Chapter 51 - Seeds Of Tree Spirits

Nathan warily approached the altar.

Since he doesn't know if there's any danger in this place, it is still better to stay alert so that he won't be harmed.

Standing in front of the altar, Nathan hesitated.

"There won't be a bomb or something harmful inside this… right?"

Muttering to himself, Nathan still chose to proceed with opening it warily.

Slowly raising his hand, he touched the surface of the chest and the cold sensation of metal was transmitted to his hand.

Waiting for a few seconds, Nathan sighed in relief after seeing that nothing was happening.

"Phew~ I was just being overly worried. I thought there would be traps here just like those movies about treasure hunting."

After getting assured that there was really nothing in here, Nathan finally decided to open the chest.

Not having a lock, the chest opened immediately.

Then Nathan's confused voice followed after, "Eh? Is this it?"

Inside the chest was a medieval leather pouch with a bunch of what Nathan identified as seeds inside.

"After walking all the way here, all I get are a bunch of seeds? If I wanted seeds, I would have gone to the market to buy them!"

Nathan was starting to get agitated because of that he closed his eyes for a minute and started calming down himself.

When he opened his eyes again, his calm was restored.

"Well, at least I got something. I can plant these seeds in my own space, it's not that bad, I guess."

When he said that, he stopped paying attention to it and looked inside the chest once again.

Since Nathan felt that the unknown force is still pulling him from the chest and not the pouch, he was sure that these seeds are not everything on this chest.

So he looked carefully and searched for it and finally–

*Click!*

"Found it!"

Saying those words, Nathan started to get excited again.

With his hands, he pushed one of the corners of the chest and a hidden compartment was revealed!

A smile involuntarily appeared on his face.

"Let's see what item is hidden this much in here."

Removing the cover of the hidden compartment, two items were revealed for Nathan to see.

One is a small glass bottle that has what seems to be water in it.

The other is a small box the size of a ring's box that looks to be made out of unknown green crystal.

As for what's inside it, Nathan still has to open it to know.

He did not dilly dally and picked up the box and without hesitation, opened it.

Nathan froze.

Because of the box made of unknown crystal, Nathan expected something good.

But when he finally saw what was inside the box, his expectations were immediately ruined.

"Why is it a seed again!?" cried Nathan in frustration.

Inside the crystal box was a seed that was as big as Nathan's thumb.

And unlike the pouch earlier, the box only has one seed inside it!

But it did not last for even a minute when Nathan realized something.

It feels like the unknown force that has been pulling him all this time was actually coming from this seed!

He hurriedly turned his head on the seed again and tried to feel it.

And he confirmed it!

The seed was really the one releasing the unknown force and pulling him in this place!

"What is this seed?" Nathan wondered aloud as he picked up the seed from the box.

Curious as to what kind of seed this is, Nathan decided to use appraisal on it.

'Appraisal.'

[Name: ????

Rank: ????

Details: ????]

"Eh?"

Nathan was stupefied by the result shown by the appraisal.

Typically, appraisal will show him limited information of the item if it did not have sufficient level to view all information about it.

This is the first time that the appraisal is showing him nothing but question marks.

"My appraisal's level is not enough for this one piece of seed?" He doubtfully said.

To make sure that it was really not a mistake, Nathan tried it out for a second time and the result was still the same.

"For my D Grade Appraisal to not even be able to see through anything about this… this really ain't just any normal seed."

Nathan also tried it on the glass bottle and the result was the same.

"What are these things…?"

At this time, Nathan's disappointment from earlier has already disappeared in his heart.

With the appraisal not being able to see through it already proved that these things are far more valuable than anything that he ever laid eyes on.

Then, at the corner of his eyes, Nathan caught sight of the pouch holding the bunch of seeds from earlier.

Picking it up, Nathan muttered, "Appraisal."

This time around, the appraisal did not just show question marks like the previous two.

[Name: Seed of Tree Spirits

Rank: ???

Details: Plant to grow tree spirits.]

"Tree spirits?"

This is the first time that Nathan heard of tree spirits.

Because of that, his interest was aroused by this new thing.

Then suddenly, a ring sounded inside his head.

Ding!

[New Mission: Plant and get tree spirits servants.

Reward: 10 gold points, Language Proficiency]

"A new mission and… Language Proficiency? Which language does this mean?"

"Well, nevermind that. I should go and plant these seeds first." He nonchalantly said,

To see what these tree spirits are like and also to complete the new mission issued by the system, Nathan decided to plant them.

With just a thought, Nathan disappeared in the tower and appeared inside his dimensional space.

Since there's nothing in this space, it gives off a feeling of lifelessness.

But Nathan did not mind it, he walked to the edge of the planting fields and crouched.

With the seeds on his hands, Nathan said, "So, I just have to plant this in here, right?"

Using his mind, Nathan controlled the space and proceeded with the planting of the tree spirit seeds.

Once again, the scene like last time when he planted wheat appeared!