Mystic tree

A new day was dawning. The clouds were painted in a beige-red tone that gave the impression the sky was on fire. Around me, the forest was vivaciously swaying in the breeze while the grass was filled with sparkling drops of dew.

My 15-meter tall body was brimming with energy. I slowly retracted the magic current that allowed me to grow beasts. Then, I let all three green currents slowly emerge from my core.

The first current had allowed me to grow fruit. The second gave me the ability to grow ore and the third was for growing beasts.

They traveled up and up to the tips of my branches. A triple helix was formed by them spinning around its own axis. The helix gained spin and the gaps between the different currents began to blur. Then, with a sudden stop, there was only one light green current left.

And as this light green current flowed through my body, something reacted!

The energy stored in my body exploded all of a sudden. My cells began expanding rapidly. A sudden growth spurt? It was about time.

My pleasant surprise quickly turned into horror when I passed 50 meters of height and was still growing.

It didn't stop! I was now more than 100 meters tall and I wasn't stopping. The town was mostly in ruins. My roots had expanded and lifted patches of ground. The town was now split into different levels among my roots. I'd have to take care of that later.

For now, I had bigger problems like my height... that was still increasing. At least I'd lost track of how big I was so I couldn't panic too much.

\u003cYou are currently 218 meters and still growing.\u003e

'Why do you tell me that?! Why didn't you warn me before I did it?'

\u003cWhat is so bad about growing? You'll be able to grow many more things at the same time.\u003e

'Look at me! I'm flipping huge!'

\u003cAnd what is bad about that? Name an example.\u003e

'Well... how about... fine. I admit that there isn't much of a difference for me.'

\u003cSee ^\u003c\u003e^. Also, congrats you became a mystic tree. You can now have your second descendant.\u003e

Yeah, that descendant wouldn't be planted for quite a while. I felt no need to create another vulnerability that I couldn't fully protect. I wanted to first gain the power to dominate this world! Or at least fight anyone to a standstill.

'System, what are the benefits of this time's evolution and what are the conditions?'

\u003cYour speed of growing things has increased tremendously. You can grow all manner of things at the same time now. You have the ability to do low-level changes to the things you grow. All your base stats have increased.

To evolve you must win the trust of a mythical or divine beast and make it your guardian beast. This beast cannot be self grown!\u003e

So basically I would need to wait until a strong beast comes over and feed it until it liked me.

Simple enough. But for now, small steps. I grew another squirrel and dropped it... Not the best idea.

I reabsorbed the dead squirrel.

'System, how big am I now?'

\u003c300 meters.\u003e

'How am I supposed to grow anything useful like this? Every beast will die from the fall, any fruit will be ruined and the ore will make craters.'

\u003cGrow platforms dummy! As for the workforce to get the harvest, they'll arrive soon.\u003e

'And how do you know that.'

So, the plan for a mass army of monsters temporarily failed.

\u003cJust make it completely failed. There's a limit to how many beasts you can control. If you gain more they will just run away. The beasts have to make a contract with someone else or die if you need more space.\u003e

'What's the limit?'

\u003cAt the moment you can at most control 1000 beast 10 savage beasts and one mythical beast. And no you can't exchange the mythical for more ordinary beasts.\u003e

New plan! Altering things I grow namely apples because I don't have any other fruit. Mental note, buy other things to grow from Aldi.

Back to getting that golden apple. Ah, I mean altering that apple. Who would ever want a golden apple? Health boost? The prettiest woman in the world that inevitably brings my own destruction? Who would want that?