The various dark golems seemed to be watching the party who had set up a small spot to rest. Did the party really need rest? No, not at all. However, Walker wanted to use it as a chance for them all to relax and for the ink lizard race members present to actually speak with them and get more comfortable.
The fact that they were a shy and careful race was very natural. Many years of being the smallest intelligent race had allowed them to learn the best ways of survival. These were instincts.
Remain cautious. Use your magic and hide your body. Don’t get sensed. Don’t be seen. Be ready to fight with everything you have.
These instincts would keep anyone alive and safe better, but for the ink lizard race, it was just how it had to be so that they could make it through any day. Now, they had become powerful enough to take lands as their territory. The years and years moving through young generations to the older generations learning and growing paid off. They had a territory and were one of the strongest races, something hard to imagine.
When Remey opened the bottles of dark affinity potion and dark nutrient potions, the dark golems seemed to shift slightly. Instead of remaining still and keeping their presence known, a few moved forward toward the party and where they had sat themselves down.
"This is an all around appraisal scroll, you are welcome to use it or multiple if you are lacking appraisal skills yourselves. That way you can judge what the potions are." Walker poured them in to small bowls he kept within his multi dimensional storage. He was sure it would make things easier.
Before anything happened, Walker noticed that a smaller dark figure had begun to darken through the grass. Still trying to reap hidden but also not as wary as the others must be. In a moment, he saw a full little lizard, just about the size of his thumb tap the paper of the scroll with its tail. When the scroll glowed, the ink lizard didn’t hesitate to have the leopard like dark golem snag the dark nutrient potion and drop it right in front of it.
"Remey made the potions, she is an alchemical brawler and a founder of the official alchemy guild. She has made potions for all affinities and is always looking for herbs. She has more of the dark nutrient potion and the dark affinity potion. They are usually used for either growth of affinity, understanding of affinity, or to help the body grow. The dark nutrient potion can also be used to feed herbs and plants too so that they are able to grow higher quality herbs." Get full chapters from 𝓷𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓵⚑𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓮⚑𝓷𝓮𝓽
Walker noticed a pig like dark golem shift, but instead of dissipating, it opened part of its body. The ink lizard in this case had made the dark golem around their body to wear as as it of dark mana armor. It was brilliant usage for the kill since the ink lizard still controlled the golem and it would always have more protection.
He was debating whether he should try and learn their skill to use only mana to create a golem of elemental mana to be used. It would be more advanced than the fire doll or earth doll skills he had that required some physical material that they burned or broke down to fuel their physical form. However, he also knew that learning to make golems out of elemental mana would be a large draw on his mind. Especially when using them.
The ink lizards had generations of testing and learning in real life wild combat scenarios. They were forced to learn more because of life and death. Now they have been safer to refine those skills and advance even more. He would need to learn a lot more from them as he met them.
"Your gift is welcome. We have not seen alchemy . Alchemy is not the strong suit of our people." The leopard dark golem spoke for the ink lizard currently drinking some of the dark nutrient potion. "The true dark sage spoke to the strongest of our people and asked that we judge you by our own standards and give you a chance. You seem deserving."
"I am glad you are meeting us and taking the time to learn about us. We are from the Genesis alliance within the world. We hope to strengthen and build relationships with every race possible. Some of us have already met some new races that our emissaries will form ties with and contracts of introduction when they visit Genesis. Seeing how you can use dark golems to such an immense level of skill, your people should be able to remain fairly safe when visiting despite the other manas naturally in the world."
"You have many races with you already. An elf race we have not ever seen, a dragon that is young but powerful, a half race, a spiritual race, one that has blood like the angel races, and another of which we have not seen. You yourself, are young but of an old and powerful race." It was clear that the knowledge the ink lizard race possessed involved a few things from the world.
"So the true dark sage has shared some things from the world with you already?" It made sense. If the ink lizard race was really one of the most powerful and largest within the dark elemental planes, then the true dark sage might have a closer hand in protecting them and communicating with them.
"As a teacher, the great true sage is able to guide our refinement of golems. Allow us to better protect all that we hold dear as a people. We learn from them and we offer our support in any matter, even in guiding those who fall astray from the many forms of dark mana we all sense and live in." It was more like they were hearing the worlds of an elder than a younger ink lizard, and that might be the case, just hard to tell age for a race they were unfamiliar with.
"The true dark sage has been teaching your race?" Walker was surprised by this. The true sages had not spoken about what else they were doing with their positions. Instead, they had made it clear that they manage races and other aspects.
"The great true sage is an honorable being that allows knowledge to be shared as much as possible. They instruct guardians to visit others, adhere to laws, and ensure that any analogies are defended against." The reverence that the ink lizard race had for the true dark sage was not small in the least. There was a tone that told the entire party that the ink lizards were close enough that they would work for and with the true dark sage without question if asked.
"Thank you for sharing that with us. We have traveled here meeting the elemental kings and true sages. Knowing that the sages think similarly to how we do and the Genesis alliance does is reassuring." Su broke in to the conversation showing warmth in her words enough to make the ink lizards relax even more. Enough that a few more crawled their way to them and began to enjoy the dark nutrient potion as well.
As the ice was broken, the other rink lizards began speaking here and there. They mentioned the herbs they knew growing around here and the monsters within their territory.
The way that they lived seemed very tribal in a way. They were not a race that gathered in the hundreds or thousands. They roamed and explored their overall territory with one main capital village that they treated as a cultural site.
There apparently was a grand ink lizard who was the strongest and most innovative of their generation. Meaning that the leaders would change with each generation of ink lizards born. Something that happened every hundred years roughly, so a good bit of information about the ink lizard’s lifespan.
Having the chance to actually see their bodies, the dark and light gray sections on their scale were reminiscent of ink dropped in to water. Something that was odd since the name of their species shouldn’t be related to other aspects of different manas. Yet, no one decided their species name, meaning that it was the system of existence that gave them the name. An interesting jot that Walker wished he could delve in to a little more.
Otherwise, by the time they had all sat and spoken, it was easy to understand that while the party ventured through this Territory, it was going to be a relatively educational and safer journey. One that they had hoped would bring them to meet the dark elemental king but seemingly was being held off since the earth elemental true sage was waiting for them.
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