(The bonus chapter: however i'm gonna change the rules for the upcoming...)
Shane carried Stark's axe on his back.
Fern used [Levitation Magic] to lift Stark.
The five of them began heading toward the location Sein had pointed out.
The sky gradually darkened.
Light shone from the tip of Frieren's staff, illuminating the path around them as the group moved forward, keeping watch over their surroundings.
Thud.
Stark fell out of the air.
Fern swayed twice, then collapsed limply toward the ground.
Shane reacted quickly and caught her in one motion.
"Even Fern has fallen asleep. Looks like we're not far from the source of the [Curse]."
This ti, Sein carried Stark's axe, Shane carried Fern, and Frieren used [Levitation Magic] to lift Stark as the group continued onward.
The moon was gradually hidden behind the clouds.
The forest began to feel eerie.
Whenever a faint breeze passed by, Shane could vaguely sll an unsettling scent in the air.
Thud.
Stark fell out of the air again.
Frieren had fallen asleep too.
Shane looked at Sein. Now only the two of them were left.
He had the [Occluncy] attribute, while Sein had the natural advantage of being a [Priest]. The two of them would probably be able to last until the end.
Sein, however, frowned.
"This is bad. Without a warrior or a mage, are the two of us supposed to handle the monster on our own? And with the magic I can use right now, the most I can do is wake them up for five seconds..."
Shane looked ahead into the pitch-black depths of the forest. He vaguely rembered that the source of the [Curse] seed to be a flower.
Barring any accidents, he should be able to deal with it himself...
Spread.
[Goddess's Barrier] unfolded.
Shane and Sein placed the three of them beneath a large tree, each wrapped in a thick blanket.
Sein nodded. This was all they could do for now.
"Why are you asking that?"
"An unknown [Curse] that even the legendary mage Frieren fell victim to... So ordinary adventurers would have a hard ti..."
Sein did not finish his sentence.
But Shane understood what he ant.
In Sein's eyes, his friend might very well already be...
"Sein, I never try to guess the outco of the unknown."
Shane's words drifted into Sein's heart with the gentle night breeze.
A mont later, he suddenly smiled.
"After all, I'm a [Sage]."
"A [Sage], huh... Must be nice."
As they spoke, a faint glimr reflected in front of them.
Sein stopped walking.
"We're here."
Beneath the pale moonlight, it looked like tentacles.
The entire flower glead brightly, like the mirrored surface of a gemstone, reflecting a strange light.
"It's a [Chaos Flower Subspecies]," Sein said. "It can make targets within its range fall asleep and turn them into fertilizer."
Another subspecies?
The [Venom Dragon Subspecies] had no eyesight.
Then what was the flaw of this [Chaos Flower Subspecies]?
Frieren had taught him that when encountering an unknown monster, one had to observe and analyze it thoroughly before coming up with a proper counterasure. Acting recklessly was forbidden.
Otherwise, one would fall into the monster's trap.
He vaguely rembered that this flower could reflect magical attacks...
Snap.
One of the Chaos Flower's vines lashed toward Shane and Sein.
Sein dodged to the side.
Shane was in no hurry to evade. He drew his longsword, turned his body sideways, and thrust, pinning the vine directly to the ground.
Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle.
[Electrocution], [Torture], and [Suspicious Poison] triggered one after another.
Boom.
The Chaos Flower stiffened on the spot and crashed to the ground.
The longsword's control chain continued taking effect. The Chaos Flower's vines twitched, then dissolved into magical particles.
Uh... Is that it? (T/N: huh?!)
I didn't even use any strength, and you already fell over.
Shane rubbed his chin. From the look of it, the flaw of the [Chaos Flower Subspecies] might be [HP Too Low]?
Sein stared blankly from the side.
He was truly shocked.
So this was how a [Sage] fought?
At that mont, an absurd guess surfaced in Sein's mind: Could the severance of the [Sage] lineage have been the Demon King's doing?
If a [Sage] went to fight the Demon King...
He could not help shuddering. The image was too beautiful to imagine.
"Now that the source of the [Curse] has been removed, the villagers, Frieren, and the others should all be fine."
Shane nodded.
"Yeah. Then let's head back."
Just as they were about to return, sothing unexpected happened.
The ground beneath their feet suddenly shook.
With the Chaos Flower's not-yet-fully-dispersed body at the center, the ground within a radius of dozens of ters collapsed in an instant.
Shane reacted quickly. He grabbed Sein by the shoulder, and [Goddess's Barrier] instantly wrapped around them in a full three-hundred-and-sixty-degree shield.
Imdiately after that, amid falling stones and soil, the two of them plunged straight underground.
As they fell, Shane's gaze was drawn to the scenery around them, and his heart slowly tightened.
Pure white marble pillars, vast and magnificent murals, a statue of the Goddess...
Thud.
The two of them landed on a stone floor.
Shane instantly adjusted his posture and raised the longsword in his hand before him, warily observing his surroundings.
Clearly, this was a buried [Goddess Monastery].
Rustle, rustle.
A nerve-racking sound ca from the darkness around them, as if countless venomous snakes were approaching their position.
The [Holy Scripture] in Sein's hand lit up.
With the help of the faint green glow, the two of them saw the source of the sound.
It was countless twisted vines.
No.
They were pythons that looked like vines.
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