Reborn as a Demonic Tree: An Isekai LitRPG Adventure

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Artificial Intelligence: Aeon can make assistant minds from the pieces that he harvests from souls preparing for reincarnation. They are efficient and loyal, but limited to the jobs he gives them, not capable of true creativity. With the number of trees he can eventually connect to, however, and the population he's managing, their help is indispensable. Moral Myopia: Alvin is angry with Aeon for not doing enough to save Kei's life. He apparently isn't thinking about the fact that he himself completely ignored her requests to come and help out, believing that he had plenty of time to wander over later and assist, and only discovering after her death how urgent her requests actually were. Aeon, meanwhile, was fighting right beside her. Aeon: This is no true peace, Lady Yvon. It is a peace built on fear. A fear of our power. And if you know better, this peace is maintained by power. Demon King Multipus can't find Aeon despite the Core's continual warnings of an intruder, because Aeon is masking himself with demonic mana. It eventually becomes desensitised to the warnings — though not until after dealing heavy damage to its surroundings, making Aeon's job easier.

When Alexis is unable to regain control of her own body, TreeTree internally decides that the " friendship-no-jutsu route" has failed.

Even unintentionally, tea made from his branches reduces external mental influences. Several heroes use this to counteract the side effects of their class, which is designed to make them angry and push them to go fight the demon king. The fires of Demon King Baal are stalemated with his Healing Factor for years, new growth constantly forming and burning away, until a group of cultists collect the fire for their own purposes. I mean, if the justice system says who and who is to die, might as well contribute to science while dying. It's not as if the manner of death makes a difference.

Symbiotic Possession: Lumoof, upon achieving his Domain, can act as an avatar of Aeon, channelling power as if he were Aeon's main body. This gives him access to Aeon's various anti-demon auras and abilities, and allows Aeon to work around being a stationary tree. A second ago, he had been surrounded by a raging snowstorm in the depths of winter, but now the slothful tree was greeted with a gentle summer breeze that rustled his scarlet leaves. Yet, even though it had only been a second of sleep for his mortal mind, it took a moment for his tree body to wake up from hibernation.

It's funny that one of the ways to beat such 'alarm' skills, is to keep scaring them until they stop treating it seriously. Kinda like training one's body to ignore their daily morning alarm. The story was also one of the fastest growing web serials in RoyalRoad history, getting 11,000 followers in its first month and 19,000 in a single year! Maybe now he could keep control of a corpse for a lot longer... Alas, the requirement for a corpse to be always available made the skill cumbersome to use, so it was also discarded. Benevolent Dictator: As TreeTree grows in power, he eventually sets himself up as a God-Emperor (or rather, demigod). With the combined perspective of a former human turned into The Ageless, he's generally a fair and forward-thinking ruler, who promotes peace and prosperity while also building up a military force to combat existential threats. He listens to others' counsel and generally values individual freedoms — but ultimately, his word is law, with artificial minds giving him total surveillance of his domain, and rebels being executed through destructive medical research and experimentation. With all of that, his territory is probably the best place to live on the planet, and he's the best hope of repelling the demonic invasions, too. Just don't offend him.

Take Over the World: Aeon actually finds total planetary takeover to be an annoying distraction from his real work. Also, it inevitably involves a lot of preventable deaths. Still, for the sake of putting down threats and stabilising his realm, he can and will do it — on multiple worlds. His beetle armies and domain-holders are beyond what regular nations can fight, and his ability to create prosperity means that a not insignificant number of people are willing to bend the knee peacefully. Besides, given the presence of his sect members, the necessity to diversify his Qi was also not a pressing matter. It's a Xianxia, meaning a Chinese cultivation style setting with vast sects filled with immortals lording over those wishing to defy the heavens, cultivating Qi to improve their bodies, and becoming capable of flying around on flaming swords and splitting mountains with a sword swing. Recalling the dreams of how the past world trees had perished, he remembered their tendency to provide to the cultivators and cycle the Qi throughout the nine realms rather than lash out and kill those that harmed it.

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It eventually turns out that the way to safely access it is by repeatedly suffering the corruptive effects of exposure, and getting healed, until one's entire mana pool has been converted to void mana. Not something to be undertaken lightly, nor something that most people have the resources (nor inclination) to try. When the situation calls for it, Matt can hibernate for years at a time, waking up to find the world changed. There Are No Therapists: The mental influences built into the [hero] class assist the heroes in being numb to the violence and gore and dismemberment and incineration that they wade through, in their quest to slay the demon king. After the fact, however, if they survive, they're pretty much cast adrift, frequently turning to alcoholism, promiscuity, self-destructive infighting, and other ways of failing to cope with the trauma they've experienced. Hero with Bad Publicity: Aeon's rise to prominence alarms the four gods, who spread misinformation and turn a great deal of the world against him, calling his home the Cursed Continent. The princess of Baroosh attempts to access "void mana", the most powerful but also most dangerous form of mana, which is capable of creating portals to other worlds, in hopes of summoning extra heroes. The result is massive soul damage that nearly kills her, until TreeTree manages to heal her, but leaving her with lingering nightmares.

Art is okayish, and improved from chapter to chapter. In the beginning, they all have deteriorate faces and shabby bodies. Art detail is okayish as well.. its simple and not flashy.. especially in combat. All about colouring.An Arm and a Leg: Jura survives the burning of Freeka and the few escapees travelling to the elven kingdom, but he loses his left arm. Even crippled, though, he's still a more effective warrior than Laufen and the children. Much later, Aeon manages to repair his soul and restore the limb. God-Emperor: TreeTree initially requests for Jura and Laufen to be made more traditional royalty over his valley, but the people are very reluctant to accept an absolute monarch. So, on the basis that the treefolk worship him, the council decides to instead grant Jura and Laufen recognition and authority as senior members of the church. This eventually leads to TreeTree establishing his own priesthood, and establishing his rule as a local deity — a much more absolute rule than any mere mortal king, though generally fair and civic-minded. At level 150 and above, he actually starts to gain a divine domain and associated powers, too. Matt himself gains the ability to project various auras, from boosting experience gain, to increasing plant growth, to suppressing demonic power. And he's later able to impart partial auras to his subsidiary trees, allowing him to cover very large areas. Eriz is sentenced to a soul contract as a punishment for getting TreeTree involved in a fight he didn't want. It's only once the sentence is actually carried out that she discovers it's not going to take her soul immediately, and she's free to live out her life.