"Sacred Thorn?" Nalant froze upon hearing that.
This plant did look somewhat like a thornbush, a tangled mess of branches, but there were no thorns on them at all.
And this could be called a thorn? It must have been born from an affair!
"My lord, Sacred Thorn is very remarkable. First, it can only possibly grow thorns after two years of growth. Furthermore, there is another condition for it to grow thorns: it must be replenished with enough deathly aura."
"Only after receiving enough deathly aura will it begin to reveal its extraordinary nature. First, it emits a gentle white glow, and only then can it successfully grow long thorns. At that point, it can be used against Dark Creatures!"
"So troublesome?" This was Nalant's first time hearing of such a plant.
"Yes, my lord. Back on the Sacred Continent, it was only because deathly aura kept spreading that people discovered the existence of Sacred Thorn, and then found that it could restrain Dark Creatures and deathly aura."
"As long as a Dark Creature crashed into a Sacred Thorn tree, its deathly aura would be absorbed by the Sacred Thorn's sacred aura, causing continuous damage!"
"Of course, besides harming Dark Creatures, Sacred Thorn's most important use is preventing the land from being eroded by deathly aura."
"When the spatial rifts of Dark Creatures open, they release vast amounts of dense deathly aura. Before long, this deathly aura will erode the once-lush land."
"Once the earth has been eroded by deathly aura, it loses its vitality and becomes a paradise for Dark Creatures!"
"That was why the various races of the Sacred Continent were beaten back step by step by the Dark Creatures."
"However, ever since Sacred Thorn appeared, it could not only stop deathly aura from eroding the land,