When the skewers of mutton were put on the grill, and the charcoal fire roasted the fat and lean mutton until it was sizzling with oil, and the aroma overflowed as Lulutis' tentacles turned the mutton again and again, the mist demon silently left Lu Yu's side.
Wandering around the camp, I saw many Sanctuary Elves paying attention to where Lu Yu was. Their noses twitched from time to time, and the Mist Demon was in a good mood.
"It turns out it can be like this. When you feel comfortable by yourself, you don't feel comfortable with someone accompanying you. It feels so good!"
The mist demon turned into a small ball of white mist, floating quietly in the air, and could quietly see the expression of the sanctuary elf who couldn't walk because of the scent.
"Wow, this one actually swallowed his saliva. He's even more embarrassed than me."
"This guy stayed longer than the last one. He's so greedy."
"Is it useful to sniff so much? You can't eat it anyway...forget it, I can't eat it either."
The mist demon gave himself a critical hit, and the mist suddenly became lighter.
The mist demon, who was suddenly bored, continued to wander above the camp, hoping that Lu Yu would quickly deal with the lunch so that she could go back to play cards with Sigrid.
The bored Mist Demon's peripheral vision suddenly touched somewhere behind the Sanctuary Elf camp.
A large amount of garbage generated by the sanctuary elves camping here is piled here.
Elves hate the pollution of the forest, so they often collect garbage if conditions permit, and then take it away or bury it when they leave.
Of course, these jobs must not be done by people with status, but are usually done by slaves or elves' vassals.
When the mist demon saw the shriveled object in the garbage pile, he was suddenly at a loss.
Taking advantage of the fact that there was no one around, she turned into a fruit core and floated to the top of the garbage pile. She screened it in detail and flew back to Sigrid with a question mark at the end.
Compared to other people who eat elegantly, Sigrid prefers to hold the whole lamb leg bone and chew the flesh close to the bone.
They all knew that Lu Yu liked this, but she still wanted to save face in front of outsiders because of her bold and uninhibited eating habits, so she had no choice but to find a quiet corner to devour the mutton leg after roasting it.
"Every time I see you eating, I feel very hungry." The mist demon floated down and sighed when he saw Sigrid's heroic eating posture.
"Want some?" Sigrid raised the half-eaten lamb leg towards the mist demon, but she reacted the next second.
"Sorry, I forgot you can't eat it."
The mist demon was used to the accidental injuries caused by the subconscious politeness of this group of people, and it was too lazy to turn into a fist and tell Sigrid that he wanted to punch her.
"We have to wait a while to play cards. After finishing this, I still need to eat something. My stomach is not full yet."
"Well, eat, I just want to ask you something."
Sigrid nodded while nibbling, indicating to the fog demon to ask.
"You were raised by elves as a demi-human vassal, right? What do elves usually do with the vines and stamens of the Tooth Flower?"
"Vine, stamen?" Sigrid pulled off a large piece of meat with her mouth and put the meat into her mouth while making a difficult sound.
After she finished chewing, she replied: "I remember correctly, these two positions are where the sharp-toothed flower carries toxins, right?"
"The stamens contain toxins that can paralyze the prey's perception, and the barbs on the vines contain toxins that can corrode flesh and blood. These are the two most poisonous parts of this monster's body."
"As for the use, I only remember that our Elf Elders will capture some low-level sharp tooth flowers, use the toxins in their pistils, dilute them, and use them against the enemy."
Only then did Sigrid think back: "Why do you ask this?"
"I just saw the fragmented body of the Tooth Flower in the Sanctuary Elf's garbage dump. The barbs on the vines were gone, leaving only a large amount of mucus attached to it, and the stamen part disappeared."
The Mist Demon has tasted the power of the Tooth Flower.
The Tooth Flower is a monster that is not too rare in the dense forest.
Common sharp tooth flower is basically an ornamental flower. It is eye-catching because of its jagged petals, and it is named because when it is about to wither, the petals close up like a mouth full of sharp teeth.
At this stage, even if you squeeze them together and drink them, the toxins are still in the stage where it is pure hooliganism to talk about toxicity regardless of dosage.
But the higher the level, the more ferocious the Tooth Flower becomes.
With white wood and black iron ratings, they can begin to break away from the soil and use the vines they grow to walk on the ground. At this time, the toxins in their bodies are already quite threatening. Although they are not fatal, they can make their prey feel violently attacked by hundreds of needles. Stinging pain.
When it comes to steel and mithril, there will be barbs on the vines in the sharp-toothed flowers with two ratings. These toxins corrode flesh, flesh, and vegetation.
Not only that, at this stage, the tooth flower will grow a second "stamen".
