After giving instructions to Kusu and sending her to find a planet for a trial run, Beryl turned her attention back to the Chat Group.
"Oh, Elaina is live-streaming?"
Beryl clicked in with a hint of curiosity.
The Ashen Witch Elaina, riding her magic broom, quietly hovered high in the sky, looking down at the flower field below.
The boundless flowers in the field, under the illumination of the night sky, appeared particularly eerie.
Especially the people slowly moving towards the center of the flower field.
There were thousands of them in total.
They swayed and dragged their stiff bodies, their faces adorned with various smiles, and their mouths continuously mumbled something.
The most terrifying thing was that green vines and flowers were entangled around their bodies.
As they drew closer to the center, their appearances gradually merged with the flowers.
[Kumoko: "What is this? It's so scary! Are they man-eating flowers?"]
[Asakura Hao: "They can absorb vitality, which is indeed strange."]
[Zeref: "Demonic plants, they seem to be able to stir up creatures' desires. @Elaina, for safety's sake, you should leave as soon as possible."]
Through the screen, Zeref couldn't discern Elaina's current strength, but based on his previous guidance of Elaina, while her talent was good, the magic in her world didn't seem very strong.
[Elaina: "Teacher Zeref, I'm already flying very high, so it should be fine."]
[Zeref: "Do you intend to deal with this flower sea? Are you confident?"]
Zeref, having lived for hundreds of years, could tell from Elaina's expression what she intended to do.
[Elaina: "Yes, but those people below, I'm afraid..."]
[Lumine: "The humans approaching the flower sea have already been parasitized by it. Unless their life force is replenished, they won't live long even if saved."]
[Elaina: "Understood."]
[Uchiha Madara: "Hmph, so that's it. You plan to give those people one last beautiful moment?"]
From the reflection in the screen, it was clear that the humans being devoured by the flower sea were in an extremely hallucinatory state just before their final moments.
[Aizen Sōsuke: "@Elaina, from my perspective, I don't recommend you continue to wait."]
Given that the flower sea can absorb life, absorbing the life force of so many people means the plant controlling the entire flower field will definitely increase in strength. This is equivalent to putting oneself in danger.
Although Aizen Sōsuke himself often did such things, even cultivating Kurosaki Ichigo and keeping Ichimaru Gin by his side, he was him, and Elaina was Elaina.
After being reprimanded by the Group Leader, Aizen outwardly began to consider the well-being of the Chat Group members.
[World's No. 1 Princess: "@Elaina, I agree with Aizen. I remember some Magical Girls in certain books often do what you're doing, and the result is usually being captured by the enemy and subjected to strange things."]
[Elaina: "Books? Strange things, what do you mean?"]
Elaina, after all, lived in a magic world and didn't know much about the situations in certain other worlds, let alone some particularly specific terms.
[Haibara Ai: "It's nothing good. I suggest you don't know, otherwise you might become afraid of your identity as a Witch."]
[Lumine: "@World's No. 1 Princess, Group Leader, is it okay if I upload some pictures?"]
[World's No. 1 Princess: "?"]
[Lumine: "It's this. Image.jpg, Image.jpg."]
[World's No. 1 Princess: "..."]
Damn it, you wretched Lumine, you actually took screenshots while I was live-streaming.
Are you really Abyss Princess Lumine, and not that wretched Traveler Lumine?
The pictures were simple.
Earlier, when Beryl was dealing with the planet, in order to find the core of the demonic plant, she was "accidentally" caught by the demonic plant.
Moreover, these two pictures, captured by Lumine, quite suggestively showed Beryl tied up by plants.
[Elaina: "This... this, although I don't understand, I'm greatly shocked."]
Elaina was a Witch, and before her travels, her mother had taught her quite a bit about certain things. Especially seeing Group Leader Beryl tied up by a demonic plant, she quickly thought of some unpleasant things.
[Elaina: "Um..., if I may ask, was the Group Leader alright in the end?"]
[World's No. 1 Princess: "Cough, cough, I was investigating the core of the demonic plant. I had to touch the plant with my hand to find it more directly. Please don't overthink it."]
[Elaina: "Is that so..."]
