Rey was silent while she held the fruit up. She was letting the moonlight continually bathe it and the water elental mana in the air flow around it. The process may have finished but there was still the end of the ceremony to make it to and she had been instructed not to move until she saw that the lunar priestess had stopped the ceremony completely.
With the amazing sight of the mana sprout growing and turning in to a fruit with an extrely valuable trait, Walker had trouble gathering his mind. Luckily, he was able to focus when he realized the garden had more activity below.
Among the vibrant blooming fruits a few elves with tools had begun to harvest certain plants that could only be harvested at a ti like this; the full moon. This was a rapid process since they had a limited ti and needed to do it carefully. He was only focused on the scene for a mont though, the spirit cedar had finally reached the point in which all of the large buds would bloom.
The buds had grown to the size of a normal child's head and were the sa pale white as the moon. Small drops of sparkling water dripped off them making it appear that they were rolled in the coarse sugar from his mothers' kitchen.
Without warning the priestess's dance beca more energetic and the buds split open to reveal vibrant blue flowers. The elental mana that was released from every flower as it burst open was intense and condensed. The forest around the large elven garden seed to shudder as it too felt this density of elental mana. Walker could tell that all the growth of the forest was going to experience a renewed strength after this.
The brilliant flowers that had blood were already fading and wilting. The petals dropped off the branches and fell toward the ground catching in the wind and drying in to the ideal fertilizer for the spiritual cedar. Walker couldn't help but feel the depression in his heart knowing that sothing so wonderous only lasted for a minute at most.
The spirit cedar lost all of the petals sooner than any of them wanted it to. Yet there was still sothing left. There was a small grey seed left at the site of each of the flowers. They were emanating a small amount of natural mana and had a ring of hard ice around them. Trish gestured for Walker to grab one since she saw his curious look. He didn't waste a mont and used his all around appraisal skill.
'Spirit cedar tree seed.
The spirit cedar tree seed is very delicate. When it is created the mother tree will fold it in layers of elental mana to protect it, therefore, causing a ring of ice to cover the entire seed. This ice will be sustained by the water elental mana for fifty years. Upon the last of the water elental mana becoming ice, the ice will lt and nourish the soul for the spirit cedar tree seed to grow. It will take four hundred and twelve years to reach maturity.'
Walker couldn't imagine being able to care for a tree like this in his lifeti. The elves had the ti to dedicate to it but a human never would without so extre circumstances. Trishmotioned for him to keep it which made Walker wonder why. He had a feeling it wasn't actually for him but for Rey and that Trish was entrusting it to him since he would be able to hold it while Rey cared for the fruit that ca from the mana sprout.
Before Walker could focus on anything else again he realized that the dormant full water spirit had stopped absorbing the water elental mana and was a much darker blue color. It was even colder as well and looked like it was under so form of change. Walker fixed it back in to his cloak so that it would be safe and so he could be ready with both hands to help with any cleanup.
The lunar priestess was moving incredibly slow and returned to the spot she had started from in her dance. Her foot rose and she stepped away from the engravings in the wood platform. She silently grabbed the ribbons still fluttering as if there was wind in reverse order. They rolled themselves up without any effort from her and she knelt down closing her eyes.
The moon was already setting and she had finished her duty. Now that she had stopped moving Walker noticed that her breathing beca elastic and sweat poured down her face. She had kept herself perfectly calm and collected through this long ceremony and was finally able to break character and show her true state.
"That was even more spectacular than the last ti. I can only see your improvent as ti goes on." Trish said this while standing near the lunar priestess and offered her so mana potions. These seed to help the lunar priestess calm down and return to a better state of breathing.
"This moon was very pure. I have the feeling that we gained a little more than usual. I hope that the effects are as our gusts desired." The lunar priestess finally spoke to the party and smiled. There was a feeling of kindness and spiritual healing coming from her words that was indescribable.
"Yes! Thank you so much for your help. Without you, I wouldn't have my white vine quiver." Gil had seen the end of his quest and realized the na of his new quiver. The white vine patterns that covered it were the nasake itself and furthered his love of it. He had long traveled the woods with his father and grown plants with his mother, this was the ideal quiver for him.
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