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Here's another chapter for you guys to enjoy! Also added a temporary identifier to our grass man, Mathias (Similar to his old name)

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-- POV (Mathias) Grass -- We will be calling him Mathias temporarily until his name is chosen.

That's weird. This felt different than anything I've faced before. It was slow and consistent. It didn't feel like it was nibbled on, chewed on, nor ripped off. What the heck ate my root?

Well, it was just one root, and a far off one. It was probably a one off anyways. No way would it specifically follow my roots back to me -

Fuuuuuck, ow. It's starting again..... It feels like it's melting off maybe? It hurts a little more than before, shit, because it's getting closer.

It is definitely following me now. Shitfuck. This thing actually eats roots, whatever it is. It seems to be using acid or something to melt my roots. And I just made it easy for it to find my main body - almost all of the roots lead straight towards me. OK, I need to just let that branch of my roots go. I'll jettison them and let them die. And maybe if I first build a mini-maze of roots before I separate myself from the maze, I should be good to go.

Stupid efficient searching, all roads lead back to me, just like in Rome. If only I have something to defend myself with, right now I just have some tiny beetles.

Done, made a small maze around him, and......

SHIIIIIIIIIIIIT, I forgot how much necrosis actually hurts. Pulling a toe off I think would feel similar. If it wasn't for the fact I had separated part of my mind before I did that, I might have passed out again. It's becoming second nature to do that before I try any action, kinda weird and cool. It lets me simultaneously focus wholly on doing a task correctly, while also passively watching the results from above.

...

...

Did I just see a little bit of pleasure show up in my separated mind that took care of the necrosis? Ah, of course, it must have just been pleasure in accomplishing my goal! Man, I impress myself sometimes! Literally!

Back to thinking...... I really don't know what could be eating my roots. Grubs, larvae, mites can attack roots, and large herbivores as well, but this is just weird. I have no experience at all with this. So let's assume that this is some sort of fantasy creature. Meaning, again, I have no idea what to do. Shit.

Well, it's been about an hour, but if it chances upon my roots again, I need some sort of counter measure. My roots aren't giving me enough information - the only thing with more senses that I have is a leaf. Ok, let's grow one near the incursion sight..... I really don't want too. It has more senses in all of the meanings. Pleasure, light sensitivity, tactile, PAIN. Fuck, this is gonna hurt a lot more. Let's separate my mind again... Huh, it's getting easier and easier now. Nice.

Ok, now I'm adding the leaf.... Done, well the sun feels nice. Can't tell anything else yet. The bait has been set, now I need to wait.

Ewwwww, I feel something soft, like something is licking my leaf.

Oh no. Don't tell me, it likes specifically how I taste. Oh no, this is bad.

And now my leaf is being surrounded.....

Shit shit shit, quick I need to..

Owwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.

..

..

Jettison the leaf. Sigh. Ok, I've officially lost part of my mind temporarily to pain, still with that weird tinge of pleasure. Well, we did get a lot of useful information from this.

The thing that's eating me is using some sort of acid to eat me, kind of like starfish or flies. So I should increase my acid resistance maybe????

Nah, that would just slow it down. I need some way to kill the predator. Let's put in a super high dose of caffeine in the next leaf I put out there. Enough to kill an elephant should be good!

'Slap Slap'

Wake up me, I need to grow another leaf, and this time jettison it before it eats me. And oh yea, Trojan horse that shit with a huge amount of caffeine. It's basically going to be a crystallized white leaf for it to eat haha.

Calculating it out.... I'll need about about 1.2 kg of the stuff to kill an elephant.... That's a little too much. Ok, how about enough to kill a human? 13.6 grams. That's doable, but hard. An average blade of grass weighs much less than a single gram. Sigh, if only I had another toxic chemical..... Wait, I can just make one, can't I?

Muahahahaha. Ok, let's make the most absolute, most toxic chemicals known to man: Saturated Fat!

Pfffffffffffft HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. LOL. Ha. Ha. Lol.

