Terrarium Adventure - Chapter 23

It was very successful as a first battle. It’s fine that there is no retired driard.

I was proud of Daisy’s clothes which were full of burnt stains still I felt pity. Can I get her a new one? I was touching Daisy’s clothes which have been burnt a lot and Daisy said “Wow! It burnt a lot” made me feel like wanting to buy her something.

Elder’s healing can’t repair clothes. I just came out of the village so it’s awkward to go back… I can’t go back to the village every time when clothes are burnt.

“Jay, Does Daisy’s clothes bother you?”

Mesquite moved my hand from touching Daisy’s clothes. She put her big hand on top of my hand and gave a more grave face than the one I make while looking at Daisy’s clothes. There was full of crescent-shaped fingermark made by my fingernails due to anxiousness.

“It’s okay. It’s just my habit. Really! I don’t have muscles elsewhere and weak but I only have a strong grip. I can break a wooden chopstick with one hand! I was holding my hand tight due to nervousness!”

Mesquite’s grim face made me feel like I have sinned.

I’m sorry! I won’t treat my body badly next time! It’s hurtful when you feel more pain instead of me!

Mesquite just looked without words until Elder held my hand with his bright hand.

“Use potion. You have many of it.”

While the white light checked my hand, Elder pointed at Daisy with his chin. Use potion in such a case? You already fulfilled her HP.

I was in doubt and grabbed potion with my hand. Honest, it felt weird when I received the potion.

Normally, the colors of the potions in the game are red, blue, yellow, etc. All colors are included in the potion and by looking at the color, I can assume it will recover me. I would think red is for HP.

However, this potion is transparent. I brought a tall potion bottle in front of me and shook it. It was transparent even in front of a light. There were small bubbles coming out of the liquid.

“You already healed the wound, why do I need to use the potion?”

“Weren’t you upset that Daisy’s clothes were damaged?”

“So why do I use potion?”

My knowledge as a basic RPG player and Elder’s real game knowledge conflicted.

It felt like when I was in elementary school, I learned that 0 is the smallest number and when I enter middle school, there could be minus values.

Mesquite gave a kind explanation while smiling as if she felt pity towards my shallow game knowledge.

“Humans call these potions but we driards call it a sap. To be exact, it’s a tree’s sap.”

The potion I’m holding seemed like a sap that is sold at shopping promotion that is advertised on TV with five stars.

It should be better than that. Gosh, tree’s sap. Drinking this would make one feel better. When I was a student, my parents gave me a box of sap concentrate as it would make me smarter… At first, it tasted odd…

“For driards, clothes and defense tools are tree peel that protects the inside. When the inside is damaged; the sap is released to prevent infection and recover the wound. Tree is a mother for all driard. Tree’s sap calls it potion as it is magically stored.”

“Well… driards had defense tools since opening from the fruit…”

Do I need to give it now? Or do I apply it? I handed the potion bottle to Daisy. She will deal with it.

Daisy looked at the potion bottle with curiosity and opened the lid. Then, what happened next was something I never predicted.

When the lid was opened, the liquid evaporated and surrounded Daisy’s body. It looked like Daisy was surrounded by a white fog. Then, the smoke quickly erased the traits of the battle on Daisy.

“Wow… it’s really amazing.”

“Jay, do you feel relieved now?”

“This way is better! I still have 47 potions from the draw.”

“Wonderful!”

I was shouting with excitement and Daisy joined me. Elder ticked his tongue and said I would be the only druid to use potion with such a wound.

Wasting! In my standard, I’m not overusing it! I would feel like trying once more to see the liquid evaporating but I didn’t for the future battle. If someone sells potion, I would buy from them later.

When Elder’s cure is over, Mesquite looked again at my hand. Daisy is short so she couldn’t see what’s happening above so she tried to look up by opening her eyes wide open.

“Are you hurt?”

“No, it’s fine. It’s really okay.”

Elder already showed cured hands and made Daisy relieved. You came back after going inside the flame, my hand is way less damaged as I only bite my fingernails.

All of sudden, Mesquite let my hand go and raised Daisy. Normally, Daisy would hang on to Mesquite’s waist but surprisingly Daisy stopped in the middle.

Daisy put a sword into a stem and dug deep into the ground to hold herself. Daisy was overcoming sudden hardship like a ship that is tied to a port. However, it wasn’t root’s power so it was somewhat cheating.

Mesquite gave a surprised look and gave a good laugh. She complimented Daisy’s agile movement. However, when Mesquite put force; Daisy’s sword popped out from the ground.

Even if Daisy tried to put her roots… She still can’t stand Mesquite’s power…

I was looking for a new thing to hunt after the excitement from the first battle. As fire always aims for terrarium, I could encounter the fire soon without going far away. In other words, I’m a real rookie in hunting.

Daisy who experienced the first battle was not reluctant. She immediately used techniques like wind cutter that shatters read leaves at the end of the first battle. It’s like before the monster recognizes it, Daisy would make a counterattack.

The fire became small as it has been destroyed and Daisy’s attack made it even smaller.

Based on Daisy’s battle, she seemed like she is specialized in 1 on 1 battle.

She may seem not sufficient for dealing with multiples of monsters but she was great with raid monsters. She would focus every hit and give critical damage.

Daisy’s attack which was confident was massive that it seemed like the fire would go off from the wind made by swinging the sword.

Mesquite saw another fire approaching from afar and said fire brings fire.

Daisy had to hit many times to remove the fire but Mesquite cut the fire by smashing once with a lance. Daisy looked at Mesquite with respect. Afterward, Daisy’s attack range became more accurate.

As Daisy sensed how to battle, she had significantly less damage and Elder became more relaxed.

By the way, he also has some attack moves. Moving the wooden stick and I hit the staff to give a hint.

In the game, healers sometimes would give damage. Abnormal party has better statistics with healers. In such a case, users bully at the game forum.

“I attack by using the tree so it doesn’t work with fire.”

Elder spoke in an unsatisfied voice as if he understood my expectation. If he attacks, it’s making fire stronger.

He penetrates people well but not the flame. Well, it’s fine. Elder heals well and has a good appearance. He already has 100 points for healing and an extra 100 points for having good looks.

It was after Daisy destroyed a certain amount of fire. There was no fire nearby so we took a break.

I was using potions endlessly and Daisy pointed at her leg. Green stems wrapped her legs and it bloomed red flowers and green leaves. Bloomed ones disappeared after a white light and instead; there was a dark green boot that appeared to be a set with gloves.

That means I leveled up and Daisy’s limit has surpassed. I didn’t know I leveled up as there was no system message popping up or having shiny effects.

In between, I felt something pleasant and my body felt lighter. Does that mean I leveled up?

“Mesquite, perhaps do I look different?”

“Well… You look lovelier?”

Mesquite said it with a joking laugh made me blush. Gosh… My heart was racing and I was holding my chest.

“Haha… just kidding. Jay, your soul limit went up. You are growing steadily.”

If he jokes a few more times, I would die from a heart attack.

Mesquite proved my level up. Which level am I at? I was curious. If I could, I would use diamonds on my phone to level up.

Love can be bought with money but why can’t level be bought?