**Chapter 43 - The Carnivorous Flower Queen**
Medana slashed the two fairy trap trees that seemed to be holding something back with her sword, causing the two school teachers to fall. Both of their bodies were affected, and it didn't seem like they could continue fighting.
"Where's Lisa?" Medana asked without delay. Master Arthur was so surprised that the silver-armored knight knew their student that he could not answer anything.
"I don't have time," Medana said, looking at the duration of the gas mask, which was less than ten minutes.
"She ran into the hall. I made her leave through the west gate." At Master Arthur's words, Medana nodded and turned to face where the school might be. Then...
"You should get out of here quickly... The gas can make you sleepy and delirious. The longer you take, the more dangerous it is."
Master Arthur nodded to Medana and immediately ran to where the gate was. They were not foolish and did not try to save the students inside. Instead, they would seek help from outside forces.
Medana looked at the main hall, which was now completely covered with bushes, while carrying the sword. If you didn't know, it looked like it had been abandoned for a hundred years.
Furthermore, ever since the release of the two teachers, the entire forest had become quieter than usual and completely abnormal.
"I think that mutant noticed me," Medana said, blowing air out of her nose. It wouldn't be long. All the carnivorous flowers and vines in the surrounding area rushed towards her.
"System... I'm going to use up the force and enter the school."
[Assignment accepted. I will open the attack system. All Void streams have been filled. Of the remaining 68%, 20% must be used immediately.]
The artificial muscles in Medana's suit instantly swelled, and her speed and strength instantly quadrupled. Her current power was already slightly superior to that of a B+ rank mutant.
Then, swinging the sword left and right, she rushed into the school hall. Hundreds of carnivorous plants were left to fall to the ground.
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"Chee... that Silver Knight is..." In the middle of the campus, there was a giant trunk and a flower tree that could fit four people. At the top of the big flower was a huge white flower, and it was impossible to tell what kind of flower it was. One of the distinguishing features is that the edges of the petals have serrated spines, and the petals themselves look very much like a tongue. The stamens are like giant pillars and are shaking like spiders' hands.
The queen of carnivorous flowers, the white hunting flower, is a Nigerian species. It was about a thousand times bigger than normal, so it was very scary.
In the trunk of the big flower, there was a girl. The girl's limbs were stuck in the trunk, and she couldn't seem to move. There was no longer a flower on her head, but instead, there was a single root, branching out into thousands of stems that spread throughout the forest.
"A hero from the outside came in and saved the two trashes? And it looks like she wants to save the girl."
'I can't allow it.' The girl smiled almost from ear to ear and grinned through her set of shark-like teeth.
"Hehehe..."
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Medana, who thought the attack of the plants would be over once she reached the school hall, was in great danger. Fly eater vines with red arms would come in through the windows and wrap around her and try to pull her out. If it wasn't for the sword, she would have been dead.
[Suit Remaining Energy: 46%] [7:39]
As a tech suit, Medana's suit has limited energy. In other technologies, the Silver Knight suit was ahead, but in energy, it only equipped the archetype - 01 reactor, just like the prototype Paladin-1s. Because of the increased capacity, the reactor is already overloaded.
"I need a new reactor if I can get back out."
Suddenly Medana saw a venus trap flower with its mouth closed, entered the room, and cut it with a knife.
A few purple vines interfered, but it wasn't too much of a problem. A dying sixty-year-old woman emerged from the flower.
"Mindful master... You are a first-generation A- hero. Why would someone like you be the headmaster of such a small school?"
Of the 47 first-generation heroes, 8 were from the United States. Metal paladin, Captain Stateman, Mindful Master was the top three and the most famous.
"Because my teacher gave me this assignment." The white-haired, infirm old Hero grandmother shook her head.
"Girl...I'm a dying old lady, I'm just maintaining this course after my teacher retires."
Medana was embarrassed to be called a 'girl.' Under the eyes of someone who could spread the consciousness of an entire school, Medana's dress could not hide her true form.
Mindful Master's words are not difficult to understand. Captain Statesman was her senior, who taught her what a hero should know, and who founded the first hero training, the New York State Hero School.
As more vines came, Medana cut them down with a knife. The panting old hero pointed to the side of the dormitory with her hand.
"The person you're looking for is fighting at the end of the dormitory. But you can't take her out without defeating the Flower Mutant."
Medana also nodded. Lisa was the target of the Flower Mutant, so she couldn't be taken out easily.
"I've scanned the entire area and there is a flower queen in the middle of the campus. Destroying that plant will destroy the entire area."
Area-type mutant powers are not without their weaknesses. There are usually things like the center. However, she did not think that the center of the flower mutant would appear from there.
Medana nodded. The principal said nothing more. She was lying panting on the ground, gasping for breath slowly as if she no longer had the strength to speak. Some vines had already come to wrap around her legs.
"After this is over... you protect this school. You have the same character as a metal paladin. Even if I don't tell you, you'll still protect it."
The principal finally laughed. From the beginning, she considered herself a mortal. The vines gradually covered the principal completely.
Medana didn't look back and ran towards Lisa. Not enough time. It took two minutes to meet the principal, and only five minutes left.
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"Ahh... ahh..." Lisa fell back, grabbed her neck, and gasped for breath. After coughing a little, blood came from her mouth. Blood was constantly flowing from the two holes in her neck, and she felt as if she would lose consciousness.
