Master Of None

Chapter 2316: 2316. In Her Head

"It's called the dragon blood root. It's a mutated ginger root which became scaly after we mixed in crushed earth crystals and flooded the area with water mana. The ginger changed, we think, awakening ancient aspects of itself."

"It turned red and the inside is mostly red liquid while the outside is scaly like a dragon's leg. As far as we can tell, if they remain in the right environment, they will reproduce and all be dragon blood roots. We can produce these fairly quickly, one can become five every three months as long as it gets enough nutrients and mana."

"The best part is, the red sap that comes out of it will start natural healing processes. Hence why we were able to relate it to the writings about how ginger used to be used as a cure all remedy. Nowadays it is just for cooking, teas, and other similar activities."

Ingrid was grinning while picking the small finger long roots. Each was small but they did look like the larger scales on a dragon's legs. They also were dripping red sap from the small roots which had been pulled off when picked.

"You just had this here and already knew that?" Remey was now beginning to think that these were hidden for the very reason she had started with when coming here. Ingrid had hidden them for her own personal research in to what made these ginger herbs become dragon blood roots. She wanted to find the whys of every herb.

Ancient herbs and awakening ancient traits or mutated traits were clearly taking every form of researcher by storm. Regardless, that was just something that everyone within the world would have to learn to handle appropriately.

"No, these are all we have so far. We would need to grow them in these greenhouses. We can't make an entire field permanently perfect for growing them. If we do that, the mana rushes off and goes with that flow everyone talks about. But we can make more greenhouses to produce them at a faster rate."

The look that Remey was getting was one she had been given very often since she had become one of the masters within the alchemy guild. 'You want more funds." She sighed. She knew that the alchemy guild had deep pockets because potions were used everywhere now.

Even the forgemasters would come looking for potions. Potions made of metal and other herbs which could help purify what they were forging. It was a dependent ingredient to their overall forging when it came to unique alloys or even manipulating certain monster parts. "How many greenhouses will you need and where can we build them?" Remey knew that Ingrid must already have numbers and location planned out. After all, there were large sections of land already spread out and isolated just waiting for the herbists or certain farmers to get approval to use them.

When everything in Genesis is being divided and organized, many of the architects and other officials plan carefully. Spaces where new buildings can be added were always left. Spaces for new roads or expansions could also be added. They had proposed very clear and important laws to ensure that alleyways and unsafe distances between homes were not an issue.

The untouched herb and farm fields were factored in already.

"You can take these ones and we will start preparing five more greenhouses. Both for the other herb and for these herbs. Then we will also open another field for basic herbs too." Remey just sighed while she watched as Ignrid began to prepare some of the larger herbs to be brought elsewhere. Remey could only agree.

"Midnight, you should be preparing them for the rush of new projects. Prepare them for what dangers that they may face." while Remey was focused on herbs, Mordant had found Midnight and begun to give her some advice.

"No need" Her response had been the same the first two times that Mordant had tried to get her to leave the training field.

"Are you really going to remain here instead of getting the hatchlings ready? They may all have places where they can learn, but you are the one in charge of them. It's the same thing that Onyx does with the younger serpents." While Mordant felt somewhat responsible since he had also helped the hatchlings lately, he also didn't understand why Midnight was acting this way.

She was able to interact with all races fairly easily. She had also grown significantly in strength from when he had first met her. Yet, as soon as they returned from the mirrored hills, she had been at this training field. Exhausting herself until she passed out then waking up, eating what Walker's mother had dropped off for her, and then starting again.

The reason that Mordant came here was because he noticed the dark mana skills she had been training. He was also sure that one of her family members would be hearing about her actions soon. But they were busy and he could help here.

In the midst of gathering that dark mana in to her chest to produce a dark dragon breath, Midnight looked at Mordant with firm eyes. "Too weak."n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

Mordant sighed again. Midnight could easily talk a lot more but always preferred this method of communication. She was way ahead of growth for a dragon of her age. She had even comprehended human speech and the dragonkin form before any other in history. Even without the larger help from the system of existence that all races received.

"You are clearly not weak. Look at the scorch marks, the jagged cuts from wind, and you even caused the ground to heave with your earth dragon breath. It is well beyond your age and even nearing that of what individual elder dragons of each affinity can produce. You can even mix them and change their strengths to suit your battle style. It's beyond weak by so much."

He wanted to keep going on, but Midnight released her dark dragon breath causing the shadows to shift and the ground to become cracked. The perfect proof that she was using the decaying by also the shadow manipulating aspects of a dark dragon breath attack.

"Left behind to patrol. I couldn't fight. I was weaker." Her growled out response to stop Mordant from talking again made it clear what she had felt.

While Midnight had been left to patrol around the outer edges of the mirrored hills, she had taken that as more than just patrolling. She had been left to deal with fleeing or weakened enemies. The blade flies and the false rats were dangerous. But she had not been let near the actual enemies.

"You know that was not the reason for you being in that position. It was your physical speed and trust in you to lead those groups to make sure they did not escape. You have the nose for it because you trained it more. Not every dragon is acclimated to hunting with scent like you do. None of us train to track prey like you have."

While this was true, it did not make Midnight look at him. Mordant felt like he was at a loss entirely now. He'd never realized that a young dragon who grew so quickly could be so stuck on something like this. "Do you think Walker and Su asked you to be there because they thought you were weak and could get torn apart by those monsters? Or do you think it was because they trusted you would make sure everything was perfectly cleaned up from your

position?"

"Whatever it is, you can't be trapped by it right now. You are too focused on your own strength to realize that you can already fight elder dragons with many years of experience over you. So start acting like a founder of Genesis and help me settle the hatchlings who are panicked and worried. The elders and other dragons can not worry about it. They are preparing for any battles and they have a duty to defend everything within the alliance. Including their hatchlings who are under your care right now."

"Letting some of the dark mana he controlled run amok snapped Midnight from her own mind. "You and Walker are a lot alike now. You know that? Both of you get stuck in your own head. Everyone around him is getting like that. All this thinking of the future and whatever. But right now, I have seven dark dragon hatchlings that need an elder sister to show them a place they can learn. I also have a shadow eating octopus who isn't familiar with the city or other races at all. So help me."

With a small huff, Midnight took her dragonkin form again and gave a little nod. Sometimes she just needed a friend to snap her out of her own thoughts too. Plus, she liked being told she was like her older brother.

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