The Cunning Girl. Primal Seeds.

It was the second day of the trial.

The outer boundary of the Other Side was a place that didn't host any living thing, and currently, in this vast land chaos wreaks havoc; the people from the Desolate Plane were like headless chickens while the weak from the mainland suffered greatly. One thing in common between these two was that: the blood of both parties flowed through the soil of the vast lands.

There were battles, massacres, and executions among the people. Although they were all people, the allure of increasing their Unity through the prime seeds drove people mad to the point of insanity. 

It was at this point, the country bumpkins from the Desolate Plane realized where they were and what cruelty looked like.

On the other hand, the people from the mainland seem to have expected such a confrontation and don't seem to bother too much, because this is the world they live in; the world where the strong eat the weak.

All this chaos started when people started finding the location of the prime seeds. This so-called primal seed was a floating ball the size of a normal apple illuminating a green color hue. In the deeper part of the outer boundary, they exist individually or together in groups. 

In one group they may be comprised of ten primal seeds and in others there may be more than hundreds.

What the overseer in the trial said was true. One could recognize a primal seed the moment they saw one and as for absorbing it and increasing one's Unity, the black token in each of the participants did it!

Yes! The token absorbed the primal seed into it, and in turn, it increased the participants' Unity percentage by one percent for each prime seed they absorbed!

But some people were still troubled. 

There were people whose token refused to absorb any of the primal seeds, and some whose absorption rate was very slow compared to others, or even some, whose tokent couldn't absorb anymore after absorbing a certain percentage.

These phenomenon, although some weren't aware of the reason, many knew it very well.

The people whose token refused to absorb any prime seed means that they have zero aptitudes to become masters and these people were never destined to become masters in their lives.

And for those slow on the speed or who have reached the limit of absorption means there was a flaw in the vessel; his body or talent. Unlike the first option, these people could still become masters in the future.

…

On a certain place near a cliff.

White and his group were in front of a group of prime seeds, they watched excitedly at the floating beauties with naked desire.

There were at least thirty glowing green balls, radiating an ethereal green light to the surroundings, the light when falling into their bodies made them feel extremely comfortable.

"So, this are the primal seeds… What a wondrous thing, indeed!" White said, looking at the floating green balls and then at the girl who was examining the ball with interest; Aizu.

'Guess, bringing her along was the right choice, she knew what she was doing.'

It had only been a little over a few hours since they departed from the valley, and with her leading the way, they were able to encounter a group of prime seeds easily. He had been dubious at first of following her path, but seems like she had her own way!

"Yes, my father said the same thing while explaining about the trial," said Aizu with a slight emotion. "Even they don't know the origin of the seeds, and why they only exist in this part of the land..." 

"So, sir White, how are we gonna divide the prime seeds we have on here?" She turned and asked. Although she found this place, she knew she didn't call the shots here, at least not for now. So, she inquired.

The other two also stayed silent.

White was silent, although he wanted to horde all of it for himself, it seemed he couldn't now.

Seeing his deep in thought, the girl nodded slightly and suggested,

"How about we do it like this; these two will take two each and I'll take only six, the remaining twenty will be yours, we shall do it like this till the end of the trial. How about it?"

The two couldn't help but look at her, wanting to protest but she spoke first,

"The two of you should feel lucky that you're even getting a share despite being just country bumpkins, lots of your fellow may not be getting anything now or even dead at this point. That's how fierce this trial is." She was ruthless as she chided them.

Aizu was already feeling the pain from using two of the last three healing liquids on them yesterday despite them being useless, now she only had one remaining, which left her in a pinch not knowing what more trouble she would encounter next. 

It wasn't for them helping her during the time she couldn't move, she wouldn't have let them use such precious things, and it was also because of that, she even got a share for them now, so, according to her they were lucky as they are.. 

Of course, she was aware of the missing five bottles when White returned after finding her pouch, but she didn't say anything to him.

'End of the trial?' White thought about her suggestion and he couldn't help but praise her wit and intelligence. 

What she meant by her word is that, he would always get the highest percentage of primal seeds whenever they found them, but the condition was that he had to take her along till they completed the trial; with him there, the risk of danger would decrease and many uncertainty factors would also decrease. She could then grin for the primal seeds with him and absorb them without any disturbance.

"You can find more?" He asks, his opinion of this girl is continuing to grow in his mind.

"Yes, I can find them but the only problem is the danger of others," she replied solemnly as this was her only concern with Fan gone, and doesn't have any friend or team she could depend on.

White nodded, he thought the deal was personally good.

He went ahead first toward the group of glowing balls and sat down near them, next he took out the token, letting it absorb the primal seeds into it.

As soon as the token got near the primal seeds, it started the process. He felt a cold stream entering his body that was making it extremely pleasurable; he could really feel the difference between the state of a mortal and the current him. 

He felt his vision brighten up, the world seemed to have been colored up and his perspective heightened! He could even start to feel a strange presence in the worldly flow!

It was really a different transformation, he even felt as if he had transcended!

While he was in this state, he was also still conscious and knew how much he had absorbed, also the scene of the other three people absorbing their own quote. And what they were feeling was the same as him!

After some time passed, he saw the last of the twenty primal seeds disappear into his token; into his body.

This action can be performed with the eye open because the token itself did the process of absorption, not by the person, so it doesn't require concentration. 

So, they all saw all twenty of his primal seeds absorbed and they looked at him dumbly.

As for why they were looking at him dumbly, not to mention the two, even Aizu had only started absorbing her 3rd primal seed.

'One minute per primal seed.' thought White. He spent a total of under twenty to finish his absorption.

But White didn't care about all that, because he was feeling extremely refreshed in his body and soul. He closed his eyes and meditated for some time and opened them, there was genuine happiness in them, he had finally started to take a step toward his goal!

The first step!

Smiling lightly, he looked at the words that appeared on his token:

Participant - 300010

White. Age-15

Unity - 20%