Jean stood in the midst of trees and brush that covered every inch of his vision, leaving behind no gaps or spaces in between the green that surrounded him.
‘Status.’
A small translucent panel appeared before Jean displaying various texts and numbers.
Name Jean Kwon Age 31 Titles Earl of Plants (Rare) Condition Health: 100/100
Stamina: 90/90
Mana: 0/0 Status Effects Beginner’s Protection Buff Attributes Strength: 8
Constitution: 9
Agility: 9
Dexterity: 10
Perception: 10
Willpower: 11
Intelligence: 11
Wisdom: 12 Skills Alchemy (Expert) 73.22%
Botany (Master) 56.18%
- Dendrology (Master) 23.09%
- Herbalism (Master) 100.00%
- Mycology (Master) 43.98%
- Pomology (Master) 57.67%
Plant Manipulation (Beginner) 0.00% Traits Calm Mind (Uncommon)
Green Thumb (Common)
Jean looked over the info on the panel with a blank stare as he attempted to figure out what each portion of the board meant.
*ding*
From your will to learn what things mean, the skill [Identify] has been granted to you.
After dismissing the panel that suddenly popped up, Jean noticed his [Skills] tab had been updated.
Skills Alchemy (Expert) 73.22%
Botany (Master) 56.18%
Herbalism (Master) 100.00%
Mycology (Master) 43.98%
Pomology (Master) 57.67%
Dendrology (Master) 23.09%
Identify (Beginner) 0.00%
Plant Manipulation (Beginner) 0.00%
Jean looked at the new skill with a curious expression.
‘Identify…’
A panel popped out of thin air with a few lines text on it.
Identify (Active)
- Identifies the identities of things.
‘That’s rather useful.’
As Jean had guessed, [Identify] was a skill that identified things; a very useful tool when starting off in a new and unexplored world.
Earl of Plants
- Speed of sowing, harvesting, and nurturing of all plants is enormously increased.
- Nurtured plants growth rate increases by a large amount.
- When harvesting plants, large chance of getting an increased yield.
- When cross-breeding plants, large chance of discovering a new type of plant.
- Learning rate of plant-based skills is increased by an enormous amount.
- Control of plants is possible.
Beginner’s Protection Buff
- Grants protection for a period of time (23h:59m:37s remaining).
- Reduces effects of negative status effects by an enormous amount.
- Lowers the requirements for learning new skills by an enormous amount.
Botany (Mastery)
- Speed of sowing, harvesting, and nurturing of all plants is enormously increased.
- When harvesting any plant, gain an increased yield
- Increases abilities of all plant-based skills by an enormous amount.
Alchemy (Mastery)
- Speed of concocting solutions increases by an enormous amount.
- Effectiveness of concocted solutions increases by a large amount.
- Chance of making an error while following a recipe decreases by a large amount.
- When concocting a solution, gain an increased yield.
Plant Manipulation (Active)
- Allows for the manipulation of plants depending on selected plant type and current skill level.
Calm Mind
- Adaptability to new situations is increased by a large amount.
- Negative mental statuses are reduced by a large amount.
- Growth rate of intelligence and wisdom is increased by a small amount.
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- Learning rate of all skills is increased by a small amount.
Green Thumb
- Speed of sowing, harvesting, and nurturing of all plants is greatly increased.
- Nurtured plants growth rate increased by a large amount.
- When around plants, regeneration of health, stamina, and mana are increased by a large amount.
- When around plants, effectiveness of negative mental statuses are reduced by a small amount.
- When around plants, all abilities increase by a small amount.
- Learning rate of plant-based skills is increased by large amount.
Jean took a step back from the panels that appeared before him after using [Identify] on the various names in his [Status] panel as he absorbed the information little by little.
‘Was I this overpowered back on Earth?’
Just looking at the [Earl of Plants] title and the [Green Thumb] trait, it seemed like Jean was made to work with plants. Not only were his botany skills buffed by his title and trait, he was also buffed for simply standing next to a plant.
Next, the [Beginner’s Protection Buff] was an extremely useful buff to Jean. Although Jean didn’t know the extent of which it protected him, but having a form of protection was still rather assuring. On top of that, gaining new skills like [Identify] would be rather simple as long as he had the buff.
