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Chapter 10 – Golden Crown Th.o.r.n.y Flower Queen

Translated by: s.h.i.+royukineko

TLN: OMG I just found out that Re:Monster is already translated to day 235! Wth! I was so dejected when it stopped at around day 70… Yes! I’m gonna read-a-thon 165 chapters, no, 235 chapters from the beginning! Oh, and I’m going to use spirit beast/monsters interchangeably, coz for some summons “monsters” would be more fitting, while for others, “spirit beasts” are more fitting.

“Hahaha!” Yue Yang was secretly laughing. With his mice example, he managed to hid the secret skills of the [Spitting Th.o.r.n.y Flower].

If the flower feed on corpses that were not suitable for it, it would never evolve.

[Corpse Feeding] allows the flower to to gain a huge amount of energy for recovery. This was extremely beneficial, especially in the long term. The flower had the ability to store excess energy it absorbed from corpses in its body. They would be stored in its fruits, which was called the [Th.o.r.n.y Flower Fruit]. Each and every fruit would hang on the th.o.r.n.y flower, and they had the ability to replenish the flower’s power that was consumed during battle, at any point of time. However, if the [Spitting Th.o.r.n.y Flower] wanted to evolve from [Corpse Feeding], they would have to feed from corpses that had the most suitable attributes to it. The higher the level, the better it would be.

When the flower feed from corpses, there is a big secret to it.

If the flower had absorbed a living thing that had the same attributes in the beginning, then it would not become a “variation”, it would only gain levels.

Conversely, if the flower had absorbed a living thing that did not have the same attributes (e.g. a human body) in the first absorption, it would not gain levels, but it would evolve to become a “variant”.

(TLN: Lol I remembered Re:monster because I was trying to find the word “Variant”)

Almost all of the monsters in the Soaring Dragon Continent were normal monsters. Only a few monsters would undergo evolution to become a “variation” under certain conditions.

Monsters that had gone through “variation” would be much stronger than normal monsters.

Such “variant” monsters could more easily evolve into an elite monster. When it evolved to an elite monster, its abilities would greatly increase. Similar to the grimoire rankings, the elite monsters ranks are divided into copper, silver, gold, platinum and diamond, five different types of ranks. Every time an elite monster raise in rank, its powers would increase by ten fold. Let alone platinum and diamond ranked monsters, even having a copper ranked monsters was something only normal people could dream of all their lives.

“I think I’ll give up on [Corpse Feeding]…Anyway my Guardian Spirit Beast is not the th.o.r.n.y flower, it’s a [Treeman Warrior]. I would only use the th.o.r.n.y flower to practice controlling technique anyway, I’ve never used it for battle.” Yue Bing shook her head as she quickly refused. She couldn’t even stand the thought of eating an Iron Fur Mice, let alone wanting to eat it!

“Such a pity,” Yue Yang laughed inside, he knew that the little miss had lost interest in the [Corpse Feeding] skill.

“San-ge, could you teach me the [Spore] skill instead?” Yue Bing was definitely a bright and eager student, she did not have any ill intentions like his fake brother.

“This is only a skill that a th.o.r.n.y flower who had reached level 4 [Th.o.r.n.y Flower Overlord] could do. Even when a [Spitting Th.o.r.n.y Flower] evolved into a level 2 [Carnivorous Th.o.r.n.y Flower] or a level 3 [Giant Th.o.r.n.y Flower], it still wouldn’t have the [Spore] ability. Only when it has reached level 4 and became a [Th.o.r.n.y Flower Overlord], it could disperse its parasitic [Spores].(TLN: I wanna be, the very best…) These spores would stick on corpses and turn them into [Spitting Th.o.r.n.y Flowers]. If the opponent was a living person, the the spores would enter into the person and devour his internal organs, sucking in his blood. Then it will evolve into a [Carnivorous Th.o.r.n.y Flower] and came out from the person’s body by tearing his stomach apart.” When Yue Yang explained it in that way, the little miss could only cringe as she was unable to endure it anymore.

She was thoroughly traumatized when she thought of a spore entering a person through the mouth, devoured his internal organs and then crawling back out.

A grotesque [Carnivorous Th.o.r.n.y Flower] forcing its way out of a previously healthy person, such a traumatizing scene…

That, that was so frightening!

Although Yue Bing was a genius teenager, her mental age was still a fifteen year old girl. Her pure and naive heart was deeply disturbed with such b.l.o.o.d.y images.

Of course, Yue Yang had purposely described it with such vivid words.

The real use for [Spores] was not to kill people. Who would be so foolish as to stand still and let the spores take root on their bodies? The main purpose for these spores was to break down corpses. There are some special monsters that would turn into zombies when they die, or resurrect again with several conditions. For example, the monsters in Water Category and Fire Category could be resurrected under a summoner’s special skill.

As the owner of the th.o.r.n.y flower, one would not be able to survive against these in a battle.

The th.o.r.n.y flower’s [Spores] could finally be used in this kind of scenario.

It could parasitize these monsters corpses and turn them fully into [Spitting Th.o.r.n.y Flowers], interrupting their revival. This interception would definitely weaken the other party’s fighting strength.

