World Seed

Author’s Corner: Good morning everyone! Today’s chapter is brought to you by insomnia! All hail the holiday season. Also, feel free to post a review on the story’s main page, as I will be watching those as well. For those curious about the Average Views dropping like they are, it’s rather simple. After I posted the first two chapters, Chapter One had a sudden influx of over 45k views, which could very likely have been a glitch. Since the Average Views are just the total views divided by the number of chapters, that number is steadily decreasing as I post more.----------------------------------------------------------After waiting for my health to recover, I discovered something that had left me a bit speechless. Rather than the normal scenario where my wound would fully recover as my health rose, the wound didn’t fully heal after closing. Likewise, my health had stopped recovering at 87, meaning that I would probably need actual healing to recover the last bit of damage. It would probably also mean I could be more easily damaged if I aggravated the injury.“Really need to find those herbs…” I groaned to myself, knowing that I couldn’t use any healing spells until I first learned how to brew the potion. Scanning around, I noticed some of the familiar red weed in small bundles growing nearby. A few of the stalks were damaged, likely from the rabbits eating them.I used my dagger to cut off the root that was holding my leg, leaving the body of the root wrapped around it for now. If nothing else, it’d make me feel better knowing that I wouldn’t randomly start bleeding out. When I finally stood up, I let out a hiss of pain, being forced to acknowledge that the wound really hadn’t fully healed.Walking over, I carefully retrieved the weeds, digging the roots out with my dagger. While I wasn’t notably skilled at herbalism, I had dabbled with it in other games enough to know how not to damage most plants.