War on Highlands: A Summoner Fantasy LitRPG (Bonded Summoner Book 4) by JJ Bookerson

Author:JJ Bookerson [Bookerson, JJ]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: anonymous
Published: 2023-09-30T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 18 - Date with a Ravenwolf Girl

Jake glided in his armored wing suit, trailing after Tanda. She danced through the air as her tail wagged, them crossing the jungle within the valley.

The canopy of trees above limited the sunlight within, but various creatures and plant species survived off the bioluminescence the larger trees gave off instead.

Many colors of light were given off by the plants within, from violet to gold, and green again. He was excited to have some time to look at and better see the jungle when it wasn’t whipping by him like he was being driven in a car.

The jungle was full of colorful foliage, the many plants and creatures like a meadow full of flowers. Jake leaped over much of this, his feet only touching the ground once nearly every quarter-mile.

While he was not at the speed of Bloodberri, he was not very far off with his wing suit once fully enchanted and enhanced by Runebound: Unbound.

Periodically, Tanda would stop, and show him various plants and fauna. Jake was noticing an interesting theme among the things she would show him.

She snatched a beetle out of the air, its body a swirling mixture of purples and greens. It was larger than the size of her paw, and she pointed over to the base of a tree.

“This beetle collects the dung of larger animals and rolls it up, then–”

“We got those on Earth, too. It lays its eggs inside and lets its larva grow from there, right?”

She frowned in thought, but then smiled. “Not quite. The beetles almost work like ants as a hive, for one thing. They roll dung up to the base of that tree, and spread it out, laying their eggs there. Moles love to eat both the roots of the tree and the beetles, even if they are covered in dung. The tree uses the extra nutrients and produces vines that ensnare the moles and other creatures the beetles attract with their larvae, and they help break the corpses down with their larvae as well. The beetles will even dig down to a mole, exposing it to the vines.”

She pointed out the vines, and he could see that they swayed and moved, yet there was no wind at the moment. It was as if they were alive, and perhaps they were.

Jake had noticed that many of the creatures formed symbiotic relationships with others, in a much deeper or more significant way than most on Earth.

While one would have to search far and wide on Earth to find cooperation like this, nearly every species on Highlands had some sort of mutualism to protect them against predators, or even become predators themselves.

Jake was filled with excitement, learning about various creatures and plants, and Tanda collected some seeds and planted them in other areas. He had even seen her grab some insect eggs, and bring them to another area.

“What are you doing with planting those seeds, or bringing the insect eggs over to somewhere else?”

Tanda smiled, looking a little proud with her chin up.

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