As the Drakon were dealt with, I ended leveling twice:
[Player Name]: [Planta]
[Title]: [Legendary Warrior]
[Race]: [Hamadryad: Lv34/60] -> [36/60]
[Race EXP]: [18000/72000]
[Job Class]: [Spirit Farmer: Lv34/60] -> [36/60]
[Job Class EXP]: [18000/72000]
[Subclass]: [Novice Of All Trades: Lv30/60] -> [32/60]
[Subclass EXP]: [24000/60000]
[Satiation]: [67/100]
[HP]: [850/850] -> [900/900]
[MP]: [2640/2640] -> [2760/2760]
[STR]: [315] -> [335]
[VIT]: [305] -> [325]
[DEX]: [348] -> [372]
[AGI]: [602] -> [638]
[INT]: [652] -> [688]
[WIS]: [520] -> [550]
[LUC]: [330] -> [350]
[Race Skills: 10/10]
[Ancient Spirit of the Forest: Lv3], [Photosynthesis: Lv2], [Green Magic: Lv4], [Life Drain: Lv3], [Plant Companion: Lv1], [Daughter of Nature: Lv1], [Spirit Magic: Lv4], [Spiritual Barrier: Lv1 (Evolved)], [Plant Synthesis: Lv1] [Fairy Queen's Protection: Lv3]
[Job Class Skills: 10/10]
[Spirit Agriculture: Lv3], [AGI UP: Lv1], [Tame: Lv1], [Farm Animal Companion: Lv1], [Fishing: Lv2], [Robust Body: Lv1], [Spirit Farming Tool Mastery: Lv1 (Evolved)], [Terrain Manipulation: Lv1 (Evolved)], [Soil Domain: Lv1 (Evolved)], [Great Spirit Vessel: Lv3]
[Subclass Skills: 1/7]
[All Trades: Lv3]
[Stored Skills (Unequipped): 3]
[Race Skills]: None
[Job Class Skills]: [Crafting: Lv1], [Alchemy: Lv1], [Cooking: Lv2]
[Summons: 2/2]
[White Goat (Female): Name: Belle: Lv30/30]
[Carnivorous Amber Lotus Flower: Name: Loki: Lv30/30]
[Tamed Monsters: 2/2]
[Silver-horned Lake Snake (Female): Name: Silver: Lv30/30: Affection: Lv8/10]
[Black Armor Mimic Swordsman (Hermaphrodite): Name: Mimy: Lv30/30: Affection: Lv7/10]
[Skill Points: 464] [Stat Points: 30]
[Equipment]: [Spirit of the Forest Robes] [Bracelet of Nature] [Great Spirit Crown of Harvest and Nature] [Seed Pouch] [Mushroom Hero Ring] [Mushroom Hero Bracelet] [Heavenly Ring of Life and Souls]
Huh, my stats increased quite nicely compared to before evolving. I guess evolving also comes with increase in stat growth per level, isn't it? Well, aside from that, got a lot of Skill Points, if things get desperate, I can use them to give me an enhancement in something, or maybe I should purchase some new Skills while I am at it, shouldn't I? But it would feel like a waste to replace my other Skills, ugh. Well, I guess this is how this game works at the end.
Nonetheless, when the Drakons died I got a lot of their dropped items, their scales, meat, and even things such as their fangs and eyes. They can all be used for Alchemy most likely, creating potions... or something else I guess?
"Whew that was certainly a challenge." Titan sighed. "However, once we caught up to our strength, I guess we managed to pull through quite more easily than I had imagined."
"Yeah, I guess we just had to go all out instead of trying to play like we did before, we got new spells and skills after all." Rita added.
"More importantly, we avenged the wolf pups that Rosette talked about. I hope they can rest in peace now, wherever they are." I sighed with a mild smile.
"Yeah, it is a pity that they got... well, I don't really want to mention it." Rosette said. "Nonetheless, this is weird! Why are there Drakons in here, and of such high level?!"
"Do you know more about Drakons, Rosette?" I asked.
"Well yeah, they're vicious monsters but we have only heard about them from old tales. We Brownie never dig so deep as to go into the Underworld where they roam around freely, that's several kilometers down!" Said the little Brownie tomboy girl, she looked very cute.
"Several kilometers down?!" I asked.
Wait, if those monsters come from so down into the earth how come they got here so quickly and out of the blue? Surely they would had been able to hear them breaking through the bedrock below, right?
"The Underworld... Wait, this forest connects to the underworld?!" Asked Titan.
"What's that place?" I asked.
"It is an underground map that encompasses most of the continent of Verdant, other continents also got their own underworlds. They are enormous underground worlds made up of gigantic caves interconnecting together into mazes. Very high-level monsters roam there, they often never get out because they're locked there. There's a quest you can get with the dwarves of this continent to go through a path to the underworld, usually when you are already high level enough." Said Titan.
"This is indeed odd, even through the perspective of a Player it seems strange, isn't it? The Miasma infecting the Drakons also made them more formidable foes." Titania's Spiritual Projection spoke. She helped in the fight by mostly buffing us through her [Fairy Queen's Divine Protection] and decreasing enemy stats through her [Fairy Queen's Divine Authority], her specialties.
"Could someone have brought the Drakon here?" Nieve wondered. "It shouldn't be out of the question that there might be someone trying to do things in the background, this entire event seems artificial, as if someone was doing it like what happened with Florie."
"Do you remember anything more Rosette?" I wondered.
"No, I wasn't in the mines when this entire incident happened, but if there were really Drakons the ones that showed up, then your low-level friend might be in grave danger! I don't know how Players can handle it, but there should be a limit of how much you can die and revive, right?!" Asked Rosette.
"Yeah, we should leave conversations for later, let's hurry for now!" I said, as I conjured Wind Spirits through Dragon Vein Detection and used Whirlwind to lift all of us off the ground.
"Uwaaah!" Rosette began to freak out. "W-Wind Magic?!"
"Wind Spirits! They're my friends! Let's go as fast as we can!" I said, using Whirlwinds to enhance our speed, we traveled across the dark and mossy caves, finding all sorts of ores and materials I wanted to pick up but contained myself.
FLAAAASH!
Suddenly, as Rosette led us through the paths, we came in front of weird sightings, such as a lot of Miasma flowing across the walls, and several passages being covered in so much Miasma they resembled swamps! I wanted to use my powers to purify the terrain here, but we were in a hurry, so we continued moving forward, even evading red dots that showed up in the distance as we wanted to get to Lily as fast as we could.
Until finally, we found a blue dot within the map!
"LILYYYYY!"
