Gavin North was slightly relieved. "That Shedding card must be extremely valuable, right?"
Professor Kazel nodded. "Indeed. I only have three in total." As he spoke, he removed the last green thread from the Winged Tiger Beast's body and handed it to Gavin North.
The latter picked up the Winged Tiger Beast and let out a heavy sigh of relief.
Only then did Bishop Sabrina Melville and the Twin Holy Knights move closer.
Emily Grantham of the Twin Holy Knights pushed up the visor of her helmet and said with lingering fear, "So the green threads in that mist were actually so dangerous. If they had attacked while we were passing through..."
Professor Kazel said, "They do not seem very aggressive. We only need to take care not to touch them, and we separated the mist when we came in."
Bishop Sabrina Melville suddenly asked, "What if their aggression suddenly increases?"
Professor Kazel put away his wand and pointed upward. "Then we should first find a way to deal with this Demeter's Flower."
Only an upheaval of Demeter's Flower could trigger an upheaval among those green threads.
Yet this Demeter's Flower had remained utterly still ever since they entered the area. It seemed like an ordinary plant, showing no reaction to outsiders intruding upon its territory.
Of course, it was also possible that it was in an almost dormant state, and Dark's group had not been enough to awaken it.
—When they had first entered, that had indeed seemed to be the case. However, as they hurriedly exchanged words because of it, the change finally came.
There was no way to determine what had caused Demeter's Flower to awaken from its near-dormant state. But with Demeter's Flower's awakening, the previously silent mist... erupted in an instant!
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