Chapter 2: Seeds

The information that surfaced from the depths of my soul felt somehow familiar.

When I looked closely with an anxious mind, it was definitely the game’s status window.

[Skill]

‘Black Star… It seems to be Black Stars did not exist in

It felt like it was projected directly into my consciousness, rather than something I could actually see with my eyes.

For a moment, all my thoughts stopped.

I was afraid of what this meant.

The familiar UI that I had seen hundreds of times was now engraved into my consciousness as an absolute truth that defined my very existence.

This… This is a status window?

This is really in a game?”

My throat was parched.

Could it be that I had really become data in a game?

I calmed my trembling heart and focused my consciousness once more.

Then, as if I were opening a game menu, more detailed information came to mind naturally.

(Anonymous) Seed LV10 years old [Ability) HP: 10/10 MP: 10/10 Attack Power: 0 Magic Power: 1 Defense Power: 130 Magic Resist: 130 Agility:0 [Hibernation [Trait] [Inferno Stigma]

“Wait… Am I really in a game world?

Or is this just game data?”

‘No way… This kind of thing really exists?

A game world… That’s ridiculous…

But the reality was clear enough that I couldn’t deny it.

I’d seen situations like this in many novels, but when it actually became reality, I was filled with fear.

If this were the real world, that would be fortunate, but what if I had just become game data…

Just thinking about it sent a chill down my spine.

‘Let me think about it calmly.’

I suppressed my trembling heart and checked the information on the status window one by one.

The first thing that caught my eye was the star mark at the very front of the status window.

★ the rank indicator of Shadow Symphony…

My heart sank in that moment.

Shadow Symphony.

However, the form of this status window was exactly the same as that game.

It was as if someone had intentionally shown me the information in a form that I could understand.

‘Could it be… Is this the real Shadow Symphony world?’

As I thought of that, an even greater fear came over me.

Of all the games, this was a world in a game that didn’t even have an ending.

In the game’s world, the Demon King tried to destroy the world, and in the process, countless lives were sacrificed.

‘Haha….. This is a game that doesn’t even have an ending?

I don’t know what will happen to this world…

Can I survive here?’

I was gripped by a feeling of anxiety that made me sweat, but now was not the time to worry about that.

I had to accurately assess my own condition first.

I let out a deep sigh and turned my gaze to the next piece of information.

(No name) – No name.

The name… is gone, too.

The fact that the name disappeared actually made it feel more real.

Just like waiting for the character name to be decided before starting the game, there was only an empty space.

The next piece of information that came into view allowed me to figure out who I was.

“Seed Seed.”

At that moment, a chill ran through my entire body.

No, now that I had become a being that wasn’t even my whole body, only my consciousness trembled coldly.

It was shocking enough that I had come to a game world, but now I was a seed.

‘What… What are you talking about?

At first, I thought I was just a vegetable… but I’m a real plant?’

‘Wait a minute… Is it because I often look at the plant gallery?

No, that didn’t mean I had to become a real plant…!”

A shock that made my heart stop pound.

However, through the fact that I was a seed, I began to understand everything I had felt up until then.

Absurdity and despair mixed together.

The most helpless being that couldn’t move, speak, or breathe.

-Female.

I became a passive life form that had to wait for the natural course of things.

Since I had already become a seed, it might have been better to be in a game.

If this is really a game, I can evolve into another being…

The information that appeared next was also shocking enough for me.

LV1 – LV1.

TO years old – 0 years old.

‘Wait a minute… A woman!?’

Only then did I regain consciousness and discover the identity of the strange sense of discomfort I had felt about myself.

It wasn’t just my speech.

I could feel that my way of thinking, feeling emotions, and even recalling memories had subtly changed.

As if an old black and white photograph had been newly colored, even the same memories began to look different.

“My speech was strangely… No, it seemed strange to anyone who saw it.

Is this why?”

“But wait, plants have genders. Does that make sense?”

My mind became complicated for a moment.

It was hard to accept that my gender had suddenly changed while my memories of my past life were still vivid.

I felt confused, as if my identity that I had built up until now was collapsing.

‘Ugh. This is not the time to worry about this…

Considering my current situation, gender was a really minor issue.

Still, I couldn’t get used to this sudden change in my way of thinking and speech.

10/10

Attack: 0

Magic: 1

HP: 10/10

MP: Defense: 130

Magic Resist: 130

Agility: 0

What the heck! My HP is only 10?

This piece of trash…

Anger welled up in me.

