Piranha.
This is the name of a normal plant, but I also know that that ordinary plant that can only eat mosquitoes and attract people with its smell cannot be the real culprit of the murder.
But since the word "flower" and the species of plant appear, the imaginable directions are naturally different, and the knights finally see the possibility of meeting this enemy.
With the clues in hand, the first reaction of the Royal Knights was naturally some kind of special species that escaped from the Arcane Forest, which was exactly in line with the initial conclusion.
In the Arcane Forest, plants with weak movement abilities are not uncommon. However, due to survival needs, most of them are docile and get along well with their neighbors.
After all, plants are self-sufficient and often don't even require hunting. The biggest drawback is that they can't move quickly.
A plant with a violent temper and misbehavior is the same as having just vandalized and painted graffiti on the neighbor's door, and then glued its butt to the door frame.
Too careless about the retreat after causing trouble.
This is the truth, but of course the knight cannot be sure that a whimsical idea must be an iron fact.
Maybe there is a magical plant that can move anywhere, even faster than a horse, or even a magically blessed body?
Because of this, they borrowed a passage, went to the nearest city, and found scholars who specialized in the study of magical plants to consult specifically on offensive plants.
But the scholar also encountered difficulties, and clearly told several more confused knights - losing the ability to move is the basis for most plants to obtain other powers, and even the Elf Mother Tree will be subject to this restriction.
At least there are no migratory plants near the incident site - except when they are first born, most of them can fly far away in the form of seeds.
Although he rejected all the whimsical ideas of the knight who was extremely brave but relatively lacking in knowledge, out of sympathy and sense of responsibility for the civilians who were killed, the scholar who had extensive research on magical plants decided to travel with the royal knight.
Not only that, he also wrote to an academic colleague with whom he had a long-standing friendship, describing in detail all the background information and the follow-up tasks they planned.
Because that person is far away across the ocean, maybe there is something similar to "violent plants" on another continent. It may be useful to ask more.
However, the transmission of letters across the strait often takes more than ten days, and it takes a whole month to come and go. Scholars and knights aside, the civilians in distress naturally cannot wait that long.
After explaining the details and leaving instructions for the disciple to receive the letter, the botanist set off with the knight lightly, and the group went to the Arcane Forest first.
All plants have memories, and some plants even possess intelligence that exceeds the wisdom of ordinary people.
and pure natural beauty.
Under the guidance of the botanist, the Royal Knights, who had been struggling with this matter for several days without making any progress, came to the address of the elves in the Arcane Forest.
Elves are a race that is close to nature. A rainforest centered on the Elf Mother Tree is the home of all elves.
The elf's braid is like a falling waterfall, and his eyes are as bright as stars. They are free and happy and never lonely.
Looking for their own answers over the long years, the elves put their souls in the woods, enjoying the fresh air and running towards the rich embrace of Mother Earth.
After saying hello to the great elf magician who couldn't keep the cactus alive and owed favor to the botanist, the group arrived at the elf holy land under the ancient elf tree.
Only the word "heaven" can describe the situation under the ancient elven tree that is full of vitality.
Surrounded by the naive young elves at their feet, the Knight Commander, led by a botanist, as a representative of the Kingdom of Cole, paid tribute to the ancient elven tree.
Then, the knight told the truth about what happened to the civilians.
The ancient elf tree cannot speak directly, but it can sense all the dynamic changes around it, and can capture verbal and even non-verbal conversations.
Because of this, after listening to the story, the gentle and generous ancient tree gave the answer. In the form of Elvish language, the words appeared on the surface of the tree bark.
The scholars translated the content of the text, the knights looked at each other, and the ignorant elves under the tree also opened their eyes wide.
[My companion once informed me of the situation. The dangers that are devouring the human race are everywhere. They cannot walk and have survived on the mainland for a long time. They have always been loved by people, but they have become bloodthirsty minions - danger is hidden among them. 】
The elves are the people of the ancient elven tree, and the companions naturally refer to plants. The ancient elf tree communicates with all things, and the companions she recognized once regarded it as the mistress of the arcane forest.
However, there are no physical or noun descriptions - the ancient elven trees can convey the experiences conveyed by the plants, but they cannot help them, as the eyes, gain the same senses as themselves.
But this is already a valuable clue.
- Ubiquitous, immovable, beloved plant flowers.
Under certain conditions, although he was confused as to how such a plant could cause murders on a large scale, the knight finally had a definite direction and left the Arcane Forest to stay separately.
