Nature's Punishment

*Awaken the wrath of the world.*

## Summary

Nature's Punishment is a high-quality F-Grade skill that Zac gained for his level 50 skill quest from his Hatchetman class. It summons a massive hand made of trees and roots that can physically attack and grab. At later proficiency is gains restrictive features and nature-based punishments like a mountain peak, diluvial rivers of water, and a massive tree trunk with sprouting branches.

Zac fused Deforestation with this skill to create Arcadia's Judgement using one of his upgrade skill quests.

## Skill Quest

Nature’s Many Faces (Class): Decapitate 10,000 enemies – OR – Plant 10,000 trees. Reward: Nature’s Punishment – OR – Nature’s Nurturing Skill. (0/10,000) – (0/10,000) **Book 1, Chapter 93**

He immediately decided to go for Nature’s Punishment rather than Nature’s Nurturing as soon as he saw the options, even though he only could finish Nature’s Nurturing right now. **Book 1, Chapter 93**

The eleven days of mindless killing [referring to the Wolf Waves] had been more than enough to finish his quest to decapitate ten thousand enemies. Luckily, the System considered his kills solo battle, even though he was part of the demon army, as long as he was fully responsible for the kills of the insects. **Book 1, Chapter 109**

## Skill Location

**Right Forearm**

Zac didn’t hesitate and started pouring huge amounts of Cosmic Energy into his right forearm. **Book 1, Chapter 109**

## Skill Window

[Nature’s Punishment – Proficiency: Early. Awaken the wrath of the world. Upgradeable.] **Book 1, Chapter 110**
Nature’s Punishment – Proficiency: Early. Awaken the wrath of the world. Upgradeable. **Book 2, Chapter 71**

[Nature’s Punishment – Proficiency: High. Awaken the wrath of the world. Upgradeable.] **Book 3, Chapter 90**

Nature’s Punishment (Peak): Awaken the wrath of the world. Upgradeable. **Book 4, Chapter 90**

## Early Proficiency

* The fractal on his arm was like a bottomless hole, and after seven seconds, he already had poured 80% of his remaining Cosmic Energy into it. **Book 1, Chapter 109**
* He pushed his hand forward in a grasping motion ... It felt like he was trying to push through solid matter with his arm, ... he poured the last of his energy into the fractal. With a large dissonant sound, a huge crack appeared in the air as a gigantic rough brown hand emerged out of nowhere. ... the hand was wrought from tree and roots. The fingers didn’t have any nails, and only got thinner and ended in sharp spikes. ... each finger being roughly five meters long, ... that many of the roots formed what looked like fractals all across the limb. The wooden hand mirrored the movement of Zac’s hand, ... **Book 1, Chapter 109**
* the enormous hand gripped the core like a vise and squeezed. **Book 1, Chapter 109**
* The **[Nature’s Punishment]** had worked out really well, apart from his blistering hand. **Book 1, Chapter 109**

## Middle Proficiency

* Another welcome surprise was that **[Nature’s Punishment]** and **[Nature’s Barrier]** both had evolved from the last battle [with Salvation]. **Book 3, Chapter 17**
* He had no idea just what kind of effect the upgraded skill would have, since there were no clues, but he sensed that the fractal on his forearm could take in far more energy compared to before, **Book 3, Chapter 17**
* The hand hadn’t grown larger from the upgrade, but it emitted a force condensed enough that it could rival the Dominator’s aura. It almost looked like it was tattooed with a dense print of fractals as well, creating clearly demarcated rings on the fingers. ... But the rings on the fingers of the hand suddenly lit up with a green luster, and the silver snake was briefly unable to move. ... The hand slammed into the ground with enough force that cracks were starting to form for over a hundred meters, **Book 3, Chapter 19**

## Late Proficiency

* Suddenly, a fractal twenty meters across appeared above the hand as the fractal rings on the hands shone with blinding intensity. ... It was the embodiment of earth itself. Most importantly, the aura kept intensifying, and everyone in the area was soon forced down on their knees, some even exploding due to the otherworldly pressure. ... The fractal suddenly flew straight down toward the ground, passing right through the wooden hand. The fractal caused a hundred-meter-wide indent to form around where it slammed down, and only those possessing decent defensive skills or treasures were still alive, albeit barely.The next moment, the wooden hand punched down with monstrous strength. **Book 3, Chapter 90**

