Episode 144
144. Episode 144
Leaving the lizardman crawling on the ground behind, Seun turned towards Curse Rafflesia.
Since I was planning to burn that funeral procession anyway, I could just take care of the lizardmen crawling on the ground at once.
“You really grew it so damn big.”
The chrysanthemums that Seun had seen in books were generally flowers with a diameter of about 2 meters. However, the chrysanthemums that were wriggling in front of him now were huge, with each petal measuring 2 meters.
Is there a difference between a naturally grown scorpion and one grown artificially by providing a corpse?
The wriggling petals resembled the skin of an animal rather than a plant.
‘The fire must be nice.’
In the books that Se-un read, it was said that all the pine cones were burned and destroyed.
The important thing is to completely burn the ash heaps where the ash tree has taken root.
With that in mind, Seun prepared his magic.
– The power of ‘Inferno’ is strengthened according to the Black Tower’s magic.
Hurrruk!
A black flame gushed out from the Black Tower.
The flames that advanced, burning the lizardmen that were standing in the way at the crossroads, soon covered the Curse Rafflesia that had settled on the pile of corpses.
The petals began to sway faster, and the roots moved as if in pain.
and…….
“Kee-eeee!!”
From the pitch-black hole in the center of the flower, a shrill scream was heard that was so loud it was hard to believe it was coming from a plant.
It was a sound reminiscent of the scream of the mandrake, a plant that kills life with just its scream.
The scream was not a simple cry of pain.
A shrill scream created a blast of wind that completely extinguished the surrounding flames.
A situation that even Seun could not have predicted.
In the first place, it was an ability that did not exist in the 2m-tall Curse Rafflesia described in the book.
And the bastard’s tantrum didn’t stop there.
“Shhh! Sa, save me!”
“Kiyaaaaak!”
The roots of the charred ash tree, blackened by the flames, fluttered into the air and caught the ankles of the lizardmen crawling on the ground.
No, it went beyond simply grabbing it, penetrating between the hard scales and embedding itself into the skin.
Gulp, gulp!
“Kishit!”
The scorpion began to suck the lizardman’s blood greedily.
The roots repeatedly contracted and expanded, delivering sticky green blood to their master.
The more this happened, the more the petals of the safflower swelled.
The swollen petals grew in size in an instant, and before long they were large enough to completely cover the pile of corpses.
“Kee-eeeeeek!!”
Song Jang-hwa let out a terrible scream once again.
The noise was so loud that it made even the clouds in the sky scatter, and it even made Se-un cover his ears.
If there were orcs on this floor, they would have also realized the presence of the corpse by this sound.
But by then it will already be too late.
The safflower has already gone beyond the level of a simple plant.
At this level, it was on par with the boss monsters of the swamp that Seun knew. No, it was even better.
– The power of ‘Fire Cannon’ is strengthened according to the Black Tower’s magic.
Kwaaaaang!!
A high-temperature flame struck the charcoal fire.
No matter how much it grew, it was judged that it would be weak to fire as a plant, so it unleashed even stronger magic.
If Inferno was a flamethrower, Fire Cannon was a cannon made of flame.
A burst of high temperature accompanied by physical impact erupted, and black smoke erupted.
Boom, bang!!
However, Seun’s magic did not stop.
Five fire cannon shots were fired into the black smoke.
Even the damp swamps could not absorb the vibrations and rippled, and the mud hardened by the heat and cracked like a drought-stricken land.
Song Jang-hwa’s screams could no longer be heard.
Seun stopped his magic and took a breath to check the condition of the sack.
The smoke quickly disappeared thanks to the hot air.
And what you see inside is… … .
“Could it be that you stopped it?”
It was a solid mud wall.
Looking closely, I could see the roots of a sedge plant here and there between the mud walls.
Before the fire cannons struck, the scorpion used its roots to dig up mud and create a wall.
Looking back, I saw that the roots and even the flowers were soaked in swamp mud, enduring the surrounding heat.
It was difficult to see it as a simple survival instinct.
It wasn’t just the size that had grown beyond common sense. On the topic of plants, they had the intelligence to use mud to ward off fire.
‘I can report this to the school later.’
There are many plants that move instinctively to kill enemies or defend themselves.
However, no plant has yet been discovered that displays intelligent behavior, such as using mud to put out fire, like the fire extinguisher seen now.
In addition to the guilds related to battle, there are also places in the tower that seek knowledge of monsters, such as the Adventurer’s Guild and the School of Learning. If you report the current situation to those places, you will likely receive a fairly plausible response.
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Whirlyrick!
Dozens of roots flew towards Seun, whipping him like a whip.
When I first saw it, the root was as thick as my forearm, but now it was as thick as a person’s torso.
The pressure I felt was incomparable to when the Lizardmen surrounded me… … .
– Blood Wolf Sword Technique’s sacrificial ritual, Blood Wolf Roar, is strengthened through internal energy.
– According to the secret of Jahashin Gong, heat is added to the martial arts.
The method of escaping the attack was the same.
As the hot black energy flew in all directions, no matter how thick the whip was, it lost its vitality and was simply cut off.
Taking advantage of the gap, Se-un ran forward.
Song Jang-hwa, who noticed Se-un’s approach, spread out her roots while repeatedly letting out a strange scream.
‘The fire won’t go out anymore.’
The mud-based defense proved to be more resistant to fire than expected.
Hardened mud has excellent defense against physical attacks as well as electricity and wind magic.
However, it is also impossible to remove it from the root with a sword.
Crunch.
Slurp-
This is because the roots that Seun cut down grow back with amazing resilience.
