NOVEL NEXT Chapter 85. This Time It's Not My Fault
With everything ready, Cedric slightly tweaked the coordinates of the teleportation circle before sending Elisa's soul to the Crystal Cube World with the help of the Portable Possession Magic Array.
Although the coordinate is slightly missed, it isn't too far. So, once her soul arrived at the Crystal Cube world, Cedric used the Portable Possession Magic Array and steered Elisa's soul toward the dead elf's body.
Just when Cedric thought nothing would go wrong with the hero summoning this time. He felt some resistance when Elisa's soul passed by an area close to the dead elf's body.
Actually, resistance isn't the right word. Cedric feels Elisa's soul has turned into a magnet, and there's another magnet with an opposite pole located nearby.
Because of the attraction force. Even with his best efforts, Cedric failed to control Elisa's soul to move toward the dead elf.
When his mental power has been slightly weakened by the constant tug of war. The pulling force he felt suddenly strengthened.
With that, Elisa's soul suddenly plunged into a tree.
On Earth, Cedric who has just lost control of Elisa's soul quickly opened his eyes.
"What the hell is going on?" Cedric spoke out loud due to confusion.
Elisa's mother heard Cedric's confused voice, "What? Has something happened to my daughter? After you do your magic, she suddenly falls unconscious!"
"It's because I've sent her to my world. Next, I'll also send you to my world according to the deal." Cedric tried to calm Elisa's mother while constantly calling the System.
[What is it?]
The System finally replied after a few seconds.
When he saw the System's response, Cedric sent several questions at once. 'What's going on with Elisa's soul? Why did it suddenly run out of control? Where is the soul right now? I've just tried to send it to the dead elf's body, but her soul suddenly jumped into a tree!'
[The System isn't too sure. But it should have something to do with Elisa's talent. You should try observing the place where her soul disappeared.]
[Thankfully, the System has sensed the law of nature in your world has started growing at increased speed. That means Elisa has successfully incorporated herself with your world.]
Cedric slightly nodded. He silently closed his eyes and checked the situation in the Crystal Cube World in his mind.
Perhaps because he has just seen a soul, and fulfilled some kind of condition. Cedric can now see the soul inside a creature.
For example, the soul of an animal is pretty small, while the soul of plants is almost negligible. As for the souls of elves, humans, and dwarves. They are much bigger in size.
The stronger the creature, the less ethereal and the bigger their souls are.
The new vision fascinated him. But, Cedric quickly focused back on his mission.
Ignoring the situation in most places, Cedric soon arrived at the location where Elisa's soul suddenly flew into.
After searching around, he finally found where Elisa's soul was.
Her soul actually has integrated itself with one of the nearby trees. From its shape, it's pretty similar to one of the oak tree species that can be found on Earth.
As mentioned before, the souls of humans and other intelligent species are much bigger than the souls of plants and unintelligent species. So, finding Elisa's soul isn't all that hard because it's much bigger compared to the surrounding souls.
Compared to the surrounding trees, the tree that Elisa possessed is pretty tall, which is an incredible feat of its own.
After all, thanks to mana and the magic forest's location that boosted plant growth, every tree in the elf's magic forest is 20 meters tall on average.
But it didn't change the fact that Cedric has messed up big time and accidentally reincarnated a super-talented person as a fucking tree.
He sneaked a peek at Elisa's mother and felt some guilt. So, Cedric continued to close his eyes and checked Elisa's current situation.
That's when he saw something weird.
Slowly but surely, Elisa's soul began to generate some sort of tentacle. The tentacle continued to elongate and touched the soul of surrounding trees and plants.
Cedric stopped focusing on the Crystal Cube world and started looking at the world through Earth's time.
Thanks to the 3652.5 time dilation, Cedric can see Elisa's soul growing stronger while continuously spreading.
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As the tentacle-like soul continued to spread, it became thinner until it was only the size of a hair.
The speed only slowed down when the soul had spread its thread on every tree and plant within a 50-meter radius.
In exchange, the soul that's inside the oak tree has become less than half its initial size. Furthermore, it has turned slightly ethereal just like the faint glow of a moon that passes through the gap of a wall.
Cedric wanted to ask the System about what had just happened. But the System has taken the initiative to explain.
[It seems Elisa didn't possess a tree. Instead, she possessed a part of the magic forest with that tree as her core.]
'What?'
[Have you ever heard about mountain god and river god from Earth's eastern myth, or spirits in Earth's western myth? Basically, creatures that are born when a landscape has gained sentience.]
[Elisa is currently in a state similar to those creatures. She is slowly controlling part of the magic forest and turning it into part of her body.]
'What?' Cedric became dumbstruck and could only repeat the same sentence.
A few seconds later, Cedric's brain finally accepted the news and asked another question, 'How?'
[It's because her nature talent is simply too compatible with the magic forest.]
'What does the magic forest have to do with this mess?'
[Do you wish to spend 20 GP to receive the answer?]
