Chapter 04: Rare Blossoming

"Náttúrumaður! Come here, my son." Yggdrassil calls for his son, Náttúrumaður which means Nature Bringer for Yggdrassil believed he was brought by nature and will bring nature an era of prosperity... Bring Nature forward to spread on the world and be alive, even more, alive than it already is. "Náttúrumaður my son, come here." The deep voice of the Forest Dragon echoed in the deep cave, this cave was the home of Náttúrumaður and his father, who like every dragon, gathered treasure.

However, what he gathered was different from other dragons. While other dragons gathered gold, silver, jewels, and other treasures, a Nature Dragon like Yggdrassil gathers rare plants and herbs, they also gather crystals that have magical properties, no matter how weak they are. Náttúrumaður, Nátt for short, came from the entrance of the cave, passing by strange blue herbs that were hidden by shadow, small bonsai-like saplings that had small glowing spheres floating around it, it gave a mystical feeling to the cave because the light that came from the cave was from several of those saplings scattered among the cave, they all sang to him in a great symphony. "Yes, father?" Nátt asks his draconic father figure who tilted his big head, pointing towards the new edition of his collection that he liked to share with his hatchling.

"They are blossoming." His voice turned slightly lower as Nátt approached and looked at what the dragon was talking about. On the darkest part of the cave, buried on the slightly glowing grass and dirt on the ground of the cave, stood a small dark flower that looked like a dead flower, but was alive and pulsing with a light purple aura that emanated from the roots of the plant, making them visible even if they were underground. "Ah, it's blooming!" Nátt was genuinely excited for this, this was a very rare species of flower that blossomed only once a hundred years, carrying with it a small drop of a powerful essence it gathers from another dimension using its magical roots, sipping it into the ground to enchant the ground with the richest essence of Dark Energy.

Now, although the name of this essence is Dark Essence, it isn't dark as in evil, it is only dark in color.

Black with different shades of purple, dark, almost black blues, and other cold colors as well. This essence could be used to create other plants that naturally blossomed in the darkest dimensions, it did not corrupt the world around it but planted a seed that would grow into gorgeous, magical plants natural from the Shadowfell, Underdark, Dark Plane, and other dimensions with a great amount of darkness. This was, after all, a [Midnight Lily]!

Here is the description of the plant:

[Midnight Lily: A very rare flower that gathers Dark Energy from the dimensions that have a great amount of darkness to spare, making it into a purified essence of darkness to bring to the Material Plane the energy of those planes in a purified manner, that causes plants of those places to grow naturally in this world. There are other different Lilies similar to this one:

Midday Lily (Divine Energy, Sun Energy, Healing Energy, Etc)

Fey Lily (Fey plants, very wild and powerful)

Elemental Lily (Energy from the Elemental Planes, Water Lily, Air Lily, Fire Lily, and Earth Lily)

Otherworldly Lily (Astral Plane, Abyss, Circles of Hell, etc.)]

The Lily slowly blossomed in a very fashioned manner, each petal moving at the same time, and when it finished blossoming, a small dark floating sphere, about the size of a bean, appeared, Nátt could hear its song... It was beautiful, cold to his ears, and echoed like the plant was singing from the deepest caves. Nátt looked at his father who nodded and he quickly took out a veil from his [Inventory] and collected the essence, his father doesn't seem to see what he did because he took it out of the bag he had on him. The dark liquid that had a purple tint to it was beautiful, the [Midnight Lily] slowly closed again, and soon after it closes, it started gathering more and more energy from dark dimensions and the song was over. "That was amazing..." Nátr whispers as he looks at the veil in his hand, his father tries his best at smiling at Nátt, which makes it a little bit awkward for him for a second because he didn't exactly had a mouth... Nátt decides to analyze, or in this case, [Appraisal] the veil with the dark liquid on it:

[Purified Darkness Essence:

An essence of pure darkness purified, enchanting its capability, making this previously malevolent essence into a benevolent essence.

Can be used as an ingredient to make potions.]

