Aeron gathered the whole village to the large structure he had built during the day.

The building itself was a temple of sorts, containing a large hall and some side dormitories.

He and the other Druids stood at the front of the congregation in the hall. Behind them was an altar, and behind that was a shrine containing the Nature Idol.

Aeron silenced the crowd with a wave if his hands. One of the druids stepped forwards and spoke.

"We gather here today to witness the birth of a Nature Spirit, a being that will watch over and protect us for years to come. All it needs of you is faith in it. Faith that it will protect and aid us and serve the Lord and the people faithfully."

The druid took the initiative to kneel towards the shrine, bowing his head but not as far as he bowed it to Aeron.

Everyone else in the hall did the same except Aeron who brandished the Sacrificial Dagger and walked towards the altar.

"Oh, great Spirit of Nature, be born and serve me well."

He chanted.

"Oh, great Spirit of Nature, be born and serve our King."

The druids chanted, followed closely by the crowd.

A thin layer of light covered the wooden Idol.

Aeron took out the Small Nature Crystal and placed it on the altar. He raised the Sacrificial Dagger into the air and spoke,

"Come forth and serve me now!"

The dagger fell, shattering the crystal and causing the pieces to turn into a green energy and float towards the Idol.

The Idol absorbed the energy, glowing brighter and brighter until Aeron couldn't keep his eyes open.

Even then, the light seemed to pierce through his eyelids, but Aeron still refused to bow his head.

Eventually, the light receded and Aeron opened his eyes again.

Infront of him was a humanoid mass of the green energy. It was 3-foot-tall and stood on the altar. The idol no longer glowed, though it now seemed to be in the shape of the being in front of them.

It assessed the gathered people before bowing to Aeron.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for granting me a body. I will serve Your Majesty to my upmost ability."

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The Spirit spoke in pleasing feminine voice.

Aeron nodded in acknowledgement before dispersing the crowd.

"What can you do?"

He asked once the villagers had all left.

"Currently I cannot do much, however if I keep receiving Nature Power then I will grow stronger and be able to aid my Lord more."

The Spirit replied.

"Ok then. What do you know about Fairy Flowers?"

He asked.

If the Spirit before him had features, it no doubt would be one of shock and surprise.

"You have a Fairy Flower?"

It asked in disbelief.

Aeon nodded before repeating his question.

"I can send my energies into a Fairy Flower and make it my own. In doing so, it will give me a constant source of Nature Power and I will provide it with the energies it needs to produce fairies and grow."

The Spirit explained.

Hearing this, Aeron immediately had the Fairy Flower moved into the shrine part of the temple. Since the birth of the Nature Spirit, vines had grown and reinforced the temples structure as well as made the shrine larger and more vibrant.

When the Fairy Flower was planted, the vines opened up a hole in the roof so that light could shine down upon it.

The Nature Spirit floated over to it, placing its hand on top of the flower. The stem began to shimmer and the petals grew longer before curling upwards and closing the flower.

"Done."

The Spirit said, sounding exhausted but content.

"It will produce a Flower Fairy a day."

It continued.

Aeron nodded and left. He didn't know what a Flower Fairy was, but he would find out when he came back tomorrow.

He thanked one of the druids for coming up with the ceremonial chant and then returned to Earth.

...

It was 3 AM on Earth, already deep into the night.

He wondered who else was like him, waking up at this time after exiting the Heaven Domain but the thought quickly passed.

To kill time, Aeron went to his computer, opening up the English Heaven Domain Forums.

There he found people discussing their experiences and actions in the Heaven Domain as well as theories about it.

Currency there was already being exchanged for currency here, though it wasn't that organised since you had to be in the same region as someone and trust that they would keep up with their end of the bargain.

Aeron would've joined in himself, having quite a lot of disposable income. It's not like he would be able to use it since the world was being assimilated in a few years.

Unfortunately, Aeron didn't even know where the System Cities in his region were, let alone how to get to them. The majority of players were housed in those cities whereas he was out in the wilderness along with the NPC villages and other legacy players.

He called them NPCs and players since that was what the common consensus was on what to call them. The distinction would become unclear after Earth was swallowed, but for now it separated those who could come back from death and those who could not.

The reason players could only trade within their region was because there were massive 'Void Zones' between each region which were devoid of most life except powerful Void Beasts.

The current power of players wasn't enough to cross these zones, and it wouldn't be worth the time and effort put into crossing anyways.

Whilst reading through the forums, Aeron stumbled across a thread started by someone in the same region as him.

It was about starting an adventuring guild in one of the system cities as the person had gained a Baron title and managed to buy some land using it. That land would be their base and a headquarters was already being built.

Aeron contacted the guildmaster with a proposition. If all went as planned, Aeron would gain a foothold in a system city before anyone else.