Soul Devouring Flower is an ancient name for the Kingdom Calendar.

In today's magic book, it also has another name, the Abyss Demon Vine.

It's not really accurate to name it after a flower, because the whole pearl plant is dark green and has no bright color, and there is no structure such as flower buds and stamens. It's just that the blades of grass with hard thorns are branched out at the top, and they have a slight flowering appearance.

If you don't look closely in the wilderness, you might think it's a leafy weed.

The detailed description of it in the illustrated book is that it is drought tolerant and will migrate slowly to choose the living environment. They feed on the flesh and blood of living creatures, especially the mouthparts and roots, which are indestructible, highly penetrating and resistant to high temperatures, and can even take root in shallow magma.

Relying on spiked mouthparts to inject venom into living objects, hunting can acquire a certain ability to think by devouring intelligent life for a long time, which is a low-intelligence life.

It is said that a Soul Eater Flower can live for thousands of years if it has enough flesh and blood to feed on.

However, it is a slow passive plant and does not react instantly to the approach of a living creature like the common fanged maneat. It will only attack if a living creature stays within its contact radius for a certain period of time.

There are two poison sacs in the strain, one of which is filled with paralyzing toxin, which has a severe paralyzing effect, and the onset is rapid but short-lived. The other is filled with a highly corrosive liquid, which is used to melt the flesh of living creatures and turn them into nutrients for themselves.

Looking at the more than a dozen Soul Eaters in front of him, Thor always felt that they were conscious, although they didn't scream and run away like the Demon Grass, which was pulled up from the ground by someone.

Carefully refining the paralyzing toxin, Thor prepared to grind the excess venom into powder and save it for later use.

When everything was ready, Thor and Shogues met the Hotaru named Fenty, who was said to be popular on the streets of Greyscreen.

She is indeed a beauty, in her early twenties, wearing a low-cut half-covered dance skirt, judging from the convex outline of the front placket, it is obvious that she is wearing nothing inside,

Seductive, seductive, with the smell of cheap perfume.

Thor recounts in detail the part of the plan that requires her involvement, and pays the price of fifty silver wolves for it.

If calculated according to the overnight money, this is equivalent to Fenti's income for an entire year, after all, she can't pick up customers every day, otherwise those humanoid battering rams would have made her unable to get out of bed.

Getting a satisfactory price, Fenty is in a good mood and promises to leave Greycurtain in time for the aftermath.

"I can stay with you for free for one night, either one by one or with both of you. Fenty had a seductive smile on her face.

Thor smiled and shook his head, Shugues was very shaken, but in the end he could only give up, he was afraid that Thor would light a fire in his backyard.

Later in the night, as Barton and several of his men roam the streets, Fenty's charm kicks in.

After negotiating the price in an ambiguous joke, the group arrived at Fenty's new home on the edge of the affluent district, with Barton leaving only two of his men to guard the door, and the others scattered to seek pleasure.

This temporary home has been carefully selected by Saul and has a hidden back door.

When frolicking with the flowing fireflies, people who know the mood like to have two drinks and have a little foreplay, and the rude ones are usually eager to take off their pants and just mess around. As a veteran, Barton considers himself to belong to the former.

After the wine went down, his life finally came to an end.

This is how it is to fight with darkness, sometimes as long as the entry point is correct, it is not even difficult. Even if a part of the plan exceeds expectations, you can quietly retreat and look for opportunities for layout again.

Thor and Shogues entered through the back door, erecting a sluggish Barton and plugging it through the gap under the eastern parapet. The reason why Barton was sent away without strong poison was because Thor had an important question to ask him.

In terms of appearance, Barton is just an ordinary bearded man, and his face is even a little honest.

The meanness of human nature is never shown on the face.

"You're ...... Who are you?" Barton gradually recovered from his paralysis and saw a strange teenager crouching beside him, silently watching him.

In fact, he didn't faint, he was able to hear, see, and roughly know the whole thing. It's just that the body can't move, and the sluggish thinking is also a little incoherent, and then I really recover and have the ability to speak again.

"I'm giving you one last ride. Thor's voice was calm.

Hearing Thor's answer, Barton's gaze was a little gloomy for a moment, but he soon noticed his own situation.

Judging from the surroundings, this should be somewhere in the wilderness, and the part of himself from the neck down is buried in the earth, with only his head exposed.

It stands to reason that he can easily climb out of the ground with his second-order strength, but after exerting his strength, he noticed the pain from his limbs, as if his tendons in his hands and feet were broken, and he lost his ability to move, and Barton's heart was a little heavy.

"Friend, seeing that you are young, don't talk about life and death easily. I don't know who asked you to deal with me, but there are solutions to many problems in this world......" Since there is no chance to do it, Barton is ready to talk the way he is customary.

Thor interrupted him with a wave of his hand before he could finish.

"I don't have time to listen to your story, you will die today, even if the gods are alive. The difference is that you can choose whether to die a happy death or a tortuous death. ”

"How do you think I've survived all these years in the wilderness, even if you cut off my hands and feet in front of me now, you think I'll frown. Barton suppressed the fury in his eyes, indicating that he was a tough guy who was not afraid of pain.

