《Rise of Mystic Dungeon》 Chapter 1: Being a seedling Darkness, all I can see around me was nothing but dark. My name is Jim but that all I can remember. I don''t how I''m getting. What and why am I doing here? ''A lost soul, I will guide you to where you supposed to go'' I can heard a voice. ''Who is out there and can you please answer to me'' I was scared but as I heard a voice speaking. I found a slight hope again. ''Please tell me where am I and how do I get here'' ''A soul, I can not answer to your question but I can only guide you toward to where you should go'' A dim of light appeared before me. Without I thinking I begin to reach for it. I started to feel hazy and and lose in my consciousness. ***** I wake up and found myself in a white room this time. And started to pull myself up. A man walk up to me. He is tall, fair skin, slender body, black long hair that reach his waist, his face was not describable handsome yet feminine. This beautiful that you could mistake him as a woman. ''Ha ha, I am not that beautiful young one'' He sat next to me before gently pay my head ''Poor thing you could have live longer'' Without notice it I have a body but not a body to be recognise as beautiful. A small short and copper skin. I turn my attention back at him again. ''Young one you are being recognised by us god and being chosen to have a second chance of live'' I look at him and wonder what he mean by all of this. ''I am god of harvest, Demeter. I have chosen you as my champion. I will guide you your new life and you would be doing in your new world as a champion of me'' ''Young one I recognise you good and bad deed in your past and who that does this will help you in the future'' A flash of scene repeat in front of me yet. Yet I don''t know what they are and what shall I do about it. ''Young one this is your past. You know no need to remember but I want to you look at them before I send you to your new world'' Images one by one repeat after me before they all disappear in thin air. ''Now is the time'' He lean and gently kiss my forehead. In a matter of second there are nothing there I left the room. ***** ^Ting^ - congratulations you have successfully reincarnation into your new world of Orbis'' I have found myself in a dark again but unlike before I do not feel uncomfortable. I feel somewhat warm. After I feel second I begin to realise that there are letters. Introducing me about me being reincarnation into this world, Orbis. - You have been blessed by the God of harvest, Demeter. Due to this you are now in a early stage of a plant, you are a seedling. I guessed this the reason why I can not move body and I am seedling. I guessed after all Demeter is a God of harvest so it make sense that I am a plant like living thing. - Due to this world have some characteristics of a fantasy base you are now haven given status, relationship, body layout, calendar, quest, growth window. I was confused was are these window about but without a second the new letter appeared ^Ting^ (Status Window) (Race): Plant (Name): No name (State): Seedling (Level): 1 Title: None [Life force]: 100 [Energy]: 10 joules The tale has been stolen; if detected on Amazon, report the violation.[Nutrient]: 100 Ns Energy Production: 1 J/H Nutrient Absorption: None Possessed Skills: << Growth >> << Respiration >> Blessed: Demeter Attribute: Nature So this is status window what about relationship, quest, calendar window. I look up at everyone of them. There are nothing for both relationship, quest window. ^Ting^ (Calendar Window) Date: 6/12/xxxx Age: 1 Day (Sleep Mode) ^Ting^ (Growth Window) - Root / 5 Ns & 1 J Main / 1 Ns & 500 mJ Small A organ or part of you that extent into the ground to absorb nutrients such as Mg. Each main root can combine other root or adding a smaller to extent them further. Grand you a new ability of Nutrients absorb ''Nutrients absorption''. Rate of nutrients absorbing 1N/H - Shoot / 10 Ns & 1 J A organ or part of you that black thought and reach surface of the ground in early stage of development of plant. Enable you to rank up into Sapling. Grand you new ability of energy producing ''Photosynthesis'' Rate of producing glucose 1 N/H Roots or Shoot, well I think I need a lot of roots since that how plants grow root first than and I will also get nutrients. Since I have 10 joules I can get 10 main roots or few main and many small roots. I don''t know what will happen if I run out of energy just in case I will left at least one or two J behind. I go with 3 main roots and I will have 7 J left. Then I will get 12 small roots as additional root to the main one. 4 small roots for each main root. Than I will one J to spare at the end of the day. ''Three main roots and twelve small roots please'' - Do you wish to purchase 3x main roots and 12x small addition roots ''Yes'' ^Ting^ - You have obtained 3x main roots and 12x small roots. ^Ting^ - You can now a adding roots to your body by open "Body layout Window'' ^Ting^ (Body layout Window) In front of me was a image of a seedling without any any shoot nor root in the ground. I look to find that in this window it similar to inventory and a mirror. Because it project an image of my presence me and what I have. I started to work on my body construction. Now instead of bear seedling I look like octopus with three tentacles. And the three tentacles have these smaller roots added to them. ^Ting^ - You have added roots to absorb nutrients. You obtained a new skill "Nutrients absorption" "Nutrients absorption" - The process of absorbing minerals and water substances into your body by roots in your case though osmosis or diffusion." - Update you now have nutrients absorption in 15 N/H Yes, I obtained a new skill nutrients absorption and nutrients absorption now have been 15 N/H. I think I''m quite happy so far about how my seedling body growth. ''Can a plant sleep'' - Yes plant can sleep. Okay I''m going to sleep now. Wait how do I go to sleep. I have no eyes. ''Uhm, How do I go to sleep'' I feel so embarrassing. - You can switch to rest mode under your calendar window Okay I''m going to sleep now. Bye........ **** Chapter 2: Plant battle? Day 2: I woke up, I wonder how much time have since I begin to sleep. I open my calendar, status, and body layout window of any change in me since was asleep. ^Ting^ (Calender Window) Date: 7/12/xxxx Age: 2 days (Sleep mode) ^Ting^ (Status Window) (Race): Plant (Name): No name (State): Seedling (Level): 1 Title: None [Life force]:100 [Energy]: 11 J [Nutrients]: 223 Ns Energy Production:1 J/H Nutrients Absorption: 15 Ns/H Possessed Skills: << Growth >> << Respiration >> << Nutrients Absorption >> Blessed: Demeter Attribute: Nature Not much change about my calendar except age which change 2 days and same go for status not much change except my nutrient increase to 223 nutrients which increase a lot compare to yesterday. ^Ting^ An image appered in front of me but what strange about it is that my roots seem to be longer by 10 - 15 cm. I actually have grow. I think maybe because I have growth skill that why my roots have grow but it not much to be excited about. In the end I decide to purchased three main roots and fifteen small roots and which cost 30 Ns and 10.5 J. ^Ting^ - You have purchased 3x main and 15x small addition roots - You have obtained 3x main roots and 15x small addition roots in the "Body layout window" I begin to work on my body construction. Now I have three more roots attached to me which smaller to the other three roots I have yesterday so it look pretty strange. Oh well. I have nothing to do anymore today so I''m going to sleep. Bye... *** Day 3: Same thing happened today. My roots grew a little bit and buy more roots and attached them to my seedling body. Now I have 9 main roots and 42 small roots. I''m going to sleep. Bye.... *** Day 4: Same thing happened again today like yesterday. My roots grew a little bit more. And I buy more roots and attached them to my body. As I begin to work on my body construction. Suddenly a screen pop up in front of me ^Ting^ [ You have been to a dual by nameless seedling] - If you win against the nameless seedling. Than you have two options to do with it. First option you can absorb its life force or second option you can force it to become your servant. As your servant every day the servant will be force to give you 5% of it energy and nutrients. It will also before to listen to your command. But if you lose same go to you. - Do you accept the challenge? ''Yes'' A new screen pop up in front of me - You only have one option of attacking as a seedling. The option you have to attack your opponent with your roots be aware if you lose that part of you that you use to fight will also be destroyed as well as some life force depend on the damage If you stumble upon this narrative on Amazon, it''s taken without the author''s consent. Report it. I decide to use two of my main roots with 100 Ns and 5 J to attack. - Do you comfirm to use 2x main roots with 100 Ns and 5 J as a supply to attack? ''Yes I am sure'' ^Ting^ - Congragulation, you have sucessfully attack the nameless seedling in a duel. Now you have options to choose from. ''I choose to have it as my servant'' ^Ting^ - Congratulations, you now have a nameless seedling as your servant. You will gain 5% of its energy and nutrients every day. Also you can now command it to do thing for you. You also have gain first relationship with other living thing. The nameless seedling will appear in the relationship window. Level up Level up ^Ting^ - you have obtained new skills "Root wisp" and "Root Bind" "Root wisp" - This skill allow user roots to attack opponents with their roots. This skill can be used to repelling animal that will eat them. (Basic attack: Beginning) "Root bind" - This skill allow user a plant to attack its opponents as a root coiled up to a opponent and send them large amount of pressure. This skill can be use to prevent any movement of your opponent. (Basic attack: Beginning) ^Ting^ - You have sucessfully connect one of your one of main root to nameless seedling main root. You now be able to receive and send energy and nutrient via this root. You can also send signal to communicate with nameless seedling via this root. An image pop up in front of me. An image show me and the seedling connect with a main root look like two octopus with one tentacle coiled up together. ''Ha ha, you dare to challenge me. Now you lose'' ^Ting^ - The status of nameless seedling have been added to your status window but will appeared below your status I wanted to see its status. ^Ting^ (Status Window) (Race): Plant (Name): No name (State): Seedling, Nameless Seedling''s Servant (Level): 1 Title: none [Life force]: 64 [Energy]: 7 J [Nutrients]: 137 Ns Energy Production: 1 J/H - 5% Nutrient Absorption: 38 Ns/H - 5% Possessed Skills: << Growth >> << Respiration >> << Nutrients Absorption >> Blessed: None Attribute: Nature From what I can see not much changing except for the fact it now become my servant and have lose energy and nutrients to me every day and have to listen to my command Well is good. I also gain two skills. Well I have nothing to do so I give order to to grow my and its new roots. Than go to sleep. From what I know it has twelve main roots but only 2 small roots for each main roots. We are going to sleep now. Bye... *** Chapter 3: Xerxes and First evolution Day 5: I woke up and start to work on my regular basis. Checking on my status, calendar, body layout, and relationship window. ^Ting^ (Status Window) (Race): Plant (Name): No name (State): Seedling, Nameless Seedling''s Master (Level): 3 Title: None [life force]: [Energy]: 16.5 J [Nutrient]: 909 Ns Energy Production: 1 J/H + 5% of your servant Nutrients Absorption: 89 Ns/H + 5% of your servant Possessed Skills: << Growth >> << Respiration >> << Nutrients absorption >> << Root Wisp (Beginning) >> << Root Bind (Beginning) >> Blessed: Demeter Attribute: Nature There are not much change to my status except that I have gained two levels from defeating my servant in a duel. I also gain a new state which is new to me. I gain new state from getting a servant. There are nothing change in my body layout except that my roots grew thicker and longer. I begin to look at my servant''s status and other stuff. Its body layout was started to look similar to my seedling body. Have fewer main roots but many small roots. It just a bit weaker than me and that all. I think I should name it or something. As I begin to come up with a name a massage pop up ^Ting^ [You have been challenge to a duel by nameless seedling] What another a another duel. Well since I want to fight me so much than I will fight it. ''Yes I accept the challenge'' Without a break I immediately decide what I will use in this fight. ''I want two of my servant main root to fight and with my supply of nutrients and energies'' - Do you confirm to use 2x main root of your servant to fight with 100 Ns and 5 J as a supply to attack? ''Yes I am sure'' An screen pop up in front of me and showing image of roots travel along the soil like a snake and toward each other. One of the root coiled up on the seedling. And then a massage pop up that brought good new to me. ^Ting^ - Congratulations, your servant has successfully attack the nameless seedling in a duel. Now you have options to choose from. ''I choose this one as my servant as well'' ^Ting^ - Congratulations, you now have a nameless seedling as your servant. You will gain 5% of its energy and nutrients every day. Also you can now command it to do thing for you. The nameless seedling will appear in your relationship window. ^Ting^ - Congratulations, your servant has 2 level up and learn new skill "Root bind" ^Ting^ - You have successfully connected one of your main root to nameless seedling main root. You can now be able to receive and send energy and nutrients via this root. You can also send signal to communicate with nameless seedling via this root. An image pop up in front of me. An image show me and two seedling connect to each other with my two of my main roots attached to each one of seedling root. It look like a triangle with uneven angle. Now I have a new servant I should name them so I won''t get confuse which one is. I know the first seedling since it more close to me than the new servant. ''My servants I will give you a name'' As I thought about what their name should be. Then suddenly I come up with names ''Taegoo'' and ''Sin''. I know that they are weird names but like how the hell I am supposed to name them. I look at my first servant ''I will name you ''Taegoo'''' ^Ting^ - congratulations, you have name your servant. Taegoo loyalty toward you has increase. ^Ting^ - Taegoo has obtained unique passive skill "Absolute Loyal" "Absolute Loyal" - It is a skill that show that user has no limited loyalty to the other one. Requirements: high form of relationship between master and servant. ^Ting^ (Status Window) (Race): Plant (Name): Taegoo (State): Seedling, nameless seedling''s servant (Level): 3 Title: none [Life force]: 64 [Energy]: 16.5 J [Nutrients]: 498 Ns Energy Production: 1 J/H - 5% Nutrients Production: 38 Ns/H - 5% Possessed Skills: << Growth >> << Respiration >> << Nutrients absorption >> << Root wisp (Beginning) >> << Root bind (Beginning) >> << Absolute Loyal >> Blessed: None Attribute: Nature ^Ting^ - You have obtained a passive rare skill "Naming" "Naming" - This skill allow the user to name any creature that has no name but it request a life force or mana of the user who use this skill. If you use this skill one nameless creature than you will earn their friendship. Level up Level up I was shock that just name someone can earn their friendship that why Tangoo become very loyal to me now. And Tangoo also gain new skill "Absolute Loyal" and just that I also gained two levels. I turn around to my another seedling servant. I will also give you a name. ''I name you ''Sin'' ^Ting^ - congratulations, you have name your servant ''Sin''. Sin loyalty toward you has increase. ^Ting^ (Status Window) (Race): Plant (Name): Sin (State): Seedling, nameless seedling''s servant (Level): 1 Title: none [life force]: 74 [Energy]: 4 J [Nutrients]: _ Energy Production: 1 J/H - 5% Nutrients Absorption:. 42 Ns/H - 5% Possessed skills: << Growth >> << Respiration >> << Nutrients absorption >> << Root wisp (Beginning) >> Blessed: None Attribute: Nature ^Ting^ Level up Level up Well I have one more servant. I give order to Tangoo and Sin to build their body and rest. Now two of my roots become vessels connecting me to my servants. I begin two build two more main roots and Go to rest. *** Day 6: I woke up and started to work on my regular basis. I have decide that I will get to more servants. Since I can get enough a more nutrients that essence for my growth. I working on all three body construction and have obtained two more more servants and name them ''Luke'' and ''Freya''. ^Ting^ (Status Window) (Race): Plant (Name): Freya (State): Seedling, nameless seedling''s servant (Level): 1 Title: none [life force]: 49 [Energy]: 8 J [Nutrient]: 154 Ns Energy Production: 1 J/H - 5% Nutrients Absorption: 35 Ns/H - 5% Possessed Skills: << Growth >> << Respiration >> << Nutrients absorption >> << Root wisp (Beginning) >> Blessed: None Attribute: Nature ^Ting^ (Status window) (Race): Plant (Name): Luke (State): Seedling, nameless seedling''s servant (Level): 1 Title: none [life force]: 77J [Energy]: 5 J [Nutrients]: 128 Ns Energy Production: 1 J/H - 5% Nutrients Absorption: 29 Ns/H - 5% Possessed Skilled: << Growth >> << Respiration >> << Nutrients absorption >> << Root wisp (Beginning) >> Blessed: None Attribute: Nature ^Ting^ - Congratulations, You have gained a title "Master of Seedling" "Master of seedling" - This title has enable you to command your seedling servants. They are less likely to refuse