## Peak Proficiency

* It was at least twice as big as before and was covered in dense fractals ... The hand moved so fast, ... almost immediately appearing in the sky above the remaining elites of the undead army. A massive fractal appeared beneath the hand, and it caused the area underneath to be subject to a tremendous strain. ... The fractal rippled ... as an enormous mountain emerged from it, its sharp summit pointing straight down ... The mountain ... emitted an ancient solidity that spread all the way to where Alea was lying. The mountain kept emerging from the array, and the pressure ... kept increasing, forcing even the giant Corpse Golems on their knees. ... The enormous wooden hand ... floated down and gave a light tap on the array, ... enormous shockwave. **Book 4, Chapter 39**
* The fact that [Nature’s Punishment] had reached Peak mastery had shocked him somewhat. ... he had barely used [Nature’s Punishment] more than ten times. **Book 4, Chapter 41**
* An unceasing deluge of water rushed out of the array in the sky, crashing into everything below in an instant. This was the true power of reaching Peak mastery of **[Nature’s Punishment]**. Nature took many shapes and forms, and the earth was just one of them. Another type of punishment of nature was the relentless waves on the ocean, crushing anything in their path. **Book 4, Chapter 41**

## Fusion

* ... and swiftly picking his first two skills to fuse [*to create Arcadia's Judgement] .*.. It was **[Deforestation]** and **[Nature’s Punishment]**. He was very happy with both skills, but they ultimately served a similar purpose in his skill set. **Book 7, Chapter 72**

## Commentary

* The spatial hole also released a torrent of a multitude of colors that offset the deathly lights of the monoliths. **Book 2, Chapter 44**
* the hand from **[Nature’s Punishment]** was getting completely drenched. “WORLD ROT!” the undead roared, and Zac felt a pain in his arm that even eclipsed the wound in his gut. It felt like his hand was quickly rotting away, and even though he had imbued the hand with the Dao of Trees, ... and Zac used all his determination to do some damage before it was too late. The rotting hand swooped down to crush the Corpselord, who desperately dodged. **Book 2, Chapter 44**
* However, the attacks were as ants trying to bite an elephant to death, and the hand was barely affected. ... The attack contained almost boundless force, as this time, the hand wasn’t imbued with the Dao of Trees, but rather the Dao of Heaviness. **Book 2, Chapter 73**
* But Zac didn’t have time to think about that, as intense pain consumed him as the enormous wooden hand was ripped in two, **Book 3, Chapter 19**
* An otherworldly pressure was released from the club [Billy's], and Zac felt the force was easily stronger than when he used his **[Nature’s Punishment]** along with the Dao of Heaviness. **Book 3, Chapter 47**
* The hand had undergone a rebirth after Nenothep was forced to stop attacking since it was imbued by the Dao of Trees with its concept of life from death. **Book 3, Chapter 49**
* He had lost some of the arm’s dexterity due to the new bulk [from using Unholy Strike], ... He quickly found a small hill and slammed the axe down with ferocious force, and the explosion almost matched the power of **[Nature’s Punishment]**. **Book 3, Chapter 86**
* Furthermore, Zac had a feeling that it had upgraded before he even used it. After reading the flavor text, he had a strong feeling that the upgrade was linked to his emotional response. **Book 3, Chapter 90**
* He knew that he had less than half his Cosmic Energy remaining after summoning **[Nature’s Punishment]**, **Book 3, Chapter 96**
* He felt that his skill was somewhat restricted in the desert, ... Did that mean that **[Nature’s Punishment]** would be useless if he fought in space? **Book 4, Chapter 97**
* But **[Nature’s Punishment]** was almost as effective a cage as **[Profane Seal]** by this point, **Book 5, Chapter 5**
* The single tree looked like any ordinary one apart from its lack of branches. But it quickly grew into a tremendous spike, like the finger of a forest god. ... almost eclipsed the mountains he had pulled through the array before, and the tip of the tree pushed straight toward the command center beneath. **Book 5, Chapter 35**
* Hundreds of sharp branches grew out of the tree and stabbed everything in its surroundings, causing another wave of carnage. ... It had turned into a twisted monument [later named the Corpse Tree] drenched in the blood of the elites of the sector, and **Book 5, Chapter 52**
* The emerald fractal that came with the skill was pretty much fixed after having been activated, but he could tilt it a little bit, which allowed him to change the direction of the stream of water. **Book 6, Chapter 17**
* but **[Nature’s Punishment]** cost him around 8 to 9% of his Cosmic Energy by this point. **Book 7, Chapter 42**