Brand New Life Online: Rise Of The Goddess Of Harvest

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After I called the three Druids and offered them my help to become stronger in exchange for them helping me and my family get Nature Souls, they seemed to quickly agree. The three druids glanced at one another, before jumping down from the roof and quickly turning back into their original human forms.

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"Very well, goddess, we accept your offer to grow stronger," nodded grandma Jannis, her smile decorating her kind wrinkled face. "In response, we'll also help your companions to get a Nature Soul, if they're compatible."

Nice! Well, if they're compatible…

At least Mark should get one easily, right?

Though I don't know if the rest are attuned enough to do so…

"What about me?" I wondered.

They said my apostles, but not me.

Why?

"You? But you're a Goddess, you already have one. This entire Domain is part of it, connected to your Soul, a Nature Soul, right?" wondered Judith.

The black-haired girl glanced at me while tilting her head in confusion.

"Indeed," Rudras nodded. "You already have one."

I already have… one?

"Huh?! Really?"

Do I?

I glanced at them in disbelief.

"So the Domain was a way to get a Nature Soul this entire time! I had no idea!" I said. "Great Spirit! Katherine! You didn't tell me…"

"I didn't know either!" said the Great Spirit. "The concept of Nature Souls is a Druid thingy."

"Me neither, I apologize," said Katherine. "But now that I've understood and studied how Druids and their Nature Souls work, it might truly be similar, yes. If not the same…"

"H-How so?" I wondered.

I felt a bit embarrassed I was asking so many questions, the Druids thought of myself as their goddess, but I'm here acting clumsy and without an idea what they're talking about!

"I suppose that you not knowing is understandable, the goddess is a very young deity after all," nodded grandma Jannis. "Very well, let us teach her then! First of all, about Nature Souls and what they mean, what they are, and how you create them."

We sat in the garden as we listened to the druids. This included my whole family and Elena's friends too. Lily was in her way here, she sent a message she picked up Rita and Jenny too, so we'll have the whole team assembled soon.

"First of all, what do you think is a Nature Soul, everyone?" Grandma Jannis wondered. "Anybody has some idea?"

"Um, a soul made of Nature Energy?" wondered Elena.

"A Soul connected to a Domain?" asked Mark.

"A Spiritual Soul!" Elisa said.

Grandma Jannis, Rudras, and Judith giggled a bit at their guesses.

"Hohoh, perhaps a bit but that's not entirely the same," she laughed. "You're all… wrong!"

As everyone nodded, she continued.

"Rudras, explain it to them."

"Yes grandmother."

Rudras nodded, beginning his explanation.

"A Nature Soul is forged beneath the Nature's Essence, it is feed by Spiritual Energy, and it grows from our Connection and Comprehension of Nature, Animals, and the Balance between Life and Death."

"Huh… Go on."

Judith was explaining now.

"To develop a Nature Soul you must first create a Bond with Nature, Spirits, and even the Balance of Life and Death," explained Judith. "Over time, this Bond develops, blossoms, and grows across your body. The Bonds you make with Nature through Plants, Animals, and Spirits materializes, refining your Soul and making it part of Nature."

"To create a Nature Soul is to become part of it, do you understand?" wondered Grandmother Jannis. "Think of a forest. In the forest there is a hundred trees and fifty animals. To become one with them you must live with the animals, you must eat from the trees, and you must place your waste near their roots, making sure they get back the nutrients they give to you.

Over time, you forget manners, you forget what society taught you. You become… For a lack of a better word, wild. After a long time, then, you'll begin to understand."

Judith and Rudras spoke at the same time now.

"You'll become one with the Forest."

"You will be the animal that hunts."

"You will be the animal that is hunted."

"From the worms crawling beneath the soil."

"To the wolves preying on the rabbits."

"From the roots of the largest trees."

"To the smallest mushrooms."

"Once you forge a Nature Soul…"

"You become a part of it all."

"You are a tree."

"You are a beast."

"You are the harmony between Life and Death."

"And then… it surges, it comes, naturally," smiled grandma Jannis, opening her hands to reveal her Nature Soul, resembling a small white flame of bright light. "Every person's Nature Soul is unique and different. Some more attuned to Nature will be green. Mine, who was attuned with daylight, is white and yellow. Judith, always attuned with the night, is black with small sparkles of light like stars.

Rudras, who always wanders and flies, is clear green, emerald, and flows like the wind."

"Nature Souls show how is your personality," said Rudras.

"Pretty much!" nodded Judith. "B-But that doesn't mean I'm gloomy…"

"Yes you are," Rudras smiled at her.

"I'm not! I just prefer the night…" Judith sighed.

"Anyways," Grandma Jannis smiled. "Did you get it?"

Everyone seemed confused though, I think only I understood a bit of it, and maybe Mark.

"Uhh…"

"To be honest…"

"Hmm, nope."

"I'm sorry…"

My daughter and her friends were completely lost.

"Hohoho, oh well! It doesn't matter, we'll check who can get one or not, so don't worry," said the old druid lady. "Now!"

Her eyes widened for a moment, shining with bright golden light, it was as if she stared at everyone's soul and body for a second.

"Hmm! Interesting… Very interesting!" she laughed.

"What is it?" I wondered.

"Hahaha, despite them not having gone through similar processes as us… They… They're all compatible to create a Nature Soul now! It is as if… a greater being attuned with Nature had blessed them already. Their souls… they had become its vessel; therefore, it has automatically become capable of becoming Nature Souls!"

Wait, is this because of the Vessel Skill I made?!

Well… that makes things easier!

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