Actually, if there really was a so-called wood spirit theorist, it wouldn't be difficult at all to find out the truth about the wood spirits.
The Seven Virtues were the most obvious proof, and they were also the proof of history.
Every single one of the Seven Virtues was a unique natural creation. They had a forest of thorns, a hidden underground vine demon devourer, and a man-eating garden that ate everything. It could be said that every single one of the Seven Virtues was a super level magical plant. In fact, they couldn't even be considered pure intelligent individuals.
These facts could all be found in the history books of the Northlands' wars. Those ancient books recorded the earliest battle performances of the Seven Virtues, and in the long War of Dawn, the Seven Virtues had also revealed their true ferocious appearances several times.
It could be said that every single Virtue was a gigantic plant community on the level of a city. They could be a forest or a swamp, but they definitely wouldn't be a single individual.
The Seven Virtues were the most ancient of the wood spirits. Naturally, they were the representatives of the wood spirits.
Their various bloodlines were the seven major species within the wood spirits. Every single wood spirit had its own sequence, and even a mixed-blood wood spirit like Rorschach was one of them. It could be said that all wood spirits were descendants of magical plants.
They were born with the ability to control large plants, control magical plants, and use magical plants' outer shells. This was all because they were magical plants.
Rather than saying that they were a unique intelligent species, it would be more accurate to say that they were magical plants that had their physical appearances and lifeforms forcefully distorted by supernatural abilities.
And when the Seven Virtues personally told me the history of their species, the truth was even more shocking.
"… Back then, I personally saw that after Mother gave us four blessings, she couldn't maintain it any longer. Then, Father, yep, your father Roland, gave us three more blessings, and it was these seven blessings that completely changed our lifeforms …"
Judging from the natural laws of the forest, going from a powerful magical plant to a short and weak human form was doubtlessly a degeneration that went against the natural laws. Only an unnatural choice would cause such a situation.
And the most obvious evidence proved the existence of "blessings," as well as the fact that the wood spirits were actually plants in human form and not animals. This was how they reproduced.
"… Children, my third gift is Purity. A pure girl does not need to be tainted by adulthood. Pure love does not need to be tainted by carnal desires. Beautiful love is the sweetest candy. And as a reward for learning how to be chaste, I shall bestow upon all of you the willfulness of your youth. And if all of you are truly captured by the Love Curse and intend to leave behind the fruits of pure love, you shall be able to abandon the boring relationship between the sexes and give birth to the next generation using the unique method of the Forest Descendants … "
Sia's name of blessing was the third blessing of Mother Nature. A humanoid life form that could reproduce asexually and with the same sex was obviously extremely unnatural.
However, if it was viewed as a type of plant, this was only natural.
That wasn't even the most obvious change. The most obvious change was that all the wood spirits were female … Animal reproduction was also a part of evolution. The weak would be eliminated, while the strong would be able to leave behind more seeds. Genes would evolve generation after generation as the environment changed. In a way, all the wood spirits who were female were "sexless."
Perhaps they had gender and self-awareness as well, but the way they expressed themselves was something that outsiders would not be able to tell.
They would always appear so young their entire lives. That was because they didn't need to develop any secondary sexual characteristics to attract the opposite sex to reproduce. They were able to reproduce by themselves using methods such as grafting or inserting a pole.
Of course, since they were in human form, they naturally had the corresponding possibility of reproducing. There were also mixed-blood children like Rorschach. However, only mixed-blood wood spirits would have males, and the chances of having a mixed-blood child being born were quite low.
There were many things that went against the norm. It was possible to find many reasons to explain them. However, since Rosa had personally witnessed the birth of the wood spirits, there was no need to doubt her.
"So, I'm also a plant life form? No, I should only count as having a portion of the wood spirit's bloodline. "
Rorschach was rather stunned. Just what was a quarter wood spirit like him?
Rosa smiled and shook her head when she heard this.
"… No, you're an 84% wood spirit. In many ways, you're a complete plant life form. You're also a complete high-level plant life form. Most wood spirit mixed-blood children are more like mutated wood spirits than other species …"
Rorschach was truly shocked. However, if he thought about it carefully, it was only natural. The result of having a high-level bloodline and a low-level bloodline mixed would definitely not be 50% on one side and 50% on the other.
As for high-level and low-level bloodlines, most of the time it depended on elemental affinity.
Roland was a mixed-blood child of Earth's humans and wood spirits. Earth's humans were a species without demons. In that case, it was only natural that he would have a higher percentage of wood spirit genes.
This was just like how a Dragon Bloodline Warlock would develop their own bloodline power. As they grew, they would have more and more dragon bloodlines. In the end, the remaining "human" bloodline would disappear.
After understanding this, Rorschach finally understood why only the Virtues were able to teach him.
"Normal 'humans' have their own path of evolution. They can break through the limits of a lifeform's physical body by injecting a part of themselves into a Myth-ranked weapon and achieve immortality. Meanwhile, we wood spirits are magical plant life forms from the very start. We're immortal from the very start. It's enough as long as we continue to evolve our physical bodies. The paths we take are completely different."
"I can tell you directly that once a wood spirit reaches a certain level, it's the gathering of countless plant life forms' intelligence … Yep, it's a forest, just like how our mother used to be."
This time, Rorschach finally understood everything.
Even when they left, Rorschach still remembered Sia's final words.
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