Master Of None

Chapter 468 - 468. Falling In Place

"Run!" Wade shouted out once everyone had gotten ready. Since he had placed a bet on the results he made sure to start even and fair with everyone. He wasn't going to play any tricks and win with his own skills. 

Walker was able to stay on par with Alma to some degree but found that Wade was moving much faster than he expected. 

Unfortunately for Gil, he was watching everyone rush away. He needed to be more careful due to the risk of him falling. There was also the fact that he didn't have any skill that allowed him to run through the trees. The elves had their natural born skill which Walker had learned and Scylla was literally running on the air in some places to make it top the next branch faster. 

Alma wanted to try and stay behind but she also knew that the demi-humans had valuable knowledge on the demons that they themselves did not have. They both had a history with demons but the demi-humans had seen some of their cruel trucks. This alone was enough to entice her as the future queen of the forest elves. 

With Gil trailing the group Walker pushed as hard as he could to catch up to Wade. He knew that Wade had much more experience running through the tree than he did and that this was the main advantage he had. The other problem was that Walker had not trained much with the skill and he had to make his body adjust. 

While he was moving and trying to get past some of the smaller and weaker branches he realized that he was using some of the dance of the wild rabbit skill. The two skills seemed to work hand and hand with each other. 

Feeling that this was a possibility Walker focused himself and saw the rhythm to his actions. He took note of Alma who would slide sometimes before kicking off again to reach the next branch better. Wade was also doing this, his feet would be poised to jump forward or backwards and his knees would be bent in to an archery stance. 

Witnessing these fluid motions Walker had the inkling that he was only using the most basic of skills to traverse the trees. He was also only using the most basic version of the dance of the wild rabbit at first as well, he had later learned the dance of the rabid rabbit through training in the rabbit demi-human village.

With his thoughts becoming more and more focused Walker was soon forgetting the fact that he was supposed to be racing to the ground against the others. Almas' noticed that she had easily surpassed Walker. Her curiosity was getting the better of her and she slowed as well. 

"Hey, what is going on? I thought you were faster than mew?" Gil asked this of Alma who was still focused on Walker. 

"Walker is acting strange. I thought he was racing too but now he is trying to copy some of our motions, I think?" Alma saw Walker use the slide that they had which kept their momentum when they tried to move to the next branch. It had been an instinct most elves had and developed over time. 

"He is doing exactly that. I bet he can't even hear us. He gets really focused and ends up learning something amazing. I thought you watched him practice magic? You should have realized this a little unless you were too focused too." Gil teased a little since he knew that Alma was most likely caught up in the new skill Walker had made. 

"He had the mages assisting him the entire time. It was a different situation. Now there is only him and us running." The pace was much slower than before but Wade and Scylla were still in view. Alma and Gil knew that they wouldn't be able to catch up and decided to witness Walker's advancement. 

Walker himself was too focused to notice anything and had started to feel the rhythm in the way he was running through the trees. He let the instinctual feeling from the dance of the wild rabbit merge with his feelings for running branch to branch. 

'The skill jungle step has been taken from the high forest elf system. The skill jungle step has been automatically learned due to instinctual training and the use of multiple movement skills based on specific species' bloodline.

Jungle step- passive 

The skill jungle step is the instinctual traversing of any forest environment. There are many ways to land and jump through the trees or over roots. Having the ability to do so is natural to those with a pure elf bloodline; high elves. The user is able to easily move through the forest using the natural instincts. The ability will far surpass that of an average elf.'

Walker opened his eyes wider as he felt the puzzle pieces click in to place. His body immediately started to adjust the way he was running. He could now move more efficiently than he could before along with adjusting himself for even the slightest angle of the tree branch he was landing or jumping on. 

Alma and Gil watched as Walker suddenly changed the way he was running. The two were amazed at the advanced movements that not even Wade or Alma were capable of. Before either could say a word Walker was using his agility in the most efficient manner and was catching up to Wade and Scylla. 

Wade saw that Walker was suddenly behind him and was about to surpass him. "How did you get here!" Wade pushed to move faster but realized he had already reached his limit. 

"So you figured something out. Then I will need to work harder as well." Scylla felt the fire within Walker grow. She wanted to push the challenge as well and began to use her skills to their fullest. The steps she took in the air became more and more and she was soon passing Walker. The race may have been nearing the end but it was not boring in the least. 

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