Abigail Flower

"A monster attracted to ships?"

Mona recalled something.

In the murals recording past history, people had once painted scenes of sea monsters landing on the coast.

He could vaguely sense it.

This monster might not have appeared solely because it was drawn to the ship.

There was likely a deeper reason behind this attack.

If that were the case.

Then in the future, such incidents would inevitably happen again.

"With humanity's current strength, even on the island, just four or five of these giant monsters landing would bring utter catastrophe."

Mona looked at the people on the canvas, pondering something.

Now, he had already lit up the [Bow] node on the Tech Tree for them, the Light of Technology.

But that was far from enough to handle the crisis.

The people knew nothing of the future.

That was the true root of the danger.

After weighing his options for a moment, he decided to create that unfinished thing before falling into slumber, letting it grant these people some necessary revelations.

He then turned his gaze to two other new colors on the Palette.

[Ocean Essence]: One of the most primal and ancient biological essences, a material for creating life, or it can be absorbed—temporarily increases all color affinity by +0.1%.

[Giant Monster Mark lv2]: A mark usable only for creating life. With it, you have a small chance to create a creature bearing the traits of a Giant Monster lv2.

Mona understood that affinity was tied to the success rate of color fusion.

For ordinary people, a 0.1% chance wasn't high.

But for life creation, which was itself a miracle, he knew this probability was already extremely high.

Mona decided to use this meager success rate to attempt synthesizing a higher life form once more.

To create a miraculous life according to his own vision.

This time, the creation of life began.

Mona changed his approach to creating higher life forms.

He realized he had fallen into a misconception before.

He had always separated animals and plants too strictly.

Since plants were easier to create, why couldn't he make a moving plant?

A creature somewhere between plant and animal—wasn't that also a higher life form?

Mona thought this would be very interesting.

If it truly succeeded, it would be a life that defied convention.

First, he used a plant as the base color.

After further stripping the colors from the [Hermit Crab Soul Essence], he carefully selected.

He quickly picked out many colors with high affinity to that plant and fused them in.

Such as [Parasitism], [Longevity], [Giant Monster], and the earlier [Decay Essence].

Even more, Mona took additional [Spirituality] and [Wisdom Essence] from the souls of some dead believers and added them to the Palette.

[Wisdom Essence]: A mysterious essence from intelligent beings, usable for life creation or absorption—increases your divine power recovery speed ↑

Wisdom Essence was a color unique to humans.

This essence could also boost divine power recovery speed.

But for a god who only wanted to indulge in games, it was undoubtedly poison.

Mona certainly wouldn't consume Wisdom Essence.

So using these Wisdom Essences as materials to consume was the perfect choice.

Now, these precious materials.

He threw them all into the Palette.

Instantly, most of his color reserves from these years were emptied.

It was quite a heavy expenditure.

But he was confident that this time, he would achieve unprecedented success.

Because, while reclaiming the divine power from the [Canvas] earlier, he had already grasped that fleeting inspiration.

This time.

The mixing process became extremely lengthy.

About two or three months passed.

Only then did the colors begin to merge.

Finally.

In the fifth month.

All these colors had completely fused into one.

Mona then awoke from that somewhat drowsy state.

Next came shaping the form with divine power.

He used the remaining [Wisdom] power from his earlier recovered canvas to bestow myth-like strength upon this creature's life.

It would grant this being not only intelligence but also the capacity for intellectual growth.

[Gloomy blue-green lines continuously spread across the canvas.]

[Then, after you set down your brush, they condensed into a single point.]

[You have created the embryo of life.]

[Even though it appears incomplete and still fragile, it can indeed already be called a life form.]

[You have unlocked a new color.]

[This is a miraculous life form somewhere between animal and plant.]

[It has been nourished by Decay Essence, thus gaining the power of rot, while its immense size and long lifespan grant it boundless potential.]

"Success?"

Mona watched the color slowly emerging within the canvas, finally showing a different outcome from the previous attempts, and a hint of joy gradually welled up in his heart.

This time, the life he had created was completely unlike the previous two attempts.

[You may now name this new life.]

[You have named it Abigail Flower.]

[You have obtained: Abigail Flower]

He named this plant Abigail Flower.

There was no specific reason.

It merely came from fragments of past memories.

Mona touched the life and soul, and immediately understood everything about the creature he had created.

[Plant lv3] Abigail Flower

[Age]: 0 years

[Traits]: "Spirituality lv3" "Longevity lv3" "Parasitism lv1" "Growth Power lv4"

[Knowledge]: None

[Habits]: None

[Sequence]: None

[Skills]: "Rot Spirit Manipulation lv1"

[A miraculous flower created by a god, possessing the ability to turn decay into wonder. As an intelligent life form, it has the advantage of continuous learning and evolution. However, the drawback is that such a miracle of life is nearly impossible to replicate—it cannot reproduce.]

Mona read through all the information.

In the panel of this created being, its attributes were very similar to a human's.

And there was an additional [Skills] column.

Success.

But not entirely complete success.

For now, it was merely a fragile embryo.

Also a solitary individual.

It could not reproduce.

This meant that this kind of life was destined to be alone forever.

But regardless, as a life form, it had already passed muster.

Under Mona's will, it had successfully gained a measure of intelligence through [Wisdom Essence].

Beyond that, because [Faith] and [Spirituality] had been directly inscribed into its life, Mona could sense that everything about Abigail Flower belonged to him.

Unlike those acquired believers.

It was born believing in the divine.

And it could also sense the existence of the god.

As its creator, he could even directly write his will into its life instincts.

Mona used the Paintbrush to inscribe something within the life instinct of the Abigail Flower.

It was a mission related to creation.

In that instant.

It received a mission bestowed by a god.

"From now on, you are the first apostle. Use your power to enlighten the masses."

Mona said softly.

On this day, the god's first apostle was born.

Its name was the Abigail Flower.