BXBX NOVEL Chapter 474
Eros snapped from his daze and shook Vincent’s hand. “Ask Honey if you want to meet since we keep the doors locked. But I sure do want to know how you used the potions and their effects.” Said Eros while wondering how Vincent was going to use the potions.
[One of the potions has so many poisons that it has the name curse on it. I wonder what kind of gruesome details he would want to hear.]
“...” Vincent remained silent after recalling how much he suffered in Aero Forest when he was drenched in acid.
Vincent and Lilith used their academy student card and left to team ten island.
“Huh? What is this?” Eros crouched and noticed a thin green object on the floor. He picked it up and was surprised when it was glittering under the room’s lighting.
Eros placed it on the table and curiously used his inspection gemstone. “Let’s see what this strange piece of jewel or chain is.” He curiously said as he couldn’t understand what it was.
Soon, the object was scanned, and the information appeared. “This is a plant?” Said Eros while forgetting to breathe.
*~Sigh~* Eros tried to calm down. He wanted to return a piece that Zero had shed to Vincent, but his creative spirit took over.
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“It is a shedding of a strange mutated plant. Vincent does not need it. So he will not mind if I tinker with it.” Eros reassured himself. On his face was an excited grin, and his eye was burning with the passion for testing.
Unfortunately, Eros wasn’t going to change anytime soon. The improvement of his skills had to wait.
*Team Ten Island*
Vincent and Lilith returned. It didn’t take long for Lupa and Plow to race to them.
“My mate, what did you bring? Anything good?” Lupa excitedly asked. With the fur almost completely regrown because of Lilith’s help, her tail wagged a delightful breeze.
*Pho, Pho!* Plow cutely barked for attention after getting outrun by Lupa. “Plow wants something nice.” *Pho* She cheekily said.
*Sigh* “I feel sad that potions are more important than us.” Lilith teased.
Lupa and Plow lowered their tails and apologized. After waiting impatiently in the shade, they were eager to find out what the gift was and if they could have some.
[You might have spoiled them a bit too much. ]
Vincent smirked at Kazumi’s comment. He looked at Lilith and added, “Should we not give them a present?”
Lilith leaned her head and whispered, “I am trying to tease them, but what will you give them?”
“Incomplete potions. ” Vincent answered.
Lilith frowned and became nervous about giving an incomplete potion to Lupa and Plow. “W-which one?” She nervously stuttered.
After knowing how valuable the potions were, Lilith didn’t think Vincent would start handing them out after a couple of minutes had passed. She thought Vincent might mull over when it was best to use them, but no, he was about to hand them immediately.
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[1x Medium Fire Repel Potion (Rare Quality) summoned. x0 remaining.]
[1x Medium Focus Boost Potion (Rare Quality) summoned. x0 remaining.]
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Vincent now had a potion in each hand. He placed one in Lupa’s already extended hands and the other placed in front of Plow with the top open.
“Lupa. The potion will make you focus more for a small amount of time and possibly make you think faster. So use the potion when sparring with Vivid and break your limit.” Vincent explained with an encouraging tone. He didn’t know how much Vivid would suffer from a more keen Lupa in their everyday spar.
“Intelligent?” Lupa mumbled while drooling. She stared at the potion in her hands as if she had entered a trance. Lupa was already daydreaming of becoming the most intelligent out of everyone now.
*Clap*
Lupa snapped out of la-la land and returned to the real world when Vincent clapped. She wiped her drool and gave Vincent and Lilith a big warm hug.
[Sigh. That Plow is more impatient than Lupa sometimes.]
Vincent looked down and saw little Plow chugging the last gulp of the potion. She drank the potion without hearing what it did.
“Vincent Vincent. Plow feels warm.” *Pho* “What does the drink do to Plow?” *Pho?*
*Sigh* Vincent facepalmed. “I will make your fur catch less on fire, and the fire will not hurt you as much. But Plow, you need to become more cautious when receiving something from someone.” Explained Vincent with a frown. Even if Plow was young, Vincent didn’t believe Plow trusted him to this extent.
“But Plow trusts Vincent Vincent.” Plow heartwarmingly said. “Plow loves bed.” She added a bit later.
*Sigh* ‘Sometimes I wonder if I am more of a bed than her bonded tamer...’ Vincent pondered.
Vincent focused his gaze on Plow and scanned her.
