Their transformation was hardly surprising, since they had a tree leading the way.
Trees naturally needed to drive their roots into the soil and search hard for water. Now that the slimes diligently watered them every day, weren't they living the good life?
But... they envied their big brother?
Kroya found that rather odd.
Did magic plants have a concept of a "big brother," or were the thoughts I heard actually being "translated" through the Astral Body Inscription Technique before reaching me?
After some thought, he decided that was quite likely. Otherwise, how could magical beasts have such a concept?
Then he began inscribing the Beginner Summoning Spell on them, one by one.
The inscriptions went exceptionally smoothly this time. In just a few minutes, he had successfully inscribed all fourteen trees.
However.
Once he finished, the coconut tree he had inscribed first sent him a thought-
"Want more..."
"Stronger!"
"Slimes!!"
Its thoughts contained not only longing but also a faint trace of worry, as though it feared its dominant position was being threatened.
Kroya was left speechless.
Even trees think like this? And weren't you eager to nurture them before? You shared coconut juice and sap, and even your magic.
Why are you panicking now that they've all evolved?
Could this, in a sense, also count as a desire to evolve?
Kroya considered it. If the coconut tree wanted a stronger summoning spell, he really didn't have one available right now. Simply raising the spell's level didn't seem like a good idea, either.
Hadn't the earlier description included this line: [Its endless craving for summoned creatures will drive it to continually refine the Beginner Summoning Spell, with a chance of improving the spell further.]
What he hoped for, then, was for it to develop an entirely new summoning spell