Chapter 482 – Mythology Academy
– Lesser Druid: Now you have limited communication with nature. Maybe… One day I’ll be able to become a real druid…?
“Ha… Lesser Druid?! Wasn’t it just the ability to communicate…!?”
Seong-il looks shocked at the appearance of an unexpected ability.
“Well… As the job itself of a druid is a job that communicates with nature and borrows power from it in most RPG games, it can be seen that it has received the talent of a druid…”
When the blessing of the world tree, which he thought would be useful, seems to have more potential than he thought, Seong-il feels his heart race.
‘But… How can I grow my skills?’
An answer that doesn’t come out even after thinking about it. So Seong-il decides to try using it instead of thinking about it.
‘If the World Tree tells you, after opening your mind…’
Seong-il casts the secret art of communication as he learned. After that, he tries to talk to the oak tree of the inn where he is staying.
“Hey… Hello…?”
“Hmm…? Is a young human talking to me right now?”
“Oh…”
Surprisingly, the oak tree answers its own question directly.
‘When I activate the blessing, my energy is consumed little by little in real time?’
Seong-il is very interested in the manifestation of ability and answers to the oak tree.
“Ah, yes. The World Tree gave me a blessing this time. I learned how to communicate with the prize.
『Ohhh… The mother tree really woke up…?』
“Yes. I woke him up using the branch he left behind.”
『I thought he was just an ordinary guest, but it turned out that he was a really great nobleman?』
“Haha…”
As much as it is a tree, it is the appearance of an oak tree that highly evaluates the resurrection of the world tree. He will be kind to himself Seong-il wants to ask the oak tree what he has been curious about.
“If you’re not busy, can I ask you a question? I received this blessing from the World Tree, but I’m not used to it yet because it’s my first time using it.”
『Whoops… If you are the benefactor of the mother tree, then you are also my benefactor. Feel free to ask little human.”
“…Do you know anything about druids?”
『Druid? Aren’t they the ones whose communication with nature has reached the extreme? I’ve never really met It’s because your body can’t move around.”
“Aha…”
The oak tree seems to know nothing. Because of this, he starts asking simple things.
“Aren’t you feeling uncomfortable? Your body has been forcibly remodeled to look like a house, so it doesn’t look comfortable…”
“Hmm? What? The elves remodeled my body with magic, but they also blessed me well, so it’s not uncomfortable. Rather, they always take care of things that are good for my body for me and chase away pests that annoy me, so my life is more comfortable. Considering the price, the provision of a shelter like this is tolerable.”
“Ah…”
While enjoying the way the oak tree answers him well, Seong-il starts exchanging questions and answers with him.
‘Hmm… Not everyone is like an oak tree, is it?’
Unlike the oak tree he had his first conversation with, Seong-il realizes that other trees and animals are not so intelligent.
‘Sapling trees and animals such as birds are just equipped with enough intelligence to have a simple conversation.’
In fact, it is more strange that animals have the same level of intelligence as humans, so I think Sung-il might be able to do that.
“Still, I’m sure it’s a useful ability.”
Still, Seong-il gave high marks for his ability to communicate with animals that were half-dominant. He gave high marks to rough and wary wild animals that lost their vigilance and carried out the simple commands he gave them.
‘Children like mice and sparrows, which were expected because of their small size, were surprisingly inconvenient to use because their intelligence was so low, and children with high intelligence like crows are the best.’
‘However, dangerous orders are often rejected because instinct and self-consciousness are alive. The ability to scout through the eyes of an animal… I still need to practice more.’
Seong-il roughly grasped the mechanism of the blessing of the World Tree. He returns to the dorm and begins to carefully examine the items received from the World Tree.
“First of all, lightly bracelet…”
Holy day holding the bracelet given by the World Tree as a gift. He opens augmented reality and turns on the main screen of his smartphone.
“Customs!!”
