Status, please.

Status

Name: Mana Tree

Stage: Seedling

Title: Seedling of Destruction

Age: First Cycle

Health: 9,995

Mana: 9,995

Level: 1

Skills: Fire Resistance MAX

Talents: Growth

Languages: Aboreal

Abilities: Inherent Mana Manipulation(Fire Affinity*)

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There are some rather disturbing changes there.

A forest burns down, and then, a suspicious tree is found growing in the ashes.

A ‘Seedling of Destruction’ with ‘Fire Affinity’ and, nooooooo one would connect the dots right?

Hah!

Hah…

Ok, these Elves obviously connected the dots rather fast.

“We should burn purge the damn tree immediately!”

“That would be a violation of the sacred-”

“The ENTIRE Northern forest is GONE you fool, GONE. Imagine what happens when it grows up further!”

Currently Elf A, now hereby known as the ‘Doomsayer Elf’ is arguing with a much more senior female Elf B, hereby known as the ‘Favorite Elf’.

Doomsayer Elf believes I should be exterminated.

Favorite Elf believes I should be contained.

This admittedly was not a hard pick for me. Favorite Elf wins by a landslide.

Unfortunately, my Favorite Elf appears to be losing the popular opinion.

This is bad.

Very Bad.

I need to come up with a move that showcases how valuable I am as a tree.

Something flashy.

…something flashy without flames…

Hmm.

“Ancestors! Its making a move, defend the Elder!”

Ho…

Experiment #6, connecting my mana to a Favorite Elf has worked.

Spells start flying in all directions as my Favored Elf now lays the beatdown on her surrounding compatriots.

Even the most civil races, sometimes resort to baser methods of negotiation…

“Are we all agreed then?” Favored Elf states to the now-beaten-majority.

“E-Elder, I still think we should…” Doomsayer Elf attempts to interject a comment but is ruthlessly shut down.

“I’m glad we could reach this consensus. The new Seedling of Destruction will be taken to the recently appeared Dungeon on the outskirts and thrown inside.”

Favorite Elf, thy title was wrong!