Hatchetman's Spirit

*Oneness with nature.*

## Summary

A high-quality F-Grade skill that Zac gained from one of his two level 75 skill quests for his Hatchetman class. It is a domain skill that creates an illusionary forest with one real tree behind the user that provides a 10% boost to strength and vitality, four defensive charges, and awareness of all in the forest.

It has synergy with the Hatchetman class skills Loamwalker and Forester's Constitution, and Nature Daos like the Fragment of the Bodhi. It boosts the efficiency of Loamwalker and renews the boost of Forester's Constitution.

## Skill Quest

* Hatchetman’s Spirit (Class): Form a nature- or axe-attuned Dao Fragment. Reward: Hatchetman’s Spirit (0/1) **Book 4, Chapter 99**
	+ *Used Dao Funnel to fuse Seeds of Sharpness and Heaviness in the Fragment of the Axe.*

* The snippets of truth were all meshed together into a perfect whole, and they together made up the Dao of the Axe. He knew he had done it; he had upgraded his two Dao Seeds into a Fragment. **Book 5, Chapter 58**

## Skill Fractal Location

**Back**

* Zac quickly scoured through his body and found a new fractal firmly placed on his back. **Book 4, Chapter 60**

## Skill Window

* Hatchetman’s Spirit – Proficiency: Early. Oneness with nature. Upgradeable. **Book 5, Chapter 61**

## Early Proficiency

* The trees quickly rose to over fifty meters in height, and some even started to grow from the wall of the fortress, ... There was one exception, though, a singular stout tree that appeared just behind Zac. ... but its leaves shone with a golden luster. Around the tree, four white ropes were tied, each of them full of intricate knots. Hanging from the ropes were some unknown talismans, ... it did emit a dense aura of life. Zac’s cells swelled to life as he felt one with nature. It was like he was strolling through his own garden rather than toward some bandit’s lair. **Book 4, Chapter 86**
* The trees were mostly projections, a way for his spirit to change the surroundings to suit him better. ... similar to a Dao Field, where he was at his optimal state while his interlopers were somewhat weakened. ... a direct buff to his Strength and Vitality, providing 10% each without any downsides like **[Hatchetman’s Rage]**. ... counted as being inside a forest, which renewed the boost he got from **[Forester’s Constitution]**. Attacking that tree would work, and cutting it down would cancel the skill. .... Each rope on the tree represented one defensive charge that could be used to protect itself or Zac, ... The skill even worked as a detection skill, as the trees essentially were his eyes and ears. ... it would take a pretty good stealth skill to move about unnoticed. **Book 4, Chapter 87**

## Middle Proficiency

* The skill had also reached Middle proficiency on the last level, since he was pretty much forced to activate it during every battle now. **Book 5, Chapter 34**
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## Late Proficiency

* and it was soon followed by **[Hatchetman’s Spirit]** reaching Late mastery **Book 7, Chapter 50**
* the evolution of **[Hatchetman’s Spirit]** resulted in the forest almost doubling in radius while the defensive charges gained some strength. The attribute bonus to Strength and Vitality was still at 10%, but one couldn’t complain considering that buff came with literally no downsides. **Book 7, Chapter 50**

## Peak Proficiency

* He had spent a herculean effort on his F-grade skills, all of which had now reached Peak mastery. **Book 7, Chapter 60**
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## Evolving

* *Manually evolved in the Orom World to **[******Ancestral Woods]****.* **Chapter 883**

## Commentary

* He was in his own forest now, and being one with the surroundings pushed the efficiency of **[Loamwalker]** to new heights, making him seem like a forest spirit that flitted back and forth amongst the illusory trees. **Book 4, Chapter 87**
* All in all, it provided a little bit of everything, helping Zac round out his Hatchetman class. **Book 4, Chapter 87**
* The illusory trees even moved about, forming what looked like an arena that enclosed the two of them. **Book 4, Chapter 87**
* Zac had noted that a higher concentration of trees around him increased his control over the area, making him sense the tiniest fluctuations of Daos or Cosmic Energy. **Book 4, Chapter 87**
* As for **[Hatchetman’s Spirit]**, he had no idea how to improve it just yet. **Book 4, Chapter 91**
* There was no chance of getting trapped or accidentally stabbed by one of the legs while the trees were his eyes. **Book 5, Chapter 3**
* His defensive skill wasn’t the only one that had benefitted [sic] from gaining the Fragment of the Bodhi. ... The forest created from **[Hatchetman’s Spirit]** now provided a defensive sphere from the outside. **Book 5, Chapter 34**
* Whatever she was doing was actually dispersing the negative effect of standing inside Miasma. It was a lot like **[Hatchetman’s Spirit]** in that regard, as it felt like the inhospitable atmosphere had suddenly turned into something uniquely suited to them. **Book 5, Chapter 82**
* He activated **[Hatchetman’s Spirit]** next to rid himself of the effect, but it didn’t work either. It was like he had lit up a weak candle of life in a raging storm of death, and his skill was ripped apart in an instant. **Book 5, Chapter 87**
* and the spectral forest of **[Hatchetman’s Spirit]** disintegrated before he even landed, as all the defensive charges were used up. **Book 5, Chapter 52**
* The skill [referring to Fields of Despair] now expanded his observation abilities to the point they almost rivaled the omniscience he gained from **[Hatchetman’s Spirit]**. **Book 7, Chapter 20**
* He really needed to find a way to upgrade **[Hatchetman’s Spirit]** soon, and it seemed like focusing on its defensive capabilities would be the smartest course of action. **Book 7, Chapter 74**
* As long as this skill [referring to Empyrean Aegis] delivered, he could focus on strengthening the domain aspects of **[Hatchetman's Spirit]** instead. **Chapter 801**