Master Of None

Chapter 2349: 2349. In Flames

The rumble of the earth was enough to shock them when everyone realized that the guardian vine and root had made a lot more changes than what they could see above ground. large intertwined roots tore through the earth and reared up toward the sudden flurry of arrows that Gil fired from a distance.

This major distraction had been the original plan so that they could push forward. But since they were not watching such a large scale response, Walker temporarily held the fire ball he had made back. The same with the other elves and their arrows.

”It made itself a complete safe area!” This wasnʼt what a plant should be able to do. Alma knew that she had never seen a plant capable of this. If a single seed were to be found, she needed it. It could be an immense method of growth for her.

The more that they watched the roots rear up, the more that they all realized they were watching the guardian plant and root stand up for the lost part.

A massive ball of tree roots rose from the ground, the trees connected to those roots were standing stiff connected at the branches. The guardian vine and root had more or less made a platform of dense roots and a lattice of defensive fused branches to guard itself.

”It might be closer to being a monster than what we imagined. This plant has enough innate intelligence that it was already changing.” Walkerʼs stunned amazement came from the fact that he had never seen this happen.

Not many people had ever seen when a plant was absorbing enough mana to change. It wasnʼt even thought to be possible in some instances. Let alone something someone could facilitate either.

Yet their group was witnessing it. Whether it was because the poison jungle dungeon had just returned to the world or if this guardian vine and root was special, didnʼt seem clear. What was clear, was that this was the edge where it was either going to remain a plant destroyed by the group. Or become a monster fighting for life.

The next boom of earth was from many smaller braided roots and vines beginning to explore the area. Attacking the ground, smaller monsters that were foolish enough to come near the sounds, and the group who were preparing to change their plan.

”The root balls need to be burned to ash. That is the best way to get rid of it, right Walker?” Gil had already released some wind gathering arrows. They had been dulled to stick in the hurt target and draw more wind mana instead of piercing.

The difference in arrows was to prepare for a bigger fire attack. He knew that Walker was planning to do just that from the start. He hadnʼt realized he would need the wind gathering arrows though.

The arrows were few because they could not be made only with the archer. Instead, a proper rune carver was needed since the wind runes were technically a wind mana gathering formation on a very small scale. It took very high skill to make.

Arcane archers could carve runes in arrows, but to a limit. And they could not carve them elsewhere. Meaning that they had to look outside of their class to be able to make these arrows. In turn, that made them fewer in number than wind piercing arrows or other arrows in general.

”I am going to climb up the trees. Gil, keep distracting with the other archers. Alma, can you grow some vines to interrupt the others? It canʼt be able to control your vines so quickly since all of the mana in all the trees is being directed to natural defenses. It canʼt even keep the small plants alive, itʼs cannibalizing them.”

It wasnʼt hard to see the smaller plants beginning to crumble and dry out. All the nutrients and mana was being stolen from them. The guardian vine and root was using them to defend itself and remain strong. It felt threatened.

Imagining a plant life this was well beyond Walker. He questioned what else might exist within this dungeon or other dungeons. Things that even ancient times had not dealt with. Great opportunities mixed with even greater dangers.

The fireball that Walker had made was instantly condensed. The eternal codex was in magic staff form again, channeling the fire mana and even adding a little dark mana in to it. He wanted to decay the main root ball of the guardian vine and root. That way he would do damage to it with residual dark decaying mana after the fire ball hit and if it did not continue to burn.

Leaping in to the nearby trees that were slightly moving and withering, Walker saw their branches whip toward him. They were slow though.

So many arrows were being shot at the nearby trees causing the manas to be spread out. If the guardian vine and root had been a monster it might have the intelligence to realize this was all a ruse to cause it to slow and weaken. It was not yet though. It had yet to become a monster at all.

While this begged a question of whether this was a process to become a monster and one day an intelligent race, those thoughts were far from Walkerʼs mind.

His movements were agile as he dodged branches and got high enough to see the risen platform of roots. Through the lattice of branches, he could see a deeper green vine curled around an older looking tree. The stem was a very deep green full of large amounts of condensed manas. Profit was trying to grow even more.

The release of condensed dark fire made the what grow in the entire area. Everyone took cover before the impact shook the air itself. But the lattice was not just one tree branch. It was several condensed and fused over and over again. Walker hadnʼt realized the long process of growth that the guardian vine and root had gone through over the years.

”You are really dumb!” The roaring insult made Walker put up an even stronger defense. He brought war around everyone to block the next burst of heat.

A draconic roar broke through the entirety of the poison jungle while the flames took on a life of their own. Remey had arrived out of nowhere with an incense aura of fire and destruction around her fist.

The force she dealt out caused most of the defensive fused branches to be reduced to ash in seconds. If someone were to look for anyone who could be called an expert in controlling fire mana with force, Remey would be it.

Just because she had the alchemy side of her class and skills, did not mean she was weak at all. Brawler was her first and most experiences were in brawling. Fighting others fist to fist and using her force to break them.

Now, she was using the defense breaking fist with the fire mana she could wield. Injecting that fire mana in to the root ball that the guardian vine and root had created and igniting fire within the very center. Walker could sense just how she had stolen the fire mana he had added from the air. She had taken control over it as soon as he had let it go. Giving her a major boost to her attack and dealing even more damage overall.

In just a few breaths, the flailing vines and branches began to seize their movements. The platform of roots and tree branches also started to fall to the ground while burning up. Dense ash fell to the ground in clumps while the smoke caused the area to become harder to see through. The perfect deterrent for other monsters which could carry some poisons toward their group.

”You shall left without me. You came somewhere full of things I can use. And you didnʼt even wait for me to get here when you were here.” Remeyʼs foot stomped on the ground as the flames around her died down.

”I thought you might need my assistance as well, I was very wrong it seems.” Mordant held himself back while looking at Remey. He had come but realized that she had been ready to let loose more than anything for this small expedition.

”All of you can worry about whatever else later. Look for seeds in this ash. That guardian vine and root was so defensive that it has to have something protected. I ended that seed to see what else I can grow with it. I can protect an entire forest easily!” Alma was already phishing everyone apart. She had not ended to really fight, so she would use all her mana to figure this out. The others couldnʼt stop her.

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