Ascension of the Sylvan Cosmos

Chapter 21. Woodcrafter's Potential.

After dealing with <Enchanted Growth>, Liu Shu turned her eyes toward <Woodcrafter>. While this skill seemed basic, similar to Enchanted Growth, Liu Shu could feel that it could become something really interesting.

However, Liu Shu first needed to know what materials she could use to create these. The first one that came to mind was herself. 'The System said that I could use myself. Should I try creating something with that?'

Flor appeared by her side, asking. "Liu Shu, what are you doing? I feel a strange aura coming from you." Of course, there would be no answer for Flor. Communication was impossible.

However, Liu Shu had an idea. With her <World Tree Eye>, she quickly spotted a relatively thick branch around 7 meters away. First, she used the nature of [Willow Strike] to send one of her branches and coil around it, tugging at it and throwing it at her body.

Flor curiously followed Liu Shu's movements and suddenly saw the branch stop mid-air.

Now entirely focused on the branch floating before her trunk, Liu Shu began using Anima Energy and Aether Mana to shape it. Since she didn't know about weapons or anything similar, she transformed it into the only weapon she had seen until now: a set of claws.

The wood began changing shapes as if it were dough, following Liu Shu's will. Flor, stunned by this, looked on with fascination.

Liu Shu worked on it slowly, molding the wood to her will, and hours passed.

Her Aether Mana and Anime Energy consumption was quite strong, but eventually, she managed to morph the entire stick into an almost perfect replica of a Thornstride claw. Moreover, it was rose-fairy-sized so that they could wear it.

After that, the claw fell, and a notification popped in Liu Shu's mind.

[You've created a <Wooden Thornstride Claw Level 1 (Unranked)>. You've gained 1 Proficiency.]

Liu Shu looked at the message for a few seconds and asked in her mind, confused. 'Unranked?'

[System Hint: Items that don't qualify to be ranked as F- or Basic Rank are classified as Unranked.]

Our little tree became speechless, feeling dumbfounded for the first time. 'All of that effort for one unranked item?'

Her gaze moved toward the ternary essences, and she saw her Aether Mana and Anima Energy had been reduced to half.

'...'

Flor approached the claws that had fallen to the ground and picked them up with interest.

[Thornstride Wooden Claw Level 1 (Unranked)]

Physique +1

System Note: The first item created by Tianlian Liu Shu is a very weak weapon that can only help F Rank creatures from Level 1 to 3 at most. It is nothing but an accessory for higher levels and not a weapon that should be taken seriously.

Flor's lips twitched as she read the System Note. 'Ruthless.'

Still, Flor didn't linger on the note and thought about why Liu Shu showed her this. After all, the young World Tree probably had something in mind when she showed her this. 'Does she want to create weapons for us? But... Why claws?'

Looking at them, while the size was different, they were undoubtedly Thornstride claws. It is a four-digit claw, with the second from the right being much longer and with a powerful hook.

Other than that, the others were serrated and could grab onto the bark and cut really efficiently, a claw specialized for cutting trees.

Flor looked between the four-meter-tall willow tree and the claw a few times, pondering. 'It would be nice if the system note helped...'