At the same time, the ancient forest tree, which was ashamed for failing to provide more effective clues, also summoned its neighbors from the orc tribe and hired rat mercenaries with keen sense of smell to help the human knight find the target.
After spending ten days, constantly vigilant about flowers and green grass when eating and walking, the knights finally used civilians who volunteered as bait and caught the culprit of a delicate flower while ambush in secret.
Lolia flowers usually grow freely in the wild, but they will not be too close to the same kind. Instead, they are evenly distributed in the wilderness. In contrast to the green grass, they capture people's attention with their dreamlike beauty. Attention.
However, the moment its true form was discovered, it revealed its fangs and claws and launched an unimaginable offensive.
The blue petals turned into sharp blades, and the light-colored stamens tore instantly, bursting out with colorless and transparent venom, which was also stained on the petals.
What the victim finally saw was the mucus flowing from the heart of the torn flower, as well as the sharp petals around it, like the fangs of a monster growing in a bloody mouth.
In terms of popularity, Lolia Flower's superiority has always been high, so she is naturally one of the suspects.
The Royal Knights had conducted indiscriminate investigations to find the real culprit and would not ignore such suspicions, but they never expected that the real changes could be so shocking.
After saving the bait, cutting off the delicate flower that had transformed, and confirming that it was harmless, the knight handed over the remaining samples of the remains to the botanist for personal verification.
After conducting countless sampling observations, scholars initially found no difference between this hurtful flower and its relatives.
It is obvious that the Loliya flowers that have been spread all over the continent for hundreds of thousands of years cannot always have such characteristics, but no one has ever discovered it.
But at this moment, the orc mercenaries who had been following for a long time suddenly smelled the clues and became extremely vigilant.
The Orcs swore that this flower was very different from other Lolia flowers they had seen in the forest and had a "dangerous atmosphere."
He couldn't tell what this breath was, he just felt it was a mark engraved in his instinct.
However, with her statement, the knights were able to temporarily confirm that this was a mutation recently obtained by Lolia Flower, and not a long-standing hidden characteristic.
But at the same time, as time flies, the disaster caused by Loliya Flower has also expanded its scope, and related incidents have even been reported around the Imperial City.
After immediately reporting the real culprit to the king at that time, the royal knight immediately led his people to seize the Lolia flowers nearby.
At first, they thought that only a few plants were affected, and hired more orcs with keen sense of smell to investigate the situation. However, they did not expect that every Lolia flower was like this, and no one nearby was spared.
The samples were handed over to special personnel for processing. In order to spread the news to ensure the safety of civilians, in addition to the brave royal knights who were skilled in art, there were also people who had the courage to gather people to eradicate the harmful plants. They all succeeded because of adequate precautions.
At the same time, botanists also summoned colleagues and mages who are proficient in healing magic or potions to study the venom of mutated flower stamens and try to save the victims who are still unconscious.
Everything seems to be looking up. Although in order to save people, there is no time to study the cause of the mutation, but according to the speed and trend of elimination, this disaster will be solved soon.
It's just that the development of the situation is exactly the opposite.
After the operation to eradicate the Lolia Flowers began, the disaster spread faster and faster, even extending to the east of the Iverson Continent, where the Kingdom of Denton is now located—at that time, there were several small city-states competing against each other.
This completely counter-intuitive phenomenon is frustrating, and what makes it even worse is that the flower seeds of the Lolia flower are buried under the ground all year round. They are no different from other flower seeds. They just bloom at the right time.
The flowers have just been cleared here, and new buds are growing there. Even if the knights and local warriors cleared away one or two hundreds of flowers, Lolia would grow in the dark and turn into a flower that could hurt people again.
The only good news is that an antidote to the venom and save the victims was quickly developed, allowing botanists to concentrate on studying the flowers themselves.
The botanist who had just finished studying the antidote was devoted to the development of various samples. At the same time, reinforcements assigned from the royal capital also arrived as scheduled, and they were not ordinary potions scholars, but a big shot.
That was the great magician of the Cole Kingdom at that time, a wood mage who was proficient in potions.
At that time, before she had finished her visit to the east of the Iverson continent, she stopped her mission midway, and the king personally wrote a letter inviting her to the city where the royal knights were stationed.
When he first saw the sample, the great magician also felt strange. But after casting a spell to investigate, the great magician who was experienced in fighting with wood-attribute power had the answer.
She used magic to temporarily freeze the damaged Lolia flower, and isolated a spore from it.
——It is not a seed native to the Lolia flower, but belongs to another unknown creature.
A truly threatening creature.
