Kroya had grafted Magic Plants onto other Magic Plants more than once, but Magic Plants onto Magical Beasts...
This really was a first.
First, he needed to choose a suitable Magic Plant.
It needed vigorous vitality, and preferably a simple personality, one he could trick... no, reason with.
After a little thought, he set his sights on the fungus beneath his feet.
Ancient Pasture Fungus.
Since they had survived for so long on the cold, desolate seabed until the Earth Mother Goddess's divine power awakened them, their vitality had to be extraordinarily tenacious.
For a fleeting moment earlier, he had thought of moth orchids.
But on closer consideration... wouldn't cordyceps work too? Though this would be different from ordinary cordyceps.
He bent down and gently touched the endless spread of Ancient Pasture Fungus on the ground, extending his consciousness into it.
These peculiar Ancient Pasture Fungi certainly had consciousnesses, but Kroya had never examined them closely, because the power they released might affect him.
Of course, that had been before he reached Level Three.
Now that he was a Third-Level Mage, figuring out these fungi's consciousnesses should no longer be difficult.
When he extended his consciousness inside, he did indeed sense the consciousness belonging to the Ancient Pasture Fungus. The only problem was that this consciousness... was incredibly tiny.
In theory, a Magic Plant's consciousness should be closely linked to the strength of its astral spirit body, and the Ancient Pasture Fungus's astral spirit body was actually quite powerful.
Yet its consciousness was incredibly tiny.
It was almost too tiny to detect, huddled within its enormous astral spirit body, looking pitifully like an underdeveloped infant.
"Why are you so small?"
Kroya hardly dared make any large movements, yet as his consciousness approached, the other consciousness zipped back inside.
It sent