The Book Of Flowers

The Perennial Flower Field

-- In the meantime ----

*btoom! Brak!!*

*dor! Dor's!*

"Damn! Why are there so many of them, these vampires?!" Cyth complained

"Captain! If this keeps up, we'll be cornered! Dark Elves' troops are also mostly being healed by Madam Ordelia!" Erin shouted

Cyth clicked his tongue, as Zaphir landed next to him with a visage

"How is this, Zaphir? My bullets are running out, but the number of vampires is not seen to decrease at all"

Zaphir was silent, and it was clear that he also wanted to end all of this as soon as possible

But a lot of things outside of plan happened. Especially those injured Dark Elves

Not discussing that Luxor was also unable to fight, and Fyon had already used his Mana explosion to save the others

It all depends on all the people left. And if they can't, we're all done

"Tch. Had I borrowed Luna's holy weapon first, we wouldn't be in trouble now" Zaphir complained

"I'm not sure the weapon will help" Cyth commented

Luxor this time ran up to them with a breath of breath

"Zaphir... I...!"

Zaphir turned towards him, and instantly caught Luxor before he fell to the ground

His breathing grew heavier, as he began to lose consciousness from having fought constantly

"... You are forcing yourself too much. You know very well that you have no fighting power"

"Haha... But Vainzel trusted me to... Leading you now...

What kind of leader retreated backwards... While everyone is sacrificing themselves...?"

"... You talk like Vainzel. But, rest"

Zaphir slowly laid Luxor to the ground. And at that moment, a vampire almost stabs him, but is confronted by Cyth who looks overwhelmed to handle the strength of his opponent

Zaphir turned towards the vampire who intended to attack him with incredible killing intent, even making his enemy tremble when he saw it

"Dead"

In the next second, the vampire's body split into 6 pieces, destroying his heart—with Zaphir behind him holding his holy weapon

"You. Tell me the rest of everyone who can fight" Zaphir asked Erin

Erin hesitantly replied, "22 people, including the three of us"

Zaphir nodded understandingly then, putting his holy weapon in the correct position

"That's more than enough to last for a few minutes"

He shouted to everyone to continue to endure without even thinking of giving up one bit

"DON'T RETREAT!! KEEP GOING AND REACH FOR THE LIGHT AHEAD!!"

A cry so jarring that everyone is motivated to stay where they are

The legs that were initially trembling, slowly began to stop, and the face that showed fear was replaced by a face full of optimism

Cyth whistled in amazement listening to Zaphir, then approached to his side, and held his shoulder

"It's okay if I borrow your words for later, isn't it?" Cyth asked with a smile on his face

"Who cares? We have more important problems now" Zaphir replied, still focused forward

Cyth's smile widened, until he turned in a dashing pose against all the members of his crew who could still fight

"Did you hear me, clowns?? If you don't want to feel insulted, make sure no balls fall out of your hands!! Will you be willing to take part in this show?!"

"READY!! LIVE BLACK HUNT!!"

Cheers for encouragement began to be heard among all of them, making Cyth satisfied with it and face forward again

"All right! Annihilate them! Protect everyone who is injured!" Cyth shouted once again, motivating everyone

Loud cheers began to sound, as they advanced forward and faced all the advancing enemies

Ordelia who looked at them, as well as Albert and Claudia who were busy dragging Luxor to safety could only pray to God for the safety of us all

"Lord. Ayahandas. At least, make sure everyone can continue to live in the future..." Ordelia prayed, not knowing whether the prayer was accomplished or not

His eyes were fixed on me who was in the air facing Darwin. He realized, if I fight like that, it means that Verdea is not with me as planned

In that safe place, he clutched himself and waited for the light to come to save us all

And if the bad becomes the worst, then he doesn't know what else to do

......................

Shit man!!!

*BTOOM!!!*

*BRAK!!!*

...

How many times do I have to use my full strength to hit her far away...??

This fight is really upsetting me. I can continue, but everything about this fight makes me very upset

It's clear that he intends to take my time here. He fought not because he intended to kill me first, but he wanted to make sure all my friends died in front of me

He didn't want me to go to one of my friends and protect them. My soul!

Pity it!

It's been 4 minutes. Verdea should have planted the seed by now, but Collin had not given word

I still have to wait. We have to survive

"Exit!!"

I threw the seed of the plant I made, sprouted a thorny tendril to catch all those people. But Darwin and some of them managed to avoid it

With a wide grin, Darwin advanced before me with his claws already out and shining like a dagger

...

- Verdea - - - - Verdea

"Verdea!! We missed that place!!" Remina shouted

"I have a plan, so we have to come here first!"

Verdea and Remina, who were running with many people chasing them, started to turn around to find the place Verdea wanted to be

"Here, Remina!!"

They turned, and...

Dead end. There was only a dead end before them now

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THIS??" Panicked Remina asked

But when he tried to find Verdea beside him, his friend was nowhere to be seen

And at that moment, he understood what Verdea meant, then immediately turned himself into water

When their pursuers reached the dead end, they were surprised to find no one there. Just a puddle of water

But not yet had they turned around to leave, a thorny shrub plant grew behind them

Not only that, the layer of thorny shrubs was added by the earth magic that covered the small holes between them, and locked them in that place, a small, very narrow space near the ceiling

And the next moment, they could hear an outside cry

"REMINA!! SINK THEM!!"

The puddle of water turned back into Remina, leaving them all shocked. But too late

The next moment they knew, Remina had finished chanting her incantation

"Flooding Castle!!"

A burst of water magic shot out from his body quickly and suddenly, filling the space where they were all trapped with water, and drowning them slowly

Making sure every inch of the room was filled with water, Remina changed herself again and swam out of the remaining small space

Verdea looked amazed by the light-filled eyes when she saw Remina

"I didn't think you could do high-level magic. Filling it slowly, right?"