"Severe pain? No, I think you're mistaken. Saul said as he pulled a tightly covered jar from the side, pouring it slightly so that Barton could see most of the arthropod maggots inside, and then explained to Barton:

"This is the nest blood worm, commonly known as the blood anvil. I will sprinkle them on the ground around your head as I would sow wheat seeds in the spring, and rest assured that they will not be interested in your head, and they will burrow into the soil and finally discover your flesh with joy. ”

"They're going to burrow into your body, and then they're going to go and eat at you. Use your body as a nest, suck nutrients, lay eggs, breed, and eventually restore their kingdom to its glory. However, in order to maintain a stable living environment, they should not completely hollow out your body. ”

"I've always been skeptical that these bugs are said to be only interested in flesh from beneath the ground, and I'd love to see if they can go up your neck, eat your brain, and crawl out of your eye sockets. ”

"So after you die, I should stay here for a while in order to come to a true conclusion. ”

"Boom~Boom~Boom......" Thor raised his two wrists and shook his dangling palms from side to side a few times, making some simulated sounds of bugs moving in his mouth, as if he was the biggest of the pack.

Listening to Thor's cold voice and his severely neurotic appearance, and thinking about the terrible scene caused by those bugs, Barton felt a deep fear, and suddenly a cold sweat remained.

"Friends...... Friend, please let me go, I'm willing to pay any price. ”

"It's pointless, your tendons and tendons are broken, are you sure you have the courage to live in the name of waste in the future?"

Barton's eyes rolled, in fact, it is possible to recover from broken tendons and tendons, but it needs timely treatment and the assistance of external forces. For example, the supply of various resources should also be guaranteed, as well as the premise of a long recovery period.

"Yes, friend, I promise never to hold a grudge against you, I ......"

Thor waved his hand again.

"Having said all that, I'm a little tired. Actually, I have a question for you, how did you get from the first order to the second order, or what happened in the process of going from the first order to the second order?"

He knew that he would eventually reach the first order, because the promotion of the first order was quite safe, it was nothing more than the accumulation of time and demon souls.

However, the first to second order is said to have a risk of death, which is what he will eventually face on the way forward, so Thor wants to ask from Barton, the only second-order professional he has ever come into contact with.

Barton was stunned, he didn't expect the other party to suddenly have a question with a normal breath. Only then did he realize that Thor himself was an ordinary person, not even a first-order.

"I don't know. Bart thought for a moment before replying.

"Looks like you've chosen the second way to die. Since he couldn't ask, Thor wasn't too disappointed.

Seeing Thor drag the jar containing the disgusting bugs next to him again, Barton almost cried.

"No, friend, listen to me, I didn't lie to you. I only slept one night from an ordinary person to a first-order, but from the first-order to the second-order I slept for twenty-three days, and it was my companions around me who told me, and I really don't know what happened. Barton spoke quickly.

Looking at Barton's flustered appearance, Thor suddenly felt that what he said might be true, after all, the question he asked was not an earth-shattering secret.

It's just that this answer is a little weird.

Sleeping?

Could it be that if you have absorbed enough demon souls, you can advance to the rank as long as you sleep for one night or a few days? Then why do some people sleep for more than ten years and still don't wake up? What happened in between?

"So have you ever dreamed in the twenty-three days you've been asleep, has anything ever happened in your dreams?" Thor tried to guess his own.

"No, it feels like it's been twenty-three days since I closed my eyes and opened them again. Barton replied truthfully.

Thor fell into deep thought.

It's obviously not that simple, and even if you don't have the courage and determination to move forward, the real scary part is that you don't even know what you're up against. Is it a battle, or is it some kind of cruel torture? Thor couldn't help but add a touch of solemnity to his heart.

The promotion seems to have become an unsolvable mystery, and it seems that he can only bear it with his life after absorbing enough demon souls.

Since he couldn't think of the result, Thor didn't bother anymore, and opened the jar with his hand, and poured it around Barton's head.

“...... You, damn it, please, I answered, you don't keep your word, wait, I'm ......" Barton screamed, looking at the dense insects in front of him, who no longer had room to speak, and quickly twisted his head and crushed a few of them with his jaw.

But it doesn't work, these insects are not afraid of people, they don't panic and run away, their arthropods are used to dig for dirt and drill meat. Soon, there was not a single bug to be seen around Barton, only the slightest trace of the dirt being shaved loose.

Desperate, Barton broke down completely, cursing for a while, begging for mercy, and already incoherent.

Thor looked at Barton calmly, a deep sea of sadness in his heart.

Precia used to cry out for mercy and tear like this, right......? You ate her, huh......

Turning the jar with the vent inside over and slamming it upside down on Patton's head, Thor no longer paying attention.

"You don't seem to be happy?" Shogues crouched beside Thor with some doubts, the plan was too smooth and without any twists and turns, isn't this worth celebrating?

Looking at Barton wailing in the jar in front of him, Thor shook his head.

"I'd rather come with their brother this time, or his brother come first. ”

"Because of his brother Evan Semir's nickname for 'good strategy'?" Shogues got to the point.

"It's not easy to get that title in the wilderness. Brothers are usually very closely linked, and this time he sent his brother away, and I suspect that our 'Fight the Light' card has already been played. ”

Shogues' expression was a little shaken, and he remembered that Thor had said that when they had the card of Dark Fight, the odds were great, and if they lost it, it was likely to be a dead end.

However, Hughes has never been good at these ethereal speculations and layouts, and pessimism is not his style.

"I will continue to keep an eye on all aspects of the news. Hughess said.

Thor patted him lightly on the shoulder.

......

It's been another long night.