Yvlena put a hand to her in thought, Twy must have left the town looking for someoo help with the growing Miasma.
By Yvlena's estimation, the Verdant Woods would have already been pletely overtaken by the Miasma, leaving only the Eastern path to Rosenheim free.
"She left to find Rael,"
[Beatrice's Daughter 8% pletion]
"Thank you, Ricardo, that was all I o know. Have a safe journey bad watch out for any more creatures!" Yvlena said to the mert.
Before she could leave, the man's rge arms trapped her in a hug. Ricardo bawled sobbing about missing Bloom Haven and Yvlena.
"There, there," Yvlena said unfortably, uo pat the man's head from the way she was trapped in his arms. "We'll always be friends and we will meet again,"
He pced her down on the Market District floors and wiped his ically rge tears.
Yvlena smiled at him. Wishing the mert lu his journey, she would see him again when she left Bloom Haven but that wouldn't be for some time now.
"It was very o meet you, Ricardo," she said
[Ricardo is touched by your farewell]
[Affinity with Ricardo increased +5]
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Upourning to the Rose Manor she found it devoid of the pesky birds that had pgued her earlier when leaving the manor.
Sprite and Rabbit Knight had watered her farmnd and taken care of the crops she had pnted in the squares, Yvlena stopped at one of the squares, she squatted to che the tiny fl buds that signified more healthy herbs were on their way.
"Well done you two," Yvlena said standing to full height. The grounds of the Rose Manor whilst still having a lot that o be done looked better now that a majority of the rown weeds and trees were cut down.
'I wonder if the outside of the manor ts during the restoration, I guess 2%' she thought.
"I need a silk rag and a scarecrow," Yvlena said walking into the manor through the path she had cut through, little stalks of grass were already trying to grow again but Yvlena paid them no mind.
She headed into the kit and began cooking a batch of Rabbit Meat Soup
[Rabbit Meat Soup improved slightly]
This time the soup tasted eveer tha, letting Yvlena know she had made even more of an improvement.
"Not quite there yet but soon," she said whipping up a few more ptes, it would make her move faster through the forest for a while as she fought the corrupted beasts.
"I have to find a way to get more seeds for the Ever Bloom," Yvlena said. "Like any pnt, it's gotta have some seeds right?"
She said walking out of the manor.
" stop, the Verdant Woods,"
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Yvlena saw the outline of the Verdant Woods and gulped as she took a step forward into the dead path.
She smelled the rotting st of dead leaves and fruit and walked into the path of screeg silence fearfully.
Sprite and Rabbit Knight huddled close, recalling the first time they stepped into the Verdant Woods together as a party.
"Reminded me of the Depths but this is worse," Yvlena said as she moved step by step deeper dowh.
A thick fog settled in front of her, thicker than the Miasma within the depth, Yvlena didn't uand she had only walked a few meters forward.
"It's spread again," she realized. When she had visited the area previously the Miasma had been thid enpassing but now it was even more so.
A growl resounded beside her and it didn't take long for Yvlena to stand on guard against the corrupted wolf.
"I'm much strohan st time,”
The corrupted wolf circled the party keeping its head low and searg for a oint in their formation to attack.
Yvlena stood on her guard, brandishing her sword and knowing while she was strong the creature was intelligent enough the capitalize on any slip ups she could make if she lost her guard during the fight.
The wolf ran toward them with a start, mouth open and ready to bite ahe first person it could sink its teeth into.
[Sprite Cast Bind (03MP)]
Vines shot out from the ground catg the corrupted wolf and ing around its hind legs and halting the wolf's stride towards them. The beast snarled, mouth foaming ah snapping as it tried to wrest itself away from the binds holding it in pce.
Yvlena noticed the shriveled, sickly color of the vines. Where they would have been a healthy dark green they were now a withering yellow like the dead grass and pnt stalks that littered the Verdant Wood's ground.
"It's not going to hold for long," she said, unleashing her own attack before the wolf could break free of the bindings.
[Yvlena Cast Carrot Shot (10MP)]
The e bullet flew forward, striking the wolf just as it broke free of Sprite's vines and leaped forward to use an attack of its own.
[Corrupted Wolf Cast Bite]
The wolf growled revealing rows of razor sharp teeth, It went for Rabbit Knight, g down on the Rabbit with supernatural speed, Rabbit Knight pulled back from the attack, clutg his arm.