『Evergreen Bracelet: 10,000 points.』
– A bracelet containing the blessings of the World Tree. Gives the wearer various powers.
* Entangling Roots (Active): If you pull out a seed attached to the bracelet and throw it on the ground, living tree roots, large and small, rise within a radius of 10M and entangle all moving objects except the user, impeding their movement. (10 minutes duration)
* Blessing of Nature (Active): Consumes a seed to summon a fruit tree. Trees produce 10 Tasty Fruits that can be eaten.
The tree lasts for 30 minutes, after which it rapidly withers and disappears.
* Refreshing Blessing (Passive): The wearer does not attract the attention of bugs and poisonous snakes.
* Regenerating Nature (Passive): Regenerates consumed seeds. (Takes 3 days)
“Oh… That’s good…?”
For a 10,000-point artifact, the bracelet’s ability is insignificant. Even without using Entangling Roots, Seong-il feels that this item is good enough with its ability to always drive away insects.
“From now on, there won’t be any bother because of flying insects.”
Seong-il quickly paid the customs duty on the bracelet with a smile on his face. He takes out the long-awaited golden branch of the World Tree and calls for tariffs.
『Sapling of World Tree, Weedgrassil: A sapling of a tree with great potential.
As a symbol of life, not only does the land where Withgrasil is planted become extremely fertile, but also becomes rich in spiritual energy, and spirits begin to be born.
According to legend, the spirits thus born can transform even the void into life.
In addition, as a tree that also possesses the essence of dimensions, withgrasil is said to have the power to create dimensional gateways by creating cracks in dimensions and spaces.
* Exclusive reward item for clearing the quest.
“Wow…”
Even at a glance, the ability of a sapling with tremendous power. Seong-il, wide-eyed, checks the customs with a dumbfounded expression.
“I have to buy this unconditionally. But…Why are there no purchase points?”
I took a closer look at it thinking I was wrong, but for some reason I couldn’t see the customs price. Seong-il looks perplexed and alternates between the branches and the status window.
“What is it? Fuck… Why can’t I buy it?”
Seong-il feels annoyance rising to the top of his head at the absurd situation. Then one line caught my eye.
“…Quest reward item? Ah!! No way!?”
A thought running through your head. Seong-il quickly moves to the quest list and examines the sub-quest items.
“There is!!”
Sub Quest (1/7)
– (Optional) Defense against foreign invasion.
– (Clear) Resurrect the World Tree. (Receipt of reward)
– (Optional) Recognize the transcendentalist class.
– (Optional) Graduation from the academy.
– (Optional) 1st place in the entire academy.
– (Optional) Place in the top 10 in all exams by graduation.
– (Optional) Subdue extradimensional followers within the academy.
Seong-il quickly clicks on the quest that says (clear). Then, as expected, a welcome message appears in front of you.
“Congratulations!! You have cleared the sub-quest. We give you the rights to the main item obtained from the quest. Now, you can take Weedgrassil’s sapling to the world you want.』
“Gooooo!!!”
The situation went the way you thought it would. Seong-il comforts his beating heart and cherishes the eggplant in his arms.
“Isn’t the income you get from clearing sub-quests a joke?”
Passive skills that are convenient and have potential, reasonably useful items, and Weedgrassill saplings with tremendous potential. Seong-il thinks it’s surprising that this quest gave a huge reward to a subject with only sub ties.
‘Isn’t it? No need to be surprised?’
However, it is also a moment of surprise. Seong-il recalls that the clearing goal of this game was too erratic.
‘First of all, the fact that the main quest is teaching 3 heroines is shit, but what? In fact, under normal circumstances, this sub-quest could be considered a main quest. Maybe it’s only natural that the reward is great.’
‘In that sense, if you clear the special sub-quest of the farm story, what kind of reward will you receive?’
It’s a ridiculous quest called ‘Eating the Goddess’, but anyway, it was a sub-quest of a farm story with an item called ‘special’.
