"Roar~~" Accompanied by a Magic Beast-like cry, a vine dozens of meters tall bit down on Dosi White Tree and lifted him into the air.
Yawenni, who was patrolling overhead, immediately noticed something was wrong and urged Blaze toward it.
Yawenni found the long, strip-like vines deeply unpleasant and complained to Blaze, "Is that a snake? Or a vine?"
"Of course it's a Magic Vine. What snake could possibly be that outrageous? These Magic Plants are far bigger than us Magic Beasts!"
"That's revolting. Hurry up and cut it down!"
Yet just as they swooped lower to approach, another vine burst out of a mobile house. A mouth-like organ grew from its tip, and it lunged at the knight from behind.
"How disgusting!"
The elf knight immediately drew her bow and nocked an arrow. An elven magic arrow shot toward the vine's head, while Blaze unleashed magic, causing a blaze to erupt from the vine's middle.
Under the coordination of rider and mount, the vine dozens of meters tall was soon severed into two pieces.
"What the hell are those things? Are they separate, or are they two parts of the same monster?" The two vines had left Yawenni utterly speechless. "It must be Ochimaru Wyvern's doing. I'm reporting this to the Tower of Purity and the Imperial Capital Knights. I'm going to—"
"Watch out!" Blaze cried, immediately pulling higher. As she shot upward, another cluster of vines suddenly burst from the house beneath them, once again opening huge mouths as they rose after them.
As they continued rising, Yawenni discovered that at least a dozen vines were shooting up throughout the city. Some had bitten knights, some had seized Lizardmen, and some had even caught Mana-Less, livestock, and more. Like bamboo shoots breaking through the earth, every one of