
by JohnLake
Fellas, I think I'm possessed by a tree… There are ancient horrors in our world. Faceless. Tentacled. A thousand years old or more. And one’s inside my mind. It’s called Old Mulberry, and as far as I can tell, it used to be a tree. But they say half the tree is beneath the soil, and not all is as it seems on the surface in the Land Under Heaven. For some reason Old Mulberry’s possessed me, of all people, awakening a great power no one knew I had. But all power comes at a price. Especially the ancient kind. And aside from its VERY HELPFUL YELLING in my head, it seems to want something from me. Something about a great darkness approaching. Something I probably won’t be able to stop without losing my own humanity. Now with every school of the Green Star theoretically open to me, if I can just make it through the day without starving, burning, or getting beaten to a pulp, I might just get strong enough to stop the Land Under Heaven from turning into a black, barren desert, devoid of life. Good thing my two sworn brothers are with me, one unstoppable and one immovable, both definitely overpowered. All I’ve got right now is my little moss buddy… Grow little guy, grow! 🌿 A litRPG where the forest is the system; simple start + slow burn 💚 A DND druid-inspired/support class MC 💪 One overpowered DPS ally, and a surprisingly complex tank who has no need for plot armor 🧐 A clever MC who has to make the most of his seemingly simple abilities, or he won’t survive to become OP 💔 The donkey is the love interest… jk, there’s no romance
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| 0 | Chapter 1: An Old Mulberry Dies; a Poor Boy with Big Ears Awakens | 0 |
| 1 | Chapter 2: Poorboy Falls Victim to What Appears to be a Cruel Prank from the Gods | 0 |
| 2 | Chapter 3: Great Stories Tend to Start in Taverns, So Here We Are, Being Ever So Great | 0 |
| 3 | Chapter 4: Poorboy Makes an Acquaintance Who Has A Strangely Orderly Way of Looking at the World | 0 |
| 4 | Chapter 5: Poorboy Fights for His Life While Hogbarrell Has Some Fun… Until It Stops Being Fun | 0 |
| 5 | Chapter 6: The Three Strangers Are Kicked Out of the Tavern But Need a Place to Go | 0 |
| 6 | Chapter 7: In an All-But-Abandoned Orchard, Three Outcasts Make an Oath | 0 |
| 7 | Chapter 8: With the Help of His New Brothers, Poorboy Forms a Theory About the Life-Force Within Him | 0 |
| 8 | Chapter 9: Rebels, Bullies, and Bandits Find the Three Brothers Before They Can Find a Recruiter | 0 |
| 9 | Chapter 10: In the Face of the Rebels and in the Shadow of Old Mulberry, Another Blossoms | 0 |
| 10 | Chapter 11: Back at the Orchard, Hogbarrell Takes Charge and Lays Out His Rules | 0 |
| 11 | Chapter 12: Poorboy Tries to Come up with a Plan But Realizes Just How Outmatched They Really Are | 0 |
| 12 | Chapter 13: Poorboy Makes Use of His Newfound Power and Tries Not to Get Everyone Killed | 0 |
| 13 | Chapter 14: Poorboy’s First-Ever Real Battle Commences and He Takes on a Risky Role In It | 0 |
| 14 | Chapter 15: The Battle for the Village Comes to a Head; Poorboy Decides What It's Worth to Him | 0 |
| 15 | Chapter 16: Bitter Struggles Earn Bitter Rewards, But Not All is Lost | 0 |
| 16 | Chapter 17: A Difficult Decision for the Three Brothers Earns Valuable Information | 0 |
| 17 | Chapter 18: Poorboy Conducts a Test on the Talisman that Reveals a Dangerous Secret | 0 |
| 18 | Chapter 19: In the Recruitment Office, Poorboy Gets Recorded in the Imperial System | 0 |
| 19 | Chapter 20: A Clash With the Rebels Seeming Imminent, the Imperial Army Sets Out | 0 |
| 20 | Chapter 21: A Long March Allows Poorboy Some Time to Practice His Powers | 0 |
| 21 | Chapter 22: Carver Leads His Squad Into Position But Not Quite Where Everyone Expected | 0 |
| 22 | Chapter 23: The Battle of Broadback Hill Begins; Poorboy Tries to Stay Close to His Brothers | 0 |
| 23 | Chapter 24: Three Brothers Form a Wedge and Begin to Show Some Synergy | 0 |
| 24 | Chapter 25: Split Between Three Rebels, the Three Brothers Must Rely on Their Own Power | 0 |
| 25 | Chapter 26: Poorboy’s Fight With Rustwind Goes About How You Would Expect For a Poor Boy | 0 |