Man, I'm god damn funny. But going through the toxins I know, a lot of them are out due to not having the minerals available to make them. Ah! How about Botulinum? It can't affect me, but can be deadly in small or large concentrations. And it should fuck up any aphids that try to bite me if I incorporate it into my sap somehow. Nice, I think I would have done this sooner or later anyways, but progress has always been made in time of need and war.

Also love, but I'm not in that arena right now. Sadly ;(

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Genetic Modification: Botulinum

Generate Botulinum, a toxin normally created by bacteria as waste. Will paralyze most species.

Cost: 500

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Wow, that's expensive as shiiiiit. I have a nice stockpile of over 1300 GP, but this might be just too much for me. Drug Compounding and Genetic modification should make this cheap to make! Fuuu, it must be because it's created by bacteria, not by plants. There must be some penalty for that. Let's see, a plant made toxin....

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Genetic Modification: Cyanide

Generate Cyanide, a toxin that can be found in plants in trace amounts.

Cost: 100

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Yup, as I thought. Costs must change based on how easy it is for me to create it naturally. And it must be more expensive too because of its toxicity. Caffeine is strong, but it doesn't compare to cyanide in the least.

This isn't bad though. Cyanide is almost guaranteed not to hurt me, but is deadly to larger animals that need to breathe, which I'm assuming this guy needs to do. He'll suffocate, while chocking down the last, tastiest meal he has ever had.

Seems the whatever it is has gotten lost in my maze. Good, so let's learn how to make cyanide…… Done, and let's test make some on my secondary body on a leaf…. and nothing, good. Good good good.

Step one succeeded. Step two has to wait, I need to see if he shows up…. Well, while I'm waiting, I might as well fill my extended, unprotected body with cyanide. Some sweet revenge for the remnants of those stupid aphids.

Ahh, the first aphid just fell from my leaf, muahahahahaha. Just for this it was worth i---------------

………….t.

Sigh, this FUCKER keeps finding my roots! What the actual fuck!?

-- POV ?? –

'wiggle' bright 'wiggle'

-- POV Grass (Mathias) –

Ok, aphid extermination and self-reflection is postponed. For now, operation forceful cyanide injection is a go. I'll make a leaf look all vibrant like, while flooding it with as much cyanide as I can. Right when I feel that thing again, I'll rip off that leaf so I control the pain. All at once is better than slowly being eaten by acid. I am getting more worried though. It's getting closer and closer to me, and hurting more and more.

Ok, setup is complete. That leaf is barely standing up straight, the cyanide concentration is messing with the systems in the leaf. The poison concentration burns, but I can keep it isolated to that leaf. The leaf will die naturally after about a day because of it, but it will work for now.

Annnndddd.. There we go, it's taking the bait! Ripping off another finger……….

I really need to create something that helps with the pain senses, but I really don't know of anything that works for plants, since we thought plants can't feel pain. Morphine and the like won't work here, sigh. The sun is all l have.

Ok, now to wait and see what happens. It would be best if the cyanide was aerosolized, but beggars can't be choosers. It should be shutting down their airways now, their blood should be turning blue, and they should have collapsed on the ground now. Good, now let's grow a root towards where it should be dying and see if it's going to be eaten.

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…

That, was a bad idea. Zzzzzzzz. I need to find a better way of figuring things out rather than putting my finger into a monster's mouth each time.

To conclude, it's still alive somehow. Now what? It's stomach acid must be something else, or maybe it doesn't breathe oxygen. We are in a fantasy land, maybe it breathes C02 like me, or doesn't need to breathe at all.

Shit.

All my poison knowledge is useless here then. Well, the easy ones are gone.

Shit. What should I do. Salt maybe? Doubtful. If cyanide didn't work, salt won't.

Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitake mushrooms.

There goes another root. If I can't poison it to death, and I can't lead it away from me, the only other option is to face it head on in gladiatorial battle.

I need to armor up. First, I need to unlock an ability similar to the Yucca plant. Its leaves end in a great, large thorn. Then, I need to gain some flexibility in my growth/movement. My current growth speed is too slow. Next, I need to strengthen my actual structure somewhat. My leaves will need to become thicker, and more resilient.

