Chapter 464 [Wood Village]
Chapter 464 [Wood Village]
The following unofficial history is purely fabricated. Any similarity is purely coincidental.
Guaranteed to be wild enough.
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A long time ago, there was a village surrounded by mountains, named [Wood Village].
It is spring all year round and the scenery is pleasant.
There, boys are trained in martial arts from an early age, and girls are tested to see if they have what it takes to become shrine maidens.
Here, most girls are born with the talent to get close to plants, as if they can understand what the plants are saying.
People live and work in peace and contentment under the protection of countless powerful people in the village.
Everything is filled with peace.
But one day, in the wild.
"what is this?"
A plain-looking man with a samurai sword on his waist was attracted by a shiny black object.
The villager approached cautiously with a knife in hand and took a look with a strange look in his eyes.
A plant with black rhizomes and skull-like flowers is growing at the base of a giant tree.
At this moment, as if sensing someone approaching, the roots of the unknown black plant began to surge like a tide.
The man frowned, and with his thumb he pushed the sword three-quarters out of the scabbard. He looked alert and approached cautiously.
"call out!"
Suddenly, the black plant bounced violently towards the man's face.
"Shh!"
A white light flashed, and the man's knife was faster than the black plant.
"What is this?"
The man sheathed the samurai sword and looked at the plant that was cut into two pieces, lost its kinetic energy, fell to the ground helplessly, and continued to twist.
Finally, under the man's strange gaze, it turned into a pool of black water and merged into the ground.
"Strange."
The man scratched his head, thinking that the problem was solved, and approached the huge tree.
Looking up, the parasitic tree seemed to have been drained of nutrients, with its withered and yellow branches and leaves constantly falling off, forming a sharp contrast with the lush greenery around it.
"Parasitically absorbing nutrients?"
“This is too weird…”
"Let the adults in the village come and see..."
The man looked at the appearance of the giant tree and made a judgment, and decided to ask the important people in the village to investigate.
But just as the man turned to leave, the black water gathered again into a constantly surging plant, quietly attaching to the man's trouser leg.
In this way, the man returned to [Wood Village] with the unknown black plant.
Although it is a village, it has the scope of a country. According to the great man, the ancestral law cannot be changed, so it is still named "Village".
The man walked to the entrance of the village, where two knights in heavy armor were guarding the door.
"Sir, I found something strange not far from the entrance of the village. Please tell me..."
The man clasped his fists and told the heavily armored knight in detail what he had seen and heard.
“Squeak…”
"This incident...has happened many times inside..."
"Bah..."
"Your Excellency is investigating..."
There was a very dull sound coming from within the armor, with the occasional sound of steam.
"Then I will take my leave first..."
The man nodded, walked past the knights and entered Wood Village.
"..."
At night, in a shrine.
Many people were sitting on a huge round table.
"Recently, that unknown plant has appeared more and more frequently..."
"They should be able to parasitize plants and insects, constantly absorb their nutrients, and finally suck them into a shell."
"Then fill the inner shell with plants..."
"Finally complete control."
The tall figure sitting in the main seat spoke in a deep voice, and the others listened quietly.
After listening, someone frowned.
"How is the strength?"
"Can it parasitize the human body?"
"I'm not strong, but I'm not afraid of life and death."
"It is not clear whether it is parasitic on the human body, and there are no samples."
"..."
People fell silent again.
"clang!"
In this quiet environment, a man who looked majestic and powerful inserted the sickle in his hand horizontally into the ground.
"I am just a general guarding the shrine."
"But I suggest."
"Destroy it."
"Whether or not it can parasitize the human body, this ability of parasitic plants will definitely cause disasters in the future!"
"Well..."
Seeing the strong men in the village say this, the others nodded.
"I agree with the suggestion, Lord Amulet."
"It is true that some villagers' crops have been damaged."
"Miko-sama, what do you think?"
Everyone looked at the mature woman who was wearing a bright red ritual dress and smiling.
"Well, I agree with that."
"But please note that those black plants will beg for mercy in a humane way."
"what?"
Everyone was stunned,
"We are still on the way," a girl who can communicate with plants told me.
"Why do I feel like I can't stay anymore..."
Someone murmured to himself, a plant actually has wisdom...
The key is that it doesn't do good things. It sucks nutrients from others and doesn't know what it can do. The most frightening thing is that it can control the plants and insects that are sucked dry. This is too scary.
After another discussion, the main tone of the meeting was basically set.
"That's it. Let's start eradicating those unknown black plants tomorrow."
"Ah."
The others nodded and stood up.
After everyone left, the depressing atmosphere disappeared and some people even started joking.
"Parasit...Please spare me..."
"Did it say something like I just wanted to live, what did I do wrong?"
"Hahaha..."
......
In a house, a man was sleeping with his sword beside him.
Not far away, a mass of black water began to gather into a plant with black rhizomes, slowly climbing onto the bed.
After long training, the man who sensed the danger suddenly opened his eyes, drew out his samurai sword and slashed across.
There was even a shallow cut on the wall.
"Well..."
The man looked around and found nothing unusual, so he scratched his head in confusion.
"Am I too sensitive?"
The man then sheathed his knife and closed his eyes again.
For a moment, the room fell silent again.
After a long while, the man opened his eyes again.
"Really not?"
"..."
No one answered.
"It seems that I have been training for too long and am too sensitive."
The man shook his head and fell asleep again.
The black plant, which felt about the same, moved slowly, taking a step and stopping, ready to turn into a pool of black water at any time.
Just when the black plant was about to crawl to the edge of the man's bed, a hand suddenly pinched it.
"Hahaha!"
"I knew you were here!"
"Do you think I've practiced for nothing all these years?!"
"..."
666, damn, how can we play if the people here are not good enough?
"Shh!"
A flash of knife light appeared, and the black plant was cut into two pieces. It began to struggle on the ground and finally turned into a pool of black water.
"Comfortable."
The man showed a relieved expression and put his sword beside him again.
In a dark corner not far away, densely packed black plants had already begun to surge.
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