C013 – Growing Flowers

C013 – Growing Flowers

In that night, Ruri logged in to the game as Hecate and appeared in the vicinity of the Academy.

She was about to head to the Auction Hall, but given the distance, it was closer to the City Square than the Academy and would be too far to walk from here. So to save time, she immediately tore up a Town Scroll and teleported to the City Square.

As a result, she was greeted by the tragic scene in front of her.

The surrounding area near the Solstreus City Teleportation Gate had been turned into a refugee camp and there were many injured Natives being treated in several tents, as well as the busy people who transporting stuff.

Native (20), who lost his left arm : "It hurts... Ouch! My left arm... can it really grow again?" "Please don't worry, it will grow after you drink a bottle of Limb Growing Potion.

But, you'll have to endure excruciating pain during the process. So prepare yourself."

Native (10), a child who lost her parents : "Mother... Father... Where are you?" Native (30), who lost his wife : "My wife... My wife...!! Anyone, have you seen my wife!?" "Uncle, please calm down and be patient. The identification survey has not yet been completed."

The atmosphere they gave off were depressing and sorrowful.

There was even a child crying and screaming, searching for her parents in the crowd. But perhaps because everyone was busy with something, no one spoke to the child.

"Is this a quest event?"

As Hecate walked, her ears gathered information from the surrounding talk about what had happened. It seems that this group of refugees was rescued from Drusel Fort where the Orc Stampede occurred.Finnd new chapters at novelhall.com

In the end, the Fort was not saved and the people there decided to raise funds to activate the Teleportation Gate several times to evacuate the residents to this city. Of course the process was not smooth and by the time of the seventh activation, the barrier broke.

As for what happened after, it goes without saying.

Lord Knight (Human) : "Damn it, <**beep**> you Gaia! How could they do this..." Sage (Human) : "It's okay if they want to create a stampede event. But..." Sage (Human) : "But at least, they should let us fight back!" Trickster (Human) :"I agree, what they did is just too <**beep**> to accept."

Archwitch (Human) : "Where is our leader anyway?" Shadow Assassin (Human) : "Still fighting the Orcs apparently." Archwitch (Human) : "Ah... He still hasn't given up? That's a World BOSS, you know?"

Nebula Guild Players were cursing Gaia Corporation about what happened in this event.

How could the GMs summon a new World BOSS so suddenly and make him attack Drusel Fort?

Summoning the BOSS itself was still fine as they still believe they could manage it somehow with the strength of their guild. But, to completely prevent them from online with a forced update, that's definitely not fair.

Why are they holding events but preventing people from participating?

Ranger (Human) : "I say, there is a conspiracy in this event. The GM is targeting our Nebula Guild!" Archwizard (Human) : "I know, I know... You already said that more than 10 times already." Lord Knight (Human) : "Maybe... they are just misplanned?

The GM misplanned? A hidden conspiracy?

If not because of that forced update, things might end differently.

Whatever the truth, every Player involved with Drusel Fort at the time, especially the members of the Nebula Guild simultaneously had the same thought.

There is something wrong with this game!

But of course, while some wept, some also rejoiced.

This was especially true for players with the Priest and Priestess jobclasses. Not only them, but even several other jobclasses also followed in caring for the injured. Rescue events are naturally the perfect time for them to earn faith and karma.

Hecate disinterestedly left the place.

"Well, it's nothing to do with me(?) anyway."

She didn't lack karma at the moment and the Natives weren't important enough for her to earn favorability points. She might as well rush to the Auction Hall to buy seeds for her Aura breathing experiments.

When she arrived at the Auction Hall, she looked through the list of items to consider what to buy, spent about half an hour, and then returned to the real world.

[Ruri's Residence]

After logging out of the game, Ruri returned to the living room.

The background of the room was still set in the "Brazilian Forest 1990" and has not been turned off.