My battle plan is as follows: I will lure him to an area close to me. During this time, the damage I take will be heavy, but it will increase my reaction speed and my growth speed by being closer to me. The area I need to lure him in will be surrounded by a root network, where I will launch a piercing attack from below. If this thing is tall, the most I can do is scratch it really, maybe pierce it a little bit. This is my best shot, because I can’t see my predator. I hate not being able to see, I hate it so much!

Urrrrrrgggggghhhh, the pain is increasing, for the love of god, make it stop! Make it stop!

Fuuuuck, only I can make it stop. Shit, I need some alcohol to deal with this. Come on, even splitting my mind isn’t helping much anymore. That pleasure mixed in with the pain I was feeling is all gone, now all I have left is terror and pain.

And resolve. I have to do this, or die. Come on, come on man. There we go, invested 25 to form a death ring of roots, with 3 leaders coming off of it. It should follow one of the leads into the circle and from there I’ll strike.

“Bleurrgghhh”

I feel like I'm throwing up from the pain. It's getting closer to the circle, shit, I need to hurry. Come on genetic mutation, I need some adaptations from bamboo, yucca, mimosa, venus fly traps, and Quebracho! It's time, transform!

Current GP: 1250

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Genetic Modification: Fast-growing

Increases the cost of growing, but increases the speed of growth by 50%.

Cost: 50

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Genetic Modification: Reaction

Grants the ability for parts of you to automatically respond to certain stimuli.

Cost: 125

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Genetic Modification: Hardened Spines

Allows the ability to created hardened, sharp sections on your body.

Cost: 125

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Genetic Modification: Strengthened Cell Walls

Change your interior cells to be stronger than normal grass.

Cost: 500

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Shit shit shit shit shit shit, fuck it, with the acid I don't know if I need the strengthened cell walls. I'll take everything else then.

950

Come on, come on! Ah, there, I feel it now. Perfect FUCKING timing, the bait's been taken. Shit, ow, fuck. I'm going to make this mother fucker pay for the pain I've been through!!

There, it's in the center and hesitating, it must realize the predicament it's in! Haha fucker, here I go!!!!

-- POV ?? –

Bright everywhere. 'jiggle'

-- POV Grass (Mathias) –

Ok, the time is now. I've created 10 spikes coiled and ready to go, I'll grow them slightly towards the thing, and once they touch the slime they should rapidly extend into the animal, scratching and/or puncturing it!

940

Let's do this!!!!!!!

'gigigigigi' 'stab' 'melt'

SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT that HURRRRTTTTSSSSSS, but it's still alive, each spike I launched up pierced something, then was melted. If 10 spikes wasn't enough, I'll send 20. If 20 isn't enough, I'll send 50. If 50 isn't enough, I'll launch a 100! I have to kill this thing above me, I'll overwhelm it with numbers and tenacity!!!!!!!!!!! I have to LIIIIIVEEE!!

940

920

870

770

FUCK YOU! If that wasn't enough, fuck it, take 700! This is all or nothing baby! It's you or me! I'll stab so many fucking thorns into your body you'll fucking bleed for the next hundred years!!!!!!!!

70

'gasp, huff, huff, huff'

Oh my god, it's stopped moving. I'm ali…….…

'Passes out'

-- POV Owl –

Hoot-hoot

A slime was wandering around the glade this morning. Normally they stay near the water. Must be something tasty in the ground, it's digging into the ground to eat. Something with mana, or energy? I could kill it, but it is just a slime. It should die by a rabbit if it truly wanted to. They are the bottom feeders, scrounging on waste and some small plants.

'Hoot-Hoot!?'

It's going towards the weird plant, when suddenly thorny grass starts growing all around it. It's not doing much though, slimes are mostly immune to attacks as long as their nucleus is untouched.

Oh, the grass is shaking more and more, and more of it is growing. What in the heavens is happening?

Oh?

The slime became flat. Grass must have been too thorny, must have lost all of its blood or something. It's nucleus also looks damaged, it looks like there is a blade of half-dissolved grass in the middle of it.

'Hoot-hoot'