《Watching Grass Grow》Chapter 8: Shopping for Abilities

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Authors Notes: Well that's the introduction out of the way, and before Christmas as well, it's unfortunate to say but I probably won't release another chapter until after new year, however i'l still be writing so who knows I might release multiple chapters to start the new year.

POV: Mystical Sakura

During the battle involving a pack of wolves and two nymphs, none of them realised that another presence was observing the fight. Once the battle was over he returned to his body to contemplate what he just saw through the eyes of Aria’s tree.

‘That was… anticlimactic, don’t get me wrong I’m glad no one was hurt but still a few words and pack of what I’m guessing were monsters got eaten. I guess that’s the power of magic for you, but who knew it would be so effective, why don’t we see what else those four have up their sleeves.’

Followers

· Ellie, Forest Nymph

· Tia, Tree Nymph

· Maria, Tree Nymph

· Aria, Tree Nymph

‘That’s not very informative, is there some way to gain more information, maybe focusing on their name?’

Status

Name: Ellie

Age: 250

Gender: Female

Race: Forest Nymph

Level: 35

Class: Lesser Earth Nature Spirit

Titles: Forest of Slaughter, Servant of a Mystical Sakura, Tree Guardian

Condition: Happy, Content

‘Still not very helpful to explain what happened, I have no choice but to use my powers of deduction. From what I can see she has risen by 10 levels and her title implies she is capable of repeating that action but the lesser part in her class is misleading. Let’s look at the others to make a comparison.’

Status

Name: Tia

Age: 210

Gender: Female

Race: Tree Nymph

Level: 75

Class: Weak Lesser Earth Nature Spirit

Titles: Poisoned Beauty, Servant of a Mystical Sakura, Tree Guardian

Condition: Happy, Content

Status

Name: Maria

Age: 150

Gender: Female

Race: Tree Nymph

Level: 81

Class: Weak Lesser Earth Nature Spirit

Titles: Crusher, Servant of a Mystical Sakura, Tree Guardian

Condition: Happy, Content

Status

Name: Aria

Age: 322

Gender: Female

Race: Tree Nymph

Level: 97

Class: Weak Lesser Earth Nature Spirit

Titles: Servant of a Mystical Sakura, Seductress, Manipulator, Tree Guardian

Condition: Wary, Content

‘Ok now we can start to make sense of things here, for starters although Ellie has a lower level the others have weak in their class names. With this I can assume that Ellie is naturally stronger though their current levels might make them equal in fighting potential at the moment. I can’t see their abilities but I have a rough estimation from their titles; I have seen Ellie use magic and her title suggests she specialises in high damage AOE spells. I didn’t see Aria use magic but I saw the tree she was holding bend to her will and with her title I’m guessing she is able to manipulate objects possibly people and beasts as well. Tia seems to use poison but her title suggests she uses it in a special way, and finally Maria well her title says it all, Crusher no further explanation necessary. With their powers explained it’s time to ponder something else I have noticed, Aria’s status, compared to the others she’s older and if not for my intervention she would be the strongest. Her titles suggest she was capable before I showed up and she seems to be suspicious of me, need to pay attention to her I don’t think she will go against me at least not without a good reason so it’s fine for now.’

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Status

Rank: Mystical Sakura

Age: 14 Days

Durability: 100%

Titles: Mistress of the Nymphs, Late Bloomer, Landowner, Monster Under the Bed, Deep Rooted

Nutrients: 10371N

Nutrient Generation: 1601N/hour

Abilities:

‘Second order of business I need to increase my own strength, that last battle has made it abundantly clear that there are things out there that won’t think twice about taking my life. And in order to spread the word of the true goddess I might need to get violent, all in self-defence of course. So before I go spending my nutrients on pointless stuff let’s prioritise, I need a method to attack, something for defence and some support for extra measures. I have my petals for healing so the support will mainly be battle assistance, the attack should be able to hit at range since I can’t exactly move and defence will have to be very strong since I’m a stationary target. Ok let the search begin, Growth Menu ability search.’

In the beings head a blue screen appeared with a list of abilities and a slider to scroll through the endless list.

‘Well that’s convenient it shortened the list down to just abilities, so if I specify what I’m looking for will it give me my options? Ability search, support, combat assistance.’

Growth Menu

Ability Search, Support, Combat Assistance

· Razor Petals

· Poison Gas

· Knockout Gas

· Paralysing Gas

· Flammable Gas

· Singing Tree

· Bloodlust Aura

· Leech Bark

· Unparalleled Beauty

· Sticky Sap

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‘This is like searching the internet for one piece of information unless your specific your search will give you nothing but crap. Let’s try again; ability search, support, combat assistance, passive, boosts.