| 26 | Chapter 27: It Turns Out There’s a Lot More to Hogbarrell’s Mandate Than Meets the Eye | 0 |
| 27 | Chapter 28: Carver Decides to End His Fight, Sacrificing His Boots | 0 |
| 28 | Chapter 29: Poorboy Practices His Special Ability, With Old Mulberry’s Help | 0 |
| 29 | Chapter 30: Poorboy Dreams; He and His Companions Replenish Themselves in Camp | 0 |
| 30 | Chapter 31: In the Wake of the Battle, Poorboy Turns His Attention to the Greater Threat | 0 |
| 31 | Chapter 32: No Longer Hiding in the Ranks, Poorboy, Carver and Hogbarrell Face Gallant | 0 |
| 32 | Chapter 33: Preparing to Set Out, the Three Brothers Amend Their Oath in the Orchard | 0 |
| 33 | Chapter 34: Three Brothers Take on Gallant’s Quest; Poorboy’s Mastery of his Mandate Spells Life or | 0 |
| 34 | Chapter 35: Alone Again with His Brothers, Poorboy Gets Creative About Testing His Abilities | 0 |
| 35 | Chapter 36: The Fires of Rebellion Loom Near; Poorboy Cuts It Too Close | 0 |
| 36 | Chapter 37: The Brothers Meet a Mortal Master in Chains | 0 |
| 37 | Chapter 38: Three Men and a Donkey Begin to Feel Like a Village | 0 |
| 38 | Chapter 39: Poorboy Gets an Introduction to Masteries and Mandates | 0 |
| 39 | Chapter 40: Hogbarrell and Poorboy Don’t Sleep, Get a Lot of Stuff Wrong, Are Idiots | 0 |
| 40 | Chapter 41: Forces Coalesce on the Yellow Plains; Three Brothers Are Back in the Military Machine | 0 |
| 41 | Chapter 42: A Great Battle Takes Place; Millions Clash and Thousands Die; Poorboy Finds What He’s Lo | 0 |
| 42 | Chapter 43: Three Brothers Make a Last Camp Before the Yellow Scarf Rebellion Truly Ends | 0 |
| 43 | Chapter 44: Poorboy Climbs a Mountain Alone and Seems to Have Found What He Sought | 0 |
| 44 | Chapter 45: A Poor Boy Faces a Mortal Master; It Goes About How You Would Expect | 0 |
| 45 | Chapter 46: Heroism, Resolve and Friendship Carry the Day in a Super Long Drawn-Out, Epic Battle | 0 |
| 46 | Chapter 47: Three Brothers Begin the Journey Back, But Not the Way They Came | 0 |
| 47 | Chapter 48: Poorboy Eats a Meal Worthy of the Marquis of Mosslund | 0 |
| 48 | Chapter 49: With Some Help from Master Ash Bore’s Gift, Poorboy Learns How to Quantify a Village | 0 |
| 49 | Chapter 50: Finally Someone Actually Rewards Us For Going Through All This Mess and Saving the World | 0 |
| 50 | Chapter 51: A New Life Begins for a Poor Boy, a Carver, a War Horse and a… Hog Barrel | 0 |
| 51 | Bonus Ch1: A Poor Boy Manages to Decipher the Desperate Messages Between Trees | 0 |
| 52 | Bonus Ch2: Hogbarrell Pulls Poorboy Back into the Mortal World and Back into the Village | 0 |
| 53 | Bonus Ch3: Poorboy Delves Into a Dark Corner of his Powers to Help a Kindly Old Woman | 0 |
| 54 | Bonus Ch4: A New Threat to the Three Brothers and Their Village Emerges | 0 |
| 55 | Bonus Ch5: Poorboy Pushes the Limits of His Healing Abilities, and Perhaps Doesn’t Think | 0 |
| 56 | Bonus Ch6: The Trio Discovers What A-Tier Resources Can Do; Poorboy Gets A New Ability | 0 |
| 57 | Bonus Ch7: Three Friends Plan How to Make a Village Out of a Scattered People | 0 |
| 58 | Bonus Ch8: Poorboy Settles Into Life as a Village Chief, Some Would Even Say He Excels | 0 |
| 59 | Bonus Ch9: The Demon-Dhole Materials Come in Handy; They Set a Dangerous Course for the Village | 0 |
| 60 | Bonus Ch10: Old Mulberry Takes the Reins; Poorboy Makes a Decision; Hogbarrell Steps in It | 0 |
| 61 | Bonus Ch11: The Mystery of the Demon-Dhole Pack Comes to a Close; the World Cracks Open for Poorboy | 0 |
| 62 | Bonus Ch12: Poorboy’s Fortunes Rock Back and Forth Like a Swaying Wagon; He Gets Wagon-Sick | 0 |
| 63 | Bonus Ch13: Poorboy Refuses White Stallion’s Offer; He Returns to Heartwood Valley to a Scolding | 0 |
| 64 | Bonus Ch14: The Three Brothers Prepare for War | 0 |
| 65 | Bonus Ch15: Poorboy Becomes a Village Chief,in Truth; the Village Grows; the Respite Comes to an End | 0 |
| 66 | Bonus Ch16: Carver, Hogbarrell and Poorboy Arrive at the War Camp of the Coalition East of the Pass | 0 |
| 67 | Bonus Ch17: War Brings Old Friends Together Again But a Lot Has Changed | 0 |
| 68 | Bonus Ch18: The Story of the Three Brothers Collides With That of Sparrow | 0 |
| 69 | AUTHOR UPDATE | 0 |