Ascension of the Sylvan Cosmos

Chapter 26. Verdantia.

Since childhood, Verdantia has been someone above others. Be it her appearance, race, intelligence, or almost any other metric, Verdantia never felt lacking compared with others. She was gifted compared to those around her, and that was the objective truth.

However, never had she become arrogant. As a Sylvan with an affinity to life, she was innately compassionate. Her personality was quiet yet attentive.

Instead of relishing in her superiority, she worked on herself to expand that distance between herself and others even further. This meant that she had trained in survival and many other related aspects that one needed to take into account while hunting.

However, there was one rule that every person tried to follow. "Don't fight creatures that have completed more <Energy Cycle> than you unless it is unavoidable."

Verdantia was curious about this <Energy Cycle> concept, so she went on and researched it. She managed to learn quite a bit, and even previously, in her class, they've started studying them.

Simply put, <Energy Cycle> was the breakthrough a creature needed to do to break limits and continue to <Level Up>.

The act of leveling up was similar to increasing one's existence level. The more levels you had, the more developed your being was. Creatures born with talent could even unlock skills, talents, titles, and many other things after leveling up.

However, just gaining "experience" was not enough to continuously level up to infinity. Not all creatures were born the same, and not all creatures could reach the same heights. The thing limiting this was nothing other than <Energy Cycles>.

Once a creature reached Level 9 and maxed out their experience, instead of instantly Leveling Up like the previous levels, the creature needed to create a mana circuit in their body.

The mana circuit would be an essential part of oneself, as it gave stats the stronger it is. Moreover, it was a permanent thing that would continue affecting them for the rest of their lives and level-ups.

When completing an energy cycle, that energy cycle would affect the creature again in the multiples of that cycle.

For example, the stats of the Level 10 Energy Cycle would be gained again at Levels 20, 30, etc.

One needed both talent and resources to create the mana circuits needed for the Energy Cycle.

That's why most wild creatures were stuck at Level 9 or less. Those who breached that limit were rare.

However, in front of Verdantia wasn't a Level 10, but a Level 12 creature. This existence that was calling her over, while looking amicably, could probably slaughter her entire party with just a wave of her hand.

Preparations? What could a tiny Level 4 like her prepare?

Not obeying? You might as well jump off a tall tree for a higher survival chance!

Fighting her? Right, sure, keep dreaming.

Escaping? As if she can outrun a flying Level 12 creature.

Of course, if she was Level 5 instead, Verdantia might've thought about escaping. The reason for her confidence was the reason Sylvans were such a dominant race throughout the entire world.

At Level 5, Sylvans unlocked a "transformation" skill that allowed them to bring out their true bloodline, greatly increasing their stats for a short duration.

The result of using such skill was extreme tiredness most of the time, and if the Sylvan overused it, it could even result in death.

After thinking about it for a long time, Verdantia clenched her fist and decided to follow the creature obediently. 'I'm dead either way, might as well try my luck!'