The wind blew, and the delicious scent vanished.
The Machineel tree's vines stopped midway, and so the mutant plants on all sides that were creeping towards the prey, waiting for her temperature to drop in order to feast again.
But…
Where is it? The prey disappeared, and it only left torn rags with its dried blood on them!
The machineel tree also has this question, as it swept vines around on the ground until it touched the small bump on the rags.
The bump moved, and the bloodied rags were shredded into tiny strips. A small silhouette emerged, and its figure flickered.
Whoosh-
It shuttled fast, using the vines as the terrain to get to the tree.
The Machineel tree only had a second to react before something shot at the center of its trunk, where its crystal nucleus was located.