After an unknown amount of time, Brodan opened his eyes.
âEH!â A loud surprised exclaim escaped his mouth as Brodan found himself floating in the air.
In Panagea, only the beings above Level 500 and Divine-grade lifeforms could float in the air without the help of any item. Brodan knew he had no such treasure to help him, so he surprisingly looked at himself. The next moment, his mouth turned agape and soon pale after he witnessed the scene.
Brodan was currently floating in the air. He had no body, but he was in the form of a spirit as he could see the ground right through him.
Brodanâs face turned even paler as he didnât find his body on the ground, but only a golden grass the size of an almond stood there, dancing in the wind.
From the grassâs dance, Brodan could feel a joy-filled expression, and soon he also started feeling the same, forgetting about losing his body and becoming a spirit form.
Time flew by.
âDid you do this to me?â Brodan muttered as he looked at the grass with a horrified face.
âYes,â An answer that made Brodanâs hair stand even in his spirit form rang the next moment in his head.
âYouâ¦you are aâ¦aliâ¦alive?â Brodan couldnât help but ask in horror as he hadnât sensed an iota of life energy from the grass a living thing should have.
âWhat is alive?â A question filled with childlike curiosity rang in Brodanâs head in response.
âWhy did you do this to me?â Brodan ignored the question and asked. His tone filled with anger and hatred for the grass.
âI didnât do anything. You came here,â The grass said in reply. Its tone was filled with curiosity as it wanted to know why Brodan was being angry with it when he came here on his own.
After hearing the grassâs response, Brodan felt stumped as he didnât know what to say in response. It was true that he had come here to hunt on his own, and no one had forced him.
At that time, Brodan remembered the Thorny Bitch. Suddenly a gloating expression appeared on his spiritâs face as he couldnât see its spirit anywhere.
âWhy did you kill that Thorny Bitch? I wanted to kill it using my own hands,â Brodan suddenly commented. His tone filled with disappointment.
âI didnât kill her,â The grassâs innocent-like response rang in Brodanâs head.
Brodan lost all his color at that moment as his face turned pale. With a fearful expression, he looked around and only heaved a sigh of relief when he didnât see it anywhere.
The sense of relief also brought a wave of anger to Brodanâs heart as it vengefully looked at the grass.
âSo you made me this way, but you let go of that Thorny Bitch,â Brodan angrily stated as he pointed his fingers toward the golden grass.
âWhatâs wrong with you?â The grass innocently asked Brodan.
Brodan felt his anger crossing the threshold it had never after hearing the question, but he calmed himself down as he could see sense here. A golden grass that could make him this way just from its birth was too strong for him to do anything to it. At least he was alive here and was talking to this innocent creature. If he dared to do something, Brodan didnât even dare imagine the consequences he would have to face.
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âThis is how I had met that grass,â The woman told Aakesh as they both were currently sitting on a chair with a table filled with the tribeâs delicacy in their midst.
After the woman made the offer, Aakesh had asked her to share the story of his experiences with the golden grass.
âDo you know what that golden grass was?â Brodan controlling the tribe leaderâs body, asked as even the grass didnât know what it was.
âWhat did you do with the grass?â Aakesh ignored Brodanâs question and asked his own.
A hint of anger appeared on the womanâs face, but Brodan calmed down after feeling the talisman pasted on the tribe leaderâs face.
âI turned it into a paste and drank it after the grass told me,â Brodan replied after calming down.
Only later in the situation did Brodan come to know that the golden grass was a Godsent opportunity for him sent by the Tribe Mother.
The golden grass was a high-level material that helped the soul evolve. It had only been a few days since Brodan had drunk the paste made of the grass, and his soul was already twice as strong as it was on that day.
âSo, do you want to make the deal or not?â Brodan asked as he had gotten irritated with the adventurer putting him down at every situation using the leverage granted to the adventurer with the square-shaped talisman pasted on his face.
âDid you hear it?â Aakesh expressionlessly said, bringing a confused expression to the womanâs face. She had no idea who the adventurer was talking to.
It didnât take long for the confusion to turn into shock and then fear as a sense of drowsiness attacked Brodanâs soul.
âHOW DARE YOU HARM MY HOST?â Suddenly a roar filled with indignance rang in Aakeshâs head.
Aakeshâs eyes turned cold as he stared straight into the heart of the woman.
Aakesh could see a golden grass lying there as it bathed in the fresh blood pumped by the heart.
The scream turned into a frenzy as the golden grass started stirring chaos inside the womanâs heart resulting in a wave of pain attacking the actual tribe leader.
At that moment, Brodan didnât even know what was happening since he had drunk the paste made of the golden grass, and he also had conquered over the tribe leaderâs soul, using the abilities granted to him by the grass.
Brodan couldnât help but release a roar filled with confusion and anger, but he was the least of the concern for both the actual tribe leader and Aakesh.
âStay still,â Aakesh suddenly told the tribe leader.
The tribe leader nodded, but soon she coughed a bowl of blood on the ground, and her face turned paler.
âHOW DARE YOU? I WOULD KILL THIS WOMAN AND THEN YOU FOR FOILING MY PLAN,â The grass threatened both Aakesh and the tribe leader.