"What do I do with this, dad?" Nátt asked his father, who sat down, his cave was big and he could sit down without the fear of hitting his head on the ceiling, and big was not everything his cave was! It was colorful, shiny, and even dark... The predominant color was of course the green from the grass and moss that grew on the walls and ground of the cave, different colors from the different flowers and plants that grew there, browns and whites, and blacks and purples, and blues and pinks, for different mushrooms and roots that grew from the walls and even ceiling, growing down. Light, as I said, was provided by small floating spheres of light that came from bonsai-like saplings that were full of those spheres, but some roots and vines growing from the ceiling also had lights or emanated some kind of luminescent glow.

His horns still held the same sphere of green energy ever since the day he was born from the ground and trees, given birth by nature itself, thousands of years ago. "Well, you can do whatever you wish to do with it. It's yours, I told you before you could keep it and use it for whatever that small head of yours can make, after all, they bloom every single century, i have some of their essence locked away, so do not hesitate to ask for more if you need it." Nátt smiled at that, thanked his father and went to his "room", but before leaving he hugged the left paw of the dragon, it felt like hugging a tree, which he liked.

His "room" was just a hole in the corner of the cave that led to a smaller cave, this cave had a vine growing down from the ceiling, this vine was glowing with the sun's light although a little weaker, illuminating the "room", the floor was fluffy with moss and grass, making it very comfortable to walk barefooted here. And walk barefoot he did! The walls had holes on them, and each hole had a plant on it growing! On the corner of the cave, small green bedding of leaves and roots held together was where Nátt would sleep, that place was very comfortable. A little ways away from the bed, there was a small cauldron on the little corner of this smaller cave, where there was no grass, just a hole on the cave's wall from where a small collection of sticks and dry leaves were gathered, forming a small bonfire.

If you're wondering where all the smoke goes, there is a very specific plant on Nátt's room that cleans oxygen by just being near it. That plant covered the hole, which was big enough to contain a cauldron and an adult standing there, so the plant was also big... The plant I'm talking about are the:

[Air Purification Vines:

Coming from the dimension between the Elemental Planes of Air and Earth, this special vine has the special ability to absorb air around it and release clean air at the same time, this plant is used to clear smoke, poison clouds, and other toxic chemicals from the bottom of the Air-Earth Inbetween.

Can be used as an ingredient for potions.

Can be used in the creation of a medicine.]

They were light green with small lines of blue and solve scattered along with the long and thin vines, going downwards in a spiral manner. These vines covered the entrance of his room and the entrance of his cauldron room, where he learned how to make potions by experimenting with herbs and other magical items. His father had several herbs and when Nátt asked him for one of them, his father gave it to him because he has several of those, they were not so rare compared to the rarest plants he has in his cave. With that plant, a [Fire Rose], he made a [Fire Breathing Potion] easily using its essence and blood.

That was the first potion he ever made and he added it to his book of recipes, which he keeps on his inventory.

Until now Nátt only tried to use [Druidic Magic] and no other magic, because he first wants to master [Druidic Magic] before even trying the others. And [Druidic Magic] has a lot of ways to use and understand them is not so easy... He has the knowledge and the ability to use all the abilities listed on the [Associated Power Usage] auxiliary chapter, but he needs to train to use them effectively.

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Extra Information:

[Fire Rose:

A rose from the Elemental Plane of Fire, on the burned, ashen land of that plane, only plants of fire and great resilience can survive. Although the conditions are very contrary to what plants need to survive, plant life can still thrive there. All plants from the Elemental Plane of Fire are immune to fire.

A Fire Rose can reach up to 10 feet in size and have thorns up to 7 inches long, these plant monsters are immune to fire and predators, they can control their roots to attack and constrict enemies, they consume their prey by blossoming, showing their monstrous mouth. They can also breathe fire out of their mouth as Dragons do.

Outside of the Elemental Plane of Fire, these plants enter a dormant state until their temperature increases to resemble the Elemental Plane of Fire, in which they awaken hungry to devour nearby prey. Be careful with fire around these plants.

They are vulnerable to cold.

These plants secret a red liquid that resembles human blood, but always boiling, this "blood" can be used to create potions. When drunk or touched by a creature, the liquid will burn them, but if the creature is immune or resistant to fire, it will count as a [Healing Potion].

Used in:

[Fire Breathing Potion]

Remain to be discovered.]

[Fire Breathing Potion:

A powerful potion that changes the inside of your body temporarily, giving you the ability to breathe fire like a powerful dragon.

The breath weapon used has a maximum range of 9 Meters (30 Feet) and burns.

Also, it tastes like pepper.]