That is the second mouthpart of the Sharptooth Flower, which can swallow flesh and blood and strengthen itself with magic power.
When the Mist Demon was first born, he was locked away by Huo Gu to study. He didn't have much time to go out to play. He rarely went out to play wildly, and he encountered the Sharptooth Flower by chance.
The sharp-toothed flower, which is not picky about food, swallowed the mist demon into its belly in one bite. If Huogu hadn't used his sharp claws to open the eyes of the sharp-toothed flower's stamens, the mist demon could have returned to the consciousness of the world to prepare for reincarnation.
The dragon scholar Huogu knew once commented on monsters such as sharp-toothed flowers, saying that they were one of the best adaptors among plant monsters since the emergence of magic in this world.
Can absorb sunlight to maintain basic activities.
Can swallow magic power to strengthen itself.
It can break down flesh and blood into nutrients so that it can thrive.
No longer stuck to its original form, it uses vines instead of hands and feet to move around and hunt.
Although they have no intelligence, their bodies can quickly adapt to changes in the environment. This ability is considered one of the best among many races.
After sleeping for many years, Huo Gu didn’t know if any intelligent race was born in the Sharp-Toothed Flower. However, in short, he reminded the mist demon that when encountering the Sharp-Toothed Flower in the wild, try to have as little contact with them as possible.
Coupled with the childhood shadow that was almost digested by the Tooth Flower, she could still recognize the Tooth Flower even though it had been torn to pieces and the color of its body had faded.
At first she thought that the Tooth Flower was also a plant, perhaps a vassal of the elves, or that the elves had some special way of using their toxins, but when Sigrid said this, the two of them were stunned.
Sigrid was still able to hold her own. She stopped the mist demon who was about to rush to warn Lu Yu. She calmly sat down next to Lu Yu with a roast leg of lamb and calmly described what had just happened.
While speaking, Sigrid's eyes continued to glance at Aesop.
Lu Yu's reaction was exactly the same as Sigrid's reaction, but he quickly covered it up.
He first looked at the mutton skewers in his hand, and then glanced at Aesop who was too embarrassed to urge Lulutis and could only look at the barbecue grill.
In Vanessa's cabin, Lu Yu read the monster literature and saw the description of the Sharp Tooth Flower.
Because Vanessa has a deep memory of this monster that once drove the disabled elves in the Silent Mountains into despair, the content is very solidly written.
The toxins on the Tooth Flower vines are extremely corrosive to flesh and blood, so the application direction is basically related to combat.
Lu Yu was also afraid that he was too fluent in reading, causing him to miss some content, so he took advantage of Aesop's absence and asked Luluti if the sharp tooth flower had other uses.
"What is the use of poison in vines? The only thing I can think of is poisoning and refining poison."
"Why are you asking about this? I'm not very good at poisoning. I may not be able to prepare the poisons that Toxin can use."
After receiving Lulutis's answer, Lu Yu informed her of the mist demon's discovery. Lulutis quickly looked at the chopped beef and mutton not far away, as well as the wild vegetables on skewers.
"Is it Aesop?" Lulutis asked, "No, those toxins react very strongly to flesh and blood, so they can only be put into liquids."
"Thank you for clearing Aesop's suspicion, because he didn't bring any alcohol when he came this time. He knows that I don't like to drink."
"So, if someone sends us any special liquid and invites us to take it, we should be careful."
After a pause, Lu Yu added.
"Of course, we can't accuse people unjustly. After all, the world is a big place. Maybe Thoreson has some special research on the Tooth Flower, which leads them to need to use the toxins from these two parts?"
"And they entered the Silent Mountains not long ago. These toxins may also be the special materials they prepared."
Lu Yu didn't say anything, but he had to be careful.
After the barbecue continued, Aesop continued to eat the barbecue happily, but Lu Yu and his party suddenly lost their appetite.
When Aesop asked, Lu Yu could only say that he was almost full.
Knowing that Lu Yu would leave Thoresen soon after completing the commission, he would eat these delicious dishes once and for all, so Aesop naturally refused to accept them all.
Basically, the fat sheep and cows roasted by Lulutis later went into Aesop's belly.
On the way, Aesop asked his attendant for a glass of water to rinse his mouth. Lu Yu laughed, took the water, hugged him casually, and invited him to taste his barbecue skills.
Taking advantage of Aesop's difficulty in refusing, Lulutis put her tentacle into the water glass and tried it before telling Lu Yu in the chat room that he could drink it.
Seeing Aesop eating here and there stupidly and without any defense, Lu Yu basically ruled out the possibility of Aesop poisoning himself based on some speculations.
Originally, Lu Yu was not worried about Aesop. Even if the plotter was brave enough, he would not kill Aesop.
