Chapter 237: Land Art

Chapter 237: Land Art

Ihuarah was still adapting to the system but this was when he decided he really needed to read the full description of Sofias skills if he wanted to do his job correctly. She also demonstrated the principle of the Angels bolt and explained how Pareth and Alith fought while she was at it. It seemed he could be trusted so Sofia decided to hold nothing back. The Erredian rot wasnt a name that struck a bell.

Out of all things, it was the most unassuming one that stood out to him.

The blood never disappears?

Dont think so, no. The Vampires bought it and never complained that it went missing or anything.

This makes no sense The only stable conversion from mana to matter is the gas that makes up water. You can have it bind with another gas in the air and make permanent water, but to make any other kind of permanent matter with mana It should be impossible!

Well, it works.

Your magic truly is beyond comprehension Has so much really been discovered while I was gone? I thought it might have been a few thousand years at most but was I mistaken?

The system is a bit over three thousand years old, shadow guy, so youre at least that much behind, that a lot, dont you think?

That is not beyond my expectations Ah, no matter, I merely need to adapt to the new times, it might take a few, I apologize.The origin of this chapter's debut can be traced to N0v3l--B1n.

Sofia shook her head, Dont worry about it, you adapted to your situation more than fast enough if you want my opinion. But thats not the subject, do I try to kill that plant or not?

By all means, you are free to try, I doubt anyone would complain.

Do I go all out or try a sample first? Lets try it small I think.

Sofia sent a small ray of light toward the plants below, 5000 mana worth of Erreddian rot instantly coating a patch of the greens wild plants about two meters in diameter. The rot didnt instantly eat the plants, instead, it started growing.

Oh, this must be really full of mana.

Is it not working properly? Ihuarah asked, seeing that nothing much happened.

RIght, the description of the Rot doesnt explain much even if he reads it. No, this is expected, just wait for it.

They did not have to wait for long, the number of veins on the black film that covered the patch of the green grew more and more in number, looking like a writhing mass of small black snakes, and silently, it started spreading. At the same time, the vegetation around the place Sofia had first targeted ran out of mana and started getting consumed.

It is spreading quite fast. How long does it usually last?

When its outgrown whatever its eating and can no longer sustain itself it usually self-destructs.

Convenient. The Unstoppable Dimmerion is also not striking back yet, which is surprising.

Alith averted her gaze from the furiously spreading rot for a second, Fight back? What do you mean fight back? With poisonous pollen clouds or something like that?

No I mean with these, Ihuarah answered, pointing at a gray mass in the distance, coming from the green.

Another flash of light covered that in another layer of rot.

I see why its named unstoppable. It is actually bound to run out at some point, right?

Certainly, yes. I have no experience in this, so I cannot say much more except that we should search for the core. Perhaps we may be able to harvest something from it, if your black wave of death doesnt swallow it all. It might make for good ingredients Alith might be able to use in witchery.

Thats an idea. By the way, what do you really think of the rot? What if I used it against a Dragon, or that Leviathan?

Assuming you managed to touch them with it without dying, they would probably get rid of it before it has time to start absorbing their mana, let alone deal any real damage.

Its that weak?

No, they are that strong. If you could keep applying it constantly throughout a fight, however, the result isnt the same. Suddenly you have a strong weapon constantly hindering the enemy and depleting their mana supply. But you would have to be able to survive long enough to attempt that.

Maybe I can upgrade it Well, lets get searching for that dimmerion core. Since I started this anyway we might as well see it through to the end.

Really, trying to get rid of a dimmerion

The group flew up until Ihuarah pointed at a large tree in a distant valley, saying that it should be the core of the Dimmerion plant. Seeing this, Alith couldnt help but ask a few things.

Couldnt we just burn down the whole thing? And what happens if you just get rid of the core? Doesnt sound very unstoppable.

These plants do not burn easily at all, the rot spreading like it does is really unprecedented. Dragon fire would perform as well, but its hard to imagine much else attaining such results. I couldnt do that at my peak if I tried. As for the core, it is pointless to go for it unless you get rid of the plants feeding it energy, it will heal much too fast. You might as well try to excavate a whole mountain with a spoon.

What about catching the seed when its mature and tries to spread to somewhere else?

That is the best way of handling it. A rather easy endeavor, all things considered, any of us could do it. The issue is time. Some Dimmerions take twenty years to reach maturity and some take five hundred. Who is willing to sit five hundred years in such a desolate place just to be in place to catch a random seed? Its not as if theres only one unstoppable dimmerion either, sometimes there is more than one seed even.

Theres more? If they can duplicate like this, how can the world not be overrun by now?

The world manages itself, if its a plant, then theres an animal to eat it.

What the hell would eat this and want to deal with the stinky pile of zombie welcoming committee every time? What could even eat so much in the first place?

I guess the Leviathan probably needs to eat a lot if its as big as Ihuarah says But its a sea creature.

Alith asked about what animal that would be but Ihuarah had no answer. He shrugged and flew toward the core, reminding them that his wings were on a timer and he didnt have that many feathers left. As they approached the massive tree-looking plant, Ihuarah had a suggestion.

Lady Sofia, this would be a perfect time to show me the power of that Angel bolt you bragged about. Even with your rot, you will need a very strong attack to hope to breach the core. If you cannot do it then all we did here was slow down the dimmerions growth for a few months.

I can do that, but I need a few minutes to get my mana back first And we should probably fly a bit higher, then, I think we would be in the explosion radius right here.

Inside, from up here? Is Angel a secret word for meteorite? Your skillset is ridiculous. And I havent even said anything about your name and your blessing yet, but you should know it is worrying, I hope. I can see why Sorrow would choose to send me to you. I havent been revived for a day and already I have more questions than I had after my first encounter with the Headless One.