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Most of the personal garden of Lily, where she also took care of plants she'll sell later, had changed. The entire room became covered in plants everywhere, and they were moving around, some had giant jaws and looked carnivorous, while a few others seemed to have simply grown into an enormous size.
There were also others giving sprout to bizarre fruits and seeds, overflowing with Magic. It seems that Lily's powers had made her plants evolve into magic plants… or even spirit plants. Well, this is not something I cannot do myself, but she had done it involuntarily, which might be dangerous.
"Yep, this is an Awakened Power." Said the Great Spirit.
"D-Did I really caused this? But I have only been taking care of them as always…" Lily sighed. "This started around three days ago when they suddenly started growing… and growing… and growing…"
"Interesting." I nodded. "Could this be…? Maybe because you've spent a good part of your life attending plants, helping them grow, and selling them, you've developed an Awakened Ability that helps them grow… even more."
"Do you think you could do the same?" Wondered Rita. "I think you can, no?"
"I think so too." Mark said.
"I could… I think. But I would be using tons of Mana and Spiritual Energy! And maybe some plants might end up dying, like the Plant Soldiers we made to fight Phantasmos Army…" I said. "However, Lily's ability maybe costs her some Mana over time, but it seems rather free to use."
"I-I honestly don't know how to even use it!" Said Lily while feeling slightly afraid. "It just happened… Like any plant I touch might turn into these Magic Plants… or Monster Plants?"
"There are indeed some that turned into monsters here and there, but the interesting part is that they're not hostile." Said the Great Spirit. "Hmmm! Very interesting. It seems Awakened people possess Abilities that can even defy magic, and are innate, like passive powers. They don't drain Mana in large quantities like you guy's magic either. Even Elayne's magic could be said to be just inherited magic the Gods gave to her, rather than just an ability she awakened by herself without any outside help."
"Eeeh? You're making us sound lame in comparison to Lily now!" Rita said while crossing her arms.
"That's not what I mean, dummy!" The Great Spirit said. "I'm just trying to figure out how these powers work."
"A-Anyways, is there a way to… clean this?" Wondered Lily.
"Hmmm…" I wondered, and then decided to use Magic. "Would it be alright to clean? We could keep them. They seem to be valuable. In this ever-growing hunter economy, they could sell well… or we could use them to fight and grow stronger."
"O-Oh, I had not thought about that!" Lily said. "But I am slightly afraid…"
"Hmm, well… [Nature's Spirit Call]!" I said, summoning several tiny nature spirits. "Can you guys help us appease the plants? Also… [Plant Manipulation]!"
I started touching the plants spread everywhere, with the aid of the Nature Spirits, we were able to calm down the plants, and many of them reduced their size to normal ones. After a few minutes, the entire room looked much better.
"Uwaah! It is much cleaner now! Thanks a lot!" Lily celebrated happily. "Will you plants behave better now?" She asked, some plants responded by touching her hand with their branches.
"I've scanned her enough, and I've deciphered her ability could be called [Nature's Blessing], she can speak with plants, and they understand her back. She can also make them grow and turn magical, and she seems to be able to not control this power really well." Said the Great Spirit. "It is a passive skill, in gamey terms."
"Interesting" I nodded. "Well, if we fuse this ability with a magic circle, maybe she can control it better? Or at least know when to turn it off."
"Yep, I think it should be possible! We've got plenty of materials here for her magic circle, and your Physique too! So let's use them all, heh." Laughed the Great Spirit.
"Wait, I can develop my physique already?" I wondered in surprise.
"Should be doable with some of these high-quality materials grown in this world instead. Lily's ability is surprisingly useful!" The Great Spirit said. "Anyways, let's begin with her getting a magic circle first."
Like that, we started. Lily was a bit afraid at first, but once it was all done quicker than she expected, she felt a greater and easier flow of Mana around her body than before. She quickly became a Tier 1: Rank 3 Magician, and her affinity was Earth and Nature, so she got equal share of 300 Runes between the two elements, with various Spirit Runes in between.
"Ooo! I feel so much fresher! And this energy around my body…" Said Lily. "It feels nice~"
Suddenly, the ground beneath the plants began moving around, a big hand made of mud emerged out of the ground.
POOF!
"Eh? You can do that already?!" Rita said. "Not fair! It took me a while to figure out my magic!"
"Heheh, this feels so amazing…" Lily said. "And my power too… Looks like I've managed to turn it off."
The semi-transparent green energy she was exuding suddenly disappeared, which was her [Nature's Blessing] Ability in effect.
"Should we make her some weapons and armor?" Wondered Mark.
"Yep! Let's do that while we are at it!" I nodded.
"Oooh? You can even make magic armor and weapons?" Lily was fascinated.
Like that, we divided our job. While I enchanted a set of clothes for her magic armor, made her a new shield, a ring and a bracelet, and used a small pickaxe as her magic weapon, Mark and Rita were harvesting Materials from the Magic Plants for my physique.
I also retrieved some more Magic Crystals and Hollow Crystals, which were too low quality for us to help us grow any stronger, and gave them to Lily, which made her quickly get to Tier 1 Rank 7. And that's as much as I can do for her for now…
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