CHAPTER 2645: 2645. NEW SKY CROW CHIEF

The sudden change of tone was something that affected every single sky crow member who had followed them to the hatching hut where the two mothers seemed to not hear or see a word as they focused on the now slumbering hatchlings. Their instincts had taken over and they cared not at all for whatever was happening around them. As a proper mother would with their child, it was a heartwarming thing to see.

"Are you sure my chief? It is not right to pass the feather to me without the right ceremony and the right conditions!" There was worry and fear since this was out of nowhere to the guard.

What Walker had not realized was this guard was clearly more than just the guard for the sky crow chief. It was the next in line to become a chief if the opportunity was presented and that the guard had proven himself strong enough to act as such.

"No, you have shown your great care for the next generation. So much so that you were ready to cut me out of the conversation entirely. You even asked a visitor more powerful than I and changed the course of how the conversation could have gone. You would have sacrificed everything you have and are to make sure that our people could have another regeneration to survive. You are the one and only that deserves the position."

The collective hisses from the sky crows hearing this outside was enough to make them all understand the depth of the changes that would happen to them.

To the sky crow race, a new chief meant so much more than just a new person leading them. It was someone who would take the singular feather filled with the previous chiefs mana given during a special ritual between the new chief and the old chief and wear it as their own. From there, every word and goal of the new chiefs would resound as a promise and the way that the entire tribe would move.

If that was to change the ways that they survived, including the methods of watch they built their homes or raised their young, then that was it. That was the way it would be because that wa just what was needed. They put sole trust in to the chief that they would stand as the single sky grow out of all of them who would throw their own life away to ensure the greatest possible future for all of them. Therefore, the rite of passage for a chief was significant.

The guard had always been known for focusing on the hatching nest. Always focused on the eggs that had failed to hatch or managed to hatch. Every single one of them knew that the primary focus would be on the growth of the next generation and many after completely ignoring things like remaining within their current home within the wind elemental planes.

They might even stop speaking with other traders, races, or even stop using certain crafting methods if it was not pertinent to the goal of raising a better next generation. "I will take your trust chief. I will accept your feather and I will form a bond with those of the world. I can feel the difference now. If every single one of our people can feel this and our children can be born in to a safe place, I will make it so."

Some of the sky crow people showed in the way they moved that they had been waiting for this day. Others seemed stubborn. As if they had just been told they would be fighting the endless sky serpents alone. Regardless, they all showed a sign of unity that was not the same as many other races after they had joined Genesis.

It wasn’t that the different individual races were not united within Genesis, it was simply the fact that all the races were mixing and unifying in the sense that they would be able to be one as an alliance to help all of each other rather than focus on their own people. Here the sky crow race would be similar to the way that the coal people were. They might be isolated a bit when they first enter the world but overall they would find a fair way to handle the adjustment to the world at first. It would take some time within a dragon territory to properly and safely adjust all of their bodies.

"We will prepare and pass this along then." The sky crow chief seemed to wish to push forward, however, he stopped and looked at Walker and his party who were still standing waiting to hear what everything would turn in to.

"The next chief of the sky crow race has decided to travel to your plane with you." The statement was final and firm. That this was the way chosen and there would be no other way.

"Can I call the true wind sage to handle guiding you? I know they would wish to see you safely to your next home. My party and I are traveling together knowledge and strength within every elemental plane. The wind king is one being we still need to meet with before we move to the next elemental plane. We have several journeys left."

"You are on a pilgrimage. We understand. We can not stop those who are doing such things for their people. Would we be welcomed the same without you?" it was the guard, no, the future sky crow chief that asked this of Walker.

"Yes. I can promise you that Genesis will welcome you all with open arms. Some of them might even act a little too worried about whether you are safe and sound since myself and the party are not there to help you adjust and figure the little things out." Walker wondered if the other representatives would be able to act calmly when they found a very small race joining Genesis. "When you do get there, just make sure that you tell them Walker told you to meet with the royal wind dominator dragon Ventus. She will take the time to help and care for you before she handles her own duties."

This was something everyone in the party nodded their heads to. It seemed that this promise was taken straight to heart as the sky crows who heard were lowering their heads slightly in thanks. "And you can show yourself now. I know that Zephyr and Gil have sensed you for a while now, true wind sage."

The wind mana condensed and took the form of the same windy shifting golem that the true wind sage used to speak when they were not nearby. "That is the elemental saying that they had to move us or else we would die." The current sky crow chief looked at the true wind sage’s golem with nothing but disdain in their eyes. It seemed that the true wind sage had made a much worse impression than what they had let on.

"This is the true wind sage. They are using an elemental golem body they made to speak to you from a distance. This is strange and not normal for when you would meet them in real form. I can assure you that they will either bring a powerful guardian or they themselves will guide your people safely. If they can not then they would not be the hand of the elemental king, the embodiment of all that is the wind elemental plane."

Walker’s words seemed to go very far since the sky crow people clearly relaxed. He did slowly start to pull his mana back though making those affected by it slump their shoulders. They could feel the difference clearer than before which made them more interested in the world. If they could feel so much better then why would they not want to be there? It was literally a place better suited for them from the way that they felt the manas Walker released around him.

"And the true wind sage is also going to make sure that we can meet with the wind king before my party heads off to the next elemental plane. I know that this will be an interesting meeting since it will also include the conversations about how races like yours might be out there in more than just the wind elemental plane. I want to see if there are others like your people who ended the word to flourish."

Walker was also saying this to make a promise. One that would allow the sky crow race common ground with other races associated with other affinities. It would allow them to more easily join Genesis along with creating new bonds allowing them to learn the cultures of other races.

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