5 Elemental Tax Collectors (1/2)
Vilto Village.
Dryad looked indifferently at the crowd sniveling at her feet. What she was truly bothered about was how dark the heart of her creation was. His existence was a fatality to others so he had to be judged. But, what exactly is death?
Death could be freedom, it could be restraint, it could be a reward and it could be a punishment. Did he really have to die or will his living on bring troubles for her? She was immensely puzzled.
\”Hey, Dryad, there are some people who deserves death. He was one of them\” Ariama said assuringly, putting a hand in her shoulder.
\”Now, I understand why Bolsa said I would need to know the meaning of life for what is to come\” she said and sighed.
\”Lady Dryad, many people are coming towards this direction but they are all normal. Should I knock them out too?\” Shadow asked, kneeling before her.
\”No, let them come. It's time to implement the first stage of our plan\” She replied, waving her hand. Shadow bowed and hid in the darkness once more.
\”Riech, Eldor, I can see your hearts are not as dark as that of Cassian so I will spare you and give you a choice. Either you join me or you leave this place under the false notion of revenge. Even if you reach the peak of this world, you can never kill me or any one of us. I am your creator\” Dryad said bluntly.
Fortunately, both of them were smart and knelt on one knee in front of her and swore an oath of fealty. Dryad bound this as their creator and nodded in satisfaction.
\”Hello vilto village. I am Dryad, a god and your creator. A long time ago, I created this world and lost my consciousness for a long time. Three millennia later, I awoke and Ariama her taught me the basic things to survive. I found out there were no trees despite me, your creator being a tree, so, I embarked on a journey around the world to plant trees.
Since your village is my first stop, I will award all of you with wood elemental powers and Ditoria here will be my first priestess and the rest of you my emissaries.
Together, we shall plant trees and spread the greatness of the wood elementals\” she proclaimed and the village cheered.
Everyone who had been normal their whole lives were excited at the prospect of being elementals. They had been trampled upon, maltreated and misused as slaves for a long time. A chance to be an elemental albeit small, was not to be taken lightly by them. Although it was an unknown element, they were more than willing to try.
\”Okay people. This is going to take a while. We will start by clearing that dreadful stone forest\” Dryad said with a shudder and snapped her fingers. Dozens of farming tools appeared in the villagers hands.
\”Ariama\” Dryad called and he stepped forward.
\”My pleasure\” he replied with a grin and turned all the stones into soft humus soil. Dryad snapped her fingers again and basic planting procedures appeared in the minds of the villagers. They were to till the soil while Riech was to water it since he was a water elemental.
The villagers got to work immediately. Eldor and Ditoria were the overseers while Riech, who was now cyan after given the powers of his father. While they planted seeds given by Dryad, Ariama purified the air which made mana flow faster to the area.
\”Hey Ariama\”
\”Hmm?\”
\”What shall we do about those elemental spies that appeared earlier?\”
\”We leave them alone. Since they cannot truly bother us, we don't have to worry about them disrupting our mission\”
\”I see. Well, the plants are going to be ready in three months and I will plant a daugther tree by then. The villagers can build a temple around it\” Dryad said and Ariama nodded in response.
In a town not far from Vilto Village, different spies clothed in black were seen kneeling around a metal table. A man was seen seated at the head of the table with a parchment in hand, frowning at the kneeling spies.
\”A knight level elemental, green in color, calls herself a god? Another man and an assassin type elemental? Travelers?\” The man read, his face turning uglier by the second.
\”Cassian is dead, you say? But he was a gold level elemental and one with good talent not to talk of his defense mechanisms? How do you expect me to report this to HQ?\”
\”You all....argh! You know what, I'll go check this out myself. I am a saint level elemental so a knight level cannot bother me much. You can all go back to your posts and forget about your salary this month\”
\”Yes master\” the spies said and ran out. Most of them didn't know their leader was a saint level elemental. They thought he was a black gold level at most.
It had to be said that based on how refined their elemental affinities are and how well they could circulate mana is divided into various levels.
-White level
-Crystal level
-Bronze level
-Silver level
-Gold level
-Black gold level
-Knight level
-Arch Knight level
-Saint level
-Grand saint level
-Divine level
-Zenith level
The first was the level the people with newly awakened affinities were in and the last level was the level none had reached before. The level of talents were also divided into;
-Mortal: Pale Colour
-Arch mortal: slightly darker colour
-Immortal: slightly darker colour
-Saint: slightly darker colour
-Divine: Dark colour