Chapter 382: Kennel (3)

Chapter 382: Kennel (3)

BDISSEM. She revealed her true form in the thick salt water.

"Hohoho- surprise."

She winked at Vikir with a smirk, her rosy cheeks gone from the corners of her mouth.

What took her place was a flower in full bloom.

Vikir exclaimed in pure amazement.

"...A seaweed-based Ent? I didn't realize such a thing existed."

He has heard many tales of forest-dwelling Ents during his time living in the jungle of the Red and Black Mountains.

So naturally, he had the preconceived notion that they only lived in forests.

However, they also live in seaweed forests deep beneath the ocean floor.

Just as the Beastman descended from various animal families, the Ent descended from various plant families, and in the case of BDISSEM, she was descended from the seaweed family of kelp and wakame.

"Hmmm. This isn't going as well as I thought."

Dragging BDISSEM into the water was proved to be a deadly move, as it grabbed Vikir's ankle.

Ordinary plants would have their leaves burned to a crisp by the salt, but seaweed actually revitalizes itself.

...Pow!

Vikir kicked out the flying chains of seaweed.

The rounded, hard spikes on the seaweed felt like they were kicked by a bowling ball full force. Yôur favorite stories at novelhall.com

'...This is troublesome.'

Vikir brushed off the leaves that clung to his arms and tried to rise to the surface.

But BDISSEM wouldn't let him escape the water.

"Hoho- where do you think you're going, you've only just come in, why don't you play some more~"

Chewy stalks of seaweed swooped in like sea serpents.

Kiriririk-

The black seaweed that sprouted from the bottom of the gulper eel farm moved like BDISSEM's limbs and grabbed Vikir's ankles.

Chararararak- Kwak...

Above it, the long, giant leaves of the seaweed grew diagonally and horizontally, forming a grid-like encirclement.

Snake net, fishing net, square net, gill net, drift net, cast net, drag net, trawl net....All kinds of nets were spread out targeting just one Vikir.

They were terrifying restraints, designed not only to trap but to imprison.

Spears of dried seaweed with pointed tips pierced the immobilized Vikir's body.

Bind him with nets, impale him with spears, and drain his mana and strength once they're in contact.

It was a must-win pattern that turned BDISSEM into an invincible monster.

Puff-puff-puck!

Blood, flesh, and guts exploded like firecrackers. The water instantly turned black.

"...hmm."

But BDISSEM narrowed her eyes, not liking the situation.

Countless spears of seaweed failed to reach Vikir in the end.

At a crucial moment, Vikir yanked the tail of a passing gulper eel and used it as a shield.

peopeog! peog! peoeog!

The seaweed spears that followed were also blocked by the gulper eels that Vikir was pulling, causing a series of misfires.

"Ugh! It takes me years to grow one of these gulper eels! If D'Ordume and Souaré find out, there will be an uproar!"

Bubbles began to boil from the angry BDISSEM's entire body.

Bubbling, bubbling, bubbling...

True to its form, the plant was pumping out tons of oxygen from its body.

Seeing this, Vikir nodded.

'I see why everyone was so overprotective of her.'

In addition to crafting the BDISSEM restraints that bind prisoners' mana and power, BDISSEM has a very important role.

"kkyaaaaaghhhh!"

BDISSEM struggled to break free of the current somehow.

She pulled up all the available seaweed and shot it out, but all of it was sucked into the center of the black sun and turned into fuel for the fire.

The seaweed was torn to shreds and pulverized, and not even a leaf could be salvaged.

Strangely enough, the aura emitted by that monster-like thing did not fade even when it touched BDISSEM's seaweed.

If the people of Nouvelle Vague saw BDISSEM's seaweed, which nullifies all mana and physical power, being torn apart so helplessly, like a cheap piece of paper, they would probably be horrified.

But it wasn't all for nothing.

kuleuleuleug... kuleug! kkuleuleug!

As a large amount of water plants were hit by the black sun, the water flow became a little looser.

BDISSEM managed to break free from the current and rise to the surface.

"Puh-ha!"

After breaking the surface, BDISSEM looked back with a white face.

"Okay, I need to get out of here quickly, I have to tell D'Ordume and Souaré about this...."

But... she hadn't taken more than seven steps before she felt her body shake.

"...?"

Her vision spun. She'd thought she'd taken a straight path, but somehow her foot had twisted.

...Thud!

BDISSEM fell to the ground.

'?'

'Why?

'Why am I like this?'

'Why won't my body listen to me?'

'What's going to happen to me now?'

'What's going on?'

'Quick, I need to get away now...'

Unanswered questions only filled her head.

And then.

chwaag-

Vikir broke the surface of the water and climbed out.

"You drink a lot of water for a seaweed."

Vikir spoke in a dry voice to BDISSEM, his fingertips dripping with black blood.

Madame's poison.

Vikir had sneakily released his own blood into the water once, when BDISSEM had slaughtered the gulper eels, creating a spray of blood.

Afterwards, as a vortex was formed due to the water current, BDISSEM unknowingly inhaled a large amount of poison throughout its body.

The poison was diluted by the water, so the impact was delayed, but once the symptoms appeared, the outcome was obvious.

"...heog! heoeog! keog!"

BDISSEM crawled on the ground with one hand on her throat and the other on her chest.

syuuuuug-

Her body temperature rose rapidly due to the poison, and water evaporated from her body.

Dark spots, the marks of death, began to appear all over her body.

BDISSEM, who had changed from a girl to an adult woman, was now turning into a shriveled up old woman.

"Oh, no, no, no... if I die... the restraints and cages of the prisoners... will all lose their strength... that... that...."

And her forward in agony.

jeobeog- jeobeog- jeobeog-

Night Hound, or rather of the Nouvelle Vague Hound, began to take steps.

Even in the deep sea, where not a single light shines, the shadow of death seemed to be cast.