After evolving, my appearance changed.
My skin was now a supple green with freckles all over my body. My body was in a better and more manly state (thankfully).
I wasn’t wearing a skirt anymore. My upper body seemed to be covered with some sort of clothes made from the leaves around me??
“Still better than a skirt as I might just be insecure about my manliness.”
I used 『Appraisal』 on myself next.
Species: Forest Sprite Level: 1 Name: Chimon
Status
HP:
MP:
350/350
600/600
Skills: 「Appraisal LV4」「Wood Manipulation LV1」「Sap Steal LV5」「Nature Manipulation LV1」「Illusion Magic LV1」「Telepathy LV1」 Titles: 「Champion of Elf Goddess」「Thirst for Knowledge」 Tokens: 1170
Ahhh. Quite a few things have changed.
Looking around I realised that I wasn’t the only one who had evolved. There were several different sprites around me. Many had grown considerably bigger too. However, these big ones didn’t have a lower body. They were protruding out of their trees. I decided to use『Appraisal』on one of them.
Species: Lesser Zapis Hamadyrad Name: -
Status
HP:
MP:
500/500
800/800
“.... EHHHHHH?!?!?!”
I was baffled by two things.
One; I could see more than just the species of what I was appraising. I could see their name, their HP and their MP.
Two; this Lesser Zapis Hamadyrad seemed to be amazing?? I remember that when I was looking for more information on this Lesser Zapis Hamadyrad as an evolutionary path it said that it had very high combat ability but isn’t this a little too much??
Using 『Appraisal』on other sprites I saw many other Hamdyrads with similar status windows, I saw several other Wooden Sprites and Wood Spirit.
What’s more is that it seemed like even some of the goblins had evolved.
There were four Hobgoblins
Species: Hobgoblin Name: -
Status
HP:
MP:
250/250
50/50
Who were very lagging in quality. There were special Warrior Goblins who had somehow conjured a wooden dagger of some sorts. Their stats were practically same to that of the normal golins.
I guess they only had superior combat ability in comparison?
Still, there was one group of goblins which stood out from the rest. Their skin had turned as gray as ash and had horizontal marks all over. It could only be confused to be looking as a dried bark of a tree which was made to wear some clothes!
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Species: Wood Goblin Name: -
Status
HP:
MP:
300/300
150/150
“Wood Goblin?? Is it because they ate other Wooden Sprites? I need to research more.”
I used 『Appraisal』on each and every Wood Goblin and found something interesting. Although all of them were practically the same, there was one which had a higher Mana Capacity; and had a Name!!
After looking at everyone around me, I finally found a named being!!
Species: Wood Goblin Name: Emiko
Status
HP:
MP:
300/300
200/200
“If this one has a name, is it possible that he too was reincarnated like me??”
Just the possibility of speaking to another poor soul dragged into this game and hating on the Gods who did this made my entire body quiver.
But how will I speak to her? I can’t walk into the horde of these savage beasts and scream, “Hey Emiko-chan how’s life??”
“Wait. Didn’t I get the 『Telepathy』skill?” I immediately used『Appraisal』on my new skills.
『Wood Manipulation: Intermediate Magic Spell. Gives user control over growth of new wood in desired manner and minimal control over preexisting wood. Low MP consumption due to evolved skill.』 『Nature Manipulation: Intermediate Magic Spell. Gives user control over growth of new leaves in desired manner and minimal control over preexisting roots and leaves. High MP consumption skill.』 『Illusion Magic: Special magic spell unique to Forest Sprites. Conjures an illusion in the mind of target leaving them stunned for a short amount of time. Higher mastery can inflict statuses other than stun. Very High MP consumption.』 『Telepathy: Allows user to establish telepathic connection with target till the skill is active. High MP consumption.』
“...”
After looking at my skills I realised that I may have become a tad bit too overpowered.
『Wood Manipulation』is only a better version of 『Wood Growth』. Turns out it has low MP consumption because it is an evolved skill. 『Nature Manipulation』sounds like it evolved from a skill called 『Nature Growth』or something I think; And because I didn’t evolve it it has high MP consumption.
I stopped my analysis and decided to use 『Telepathy』on this Emiko-chan. Although it had high MP consumption, it was still my only chance to speak to someone who is possibly similar to me.
I started concentrating on Emiko-chan and used 『Telepathy』. “Emiko-chan? Hello??”
She suddenly got up and started to look around frantically when she finally spotted me on my tree staring at her intently.
“Is that… green little man??” Emiko-chan spoke out loud confusing the goblins around her.
“Green little man?? Hueuehue I guess so. Anyhow, would you happen to be a reincarnated soul too? Your reaction wasn’t that of a normal goblin.”
“Re-reincarnated?? How dd-did you you??”
“Huehue. I was right. Let’s talk normally. Come over to my tree later when the other goblins are speaking. I do not wish to draw attentio-”
Skill Points accumulated. 『Telepathy LV1』 has levelled up to 『Telepathy LV2』.
Our conversation was interrupted because the skill levelled up. I was about to use the skill again but My MP had reduced my one-fourth of it’s original value just by using this skill for 30 seconds or so.
“It’s better if I use it sparingly. My MP isn’t that high yet.”
I looked at Emiko-chan who nodded and then I turned around into the foliage of my tree waiting for the night.
“MIght as well hmph.”
I started working on a the higher branches of the tree between the leaves to build a hidden tiny house made of wood and leaves.
Later that night I when I was working on my house, I heard somebody tapping on the bark of the tree. I stealthily creeped back to the platfrom on the lower branches and saw Emiko-chan waiting for me there.
"So it was night already. Come up!!" I screamed at Emiko-chan below.
"Grahgfjkdc grahfb, Grakalslas." (Emiko)
"HUH?? What are you saying??"
"Grajkdslkc grsajklsda." (Emiko)
"Looks like it was because of 『Telepathy』that we could speak. Hm.『Telepathy』!!"
I concentrated on Emiko-chan below and we finally spoke.
"Come up. We'll talk here."
"O-okay." (Emiko)
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We spoke for a few minutes and I had gathered enough information for the time being. She said that the last person she saw before becoming a goblin was a giant Black-Golden Ogre who asked her to become his champion in the fight against other reincarnated souls to recieve an outstanding reward upon victory. This was not Earth but a different world ruled by gods of swords and magic and that when people died on Earth they are reincarnated here.
Every once in a while the gods choose some special souls to reincarnate and battle to recieve a reward; and we were one of those chosen souls.
After reincarnating, her Tutorial asked her to learn from the Ogres techniques to fight but she felt hungry and tried to eat the Wood Sprites around.
This triggered a special evolution for her giving her 『Wood Growth LV1』skill upon evolution.
"So you had a different tutorial. Hmmm. Can you tell more about yourself and your skills??"
"I'm sorry little m-man."
As soon as she said that I felt something prick me from beneath my feet. I looked down to see the same wooden spikes I had seen when I first used 『Wood Growth』.
In that moment of distraction, I felt somebody grip me tightly.