Chapter 16: Training
After Red made a small sound to acknowledge my words, I assured him, "I will be staying here for a while, so you get to be with
as much as you want." Red appeared satisfied with my promise and walked back into the bush from where he had erged.
Red was one of the rare mutated magical dinosaurs, and from my observation, every mutated dinosaur becos significantly more powerful than before, disturbing the ecosystem and causing nearby animals to flee.
I encountered Red during my exploration on the eastern continent, and because I wanted to take a closer look, upon seeing , Red imdiately initiated a fight. It was one of the toughest battles I had faced since my birth, but my intelligence and abilities allowed
to prevail. Instead of killing Red, I spared its life due to its rarity, as the benefits outweighed the losses.
My victory over Red led to its submission, and it offered to share its territory with . At the ti, I had no imdiate need for its territory or its proposal, but now, its territory has beco a necessity for my training.
Now alone, I realized it was ti to attend to sothing I had postponed for a while. Concentrating my focus, an image of my past life materialized in my mind. With clarity, I transford into my human form.
Summoning a water mirror before , I gazed at my forr image reflected within it. The mirror showed a 6-feet-tall dark-skinned male with long dreadlocks, hazel brown eyes, a chiseled chin, and no facial hair. Intricate rune-like markings (Curses) adorned my human form, adding a touch of mysticism.
Noticing my nakedness, I willed a traditional cloth known as Ogodo from my past life to appear and wrap around my waist. It may have been a bit narcissistic, but I liked the way my well-defined abs were revealed without any cover. I wanted to cover my legs too but the feeling of connection i felt from the ground barefoot made
decide against it.
Sweeping away the water mirror, I made my way to a small clearing that had a tall tree in it. It felt like the perfect spot to establish my first ho. Wasting no ti, I utilized my abilities to construct a small wooden house. It required so trial and effort, but I was pleased with the final result.
As I embarked on my training, or rather, my experints, I realized that the term "training" might not be entirely accurate. It was more about exploring and pushing the boundaries of my innate abilities. If you possess a vivid imagination, everything cos instinctively. It's akin to instructing soone born of fire to learn how to control flas.
During my journey, I attempted to train my abilities, only to discover that there was no real need for it. For instance, when I found that the roots I summoned could be easily broken, I initially thought training would make them stronger and more resilient. To my surprise, all I had to do was will the wood to beco stronger and tougher, and it happened effortlessly.
There are four fundantal elents: fire, air, earth, and water. From these four elents stem various derivatives. For example, ice originates from water, and iron from earth. Many other powers can be derived from these core elents and there is no need for
to ntion them all.
My purpose for this training is because I want to infuse other elents into my dominant elent and impart so specific properties to it. My nature divinity granted
the power of wood and plant manipulation, along with a touch of earth manipulation, perhaps due to the fact that trees and plants rely on soil for growth.
However, when I attempted to infuse other elents such as fire or iron into the summoned wood, I encountered obstacles. The wood and fire elents seed to cancel each other out, often resulting in the wood being consud by flas and reduced to ashes. As for the elent of iron, the two elents simply neutralized each other, yielding no discernible effect.
Interestingly, the water elent presented no such hindrance. Instead, it imbued the wood or tree with a heightened vibrancy. This observation led
to contemplate the inherent laws of nature, where certain elents harmonize while others clash or remain incongruous.
Over the course of the next three years, I dedicated much of my ti to seeking a balance where the elents could coexist harmoniously. However, my efforts did not yield the desired results. Despite this, I did experience personal growth and a heightened creativity with my abilities.
I discovered that I could now alter the capabilities of plants. It was a pleasant surprise to realize that I could create plants capable of absorbing blood for nourishnt. This revelation shifted my focus, as I wanted to explore the extent of my abilities and understand my limitations. Consequently, I delved into a multitude of experints, such as developing seeds that acted as parasites when ingested or in contact with the body.
Additionally, I worked on a plant that could harness and store light from the sun to address the issue of lightning in my realm. However, the presence of the fire elent within the absorbed light caused combustion upon contact with the plant, rendering my creation futile.
Nevertheless, this setback led
to create a plant that could absorb the surrounding mana. Although I have yet to find a practical use for it, this endeavor sparked my curiosity to further explore the creation of plants that could focus on absorbing different elents.
As expected, the water and earth elents proved to be compatible in my plant experints. The plant infused with the water elent gained the ability to shoot water at my command. I could also compress the water and propel it through stones, increasing its force and impact.
Similarly, the plant infused with the earth elent could expel a flurry of sand and shoot pebbles at high speeds. These pebbles had no trouble piercing through trees and even the animals I tested them on.
These plants infused with different elents exhibited unique characteristics, similar to the blood-sucking plant I had previously created. They developed a sense of instinct, unlike the plants I typically summoned. When I attempted to unsummon or release my control over them, they surprised
by pleading with
not to do so, as if they understood that they would cease to exist once unsummoned.
Surprised by this unexpected developnt, I made the decision to let them live. However, I faced the challenge of keeping them near
for further observation without carrying around a flower pot at all tis. Remarkably, the blood-absorbing roots detached themselves from the ground, combining into one thick root and climbed up my body, seeking a place to stay. Recognizing its intention, I took the root and fashioned it into a headband, incorporating it into my dreads.
As for the other two plants infused with elental powers, they simply burrowed back into the ground and erged at the soles of my feet, transforming into small flower dots. Attached to the soles of my feet, they began absorbing the surrounding mana.
With this arrangent, my appearance underwent a transformation. I now wore a headband adorned with a bloodsucking root, featuring a distinct red streak. Additionally, two small tattoos adorned the soles of my feet, representing the plants infused with elental powers.
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