Needles...lots of needles.
the cactus he had inserted his mana into wavered, before going back to normal.
this time, he inputted more mana into the plant, as the wavering got bigger, and then it ceased one more.
inputting more mana into the cactus, the boy made a command in his mind
"Needles."
needles were withdrawn from the cactus as it fell upon the boy's hand
"Needles." the boy said once more, but the cactus ceased to move.
once mana was introduced, it became sentient, but only for a second.
the boy collected the needles he got, which were thin but not easily bendable, making them great at throwing at things
the boy had got a piece of paper and put it up on the floor, and started throwing them at the paper, in a hope that the cactus needles could be of use to him
the boy spent months practising his throwing skills, as the cactus was growing alongside him, adapting to the constant release of needles with the needles getting a tiny bit stronger every month. at first, the needles didn't hit. and then, some did hit, and after a while, he had managed to make them hit with a 25% accuracy
the boy didn't feel the excitement, nor did he feel bored. he just spent hundreds of hours throwing needles at a piece of paper,
the boy didn't know why he was doing this. he just felt like it was necessary to do.
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"Class is starting!" a woman shouted, causing a group of children the same age as the boy to gather around the carpet, as they saw a piece of parchment the teacher was holding
the parchment was a map, that showed the world they were in
"First, we need to know what the main continents are," the teacher said , causing the children to give a gasp
"First, we need to settle down the continents near us." The teacher muttered, bringing her pointer to 4 massive country's
"First, the continent these "Kingdoms" are called the "Spade kingdom, the heart kingdom, the diamond kingdom, and the clover kingdom." The teacher muttered, before saying "To the west of those kingdoms, is a separate continent called the Hiro continent, also knows as the land of the rising sun. there known for their military might, wealth, and tradition." The teacher said, "When you turn 15, you will go to the Heart kingdom to get your grimoire."
"Uh teacher, I don't know most of those words." Juudo scratched the back of his head, causing the gaze his classmates to fall upon him, most with disdain, although their glances faded when he stared back at them."
"No problem Juudo, we have time to learn." The teacher muttered, before looking at a kid with his hands up
"Teacher, where are we?" A kid muttered, causing her to use a pointer to point at a small island.
"Here we are, split between the coast of the heart kingdom and clover kingdom." She said, "However, the island used to be in a war with the diamond kingdom and the spade kingdom, who wanted our resources, but the god of nature helped us fend them off!" The teacher muttered, causing the class to cheer.
The boy looked towards his teacher, as he watched a slip of sweat run down her face. she was lying, Juudo did the exact same thing when he was lying.
the teacher fell silent, before looking at us
"You are expected to hold the will of the forest god and fight in case any intruders wanted to come and burn the forest god temple." She looked at the class, who was riled up
"I'll defeat them all!" A kid shouted
"Yeah! we will defeat them easily!" Another class shouted
"If you can't fight, however, there are countless boats in the dock, and you are to be expected to row the short distance to the heart kingdom and apply for citizenship."
"Why would we need to flee teacher?" A student asked
"That day shouldn't come if you are strong enough." The teacher resources, before saying "Class is over!"
everybody went home, as Juugo walked home with Elias, who had an empty expression
"I'll make sure to protect the village when im older!" Yuugo patted his own chest, as they walked
back to the village
the boy dispersed from the path, before waving to Juugo
"You going somewhere?" Yuugo said, before putting his thumbs up
"Dont worry, I will cover for you!" Juugo put his thumbs up, before humming and running back home
the boy was running in the forest, before going to a secluded area. on a map of the school, it shows the different areas of their portion of the small island, with them highlighting the botanist garden, the docks, and then the residential area. the forest god is shared with other tribes.
he went down to the docks and saw people making and putting down boats.
"Are you sure that we even need extra boats?" A man muttered "It's only a hundred troops, which is more than enough"
"Don't underestimate the diamond kingdom, we dont want a repeat of last time."
"Seriously man, why dont they just leave us alone?"
"Something about wanting resources."
"The forest god will protect us, that is for sure."
the boy listened, before going back into the forest and walking to the Botanist garden, where they sell herbs and plants.
the boy pointed towards a plant, causing the old man at the counter to say
"Hm? you're that one that can't talk? why do you want Piwik plant?" His gaze fell upon me
the boy stayed silent, causing the boy to sigh
"I'll give you one but im telling your parent or sister or whatever." The man waved his hand, causing the boy to go back home. after planting and potting the plant, he did his daily routine of inputting mana into the cactus and placing collecting the cactus needles, which had grown bigger and stronger.
in a book he had picked up, Piwik plants were plants used in healing infections and healing wounds..... in small amounts. that is unless you put high amounts into somebody's body, healing and then destroying their body to make a painful death.
the boy had potted the plant, and then put it near the cactus plant.
the boy's eyes did not waver as he felt the only instructions in his head come to life
"Break the seal." A voice said in his head. his only objective in life.
he did not know who the voice was or what it was, but it was the only thing he knew in this life
strings of condensed mana connected to the plant to his body, as he inputted all of his mana he had in his body into the tattoo of the tree in his back, trying to open the second-lowest seal.
a large amount of blood came from his mouth as the seal still remained on his back, with only one illuminating
the boy felt heaps of exhaustion as he grabbed the plants near him, forcing the countless Piwik petals down his throat in an attempt to heal a large amount of internal injury.
it was the first experience of pain the boy had as he coughed up a lot of blood, his internal organs felt like they turned upside down.
the boy lay on the floor, his wounds slowly healing under the constant Piwik plant produce.
it seemed the boy had a lot more to learn until the second seal is broken.