NOVPUBWhen I woke up I immediately realized I was in a dream, but it was different from other dreams, I could feel something was missing, something wasn’t right and I didn’t know what it was exactly.
"Don’t think too much, the strangeness of this place comes from the fact that your mind is awake while your Soul is still asleep."
"Thanks for the explanation, I couldn’t figure out the problem and I was going crazy about it." (I)
"But who are you?" (I)
I looked around looking for the neighbor’s fountain that appeared out of nowhere, that’s when I realized I was on a small flat island, above me instead of the starry sky that I knew there were shadows of tree branches full of leaves shining instead of stars in the sky, no kind of Sun or Moon was in the heavens.
Surrounding the island was a calm ocean that looked like a mirror of water showing a sky full of stars, Suns, Moons, and planets that are not in the sky, the island was covered in beautiful flowers with unique fragrances complementing each other while trees of different sizes and shapes were growing out of the ocean, it was a strange and at the same time beautiful sight, easily being in the top 5 most beautiful places I’ve ever seen.
"I got distracted." (I)
Perhaps captivated by the beauty of this exotic landscape, perhaps by my stupidity or even my inability to keep my mind focused, but I ended up missing the source of the mysterious voice I heard earlier, yet I found nothing anywhere.
"I’m here, chaos boy."
From the sky, one of the leaves falls and before it reaches me I only see the silhouette of the leaf change shape to that of something similar to Sakura, a Human form with plant characteristics such as tree barks, hair with leaves, wooden horns, and clothes made from plants.
The one who came down looked like a simple woman in appearance if it weren’t for her light green color and the blue marks running across her naked body, not to mention her hair that is dark green flower petals.
"Who are you? Why are you naked?" (I)
"Sometimes I forget my mortal shyness in revealing nature’s gift."
"Is this more comfortable for you?"
She looked to be around 20 years old, her appearance was beautiful in its simplicity and her presence was as immeasurable as that of the Gods, but I don’t feel Divine power coming from her.
As soon as I commented on her lack of clothing, leaves, vines, and bark grew from her body, intertwining in a shirt and pants combination similar to mine that I realized she was only now wearing.
"Thank you, I think it’s a little strange meeting someone for the first time like this, and talking to a stranger naked seems..." (I)
"You’re not asking the right questions and our time is not infinite."
"..." (I)
Her tone of voice is calm and her eyes are as deep as the vast boundless skies, I don’t know who she could be, but for now, she doesn’t seem to be an enemy, I also managed to notice that her presence seems to have a lot of affinity with the power of Nature.
Honestly, I didn’t know what to do, this is the first time I met her and my mind wasn’t in the best shape, I felt like I had a hangover, I didn’t know what to ask and I had to spend a few seconds thinking in these questions.
"I think I’ll stick with the previous question, who are you?" (I)
"I am a World Tree, that is all you will know of my identity." (World Tree)
"(A World Tree?)" (I)
I was confused, I know enough about World Trees to know that their spirits don’t leave the vicinity of their true body and as far as I know, I’m not on any planet.
I wanted to know more about her, but that can be left for later as she may not respond.
"Were you the one who created that cube of nature energy as a second layer of sealing for the Demonic God of Greed?" (I)
"Yes, it was me, only that seal could be a naive year, Greed has been sealed other times and always breaks free." (World Tree)
"My power cannot be corrupted by him," (World Tree)
"Why did you help me?" (I)
"For various reasons, such as his death, the destruction of the Solar System, punishment to Greed for manipulating the energy of the raw flow between worlds and..." (World Tree)
"I already understand, but why show up now? If you have something you need to say, then why play these question and answer games?" (I)
"You must find out for yourself, I show you the way and that’s all, I’ve already done more than I should with the help I’ve made available." (World Tree)
"How is my condition?" (I)
"That was the correct question." (World Tree)
"Your Essences are still rebuilding your body once again, your new Essence needs to balance with the others before anything else." (World Tree)
"Your body is in the process of adapting, fortunately even during the process I was able to give you this small relief by preventing your mind from processing the pain in your Soul and in your body." (World Tree)
"So that’s happening again..." (I)
"At least I didn’t explode, right?" (I)
"But you’ll still explode, if it weren’t for me protecting your mind, Selene’s Divine Beast temporarily strengthening your Soul, and your Sister Natasha healing your body whenever you’re close to disaster, if it weren’t for all these factors you and half of this Star System would have been destroyed." (World Tree)
This was a rhetorical question, I didn’t expect it to be answered, I also didn’t expect the worst thing to happen so soon.
Sigh
"I knew the worst could happen, how much time do I have?" (I)
"No, you still being alive is already a miracle, but I have a solution for that, even so, it will only last 100 days at most." (World Tree)
"It feels like my time is running out, the countdown to your life has begun." (World Tree)
She places a hand on my forehead and once again knowledge poured into my mind, it wasn’t that long of a plan and it was actually quite simple.
Her plan was to take my Familiars to increase my ability, for them to be physically linked to me.
After thinking for 2 seconds I realized that this would just be a superficial bandage, the problem would only be resolved with another plan, it was in the information I received.
"That will work?" (I)
"I don’t know how to create these Sources of power." (I)
"..." (World Tree)
I didn’t even hear anything while speaking, I also paid attention to the surroundings changing, it seemed like everything was failing before disappearing, this even includes this disappearing World Tree.
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It didn’t take long for me to open my eyes, but this time everything was different, I was finally awake and without thinking much I was robbed by my Familiars, I didn’t even have time to communicate with them to explain what I’m about to do.
"Come now!" (I)
I could feel the Essences and energies within me fluctuating more and more, so I used my connection with my Familiars to share their senses and control their bodies coming towards me.
Nix sank into my shadow as always, Orion turned into blood penetrating my body to run through my veins, Ragnar fused with my bosses making them grow larger while gaining a form more similar to blades, and Layla had no way of merging with me like the others, while she landed on my head merging her Aura with mine compares to condense it a little.
Sakura, equally unaware of what I wanted to do, followed my will by moving her body, her body became thin roots that sank into my body, I am recreating the symbiosis of people with plants that Goddess Aine’s crazy daughter did in the past, the roots running through my body as a second energy pathway doubling my energy capacity.
Hinata was the easiest, as a spectral creature she could just possess my body like Ghosts do, with that all my Familiars became part of my body, and thanks to that the previously increasing pain is now decreasing more and more.
I explain everything to my Family members who were confused by what I did and then I explained everything about it to my sisters, wives, and children, especially about the timer on my life time.
I already knew it was risky and I still did all this, so I didn’t waste my time lamenting while I’m alive, I started acting immediately on what we should do or that’s what I thought when the woman from before appeared once again, the Blood Sin.
She entered with a big smile accompanied by my two saints, so I explained the same shameful subject to me once again.
At least now I had a path to follow, create Sources of Elemental Power for Mana, Spiritual Energy, and Ki to maintain my life, I was going to do that after getting the last Essence, but it seems like I don’t have time for anything, even Sakura will need to go through your Divine Awakening while still inside me, which to be honest, I hope is not a new problem.