Bat grabbed Lisa by the neck, who was staring at her with big dead eyes, and dragged her down the corridor. The joints in all of Lisa's limbs were round, and it was obvious that they were all broken.
Then, Bat Mutant picked up a piece of glass scattered from the broken window and tried to scribble on Lisa's face.
Suddenly, a flower shaped like a human mouth grew from the mossy wall and shouted.
"Slager, don't play. A hero's in there. Let's knock it out before the next wave of heroes arrive."
Slager looked at the flower and pulled it from the root. "Isn't that alone? It doesn't matter. I just want to drink blood."
From her hand, Lisa raised her head as she heard loud footsteps walking towards them. When she saw the warrior in the silver armor, her mouth twitched.
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Medana also closed her eyes due to the scene in front of her. Lisa's blood-stained body was dragged by the man with a shatter of glass, leaving a large blood-soaked trail on the floor. For having tortured a child to such an extent, Medana flew into a rage and raised her sword high.
Bat turned to Medana and laughed. "So, you're the incoming hero? You don't seem to have brain."
Slager threw Lisa back into the classroom, bent over like a runner, shook his arms, and ran toward Silver Knight.
Medana prepared her sword and ran with a steady balance. Everything seemed silent except for the creaking sound of Medana's metal suit and Slager's heavy footsteps.
Two shadows came together.
Tang...
With the sound of metal clashing, Medana repositioned her sword and swung it to the side. Some blood came out and splattered on the floor.
"Ah!.... Ah!...."
Slager, standing with his back beyond Medana, looked down at his hand and screamed in terror. The current bat's fingernails were broken, the forearm was cut at an angle, and the thumb and index finger were severed.
"Don't you like to torture someone and then kill them? I have to kill you back in your own way."
A voice came from Medana, who had been silent all along. Drops of blood flowed from the iron-soaked blade. Medana held the sword crosswise. The silver knight's hood reflected on the blade's shiny surface.
To this day, Medana has never wanted to kill another person. However, this time, she was facing a person that she wanted to brutally kill.
In fact, the suit system already has a way to kill that mutant in one shot. 'The heart must be destroyed.' Even so. However, Medana still doesn't want to do it. Letting this man who hurt an innocent girl like Lisa dies in peace for what he did was totally unworthy.
The sword moved again. This time Slager was on the alert. He dodged the blade by retreating, then turned into a shadow and went right behind Medana. He then used his fingernails to pull Medana's hood off.
However, Medana's strong right hand came up and threw an electric shock field. The electric field hooked Slager's arm and he was sent up to the roof of the school at once due to the high speed.
Boom...
Slager's whole body trembled due to the intense pain. Medana's sword cut Slager's legs in the air. The blood flowed like a hole in the pipe.
"Even if you have inhuman healing abilities, you can't recover if your body parts are cut off, right?"
Medana called back the electric shock ring. Due to the temporary magnetic technology, the ring attached itself to Medana's arm. Slager also fell to the ground.
"B...Venus... save me..." Slager raised his hand and tried to call for help from the Flower Mutant outside. However, the silver warrior's sword rose again.
This time it's the head. Slager's head came off his body and fell to the floor. The headless body was vomiting blood as if the tip of a pen had broken off. Medana walked over to the big head and pulled it by the ear.
"Even though you're not a real vampire, you're still not dead even with your head cut off. But..."
Medana lifted Slager's head and showed a close-up of the headless body lying on the floor.
"You can't die sibfe your heart isn't destroyed yet, so you can still grow a new head? What I want to know is... is your consciousness still in the newly grown head... is it someone else?"
The headless man tried to shout, but no sound came out. He has a mouth but the lungs, which would produce air, remained in the body. So he cannot speak.
Crash...
The sword in the silver warrior's hand pierced Bat Mutant's left chest. After the blood gushed out, the entire heart exploded. The eyeballs in the still-alive head were widened to the point where they could no longer see anything.
Slager is dead.
Dazed by the suddenness of the incident, Venus outside could not respond to anything. All in less than a minute.
Medana knelt down beside Lisa and took one of Lisa's twisted hands. Lisa's eyes filled with tears.
"Sister has finally arrived..."
"Shhh... it's going to hurt a bit... take it easy." Medana straightened the misplaced elbow. Lisa cried out in pain.
Medana completely ignored the flower mutant and straightened all of Lisa's joints. Lisa couldn't move at the moment due to her different recovery abilities, but having her joints realigned would help her recovery a lot.
"Sister... The Flower Mutant is too powerful... Sister can't do it."
Medana didn't say anything anymore. She grabbed the sword that was placed on the side and stood up. Her eyes were fixed on the carnivorous flower queen she could see from the window.
"You don't have to wait anymore... I'm ready to challenge you."
"Hahahaha... Brave young woman, I like people like you..." A woman's laughter spread throughout the Death Forest area. Suddenly, the entire main hall shook and rose from the ground.
If you looked from the outside, you would see that the purple vines lifted the large T-shaped school building into the air.
Medana was coldly observing the scene outside the window. They slowly rose from the ground level until they were equal to the carnivorous flower queen's flower bud.
Barn... barn... with the sound of iron poles bending, the entire roof of the school fell off, and the entire school building became bare. The whole dormitory was shaking so that Madana had to hold Lisa not to fell.
After the roof was gone, she saw the big flower up close and clearly. They were close to petals. and a very beautiful woman was walking towards them.
"Hero... You know what will happen if you don't defeat me. If you leave the girl now and go back, you will be alive."
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