Compared to the others, [Calm Mind] didn’t seem to have that large of an effect on Jean. However, a global skill learning rate was nothing to be scoffed at nor was the situation adaptability and the negative mental status reduction.
[Botany] was a parent skill that housed various other child skills underneath it such as [Herbalism] and [Mycology]. Jean immediately used [Identify] on all of the child skills under [Botany].
Dendrology (Mastery)
- Speed of sowing, harvesting, and nurturing trees increases by an enormous amount.
- When harvesting trees, gain an increased yield.
Herbalism (Mastery)
- Speed of sowing, harvesting, and nurturing herbs increases by an enormous amount.
- When harvesting herbs, gain an increased yield.
Mycology (Mastery)
- Speed of sowing, harvesting, and nurturing fungi increases by an enormous amount.
- When harvesting mushrooms, gain an increased yield.
Pomology (Mastery)
- Speed of sowing, harvesting, and nurturing fruiting plants increases by an enormous amount.
- When harvesting fruits, vegetables, or nuts, gain an increased yield.
The final skill in Jean’s possession, [Plant Manipulation], was rather straightforward in its effects: it controlled plants. Curious to check its effects, first looked over towards a nearby vine and identified it.
Strange Vine
- A strange vine that is green in color.
Jean then focused on the vine and imagined it curling upwards, but instead of doing as he imagined, the vine only twitched slightly but still moved quite enough to prove that [Plant Manipulation] worked.
*ding*
By using skills that can be used together with other skills, the skill [Synergy] has been granted to you.
Synergy (Passive)
- Allows for the combination of the effects of active, passive, and mastery skills.
- Effectiveness of combination depends on skill level of the combined skills and [Synergy].
Jean was rather surprised; not only was a new skill added to his [Skill] tab but three of the panels he had open suddenly updated.
Alchemy (Mastery):
- Speed of concocting solutions increases by an enormous amount.
- Effectiveness of concocted solutions increases by a large amount.
- Chance of making an error while following a recipe decreases by a large amount.
- When concocting a solution, gain an increased yield.
- [Synergy]: Speed of concocting solutions increases depending on corresponding mastery skills.
- [Synergy]: Effectiveness of concocted solutions increases depending on corresponding mastery skills.
- [Synergy]: Chance of making an error while following a recipe decreases depending on corresponding mastery skills.
Identify (Active)
- Identifies the identities of things.
- [Synergy]: Gives additional information depending on corresponding mastery skills.
Plant Manipulation (Active)
- Allows for the manipulation of plants depending on selected plant type and current skill level.
- [Synergy]: Strengthens control over plants depending on corresponding mastery skills.
Jean was again taken aback at the overpowered effect of [Synergy]. Once more, he used [Identify] on the nearby vine.
Green Heart Vine
- A vine that grows out from a central core and slowly expands across a large area over time.
- Toxicity: No poison to humans.
- Nutritional Value: Practically nonexistent. However, the vine is usually rooted into a large supply of water and channels large amounts of water throughout the plant in a pulsing motion, very much like that of a heart.
- Medicinal Value: Very little. The water that comes from the plant is of high purity and can be used as an agent for making other alchemical concoctions or cooking food.
- Practical Value: Some use. The vine itself is very flexible and can be used as a makeshift rope. The fibers that surround the plant can be harvested and refined into a thin string.
Jean was rather shocked at the huge change in the amount of information after he gained [Synergy]. Quickly, he used [Plant Manipulation] on the vine and imagined curling upwards once more.
*RUMBLE*
The vine immediately ripped itself off the ground, revealing a vastly larger base vine and that shot straight up into the sky while trees and brush was pulled out of the soil along with it. The massive vine ‘tree’ stood rigidly like a spear pointing straight up into the sky without any signs of falling over.
This sight caused cold sweat to run down Jean’s back as he realized how powerful [Plant Manipulation] was when [Synergy] took affect. Panicking, Jean attempted to put the massive vine back into its original place only to crush even more trees in the process. It was then Jean decided not to mess around carelessly with [Plant Manipulation] ever again.