Lotus Year 5
In recent times I have been nourishing my roots, and creating more and more sponges to purify the water, there were dozens of leaves on the surface of the lake, and around them several small bubbles of magical water floated peacefully, attacking anything that tried to touch the leaves. .
Currently I have 5 water nymphs, and 1 mud crittle, the mud crittle looked a lot like the water nymphs, the difference was that they stayed underwater, inspecting my roots and scaring away creatures that got too close.
Now I was in a little conflict of goals, should I focus my efforts on water purification? Create more leaves, or start creating flowers? I don't know what I would use the flowers for, reproduction perhaps? But I'm not sure if my flowers would turn into fruit, so I'm not willing to sacrifice important resources for something that might not produce results.
Star Store Star Points: 34.2
Random skill: 60 Star points - Or more
Random Title: 500 Star points - Or more
Conversion: 10 MP - 0.1 Star Point / 1 Star Point - 10 XP
I have some star points, but not enough for a new skill, to my sadness I discovered that every time I buy a new skill the price of the skills goes up, and I don't think I want to risk getting another "repeat" skillfor this price
The description of the star store said 60 or more", so I believe that if I use more star points to buy a skill, I have a chance of getting better skills.
It's just a matter of time, with time I will purify the water of this lake and get rid of this dirt, with time my roots will spread across the entire surface of the lake and I will be the plant that dominates this place, with time my roots will spread all over the bottom of the lake and nothing had escaped my reach.
I just need time.
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Lotus Year 6
Star Store Do you want to use 90 Star points for a random skill?
Another year passed, the lake started to look cleaner, and I could feel how this cleaner environment was beneficial for life.
The fish in the lake became more lively, the insects reproduced more, and some wild creatures appeared at the edge of the lake to cool off.
My leaves grew more and more, reaching circumferences of up to 2 meters, my first leaves were small and fragile, less than 50 centimeters and very thin. But as soon as these leaves reached their expiration date, they closed and sank into the lake, opening a new space for a new, young and healthy leaf.
My nymphs stopped attacking insects, as long as these insects weren't gnawing on my leaves, the water nymphs stopped caring about them, perhaps because it was a waste of mana, since the nymphs couldn't kill the insects.
I also had visits from some larger creatures, such as toads and frogs, who stayed calmly on my leaves, while they crouched and rested.
After a lot of work, I finally got 90 star points, it wasn't a huge amount, but it should still give me a better skill than [Mud Crittles].
'Yes' After giving mental confirmation to the notification, I could see the star points I had accumulated over the past few years disappearing like tears in the fire, and soon after I received my gift.
Notice
You have gained the skill [Lotus Blessing]
Skill
[Lotus Blessing] - Lv 1
Bestow a blessing upon an allie that increased luck and fortune.
'A skill that increases someone's luck? Who am I going to use this...'
Lucky days and unlucky days, and today was my unlucky day, I spent all my precious star points for something I can't use.
'Whatever...'
Taking advantage of my recent disappointment, I decide to take a quick look at my status again.
Information Name: ----- Level: 1 Gender: ---- Age: 6 Years Hp: 35.2 Sp: 22.4 Mp: 8.4 Race: Lunar Nymphaea
Attributes Str: 0 Vit: 28.3 Def: 11.2 Dex: 1.3 Spe: 0 Magic: 0.3 Hp Regen: 1.5 MpRegen: 0.01 Luck: 0.5
Skills
[Root Growth] - Lv Max
Use your Sp to make your roots grow
[Nutrient Absorption] - Lv 9
Absorb nutrients from decomposed materials
[Photosynsis] - Lv 5
Use water and nutrients to create Sp
[Blooming] - Lv 1
Create flowers that can bear fruit
[Lunar Conversion] - Lv 3
Use your leaves to convert moonlight into MP
[Filtering] - Lv 2
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Use root formations and SP to absorb nutrients present in the water and filter it
[Summon Nymphs] - Lv 2
Use your MP to summon and maintain water nymphs that can protect you.
[Mud Critters] - Lv 1
Use your MP to create and mantain mud minions, who can fight for you.
[Lotus Blessing] - Lv 1
Bestow a blessing upon an allie that ncreased luck and fortune.
I've grown a lot in the last few years, my skill [Root Growth] has even reached its maximum level, that's probably why creating better roots and leaves has become so easy lately, I'd like to have better skills, but I think I need to work with what I have .
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Lotus Year 6
Notice
Your mud crittle killed a [Water Flea] x 4 you gained 0.08 XP
'Oh?' I was relaxing as usual, and out of nowhere I got a notification saying that my mud crittle had killed a small group of auga fleas, it was the first time I gained Xp, and I felt a little happy
'Good job little friend' I said to the little ball of mud that was slowly moving between my roots, the ball of mud didn't care about my words, and just continued its journey between my roots.
'I'm going to create more of these little guys...' The water nymphs were nice, but they had never killed anything, just kicked them off my leaves, but it looks like these little mud balls can do more than just scare some fish.
After creating 9 more little mud crittles, I set them aside again, and focus on something else that caught my eye.
