Shota's Isekai NTR Adventure Chapter 2127: Different application

With me just standing motionless before the withered tree and not taking any action, it was natural for the wood elementals to grow uneasy.

Yet they understood that this task was far from simple.

Even if they yearned to hasten the process, it couldn't be forced so quickly.

Ultimately, their patience wore out completely.

One wood elemental stepped forward and asked, "Is there a problem?"

Bitterness welled up inside me, as I couldn't simply reveal the issue plaguing me.

All I managed to reply was, "It’s a delicate procedure, which is why it takes some time for me to do this."

The wood elemental appeared skeptical of my words, yet it held no power to intervene, leaving them no option but to believe in my capabilities.

Truth be told, I had no clue what I was doing, completely lost on how to aid the withered tree.

Employing my divine energy directly would undoubtedly inflict further harm on the withered tree.

Only when I desperately pulled out the orb did an idea finally dawn on me.

"What if I used my domain?"

This hadn't crossed my mind earlier, but with no alternatives left, it was my sole option. What set this domain apart was its power to grant total control over everything.

By dominating the entire space within the domain, I could generate a gentle force mild enough for the withered tree to take in.

That's why I lifted my orb high, calling forth the weapons that would define the domain's edges.

Establishing the domain around the withered tree didn't take much time, though its massive size made it far from effortless. Countless weapons were needed to encircle it, leaving me somewhat exhausted from the effort.

Still, this let me manipulate the surrounding space, diluting my divine energy to its weakest possible state.

"It’s still too strong..."

"It’s too weak now..."

It proved a grueling and prolonged ordeal, yet I eventually cracked it.

I mastered using the domain to temper the divine energy just right, enveloping the withered tree and enabling it to draw it in.

The toughest moments came when it grew so feeble that the withered tree outright rejected it.

This withered tree truly acted like a finicky patron...

Fortunately, signs showed the withered tree gradually reviving as I channeled divine energy into it this way. At this pace, full recovery appeared within reach.

Not just I could observe the withered tree mending from my efforts.

The wood elementals quickly spotted the improving state of the withered tree, hope gleaming in their gazes.

Their glances toward me gradually filled with growing faith.

However, I kept my eyes away from them.

My focus remained locked entirely on the projected domain.

Not the domain structure itself drew my interest, but the peculiar flow of divine energy within it.

Without my prior training in tracing divine energy flows, I never would have spotted it. Now that I possessed the skill, it stood out inescapably before my eyes.

This discovery felt remarkably novel, given I'd overlooked it until now.

"There are different properties to the divine energy depending on the concentration of the divine energy. If it’s weaker, it has a more soft attribute to it. If it’s stronger, then it has a harder attribute to it."

Such a concept might strike anyone pondering it as self-evident, but that missed the point.

The real significance lay in what 'soft' and 'hard' implied for creation-attuned divine energy.

One key aspect was transfer speed.

Softer divine energy moved far swifter than its harder counterpart. Naturally, this made sense with less divine energy volume to shift.

Yet I'd never dwelled on such details before.

I'd always handled divine energy on pure instinct, and even post-domain mastery, I'd merely bent it to my will through domination.

I'd never bothered exploring my divine energy's deeper traits.

With it now laid bare, I found myself compelled to examine it closely.

Far from a drawback, delving into this proved beneficial.

The greater my grasp of creation divine energy, the more feats I could accomplish with it.

As for the wood elementals...

"What is he doing? Why is it taking so long?"

The tree's withering appeared to recede briefly before halting, only for it to creep back suddenly.

It felt like a cruel prank tormenting them.

Thus, the wood elementals endured a truly agonizing wait.

At last, I banished the withering entirely, restoring the tree to its normal vigor.