It was the one that turned the stunningly beautiful Loria flower into a bloodthirsty devil. It was just the "messenger behind the scenes" that was attached to it and was not observed by anyone.
The more intense the confrontation with the Lolia flower, the more this nameless spore will be spread in the air, allowing it to host the next Lolia flower, causing it to mutate.
Week after week, week after week.
In addition to providing answers, the great magician also immediately compiled a counter-spell that completely destroyed the spores released by Lolia Flower in a short period of time, and looked for a mage to cast and teach it.
But it was too late.
Although the spores that have spread cannot mutate other plants, they can hide in every corner, perhaps sleeping, or floating and wandering in the air. Anyone who encounters a Loliya flower can take up residence in it.
The disaster cannot end unless the Lolia flower can be completely exterminated.
They went through many hardships and finally achieved this.
A "daisy" that can be seen everywhere on the roadside can kill someone the moment they turn around.
Even if it is destroyed, invisible spores escape the grasp and possess another of the same kind.
At this point, Lucifer hesitated for a moment, then nodded, indicating that he was finished.
"Since the Lolia flower is completely extinct and no information exists even in the Cole Kingdom itself, why do you know it grows like this?"
As a native of Mirnik who resonated with His Majesty the King's previous metaphor, Melissa was of course puzzled and pointed to the beautiful "teaching aid" in Lucifer's hand.
Moreover, the flowers condensed by His Majesty the King are so vivid and beautiful that they are so lifelike that they do not look like they were reproduced from the patterns in ancient books and paintings.
The king was stunned, "My... friend's grandfather has a collection like this. It is said that the specimen was obtained before the disaster and was preserved in resin."
"Then your friend's grandfather is quite romantic, as is the person who collects his collections. The idea of preserving a beautiful chrysanthemum is quite farsighted."
Melissa rubbed her chin.
Although he doesn't quite understand this kind of behavior, Captain Blue Eagle is still the loyal leader of the indiscriminate praise group.
But Mo Gan narrowed his eyes and looked at Lucifer who had finally covered it up and was thankful that he didn't lie.
"We can't dock casually now because we don't know what the effects of invisible things are."
Austin naturally understood the deeper meaning of the words, turned his head and looked around, from the grass blades to the trees, gritted his teeth and clenched his fists.
"If these offal and Lolia flowers are the same hosts, then we have no way of determining whether all the mutation products in this green space contain the same spores, and how many plants they can infect."
Being able to mutate one plant is a completely different concept from being able to mutate many plants.
If the latter occurs, especially if the practical location does not have the largest number of common plants for comparison, the possible danger will make people uneasy.
And once the plant spores are put into the port, the consequences may be disastrous.
This also explains why a cargo ship is used, and the bottom of the cargo ship is such an absolute separation space that costs a lot of money to form.
"Counter-curses usually target the results of research. I'm sorry, I haven't seen any records. Maybe..."
Lucifer might have just asked for help to temporarily research whether there was a specific counter-spell, but was pulled over by Morgan.
In a blink of an eye, he saw that the Blue Eagle Pirates didn't seem to be paying attention, and Mogan didn't seem to be trying to stop him from overdoing it and arousing suspicion. His Majesty the King looked confused and at a loss.
"There is more to this story."
Mogan pressed one of His Majesty's shoulders very unceremoniously, with a firm and calm look on his face, and his conclusion was unwavering.
This is an affirmative sentence.
Just because in Lucifer's narration, after telling some seemingly insignificant details, a very important content was not subtly hidden at the end.
"You are indeed very perceptive..."
His Majesty the King lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, his lips twitching due to confusion, and finally nodded, deciding to tell him some truth that he had omitted due to his own hesitation.
Compared with finding the spores, the real problem is the extermination of the species.
Late one night, a busy botanist was informed by his disciples that someone was waiting for him outside the city - it was the fellow scholar to whom the original botanist wrote for help.
That man actually rushed to the Iverson continent in person.
At that moment, the great magician was still stationed in the city, and the city was the safest place. But to show respect, the botanist went out to greet him personally.
But he didn't expect that this guest who had traveled across the sea and came in person was in a hurry and didn't seem to want to stay for a long time.
After a brief exchange of greetings, the botanist not only explained the results of recent research, but also saw clearly the true face of the pen pal whom he had only known through letters in the past.
With dazzling blond hair, the visitor's face showed that he was younger than expected, but his temperament was mature and steady, just like the style in correspondence.
The mysterious man did not reveal his name to the botanist, but his name was Joshua Lestus - from the continent of Mirnik and the Kingdom of Lestus.