"Ha-Just one... That's all...!"

Remina fell unconscious, leaving Verdea confused by the sudden incident

"alright. I can remember all the routes alone..."

Verdea began walking to find a place where she had to plant other seeds, along with Remina who was on her back

...

When he got there, he immediately told Collin to execute his plan

"4th brother"

"Yes?"

"Execution of the plan"

He smiled at the yellow rose ring on the index finger of his right hand, sparkling under the torchlight

...

"Oberon!!"

!!!

"DO IT!!"

Haha!!

This is the one I've been waiting for!

I struck away all those who attacked me, then tied them up with plants layered in number, unlike before

Darwin who was also caught was upset and furious to see my happy face that mocked him. He started trying to tear every layer of the tendril, along with the others to reach me

My holy wand finally came out, and after a deep breath, I began to cast the spell so loudly that everyone in the jade castle area could hear it

"Oh great holy spirit!! This is your eternal blessing, a beautiful garden of light!!"

Everyone who is on the ground can hear my prayers. Darwin, though he did not know what I was doing, could feel a familiar feeling of being near him now

Deaths

He felt haunted by that familiar feeling, and began to thrash even harder

On the other hand, in the same time, Ordelia who managed to hear my prayer, immediately sent Albert and Claudia towards me, then took out her holy weapon

As the 2 guards of Ordelia had already left, Zaphir immediately shouted for some of the Black Hunt crew to retreat and focus on protecting Ordelia, as long as he remained on the front lines and repelled as many enemy attacks as he could

"I can, Vainzel!!!!" Ordelia shouted, with a half-vibrating tone

It made me even more confident to continue my mantra together with him

"... Your shade, is a blessing to us. Death will disappear, all bad intentions will be cleansed, and sinners will be driven out of your homes!!"

"... I give you my body, a sacrifice for millions of innocent creatures, a sacrifice for justice to be done"

The more we chanted, the more Darwin thrashed and screamed in fear

Until his hand managed to get out of the tendril bond

But he had not had time to do anything further, two figures appeared behind him at an unreasonable speed

The first one immediately hit

his neck was broken with a kick. The other figure poked his hand before he could claw anything with an object like a taper

His neck was broken almost instantly and his hand was unable to move, leaving him confused. He saw Albert standing before him with a friendly smile, and Claudia who looked resignedly was nearby, with her eyes puffy

"It's the end, Darwin..." Claudia whispered, to her lover

His anger overflowed, and therefore, his face began to tear as he shouted loudly somewhere. A desperate scream of knowing what would happen to him

"... Drop it...!"

"... A patch of glimmer from your great field"

"And give us a drop of your great blessing! The Garden of Heaven!"

"And give us a drop of your great blessing. The Garden of Heaven..."

The process, it's done...

...

Eh? Wait-wait

This power...

But before I could think, the tidy was done, dropping a drop of golden sap from the air that descended to the ground

And at the next moment, the soil of Xiang began to be overgrown with reddish-white flowers, with clean green grass underneath

The flower fields began to spread to all directions. Even going underground and lining its walls with some beautiful tendrils, and turning its base into white bricks that look awesome

Veskal and Collin were amazed to see the changing underground scene. Meanwhile, Verdea once again smiled, began to laugh merrily like a child, and plopped herself down in that sea of flowers

"We succeeded! Very stressful!!!"

He laughed cheerfully, as the flower fields continued to spread. He kissed the ring on his finger, then heaved a sigh of relief and got up again to get out of the place with Remina

The barrier works well too. They stopped the use of our Mana, and held the flower fields from spreading further

They all work well

Everyone who was outside the jade palace area would probably be astonished to see that suddenly spreading flower field

...

All our plans...

Succeeds...

I slowly started laughing. The longer, the louder my laughter became to sound like a child

And to add to my happiness, I saw Ordelia and Veskal running towards me

I immediately greeted Veskal with open arms, and he immediately jumped at me until we turned around while hugging

"By the great tree, you are heavy!" I said

"Thank God--! We win--! We won completely--!"

Right, right!

It was Ordelia's turn to hold me this time, and I held her for as long as I could, as her cries began to come out

"You're doing fine. That's enough for me" I told him

"Vainzel's..."

Hm hm~

My girlfriend is so cute. But I don't blame him

And when I finished hugging her with a smile that was replying to each other, two more people finally appeared before me

Even better, one of them had already begun to come to their senses

"Ehem... I hope we don't miss anything"

I looked over with a smiling face that was intending to be nosy to them

"You got hugged too, Verdea?" I said, spread my hand

Remina who had just woken up looked confused, but slowly started grimacing to see the figure of all of us before her

Therefore, he immediately descended from Verdea's back, and began racing with her to run into my arms. Sometimes he was almost aghast because he was still limp and had to be helped Verdea. And in the end, the two people reached out to me as if they did not want to escape as their bodies trembled violently

Thank goodness they're okay...

"My friend. We did it thanks to you" I said to Verdea

"No"

Verdea took her hug off me, leaving us all confused

"It's all thanks to all of you who are willing to trust me" he said again, with a sweet smile on his face

...

We laughed, too, in response to Verdea's words. All of us, even the new Luxor were aware and still unsure of what was happening

...

Celebrate later. There's still one thing that's not finished

I turned to the right, and found Claudia there, with Darwin lying on his lap. The entire abnormal army also fell unconscious surrounding them, with its mouth foaming due to the effects of this magic that had cleansed their dirty blood

But my attention was on Darwin who was lying limp. His fate was confirmed, and he will never be seen again

It was time for Darwin to part from the world, once again and for all