vrcanaries Chapter 40 Dragon Blood Flower Demon?
Chapter 40 Dragon Blood Flower Demon?
With the monster girl pinning him down, Yu Tetsu instinctively tried to resist, but she pressed him back down even harder.
You Che just noticed that this guy looks like a girl, but he is actually quite strong, and his attribute values are probably even higher than You Che's.
"After all, it's essentially a demon..."
Fortunately, Yu Che only struggled instinctively. The monster girl clearly wanted to help him, so he immediately calmed down.
The heavy footsteps grew closer, and Youche could clearly hear the earth dragon sniffing the air.
Even though he knew that the guy probably wouldn't be able to find him, Yu Che still subconsciously held his breath.
The enemy detection logic in "Dark Fantasy" is generally very sophisticated. Different monsters have different ways of sensing, such as the earth dragon, which mainly relies on smell to find the enemy's location.
The last time Yu Che evaded this guy, he used freshly torn bushes to cover his scent and whereabouts.
Looking back now, it's likely that the monster girl was observing him back then, so he's just imitating her now.
The only thing that worried Yu Che was whether the monster girl's exposure would attract the earth dragon's attack.
But judging from her willingness to use her body to cover him without hesitation, she must have known what was going on.
It's easy to see from many details that this monster girl is actually very intelligent; she just can't speak.
You Che waited quietly. Through the tremors of the ground, he could clearly feel that the earth dragon had arrived at a very close distance, and he could even feel the breath it was exhaling.
But the earth dragon didn't notice him, nor did it attack the monster girl. After a brief stay, it strode away.
You Che didn't rush to peek out. He waited quietly until the monster girl got up and removed the vine netting from his body before he crawled out of the pit and let out a long breath.
It seemed that because he had been covered for too long, You Che had a peculiar fragrance on his body.
Of course, it's not some kind of body odor or anything like that, but rather a completely fresh, natural herbal scent that is refreshing and has a faintly familiar aroma.
"……Um?"
You Che took another light sniff of the scent clinging to his body, and then his expression changed slightly.
The taste is somewhat similar to dragon's blood flower...
Masaka?
He turned to look at the monster girl, who, just as before, looked at him with those big eyes filled with curiosity and confusion.
"Can you understand me?"
You Che thought for a moment, then asked again.
Somewhat surprisingly, the monster girl slowly nodded after looking at him.
"Oh?" You Che's eyes lit up. In that case, maybe he could persuade this person to help verify his guess.
If it's really what he thinks...
After thinking for a moment, You Che asked, "Can you do me a favor?"
--after a while.
Yu Tetsu and the monster girl sat facing each other on the grass, trying to communicate.
However, what was called an exchange was actually Yu Che using a combination of words and gestures to try to make the monster girl understand his meaning.
"How long have you been here? Why did you eat dragon's blood flower? Do you have any other companions?"
Monster girl: "?"
As it turns out, the monster girl could understand some simple language, but she was completely baffled by the more complex questions.
Therefore, You Che had to try various methods to make her understand his words.
Although this was somewhat time-consuming, it was also effective. For example, Youche had already retrieved the magic pouch from the knight from her.
You Che had already checked; the magic pouch contained two Dragon Blood Flowers, far fewer than he had expected. He wondered if the knights hadn't harvested much, or if the extra ones had been eaten by the demon girl.
However, with the four plants he collected himself, it would be enough for a while.
As for the questions he just asked, it's unclear whether the monster girl simply didn't understand them, or if she did understand but didn't know how to answer them; in any case, she didn't get any answers.
Yu Che frowned slightly. His communication with the monster girl wasn't going smoothly, which prevented him from verifying his guess.
He had some doubts that the monster girl might be a manifestation of the dragon blood flower, but this conjecture seemed somewhat unreasonable.
Putting aside other things, monsters like Anawa, even when they take human form, should still have obvious characteristics of native plants.