your order. Increase your seedling servant''s power and development. Instead of gaining 5% now have increase to 6%. Increase your influence on other seedling near by you. You also gained a title skill "Command" ^Ting^ - Taegoo, Sin, Freya, and Luke has increase their loyalty toward you. Sin, Freya, and Luke have obtained a passive skill "Absolute loyal" and "Root coiled" What a title. Mastery of Seedling. Well I am exhausted now. Let just think a bout it tomorrow. Okay Bye!!! *** Day 7: I woke up and started my regular basis. I started to check my status,calendar, body layout, growth, and relationship window. ^Ting^ (Status Window) (Race): Plant (Name): No name (State): Seedling, Tae-goo, Sin, Freya, and Luke''s Master (Level): 8 Title: Master of seedling [life force]: 96 [Energy]: 36 J [Nutrient]: 1345 Ns Energy Production: 1 J/H + 6 from each servant Nutrients Absorption: 90 Ns/H + 6% from each servant Possessed Skills: << Growth >> << Respiration >> << Nutrients Absorption >> << Root Wisp (Beginning) >> << Root Bind (Beginning) >> << Naming [Unique] >> << Command (Beginning ) Title skills >> Blessed: Demeter Attribute: Nature I got a title skill. If you spot this narrative on Amazon, know that it has been stolen. Report the violation. "Command" - This skill can only be used by people with the title "Master of seedling" or having high amount of Leadership stats. This skill allow seedling to follow your order and can not refuse. This skill buff your charisma or charm and emphasise your speech. Cool down time of 24 Hours. It good skill but what with twenty four hours cool time. Oh well is not like I am going to use it anytime soon. Oh yeah I forget that I have been living as a plant for a weak now. How cool is that. I decide that I might more servants to do more work for me and they are very loyal. ''Project a map'' ^Ting^ A screen pop up and project my surrounding. There are many seedling, seeds, and insects. As I look at the map. I saw a snake. What a snake living near that would be a danger for me I have to fight it. ''I want to fight the snake in front of me'' ^Ting^ - Do you wish to challenge ''Tiger rattlesnake'' ''Yes'' ^Ting^ - You have discover a mini boss tiger rattlesnake ''Xerxes'' Xerxes have been rest underground for quite sometime due to its queen medusa have been prisoned in the underworld in the hand of God. It is late for me to cancel my duel. ''How dare you interrupt my sleep'' ^Ting^ - Choose your method of fighting. I have no choice but to fight some how. ''I choose all my roots and my servants roots to attack Xerxes with all the supply I have'' ^Ting^ - Do you confirm to use all the roots and all supply you have to attack? ''Yes I do'' I don''t how strong a mini boss is but I know to never underestimate your opponents. ''Sassss, How dare a plant challenge me a servant of the great snake queen Medusa'' It moving at my direction with a speed that our roots can not catch it. "Bang, you have received a hit and lost 10 life force" Ouch it hurt, it very hurt. I don''t want to die. ''Tae and Sin use wisp on snake and tried to repel it and Luke and Freya bind it if you can'' ''Yes master'' ''As your wish master'' Immediately they started to attack Xerxes. They managed to prevent the Xerxes from moving nearer. I might as well attack it. I begin to attack once it gets distracted by my servant roots. "Critical damage, Xerxes lose 5 HP" It not even near how much damage it give to me. I started to panic. "Bang, you and your servant lose each 14 life force" No I might not give up if I give out then I will die. ''All of you distracted it attention and I will fight it'' "Yes Master" Without listen to their reply I begin to move my roots in Same way as Xerxes have move I have figure that every time before I attack it will stop then that time it will good time to use bind and wisp to move it further away. ''Now look carefully as before it attack than you should your root wisp to attack it'' We continue to attack it. Every now and then before snake be able to attack it will stop at that moment we strike and repel it with our root wisps. It rise to attack us. ''Now'' Without a second being waste we immediately hit the snake with our wisps. ^Ting^ ''You and your servant have hit its vital spot. It lose 20 HP'' All I have to do is hitting this spot again and again. ^Ting^ - Your servant Freya is under critical state and now unable to fight. What I was shock. But I quickly pull myself together again and quickly continue my attack. From I see it might only lose 5 or ten percentage of life from our attack just now. So we might as well attack it vital spot and put it under critical state or otherwise we will down. ^Ting^ ''You have hit its vital spot. It lose 7 HP'' ''You and your servant have its vital spot. It lose 24 HP due to attack the wounded spot'' As it continues for sometimes now. Me and my servants attack Xerxes vital spots. Both Freya and Luke are now unable to fight but they are recovery slowly. I look at Xerxes now I assume that it almost fall into critical state soon. ''Ting'' ''You and your servants have continue to hit the same spot which result in more damage added to the attack. It lose 46 HP. ^Ting^ - Xerxes has now reach it critical state. ''How dare you mere seedling attack you will suffered from horrible death'' "Acid rain has been activated" ^Ting^ - Xerxes has activated it special skill "Acid rain" on you. You and your servant will continues to lose your life force until you be able to deactivate and defeat Xerxes - Sin is now in critical condition and unable to fight - Tae-goo is now in critical condition and unable to fight Dammit all my servant are all critical condition will still lose it life force if I don''t defeat soon than they will die. No not just them I will die as well. I want to scream yet I can''t ''Ting'' - You have obtained a new title "Last Stand" "Last Stand" - this title enable you to burrow your allies power. Your attack, defence, and