《Reincarnated as a Tree》 Chapter 0 - Prologue Prologue: Well I¡¯m on my way home from the convenience store after buying a salad and a bottle of water. I breathe in and I sigh at the polluted air in the city, I want to go back to the country, too bad jobs there are few and far between. I start thinking of what new plants to buy for my apartment. ¡°Some cacti would be a good addition to my garden.¡± I say aloud to myself as I go to cross the road. I get a weird look from a passing woman as I say that. As I am crossing the dark road I see headlights belonging to a truck flying towards me, I just manage to dodge it. ¡°Phew, the bastard almost killed me.¡± I say exasperated at the events that just transpired. As soon as I say that I hear the truck stopping all of a sudden, thinking they might be getting out to see if I¡¯m alive I look behind me just in time to see the truck accelerating towards me. It isn¡¯t stopping and I start to spring away. ¡°What the fuck is going on why has this truck got a god damned vendetta against me.¡± It isn¡¯t stopping just as I¡¯m about to get off the road it hits me. I fly through the air and land limply on the ground with my vision rapidly turning black. I¡¯m bleeding and I know I¡¯m about to die but my thoughts still manage to turn to my plants in my house hoping that someone will take care of them in my absence. As I die I feel myself being forcefully pulled to an unknown location, when I get there it is all white. However there is one place that is whiter than the rest I¡¯m flabbergasted at this sight. ¡°Where the FUCK am I?¡± I shout distressfully into the endless white space. I¡¯m answered by an ancient voice, ¡°You¡¯re finally here I thought you wouldn¡¯t die for a second then with you dodging the truck the first time and all.¡± ¡°What do you mean.¡± I shout at the annoyed voice. ¡°I killed you so that you can come to my new world!¡± The light shouts with a proud sounding voice. Ensure your favorite authors get the support they deserve. Read this novel on Royal Road. ¡°Why would you kill me for that, I don¡¯t even want to go to a new world.¡± I say back to the voice not even trying hiding my annoyance. ¡°You¡¯re an odd soul, most would feel intimidated in the presence of the almighty creator.¡± The voice says back to me. ¡°Well I suppose most would feel scared but I¡¯m already dead, what do I even have to lose?¡± ¡°I could torture your could for an eternity, but don¡¯t worry I won¡¯t do that to you because you¡¯re going to my new world!¡± The voice says back once again. Shit I forgot that with the light being a God and all he could torture my soul for a while, ¡°Wait a second didn¡¯t you say earlier that you killed me with a truck, I almost forgot about it you bastard.¡± ¡°Oh that, well you can¡¯t go to my new world if you¡¯re still alive in that one can you now?¡± The voice replies seemingly not caring that they just killed me and now they want me to go to a new world. ¡°And why should I go to the new world of the person who just killed me¡± I reply even more annoyed now. ¡°I¡¯ll reincarnate you as a tree and¡­¡± ¡°Ok when do I go¡± I cut the voice off before they can even finish the sentence. ¡°Well you agreed quickly as soon as I mentioned being a tree¡± ¡°Trees are amazing who wouldn¡¯t want to be one.¡± ¡°Ok I¡¯ll give you some advice before you go, first of all you can evolve as a tree although you¡¯ll start off as something small, second there¡¯s an energy in this world called mana like making it into fire, water etc, different races might evolve there after a little bit but I haven¡¯t placed any there as of yet. Any questions.¡± ¡°Do I keep my memories.¡± ¡°Yes of course¡± ¡°Ok I¡¯m ready to go now¡± ¡°Bye have fun in your new world¡± I feel myself being torn away from that place and being placed in a new vessel for my soul. . Chapter 1 - New Life and Turf War Chapter 1 - New Life and Turf War When I awake after that eventful meeting with the being called God, I¡¯m met with a strange feeling. Due to just waking up my memories of what just transpired are hazy, I seem to remember meeting with a strange light and agreeing to be reincarnated as a tree. Yes! I¡¯m now a tree, I¡¯m so happy that I¡¯ve become a tree they¡¯re just so amazing with them standing tall for centuries before greedy humans cut them down. Now onto my current situation, I seem to feel part of my body stretching out in multiple directions below me, I can only imagine these are my roots. It feels sort of weird having these roots and this new body as I can¡¯t move it as I would a human body. I can feel my body having nutrients entering it, I believe that this is photosynthesis. Outside my ¡®body¡¯ I can also feel another strange unknown energy floating around although I¡¯m not sure what it is at this point. I can slightly move around my roots however and by using them to probe the area around me I come into contact with other plants there seems to be quite a few of them around although many have quite small root networks. Even though I say that it is not as if I am much larger than them. ¡®Oi don¡¯t you know who¡¯s the top tree around here mate¡¯ I think to myself when some plant steps out of line and tries to attack me. Although it pains me to hurt nature I am forced to retaliate against this unruly organism, although it seems quite resilient against my attempts to deprive it of its nutrients. I attempt to block its roots movement using my own, its root network is just not as large as mine, they also seem slower when they move. I encircle the bush with my roots depriving it of nutrients and all that¡¯s left for it is to die. If I could I would¡¯ve cried while killing this bush, it pains me so much to hurt nature, but this plant attacked me first. I successfully drove them off of my turf now I¡¯m sure all the other plants know who¡¯s the boss around here. If you discover this tale on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen. Please report the violation. While this seemed like a fast paced action film to me I was counting the times when I could photosynthesise and this heroic battle has taken a few weeks. It was truly a slow