Chapter 429: Carnivorous Flowers
Kim couldn't say what surprised her most: the fact that the enlarged flowers were carnivorous or that she'd been caught off guard in a world where logic had been turned on its head.
Even as she reached for her sword, she felt vines starting to entangle her legs, preventing her from being able to move them. Briefly making her wonder if these might be the kind like those hentai scenes in some anime she'd seen where the tentacles have their way with the female characters.
However, when a flower leaned towards her, she quickly pushed that thought out of her mind. It was clear why the vines wanted her to remain still: it would be easier for the flower to eat her.
As she drew her sword, she was made aware of Elmo and Patrick unleashing flames on the flowers. Which, while effective, was rather dangerous with how easily the flames moved from one flower to another and quickly created a wall of flames that made Kim wonder if she might get cooked from being in the proximity of these flowers.
"I'm not sure you should have done that!" Patricia called out, sounding like she was a little uneasy about the flames. "We don't want to barbecue ourselves."
"Don't worry, there's not much fuel for the flames to continue after the flowers are gone," Elmo replied, sounding as if he was proud of that fact.
"And what about firewood?" Heather asked, yelling to be heard over the roar of the flames. "The flowers look like they might be the only source."
Elmo didn't seem to have a response to that, but Elwin, surprisingly, came to his rescue. "It doesn't matter if we get eaten by the flowers before we can even get the firewood."
Kim swung her sword, slicing easily through the flower, although that didn't seem to immediately kill the plant. Instead, it looked like it was trying to wiggle towards her. As if eating prey that was near it was all it could think of. Unsure if she actually needed to do anything else, she stabbed the flower where its mouth was in the middle of its petals, causing it to stop its wiggling. As she took a deep breath to steady herself, she couldn't help but glancing at the flames, wondering if they might head her way before long.