas correctly, but only truly standing because of the golem parts in their bodies having rusted and frozen them in place.

Looking more carefully, he did spot some plants that had died already but clearly had left behind dormant seeds or bulbs. The exact thing he hoped for when he searched this area by following the mana.

’Elephant ear bulb

This bulb is somewhat small but grows a very large leafed plant known for once covering and clothing many ancient races, nowadays it is kept by collectors out of status. It is also valuable for being used in roofing on natural...’

He gathered the small bulb cluster and noticed that the dead leaves were shriveled, but when spread out could cover his body three times. It was a unique ornamental plant but might have some use in the areas where people preferred to build with natural materials. The echidna for one would enjoy this plant very much.

Another group of plants had tube like root bulbs that he spotted jutting out from a small brick area. The spot used to be a sitting area, the metal chairs were degraded and had been broken, most likely as monsters ran rampant.

’Tube lillies

This lillie is a species of plant crossed with various other rooting flowers. It took a master several years to even succeed in this species and the tube lily is now known to be a master’s gift to the elites of halfling society.

It is a small yellow and gold lily that grows out of a green leaf tube and only blooms when left alone in peace. When it is touched or disturbed, the flower pulls in and will never show itself again. There were few who were able to ensure that the plant could and would flower again, those were considered peaceful souls or those who could speak the language of nature itself...’

This would be a plant that could be used to test the literal connection to nature. A farmer or herbalist capable of caring for it would be considered a master or someone with immense potential. Walker could see the Genesis Academy giving it as a test to those who wished to proclaim themselves truly connected to the depths of nature or farming. Let alone herbalism.

His eyes caught the small green stones he thought had been moss covered.

The moss would be normal in a greenhouse without care, but the stones actually being green and not at all just simple stones also was a good reason to appraise them.

’Nature mana condensed crystal pebble

This is a forced mana condensed crystal that was cut in to small pebbles to allow for plants not native to an area to more easily grow. The manas within are water, earth, fire, wind, and small bits of life mana naturally pulled in over time.

However, this is a forced creation and nowhere near natural. The fact that this is the case causes them to be very poor in efficiency and very costly in creation. Therefore,they are another status symbol for those higher ranked within the society of halfling explorers. Often, they are treated like currency by those ranked lower in society.

They will easily break down and degrade if they are allowed to, this will cause them to release the manas that make them up and further cause damage to plants around them. Therefore, it is often normal to keep rune formations running that allow them to...’

Walker stored them up and felt he could learn more from them. He would not make them though, they had too many downsides and the fact that this was yet another appraisal telling him about status told him a great deal about the explorer halflings as a race.

The crash of a piece of glass degrading and flailing made Walker leap back and noticed the metal frames all starting to warp. It was a sign to move on toward the other rooms on this hallway.

He did notice a curve to the hallway proving that the two ends looped and met. This also proved the existence of a larger room in the center that might keep his attention a lot better than here.

It also could be the ideal place for a workshop to be kept.

The perfect place to have knowledge about whatever had been done here in terms of the experimenting on monsters.

He hated to say it out loud, but he wanted to know what the theories and methods of crafting golem parts and rune formations directly on to bodies was.

If he could learn more about it he might understand how the explorer halflings moved as a society and how they grew.

Knowing that they might have purely focused on modifying bodies and strengthening themselves through magical crafting, it could explain how they survived. It might also explain how some far away civilizations overcame the burdens they were placed under due to the environments they lived in.

Not to mention the comparison in styles of crafting to those he already knew.

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