‘Come to think of it, the main quest in that world was to train the heroines, right? Isn’t this… A sub-quest clear reward better?’
Even normal sub-quests are rewarded this much, but Seong-il can’t even imagine how big the reward will be if he completes the ‘special’ sub-quest.
“Hmm… Shall we go back to the farm story world soon…?”
Seong-il feels a renewed curiosity about the world he thought he would never visit again. But, that’s for a while. Seong-il, who feels that the seedling of Widgrassil is losing his strength, albeit very weakly, tries to return to reality to replant the tree.
“Would it be okay if I planted it where I planted it before…?”
Holy Day to quickly replant trees so that the vitality of Weedgrassill will be less lost. Familiar characters appear in front of him.
“Hello Seongil? Well…”
“Oh, did you come in yellow?”
Appearance of a cute little child dressed in yellow from head to toe. He approaches Seong-il, munching food that looks like a pie that Elysia baked.
“Yeah. How are you?”
“I’m always the same. Ah! It’s not that important right now…”
Seong-il hurriedly shows Yellow a sapling of Weedgrassil, which is shining brightly in gold.
“Wow!! It’s pretty!! What is this?!”
“Oh, remember the tree we grew before?”
Seong-il explains to Yellow the stories about the branches of the World Tree. Perhaps it was disappointing to hear his exciting story alone, Yellow invited all his co-workers to listen to Seong-il’s story, and when all the stories were over, they clapped their hands in joy.
“So! That child! You saved the mother tree?!”
“Yeah. I almost lost my life instead.”
“But! You’re back? Better.”
“That’s right. In that sense, can I ask you to take care of this tree like before?”
“Of course!! Leave it to us~”
Perhaps the Kukuru and the others have grown fond of the branches of the World Tree, and they readily accept Seongil’s request.
“Children!! Let’s start~!!”
“Let’s go!!!”
Some of the kukuru sit down with saplings, some dig, and some eagerly try something with bottles of water and nutrients, probably.
‘It’s fast…’
Perhaps because they are masters of farming, the Kukuru planted seedlings at a terrifying speed. Soon after, Seong-il feels that the vitality leaking from the seedling of Widgrassil is normalized.
“I’m done!! Seongil-ah!!!”
“Good job.”
The Kukuru stare blankly at Seongil praising themselves instead of answering. Holy Day realizes that they want a reward for themselves.
‘Ah… Should I give you something to eat…? What should I give… Ah!!’
Seong-il came up with a good idea to give prizes to the Kukuru and conduct experiments. He removes a seed from his bracelet and throws it on the floor.
“Huh?”
The Kukuru and the others are puzzled by the behavior of such a holy day. That for a while. They are intrigued as the seeds thrash on the ground and begin to grow rapidly.
“Whoa!! What is that?!”
A moment to be surprised. Before they know it, a small fruit tree the size of an adult man’s waist appears in front of them.
“This… Of the bracelet the World Tree gave me…”
I tried to explain the history of the item and the fruit tree, but the kukuru ignore the holy day and rush to the tree and start to taste the colorful fruit hanging from it.
“Wow!! There are no two fruits of the same type on the tree!! It’s very strange… Well…”
‘Where does it get sore if I ask and eat it?’
Seong-il looks at such kukuru with absurdity. After shaking his head lightly, he removes one of the remaining fruits from the fruit tree and begins to chew on it.
‘Oh… It’s delicious, right?’
Very sweet fruit taste. Seong-il was delighted with the strange taste of a mixture of the finest peaches and mangoes. Someone appears behind him and calls him.
“Thank you!!”
“…Huh?”
I thought it was a voice I’d never heard before… But when I thought about it, I realized that it wasn’t a voice, but someone had hammered a ‘voice’ into my head.
“Uh!?”
Seong-il, who was surprised, turned his back on me. Standing in front of him was a slender beautiful girl with long straight light green hair.