your speed will increase tremendously for 5 minutes. You has obtained a title skill "Fighting Spirit" "Fighting spirit" - This skill can only be used with title "Last Stand or Brave Hero" or having high amount of Fighting spirit stats. This skill allow the user to gain your allies power and user gain fear resistance against stronger opponents. Cool down to time for 1 Hour. I have to win no matter what. I cried out "fighting spirit" ^Ting^ - Fighting spirit has been activated, you have gained your allies power and fear resistance. Your attack, defence, speed will increase for 5 minutes My strength has come back and I feel somewhat light. I immediately without waste a second attack the snake wounded spot. ''You have hit Xerxes''s wounded spots. It lose 78 HP'' A lot more damage than I thought I begin to attack again but at the same time me and my servant lose our life forces. I have 19 life force left. ''You have hit another wounded spots. It lose 84 HP'' Then suddenly a screen pop up in front of me ^Ting^ - Congratulations, you and your servants have defeated a tiger rattlesnake, Xerxes a mini boss monster. As a reward you and your servant will recover your life force to the maximum of 100. You also can absorb it remaining corpse. Level up Level up ''Yes I will absorb it remaining corpse'' As I absorb the corpse I feel my body has become stronger and light I can move around easier. ^Ting^ - congratulations, you have meet a requirement to evolve into a into a snake - plant like race. "Green pit venomous viper" You body will now change to your new race. Instead of normal roots now you can have a root that connect you to your servant and as well as absorb nutrients You also gained fangs which have weak poison in them. - You have obtained a name ''Serperior'' - Your skills "Root wisp" and "Root bind" have been update and now in basic level - You have obtained new skills "Poison making", "Poison bite", "Photosynthesis", and a passive skill "Portable Root" I open my eye and saw that my body have change from a plant to now a snake with all green scale around my whole body. I check my status window. (Status Window) (Race): Green serpent (Name): Serperior (State): Low level poisonous viper, plant snake, Master of Seedling Title: Master of seedling, Last stand (Level): 1 Physical stats: HP: 100 Mana: 0 Strength: 13 Agility: 15 Wisdom: 26 Intelligence: 28 Vitality: 31 Leadership: 8 Fighting Spirit: 4 [Energy]: 3 J [Nutrients]: 98 Ns Energy Production: 10 J/H Nutrients Absorption: 5 Ns/H Possessed skill: << Growth >> << Respiration >> << Nutrients absorption >> << Root Wisp (Basic) >> << Root Bind (Basic) >> << Naming (Unique) >> << Command title skill (Beginning) >> << Fighting spirit title skill (Beginning) >> << Poison Making >> << Poison bite (Beginning) >> << Photosynthesis >> << Portable Root (Unique) >> Blessed: Demeter Attribute: Nature/Poison I have evolved into a plant snake. I was amazed and now I can produce more food but I loss the nutrient absorption so much. I can now produce poison and all skills when I still was a seedling are still here. Also I can move while having root. As I lost in thought. ''Master Serperior, what would you us to do now'' I turn back and realise that allow only me have evolved but they look as if they never a fight. Their roots are grown back to replace the dead one. ''Master we can now evolve, master please choose what you would like us to evolve into so that we can be helpful to you in the future'' ^Ting^ - All your servant have max their loyalty toward you. - All of your servant can now evolve. ^Ting^ - Congratulations, you can now choose what you want for your servant to evolve into. The list of evolve option are list below: (Growth/ Evolve Window) Bodhi tree Golden shower Bamboo Gooseberry tree Oak tree .... .... Unique: Green pit venomous viper I wonder what I them to be. I mean I can evolve them to be like myself now green pit venomous viper or something like Bodhi tree or something. ''I chose for you guy to be just like me'' Than suddenly a flash of light. Than begin to become dark again and evolve Tae-goo, Sin, Freya and Luke had evolved into plant snakes. I order to go to rest and prepare to move out of the ground tomorrow morning as we will started our first day as pant snakes. I close my eyes and fell into a sleep. *** Chapter 4: A forgotten God Chapter 4: A forgotten God My life as a seedling has now gone. I am green serpent or plant snake after I defeated and absorbed Xerxes. I rise and look at my seedling servants that are now no no longer seedlings and now have been evolved to be just like me. I want to check on my status again *Ting* Status Window Name: Serperior Race: Green pit venomous viper State: Low Lv Poisonous viper, Leader of snake group Title: Master of seedling, Last Stand Level: 1 Physical stats: Hp: 100 Mp: 0 Strength: 13 Agility: 15 Wisdom: 26 Intelligence: 28 Vitality: 31 Leadership: 8 Fighting spirit: 4 [Energy]: 3 J [Nutrients]: 98 Ns Energy Production: 10 J/H Nutrients Absorption: 1 Ns/H Possessed skill: << Growth >> << Respiration >> << Nutrients absorption >> << Root Wisp (Basic) >> << Root Bind (Basic) >> << Naming (Unique) >> << Command title skill (Beginning) >> << Fighting title skill >> << Poison making >> << Poison bite (Beginning) >> << Photosynthesis >> << Portable root (Unique) >> Resistance: 5% poison Divine Blessing : Demeter Attribute: Nature/Poison I have got new skills from evolved into plant snake. ¡°Poison making¡±, ¡°Poison bite¡±, ¡°Photosynthesis¡±, and ¡°Portal root¡± ¡°Poison making¡± - This skill allows the user to make many type of poison with many effects. Naturally these poisons can be produced from acids as well as user intake in your case snake. Also increases your poison resistance as more types of poison are being produced and stored in your body. ¡°Poison bite¡± - (Basic Poison attack: Beginning) This skill allows the user to have a certain amount of resistance