For example, if Anawam is transformed from a plant like a Venus flytrap, there is a high chance that she will have a large mouth for hunting and eating. Even if she doesn't have it when she transforms, she will definitely have it when she attacks.
For example, many of the Anawas that are transformed from flowering plants are humanoid bodies that are born from the original flowers, with the lower body still resembling a flower.
As mentioned before, the appearance of the monster girl is almost indistinguishable from that of a human or an elf. She also has no plant organs on her body, and her appearance does not conform to the characteristics of the monsterized dragon blood flower at all.
To verify his hypothesis, Yu Che secretly took a drop of blood, or rather bodily fluid, from the vines extending from the monster girl when she wasn't paying attention.
As it turns out, the monster girl's blood does not possess the properties of dragon's blood flower juice.
"Did I guess wrong?"
Yu Che was somewhat surprised by the result, but he could accept it.
"...Fine, since that's how it is, I should go then."
Judging by the time, he has stayed in this maze long enough; the maze itself is probably nearing the end of its existence.
In the world of "Dark Fantasy", dungeons with quests and dungeons without quests are different.
Dungeons with quests usually exist for a relatively long time, and they will not respawn after the quest is completed and the core boss is defeated.
However, if a dungeon that doesn't have a quest disappears this time, it will reappear in another location after a while. As for whether the dungeon boss will respawn, it depends on the specific settings.
The Silent Forest is a type of dungeon, so it will only appear for a maximum of five days at a time.
When the maze itself disappears, all outsiders left inside will be simultaneously transported to the original entrance of the maze.
In other words, if Youche stays here and doesn't leave, and the other two knights happen to be in the same situation, then when he is forcibly teleported away, he will run into them head-on.
Inside the Silent Forest, all skills and magic are unusable. Youche is still confident in dealing with a level 20 knight, but things would be much more troublesome outside.
Therefore, he neither intends nor can delay any longer.
You Che immediately got up, preparing to collect some rare materials related to dragons in this cemetery.
After that, he will leave the maze.
As for the demon girl, Yu Che never even considered killing her. Since she wasn't a Dragon Blood Flower demon, he figured he'd let her stay there.
As mentioned before, he has flexible moral standards. He still can't bring himself to harm this somewhat dim-witted monster girl who has never shown him any malice from beginning to end.
Seeing You Che get up and pick up the ancient dragon bones, the monster girl still followed behind him curiously, like a little tail.
You Che ignored her and continued with his own work, collecting dragon skeleton materials such as dragon teeth, dragon horns, and dragon claws, almost filling his backpack to the brim.
The magic pockets used by the knights previously had a smaller capacity than Baron Grammer's, and only one magic backpack and one magic pocket could be equipped at a time; equipping multiple would render the others ineffective.
So Youche still used his own adventurer's backpack and the magic pocket left by the baron, and he emptied and put away the extra pocket.
As for the potions and supplies that the knight found in his pocket, they naturally became his as well.
While collecting materials, Yuche naturally noticed the dragon skeleton next to the pit where the monster girl had helped him hide.
Regardless of whether the monster girl was actually formed from the dragon blood flower, the pit next to the dragon's remains is most likely where she was born.
So Yu Che specifically asked her, "May I take the materials from this skeleton?"
The sentence was complicated, but the monster girl had been observing his actions, so she quickly understood what he meant and nodded.
Since she had no objections, You Che naturally didn't hold back.
He then gripped the knife, intending to remove the dragon's claws.
"clang."
The knife fell with a crisp sound, and the dragon claw easily deflected You Che's knife without leaving a single scratch.
You Che: "..."
It seems I miscalculated again... Why did I say "again"?
He tried again and found that neither the skeleton's teeth nor its horns could be damaged in the slightest, just like its claws, so he decisively gave up.
Even a rare-quality dagger couldn't damage it in the slightest, clearly indicating that this dragon skeleton held some secrets, but he didn't have time to study it; it was time to leave.
Yu Che put away the hound's claws and looked at the monster girl again. After thinking for a moment, he asked one last question:
Do you have a name?