144. Chapter 144
Leaving behind the Lizardman crawling on the floor, Seun turned to Curse Rafflesia.
I was planning on getting rid of that corpse by burning it anyway, so the Lizardmen crawling on the floor at that time would be enough to organize it at once.
“It’s really dirty, but it’s grown so big.”
The incense flowers that Seun saw in books were generally flowers about 2m in diameter. However, the incense flower wriggling right in front of my eyes was so huge that one petal reached 2m.
Is there a difference between the corpse flower grown naturally and the corpse flower artificially grown?
The wriggling petals resembled the skin of an animal, not a plant.
‘Fire would be nice.’
In the books that Seun had read, it was said that the corpse was destroyed by burning it with fire.
The important point is that even the corpse piles where the corpse has taken root must be completely burned.
Recalling that point, Sewoon prepared the magic.
– The power of ‘Inferno’ is enhanced according to the tricks of the Black Tower.
Roaring!
With the trick of the Black Tower, black flames spewed out.
The flames that burned the lizardmen who stumbled along the way soon covered Curse Rafflesia, which was perched on top of the pile of corpses.
The wriggling of the petals quickened, and the roots moved painfully.
and… … .
“Kee-eee!!”
From the pitch-black hole in the center of the flower, a shrill scream was heard, unbelievable for a plant.
It was a sound reminiscent of the scream of a mandrake, a plant that kills life with just its scream.
The scream was not just a cry of pain.
A shrill scream created wind pressure, quelling the surrounding flames.
A situation that even Sewoon could not have expected.
It was an ability that did not exist for the 2m tall Curs Rafflesia described in the book in the first place.
And his madness didn’t stop there.
“Kiss! Buy, save me!”
“Kiyaaa!”
The roots of the corpse, blackened by the flames, fluttered in the air and caught the ankle of the Lizardman who was crawling on the floor.
No, it went beyond being simply caught and penetrated between the hard scales and got stuck into the skin.
Gul-Luck, Gul-Luck!
“Kish it!”
The corpse flower began to greedily suck the blood of the Lizardmen.
The root repeats contraction and expansion, delivering sticky green blood to its owner.
The more it did, the more the petals of the inflorescence swelled up.
The swollen petals grew in size in an instant, until they completely covered the pile of corpses.
“Kee-eee!!”
Song Chang-hwa once again let out a terrible scream.
The groaning sound that even made the clouds in the sky dissipate was enough to make even Sewoon stop his ears.
If there were orcs on this floor, they too would have realized the existence of the corpse from this sound.
However, by then it will be too late.
Songjanghwa has already gone beyond the level of a simple plant.
This is equivalent to the boss monster in the swamp that Seun knew. No, it was more than that.
– The power of the ‘Fire Cannon’ is enhanced according to the tricks of the Black Tower.
Kwaaang!!
A high-temperature flame struck the corpse.
No matter how much he grew up, he judged that fire would be his weak point since he was a plant, so he used stronger magic.
If the Inferno was a flamethrower, the Fire Cannon was a cannon made of flame.
The high-temperature heat accompanying the physical impact exploded, and black smoke burst out.
Boom, Kwa Gwa Kwang!!
Even so, Sewoon’s magic did not stop.
Fired five fire cannons into the black smoke.
Even the damp swamps couldn’t absorb the vibrations, causing ripples, and the heat cracked the hardened mud like drought-stricken earth.
I couldn’t hear the screams of Song Jang-hwa anymore.
In order to check the condition of Song Jang-hwa, Sewoon stopped the magic and took a deep breath.
The smoke quickly dissipated thanks to the hot air.
And what you see in it… … .
“Could it be, did you stop it?”
It was a hardened mud wall.
Looking closely, I could see the roots of the indian flowers sparsely through the mud walls.
Before the fire cannons arrived, the corpse had used its roots to scoop up mud and build a wall.
Looking back, the roots and even the flowers were soaked in swamp mud, enduring the heat around them.
It was difficult to see it as a simple survival instinct.
It wasn’t just the size that had grown beyond common sense. The subject of plants developed intelligence enough to block flames using mud.
‘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 found that shows an intelligent behavior to the extent of using mud to stop fire like the corpse flower seen now.
In addition to guilds related to combat, there are also places that seek monster knowledge, such as adventurers’ guilds and schools, so if you report the current situation to those places, you’ll get a pretty plausible response.
Whiririk!
Dozens of roots bent like whips and flew towards Seun.
Even when I first saw it, the roots that were the size of a forearm were now as thick as a human torso.
I felt a pressure that was incomparable to when the Lizardmen came under siege… … .
– Through internal air, the blood roar of blood and blood roar is strengthened.
– Heat is added to martial arts according to Ja Ha-gong’s description.
The way to escape the attack was the same.
As the heat-bearing sword scattered in all directions, no matter how thick the whip was, it lost its vitality and was only cut off.
Taking advantage of that gap, Sewoon ran forward.
Recognizing Seun’s approach, Song Jang-hwa let out a grotesque scream and spread its roots.
‘The fire doesn’t work anymore.’
His defense using mud was stronger than expected against fire.
Hardened mud has excellent defense against physical attacks as well as electricity and wind magic.
However, it is also impossible to remove it step by step from the root with a sword.
squeak.
Squeak-
This is because the roots that Seun cut grow back with amazing restorative power.
At least it did not grow any more if it was cut off with an attack that increased the energy, but as time passed, more roots were growing from under the corpse flower.
