"What the hell are these things?! This is the first time I've ever seen flowers immune to fire."
Having been saved, Monark climbed up from the ground, picked up his cane, and smacked the flower's "corpse." He was just short of cursing aloud.
He felt utterly humiliated. He had been so confident just moments ago, yet he had nearly died the instant he came in.
Su Ming first transformed Godslayer into a greatsword and swept it sideways, clearing a large stretch of ground. Trees toppled in an instant. Only after confirming there were no lurking threats did he calmly answer Monark's question.
"Didn't I tell you? This place used to be an Alien testing ground. That thing may look like a flower, but it might actually be some kind of hybrid of snakes, flowers, and Alternate Dimension creatures. It may even have been magically enchanted."
Monark rubbed his forehead, picked up his top hat, dusted it off, and put it back on. The thick humus on the ground gave off a strange smell, and the air was unusually damp.
"I just didn't expect those Aliens to be so insane. What use would they have for flowers immune to fire magic? And those vines run faster than Mouse!"
Little Ka only appeared beside the two of them then. Seeing Monark's displeased expression, he more or less guessed what had happened. He merely smiled faintly and said nothing.
Su Ming put away his weapon, picked up the plant corpse from the ground, inspected it, and fed it to Strangle. "Here, common sense from the past is likely to get you killed. You have to be careful about everything. Now that you've experienced it firsthand, you know I wasn't bluffing, right?"
Monark looked up at the sky. A flock of enormous pterosaurs flew