In the dark underground space.
Strange Creatures that looked somewhat like Venus flytraps, yet had four malformed claws growing from their disc-shaped heads, were gathering together in vast numbers.
At their very center stood an altar, arranged with a fair degree of luxury and surrounded by the crowd.
Placed atop it was an enormous statue.
A humanoid metal statue of reddish-brown hue.
Though its features were somewhat blurred, as if viewed through a layer of hazy frosted glass.
The instant anyone looked upon it.
They would still instinctively feel a strange, unnatural sensation.
As though their entire bodies were being pricked by pain!
It was a peculiar feeling...
Yet to those strange beings, whose appearance resembled plants more than animals, it was like drinking sweet dew.
To their instincts and senses.
It was something wonderful.
Something that made them exceptionally excited.
And as they continued to gather, waves of Psionic Wave flowed freely like electric currents merging into one another.
Their wills rapidly converged and communicated within them...
Then, the collective prayer began.
"Great Bloody King, you are the master of pain and the destroyer of all things..."
"We, the humble ones, pray for more food and seek more delectable prey..."
"Please guide us..."
Felin Demon Sunflower.
That was what they called themselves.
A species of evil and savage lifeforms.
Just as Venus flytraps, though plants, had to prey upon insects to obtain certain nutrients.
Felin Demon Sunflowers likewise had to hunt in order to undergo stages of life such as reproduction and growth...
Moreover.
Their hunting range was not merely extremely broad—their appetites were enormous as well!
Whether it was a creature's life force or the free-floating magical energy drifting through the air, both were among their food sources.
They could be forcibly extracted through their innate Special Ability—Magic