o( ^皿^)っ The Chaos Flower's Counterattack (III)
"..."
Frieren didn't answer right away. She furrowed her brow slightly as she examined the situation, then, after a while, calmly analyzed it:
"Mm."
"Its vines are too smooth. The mucus seems to have some kind of magic-deflecting effect, and the outer layer is as shiny as a mirror. If we attack the vines directly, most of our magic will just bounce off."
"Looks like we'll have to find a way to attack its source—the weak point, that flower bud."
No sooner had she said it than she acted!
Before Fern could ask anything else, she gathered her mana again. This time, several denser blades of magical energy and torrents of magic slipped past the tangled vines and shot toward the enormous dark-purple flower bud from several tricky angles!
BOOM—!
BOOM—! BOOM—!
Several deafening explosions rang out.
Unfortunately, before the attacks could hit, the huge, tough leaves in front of the bud snapped shut like living shields, precisely blocking every blade of magical energy and torrent. The explosions and cutting edges left only a few shallow, scorched marks on the leaves. They hadn't damaged the flower bud itself at all.
"!!"
"W-why didn't that work either?!"
Fern couldn't help crying out in shock.
"..."
Frieren's brow furrowed even more.
After observing and analyzing for a while, she shook her head:
"This won't work."
"Without my Scepter to guide and control the magic precisely, attacks this direct aren't powerful enough, and their trajectories are too obvious. I can't get past its automatic defenses. There's nothing I can do to it."
"I have to get my Scepter."
As she spoke, Frieren tried to struggle free again. If she could just get one hand out of the vines, that would be enough.
Unfortunately, no matter how