Creeps and Screaming Mushrooms (Part II)

"It's just the first time we've met, isn't it a bit casual for you to give out benefits like this, young lady......

When she arrived at Joron's place, she was being contested by the tentacles of several huge rotting vegetable-like vine monsters, and her horse could only neigh anxiously on the periphery because she had escaped in time.

If you want to say that it is no wonder that the group of mages like to use the spells of the Black Tentacles series of Iva to meet each other, it is impossible without deliberate thoughts, and you can see it by looking at the attitude without any tension.

But fortunately, Qiao Lun was wearing full body armor, and this group of creeping monsters could not pry open this iron can for the time being, and she had not been fatally injured so far.

"Why won't they attack you? I don't understand why, but please use this to save me, I'm going to be unable to breathe!"

Seeing the arrival of the happy meeting, Jolen hurriedly asked for help.

"These creeps are large carnivorous plants that will treat all living creatures within their range as their prey, and when they entangle their prey to death, they will store it in their stomach pouches. But the book doesn't say that they will ignore other prey when they catch their prey, don't look at this thing, it also has the intelligence of a child. I don't know why this monster was written in the Northland Plant Encyclopedia, but I can only try to collect some specimens and study them. 」

Joy Encounter's attempt to cut through the creepy vines with his dagger failed, so he looked around in frustration for something sharp enough.

"I think I might know why, these plants don't attack you probably because of the Jinkemu, so they're more afraid of you. 』

"Come on, don't use metaphysics to explain it, transplant it back if you have the chance, and see if it only tries to catch one prey at a time. If that's the case, tell the people of the Northlands how to feed their slowest companion the next time they encounter an overgrown. 」

"What the hell are you doing, comrade! Hurry up and save me!"

Seeing the happy encounter and Antinomi talking eloquently, even the holy warriors with excellent patience couldn't help it, and hurriedly complained and reminded them to save people by the way. No, it's to remind them to save people and complain by the way.

"Have you ever heard of the Investigator Triple Artifact?...... I'm just kidding, but it doesn't really matter if they're fed horses, pigs, or people. And Ah Joron, can you lend me your sword? 」

"The holy warrior swears to die with the sword in his hand!"

"Then I probably can't do anything about it, and it's hard to hurt it with either a dagger or an arrow. 」

Because he has no habits and interests in melee combat, he throws all the melee weapons he has obtained by any means into the blacksmith's shop, leaving only a dagger for survival in the wild, which is not as thick as a strange vine. Ranged weapons are hardly effective against plants, not to mention that he doesn't have many arrows left, just 6 standard arrows he bought from the blacksmith shop more than a week ago and 35 silver-plated arrows from the enemy, which is not enough to kill these monsters.

Sensing this, Qiao Lun bit his lip tightly, and his heart was at war. The sword was a symbol of order and honor, and the sanctified sword she held was a gift from her master on the day she was chosen to become a holy warrior, and she really didn't want to give it to anyone else if she could, even if it was only temporary.

Jolen was struggling when he secretly approached her celestial horse, talked to it through the druid's first-order spell animal, and then watched her tangled from the sidelines with the mentality of watching the excitement.

"I see, I'll lend you the sword first. ”

"Meow meow. (Akuya.) ）』

In the end, Qiao Lun still recognized the reality and decided to lend the long sword to Xi Xiangyu to use. And when Qiao Lun was about to use her remaining strength to throw the long sword to Xi Xiangyu's side, she suddenly switched places with her war horse because of the effectiveness of some kind of spell.

"It occurred to me that there was a spell called the castling of the king's chariot, and I simulated it intuitively. 」

“......！”

Looking at Qiao Lun, who was about to get angry, he hurriedly pointed to the war horse that was entangled by the creeping monster.

"If nothing else, it's better to send your warhorse back to the upper plane. 」

"Laura, thank you. Go back to the heavenly realm, and we'll see you tomorrow. ”

Through his professional ability, Qiao Lun sent the tentacled horse back to the upper plane, and then stared at the happy meeting with a puffed up.

