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Lilith, the Archdemon of Lust. Despite the popularity of this sin, she's not just a sexy woman looking for sex, or something. The power of Lust is a very dangerous one, it is one of manipulation, control, and mind bending. The reason why I immediately thought of her when I felt this demonic presence was because it felt just like Lilith's demonic energy.
It has a sweet, entailing aroma, it merges perfectly well with the aroma of the flowers, making it hard to easily detect. We are naturally immune to this by now thanks to all our levels, equipment, and blessings. However, not everyone else here. The rest of the non-plant monsters we've been fighting were all controlled and parasitized by special plants.
And these plants, which usually die right away after the host dies, had small hints of demonic energy too. I can guess a few guesses on why Lilith has decided to slowly creep into my village through this method. But one is quite simple, she's cooperating with Lady Sathan and the fools of the Demonic Cult of Beelzebub, which now have moved to Lilith most likely, are still aiming for our lives.
If it wasn't because they have the backing of someone I cannot defeat yet, I would have already crushed them. But I better play my cards safely. Though, mowing the lawn here and getting rid of this garden pest shouldn't be that much of an issue.
"Gryyyaaaggh!"
"Shaaaahhh!"
"Ooooohhh!"
The roars and echoes of hundreds of plant monsters rushing towards us reverberated across the large garden of giant flowers. It didn't take a minute for what I detected to be over three hundred of these monsters swarming us. They were all between C+ Rank to A Rank!
"Just how many plant monsters came to greet us today?!" Elizabeth looked around in disbelief. "Maybe we should have invited the rest of our friends now that I think about it."
"They were too busy, and I didn't want to bother them." I said. "Anyways, there's roughly three hundred right now, but I can sense up to over a thousand swarming through the rest of the garden. Mostly Giant Cannibal Flowers, Poisonous Snake Vines, Abyssal Treants, and Walking Mushroom Varieties. The strongest are the Giant Abyssal Treants at A Rank. Be careful with those."
Meanwhile, the Generals commanded their respective squadrons, further stacking on their stats. This coupled with my rallying and other buffing spells and skills, multiplied the base stats of my summons at least four times, making them as strong as B Rank monsters even if they were C Rank.
The result? An utter massacre. The giant insects tore apart anything in their path, the Dracos burned their path from the safety of the skies, further spreading flames, deadly for plants.
The Fenrirs were fast and swift, cutting down our foes with ease, Blazes did a similar job to the Dracos with their explosive fire attacks, Stingers pierced the heads of the A Rank Monsters with their deadly venom, the Treants combusted as this venom was explosive, and the Lilies healed us whenever we felt exhausted.
I mostly observed the battle as this happened. My Vampire Spirits spread out, taking down monsters after monsters with ease while showcasing all of their new abilities. Naturally, those that wielded ice and fire had an easier time killing the more resilient plants due to their elemental weaknesses.
And as of Erika and Elizabeth... Well, they were having fun too.
"Wooohoo!"
SLASH! SLASH! SLASH!
Erika mowed down dozens of plants with her giant sword, dancing in the battlefield gracefully.
"I love this hammer!"
BAAM! BAAM! BAAM!
Meanwhile, Elizabeth crushed everything with her hammer.
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