The monthly calamity was made so that no user would abuse the chance to only pick the powerful countries.
The earthquake at the Western Beast Federation would have been resolved if the player used their authority to command the land and take in all that energy into their body which will render them paralyzed for a whole week.
The explosion in Everblack which can be prevented if the player were to cover it with darkness which will render them paralyzed for a whole week.
And the invasion of a foreign specie can be defeated if the player who chose Aelius were to use their authority as the God of Sun to burn them all.
But,
"Aaah!!!"
Mel chose Lagnos.
"Right, right~ Give us your nutrients!!!"
Without prior information unlike what happened at the Western Beast Federation and Everblack, Aelius had no information as to what will happen and what they have to fight against.
The
Absorbing their blood and corpses as fertilizers for their growth.
"Hide here, my lady"
An escort knight, with a duty to protect the duchess of Payton, said as she pushed them inside.
Bam.
The walls were torn and tossed aside as a humanoid like creature sprouted from the flower.
"Aaah~ I sense so much life from you~"
The dame unsheathed her sword and pointed it towards her foe with the resolve to die in order to buy time for his leige or anyone to come back.
"Do not put up a useless struggle as you and the two who are hiding will die in the end"
The creature said with smile that reach both of its ears.
"I do not fear you nor do I fear death! I am a proud knight who was taught by the greatest swordmaster himself! I will not let you to touch even a single strand of hair of the ones whom I have sworn to protect!!!"
The knight said with vigor.
With her words, the creature release tears of sympathy.
"Ah~ How wonderful! But, I too have a mission for my loved ones!"
As a creature who barely managed to escape death after encountering 'that', the humanoid creature felt sympathy for the woman in front of it.
"Alas, for you are not a chosen one"
Bam.
Without any time to react due to the blinding speed, the knight's right arm was cut off from her body.
"Ack!"
With a calm mind, she quickly stop the bleeding and took hold of her sword once more.
"It is a pity. If only you were a part of us, I could have shown you how wonderful it is to be alive"
"I do not need pity from the likes you!"
"How wonderful! Then, for touching my heart with useless effort filled with tenacity, I will give you a painless death!"
Touch by the fighting spirit in her eyes, the creature decided to end her quickly.
"Goodbye!"
Shing!
Duke Payton who was able to come back afte running as fast as he could was able to get back in time to protect his family and the knight.
"Good job. Take them away as fast as you can Dame Kite"
"Yes... your grace..."
"Thank you"
Holding her tears back, she grabbed the duchess and the young lady, Duke Payton's only daughter, and ran as fast as she could in order to heed the command from her lord.
"Oh my, oh my~ Wonder why you are looking at me like that?"
Duke Payton knew he does not have a chance against a monster like the creature in front of him.
"Wherever you are, I hope you all live a happy life, my precious family"
A tear dropped, the duke released a burst of mana.
Violent yet calm. Dense yet fluid.
"How wonderful! You have an even more intense of a gaze than the previous one!!!"
The duke was burning his life force in exchange for power.
Boom. Boom. Boom.
The two exchanged explosive strikes which turned their surroundings into dust.
"... Haa..."
Though only for a moment, the Duke was able to keep up with his enemy. He was able to see its movements and react accordingly.
"AS THE EMPIRE'S SWORD, I WILL KILL YOU HERE AND NOW!!!"
The two exchanged strikes once more.
The Duke advanced bit by bit, slashing the vines and flowers that came to him.
Thump.
Just before the Duke's sword could reach the enemy, his body fell down to the ground.
"Hahahahaha!!!"
The creature laughed merrily as it looked down to the one who almost reach it.
"The pollens have already started to take effect, huh"
"Po... llens?"
"Yes. Pollens!"
With burning his own life force, he was able to momentarily keep up with his foe, but the pollens that each flower produced had a paralytic effect.
"It would normally paralyze a big whale upon contact. Well, it is amazing for you to be able to move so much after inhaling that much, haha!"
As he reached the time limit, the Duke's body began to become limp and scrawny as he reaches his final moment.
"I promise to savor you really, really well!"
Before the Duke of Payton died completely, the creature took hold of him and took its time to absorb every last drop of the Duke.
"Aah~ How magnificent! This is truly a majestic world! A chance for our race to rise once more"
In less than an hour, the creature took control over the entire dukedom, covering it with flowers of all kind.
[The God of Sun is enrage at the sight of his subject's death]
Days later, news about the invasion of another species from outside of their world spread throughout the continent, leaving everyone, regardless of their race, anxious for the days to come.