"I'm glad I'm here this time, otherwise you'd be dead...... So don't be so reckless in the future. The baby screams you just heard are from these screaming mushrooms, and they're what I call dangerous mutant plants. 」

Pointing to the plant-like monsters that grew underground and looked a little like mushrooms, he began to give Jolenkop, a mutant mushroom that was supposed to appear in the underground world. The screaming mushroom is an immobile mushroom that makes a loud noise if disturbed or when it needs to attract prey. The screaming mushroom inhabits the dark underground and usually lives in symbiosis with the purple mushroom. And although it has no ability to attack, it can make a loud sound to lure its prey around itself.

Originally, this mutant screaming mushroom was not dangerous, but when combined with a large carnivorous plant like Creeping Monsters, it is not only dangerous to throw it into the forest.

"In the underworld, experienced adventurers usually use this plant as an alarm. Perhaps because the environment of the polar night is suitable for mushrooms, they also appeared in the Northlands, and even evolved a cry that is more likely to attract intelligent creatures. 」

Although it is also possible that someone deliberately brought them to the surface, considering that he was facing a holy warrior, he felt that it was better not to talk too much.

"Thank you, druid, I would be in big trouble if it weren't for you. In order to prevent these plants from harming people again, let's cut them down. ”

seems to understand his own mistakes and the help of Xi Xiangyu, and Qiao Lun also deliberately forgot the bad character that Xi Xiangyu just showed.

"It's just you and I who don't have enough manpower, just talk to the guild in the town when you arrive in the next town, you have the money to post the mission, right?"

"That's right, neither you nor I have the means to effectively attack from a distance...... Then I'll pay for the adventurer to solve this problem, thank you for your investigation and assistance. ”

"Xie won't mention it, I'm also here to do an ecological investigation, so shouldn't you lend me a sword now?"

Hearing that Xi Xiangyu still had to borrow a sword after solving the crisis, Qiao Lun was puzzled.

"Why, isn't the crisis over? Oh, I see, you're trying to see if you can eradicate them with the fact that you won't be attacked by them. ”

"No, I just wanted to borrow a sword, nothing else. You won't say no, will you? Paladins have to keep their promises, right?"

Xixiangyu asked Qiao Lun with a smile, leaving her at a loss and not knowing what to do for a while. But in the end, Joren kept his promise and handed him the sword.

"This sanctified sword was passed down to me by my master...... I hope you don't insult it. Also, when are you going to pay it back?"

"Next life......

Before he finished speaking, he felt Qiao Lun's anger, and if he really said that, maybe Qiao Lun would consider using some means that would hurt him to get the sword back......

"Just kidding, I'll definitely return the sword the next time we meet, but I'll use it for now. Of course, I won't borrow you for nothing. With that, he lifted Antinomi up, "My cat is mortgaged to you." 」

"Meow meow meow?" (Why is there still something about me?)』

"O Illuminator, do you see that enemy?"

Joren suddenly saw a ghost in the distance, and she was accustomed to having a sanctified sword, and she immediately pulled out the spare one.

Joren charged, and Jolen found that his weapon could not hurt the other side. Joron began to use dispel, and the bulb-like Jolen attracted a large wave of ghosts. Joren ran to the happy encounter.

「......」

Happy Encounter, 15 years old, virgin, 4.64 feet tall, 106 pounds

Medium-sized humanoids, humans, shapeshifters, faction: neutral, faith: none

Strength 9, Agility 10, Constitution 9, Intelligence 11, Perception 18, Charisma 11

Profession: Level 4 Expert, Level 4 Druid, Level 3 Miscellaneous Bachelor

Traits: Dim Vision, Dark Vision, Sensitive Smell, Intuition A+, Poison Resistance +3, Mastery of Intuition Evasion, Prayer of Abundance

Bonus Specializations: Perseverance, Alertness, Skill Specializations: Geometry, Zen Archery

Class Abilities: Forest-Piercing, Walking, Natural Intelligence, Animal Companions, Understanding Animals: Feline, Inspiration, Karakuri Insight, Karakuri Knowledge, Search Traps, Amateur Arcane, Free Body, Karakuri Defense

Special Ability: Everything counts

Spell-like abilities: Continuously detect evil, protect against evil, detect magic

Prepare for Divine Techniques (Solo Action): Hydrogenesis, Healing Minor Injuries, Detecting Toxicity, Illumination, Healing/Animal Talking, Enduring Environmental Damage, Snow Boots, Heavy Rain/Snow Mist, Icemaking, Sky Mastery

MP：12/15