Yvlena lifted her swords, sshing the wolf from behind before it could do further damage to her summon. The wolf howled, sprinting forward to attack Yvlena who in the heat of battle brought her sword up to block.
'Whoa," she gasped, pushing the wolf back with strength she didn't know she possessed. The wolf fell baprepared for the critical hit Yvlena nded with the side of her bde.
[Rabbit Knight Cast Rabbit Volley (05MP)]
The Rabbit unched a volley of strikes with its rapier eae faster tha, the wolf howled again, lifting its jagged cw to attack.
[Corrupted Wolf Cast Shadow Cw]
With a swipe of its paw, dark energy flew from the beast's cws, shooting off in all dires. Yvlena dodged, narrowly avoiding the beam of darkness.
Sprite wasn't as lucky, the summon was struck by the fsh of darkness, sending her flying into one of the grees that surrouhe area.
"Sprite!" Yvlena called, diving into the bushes after her.
"I'm all right!" The fairy said flying back to Yvlena's side. The fairy's wing drooped and he dazzling forest green glow dimmed with the HP she had lost from the wolf's attack
[Sprite cast Cure (05 MP)]
[Sprite Cast Bind (03MP)]
Vines snaked up and wound around the wolf once more allowing Yvlena and Sprite to fire up their battle bo.
[Battle Skill: Rabbit Sting bo]
The summon and her master, attacked with enthusiasm, firing Stings and Sword sshes in a barrage that didn't allow any room for the wolf to retaliate.
[Yvlena Cast Carrot Burst (50MP)]
With one final attack, Yvlena ehe corrupted wolf's existence, watg it vanish in fkes of light.
[Yvlena Acquired
EXP: 1175/1300
***
Shadow Essence x2
Wolf Fang x2
Wolf Cw x2
***
Moon Points x300]
[Css Skill: Summon Leveled Up]
[Rabbit Knight gained a Level +1]
[Sprite gained a Level +1]
Yvlena colpsed on the floor with a sigh, the wolf wasn't much strohan her but the battle had been a long one. She didn't even have time to begin brewing any potions.
Once agaiuro face the Miasma that had covered the Verdant Woods. A heavy fog permeated the area and was soon floating down toward the entrance of the path and down the road to the Bloom Meadow.
Yvlena stood up from the path she was resting on arieved one of the five Ever Bloom pnts she had potted a in her iory. Holding the potted pnt in her hands, Yvlena was greeted with a notification.
[The Ever Bloom wants to guide]
"Yes!" Yvlena cheered nearly jumping for joy as she was moved by the pnt, it took her forward towards the Miasmic fog, Yvlena held her breath expeg the fog to cause some damage as she walked through it.
The Ever Bloom glowed, opening its petals and slowly beginning to siphon the foggy air into itself. Yvlehe pnt away from her, lifting it into the air until the path started to clear up.
Rays of sunlight broke through the fog, crawling into the area and lighting up the path. The fog dissipated and soon Yvlena is left with the Ever Bloom.
"Huh? I thought it would have opened a portal by now," Yvlena said. She took a look at her pnt and noticed the petals had closed back up into the shape of a bulb.
Yvlena furrowed her brows, running her fingers over the swollen bulb. The white petals had turned a veiny green topped with pink. She folded her knuckles and knocked upon the surface of the pnt.
A wooden sound reverberated, as she hit it. Yvlena shook the pnt in fusion, listening to something rattle within it.
"What's wrong with it?" Sprite asked as she flew down to give the bulb a few knocks of her own.
The elf pressed her ear against it until she heard a crack. The Ever Bloom burst open, making the girl jump ba shod fright. Yvlena stared at the open bulb and peeled back what was once a petal to expose pods full of seed.
"The seeds are formed from the fog?" she asked peeling the former Ever Bloom.
[Yvlena Acquired
***
Ever Bloom Seeds x10]
[Subcss: Leveled Up
Herbalist(Harvest Guardian) 8/10]
The game told her as she picked each seed from the bulb. She grabbed the stem of the former Ever Bloom and pulled the pnt up from its pot to check the roots.
[Yvlena Acquired
***
Ever Bloom Root (Herb) x1]
"That solves the question of the seeds," Yvlena said now staring at the path the Ever Bloom cleared. The fog was gone leaving only the same path she had walked before.
"The barrier I remember was this way,”