Gardening

I enter the alchemy workshop and see Ramia and Lilac. Lilacs wearing a white shirt and jeans. Ramia has her back to me and is reading a book. Flare follows me in before closing the door. She runs over to Ramia and Lilac.

"Eric here." Flare tells Ramia causing her to set the book down.

"I d-didn't hear you come in, s-sorry." Ramia says while turning around.

"It's fine, what'd you want to see me for?" I ask while walking over to her.

"I'd l-like some more of your blood if it's o-okay. After making Lilac, I could sense h-how the plant's mana bonded with your blood. I'd like to test using the p-plants and your blood in potions."

"That's fine, but I thought you already did all the tests with my blood you could?"

"I did, but sometimes ingredients will change one another. The easiest example is Elixer. It's a very powerful alchemy ingredient. It can be used in seemingly endless ways. But you can combine it with other ingredients to change them. They can become more powerful, sometimes even becoming new ingredients. I believe your blood might have this effect on the plants. That's what I'll be testing. So technically, I'll be using your blood to test the plants this time." Ramia says excitedly.

"Okay, then go ahead." I say causing Ramia to nod to Flare. Flare lifts a device up in front of me. It looks like a metal bracelet. It's open now and painted white. There's a small tube connected from the bracelet to an empty tank. I lift my arm and Flare clasps the bracelet around my wrist. She presses a button on the bottom, near the tube. I feel a prick as the tube fills with blood. It starts filling the tank. Once it's nearly full Flare presses the button again. It stops drawing my blood and she unclasps the bracelet.

"Thanked." Flare says before setting the tank and bracelet on a desk near Ramia.

"It's thanks Flare." Lilac says, correcting Flare's grammar.

"Thanks!" Flare says. I'm not sure if she was thanking Lilac, or rethanking me with the proper grammar.

"How are they getting along?" I ask Ramia who smiles.

"Great. Lilac has already developed her speech. She still struggles with complicated words, but she's got most of it down. Flare started talking after meeting Lilac. She's still developing her grammar, but Lilac has been helping her out. The two of them are almost like sisters." Ramia replies.

"I'll get out of your hair and let you get to work. Let me know if there's anything else." I say before telling her bye and leaving. I walk downstairs and see it's empty. I take out the Crystal Dimension I bought and enter it. I look around and see I'm standing in an empty flat field of grass. The sun is beaming down from straight above me. There are no clouds or trees. I take out the Corrupted Forst Core and look around. I use Create Fire to dig a small hole marking where I appeared. I walk a ways away, so if it grows a bunch of trees they won't destroy the space I enter. Ideally, I'm hoping I can come here and slay the guardians it creates. That would let me farm materials to either use or sell. Once I'm far enough away, I place the Core on the ground. I raise my arm above it. I cast Healing Hands on myself, hoping it replaces the blood Ramia drew from me. I then cut my arm and pour some blood onto the Core. The moment the blood touches it, it shoots up from the ground. It absorbs my blood upon contact before hitting my wound. It grows around my arm and envelops it. Roots start to extend as it consumes my entire arm. I feel it cut into me to get more blood. The roots seep into the ground as I start casting Healing Hands. I feel more blood appear in my arm before it gets absorbed. I keep casting it again and again. The roots grow so large they lift me off the ground. Just as I start to think of burning it, it spits me out. I fall to the ground and Blink back. I see the roots start to wrap around themselves. They quickly grow into a large tree. It's nearly fifty or sixty feet tall. It covers me in the shade with its large dark grey leaves. Roots start bursting from the ground around me. Trees start rapidly growing around me. I look around and see several of the trees open up. Rotting Ents walk out of the trees and start wandering around. None of them attack me, but they do keep their distance. I turn back to the large tree and see it cracking open. An opening, about seven feet tall and four feet wide appears. A Dryad with dark green, almost black-colored hair walks out. Her eyes are entirely white and her skin is grey. Her hair is tied into a ponytail with a skull holding it. She jumps from the crack in the tree. She's holding the Corrupted Forest Core in her hands. I Observe her as she starts walking toward me.

Undead Dryad Lvl 100, Class: Undead Faye, Title: Guardian, RP: 250, Hearts: 5, Weak: Fire, Light

HP: 5000/5000 MP: 7500/7500

She stops in front of me and kneels down. She lifts the Core up, almost like an offering. I Observe it once I'm sure the Dryad isn't going to attack.

Corrupted Forest Kings Scythe Lvl ???, Rank Unknown

This Scythe takes the form of a Forst Core. It has been corrupted, as the forest that created it was. It can only be wielded by the master of the forest. It will grow into a Scythe if its wielder wishes. Once grown, it will envelop the wielder's arms in roots. These roots are very sturdy and flexible. The damage the Scythe deals will depend on how much mana the forest has. Hidden Properties: The wielder will be weak to all forms of fire while the Scythe is held. If the welder's life is in danger, the Scythe will create armor to cover their body. This will consume a large amount of mana from the forest, weakening the Scythe drastically.