But as soon as this thought came to his mind, Lu Yu remembered the cause of the twenty-year war between Grand and Thoreson.
Seeing that Lu Yu and his party were eating less and less, and feeling that they were almost full, an elder from the sanctuary elves waved his hand and came to Aesop with a group of servants.
Lu Yu looked at the trays in the hands of these servants, and then at the orange liquid in the crystal cups, and his heart trembled.
"It is inconvenient for us to disturb His Highness and the Sir as they dine. However, His Highness did not bring Thoresen's fine wine this time. It is a pity that the fruity drink cannot be enjoyed by the Sir."
"The sanctuary camp has quite a lot of supplies for preparing for the war this time. There is still a lot of juice left, so I will give it to His Highness and Sir to drink."
Aesop glanced at the crystal cup, then at the fruity liquid in the cup, and couldn't help but smile.
He laughed at the fact that this group of Sanctuary elves brought so many expensive and luxurious appliances with them even when they went on adventures. He laughed at himself that as a prince, his ostentation might not be as grand as this group of people.
But he did not refuse this very timely gift.
"It's okay. I was confused on this trip and didn't bring some of my father's private collection of fine wines. Lu Yu, you might as well try the sanctuary. These people enjoy it better than I do."
Regarding Aesop's almost mocking words, someone from the Sanctuary Elf clarified: "We were also preparing for His Highness's arrival. However, His Highness set up his own camp after arriving at the camp, so we were unable to offer it."
After talking about it, it became his fault, and Aesop was not annoyed, he was used to it.
Lu Yu listened to the conversation between Aesop and the Sanctuary Elf and exchanged a look with Sigrid.
The Sanctuary Elf poured the juice from the large crystal cup into a wooden crane's mouth pot, and then a female attendant came forward and filled the juice for Lu Yu, Aesop, Sigrid and others.
Aesop smelled the juice and admired that the juices drank by these people were more mellow than what he always had.
He raised the cup towards Lu Yu and was about to drink when he heard Lu Yu say.
"Wait a moment."
Lu Yu pushed the cup in his hand to Aesop and said, "In our Seris, there is a custom called drinking wine. I wonder if Aesop is interested in trying it?"
"Oh, what kind of special custom is this?"
"It's easy, just swap the drinks in the cups."
"Is it that simple?" Aesop curiously took Lu Yu's cup, but he didn't notice that beads of sweat began to form on the foreheads of the Sanctuary elves behind him.
"It's not simple. This custom actually has a special ritual occasion, and it requires some actions to complete?"
When he heard that a ritual was involved, Aesop became even more curious: "Is it related to a magic ritual? What should I do? Just drink it."
Seeing Lu Yu nodding, Aesop raised his glass and drank without even thinking.
"Your Highness, no!"
This sudden, panicked shout made Aesop's hand holding the cup tremble.
The liquid in the cup poured out.
Just as the liquid was about to stain Aesop's skin, Lulutis flew out of the grill quickly, knocking the cup out of his hand and blocking the falling liquid.
The liquid in the cup dragged, drew an arc, and fell into the sanctuary elf, who had no time to say more words and was therefore silent.
The liquid adhered to the Sanctuary Elf servant at the front, but the previous one was safe because he blocked it with his clothes.
The latter one had liquid stained on his arm.
After a while, the flesh and blood there began to turn black and rot. If it weren't for the sharp-toothed flower's toxins becoming less active after leaving the body, the man would have been even worse.
Everything happened in an instant, from being inexplicable to being shocked. Aesop lay stunned in the arms of his servant, speechless.
He pointed at the victim who was trying his best to suppress his screams but could only utter a few wailing words. He looked at Lu Yu and then at the Sanctuary Elf.
From those evasive eyes, Aesop's scalp felt numb, and a fire ignited from his always gentle heart.
The flame was so strong that the water called goodness flowing in Aesop's body was dried up.
"After dealing with my sister, it's me now, right!"
Unfortunately, his anger failed to clarify the situation.
Lu Yu took over the words softly. Compared to Aesop who was spitting out fiery anger in front of his fingers, he was very calm.
He patted Aesop on the shoulder, signaling him to calm down.
"It's me they want to deal with, it has nothing to do with you."
Lu Yu held the crane-mouthed pot and stepped forward.
He searched around and found the mechanism. He pressed it lightly and the liquid in the cup poured out.
"The Yin-Yang Pot, if you press the button, it will be poisonous, if you don't press it, it will be non-toxic... Unfortunately, I have seen more advanced things, you are just childish."
"By the way." Lu Yu raised his head and asked, "Do you think you can get those secrets by killing me?"
"Okay, come on then."