to poison to use as an attack skill. The user bites which injects the poison in your body into your opponents. ¡°Photosynthesis¡± - This skill allows the user as a plant or living thing that contains a certain amount of chlorophyll to absorb sunlight and convert it into energy for food production. Rate of absorption 10 J/H. ¡°Portable root¡± - (Unique) This skill allows the user to enter and remove roots from the soil. This skill allows the users to move with their roots. Now I can move around and produce poison and energy as well as absorb nutrients but for some reason my nutrient absorption has reduced so much to almost nothing. Oh well, I cannot do anything to change it anyway. I feel hungry. I need to find something to eat. ¡®Wake up all of you¡¯ They begin to open their eyes and slowly rise. ¡®We shall go to hunt our food and water than we will go to where our location is¡¯ ¡®But we have never hunted before¡¯ ¡®We were just plants before and how can we go to hunt¡¯ ¡®We know nothing about what is outside¡¯ ¡®Calm down every one of you¡¯ I look at them. ¡®Yes you are right Freya, we know nothing about the outside but if we don¡¯t go and experience then we might as well just do nothing and die of hunger¡¯ All of them look at me with guilty eyes before nodding at what I said. ¡®Then we all need to find a way out¡¯ I begin to look around but there is nothing that could be a hole even if it was a hole, it was not big enough for us to get though. I continue to look around. ¡®Paggg, you have been bitten by a nameless scorpion and lose 19 Hp¡¯ I have been bitten by a scorpion and lose almost one fifth of my Hp. I notice the scorpion on my tail and without a second thought I swing my tail to the ground and it dies. ¡°Level up¡¯ I am amazed at how I just killed a scorpion and gained a level. Then suddenly I hear a voice *Ting* I look down to realize that the scorpion corpse has gone and left its skins, a tail and puddle of green liquid. I guess the puddle is the scorpion blood but what happened to its body. Oh well, even if I know there nothing that I can do about it anyway. What should I do to the skin and blood. I turn my back toward my once servants now my brothers and sisters. I saw them look around. Which I found cute. You may think I am weird to think that snakes can be cute but if you see as a snake you realise that they are not scary at all. I turn my attention back to the puddle. I think what if the blood is poison. Can I produce new type of poison from this. ¡®If I don¡¯t try how can I know¡¯ I slowly take a drop of the blood into my mouth. I wait for any sign of side effect until suddenly I felt a sharp pain run down my throat like being slashed with a knife. While I suffer from the pain a screen pops up. *Ting* Unknown liquid has been detected in your body and has been detected as scorpion blood acid. *Ting* The blood acid has weak poison properties to it that can be used to combine with your original poison and can also be remembered by your body to create the poison in future. ¡°You can now produce produce scorpion blood acid as your new type of poison. ¡°Scorpion blood acid has a slow activation time but lasts for a long period of time and even though it is weak poison it can be used to stop nerve function for a certain time¡¯ Do you wish to produce and store the scorpion blood acid? In the process of producing new type of poison you will suffer from poison you don¡¯t have resistance to the new type of poison. I will suffer but I think I will benefit from it later. ¡®Yes¡¯ *Ting* Your body has now started to analyse the poison and remember the properties and produce the poison. This process will take 5 minutes. I start to feel pain like I have been slashed with a knife. ¡®1 Hp¡¯ ¡®1 Hp¡¯ It has been like this for four minutes and half. I lose three quarter of my hp. Then suddenly You could be reading stolen content. Head to the original site for the genuine story. *Ting* You have endured the pain from poison making process. You have obtained a new stat ¡°Endurance¡± *Ting* Congratulations, you have completed the poison making process. You can now produce scorpion blood acid as your new poison type. I was so happy that my suffering has ended and that it is worth it. Without realising it I am crowned by my snake family. ¡®What is it Sin¡¯ - Serperior ¡®I have found a hole that we can climb to get out of here¡¯ ¡®Sin, please lead¡¯ - Serperior ¡®Yes¡¯ - Sin I have realise that Sin and Luke are male. Then Tae-goo and Freya are female. After we finished the conversation Sin leads us to the location of a hole. It was a hole not big nor small it is large enough for me and my snakes to go through it without a problem. ¡®I will go first and all of you follow after me¡¯ I turn my eyes to look at them. They all nod. I pull myself up the hole and quickly go out of the hole. ¡®You all follow after me¡¯ ¡®Yes¡¯ I turn my attention to my new surroundings. I am amazed by the sight. It is a temple before me and my underling snakes. It is a magnificent sight. The ruin is deep in the forest. There are noise of insects, whirring of cicadas, songs of birds, and screeching of monkeys. It is cool and moist. Moisture is dripping from the leaves, moss growing on the ancient stones. There is a gentle yet cool breeze, sunlight reaches the ground through the jungle canopy creating dappled shadows. The temple itself is dilapidated, centuries old, tumbling down stones holding up winding roots of fig trees with heart shaped leaves. It is serene, so peaceful that you might think it a dream, haunted by long dead priests with ancient echoes of priests praying. Statues of reclining gods and goddesses, scattered bones being cleaned by insects, deep in the shadows is a golden statue of Gaia reflecting flickering candles, raised relief carvings of angels and demons. The ceiling has a mural of heaven, earth, and the underworld. Entrance to the temple guard by vigilant sea serpents. As I was