138 The moving garden. (2/2)

Ozul went near her after the debris and rubble had settled down. He said in an emotional voice, ”I am asking you for the last time. Either you tell me now, or never.”

His tone sent shivers down the Snake's spine as she forgot about the pain from the wound.

”D-don't come near me! I... will tell you everything,” said the White Snake as she got out of the rubbles.

”Hurry up. I don't have time,” Ozul urged. The group of mercenaries also had their attention on them since they had nothing better to do.

”We... were here... to get the Ele... Se...” the White Snake whispered in such a quiet voice that it seemed like she didn't even say complete words.

”It seems that you don't want to live...” Ozul muttered while raising his brows. He wondered what was so secret about them being here that the White Snake wanted to hide so much.

As the blade hovering behind her head slowly pierced her scales, the White Snake shouted, ”Ahh! Stop! Stop! We were here for the Elemental Ssseeds!”

”Elemental Seeds?” Ozul repeated. He hadn't heard this name before.

This world had many wonders and mysteries yet to be solved and secret places that were yet to be discovered to this day! Ozul did not know what these Elemental Seeds were, but from the name and how the Rank-7 Beast was so protective of it made him understand that they were some kind of treasure.

”What are these Elemental Seeds?” Ozul turned around to ask Clive. As Ozul looked towards him, everyone else turned their attention to him as well.

Clive, on the other hand, rubbed the back of his head embarrassedly. Although he was well-versed in the knowledge of almost everything necessary, he hadn't heard the name of Elemental Seeds before.

It was either that information on this thing was too important to be revealed to people at his rank, or there was no data on this topic at all! And Clive was inclined to believe the latter to be true.

”I... don't know. I haven't heard about anything like this either.” Clive replied. He had no clue whatsoever.

Ozul turned his head back towards the White Snake after not getting any answer that satisfied him. He did not try to find out why there was something in these Old Whispering Woods that Clive was not aware of as the Vice-Leader of the Silver Knights.

There could be tens of reasons. One of them might be that the Beast had their own naming sense!

”What are these Elemental Seeds?” Ozul repeated his question, but this time it was directed at the White Snake.

”... You don't know what Elemental Ssseeds are? Hisssh! Stop! I will tell you!” She cried out in pain when Ozul made the blade go a little deeper into her skin.

”Elemental Ssseeds are the ssseeds from the Elemental Lotusss.” She began to explain.

Ozul was surprised that she did not try to lie. But he thought it was probably because she was too afraid to lie now that her life was on the line.

”What is this Elemental Lotus now?” Ozul asked with the same apathetic look on his face.

”It is a Lotus that blooms once only a hundred years. Even after the long span of time after it blooms, this flower is more difficult to find instead! However, the flower actually has no importance. Only the ssseeds are what every one of us craves for.” The Snake did not hold anything back this time.

She had realized that the person asking her questions was already impatient, and if she delayed him any further, she would probably die.

”So, what is this place? I don't see any lotus here.” Ozul asked. Although he did sense many strange things around this area, he did not see any type of flower that looked to something that would be named as Elemental Lotus.

”It has yet to bloom. This place is the garden that helps it bloom. The moving and alive garden. It is also the reason why it is so difficult to find the Elemental Lotus,” the Snake explained.

”What do you mean?” Ozul asked curiously. Although he did understand that she called this place a garden as it was littered with strange plants, how was it moving and alive?

”You see. It is not moving right now, but after the Lotus Blooms, this thing starts moving on its own and finds some other place to settle in.” She continued, ”It was already lucky that we were able to find this after a wild guess about the fog...”

”How is it related to the fog?” Ozul asked when he heard the word.