

It’s as if the Comet tried to flood me with this dirty mana, only to find that I can clean it and expel the dirty mana faster than they could throw it at me. The demonic mana was strong, but I was really good at filtering the demonic mana. My tree grew, as the flow of mana intensified. I wasn’t sure why I was thinking about such a thing while I was drawing mana from all my clones, and pushing that mana against the demonic mana from the Comet’s Core. There was no sun to guide the tree’s growth upward, so in space, in an area with nothing but ambient magical light, the tree should just grow randomly in whatever direction it happens to be in. Scientifically it didn’t make sense for a tree to exist here. My roots spread through the rocks, weaving through the gaps, or forcing through at times.


Luckily I was well prepared for this, and through the mana from the rest of my clones and bodies, I pushed back with mana of my own. This former-asteroid or former planet received my seed easily, and my roots emerged from the rock-Ī surge of demonic mana gushed in from the surroundings, and flooded my growing clone’s roots. “Alright!” Lumoof said, as my clone seed emerged through the avatar form and sunk into the rock. It’s finally time to nudge this Comet out of its path. Ready for deployment, and through Lumoof, I could summon the clone seed. I felt the clone seed in my soul notify me of its readiness. If the circumstances forced me to, I would withdraw my Lavaworld clone to deploy a second clone.īased on current projections, it’ll still take fifteen years before it impacts Treehome, so if I withdraw any of the other clones now, I should be able to deploy them a few years before impact. We had one good shot, and if we stretch it, maybe another shot. My Valthorns double checked their computations and plans. Some of them just couldn’t wait to finally head home for a rest. They’ve waited two plus years for this moment.

My clone could finally be deployed, and the emotions among my Valthorns was a mixture of excitement and relief. [So today is the day my Book 2 hits Amazon.
