Master Of None

Chapter 2324: 2324. Ancients

"These ruins are near a location confirmed to have a bridge to the elemental planes in the future. The connection is there. Consider this while you begin excavating and exploring these ruins today. And be aware that there may still be monsters around the area. They may be attracted to us and not deterred."

Since Onyx had chosen to remain with the ruin investigations and the serpents who had the class to hunt them, he had been very busy.

Specifically, it wasn't the fact that the ruins held a lot of potential. Instead, it was the fact that the ruins held a lot of information being used within Genesis right now. Getting information about ancient monsters was proving to be much more valuable than the resources that might be found intact.

Simply because these ancient monsters might have survived. Or they were ancestors to the monsters of today which were changing due to the increased mana flow of the world. Knowing was a small portion of the battle.

"Re,eber, there may be other ruins nearby because of that bridge to the elemental planes. It is already proven that an intelligent ancient race had remained at that location. The ruins here are confirmed to be ancient angels. They most likely remained her for the same reasons. There may have been other intelligent races which made their homes. Or an ancient monster nest left behind by time."

If the theory that an ancient monster nest was around, then there might be some materials from these ancient monsters who perished there or nearby. They could be used to study the ancient monsters and also to be used right now. Or, there might be dormant eggs as Genesis had already seen. Both important aspects that needed to be handled sooner than later.

In Onyx's mind, he was doing the most important thing for the young serpents who had discovered these ruins. But he was also focusing on the people of Genesis who could use every aspect of the ruins and the location they were researching.

Even if he was not out fighting a monster or discovering some portion of a manas' usage, he was making his own headway. Besides, he was making it clear that there was support from the heroes even in matters that were not as terrifying as an ancient monster battle right now.

He had received all the news about Walker's efforts along with what Remey needed. He also knew that Gil and Su were working hard as well. Everyone was putting in more and more effort. Especially when he heard that Midnight was hard at work training with various dragonkin mages as she also helped bring every single dragon hatchling in to the perfect places for them.

He couldn't just stay where he was, not that he had a choice right now.

"One of the collapsed sections of the tunnel is connected to the outside. After traveling through it, we discovered that there is another section of ruins exposed. These do not appear to be the same rock carving and painting styles as the ancient angel ruins." The sudden report made Onyx's head shoot up and his full attention move to the earth mage.

"How did you find out that it was different? What about the rock carvings?" Onyx haad managed to become part of various instances of ancient ruins. Simply because the other

serpent eggs had been discovered within one. Naturally he would spend the time reading and learning about those ruins. There might be more that hold more of his race. Just waiting to be awakened from a dormant slumber.

"We checked the structure. The ancient angel ruins use rounded stones which are solid. They do not hollow them out at all since they use the stones from the direct area. That's why their walls always arch upwards at doorways. They carved it out of stone that way. These ruins have hollowed out stone statues and walls with hollow sections. The other earth mages sensed that the earth mana was not flowing through them. They also don't have any evidence that earth runes or any mana runes were used in them."n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

Now this was exciting. Ancient ruins which possessed new aspects. They could be ruins that had never been seen before. If the forces with Onyx came together to prove that they had no evidence of these types of ruins, then it could be a new chapter. A whole new book even. The researchers would have a field day!

With the speed that the mage moved and the few other researchers moved, Onyx was sure that most of the people here would be splitting off to explore these nearby ruins. "I wonder if they were nearby one another because this entire place was so important to the developing races during ancient times?" The theory made sense as Onyx spoke.

"No, these ruins are older and most likely were ignored because of the different craftsmanship. We can see where the ancient angels' ruins diverted their carving and building to avoid them. They didn't want to incorporate these ruins. Or the ancient angels were arrogant and did not see themselves as accepting of these ruins. Whatever the reason-"

"You didn't know what ruins these were when you first saw them?" Onyx cut off the earth mage and halted every single researcher running beside and even a few who caught his words ahead of him.

They had all been so excited and full of energy that they were not stopping to really think about the situation. Especially with the shaping of the statues. The clear carving of some stones around the broken portion of this rocky ground. He knew exactly the race responsible for these ruins.

"Humans. These are from ancient humans. Those statues are similar to the older clothing that humans have recorded in some books. And those statues are carved to represent the god system users they believed in. That one right there is the god of mountains, a god similar to a dwarf in shape but able to lift and create mountains from the earth."

Onyx slowly described the knowledge he had gained about how many ancient humans had believed the god system users or even the beliefs that some of the other races were gods themselves. This was all due to the differences in natural talents based on race.

As this had become part of the human's history, later forgotten for the most part, it was still written. But their ruins were few and far between due to the fact that ancient humans were mostly killed and scattered. The ancient monsters and warring ancient races were too

dangerous.

The human ancient history also being lost due to these reasons was another major fact why those with Onyx had not realized what ruins these were. Even he would have missed it if he hadn't taken the time to memorize a few things here and there. He had Walker as an example so Onyx felt that he had to take the time to really focus on memorizing what he read or heard

about history.

"You all understand that while other races were born with some innate talents or lifespans that humans were always able to adapt and become diverse to survive their surroundings in some way or another. That being the case, these ruins might show us what they did to survive the warring races and ancient monsters around them."

What Onyx was really saying was even better.

That the ancient human ruins may hold some naturally preserved evidence of how these ancient monsters were dealt with. Or what their predators were. If even a single wall painting remained of something like that, it could showcase methods to handle the current situations where some ancient monsters were appearing or where monsters were reverting back towards their ancient aspects.

He also felt that this would be something very amazing. Not just because he was uncovering even more in a location nearby the previous bridge to the elemental planes. But because he was learning about aspects of the ancient era of the world. Where his ancestors roamed until they grew larger enough to open their own way to the elemental planes where they lived.

It left Onyx with a slight bit of melancholy. He wished to find more of his ancestors within the light elemental planes. Yet, he had none of the time to do something like that. He had to remain focused on the goals of Genesis and of the young serpents living with him as their hero. He could not betray their trust by running off in to the elemental planes.

"Let's start to map it. Beware of monsters. The soldiers protecting everyone will take the lead." Onyx made sure that all possible steps were taken to have these ruins clear and safe. He wasn't letting his mind wander too far.

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