Growth Menu

Ability Search, Support, Combat Assistance, Passive, Boosts

· Attack Boost 1

· Attack Boost 2

· Attack Boost 3

· Attack Boost 4

· Attack Boost 5

· Attack Boost 6

· Attack Boost 7

· Attack Boost 8

· Attack Boost 9

· Bleeding Damage Boost

Page 1 of …

‘That’s not it either, damn it how many attack boosts can a plant have, on another note how many abilities does this list have. Right let’s try a more generalised search, status menu please give me an ability that has a passive nature, can help with attack and defence but will also help with my growth. … I knew that was asking too much, maybe …’

Growth Menu

Ability Search, Specialised

· Plant Network

· Mobility

Plant Network/ 5000N

Through contact with your roots you are able to create a network allowing you to transfer information; your abilities can also be used through this network.

Mobility/ 5000N

Your movement speed has been increased, your body can now move and interact similar to sentient races.

‘What! Your joking right I didn’t actually expect anything to happen when I said those things. And to think what it gave me would be this overpowered, status ability thank you for being awesome.’

Your Welcome

‘…Did it just… did I just… is this…. Never mind back to these abilities they are definitely good but are really expensive, if I buy these I will have nothing left for attack and defence. That said the ability to move is priceless to someone who used to be human, and attack abilities are not very expensive just a day of waiting.’

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Do you wish to purchase Plant Network and Mobility for 10000N?

(Y/N)

‘Yes, come on baby give me what’s mine’

‘… Nothing, hmmm’

As the being was thinking he pictured the movement of scratching his head only to be repaid with the feeling of having the back of his head slapped like an angry parent would do.

‘What the heck was that, am I under attack how the hell did they get past the nymphs, I need to see this…’

The being turned his attention to outside his body and was surprised by what he saw. All around his body roots had broken through the earth and were now pointing towards the sky while swaying from side to side as if waiting for a command.

‘Nooo it couldn’t be.’

As the being was imagining his arms crossing each other the roots attempted to mimic the image by intertwining with one another only to create a mess but the main point was seen.

‘There mine, these roots are mine, ha ha ha this is brilliant forget attack and defence this is all the fire power I need.’

The being proceeded to manipulate his roots in a variety of ways; waving, curling, smashing the ground, he was giddy with anticipation.

‘What about the Root Network, if Mobility is this overpowered what about the other one, if I remember it requires root on root contact. Anyone who just thought of a dirty joke screw you this news is too good to be ruined by bad jokes.’

The being made his roots burrow beneath the earth and stretched them out each one attempting to contact a single tree, when contact was made.

‘Oh goddess in heaven I offer you a prayer for this is the greatest day of my pathetic existence.’

After the being made contact with other trees he noticed he was able to control them like it was another part of his body.

‘If I’m right in my deduction these abilities make me some kind of hive mind and every tree I touch becomes another extension of my being. He he he this is going to be fun with my new powers the world is at my fingertips or at my roots, ha ha ha look out world here I come.’

In the future the Forest of Wolves would later come to be known as the Living Forest and its danger rank would be raised from F to B with an added notice stating ‘Beware the tree’s, they see everything’.

POV: Goddess of Life

In another dimension looking over the world of Floeria, two beings have appeared to discuss current events.

(Irena) “Hello Fila, nice to see you again.”

(Fila) “Hello Irena nice to see you too, so how’s it going with your new follower?”

(Irena) “It’s been so stressful, does everyone have this much trouble with their followers.”

(Fila) “Well some more than others but considering your follower is broken in every sense of the word it’s bound to cause trouble.”

(Irena) “He offers his thanks to me for the smallest of things it’s a bit distracting and his plans for the future are embarrassing.”

(Fila) “Maybe you should consider making him your champion, those two are starting to make their move and others are already preparing ways to reduce the damage but your elf’s are currently defenceless.”

(Irina) “He has rejected them completely elf magic can no longer be used around him.”

(Fila) “I guess he didn’t take their desertion likely, what about his abilities I sure they were helpful.”

(Irina) “It’s horrible, why did we give him those abilities, each one of them has caused problems. My blessing was too powerful in his hands, the extra growth almost caused a paradox and the status ability no longer responds to me.”

(Fila) “That’s definitely problematic perhaps you should think about killing him off that’s what some of the other gods do.”

(Irina) “But that’s not fair, it’s not his fault Alena gave him an ability that caused a time paradox when he grew too fast.”

(Fila) “Speaking of that paradox how did you deal with it without alerting the other’s besides Alena?”

(Irina) “I was very surprised when I noticed it I started panicking but then it sorted itself out.”

(Fila) “Sorted itself out.”

(Irina) “Yeah.”

(Fila) “I’m afraid to tell you this but that’s impossible.”

(Irina) “Whaaa… But then what happened.”

(Fila) “Something very interesting and very scary.”

POV: ???

Meanwhile in another dimension outside the understanding of the two gods another being was observing there conversation.

(???) “Things are starting to become very interesting, it was worth interfering to allow this child’s story to continue.” Advertisement Previous

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