As my condition started to get better, I started to gain my rationality back. All this has left me tired and hungry.
It must me night as I cannot see much light near my surrounding other then the pinkish or light purple colored light in some far distance, I can see despite laying on ground.
'Seems unnatural, must be some sort of fantasy environment.'
As I was laying on ground trying to get up but to no avail. I cannot help get frustrated and ask "Why I am not able to get up. I thought all damage to body was repaired "
[Negative, wounds are healed, internal damage was patched up, user's body is about 65% of optimal condition, basic movement is available]
"What about the energy thing that was absorbed".
[User was at near death condition, most of the energy was used to bring body at working condition and remaining energy was used to cleanse body of foreign particle that entered user body through wounds. User does not have to worry about infection]
After some trying, I am standing on my feet looking at the dense forest that was surrounding me. I cannot help but take in enjoy the smell of forest that I am smelling right now.
After some time of enjoying the view, I was going to ask about my crafting abilities but all information related to it just come flooded in my mind. I cannot help but wince in pain as I hold my head. My headache lasted for about 4 solid minutes.
According to information I have my crafting ability allow me to skip process to craft anything by compensating it with some sort of tactical mater manipulation. It is not matter manipulation because I cannot simply control matter and whip things out of thin air, what I need is a material to work with like if I want dry wood for burning, then I can simply use my tactical matter manipulation to extract water or moisture from wood. Meaning my crafting ability can create any thing as along I have knowledge or procedure to craft it and energy to compensate, skipping of the process. I have a feeling that it is the same energy mentioned by A.I. Although I have lost combability to it but my crafting ability only require it to present in atmosphere or other source.
As I was digesting all the information about my ability, my stomach started to grumble.
"It seems like I have to eat something". I mumbled to no one.
I started to look around for something edible, I am not interested in getting out of this canopy structure for the time being. As I spotted a hole near root of an old tree, I briefly remembered seeing rabbit like animals. Without wasting anymore time I walked near a branch that seem to be broken from trees. I willed my crafting ability to activate and some aurora made up of magenta, pink, purple, blue and lemon green covered my hand. Seeing this fascinating skeptical occurring on my hand, I could not help but wave my right hand, aurora seems to leave trail of color which will slowly fade away, creating a mystical feel.
As I touch the fallen branches, aurora started to spread all over the branch totally submerging it with colors.
Watching this magnificent view, I named it Crafting Aura.
After having enough of view, I willed the branch to converted into wooden pipe. After making sure it was not too dry but normal branch that just have became pipe shaped, I started collecting branches from nearby.
I stacked them at one place and covered them with my crafting aura and changing them into a large cage like structure with one side shaped like a cone that can be connected to entrance of hole, then I place the cage near hole and covering some few twigs in CA and changing them into intertwined structure and embedding them in soil. This structure will hold the cage in fixed place and making sure that they cannot escape by digging hole in ground.
Then I used CA to cover portion of ground creating a furnace with wooden pipe attached to it. Other side of pipe is connected to entrance of hole.
All this may seem like lot of work but I just has to think of the design and CA will make it happen, CA is only limitation seem like energy, knowledge or procedure and imagination.
After throwing some dried wood in furnace and starting fire using CA, I starting to feel tired. It was more physiological in nature than physical it seems.
"A.I. if anything that come out of this hole kill it by using shadow manipulation."
[Task received]
I sit down near root of old tree. While trying to get comfortable sitting position, I saw some insect slithering nearby fallen leaf, curious about it, I was about to take a closer look at it but stopped as a very critical fictional knowledge came across my mind. Placing my hand on dirt near insect, I used my CA to trap it in a hollow stone ball. As this poor insect was freaking out I said.
"A.I to scan it and show if some sort of energy is present in it."
[Affirmative, Same energy signature is detected in insect and said energy is also slowly modifying it]
"What type of modification are we talking about?"
[More time and specimen are required. But a possibility is also present that this energy is modifying it to adapt in its environment, same as user body was modified to environment with the help of this energy although in user case compatibility to store or move energy in body was greatly reduced.]
Listening to reply, I cannot help but can get disappointed as I was thinking whether there will be some sort of crystal in it or some sort of epicenter where this energy would have been gathering.
I used my CA to close all holes in ball effectively sealing it and socket it in a crafted pedestal near roots.
'Maybe this energy will adapt it to survive in this ball, without fresh air to breath and eat food'.
While I was going to sleep because of using too much CA while still being hungry I heard cry coming from the direction of my trap. I can not help cry as I saw two rabbits pierced through head by spike made by shadow.
I quickly stopped fire by dumping some lose dirt on it effectively stopping the smoke going in hole. After rearranging an opening to drag dead rabbits out of cage.
Then I realized I cannot skin it because I don't know how to do it and I also don't know which part is safe to eat.
While thinking about this dilemma my sight falls on blood pole that was formed by its body and i cannot help but feel horrified as I see a reptile like creature sniffing it. Feeling scared I tried to back off but tripped and end up making sound alerting the creature.
As it raises it eyes, I end up making eye contact with it. Its dark yellow eyes with bit of neon green why neon, because they were glowing and I could feel it trying to gauge my threat level and I could tell I am on its menu.
While trying to get up I can not help but feel scared for my life and because of fear I didn't look where I have tripped and end up with my back to tree.
As it run in my direction making me feel panic, I activated my CA , while trying to think of a plan. Seeing lizard covered half distance between us I slammed my hand on ground and screamed.
"KILL IT"
[Affirmative, Engaging combat]
Just as I received confirmation from A.I, I ducked and formed shivered into a ball trying to push myself to tree.
While I was covering like a pathetic shit, heard a voice
Soosh!
[Target naturalized]