"Don't worry about the beast; it's my pet," I said to calm them all down, but it seemed to have the opposite effect than I expected. I could see everyone's face turning pale. I didn't know the reason why everyone looked so scared right now, but I soon received the reason behind why they were acting like that. I could hear Angrod's voice in the distance:
"That plant-type beast is supposed to be impossible to catch."
When I heard what he had said, I immediately retorted. After all, I did not agree with what he had said:
"What do you mean impossible? It's a fact that I caught her, and here she is with us."
"In the kingdom, that flower is feared by all, and the reason behind this is simple: all those who have tried to kill or catch it are dead, except for a few exceptions who have managed to come out alive. There are rumors that say that the flower's nectar will give you eternal youth; others, that it will even give you immortality; others say that obtaining it will make you much stronger. There is even a rumor that says that if you earn the grudge of the flower with a human face, it will curse you to death."
Angrod explained, his voice slightly shaky. It was more than clear that he was baffled by what he was seeing. The flower was there, floating and staring at them all with its deep black eyes. The bloodlust radiating from the being could easily be felt. It was more than clear that I had surprised him this time: I had brought with me a beast classified as uncatchable.
After hearing what Angrod had to say about the flower with a human face, I laughed and said to him:
"You say this damn crazy flower is dangerous?"
"Without a doubt, it is dangerous."
"That's wrong."
"?????????"
"The only strength of that flower is to use other beasts to defend itself. It has no other use on its own; it is weak."
I said to Angrod as my eyes stared into the black eyes of the flower with a human face; he was perplexed by my statement.
"Are you sure about that-?"
As Angrod was about to finish his question, a strange voice was heard speaking. The voice was, without a doubt, angry.
"Damn youeeeee!"
The flower screamed at the top of her lungs. She was super angry about the statement he had made about her just now. Everyone had been shocked by that crazed scream.
"Shut up," I told the human-faced flower to shut up. And at the same time, I shot a beam of energy at it with my index finger; I had aimed it directly at the trunk of its body. I regulated the energy so as not to kill it in one hit. The flower was extremely thin, but it was still possible to shoot a beam of energy at it and hit it.
Krii! Krii! Krii!
The wretched woman could be heard screaming. It was a horrible scream. I made fun of her again.
"Know your place."
"You'll pay for this," the flower threatened me again. And so, I attacked it again with another beam of energy. But this time, I doubled the power. A hole was made in its trunk.
Krii! Krii! Krii! Krii! Krii! Krii!
"For".
"That's not what I want to hear," I said and attacked her again with another beam of energy. Screeches echoed constantly in the area. This entire scene was seen by the royal family. They were all shocked and impressed at the same time by what was happening before their eyes. After a while of torturing the flower with a human face, it finally seemed to give in with tears of blood.
"Okay, you bastard, I'll do what you ask, but stop attacking me."
"I suppose you have a bit of pride, but I'll let it go this time," I said with a smile on my face. Then, I proceeded to explain in detail what I wanted from her. I spoke loud enough for the entire royal family to hear.
"Listen carefully, damn it. You only have one mission. If you complete it perfectly, I will stop bothering you for today. I don't want much from you; I just want you to use your strange power to make the elf girl feel no pain."
"Tsk? That's why you were attacking me, you wretch, because of that brat?"
"Can you do it or can't you do it?"
Of course, I knew she could do it. After all, I had seen how the beasts she commanded had attacked without fear of dying and seemed to feel no pain when she sliced off their limbs using Wind Slash. It didn't take long for the human-faced flower to give me an answer.
"But will you give me something in return?"
"And here we go again. Maybe I should just kill you and use some kind of potion that will temporarily neutralize the pain."
"Okay, damn it, I'll help you."
"Oh, I almost forgot. Look what'll happen to you if you do something funny, like poisoning the elf girl with your stupid fragrance."
I pointed into the distance at the room we were in. It was spacious. I used an energy beam and concentrated a large amount of mana on the tip of my finger to the degree where it became visible even to a normal person who couldn't see mana, and fired it into the distance. The attack was hidden with the 'hide' feature, so it didn't feel that dangerous. But when the energy hit in the distance, a rumbling could be felt throughout the area.
BOOMMMMM!
A rumble shook the area and a current of air rushed in the direction of where we were. The destruction my attack had left behind was alarming. I could see rubble in the distance and smoke was rising. Light-type elementals could be seen moving back and forth as if they were worried about the sudden explosion in the area. All that destruction was caused in an instant with a single movement, and the person who had caused it was as if nothing had happened. With this, the flower had understood the point. After a few moments, I could feel the gazes of everyone, the flower and the royal family. I said, this time in a serious voice; this time I was not joking, I was very serious:
"If you think you can survive that attack, I dare you to try and do something to the girl," I said coldly to the flower. The look I gave the flower was an icy look. It didn't take long for me to hear a response from it.
"I get the point, bastard." Hearing the flower's response, a smile spread across my face.
"I'm glad you got the point; let's get to work."
With a snap of my fingers, the barrier protecting the elf girl disappeared. I walked up to the elf girl and placed my right hand on her head and said to her:
"If you feel anything strange, let me know immediately." The elf girl simply nodded her head. A small smile escaped my lips.
I motioned to the flower with a human face and brought it closer to the elf girl. I was on alert for any signs of the flower trying to harm her or showing any signs of trying to give her even a scratch; it would tear her to pieces. Once the flower was close enough to the elf girl, it did the same thing it did to me: it spat on the flower, and a strange fluid fell on the girl, covering her clothes. The girl felt something fall on her, but she held back the urge to ask what it was. She believed it was teasing her to make her fail. After it did that, the flower began to speak.
"With that I shouldn't feel any pain for a while."
"How much time are we talking about?"
"Two hours."
"That's more than enough."
I immediately placed my right hand on the elf girl's head and closed my eyes.
'You're in charge.'
- UNDERSTOOD.
D would be the one in charge of opening the elf girl's channels. After all, he was the one who had the necessary knowledge to carry out the operation.
- STARTING THE PROCESS TO OPEN THE MANA CHANNELS.