Taking the Mafia to the Magic World

Chapter 275 Fighting a Plant!

With his mana circulating through his Magic Gem and his two pentagrams ready, Vicente cautiously approached the herb in front of him.

As he did so, he could see the field lines around it, noticing how they grew stronger as he approached it.

As he took another step closer to his target, Vicente suddenly felt the mana in his surroundings change, sending a chill down his spine.

”Shit!”

He didnʼt wait and moved, jumping from where he was to the side.

As he did so, he saw a dark purple root emerge from the ground where he was, attacking so quickly that if he had been any slower, it would have stabbed his body.

Seeing how sharp the tip of the root was, Vicente realized even though it couldnʼt change its position, the herb in front of him had its ways of acting against him.

ʼThe roots that attacked me and the others I can feel moving through the ground are not part of its body. They are just part of the special powers of this herb.ʼ Vicente thought as he moved, first acting defensively while trying to find an opening to attack.

The body of the medicine in front of him was only the small plant above the crystal on the ground. The roots that attacked Vicente were like a special spell!

Plants and animals couldnʼt cast spells for the most part. However, like magicians, they had elemental affinities.

It was much easier for them to manipulate their mana and the compatible elements around them than it was for humans. As a result, such beings could easily create elemental forms of attack and defense within their domain.

Vicente saw this in practice for the first time when he noticed that the roots attacking him were not limited by that ʼlittleʼ plant position.

ʼPlant bodies are quite vulnerable. As long as I can reach it, I can control it.ʼ He gazed at the plant with narrowed eyes as various roots surrounded him, coming from plants in the area, from the ground, and even from the air itself.

Through what looked like a magic circle, roots in the air appeared out of nowhere and rushed toward Vicente as if they were living beings.

However, they were not living beings but part of the plantʼs power and the areaʼs natural elements, which, by the way, was very favorable to the creature.

No wonder it had evolved there!

Vicente combined his two powers when he found himself surrounded by these roots, causing the space to distort while a spherical distorted area appeared around him.

When six root tips as thick as adult hands were about to reach him, they hit Vicenteʼs barrier, slamming into it and pushing it against him.

But they couldnʼt get past Vicenteʼs defenses. They went further than any of his previous enemies had ever gone, but they still couldnʼt reach him, deforming the field lines around him like weights against an elastic fabric.

Vicente broke out in a cold sweat as he found himself in such a position, feeling his mana being rapidly consumed by his abilities.

ʼI have to finish this quickly.ʼ He looked at the ʼsmallʼ plant not far from him.

Conscious plants like the one near Vicente had many variations depending on the species they came from, the level they were at, and so on. However, they were usually weak in defense and not very intelligent.

That is, their consciousness at low levels was limited to a natural sense of things around them. An instinct that was useful for defending themselves or even hiding from threats around them.

Their intelligence was not as complex as that of the goblins, for example, who were intelligent enough to know the value of this herb, to find the way to it, and to observe it.

It just existed, and their intelligence made them try to live as long as possible, no matter their situation.

That usually gave them enough to try to defend themselves and hide from beings interested in acting against them, but it also made them vulnerable.

Once he reached the body of that plant, Vicente was certain that it would no longer attack him for fear of being killed.

He wouldnʼt even have to kill it to defeat it!

Since the plantʼs body had several limitations, if he got too close to it, even though he was weaker, he could deliver a deadly blow that it would be unable to defend against. That would be his victory.

With that in mind, Vicente used what he had to push the roots that were trying to hit him in the opposite direction, knowing that the plant couldnʼt control many roots at once, let alone make them disappear and reappear in other positions quickly.

ʼNow!ʼ

As he acted, the roots flew in the opposite direction, and he moved, hovering in the air and heading quickly toward the vulnerable ʼlittleʼ plant right in front of him.

”Gotcha!” He muttered as he made his first pentagram glow brighter, attacking the herbʼs body internally as he approached it.

The plant found itself in a terrible situation as it noticed several metallic spears forming around it from the metals in its enemyʼs body while the metallic elements in its own body trembled under Vicenteʼs control.

If it could think like a human being, the creature would curse Vicente as it felt its whole body shaking while it couldnʼt control its parts even 25% as much as it normally could.

Even though there was a huge difference in mana between them, Vicente still managed to affect enough of his opponentʼs body to leave it in its current state!

But 25% of a mid-level Mageʼs power was enough to hurt Vicente.

Feeling himself in a terrible situation, the plant once again moved its magical roots against its opponent, using everything it could.

”Not so fast, plant!” Vicente floated higher while the metal objects around him fell as they were no longer controlled.

Earth Dome!

He made a few hand seals and directed his mana into a spell, preparing to combine his spells with his abilities.

While being attacked by new roots, Vicente formed a sphere of soil around the plant, then controlled the electromagnetic field around it, ʼblindingʼ it.

Electromagnetic Pulse!

He reached his maximum using another spell but protected himself in time from the enemy attacks, destroying some roots while escaping others.

Trapped inside Vicenteʼs Earth Dome, the ʼlittleʼ plant had no way to see beyond the dome. It couldnʼt tell where he was due to the electromagnetic properties of that sphere covering it!

Falling into Vicenteʼs ingenious trap, the 3rd stage plant lost its first battle since becoming a Mage two years ago.

Seeing the situation of his opponent, who couldnʼt reach him easily anymore, Vicente took a recovery potion to keep his enemy captive while he didnʼt take possession of it.

ʼTime to...ʼ

However, just as he was about to do something, a beastʼs cry reached him, making him move his eyes toward the creature he had heard weeks ago.

Gulp!