This means that Songjanghwa is still growing.
There was nothing to be gained by wasting time cutting down roots like this.
– The constellation ‘Serpent Surrounding Envy’ wonders why it doesn’t use its authority.
Sewoon smiled lightly at Leviathan’s message.
There was only one case where Sewoon did not dare to use the power of jealousy.
Right away, it was a case where the enemy was not strong enough to deal with it while taking time.
Song Jang-hwa is clearly far beyond what Sewoon knew, but Song Jang-hwa is still Song Jang-hwa.
– The treasure house of greed has been opened.
[ Cold Blade, Almas ]
– A favorite sword used by Turpin, Archbishop of Reims, one of Charlemagne’s 12 knights. It is said that its blade is made of ice and emits cold air.
Durandal’s blade froze cold.
Is it because Durandal is also the sword of Roland, one of Charlemagne’s 12 knights, and has the same origin? It seemed that Mamon’s treasure was expressing its power more strongly than usual.
Whirly Rick!
Hundreds of roots came over Seun’s surroundings.
It was not a simple frontal attack, but an omnidirectional attack attacking both sides and back together.
It was full of will to never let go of the enemy who dared to attack him.
squeak-
However, the roots of Song Jang-hwa did not reach Sewoon this time either.
As the ice blade rotated in a circle, the roots that attacked in all directions froze up along with the swamp.
Even the roots covered in mud couldn’t keep out the chill.
Taat!
Sewoon stepped on the frozen root and jumped up.
I could see that he was again building a wall of mud to block Sewoon’s attack.
Certainly, if I had blown sparks this time, I wouldn’t have been able to break through that wall.
And the moment he falls, hundreds of roots will spring up like snakes, choking and squeezing Seun’s body and sucking in nutrients.
However, this attack is different.
Hard!
Sewoon raised his sword vertically and cut it.
Then, a sharp pillar of ice resembling an ice blade soared from the swamp.
The mud wall the corpse had pierced so lightly that it wriggled its petals in bewilderment, but this is only the beginning.
Cadde deug!!
Sharp pillars of ice soared one after another.
It wasn’t just a pillar that could cut through something, it was a pillar of ice that froze everything it touched.
Roots were cut off and frozen repeatedly.
The pile of sachet on the floor was not a shield.
So desperate that Song Jang-hwa abandoned herself and the pile of corpses she had raised up until now and tried to get up and run away, but the frozen roots grabbed her.
As they moved forward, the pillars of ice that grew taller eventually came to the bottom of the corpse.
“Kee-eh.”
pop.
I couldn’t even finish screaming and was trapped in a huge ice pillar.
At the same time, the roots that were wriggling in all directions to protect the main body stopped moving and fell onto the swamp.
Indeed, Mamon’s Noble Phantasm.
It has grown abnormally and put to sleep the incense that transcends common sense with a single attack.
– The Hidden Quest, ‘Lizardman’s Strategy’ has been completed.
– Completed the hidden quest, ‘Overgrowth’.
– Additional points are awarded for the trial ‘Crossing the Swamp’.
After all, it was a hidden quest.
I don’t know how this will affect the next ordeal, but how is it? At that time, it is enough to find a solution at that time.
Right now, I was just taking the best way I could.
blah blah!
Sewoon swung his sword to collect some of the petals of the frozen corpse and stuffed them into the subspace pocket.
If there is an opportunity to report to the society, I was thinking of putting this up as evidence.
Of the information that exists in the adventurer’s guild or society, there must be a lot that Seun doesn’t know about.
When you run into trouble while climbing the tower, you may have a chance to borrow their help using this as an excuse.
Of course, the rest… … .
– You ate ‘Curs Rafflesia’.
– By absorbing nutrients, all stats increase by 5.
into Beelzebub’s mouth.
I wondered if there would be a recurrence if there were even small roots or seeds left, but seeing as he found and swallowed even a piece of ashes or a piece of ice, it seemed like there was no need to worry about that.
‘Now… … .’
Lizardman’s strategy completely collapsed.
As soon as Curse Rafflesia disappeared, the poison around it was buried in the swamp and gradually disappeared.
Thanks to the nature of the swamp, the poison will quickly sink deep underground and will soon regain its original environment.
‘Which way to go?’
I was worried for a while.
Of course, if I go a little further like this, the ordeal on the 11th floor will end with the end of the green swamp… … .
If there is Curse Rafflesia, wouldn’t it be possible to find the demons raised by the orcs on the 10th floor?
48 hours wasn’t long enough for a normal player to barely get through the green swamp, but if you use the emergency fund, you can get to the other side with enough time left.
Speaking of Witchbeasts, at this time, they would still be immature, so it might be better to deal with them in advance rather than dealing with them on a higher floor.
By the time Se-jun was in the middle of his thoughts… … .
Click.
A weak presence was felt in the blind spot.
‘I’m sure all the monsters around here have been cleaned up?’
By any chance, did the Lizardmen arrive after hearing the commotion?
It was faster to move my body than to worry.
Before he knew it, Sewoon, who ran lightly over the swamp using the memorial stone, was able to arrive at the back of a rotten tree whose pillar was broken in the battle with Song Jang-hwa.
Immediately take out Durandal and point the tip of the knife at the place where you felt the presence.
“Hee! me no! not the enemy! me, not bad! Help me!”
“what?”
A dwarf, about as tall as Seun’s waist, was begging for his life on his butt in shock.