Root was slightly surprised when I asked him that.
"M-My blood?" He wondered. "But my blood is just sap… Are you okay with it? Maybe if I add some branches and leaves. Ah! I can also make fruits, some roots, too. Here, take a few flowers while we are at it."
Root generously gave me a pile of materials he grew out on the spot. They were all Divine Materials harvested from his body, the same way I can take out my scales and horns, fangs, and the like as divine materials.
"Root! You've torn yourself apart too much!!!" Alma panicked.
"Hahah, I can tell you're worried about me, Alma. Don't worry, nothing that some sunlight and water cannot fix." Root laughed calmly. His body slowly started to regrow naturally as he did Photosynthesis and drank several cups of water.
His materials were named [Yggdrasil Dragon's Branches], [Yggdrasil Dragon's Leaves], [Yggdrasil Dragon's Flowers], [Yggdrasil Dragon's Fruit], and [Yggdrasil Dragon's Divine Sap]. The sap should be like his blood, right? Well, I better just eat them all, I can ask him for more later.
"Chomp, chomp…"
I began eating everything. Alma and the rest looked at me in horror, as if I was eating their friend alive. Well, what do you want me to do? He's literally a walking salad.
The branches were dry outside but were very soft inside, quite tasty. The leaves had a citric flavor to it, the fruit, which was like an apple, tasted like one but with an even sweeter nectar to it. The flowers were like eating candy by how sweet they tasted, and lastly the Sap was like drinking syrup, they would go amazingly with pancakes. Man, I wish this guy stayed at my side instead of going off in a week from now. I have to make sure to request more of his syrup- I mean, blood.
Ding!
[You've digested a large quantity of Nature Dragon's Materials.]
[You've unlocked the [Nature Dragon (Dormant) (A)] Divine Dragon Bloodline!]
[Your Nature Element Affinity has increased greatly.]
[You gained +2500000 Divine Power.]
[To awaken your Nature Dragon Bloodline, visit the Draconic Realm of the Nature Dragons within the Draconic Records!]
And done, it worked as intended, and I even got some nice Divine Power as a reward to boot, what's better than this now?
I can also feel it.
The force of nature itself…
As if by merely breathing, I could detect the life signs of all plants around, every single grass in the floor, every tree in the distance, even the divine plants we just harvested…
"Woah, this feels amazing, is this a greater connection with nature?" I wondered.
"So you're feeling it, good. I suppose it worked as intended. Amazing, so this is the power of the Dragon King, the ability to assimilate dragon bloodlines, all of them…" Root was amazed.
"Now let's go for now, the trip will just take a minute guys, so wait for us." I said.
"Wait, now?!" Root was nervous.
"Yeah, don't worry dude, just let me grab your soul." I said with a smile, extending my humanoid hand (as I was in my ice giant form) into his soul and then grasping it.
Quickly after that, I closed my eyes, meditating.
FLAAASH!
And in less than ten seconds, we arrived.
A large landscape of beautiful, lush jungles greeted us.
The sky was blue and the sun was as hot as one could imagine.
The beautiful jungles surrounding us were filled with verdant nature, overflowing with life.
The sound of monsters roaring in the distance could be heard, animals too, it was a living jungle of endless beauty.
"This place… we are in already?" Root wondered. "Not physically…"
"Yes, we can only enter with our souls, didn't I tell you before?" I sighed. "I can feel something in the distance, let's go."
"A-Ah, yes…" Root was nervous, he had never talked with another dragon other than me, apparently.
Now he was about to meet the mother of all nature dragons, it was quite the jump.
We walked down a long river as we quickly reached the river's waterfall, reaching to an opening within the jungle, enormous ruins rested in front of the waterfall, as we felt several eyes glaring at us from afar.
As we walked across the road paved by these ancient ruins into the ruin's entrance, we suddenly heard the cracking sound of wood and plants moving around us. The trees slowly opened their eyes, plants moved, boulders started talking, they were all dragons camouflaging as being part of the scenery, we've arrived at the nature dragon's nest.
"Who might these two be?"
"I have never seen them before…"
"I am quite curious now…"
"Oh, one emanates the brilliance of our all creator, Yggdrasil…"
"And another… resonates with the power of many bloodlines."
"Could it truly be? Our two heroes are here?"
"Mother! Quickly call for her presence!"
RUMBLE!
As we were about to arrive in front of the ruins, the entire surroundings trembled, the enormous tree at the distance started moving, a coiled beast made of a gigantic tree slowly began to move down the forest, emerging from within the interior of the ruins as her head.
Covered by wood, leaves, flowers, and bark emerged, the entire ruins covering the rest of her body as if they were a beautiful set of accessories, her long, snake-like body was covered by endless vegetation, her eyes charmingly glanced at us, shining green and gold.
She had a long face, resembling the combination between an alligator and a snake's head. She had long and pointy horns made from branches, her charming gaze reached us in an instant.
"What an interesting visit. It has been ages since we've had some within my Domain in the Draconic Records… I can see, by merely glancing at you two, that you're special beyond comparison." She said with glimmering eyes. "Is that not right, Dragon King Drake, and Yggdrasil Dragon Root?"
She even knew our names! This is… the Nature Dragon Progenitor!