battle. During this fight for supremacy I have noticed that I have barely grown in height as a tree which makes me somewhat scared that a fast growing tree might try to deprive me of my sunlight. Apart from that I don¡¯t mind slow growth as a tree as they all have their place. Fast growing, slow growing, large, small they¡¯re all so amazing. Oops I¡¯ve gone off on a tangent about trees again. After successfully destroying that upstart tree I¡¯m stuck about what to do. I have the end goal of being the best tree in this world but other than that I¡¯m not sure what my immediate goals should be. I just continue extending my root network each day and slowly positioning myself so that I can get the best influx of sunlight for my photosynthesis each day. This strange energy which seems to be in the air and ground around me is also irritating me to no end, I¡¯m not sure what it is and I¡¯m fast running out of ideas. I know it¡¯s not water as it¡¯s constantly been there for the past few weeks and I¡¯m sure that this place can¡¯t rain 24/7, also the density of it in the air is much too large for it to be water. While thinking this it starts to rain, this is my first experience of rain as a tree. ¡®I love rain¡¯ I think excitedly to myself. Right now it¡¯s raining and I must say that the influx of nutrients is amazing it feels like an instant power up. ¡®If I don¡¯t grow at least a few centimetres from this I¡¯m not sure what I¡¯ll need.¡¯ ¡®Damn the rain stopped¡¯ I¡¯m not sure how long it rained for as my sense of time as a tree is shocking. I don¡¯t think it was more than a few hours but I can¡¯t be too sure. . Chapter 2 - Magic and Operation Vision Chapter 2 - Magic and Operation Vision Shit how did I even forget something so important! The weird energy that¡¯s floating in the air is mana, that basta¡­ I mean Almighty Creator mentioned it after he killed me and he said that I could make it into fire and water. But how do I even go about doing that do I just sort of imagine making fire with it¡­ Some time later It¡¯s not fucking working. I wish that lazy God could¡¯ve been bothered to explain mana and its functions to me fully. I am trying to imagine fire being formed above the ground but I know that it¡¯s not working in the slightest. Perhaps I need to have a clear picture of the area I want to use the magic on¡­ Well if I do have to have a picture of the area I can¡¯t see because I¡¯m a tree so it¡¯s useless. I suppose I¡¯ll continue expanding my roots and absorbing nutrients from the ground. As I go to absorb some delicious nutrients I feel myself going back to that horrible place. ¡°Why am I back in this creepy white space again!¡± I yell this at that lazy good for nothing God. ¡°I just might have forgotten to tell you some crucial things about your new world, tehe.¡± God says not seeming to care that he forgot to tell me. ¡°What sort of God forgets important information! And what sort of information are we talking about?¡± ¡°Ah that when I send you back to your new body try to pull the mana into yourself, that should help you on your path to using magic.¡± ¡°Tch, it would¡¯ve helped if you¡¯d told me that in the first place.¡± What sort of God forgets about telling me that, I¡¯ve been stuck on how to use mana for weeks, if I wasn¡¯t having endless fun while being a tree I would¡¯ve gone insane. ¡°That would¡¯ve been no fun though, I liked to see you fail at using it, hahaha! Well I¡¯ll see you another time.¡± As I am being forcefully ripped out of the white space I hear a that irritating voice shout, ¡°You can also see, by using mana just¡­¡± What the fuck was he about to say I only heard that I can see using mana. Seriously that God is terrible, I feel like I¡¯m going to die an early death due to them. How can a God be so childish, if a Christian saw this God they would probably have a heart attack. Support the author by searching for the original publication of this novel. Now onto the next task, I should probably try out magic, it¡¯ll probably be useful being able to water myself and all, if a drought comes I¡¯ll be set. So I am imagining the floating energy flowing into me I imagine a flame being formed in front of my tree¡­ It doesn¡¯t work. I believe that my former hypothesis that I have to have vision of the target is true. Hmmmm, God said that I should be able to see using mana, however they coincidentally left out how to see. After days or was it weeks, of repetitive testing I think that I¡¯ve figured it out, how to see through mana. The idea of how to see using mana came to me when I remembered this game I once played some years ago, I think the ability was called Farsight or something like that. My version won¡¯t be anything so fancy I just need a small area of vision to use some magic. Now for the first test Operation Vision Commence! I imagine myself sucking in the mana and visualising myself having an area to see out of on my tree. Shit I¡¯m hit with some sort of mental pain, but that doesn¡¯t matter, Operation Vision was a success! I¡¯ll call this new spell Sight, I feel proud of my naming sense my teachers always did say I was creative. I can now see my current area, I seem to be in some sort of forest, but I can tell this forest has only recently been planted, most of the trees are quite small, giving an estimate I¡¯d saying the tallest is a 4 meters. My height is about half a meter, which is quite small in comparison, there aren¡¯t many trees my height most are at least a meter tall. I myself am quite knowledgeable on trees being an enthusiast however I can¡¯t recognise any of the species. The region is not tropical, that is for sure. Some of the trees look much like ash trees however, which excites me as they were always my favourite type of tree. I can¡¯t see myself because my ¡®eyes¡¯ only look straight not up or down, I¡¯ll have to improve them, I¡¯m eager to see my new body. After surveying the area I turn off my Sight spell and collect nutrients. I feel tired from using it, I believe that it may be a side effect of using more mana than my body can handle. I will try to improve my magic capacity and then try to use another spell.