Ruger looked in amazement at these strange little Mushroom Men. At first glance, this Oddity did not seem particularly powerful, merely producing little Mushroom Men without end. But as he learned more, the Oddity Barry Danton had fused with displayed a value far beyond anything it had originally possessed. Perhaps only by using and excavating its potential in this way had such possibilities become available through fusion.
Perhaps Barry Danton was also making up for some deep-seated void in his heart. The more the Oddity's potential was amplified, the more insignificant that regret would seem.
Following the cultivation method in his mind, Ruger scraped samples from each mushroom cap. These peculiar creations of an Oddity depended on the Mushroom Kingdom to survive. They were neither mushrooms nor fairies, much less a race capable of naturally reproducing and living elsewhere independently. Yet they possessed considerable malleability.
Having seen these Mushroom People, Ruger could imagine what Barry Danton usually did. Raising these little Mushroom Men was not a matter of creating things from nothing within the Mushroom Kingdom; it required a great deal of external material as well. Some of the useless spoils on this Island could be turned from waste into something useful.
According to the cultivation method for Spirit-Sucker Fur, he still lacked one balancing material, something to assist and promote the fusion of the other ingredients. Ideally, it should come from an object of Spirituality.
The original recommendation in the cultivation method was bark from a certain leafless tree. Besides meeting the requirements itself, this tree easily attracted little fairies to inhabit it. Old trees that had aged for many years would undergo certain changes as a result, making them objects of Spirituality.
These trees mostly grew in large Fairy Kingdoms. It would be difficult to find one quickly