[World's No. 1 Princess: "Exactly. @Lumine, has your brother gone to the rebel army yet?"]
[Lumine: "Not yet, but he should be soon."]
[World's No. 1 Princess: "@Lumine, you asked about the taste of photinia flowers before. By the way, was it delicious?"]
[Lumine: "The flowers are very similar to Qingxin, but the taste is a bit hard to describe... Uh, wait, Group Leader, why are you asking that????"]
Lumine reacted, having been thinking about her brother and not paying attention. She saw the Chat Group message and answered instinctively, but then...
Holy crap!
Group Leader, you're playing dirty! You tricked me!
I just sent two screenshots, do you really need to go that far?
[World's No. 1 Princess: "Tsk tsk~ As expected of Lumine, to have such a preference."]
[Lumine: "No, don't listen to the Group Leader! I haven't eaten that flower, really! I'm not lying, there's no such thing in Teyvat either."]
[Haibara Ai: "..."]
[Elaina: "What is photinia flowers, and why is Lumine reacting so strongly?"]
The cute new witch Elaina looked curious.
Lumine is the Princess of the Abyss, after all. What kind of flower could make her so flustered? Is it even scarier than this demonic plant I'm facing now?
[Eru: "I remember that kind of flower is..., never mind, I won't say."]
Eru's gender was ambiguous, but as a high-level programmer, he still knew some things, having lived for so many years without going bald.
[Elaina: "Huh? Why are you all being so mysterious!"]
Elaina puffed out her cheeks.
[Kumoko: "@Elaina, children shouldn't know this kind of knowledge. It's not good."]
[Lumine: "Exactly! Group Leader, don't corrupt Elaina. Elaina isn't as experienced as you."]
[World's No. 1 Princess: "I didn't say anything, you know. It's always been you, Lumine, making excuses. Abyss Princess Lumine, to actually... tsk tsk."]
[Lumine: "Ahhh, don't say it, don't say it! I'm so embarrassed!"]
Lumine grabbed her golden hair with both hands, rubbing it continuously until it was messy before stopping.
[World's No. 1 Princess: "Alright, I won't say it. Lumine, next time you tease me, be careful, okay, youthful and beautiful girl Lumine."]
[Lumine: "..."]
When "youthful and beautiful girl" was mentioned, a few words popped into Lumine's mind.
"At least five hundred years old."
Sure enough, the Group Leader was sharp-tongued.
The scene returned to Elaina's world.
Watching the people walking towards the center of the flowers, Elaina's expression turned serious.
She took out her magic staff and raised it above her head.
A huge fireball slowly condensed at the tip of the staff.
The scorching fiery red light shone exceptionally bright in the night sky.
Moments later, the fireball descended from the sky.
Accompanied by a violent explosion and terrifying scorching, the entire flower field emitted a piercing shriek.
After dozens of seconds, the "splendid" flower sea was nothing but a charred wasteland.
After checking that nothing was left behind, Elaina quickly manipulated her magic broom and left the area.
At this moment,
In the Chat Group,
[Haibara Ai: "Has Elaina's strength also become this strong?"]
She felt a bit helpless that she was only in an ordinary world, with not many ways to become stronger.
When Elaina last trained with Zeref, her strength wasn't that great, but now she had suddenly burned down the entire flower sea.
[Elaina: "Compared to the big shots in the group, I'm not that strong. I almost exhausted all my power just now, which is why I left quickly."]
Elaina knew her own strength; frankly speaking, her current level wasn't that impressive.
[Zeref: "No need to be modest, @Elaina. In our world, you are already close to an S-Class Mage."]
[Elaina: "Huh, really? Your previous evaluation was C-Class. Am I that strong now?"]
Although she still hadn't managed to defeat her mother, she also felt much stronger than before, but there wasn't a precise standard.
Now, Elaina finally knew that she had reached A-Class Mage.
Happy, excited!
The conversation about Elaina's matter came to an end.
The public chat gradually fell silent, and the group members began to attend to their own affairs.
After an unknown period, a message broke the silence on the public chat.
[Lumine: "Do you want to watch a live stream?"]
[Lumine: "My brother is too troublesome; I might have to fight the Raiden Shogun soon."]