What these numbers meant was clear.

Complete helplessness.

HP and MP lower than a slime, abilities close to 0.

Only my defense and magic resistance were in the triple digits.

‘Oh, no… I have such poor specs….?”

“No, there has to be a way.

There has to be a way…

Hibernation – Keeps life activities to a minimum.

Defense and magic resistance increase by 100.

Disappears when sprouting, ‘Disappears when sprouting?

Wait… I need this to survive…

If I sprout, even this will disappear?

How can something like this be happening?

“Disappear” was a word that weighed heavily on my heart.

Even the only advantage I had was limited in time.

My whole body trembled at the thought that even the one defense barrier that protected me would disappear someday.

I couldn’t believe that I would lose everything the moment I sprouted.

‘No way… Of course I would gain some new skill when I sprouted, right?”

I turned my gaze to my traits as if I was looking for a last hope.

“Please… I want at least the trait as a special perk…”

However, the moment I confirmed my last trait, I felt like tears were about to burst out.

[Inferno Stigma] – Vulnerable to fire.

“Why! Why fire of all things!

This is just too much!”

I recalled the end of my previous life.

Although I hadn’t experienced the pain of being burned, the fear was still vivid.

The despair of the moment when I was suffocating from the smoke seemed to be engraved on my soul like a brand.

The fact that I couldn’t shake off that weakness even in my new life felt like a twist of fate.

Again… I don’t want it to end like that again…

Please, just that..!

“Did it happen because I died in the fire…?

No, I shouldn’t think like that…”

The uneasy feeling of foreboding didn’t easily subside.

Judging from my previous gaming experience, this kind of weakness was bound to be tested at least once.

After confirming all the information, my despair grew even greater.

“Hahaha…… How much time had passed?

No matter how much I think about it, it’s a ridiculous situation…

I couldn’t deny the reality.

The fact that I was now a seed in a game.

Now I had to focus on survival.

I needed water to germinate.

Although I would lose my hibernation skill, I didn’t want to live as a seed forever.

“So, where am I?”

I spread my consciousness around.

Thanks to realizing that I was a seed, I could feel my senses as a seed slowly awakening.

The texture of the ground surrounding me, the moisture content, the temperature… everything was new.

However, I soon realized the bleak reality.

The ground was frozen hard, enveloping me.

A cold and dry sensation enveloped my entire being.

The first task would be to sprout from this frozen land.

Even if I had tremendous potential, it would be useless if I couldn’t even take the first step.

The chill emanating from the cold ground felt like a mockery.

Just as I was about to brace myself, a new notification seeped into the surface of my consciousness like an echo.

“You have acquired the ‘Perception LV1’ skill.”

“Huh, skill? Really…?”

“Perception” – Detects the surroundings.”

The status window that had exhausted me gave me good news for the first time.

However, the explanation was as sloppy as the status window.

As soon as I acquired the new skill, I instinctively felt how to use it.

From the deepest part of my mind, my consciousness spread out to the surroundings as waves.

As if I was submerged in water, a subtle tremor enveloped my entire body.

I could perceive the range of a very small sphere centered around me.

It was different from what I could see with my eyes, but I was definitely able to see in a new way.

As if looking into a fishbowl from outside, I saw the things inside the sphere with a new perspective.

As expected, except for me, all I could see was hard frozen dirt.

I focused on myself.

A small black seed.

Dirt all around me, I couldn’t tell the exact size, but it looked like a watermelon seed.

It looked exactly like a watermelon seed, with a black skin and a slightly flat shape.

“A watermelon?”

At that moment, the status window notified me of a new notification.

[Detection LV2] skill has increased.

‘Huh, it’s this easy to increase?”

Suddenly, I remembered the black star that decorated the beginning of the status window containing my information.

In Shadow Symphony, the number of stars meant potential.

Perhaps this unknown grade hinted that I had potential of 5 stars or higher.

‘Yes, this is the right balance…

I looked at the slightly expanded detection range with hope and discovered a substance that wasn’t dirt.

When I looked at the mysterious blue substance, its information appeared in the status window.

Protenj Ore – Protenc

A metal with high hardness and strength that holds cold air.

Rarely found in the Sia Kalt Ice Cave.

Since there was only…

When I consciously…

‘Huh… Am I really…

The level of the…

Just as I was about to question why I had the ability to know such information, the word ‘Sia Kalt’ caught my eye.

“Isn’t this referring to the Sia Kalt Great Labyrinth?”