Chapter 65 65: Hunt For Ingredients [Pt2]

"Look at it, that beautiful and big flower. Oh, how I wish I could take it and plant it into my back garden for its nectar anytime."

Bell wondered as she pointed toward the big, red flower lying in the center of the field. Keith instantly recognized it as the Rafflesia flower from the game. It looked like the real Rafflesia flower with some…creative liberties taken.

'Look at those teeth on the inside of the flower. They look sharp enough to break bones.'

Keith flinched internally as soon as he noticed the 'additional' parts this Rafflesia had on its body. That was the part where Rafflesia kept its nectar so those teeth-like appendages needed to be dealt with somehow.

"We just need the nectar of this plant, right? That should be easy."

Arcana sounded confident but she had also taken care of every other danger until now so it was given that she was confident.

The sweet smell he had been smelling this whole time was even more concentrated in this space. Keith suddenly had a feeling he knew what this smell was now.

'Wait, this Rafflesia is the final boss of the first-part quest, right? What were its characteristics again?'

Keith tried to remember what he knew about this plant.

Now he regretted over-leveling for this part of the game and dealing with this boss too quickly. He did not even know the full mechanics of this boss fight and the speed-runners did not have this part at all.

'Ugh, there was something about the smell and acid. And maybe also sleep-'

Then Keith remembered what he had seen in the dev stream for this game. This Rafflesia boss could secrete a liquid that would make its target sleepy and then it would drag its target with him.

There was a whole dream sequence you could initiate. But for the most part, the player character fell asleep as a result of this liquid Rafflesia secreted.

"Arcana, look out. The Rafflesia has a defense mechanism that causes you to fall asleep."

Arcana looked startled at Keith's sudden warning and it caused her to falter. The sudden sound of her footsteps caused Rafflesia to become alert as well and it is sweet smell intensified.

It clogged Keith's nose and he clutched it.

"Hey, what's wrong? Can't you take a little bit of this foul smell? Humans are so delicate, it's not even funny."

Bell lamented as she observed Keith. She looked like she had lost all hope in him which caused Keith to grit his teeth in anger.

'This little-'

Keith did not get to finish his sentence when heard Arcana curse and dodge the veined attack from Rafflesia. The flower had its roots outside the ground and was ready to attack Arcana.

It did not take long for the flower to notice other intruders on its territory and that smell intensified as a defense mechanism.

A foggy gas began to fill the area and Keith knew this mechanism now. The dev live stream was coming back to him in bits and pieces.

"Arcana, fall back. We will fall unconscious if we breathe in too much of this gas."

Keith warned as he tried to step back. But his feet were frozen in place. He had inhaled some amount of as and his body had no resistance.

Keith fought the sleep that threatened to overcome his senses. Falling asleep here was not a wise decision, but resistance was futile in the end. His senses were dragged under a thin layer of sleep and Keith's body hit the ground.

Arcana also fell asleep, not being able to resist the urge that was overcoming her.

The only one who was left awake was Bell, a fairy. Their species were special and usually not affected by any natural phenomenon. She was scared as soon as she noticed her companions fall to the ground.

"S-Shit, this is bad. They both are dead! What should I do now? It is all my fault and I need to do something. I s-should take them both to a safe place."

Bell was afraid of what would happen next. She also knew it was her fault this all happened so she decided.

She took out some of her precious fairy dust and covered Keith and Arcana in it. It caused them to float and Bell was able to push their bodies without much effort. She took them both to the small cave on the forest side, just outside the fairy territory.

"I am so sorry I did this to you both. I will burn your body tomorrow once it is bright enough again. I promise I will be gentle to you both this time."

Arcana suddenly sounded regretful for what had happened and she preyed on these lost souls to her god.

'May they both find peace in their after-life.'

...…..

The lack of everything around Keith did not scare him. He vaguely had a feeling he was in a dream-space that was different from his normal dream.

In a normal dream, you were usually not aware of where you were or what you were doing. And anything you did make sense to you.

But right now, Keith was very much aware that he was unconscious and that he was inside his consciousness right now. This place looked like nothing but a dark patch of space surrounding him.

'It is all pitch black in here. I start moving around to find something.'

Keith followed his advice before he formed a plan. Staying in one place was not going to solve anything.

So, he picked a random direction and started walking. Keith took one step, and the other before he halted. He had a feeling that he should turn around right now.

So, Keith followed his feelings, only to be met with a patch of green in the vast expanse of black. The green on the ground looked like a grass patch so Keith decided to follow it.

He was walking leisurely when he felt his feet get stuck in a grass knot and he fell slightly toward his right.

The grass patch disappeared again but Keith picked himself up.

Thinking of that grass patch as a coincidence, Keith started walking toward his left. He took two steps when he felt that weird feeling again.

The grass patch was back on his right side and the grass was sparkling this time. The grass wanted Keith to follow it is intended line.

'Shit, what the fuck is this supernatural phenomenon? I feel like I am a lamb being led to his slaughter.'

Keith had a weird feeling about this space. But his feet still moved in the direction he was being led into.

Soon, the green intensified and opened into a meadow. A huge expanse of red was in front of Keith and it took him some time to notice that it was a bed made from a single flower petal.

When he walked closer, Keith noticed that he was not alone in this dream. There were two more figures in here, one familiar and one not so familiar.

The unfamiliar, red-haired figure had inhuman black eyes with did not have pupils. Black covered the whole of her eyes and she had no eyelids to blink.

Apart from this, the unknown figure was identical to a human and her naked body had every external part a human female had.

On the other hand, Keith recognized Arcana as soon as he saw her. Arcana's body was held in the unknown entity's embrace, fully naked and bound by the tentacle-like veins surrounding the two figures.

"Welcome to the land of desire, my dear guest. Well, was this everything you hoped for?"

The unknown figure questioned as she caressed Arcana's unconscious body in her grip. Her hands massaged Arcana's breasts which caused Arcana's pussy to gush out pre-come.

Arcana's thighs were wet and her face was flushed. She was turned on; despite being forced into her open position.

"What do you think you are doing right now? Let us both go and then we can put it past us. Don't you know who I am?"

Keith tried to bluff but his body was feeling hotter as he watched the display of bodies in front of him.

Despite not being human, both the intruder and Arcana looked like human females. Hot, naked, and big-boobed human females at that which made this scene even hotter.

Was it immoral for Keith's body to react to this scene? Yes.

But did it matter for his penis getting hard? No.

Keith discreetly looked down but he was only half-hard. Arousal coursed through his body but Keith was unable to express it. The grandmaster's body was insensitive at times and it required far too much stimulation to get him going.

'Shit, I hate my body. It refuses to get fully hard without someone's touch.'

The unknown intruder noticed Keith's plight with a satisfied grin on her face. Her trump smile was annoying but seductive at the same time.

"I can feel your desire so there is no need to deny yourself. Let your inhibition go, dear traveler."