>>5304323>>5304266>>5304275>>5304289Taking a few moves from Guts, you replicate his strategy of swinging horizontally to the point of practically spinning. The removed weight of your armor and weapons made your attacks fast enough to deflect the rubbery Mandragoran's swings as their lumps hardened to defend themselves of your onslaught.
Switching hands to keep your pole moving, you wave your spear to signal to them how you're ready to attack at any moment. You can see their movements when they come to you, but precognition is a one way street.
Without having to resort to spiritual recharge, the potency of your swings as you ravaged through splashes of blood and chlorophyll were starting to slow down, especially when you saw guts already being several steps in front of you.
It's going to be a pain to traverse back to the main hall by yourself, but neither of them seem to wait for you, despite the enemies coming both ways, they're only facing the front way.
Frustrated at your progression, you place a hand on the fallen mandragorans who refused to lie down and stay dead, since you're used to being around plants already, you might as well attempt to take the energy of them forcefully, if doing the opposite had an unexpected effect, what could this do?
Placing your hand on the Mandragoran's face, you suckle their life force as their painful cries make you wish you could cover your ears. As the creature shrinks and turns into a small puddle on the floor, you barely feel a difference on your energy or notice any of the possession's effects on you.
The plant is gone, yet so is the host, killed along with his parasite.
While not as deadly or passive as the flesh monsters, as you cut down the logs and chip down the tall grass growing around you, you start to wonder if these creatures are pseudo apostles, being controlled by a stronger figure who is actually a demon would certainly make a lot more sense...
Finally catching up to Guts and Bolzack z you see them trying to keep a door locked as several infected guards tried to smash through from the armory.
These things are already annoying enough to kill, but they're going to be an even bigger pest with full sets of armor...
>Seal the door.>Squash them with your magical trees.>Open the door and deal with them.>We can deal with them later, let's rush to ground floor.>Guts can blow them up through the crack on the door, let him deal with it.>Put your hand in between the door and disintegrate them by absorption. 