Chapter 183 (1/2)
Chapter 183
We came to the Western Forest to fulfil the subjugation request against the Evil Plants .
According to Yoran-san, for some strange reason, an outbreak of Evil Plants would occur in this forest every decade or so .
He also mentioned that this year’s outbreak was unusually serious . Considering the number of enemies we have to deal with and the size of the forest, I think it would be more efficient to divide ourselves into two groups so that we could cover more ground that way .
“Fer, can you sense where the evolved monsters are?”
“They are scattered all over the place, but most of them are roaming in the deeper areas of the forest . ”
Deeper in the forest, is it? Well, then…
“There seems to be a lot of enemies this time, so let’s divide into two teams . Fer and Dora-chan will take care of those deeper inside the forest, alright?”
“Understood . ”
“Gotcha . ”
Since there were more evolved monsters in the deeper parts of the forests, it would be best to send Fer and Dora-chan to take care of them .
I had better just stay out of the way and take care of small fries…
“Sui, you’ll come with me, right?”
“Eehh, but Sui wants to ‘pew pew’ lots of enemies to death…”
Sui has a powerful skill called [Acid Bullet] which could take down enemies from a distance, but level-wise, she was still way below Fer and Dora-chan .
It’s better to have her deal with the enemies around the fringe of the forest with me . In any case, though she might be considered weak when compared to Fer and Dora-chan, she’s definitely stronger than me .
Sui could double as my bodyguard too .
“You can ‘pew pew’ as many enemies as you like . But I will be glad to have Sui by my side to protect me since I’m the weakest in the group . Can I count on Sui to protect me?”
“Understood~ ! Sui will protect Aruji~ !”
As I’ve mentioned before, there’s something I wanted to try out this time, so I’ll be seriously fighting too .
I have the [Perfect Barrier], so my life probably won’t be at risk . However, I am still not at all used to fighting . So, it will be very rea.s.suring to have Sui with me .
“Fer, I’m going to give this magic bag to you, alright?” I placed the magic bag on a string around Fer’s neck .
According to Guild Master Yoran-san, the Evil Plant withers as soon as it dies . C Rank Evil Plants were too low ranking to leave anything behind, but B Rank ones might drop magic stones .
“Fer, Dora-chan, since there seems to be a lot of high ranking Evil Plants, make sure to collect all the magic stones and put them in that bag . ”
Yoran-san told me they were prepared to pay money for magic stones at the Adventurer’s Guild .
“Understood, let’s go, Dora . ”
“Aye . ”
Fer and Dora-chan headed towards the deeper parts of the forest .
Meanwhile, as for me…
“Fufufu, I really hope these things are effective . ”
I brought out the weapon I had prepared against the Evil Plants from my [Item Box] . My weapon was the ‘Herbicide’ .
When I realised that our enemy this time was plant-based, I’d looked through [Net Super]’s gardening category for something that might be useful against it . This morning, as I was browsing through the options I had found the herbicide section .
In fact, there were all kinds of herbicide, going from mild to very powerful, some had to be diluted and there were different kinds of sprays for sale too . In the end, I settled on something called ‘Herbicide’ . I picked out one of the more expensive spray machines with a long-range, targeted spray nozzle, and user friendly . My weapon had already been prepped this morning, and I could hear chemical inside the bottle slosh as I slung it to my back, my spray nozzle gun at the ready [1] .
The nozzle was the point and shoot type, which was very easy to use and the chemical was made from edible products, so it’s perfectly environmentally friendly . Still, I want to make sure to shoot at Evil Plants only and not deprive the forest of its weeds which may or may not be important to the ecosystem .
When I used [Appraisal] on the ‘Herbicide’ this is what came out .
[Herbicide]
Spray type herbicide from another world . Environment-friendly .
The plan was to spray this ‘Herbicide’ on the Evil Plants and see if it works on plant-type monsters . If it does work, I’ll have a handy weapon against all future plant-type monsters .
“Alright, let’s go Sui . ”
“Okay~”
Sui and I headed into the forest .
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“Aruji~ something weird is coming over~”
It’s an Evil Plant .
It looked exactly like how Yoran-san had described it . A carnivorous Venus flytrap with jagged bi-valves . The Evil Plant was about two meters tall, with ivy-like things freely moving from the stem, a tangled root system and the ability to move .
“Sui, that’s the Evil Plant, let’s take it down!”
“Sui understand! Sui will beat it up~”
Pew pew pew ♪
Sui’s [Acid Bullet] hit the Evil Plant and it started to wither almost immediately .
“Well done Sui!”
“Ehehe~ Oh, over there master! A lot of weird gra.s.ses are moving just like the one Sui had killed . ”
Looking at the direction where Sui’s tentacles were pointing, I counted nearly ten Evil Plants approaching at the same time .
This was a lot to deal with in one go . Looks like the info about the unusually large number of these plants appeared to be true .
“Yes, there are a lot of them, let’s get them, Sui!”
“Yes, Sui will pew pew lots of moving gra.s.s~”
Sui proceeded to shoot her [Acid Bullets] indiscriminately against all the Evil Plants .
Alright, I can’t lose to Sui now .
Time for my anti Evil Plant weapon imported straight from j.a.pan, the Herbicide .
Eat this!
Swish, swish, swis.h.!.+
I began to spray herbicide on all the Evil Plants that were coming over . Well, it looked like the ‘Herbicide’ was amazingly effective . First, the ivy leaves on the plant turned brown . Gradually the withering effect reached the core of the plant, causing it to tip over and die .
I have no idea whether the effect stemmed from its ingredients or the fact that it was an other world product . Regardless of the reason, it worked just as planned .
“Awesome! It worked!”
“Aruji, that’s amazing~! Sui won’t lose either~! Sui will beat up more~”
Pew pew pew ♪
Swish swish swish ♪
Sui and I handily defeated all the Evil Plants that came to prey on us .
“Phew . Is it over?”
Just as that thought crossed my mind…
“Aruji, more of them are coming . This time, there are big ones too~”
I looked over at where Sui was pointing with her tentacle and saw looming up behind the now tiny looking Evil Plants, were the Giant Evil Plants . Twice as large with jagged vines, stems, roots and of course, the evil-looking bi-valves .
“They are h . . huge…”
The nearly four metres tall plants towered over us . However, since the herbicide worked on the Evil Plants, I figured that it would work just as well on these .
The Giant Evil Plant’s roots wriggled and slapped its way forward, a fat green, jagged tentacle reached over…
“Take this!!”
Swish swish swish swish swish swish swish —♪
I began spraying the herbicide at maximum capacity at the plant .
Thud thud flop crash
Bits of the Evil Plant was actually starting to wither and collapsed at intervals, but scarily enough, it was still moving closer, and closer…
“Woah . ”
I avoided a falling bit of vine by jumping sideways .