Cedric cursed the System before spending his GP.
[Magic forest and magic mountain are called such because they can gather and focus surrounding special energy. Except for that, they also have a chance to give birth to sentience.]
[Of course, as your magic forest is only the basic kind. The chance of giving birth to sentience is incredibly low. But it also means it has the foundation to give birth to sentience. Which is how Elisa's soul got attracted by the forest and vice versa.]
'So, this mess is caused by the magic first that got attracted by Elisa's talent, and Elisa's soul that chose to reciprocate the feeling?'
[Although the way you say it makes it sound like the forest is asking Elisa for a date. But you're basically right.]
'Then, is Elisa even conscious right now? Also, are her memories or something else got affected from possessing a forest instead of a physical body? Can she move and talk?'
[Yes, she is conscious. She indeed got slightly affected from possessing the forest, but it's nothing dangerous. Her memories are still intact and her emotion is still the same. It's just that she might feel a bit calmer because she lacked the physiological stimulus from the human body's hormones. But don't worry though, because her soul's stimulus still exists. So, she can feel emotions like usual.]
[As for moving, she should be able to move the branches and leaves she controlled, but it's impossible to move her root for now. As for talking, she can do so once her strength increases, when she learned some special skill, or if you purchased a Divine Item called 'Water Me!' for her.]
Cedric opened the shop and checked the item that System mentioned.
[level 1 Divine Item, Water Me!
Cost: 100 GP
Details: A mass-produced divine item that'll allow plant-type creatures to speak. Unable to support special languages like Divine Language, Draconic Language, Ancient Language, and any magical language your world has.
PS: My plant can now ask for water when they need it!]
Cedric is surprised by the price. But when he saw it was actually a permanent Divine Item, he immediately understood. The System has mentioned that permanent Divine Items are much more expensive than their consumable counterparts.
After checking the item, Cedric got curious, 'If there's an item to make her talk. Then, aren't there any items that'll let her walk? For example, some item that'll let a tree uproot itself and run?'
[There is. But the kind of item that can let trees uproot themselves is ineffective for her.]
[After Elisa's soul has spread and connected to the surrounding trees, the area within 50 50-meter radius has become her body. So, if she wants to move, she'll need an item that can uproot every plant within a 50-meter radius and make them move. Those kinds of items are expensive as heck, and someone pisses poor like you won't be able to afford it.]
Cedric ignored the System's last sentence, 'Can she level up from killing demons just like others? Also, can she use a training method to raise her level?'
[Yes. As long as a demon dies within her territory, Elisa can absorb the EXP those demons released. She can also use a training method to increase her level, although she'll need a custom training method for that.]
Cedric summarized the pros and cons himself before asking the System, 'So, is this a good thing or a bad thing?'
[The System concluded that It's an extremely good thing for you and your world. But the System isn't too sure Elisa thought the same. Especially since she has been screaming and cursing for the last few minutes.]
***
A few minutes prior, Earth time.
Elisa, who felt she had been knocked unconscious finally woke up.
When she opened her eyes, Elisa felt her sense of sight become weird as she can actually see in 360 degrees.
The weird visual input made her feel nauseous.
It took her a few minutes to adjust herself before she finally understood the visual input. Along with it, her sense of hearing and smell has also returned.
Now, only her sense of touch still feels a bit wonky. She feels like her leg is being buried in the soil while her body is standing straight like a pole.
Looking at her surroundings, Elisa found herself in a forest with many giant trees around.
"Damn it, I knew that guy seemed unreliable." Elisa tried to move her body but found out she was actually unable to do so.
She tried even harder, but except for a rustling sound from above, her body gave no other response.
"Magical world my ass, god from another world my ass!" She gritted or at least tried to grit her teeth while trying to hold her anger.
With so many weird things happening, Elisa tried to calm down and checked the surroundings once more.
'Who knows, I might have found a way to move and escape from observing my surroundings.'
She looked in front of her, to her left, right, and behind. Except for trees, there's nothing of note in the surroundings.
Then, she heard a zapping sound amidst the rustling sound of leaves and tried to look above.
After a try, Elisa found the 360-degree view actually allowed her to look above her.
On the branch of a tree above her, Elisa saw a bird nest with a small cyan colored bird that's constantly releasing electricity. Except for that bird, four smaller birds in the nest's constantly chirping.
That's when she realized something, "Wait a minute. How come there's a tree above me? Where am I even at?"
Elisa checked her newly gained 360-degree sight once more before realizing her current state.
"It's not that there's a tree above me. Instead, I've become a tree!" After analysis, Elisa found that the tree that she initially thought was growing above her is actually herself!
When that realization strikes. Eliza recalled Ceric and felt her vein, or rather xylem and phloem, bulge from anger. "You conman! Come here! Damn you *Chirp* piece of *Rustle* you mother *Bzzz* *Rustle* I'll definitely punch you in the face! With which eyes of yours does this tree look like a *Chirp*-ing elves! "