Chapter 263: Main Quest: Save Life
"Indeed, I've mastered quite a few Witchcraft techniques—"
Looking at the considerable number of Witchcraft leaves on the Wizard Tree, Jia Na couldn't help but silently sigh in her heart.
Previously, Jia Na would learn which Witchcraft techniques she had mastered by looking at lines of inconspicuous text data on her character panel.
Although it was very clear, it wasn't as intuitive as "leaves growing on a tree." Of course, this was also because the Witchcraft leaves were quite a bit larger than normal leaves, which made the number seem relatively higher...—
"Rustle—"
Looking at the two completely refreshed emerald green fruits, Jia Na also extended two tendrils from her consciousness, connecting them to the 【Plant Affinity】 talent fruit and the 【Growth Law Fragment】 fruit.
【Nature Affinity: ① Obtain the favor of nature, transform into a friend of nature, and communicate with all living beings without hindrance;
② Listen to the voice of nature's will, forewarn of disasters and hint at opportunities; ③ The inheritance of nature, by comprehending nature, various magical natural abilities can be mastered; ④ The Curse of nature, any malice towards nature's favored ones will turn into the sharpest Curse, annihilating them; ⑤ The gift of nature, double one's lifespan.】
"Increased lifespan—"
Upon seeing the descriptions of the first four points of 【Nature Affinity】, Jia Na was more focused on contemplating their content and feeling the satisfaction of her efforts not being in vain. It wasn't until she saw the fifth point that Jia Na was directly stunned.
Double the lifespan—
This meant that Jia Na's Life essence, to some extent, had already broken free from the short-lived human body, achieving transcendence directly in terms of lifespan.
"Transcendents in this world can normally live up to one hundred and fifty years without illness or disaster. Doubling the lifespan means three hundred years—"
The fundamental reason Jia Na was so dedicated on the path of pursuing the Wizard's way was none other than to gain transcendent power and the means to achieve eternal Life.
However, the talent 【Nature Affinity】 allowed Jia Na to take a significant step forward on the path of "eternal Life."
Even if she didn't advance to a Formal Wizard, calculated from now, Jia Na's lifespan had only just entered the 5% mark. Thinking of this, the gloomy mood Jia Na had originally felt due to sharing the Mist Forest's will was swept away, and even her Sea of Consciousness began to excitedly churn.
"friend of nature means I can communicate with all living beings—"
Looking at the words "all living beings," Jia Na couldn't help but feel a bit puzzled about what level of granularity this scope included.
After all, microorganisms are also within the category of living beings.
"Forewarn of disasters and hint at opportunities—"
The description of the second talent point was also written subtly.
Forewarning of disasters, Jia Na could understand as a warning for natural calamities, but hinting at opportunities, if interpreted literally,
Does it mean that Jia Na can receive hints about secret realms or treasures from the act of "listening to nature"?
Shaking her head, Jia Na's gaze continued to look at the next point.
"The inheritance of nature—by comprehending nature, natural abilities can be obtained—"
This point was also a relatively ambiguous description.
When Jia Na saw this point, her biggest question was:
How to comprehend?
And what are natural abilities?
Regarding these, Jia Na herself had no clue.
Especially the fourth point, the Curse of nature—
"Any malice towards nature's favored ones will turn into the sharpest Curse, annihilating them—"
Chanting the slightly conceptual description of the fourth talent point, Jia Na still couldn't help but feel doubt in her heart.
"Malice—does it refer to thoughts in the mind, or specific actions taken? How is the sharpest Curse applied? Does it descend from thin air to annihilate?"
Thinking of this, Jia Na couldn't help but shake her head.
If it could truly achieve this level, it could no longer be described simply as an A-grade Talent. Even a Formal Wizard who has mastered Law couldn't do this.
Therefore, Jia Na guessed that the nature of this Curse was similar to the 【Ocean Curse】 cast by the sea after killing a Deep Sea Mermaid.
After all, as a favored one of the sea, a Deep Sea Mermaid's status in its corresponding domain should be somewhat similar to that of someone possessing 【Nature Affinity】.
The person who kills a mermaid cannot enter the sea for the rest of their Life; otherwise, they will inevitably face the most severe marine weather.
Of course, if they survive that one time, the effectiveness of the Curse will become lower and lower until the energy dissipates and it completely stops having an effect.
"I wonder what kind of Curse retribution the person who kills me would suffer—"
Shaking her head and clearing this ominous thought from her mind, Jia Na slightly calmed her emotions and continued to look at the consciousness connection description for the 【Growth Law Fragment】.
【Growth Law: The Beginning of Life】
Like the 【Law of Beauty】 and 【Purification Laws】, the consciousness connection description for the 【Growth Law】 was also an extremely broad conceptual description.
Unlike the two A-grade Talents, which were almost all listed in detail.
"The Beginning of Life, huh—"
Looking at this sentence, Jia Na couldn't help but recall the scene of decay outside the Magic Tower Barrier she had just seen through the Mist Forest's will projection.
What seemed like a peaceful landscape was actually an illusion under the shroud of dark sun contamination.
And from the lament of the Mist Forest, Jia Na could clearly feel that the continuation of Life seemed to exist only within the Magic Tower Barrier.
"This might be the fundamental reason all Wizard Gathering Places are so urgent and spare no effort in cultivating Wizard seeds—"
This world truly couldn't hold on any longer.
"Ding." Just as Jia Na was preparing to continue exploring the abilities of the 【Growth Law Fragment】, suddenly, a crisp dinging sound rang out beside Jia Na's ear again.
"Another quest?"
At this moment, it was late at night, and only a few hours had passed since Jia Na completed her previous quest.
According to the normal frequency of quest distribution, it would take at least two days before the daily quest system would continue assigning quests to Jia Na.
"System, open the quest panel."
【Main Quest: Save the wilting Life, revive the trees in the Mist Forest that are about to die (0/500);
Quest Reward: 1000 Talent Experience points, 3000 Skill Experience points, three random rewards;
Quest Time: Unlimited.】
"This—it's a red-level quest again?"
Looking at the eye-catching red font on the quest panel, as well as the quest rewards that were several times higher than usual, Jia Na was secretly startled while also continuously exhaling long breaths to quickly calm herself down.
"This should be the second red-level quest after 'Annihilate the Remnants of the Dark Sun Church'—"