Even though the cut surface was supported by an attack with added yang energy, it stopped growing further, but as time passed, more and more roots were growing under the pine tree.
This means that the pine tree is still growing.
There was nothing to be gained by wasting time like this, uselessly cutting off the roots.
– The constellation, ‘The Serpent Surrounding Time’, wonders why he does not use his powers.
Seun smiled faintly at Leviathan’s message.
There was only one case where Se-Woon did not use the power of jealousy.
That’s right, the enemy wasn’t so strong that it was worth wasting time fighting them.
Song Jang-hwa is clearly far beyond the level Se-woon knows, but Song Jang-hwa is still Song Jang-hwa.
– The Treasure Trove of Greed has been opened.
[Sirin Blade, Almas]
– A sword used by Turpin, Archbishop of Rheims and one of Charlemagne’s twelve knights. It is said that the blade is made of ice and radiates cold air.
The blade of Durandal’s sword froze cold.
Durandal is also the sword of Roland, one of Charlemagne’s twelve knights, so perhaps it is because of their similar origins? It seemed like Mammon’s treasure was displaying its power more strongly than usual.
Whirlirik!
Hundreds of roots grew around Seun.
It was not a simple frontal attack, but an all-out attack that covered both sides and the rear, perhaps preparing to spread their roots under the swamp for a surprise attack.
It was filled with the determination to never let go of an enemy who dared to attack him.
Crunch-
However, the roots of the pine tree did not reach Se-un this time either.
As the blades of ice spun in a circle, the roots that had been coming from all directions froze solid along with the swamp.
No matter how much mud was applied to the roots, they could not block the cold air.
Taat!
Seun jumped up, stepping on the tip of the frozen root.
This time, the bastard was seen extending his roots and raising a wall of mud to block Seun’s attack.
Surely, if I had blown the sparks this time, I wouldn’t have been able to break through that wall.
And the moment it falls down, hundreds of roots will shoot up like snakes, squeezing and pressuring Seun’s body and sucking up nutrients.
But this attack is different.
Crack!
Seun raised his sword vertically and slashed.
Then, from the swamp, sharp pillars of ice resembling ice blades rose.
The mud wall that Song Jang-hwa had raised was so lightly pierced that the thing flapped its petals in confusion, but this was only the beginning.
Kkardududuk!!
Sharp pillars of ice rose up one after another.
It wasn’t just a pillar that cut down something, it was a pillar of ice with a chilling cold that froze everything it touched.
The roots were cut off and frozen repeatedly.
The pile of corpses on the floor provided no protection.
He was so desperate that he tried to abandon the pile of corpses that had raised him and run away by raising his roots, but the frozen roots caught him.
The ice pillar rose higher and higher as it advanced, eventually reaching the bottom of the pine cone.
“Kee-eeee.”
Stop.
I was trapped in a giant ice pillar before I could even finish screaming.
At the same time, the roots that had been wriggling around in all directions to protect the main body stopped moving and fell into the swamp.
Indeed, Mamon’s treasure.
He put the abnormally grown, supernaturally grown Song Jang-hwa to sleep with a single attack.
– Completed the hidden quest, ‘Lizardman’s Trick’.
– Completed the hidden quest, ‘Overgrowth’.
– Additional points are awarded for the trial ‘Crossing the Swamp’.
As expected, it was a hidden quest.
I don’t know how this will affect the next trial, but whatever. Then we’ll just figure out a solution for that time.
For now, I was just doing the best I could.
Bam!
Seun swung his sword and collected some of the frozen sage petals, putting them in his subspace pocket.
If I ever get the chance to report to an academic society, I plan to present this as evidence.
There is probably a lot of information that exists in the Adventurer’s Guild or the Academy that Seun doesn’t know.
If you encounter any difficulties while climbing the tower, you may use this as an excuse to ask for their help.
Of course, the rest of it is… … .
– Predated on ‘Cursed Rafflesia’.
– Absorbs nutrients and increases all abilities by 5.
Entered Beelzebub’s mouth.
I was worried that it might relapse if there were any remaining roots or seeds, but seeing it find and swallow even a single ash particle or piece of ice, it seemed like there was no need to worry about that.
‘Now…….’
The lizardmen’s plan was completely foiled.
As soon as the Curse Rafflesia disappeared, the surrounding poison was gradually disappearing, buried in the swamp.
Due to the nature of the swamp, the toxin will quickly sink deep underground, so it will quickly return to its original environment.
‘Which way to go?’
I was worried for a moment.
Of course, if we continue just a little further, the Green Swamp will end and the 11th floor’s ordeal will end… … .
If there is a Curse Rafflesia, wouldn’t it be possible to find the demon beast raised by the orcs on the 10th floor?
48 hours is not a long time for a normal player to barely escape the green swamp, but if you use the portrait rain, you can easily reach the other side in the remaining time.
Even if it is a demon, it is still immature at this point, so it may be better to deal with it now rather than dealing with it at a higher level.
While Se-woon was deeply troubled… … .
Snap.
A faint noise was felt in the square.
‘I thought you cleared out all the monsters around here?’
Could it be that the Lizardmen have arrived after hearing the commotion?
It was faster to move my body than to think.
Se-Woon, who was using the portrait to lightly run across the swamp, was able to reach the back of the rotten tree whose pillar had been broken during the battle with Song Jang-Hwa.
Immediately take out your sword and point the tip of the sword at the place where you feel movement.
“Eek! I’m not! I’m not the enemy! I’m not bad! Please save me!”
“what?”
A dwarf who was about as tall as Se-un’s waist was begging for his life, falling on his buttocks in shock.
fantasy,
