133 Deadly Flora. (2/2)

”And then there is this fog to cover it all up,” Ozul said after taking another look around him.

The reason that he had not been a victim already was probably that he had been unconsciously avoiding these plants. But he wasn't sure if he would be affected if stung because he had learned that poison travels through the blood, and well... he has none of that.

Would his body even allow such chemicals to enter his body? Ozul wasn't sure and he wouldn't try anything like this on himself either.

Although there was now light due to it being daytime, Ozul felt that it was better at night since he could actually see more in darkness than in light.

”Well, depending on the situation, this could be interesting...” he muttered with the prosthetic hand on his chin.

”Whatever,” Ozul said before jumping back on the tree's branch.

Although Ozul had figured out most of what was happening in this foggy area of this jungle, he had yet to find out what those vines did next after wrapping the victim.

He had already tried to look around and see if he could find any place where the bodies went, but there was nothing!

And unless the trees ate everything they captured, there had to be someplace where the tree vines took the bodies to. Ozul suspected it to be the latter since although the strange trees were all a few distances apart, their vines were interconnected!

In this big jumbled mess of vines, Ozul could not guess where the vines actually brought the dead or unconscious bodies to. He would have tested it by killing some animal, but there was nothing around him that was alive apart from the flora!

It was apparent that whichever animal stumbled upon this area of the jungle, would not leave alive from here. The animals were either all dead or they avoided this area beforehand.

Either way, it was a sign that this place had been set up like this for a long time. So it was difficult for him to understand if it happened naturally or someone had a hand in this. Though the latter was most unlikely.

As much of a thinker he was, there weren't many clues that would lead him further, so Ozul decided the only approach that came into his mind—using himself as bait!

He laid down on the branch like he had been a few minutes ago and closed his eyes to sleep. He didn't have to act like he was unconscious when he could sleep at the same time. It was like killing two birds with one stone!

Ozul only hoped that Jinx would not move much in the meantime since that could possibly prevent the strange trees from doing their thing.

He wasn't aware if his hypothesis was even true, but this was all he had now. He created the hat on his head again and crossed his prosthetic arms before losing himself in the sleep.

After he closed his eyes, Jinx stood up and came near him before snuggling on his lap and curling herself to sleep as well. It didn't even take seconds for both of them to sleep. It felt as if there was no one that could beat these two in the competition of sleeping!

Time passed and a few hours flew away without any notice.

Ozul opened his eyes when he felt himself getting dragged. He did not try to make any extra movements since that could potentially cause the vines to stop again. This situation was exactly as he wanted!

He just needed to sit still now and the vines would take him to the place where he could actually find some real clues about all of this. Ozul was aware that curiosity was a bad habit, but he had been putting off his for a long time already!

When he looked around him, he couldn't see much since the vines were also wrapped around his face. Through some space, he understood that he was still in the forest and was being dragged on the ground since he could hear the sound of dry leaves getting crushed under him.

'Oh? Where is Jinx?' Ozul wondered after he sensed that she was not together with him.

'She probably didn't want to get dragged like this...' In the end, Ozul just shrugged and closed his eyes again!

Just sitting there awake and conscious of getting dragged for such a long distance wasn't exactly much adventurous for Ozul. Moreover, it wasn't hard for him to sleep in this condition either.

If anyone else were to see him right now, they would think that he had probably lost his mind! But they weren't aware that Ozul was confident enough of his strength to face off against a Rank-9 Mage, how could he be wary of some plants?

'hmm. If only Raven or Blaze were with me, I could've asked them to wake me up when we are there...' Ozul thought in his mind while clicking his tongue.

Just as he was about to lose himself in the land of dreams though, Ozul suddenly sensed something near him...