amazed by the scenery. A window popped in front of me. *Ting* You have discovered ¡°An ancient temple of a forgotten god¡± A long time ago this temple was used to pray to Mother Nature Gaia. It was during the great civil war of God during the golden age as Olympian gods and goddess fought against their father and mother Titans. Since then the temple has been abandoned and people declined to believe in Gaia. As more people started to believing in the Olympian God and Goddess *Ting* Quest Window Since the great civil war between the Olympian and the Titans. The people decline to believe in her greatness Gaia. As she does not have power to protect nor take care of them during their sickness and fear. You and your underlings are ¡°Green pit venomous viper¡± have a responsibility to spread and take back your mother pride. Progress: Spreading Gaia influence, Reconstruct the great temple, Have a statue of Gaia built in a village. Quest Requirement: Allow for Plant and Animal races that are created by Gaia. Quest Rewards: Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Gaia, Mother Nature? A quest and influence of Gaia? A first quest ¡®Yes I have got a first quest¡¯ ¡®Serperior, I think we should explore the temple¡¯ ¡®Good idea Tae goo¡¯ As we start to explore inside the temple there are a lots of valuables such as gold, silver, and copper plates. ¡®Sss¡¯ I turn around to find that there are skeletons scattered on the floor. I am shocked and stumble backwards to find a golden statue of a woman with a beautiful face. *Ting* You have discovered a sculpture of ¡®Gaia¡¯ Long time ago, a great sculptor created a statue using a process that has never been seen by other sculptor. The process involved tailoring, blacksmithing, and lastly carving. Bonus of discovery: You gain a new status called ¡°Art¡± and ¡°Charm¡±. You also gain 5 Str,Agi,Ins, and Wis. you as a creature created in the hand of Gaia gain a special blessing ¡°Overgrowth¡± *Ting* ¡°Overgrowth¡± - This blessing allows creatures that have affinity to nature to gain the ability to accelerate growth and manipulate nature as they wish. What I gained a divine blessing ¡°Overgrowth¡± *Ting* (Status Window) (Name): Serperior (Race): Green Pit Venomous Viper (State): Low level poisonous viper, Leader of snake group Title: Master of seedling, Last stand Level: 3 Physical Stats: Hp: 89 Mana: 0 Strength: 25 Agility: 32 Wisdom: 40 Intelligence: 42 Vitality: 37 Leadership: 10 Fighting spirit: 6 Endurance: 4 Art: 5 Charm: 5 [Energy] [Nutrients] Energy Production; Nutrients Absorption: Possessed skills: << Growth >> << Respiration >> << Nutrients absorption >> << Root wisp (Basic) >> << Root bind (Basic >> << Naming (Unique >> << Command title (Beginning) >> << Fighting Spirit title >> << Poison making >>: (Scorpion blood acid) << Poison bite (Beginning) >> << Photosynthesis >> << Portable root (Unique) >> Resistance: 5.5% to poison Divine Blessing: Demeter/Gaia Attribute: Nature/Poison I am shocked that looking at a sculpture can give me a divine blessing. I cannot do anything else anyway so I turn back to my underlings. ¡®I think we should stay here and rest for now we can sort things out tomorrow¡¯ They nod. As they fall into sleep one by one. I am looking at what we should do tomorrow. I fall into slumber. **** Chapter 5: Bury the dead? Day: 9 I wake up and slowly rise. I start to check my status. Nothing very much has changed, only that my poison resistance has increased a bit. I look around and to find that all my subordinates have already woken up. As they notice that I''m awake they turn their eyes forward and before them are 5 rabbits. ¡®Mistress, here have some rabbit¡¯ - Sin I look as Tae-goo hands me a white rabbit. I look at it for quite some time then I bite into the body. It is delicious. I want more of it but as I turn to ask for more I realise that they have a rabbit for each one of them. I guess that they already have their first hunt as snake. I finish my rabbit and wait for the rest to finish as well. ¡®I think we should explore more of the ruin¡¯ - Serperior ¡®As your wish, mistress¡¯ - Tae-goo I start to make my way further inside the ruin. There are many of what used to be sculptures here and there and many skeletons of humans and beasts scattered in every corner of the temple. The only sculpture that is still intact is the golden Gaia sculpture that I found first as I entered the temple. The rest is now in ruins. I think if the temple was still in good condition then it might even look more fascinating because even in ruins it still looks like a grand place. I walk further in and then stop but what makes me stop is a skeleton in a white robe holding a staff in its left hand and a wooden sword in its right hand. The staff and sword are not fascinating but just the beginning of things. What I found shocking is that it has a golden crown on its head with a large emerald in the middle and four emeralds surrounding it. The gold and emeralds amazingly blend together and shine brightly across the room. The skeleton is sitting on a throne behind an altar. The altar is made out of wood which should have been broken like the other ruins but it seems to be intact. I make my way toward the skeleton. Then suddenly the candle on the altar was lighted and me and my subordinates start to hear praying. The skeleton rose with his sword and staff in a certain way that looks like a triangle. The triangle appeared in front of us and my body feels somewhat lighter and warm as if I was being held up by something. *Ting* The high priest has summoned you and your subordinates. You gained a sermon wisdom to communicate with your blessed God. You have gained affinity to light by 1% Your and subordinates gained 5 to all stats *Ting* Quest Window: Since the falling of Gaia believer. The religion that is praying for the goddess has also fallen people no longer come to pray and the temple is neglected. The high priest and following