Chapter 373 {Yggdryad}

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Ding!

[You have evolved into a [Special Species]: [Yggdryad]!]

[Your Level Cap has increased to Level 100!]

[You can now Rank Up your [Job Class] and [Subclass]!]

[All Your Stats have increased!]

[You gained Bonus Stat Points and Skill Points!]

[The [Heart of the Forest] has evolved into [Yggdrasil's Seedling]!]

[You have become the [Yggdrasil's Seedling]! Your Roots extend into the depths of the Continent of Verdant, spread them further to gain power and fill the world with life!]

[The [Forest of Beginnings] has become your [Territory]!]

[The new [Territory] System has been unlocked.]

[The [Territory Management] and [Territory Defense] functions have been unlocked.]

[You acquired the [Young World Tree] Title!]

[You acquired the [Savior of the World] Title!]

[The Special Event Quest has been completed. You've saved the world from doom!]

[You will receive a bountiful amount of rewards once you access the [Quest] Tab.]

[All Accumulated EXP has been converted into EXP Potions stored inside your Inventory.]

[All your Familiars have reached Max Level and can Evolve.]

[The [Yggdryad] Skill Tree has been opened.]

"I-I really did it…"

I looked into all the system windows in front of me, they were so many that I was getting tired of them, so I just shook them over with my hand and looked into the surroundings. I had truly become a giant tree, a Yggdryad!

Is it Yggdryad because it's the mix of Yggdrasil and Dryad, right? I guess it is a pretty simple fusion of words… Ah, it still night yet my body emanates so much light it feels like it's the morning already.

So much has happened… the Demon King battle, the whole disaster, and then the other disaster back on Earth. Ugh, I hope nothing bad happened back in my country. Checking the news through the internet, there's tons of it.

But it seems there wasn't any problem in my city at least, everything's alright… Though the world might change a lot from now on that these monsters showed up. The Gods closed the gates, but there's still monster corpses left, and the tentacles of the Demon King as well.

The governments are taking care of that but how long though? I feel like they might use it for their own benefit. Ah, now knowing all of this is real, it feels more like I'm really having a second life in this world- Come to think of it, those powers I've been experiencing lately…

"Yep those are the powers you've gained in here, through your connection, you can use them back on Earth to a small extent, though you need to be able to control them properly and all. It's not going to be easy."

Suddenly, I heard the voice of the Great Spirit.

"Great Spirit! You're here?! Wait… You can read my mind?!"

"I can now! My soul has merged even more with your own, so I can now listen to your thoughts… Sometimes."

"Sometimes? Please just don't! It is very rude!"

"Okay, okay! More importantly, you've got a ton of power now. And you even evolved. How did this happened exactly?"

"Ah well…"

I explained her that in the middle of the battle, I received a message about a special evolution, it had tons of conditions, but I managed to complete them all except the one I needed… an Yggdrasil Branch. However, once I defeated the Undead Tree of Beginnings, he dropped as an item a branch of his own body, which was still pure.

It was as if this was his last gift to me, another of his branches… And in that moment I quickly realized that the Tree of Beginnings was the son of the World Tree, meaning that he was simply a small World Tree still in development!

Like that, I was able to use Plant Absorption to fuse this branch into my body and the evolution happened automatically after that. I used this opportunity to catch the Demon King's last remnant and completely obliterated his whole body.

I manipulated his soul somehow and made him be reborn as one of my fruits. The big, watermelon-sized purple fruit at one of my branches at the left side of my body. He's still there sleeping but he might wake up soon enough.

"S-So you reincarnated him?!"

"More like just a bit, it is just the fruit! Don't worry~"

"This is still a bit…"

"I just didn't wanted this to be his end, I saw his past and all… It had me crying a bit. And also remembering his soul is now merged with the Tree of Beginning's soul only makes it worse."

"So you thought that if you killed him you would be killing the tree, I guess…"

Best

"Yeah… I couldn't bring myself to do something like this, so I decided to give him a second chance instead. I'll make him repent and work hard to save people instead." I said with a smile.

"You're really something else…" Sighed the Great Spirit. "But well, if you were the type of person that would had chosen to kill him instead, I wouldn't be here with you. Such a kind and pure heart is what brought me to you."

"Aww, that's nice and all but…" I interrupted. "Did the gods decided this as well?"

"I believe they did." The Great Spirit answered. "Your whole evolution is something unprecedented. Perhaps the Goddess of Nature and Life, Gaia, aided you in attaining. I think she even gave you her Divine Protection!"

"D-Divine Protection? Ah, well, more importantly, how do I walk now? I am gigantic. Also did the heart of the forest just fused with my body as well?" I wondered.

"Yep, that's right…" The Great Spirit. "However, amongst your new abilities, you should be able to separate an [Avatar] that can help you move. Check the Yggdrasil's Seedling Abilities."

"Oh… Let's see…"

I quickly looked into the Yggdrasil's Seedling after everything the Great Spirit explained to me. It had become even larger now in explanations, containing many abilities within as well.

"Woah… this is…!"

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