Spoiler ; ; Item Name: Jeweled Pot of Blessed Nature Type: Misc Rarity: Durability: 90/90 Crafter: Magara Effect: Increase the plant growth and quality up to 30%. Increase the soil quality up to 30%. Can be planted for all types of plants regardless of the season. Can absorb moisture around it and doesn't need to be watered. Description: A pot carved from a Feyrun Jewel Stone. The stone properties caused the pot to harmonize with the nature. Spoiler ; ; Item Name: Enriched Soil Type: Misc Rarity: Durability: 10/10 Description: A fertile soil that is rich in minerals. The plants that planted in this soil will definitely thrive and not so easily wilt. Moonlight Flower Seed () Deliras Flower Seed () Ardur Flower Seed () Spoiler ; ; Item Name: Little Chomper Seed Type: Plant Seed Rarity: Durability: 1/1 Description: The seed of a Little Chomper. Plant it in a soil and water it regularly to grow a Little Chomper. Refer to Encyclopedia Botany Vol 1: Little Chomper An omnivore plant that is first synthesized by Palama Snorchilde. Spoiler ; ; Item Name: Super Fertilizer X Type: Consumable Rarity: Durability: 50/50 Price: Effect: When used by Plant-races: Description: Liquid fertilizer made from the power of Origin which is made to extremely beneficial for plants, but toxic to non-plants. Obtainable from cash shop items.

With the cameras recording the process, Ruri immediately started.

She carefully drops one drop of fertilizer onto each seed, one by one with Little Chomper being the last. Once the drops of liquid fertilizer were distributed, the seeds germinated and grew at a speed visible to the eye. Soon after, there were three species of flowers and one unknown plant species that had never existed on Earth, blooming in the room.

Each of them could shake up the field of botanical studies, and perhaps even create an international sensation!

Looking at the result, Ruri let out a satisfied smile. She herself observed the growth process of those seeds until they bloomed. And then, her gaze fell on Little Chomper in the last pot.

"Kwiieeeeee~k..."

Like a chick breaking its egg shell, the flower that resembled a Pitaya fruit suddenly all of its petals fell off. And from inside the flower, a small bud with an open mouth was seen.

The bud let out a little cry as if looking for its mother. And then, perhaps after feeling the presence of the naked loli, the bud slowly turned towards Ruri's direction. It had no eyes, but seemed to have some sort of other sensory senses.

Ruri stroked the bud slowly with her finger.

"From now on, your name is Kuu!"

"Kwiiee~k..."

The bud, or more precisely Kuu, wriggled from her stroke as if it was a kitten.

Seeing Kuu's response, Ruri couldn't help but smile. She then took out a Milk Candy from the inventory and feed it to Kuu. The bud happily ate the candy and started learning how to chew.

"Now lets see how far I can go."

Ruri immediately performed the Aura Breathing method once again.

Meanwhile in the side, Kuu who was still busy munching the candy just silently observing the naked loli doing some series of movements. There was a desire to imitate what she does, but unfortunately it has no limbs that can be moved.

About an hour passed, and she finished the practice.

This time, although the environment was still far from the real forest, there was progress. Even if it was just a little bit, she could feel four warm temperatures from Kuu and the flowers, and distinguished it from the cool air of the air conditioner.

"Okay, I seems to get the hang of it now. Still... it's just too faint."

The sensation she had previously felt was so slight that Ruri still doubted whether it was just her imagination. She couldn't help but think, perhaps this method of Aura Breathing was just fiction made for the game and there was no way it was real.

She thought about stopping it there, but after looking at Kuu, she thought it was still to early to give up.

"Kwiee...?"

'Even Kuu can be turned into reality. Why not Aura?'

To make a noticeable progress, perhaps four plants weren't enough. Looks like she still needs to buy a place and turn it into a greening facility. This is a huge project and cannot be realized in a short time.

"It might be easier to purchase a bankrupt facility and remake it myself... But the money..."

Of course, it was always money that spins the world.

Buying an existing facility, even a bankrupt one, would cost tens or maybe hundreds of millions of yen. As for how Ruri could earn that much money, she naturally has many option to chose. But, to do so would mean she had to reveal some of her cards.

"It can't be helped... I guess it's the time."

While she was preoccupied with her thoughts, her T-Bracelet let out a notification sound.

It was a message from the Beastkin siblings.

Some are sincere, some are not. But Hecate had no way of telling them apart.

Well in this case, hypocrite's aid is still better than no aid.

Kuu