I could clearly tell that was Jeremias and nobody else! His blue hair and all, it fit completely with the mind projections we saw that Titania created using Lily's memories. However, he looked different.
His entire body was changing horribly, most of his human side was being corrupted by slimy black goo and countless red eyes were growing all over his face, what barely remained was his long blue hair and half of his face which still had a human eye.
And that sphere at his side… It was unleashing a tremendous amount of Miasma and Chaos like I had never seen before! Is this also his doing? No, this feels way too strong for him to have just conjured out of nowhere, and when the Guider Spirit showed me the sphere's status, I lost my mind.
[Miasmic Chaos Heart Core (Divine Grade)]
A Monstrous mass of corruption, miasma, and spiraling chaos that has grown to an enormous size since the Demon King of Miasma has been using his powers to slowly corrupt the Forest of Beginnings.
Forming it below everyone's noses in the deep underground, this sphere possess an incredible amount of power capable of obliterating everything within the vicinity and convert it all into a wasteland of miasma and death.
This Heart Core has been finely crafted and possess several properties, such as unleashing waves of Miasma that infect surrounding living beings and convert them into Miasmic Beasts or infect weaker beings with a disease that slowly kills them, while also generating an endless amount of Miasma within its surroundings.
It grows stronger based in how many lives it has taken through its powers, absorbing the souls of the damned.
Currently being assimilated by [Jeremias] by the orders of his Master, the Demon King of Miasma, to become a perfect vessel of his soul.
Wait what?! A perfect vessel? So the Demon King's plans… I see, it all makes sense now. The reason why there were Miasmic Monsters, and the diseases appearing, and how the Snake Queen had so much power, and how monsters and animals were mutating into Miasmic Beasts and all!
Since even before I showed up here that the Demon King had been sneaking into the forest's depths all his powers over time, slowly and steadily, forming this mass of destructive power, a literal atomic bomb!
With this he has been corrupting everyone and everything, and also absorbing their souls and growing stronger?! Does that means that all those people that have died… Acorn's grandmother, and those fairies that didn't made it, all of their souls were absorbed? Maybe even Saphee?!
"So you're Jeremias, huh?" Titan said, quickly looking back at me. "Planta, prepare for battle."
"I've been ready for a while now!" I roared furiously.
[The power of your [Hamadryad's Heart of the Forest (Divine Grade)] has been enhanced by your resolve and Level growth!]
[The Level of all [Hamadryad's Heart of the Forest (Divine Grade)]'s Abilities has been increased to Level 2!]
[A New Level Bonus has been added to the [Hamadryad's Heart of the Forest (Divine Grade)]!]
[Hamadryad's Heart of the Forest (Divine Grade)]
A mystical tree created when a Hamadryad is born, its core and body is connected to them and its safety and health is dependent in the Hamadryad and vice versa. If the Hamadryad dies, so will the tree, and vice versa. Once the Player dies and revives, the tree will regrow anew, but as a weak sapling which will require a lot of specific materials to grow as big as it is now.
This special tree contains special properties, bringing life and spiritual essence to the surroundings and the entire world as a whole. The stronger its Hamadryad grows, the bigger the tree will become, which in exchange, will empower the Hamadryad with more strength and magic power.
Level Bonus (2): Enhances all Ability Effects by +20%. Increases the Power of Nature and Spirit Element Skills and Magic by +50%.
[Special Effects 3/3]
[Spiritual Fountain: Lv2]: The Heart of the Forest is capable of generating up to 6000 Spiritual Essence every day, which it emanates naturally into its surroundings. The Hamadryad can concentrate such essence into crystalized [Spirit Crystals] or liquid form such as [Spirit Water] at will.
[Life Spring: Lv2]: The Heart of the Forest emanates a powerful Aura of Life Energy, anybody that is deemed as an ally by the Hamadryad that is within a kilometer of the Heart of the Forest will recover Health Points, Mana Points, and Exhaustion at x6 the normal speed.
[Call Back Home: Lv2]: The Hamadryad and anybody it desires to bring with herself can teleport directly to where the Heart of the Forest is located, with a cooldown of 50 Minutes. More [Spiritual Checkpoints] can be created by designing a specific available tree which will connect with the Heart of the Forest, with a maximum capacity of up to 4 other Trees.
Amazing, it finally grew stronger! I have this, I have the Heart of the Forest. While Jeremias might have the Heart of Miasma or whatever, I have this to fight against. Not only this boosts the power of everyone in the forest, but it also enhances my own strength as well.
I felt a powerful aura beginning to flow outside of my body, expanding further and further. The very movement of my body became swift and filled with Spiritual Essence.
"Hmph, your powers are certainly strong, but against the power of my master, you're nothing! I don't have time to deal with you clowns… {Miasmic Sea}!"
Jeremias quickly pointed his hand from above towards us, an enormous black and purple colored magic circle emerged in a mere second, as a gigantic amount of liquid Miasma spiraling forwards emerged, clashing against our Spiritual Barriers!
The Miasma was somewhat a living being of its own, attacking our Spiritual Barriers and constantly shattering them over and over again with an enormous amount of corrosive power! The Miasmic Sea began covering everything, as we were suddenly blown away!