With regards to parasitizing on living people, it was actually something very difficult to do.

Furthermore, rather than having the spores parasitize on them, wouldn’t it be better to order the [Overlord Th.o.r.n.y Flower] to gobble that unlucky person up? Who knows, maybe the [Overlord Th.o.r.n.y Flower] could evolve another rank.

“Thank you Third Brother. Plant type monsters were already the weakest among the monsters, and this th.o.r.n.y flower is the weakest of the weak. It will be difficult to train it into a level 4 [Overlord Th.o.r.n.y Flower]. It’s best if we leave it at that. You should focus more on training your own Guardian Spirit Beast, because that would suit your training the most…What? You couldn’t summon your Guardian Spirit Beast? Ahh… Maybe you are just like me, the oddb.a.l.l.s amongst summoners…What a pity. If only Third Brother has the talent to summon other monsters like you have summoned the th.o.r.n.y flower, then your future will be limitless. Such a pity…” When Yue Bing heard about Yue Yang’s inability to summon his Guardian Spirit Beast, she was greatly saddened for him.

She quickly comforted him by a.s.suring him that his Guardian Spirit Beast was definitely the most suitable monster for him.

He might not be able to summon it right now because his spirit level was not high enough.

He could simply raise his spirit level slowly, and there wouldn’t be any problems in the future.

Yue Bing also said that element-type summons require a lot of conditions to summon. In the Academy, she had heard stories about how some of the element-type students couldn’t summon their own Guardian Spirit Beasts in the beginning. She had only wanted to take a load off Yue Yang’s mind. How could she know that her fake brother’s Guardian Spirit Beast was actually a special-type monster, [Phantom Shadow], and not an element-type beast?

Furthermore, with the current spirit level in Yue Yang’s body, he should be able to summon the [Phantom Shadow].

He had summoned it two days ago, but kept it a secret.

“Such a pity, Third Brother, your talent are just as useless as mine, the plant-type that has no future. And you could only summon a th.o.r.n.y flower…” Yue Bing shook her head slowly as she sighed. In her mind, th.o.r.n.y flower was the weakest amongst the monsters. It was the monster that was used by the Academy as a teaching tool, so it was fated that there wouldn’t be much growth.

“It’s alright. As long as I work hard, no matter what kind of monster, even if it’s just a weak th.o.r.n.y flower, it would be extremely strong when it reached level 10 and above.”

Seeing the miss became so sad for him, Yue Yang couldn’t help but to comfort her with his words.

Actually, based on the knowledge he got from the grimoire, he understood an extremely important point. That is, plant-type monsters might look weak on the outside, however, in reality, it was not weak at all. It was in no way inferior to the most sought-after monsters such as the and beast-type and bird-type monsters. The plant-type monsters appeared to be the weakest one, but on the contrary, it had a huge potential for growth, something that other monster types don’t have.

Should there be the king of plant-type monster, it would be this th.o.r.n.y flower that people had looked down upon.

lls-fairylls spitting th.o.r.n.y queenThree thousand years ago, there was a Ranker called the “Th.o.r.n.y Flower Fairy”, who had evolved her th.o.r.n.y flower to its maximum evolution stage. The th.o.r.n.y flower’s last stage of evolution turned out to be a human like [Golden Crown Th.o.r.n.y Flower Queen]. When demons tried to invade the Soaring Dragon Continent, it was this Th.o.r.n.y Flower Fairy and her Th.o.r.n.y Flower Queen who had slaughtered three of the Demon Kings. The flower had also gobbled more than five thousand demon troops. The boundless sea of flower that the Flower Queen had created became a nightmare for the demons. Even the unbeatable Black Dragon Demon King would ran away with tails between his legs at the sight of the Th.o.r.n.y Flower Fairy.

This Th.o.r.n.y Flower Fairy was the only human being who had the strength to resist and ma.s.sacre the strong warriors of the invading Demon Legion.

lls-fightUnfortunately, her lover died in the battle. The Th.o.r.n.y Flower Fairy couldn’t bear her loneliness and had chosen to be together with her lover instead.

In the future generations, there had been no one that could uncover the Th.o.r.n.y Flower’s secrets.

Countless Rankers had tried, but none could make the th.o.r.n.y flower evolve into a Mythical-Ranked “Humanoid Mythical Beast”. In the end, people could only helplessly gave up researching on the th.o.r.n.y flower. On the other hand, beast-types and animal-types, these monsters who had great advantage in the beginning, quickly increased in their popularity with people. And thus, plant-typed monsters lost its former glory and had been long forgotten as the strongest “Humanoid Mythical Beast” who had ma.s.sacred thousands of demons during the Demonic Legion invasion. It even become the Academy’s teaching tool.

“That’s right, we warriors should strive for self-improvement continuously. We must persevere. Third Brother, thank you.” Yue Bing nodded, looking like a model student again as she bowed respectfully towards Yue Yang. “Third Brother, I will go back for today. We can continue our training tomorrow.”

Seeing the little miss retreating back, Yue Yang mumbled to himself, “Since no one cared about this insignificant th.o.r.n.y flower, I’m gonna raise a [Golden Crown Th.o.r.n.y Flower Queen]!”