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[Name] Plow
[Race] Mutated Nine-Tailed Fox
[Age] 8
[Condition] Healthy, Medium Heat Tolerance (1min), Medium Fire Retardant (2min), Medium Fire Repel (30sec)
[Core] Tamed Mutated Core
[Traits] Devour, Digest, Mutated Blood Tails, Mutated Blood Control, Mutated Heat Control
[Stats] Strength 6 || Agility 6 || Perception 8 || Mana 1
[Stats] Strength 33 || Agility 29 || Perception 26 || Mana 5 || Time 93 Sec
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[Third Eye activate.]
[Mutated Heat Control description.]
[The user can control and resist unnatural fire caused by a mutation of heat particles.]
[The more the user adapts to mutated heat particles, the more control and resistance to natural fire the user will mutate.]
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Plow looked at Vincent excitedly. She wanted to know what Vincent was seeing to cause him to stare at Plow so intently.
“Plow became very very strong?” *Pho?*
Lupa frowned. “I don’t see any difference.” She was quick to say.
“Vincent?” Lilith curiously asked. She wanted to know what happened to Plow after drinking the incomplete potion.
[Why don’t we set Plow on fire?] Kazumi devilishly suggested.
Vincent smirked. He approached Plow and extended his hand. Green dust was soon sprinkled on Plow. “Beat your tails together with force. Show me how strong you became.” He devilishly instructed as well.
Plow trusted Vincent so much that she did as instructed, producing a few sparks. When one of the sparks landed on Plow’s fur covered with mutated ash, the poor little fox caught on fire.
“Fire!” Lupa exclaimed.
“Vincent! What did you do?” The shocked Lilith questioned Vincent’s sanity and Kazumi not being able to stop him in time.
However, Vincent focused on Plow and instructed, “Control the mutated fire like you control your tails. I didn’t warn you because I believe Plow can overcome this little hardship.”
*PHO!* Plow loudly barked, and the intense mutated fire was pushed away from her body.
Plow swiftly looked all over her body and sighed in relief. She became relieved that her fur wasn’t burned nor singed. Plow didn’t want to feel embarrassed being naked or Lupa teasing her.
“You knew!?” Lilith angrily exclaimed. She lifted Plow and frowned at Vincent. “I will be taking Plow with me after you scared me to death.”
Lilith turned around and left with Plow.
[Why was she so upset? It’s not like Plow was hurt?]
-Did you forget only you and I can see the status window?-
[Then it is your fault.]
-...-
Lupa nervously tugged Vincent’s shirt. *Gulp* “Will my mate cook Lupa too?” She nervously asked.
“N-no.” Vincent stuttered. “Only Plow can control and resist the mutated green fire.”
“Really?” *Phew* “I thought my mate was going to cook me.”
After Lupa told Vincent all her plans about using the potion, she led Vincent to the garden where Iris was sitting beside Zero. Her head was on her knees while her eyes were closed.
Iris was sleeping while sitting in the shade in peace and tranquility.
M... [Master. Happy.] Zero said while looking at Vincent.
[Has Zero grown again? I think it is about one foot tall now. It grew two more inches from yesterday evening.]
*Gulp* ‘I hope Zero has a limit to its growth.’ Vincent hoped.
Vincent woke Iris gently and gave her a potion. Lupa curiously stared at Iris to see if Vincent was going to cook her like Plow. But after hearing how the potion was to increase her mana, Lupa looked happy yet disinterested and left.
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[Name] Iris Lionheart
[Soul Synch] 42%
[Race] Demigoblin
[Age] 20
[Condition] Healthy, Medium Mana Regen (10min)
[Traits] Overload, Green Thumb
[Class] Druid
[Stats] Strength 17 || Agility 28 || Perception 21 || Mana 324
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“Iris, you have ten minutes of medium mana regen. You can feed your plants and trees with mana more than normal for a limited time.” Vincent gave Iris a peck on her forehead and continued, “I will leave you alone while you have fun. Then we will tell Maria to help you control your new mana and gain the Mana Body Trait.”
Iris smiled blissfully and hugged Vincent. She raised her body on her toes and gave him a kiss for allowing her to grow more plants quickly. To Iris, this was the best type of gift she loved to receive.
After a couple of smooches, Vincent left and apologized to Ester because he didn’t have an original potion to give her. The only original potions remaining were the soul and poison potions. The rest were ordinary potions for combat and treatment.
Ester understood. She forgave Vincent after watching how guilty he felt for not giving her a gift. But when Ester was still feeling slightly sad, Lilith approached her.
Lilith placed her arm over Ester’s shoulder and slyly requested, “We require adequate compensation for not receiving any potions. ” *Wink* “I thought Eros gave the original potions to me. But I am left with none.”