die but do not rest in peace you as ¡®A child of goddess¡¯ must take responsibility and bury the corpses and bless their souls allowing them to let go of the world and lead them to heaven. Quest Progress: Bury the high priest and his following 0/100 Bless their soul with your sermon wisdom 0/100 Quest Reward: Unknown Unknown Unknown I read the letters of a new quest. I must spread the influence and reconstruct and now I have to bury the corpse of priest. I look at my body I can not dig the ground with my snake body but i can pull up the soil by roots. I turn my body toward my underlings but what surprises me is that they seem to know what I I''m going to say to them because they start to move the corpses of the dead outside of the temple. ¡®All of you should move the corpses out of the temple except for the high priest now¡¯ After, I make my way toward the high priest I look around the high priest for any trap or something. I start to remove the staff and sword as well as the robe and his crown on the altar. It is so shiny. I turn away and drag his corpse out toward the exit of the temple and leave his body on the side of temple and start to release my roots into the soil and grab the soil and use my strength to pull the soil up. I don¡¯t how long it takes but my body starts to get sore and tired but the hole is still not deep enough for a human skeleton to lay in. I continue to look around and see that my Tae-goo and her junior continue to move the corpses out of the temple. I turn my attention to pulling the soil. I continue to work and endure the pain from over work. *Ting* Endurance has increased by 2 Strength has increased by 1 I ignored and continue. *Ting* Endurance has increased by 3 Strength increased by 1 Fighting spirit increased by 2 I have finished my first hole by pulling soil up with roots. You might be reading a pirated copy. Look for the official release to support the author. The hole is 1 meter deep and 2 meters long. I was regretting that I make the soil horrible and the grass is messy. It is not as beautiful as I started to make more holes in the soil. Before was lush green with grass and bushes now it is a hole for corpses. I continue digging and Tae-goo and the others are carrying the corpses. Before we know it it is already dark. I stop and move my way to my underlings to take them to hunt a few rabbits. After we eat we start to rest. It has been a long tiring day for all of us. ¡®Let¡¯s rest for now and continue to work tomorrow¡¯ After I finish telling them I close my eyes. And started to drift into a sleep. *** Day: 14 It has been a week since I started to working on my quest as I am digging and my subordinates moving the corpses out of the temple. Today the is the same I woke up and eat with Sin. I have realise that Tae-goo and the rest have already begun to move the remaining corpses out of the temple. I begin to work on my digging like the last six days. I use my roots to pull up the ground and I have been digging almost a hundred holes surrounding the temple which looks now like a mess. Every time I endure the pain as I dig I gain endurance stats and a few on strength and fighting spirit. *Ting* (Status window) (Name): Serperior (Race): Green pit venomous viper (State): A child of God Gaia, Low Lv poisonous snake, The leader of snake group Title: Master of seedling, Last stand (Level): 3 Physical Stats: Hp: 100 Mana: 100 Strength: 52 Agility: 41 Wisdom: 46 Intelligence: 48 Vitality: 72 Leadership: 16 Fighting spirit: 36 Art: 24 Charm: 4 Endurance: 49 [Energy] 20 J [Nutrients]: 45 Ns Energy Production: 10 J/H Nutrients Absorption: 1Ns/H Possessed skills: << Growth >> << Respiration >> << Nutrients absorption >> << Root wisp (Basic) >> << Root bind (Basic) >> << Naming (Unique) >> << Command title (Basic) >> << Fighting spirit >> << Poison making >> (Scorpion blood acid) << Poison bite (Basic) >> << Photosynthesis >> << Portable root (Unique) >> << Digging (Intermediate) >> Resistance: 8% to poison 1% to light Blessed: Demeter/Gaia Attribute: Nature/Poison My digging skills have upgraded into intermediate level since all I am doing is nothing but digging. I quickly finish my last hole. I glance back to see that all the corpses have now been carried in front of the temple. I make my way toward Tae-goo and the less. ¡®All of you please put the corpses in the hole and bury them and find flowers or plants to plant over them¡¯ I immediately tell them and begin to bury the corpses with them. I pick up and drag the high priest¡¯s corpse to the first hole I made and lay it in the hole. ¡®Aah gah ha uo¡¯ I began the sermon of wisdom on the corpse in the hole. Then I move on to another corpse and do the same for hundreds of time then suddenly The area becomes foggy and I can not see anything but myself until a middle age man appears in front of me. The man is wearing a robe and many people seem to appear behind him. ¡®Goddess, do not neglect us¡¯ ¡®Thank you, child of god to send us to our peace¡¯ The man walks toward me and gives me a kiss on the forehead and then fades away with other people. *Ting* Quest has been completed You and your subordinates have buried and blessed the dead on behalf of the goddess. You have given a tree of wisdom branch staff You have given a tree of strength branch sword You have obtained new skill ¡°light manipulation¡± and ¡°nature manipulation¡± ¡°Nature manipulation¡± - This skill allows the user to manipulate nature at their will. The higher the easier to manipulate the nature. Mana: 25/s Cool down time: 10 seconds (Elemental magic: Beginning) ¡°Light manipulation¡± - This skill allows the user who believe in faith and honor to manipulate light at their will. The higher the skill the easier to manipulate to light. Mana: 30/s Cool down time: 10 seconds (Elemental magic: Beginning) I gained a staff, a sword, and two magic skills. I look at my underlings. I am exhausted and hunt for food and quickly go to sleep. ***