Chapter 486: Master?

Chapter 486: Chapter 486: Master?

’Her scent is so warm and familiar, but who is she? And why were so many of my kind summoned by her?’

’Sounds pretty incredible.’

Tulip shot it a look. "Are you stupid? She’s our master!"

"Us? Who’s ’us’ with you!" the mutated plant shrieked, wishing it could slash the ground and carve out The Grol Fissure to show the distance between them.

"Tch~ How else could Master see you? Haven’t you ever thought about that?" Tulip said breezily.

It was an attempt to slowly chip away at the plant’s fragile ego.

It froze. ’I have thought about it, but I just couldn’t figure it out.’ "Why?"

Tulip repeated, "Because she’s our master." At the same time, it released a bit of its fragrance, trying to mesmerize it!

But apparently, the words were more effective than the scent. That, combined with the other plants obeying Lily Hart’s every command, and Lily herself fanning the flames by constantly summoning new plants...

It felt like its entire worldview was collapsing. It wasn’t that it had never seen a superpower user before, but it had never seen one who could summon plants—and an endless stream of them at that.

Although it was a super High-level mutated plant, its intelligence wasn’t all that high. Otherwise, it wouldn’t have, when Lily Hart first cursed it out...

...stopped in its tracks to listen carefully, because if it didn’t pay close attention, it couldn’t understand her at all... ’Could she really be my master?’

’I don’t believe it! Someone as incredible as me! How could I possibly have a master!’

It didn’t want to argue with this bunch of smelly plants anymore, lest it get brainwashed. It turned and left, swiftly destroying a warehouse.

Lily Hart was dumbfounded. ’Weren’t we having a good conversation? How did it fall apart?’

She remembered her persona—being loved by plants, animals, and zombies—even if it was because of her blood.

’Would this persona work on this particular plant?’

Seeing it about to demolish the next warehouse, Lily Hart grew anxious. Repairing such a large warehouse wouldn’t be easy, and they would definitely come to her to procure supplies afterward.

But after this incident, who knew how long it would take Central Command to recover. The payments would surely be delayed.

’I won’t let that happen!’

She whipped out a small knife and made a tiny cut on the pad of her index finger, only about half a centimeter long.

Blood eagerly welled up, forming a small bead that stood out in stark contrast against her fair skin.

The moment they caught the scent of blood, all the surrounding plants froze. No matter what they were doing, they all turned towards Lily Hart in unison.

This included the mutated plant that was busy rampaging through the warehouses.

It froze again, then shot over like the wind, shrinking as it came. It stopped about five meters away from Lily Hart.

’Huh? It’s that effective?’

Lily Hart had thought she’d have to entice it for a while longer.

All the plants began to move toward Lily Hart. Frost Shaw and the others were confused, even though they knew she had summoned them.

Still, they instinctively formed a circle around Lily Hart, creating several concentric rings.

Lily Hart was in the very center. The next layer out was Frost Shaw, Roman Rowe, and the other shopkeepers. Beyond them were the plants she had summoned, and on the outermost ring was the mutated plant.

Roman Rowe stood beside Lily Hart. "Why’d you cut your hand? Need a bandage?"

"A bandage for your head!" Lily Hart muttered under her breath. ’What useless and poorly timed concern.’

The mutated plant hesitated for a long while before saying, "Let me have a lick, and I’ll stop wrecking things." It regretted the words as soon as they were out.

’How could I beg a stinking human so meekly!’

’But her blood smells so good! It’s more fragrant than any human I’ve ever eaten or smelled. The pull is too strong; I can’t resist it at all!’

’I hope this stinking human knows what’s good for her and agrees immediately!’

Lily Hart huffed twice. "You say you’ll stop wrecking things now, but you’re already done! It’s too late! I’m telling you, no way!"

The mutated plant fell silent, trying to figure out a way to get a lick of her blood.

But before it could think of a plan, Lily Hart pulled out a tissue and wiped the drop of blood away. The special fragrance faded slightly.

"You! You! You’d rather wipe it away than let me have a single lick?" The mutated plant was frantic.

"Yup. What about it? It’s my blood, I’ll do whatever I want with it~" she said in a taunting tone, even giving it a pointed side-eye.

Because the two were communicating in the language of plants, Frost Shaw and the others were completely baffled, unable to understand a thing.

But the plants she had summoned could understand. Their huge heads swiveled back and forth, staring at whoever was speaking.

Of course, when they looked at their master, they radiated affection. When they looked at that stupid plant, they were filled with disgust.

Suddenly, Frost Shaw and the others could see the plant. It was shaped like a leaf, formed from countless green vines, and it was undulating up and down.

It was swaying quite violently, as if it were furious. Lily Hart was satisfied. This was exactly the effect she wanted.

The mutated plant fell silent again, feeling helpless but unable to do anything about it. Suddenly, a thought struck it. ’Since I’m so awesome, couldn’t I just... take it by force?’

Its thought process was simple, and its execution was swift. The moment it had the idea, it acted.

The thought had barely crossed its mind when it charged forward, moving so fast that not even an afterimage was visible. But Lily Hart was prepared and had already raised a Protective Shield.

It slammed headfirst into the Protective Shield. The impact was solid, and the energy inside its body sloshed around, making it feel nauseous.

"You! What is this piece of junk!" the mutated plant snarled, barred from entry.

"Nyah nyah nyah~" Lily Hart taunted, shaking her head. She was doing everything she could to provoke it.

The mutated plant refused to believe it. It was already the king of the plant world. Could it really lose to her?

’Absolutely not!’

Refusing to accept defeat, it slammed into the shield again and again. WHAM! WHAM! But the Protective Shield held firm; it wasn’t something a small fry like this could shatter.

The plants and people inside were completely unharmed. Even with its low intelligence, it could feel that it was being mocked!

Furious, it grew much larger and continued to slam against the Protective Shield, creating a world-shaking commotion. Lily Hart’s plan was to stall for as long as possible.

All to buy a little more time for Elder Shaw’s side.

Only when the simple-minded mutated plant had tired itself out from ramming the shield did Lily Hart say, "Let’s make a deal."

The mutated plant split off another leaf. The smaller leaf held the tip of the larger one, as if it were rubbing a sore forehead. Who knew if that did any good.

Its voice was muffled. "What deal? Don’t even think about tricking me, stinking human!"

"I’ll give you one drop of blood, and in return, you stop harming humans from now on," Lily Hart said calmly.

Its eyes lit up. That sounded like a great deal. It hadn’t wanted to harm humans in the first place; it was they who had pushed their luck, constantly using its little brothers to research some stupid potion.

And once they developed it, they would just use it against them. Who could tolerate that?

It had taken advantage of the cold weather, when these stinking humans were less active, to launch a surprise attack. Hmph, ’Did all my little brothers die for nothing?’