NOVEL ONLINE FREE Chapter 1251: Domain Shop
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Suddenly, the Little Fae brought several items from his little house and placed them over the little table, the information appeared written on small, hanging wooden tablets that he placed in there. There were only four items available right now, apparently. Not as many as I would have imagined, but well, beggars can't be choosers.
[You have opened the {Domain Shop}, the Domain Shop Fae shows you his wares.]
[Dryad Summoning Scroll (30 Days)] [Cost]: [500] [Limit]: [1/1]
[Spell Recording Grimoire (10 Spells)] [Cost]: [500] [Limit]: [1/1]
[Spell and Physique Ability Fusion Crystal] [Cost]: [500] [Limit]: [1/1]
[Celestial Essence Bottle] [Cost]: [250] [Limit]: [3/3]
[Available Spirit Crystal Coins]: [1050]
"Huh, these items are quite something…" I said. "So a Scroll similar to how I summoned you, Katherine."
Katherine happened to be there once I "activated" the shop, and she came flying here to check on everything by herself. And indeed, she nodded.
"Yeah this is a similar scroll! It means you can summon a friend here," she said. "Come to think of it, we're already halfway through my time here. Time sure flies."
"I guess…" I said. "Your help has been really useful so far, thank you for helping me a lot, Katherine."
"It is fine, I've enjoyed my stay here, although it has been challenging with all these dangers, it has still been rather fun," she smiled. "So, do you want me to recommend what you should get first?"
"Sure," I nodded. "What do you think?"
"Hmm, definitely don't buy the essence bottles, your Domain already has been integrated to a tiny fragment of heaven, so you'll get a great boost on Celestial Essence regeneration on your own," she said. "I would, quite obviously, choose the scroll to summon a Dryad. Do you know how Dryads are?"
"I… well, not too much."
I actually kind of know a bit, I was one in BNLO, but it was also a Player Avatar, so I have no idea how actual Dryads work and everything else, so it would be nice to learn more.
"They a bit like me but are much stronger," she said. "They'll take care of the domain's nature and even the animals. They can also fight and defend much better than me, but are bound to a tree, usually. As long as there's food for them, they'll give your Domain a lot of nutrients and lifeforce!"
"Ooh, that's interesting, but what do they eat?" I wondered.
"It changes from Dryad type to Dryad type," she said. "Some of them like eating humans… others like eating monster corpses, some are ok with just whatever. But they're usually strictly carnivorous, they like to catch live prey sometimes, but dead corpses is fine most of the time, they digest things through their roots, burying their prey."
"E-Eh?! Doesn't that sound a bit scary?" I wondered.
"Well yeah but they're nice people," she said. "Let's just pray you don't get one that wants to eat people!"
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"Uhh… ok," I nodded.
"Anyways, the chances for that are small, don't worry," she patted my shoulders. "That Spell Recording Grimoire seems interesting. It's a blank grimoire where you can "record" any spell you've learned so far permanently, only once per spell and it cannot be reverted!
However, once it's finished with ten spells, it becomes a magic grimoire, and such spells can be conjured by other people as long as they have the Mana for it. Pretty handy, right? Though you wouldn't be benefiting from this too much unless you ask your friends to give you super unique spells you'll never be able to get yourself."
"Ooh, that's really interesting, actually!" I said. "But… Hmm, I guess it is not that good? I mean it's good, but I would like something else."
"I get you," she said. "The other is… I don't really know what's a physique ability… but I think it is related with your own body's innate abilities? Then it's pretty good if it allows you to combine it with a spell. It has the potential to give you something really powerful if you combine them right."
"Oh yeah…" I nodded. "Hmm… okay, I'll take that and the Dryad Scroll for now then."
I gave the crystals to the little Fae, who took them greedily while giving me the items. The scroll, which was green and gold colored, and the crystal, of azure color.
Once it was done, the little Fae instantly walked back to its house with the rest of the items and the crystals, the house then buried underground and disappeared.
I wonder if I could just steal the items… or maybe not? The whole shop is a power of the Domain so doing that would go against its principles as a "shop".
Also I won't let my intrusive thoughts win…
"Okay, now we got this…"
I glanced at the scroll and the crystal, smiling.
"Then use the scroll first! It's not hard, just flip it over and imbue it with some Mana!"
"Alright then…"
I opened the scroll, walking back to make space, and imbued it with Mana.
FLASH!
I saw several golden runes emerge from within the scroll, surging from them and flying towards my face.
"Uwaah!"
I stepped back in surprise as the runes almost ended hitting my face, but then they spiraled around the scroll and then, rapidly turned the scroll into particles of light.
FLUOSH!
The light then, exploded, infusing itself into the ground, as a huge magic circle imbued with spiritual runes surged.
At the same time, spirits gathered around the magic circle, mostly the little Nature Spirits, who resembled small seeds or stones with grass on top.
"Foo!"
"Fiiuu!"
"Fwaah!"
They made adorable little sounds, suddenly melting into green light and mixing with the magic circle… so that's how a Dryad is summoned?
FLASH!
Another tower of light emerged from the magic circle, which ended rapidly materializing into a shape, a form, growing into a large tree.
Eventually, the tree stopped growing at three and a half meters, with strong, healthy branches, and pink flowers, a lot of pink flowers.
Wait, is this a Cherry Blossom?
Eventually, from the tree, an aura emerged, rapidly taking the shape of a slender Asian-looking woman wearing a pink kimono made of pink petals and whose long, pink hair was covered on white branches and these same flowers.
"It is an honor to meet you, master. My name is Kaguya, a Cherry Blossom Dryad."
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