Brand New Life Online: Rise Of The Goddess Of Harvest

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Planta melted the ingots with the help of her Blazing Smith Flame Spirit, Ignis, and continued enchanting the metal as it cooled down over the mold with Ice and Water Spirit Magic, within seconds, the bracelet base was mostly done.

She continued by putting it over the table and using the leftover metal, shaping it using Alchemy into different forms, beautiful tiny chains which she started to engrave magic runes continuously.

They were minuscule in size, yet she did them with extreme precision, using some of her own spirit essence combined with monster crystal dust and spirit stone dust, creating a sort of gold-colored "paint" with high magic properties.

Planta knew that she would be unable to ever do this with her real body, this was all thanks to her very high Dexterity Stat, giving her an amazing control and precision over every movement she had.

Using every material available, planta finished the series of chains, which had been painted silver and gold colored after all the engravings, it glowed brightly, emanating a strong aura.

"And done… this should enhance stat growth, especially the growth of the Soul and internal Mana," she nodded. "I could probably mass produce these and give it to everyone in my guild…"

As she finished that, she moved to give all the decorations and details to the rest of the bracelet, adding beautiful patterns resembling the sun, the moon, and the stars.

She also added large spirit crystals here and there, giving it a regal and shiny appearance that would bring the eyes of people.

Lastly, she spent the next twenty minutes engraving more runes into it, rapidly finishing the whole bracelet by enchanting it and fusing her aura into the jewels and metal that made it and give it a last touch by casting Synthesis over it using her Alchemy Skill.

FLUOSH!

"I think it's done… I did this pretty quickly! Only thirty minutes," Planta felt rather proud. "Now… Hm?"

As she was about to go check on Ambil and Mark, she noticed something, several little insects made of dark curses crawling around the ground, so small that nobody noticed them other than herself thanks to her incredible Spiritual Senses.

"What's that? Melisa again?"

She looked at the insects, no longer crawling towards her. It seemed that Melisa had given up on attacking her, and this time she was aiming at someone else, two people that were much more defenseless, Erika and BlackEye.

"She's aiming for the newbies?! How cruel!"

Planta noticed the insects are soon to reach the children, about to crawl right below their desks and blow up the precious little things they were making.

"Melisa… That's enough!"

Planta continued working on her things as if nothing happened, yet her aura quickly spread out below the ground, camouflaging from everyone's eyes at the same time as the Cursed Insects approached the children.

"Phew! Making these is really complicated…" Erika cleansed the sweat off her forehead. "But it's also really fun! Right guys?" she asked her assistants.

"I wouldn't call this funny, boss…"

"Well, we are doing what we can."

"I think I'm almost done with the bracelet, boss!"

Erika had paid some blacksmiths to help her in the process of creation, as it was allowed to bring assistants, she brought three hard working, young blacksmiths that she had become acquainted with.

"Oh nice, it looks good! Let me give it a polish and I'll engrave something into it, I have a good… idea…?"

Then she noticed them, the tiny black bugs, resembling small ants, crawling beneath her desk.

"Eh?"

And before she could do anything, they started glowing with black light, they didn't explode this time, but slowly turned into black smoke, a cursed smoke that quickly turned the wooden table into ashes!

CRASH!

"Uwaah!"

The bugs then crawled towards her and her assistants.

"W-What is this?! N-No…! Someone's targeting me?!"

Erika looked around desperately, none of the blacksmiths were paying attention to her.

"S-So… I guess it's… my turn…"

She had gotten so far already, that she was okay with losing now, the girl never imagined she would get to talk with all these amazing blacksmiths in her life.

Yet… deep down, she still had some ambition, a dream.

Not to win, but maybe, to at least get some good place, at least… have something to bring to her family.

A small tear fell from her eyes, as the insects continued spreading the cursed smoke.

"Boss! What's that?!"

"Black smoke!"

"C-Careful, its cursed! Someone's targeting us!"

"I wish I wasn't so weak…" as Erika lamented and was already giving up, suddenly.

FLUOSH!

Something from beneath her emerged, a bright flash of rainbow light, holy light that quickly turned all the bugs into ashes and then repaired the wooden table, reforming it out of fresh wood, leaves and flowers growing from it.

The other blacksmiths and the audience watched in surprise, gasping for air, they all knew who this was, even if she was just very concentrated working on her own things.

It was Planta, she helped the newbie!

"T-This magic…! Without a doubt… Lady Planta?!" Erika muttered, looking towards her.

Yet Planta ignored her, pretending to not have heard anything.

The girl smiled, sighing.

And then, she heard a voice.

"Work hard, Erika. I will do my best, so this contest is fair. I won't let cheaters ruin your moment, girl. You can do this."

"A-Ah…!"

Erika started crying, nobody in her entire life had showed her such kindness.

Planta gave her a faint, motherly smile, pretending to be looking at a crystal on her hands.

"Hurry, time is tickling."

"R-Right!"

Melisa was shocked that it didn't work, and that Planta even interfered with another participant to protect them!

She glanced at her hands, which were red-skinned, covered with black scales, there was a single crimson eye in the palm of her hands, glowing with cursed energy.

"So it didn't work…" she sighed.

"Melisa! What's the meaning of this?!"

And Teressa didn't like that, not at all, her mind echoing inside of Teressa.

"I-I'm sorry, I didn't know she would-"

"Stop apologizing all the time! This was your mistake, and you better make up for them! Did you hear me, girl?!"

"B-But…"

"Don't you remember who was the one that welcomed you into a guild when nobody ever wanted you to join theirs, or their party at all?!"

"Yes… it was you, Lady Teressa."

"Then don't you dare lose."

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