Chapter 2 - Magic and Operation Vision
Shit how did I even forget something so important! The weird energy that’s floating in the air is mana, that basta… I mean Almighty Creator mentioned it after he killed me and he said that I could make it into fire and water. But how do I even go about doing that do I just sort of imagine making fire with it…
Some time later
It’s not fucking working. I wish that lazy God could’ve been bothered to explain mana and its functions to me fully. I am trying to imagine fire being formed above the ground but I know that it’s not working in the slightest. Perhaps I need to have a clear picture of the area I want to use the magic on… Well if I do have to have a picture of the area I can’t see because I’m a tree so it’s useless. I suppose I’ll continue expanding my roots and absorbing nutrients from the ground. As I go to absorb some delicious nutrients I feel myself going back to that horrible place.
“Why am I back in this creepy white space again!” I yell this at that lazy good for nothing God.
“I just might have forgotten to tell you some crucial things about your new world, tehe.” God says not seeming to care that he forgot to tell me.
“What sort of God forgets important information! And what sort of information are we talking about?”
“Ah that when I send you back to your new body try to pull the mana into yourself, that should help you on your path to using magic.”
“Tch, it would’ve helped if you’d told me that in the first place.” What sort of God forgets about telling me that, I’ve been stuck on how to use mana for weeks, if I wasn’t having endless fun while being a tree I would’ve gone insane.
“That would’ve been no fun though, I liked to see you fail at using it, hahaha! Well I’ll see you another time.” As I am being forcefully ripped out of the white space I hear a that irritating voice shout, “You can also see, by using mana just…”
What the fuck was he about to say I only heard that I can see using mana. Seriously that God is terrible, I feel like I’m going to die an early death due to them. How can a God be so childish, if a Christian saw this God they would probably have a heart attack.
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Now onto the next task, I should probably try out magic, it’ll probably be useful being able to water myself and all, if a drought comes I’ll be set. So I am imagining the floating energy flowing into me I imagine a flame being formed in front of my tree… It doesn’t work. I believe that my former hypothesis that I have to have vision of the target is true. Hmmmm, God said that I should be able to see using mana, however they coincidentally left out how to see.
After days or was it weeks, of repetitive testing I think that I’ve figured it out, how to see through mana. The idea of how to see using mana came to me when I remembered this game I once played some years ago, I think the ability was called Farsight or something like that. My version won’t be anything so fancy I just need a small area of vision to use some magic. Now for the first test Operation Vision Commence! I imagine myself sucking in the mana and visualising myself having an area to see out of on my tree.
Shit I’m hit with some sort of mental pain, but that doesn’t matter, Operation Vision was a success! I’ll call this new spell Sight, I feel proud of my naming sense my teachers always did say I was creative.
I can now see my current area, I seem to be in some sort of forest, but I can tell this forest has only recently been planted, most of the trees are quite small, giving an estimate I’d saying the tallest is a 4 meters. My height is about half a meter, which is quite small in comparison, there aren’t many trees my height most are at least a meter tall. I myself am quite knowledgeable on trees being an enthusiast however I can’t recognise any of the species. The region is not tropical, that is for sure. Some of the trees look much like ash trees however, which excites me as they were always my favourite type of tree. I can’t see myself because my ‘eyes’ only look straight not up or down, I’ll have to improve them, I’m eager to see my new body.
After surveying the area I turn off my Sight spell and collect nutrients. I feel tired from using it, I believe that it may be a side effect of using more mana than my body can handle. I will try to improve my magic capacity and then try to use another spell.