Nowadays the water was much clearer, so it was even possible to see through it with a little difficulty. When I got here, the place was like a mud puddle full of dirt and algae.
I can eliminate the dirt in the water, but the algae is something completely different. These algae and slime grow all over the place, stealing my valuable resources and spreading among my roots, it has made me angry, I am not willing to share my space with these invaders.
But for everything in life there is a solution, and for that I found a guy who could do a good job for me, I just needed to convince him to work for me.
There was a small fish in the lake, which I saw eating the algae all the time, these fish had different colors, but most were predominantly orange, with yellow, black, white, gray and red spots. These guys were small, I would say around 15 centimeters, but I wanted so much for them to come to me and start eating this algae.
These fish weren't afraid of the mud balls they thought were threatening, so most of the time I could see them between my roots, hiding or eating larger algae, but I needed to find a way to make them want to come back, if I could I wanted to. that there were only these fish in the lake, because then there would be no algae in this place.
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Lotus Year 6
Notice
The skill [Nutrient Absorption] has reached the maximum level.
Notice
Do you want to merge the [Nutrient Absorption] skill and the [Root Growth] skill?
A few days had passed, and I managed to evolve my 2 skills to the maximum, and along with that I gained a new option to fuse skills.
'Wow... Merging [Root Growth] and [Nutrient Absorption] sounds really cool... But is it really worth it? My roots already absorb nutrients, wouldn't that just make the roots' drainage capacity stronger?...I don't need it.'
The option to fuse skills was tempting, but it wasn't something I needed, so there's no reason to rush. I can evolve other skills to their maximum level, and try to make better fusions.
'If I upgrade [filtering] and merge it with [Root Growth], could I create roots capable of purifying water without the need to create sponges? This would be more useful than roots that can suck up more nutrients...'
Roots that suck up a lot of nutrients are not useful to me, the way I am now, it's like drinking a glass of water through a straw, I can pull out everything I need to survive, and maintain a pace good enough for my needs. I don't have a competitor to fight for nutrients, so I don't need to rush. My only competitors are algae, and they are far behind me.
Now, if I can purify water without spending Sp, and without having to create sponges, then I would have something more substantial and useful. since that way I could just focus on spreading my roots throughout the lake, and stop spending Sp on creating more sponges.
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Lotus Year 7
Notice
You leveled up to level 2
Last year was very peaceful, I managed to level up for the first time, and the water was getting cleaner every day. Algae-eating fish were hanging around my roots from time to time, and I even had the displeasure of witnessing one fish being attacked by another and killed in front of me.
It was pretty brutal to be honest, one of the orange fish was just enjoying life and eating some algae, when a brown fish came up from behind and tore it apart completely with a row of sharp teeth that didn't fit on a fish.
Visers and blood everywhere, and all that was left in the end was the carcass of the fish that was thrown onto my roots, several scavengers appeared to have the chance to get a little piece of the meal, and now it was my turn.
I used my powers to absorb the nutrients from the fish carcass, and it was quite a meal to be honest, the fish contained a lot of nutrients and I couldn't eat it all at once.
Because I'm a plant, I don't have a stomach, so I have nowhere to store these extra nutrients, so all I can do is absorb the nutrients as I need them, it would be good to have a skill capable of preserving nutrients for a time of crisis, like when I had my seed that I could use to salvage some extra nutrients when things got tight.
I didn't like seeing these deaths, especially in front of me, but I understand, it's nature. A predator needs meat, even if I could I wouldn't save the orange fish, because that would interfere with the balance of things.
The orange fish had died, but its body sustained life in the lake, feeding several other species, such as snails, worms, small fish and me.
Maybe one day I too will become someone's food, but I'm a plant, I can always grow back as long as I have the nutrients to do so.
'Star store'
Star Store Star Points: 242.5
Random skill: 80 Star points - Or more
Random Title: 500 Star points - Or more
Conversion: 10 MP - 0.1 Star Point / 1 Star Point - 10 XP
I've gotten a lot of points lately, the more leaves, the more mana I can generate, and the more mana the faster it is to get more star points.
Now, should I risk 3 half-assed skill and save some points, or try 1 good skill? Now that I know that I can fuse skills, there doesn't seem to be such a thing as a "half-baked skill", I can always combine 2 bad skills to create something better, so I should focus on quantity, and variety, not quality and superiority. But who doesn't want a powerful skill right away?
'No... I must think about my future... Variety over quality. If I have more options, I can solve all the problems that arise.'
Star Store Do you want to use 240 Star points for 3x random skills?
'Yes'
Notice
You used 80 Star Points to gain the skill [Hard shell]
Skill
[Hard shell] - Lv 1
Use your Sp to make the surface of your shell harder
Notice
You used 80 Star Points to gain the skill [Create Water]
Skill
[Create Water] - Lv 1
Use Mp to create pure water.
Notice
You used 82.5 Star Points to gain the skill [Waste Wipe]
Skill
[Waste Wipe] - Lv 1
Use MP to purify dirt and harmful substances
'Oh!! I liked these skills, I think I made a good deal this time.'