The brunette found herself sinking into a disgusting brown muck, her coat dragging her down into the creature's trap. Panic flooded her brain as she pushed her hands against the lily pads insides and yelled out for help.
She wasn't sure that Catherine could hear her as everything sounded muffled. Her breath quickened as she struggled not to spiral into an anxiety attack.
[MOB ALERT 👾 THE VENUS FLYTRAP]
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Elizabeth wanted to smack herself in the face once the mob's identity was revealed to her. Of course she would get tricked by an out of place, gigantic lily pad. The venus fly trap was a classic in various forms of media and also existed in real life.
The version she was stuck in seemed to be more focused on luring its prey into a sense of false security before capturing them. Still, she wasn't gonna wait while it decided whether to spit her out or eat her.
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YOU HAVE x6950 COINS
◇ 1 SNOW BUG SPRAY ◇
◇ 1 WICKER BROOM ◇
◇ 1 CRYSTAL VACUUM ◇
◇ 1 MAID OUTFIT ◇
item currently equipped
◇ 1 MAP OF FROST TOWN ◇
◇ 1 MAP OF FROST ESTATE ◇
◇ 1 DAMAGED WEREBEAR COAT ◇
◇ 4 SNOW LION STEAKS ◇
◇ 1 SNOW LION PELT COAT ◇
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◇ 1 SNOW LION FANG DAGGER ◇
◇ 2 PUB PASSES ◇
◇ 1 WET RAG ◇
◇ GUILD PASS ◇
◇ 1 MAMMOTH TOOTH ◇
◇ 1 MAMMOTH FUR STRIP ◇
◇ 1 SLIME & MOB BOOK ◇
◇ 5 PINK CAVERN CRYSTALS ◇
“Damn damn damn…” Elizabeth didn't know what to do. The leaves felt so thick that she wasn't sure she'd be able to just slash and cut through it.
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The teenager wracked through her brain trying to remember how exactly to kill a VENUS FLYTRAP after getting trapped by one.
She knew that it wasn't like the mammoth and wolves where you could just stab them. There was a specific part of the flytrap that you had to damage to take it down.
The teenager floated in the muck, desperately pushing herself up to keep from drowning as she thought. From what she could recall the flytrap had a heart and you needed to destroy that heart for it to unfurl itself permanently.
“Where is it?” She asked as she pressed her hands all over the tightening leaves. Outside she could hear Catherine attacking with her hatchets. But they did nothing to help free the brunette. “The heart must be inside then.”
Her coat was weighing her down so the teenager had no choice but to abandon it. As she stripped to her horror she realized holes were beginning to develop. This meant that the filth she was swimming in had to be the flytrap’s stomach acid.
She looked at her arms and saw that there were no cuts forming and her skin just looked wet. This provided a mere second of comfort before she realized soon the acid would begin to eat at her limbs. It made her determination to break free even greater and she let out a shudder.
“Plants die once you damage their connections to soil. It would make sense if the heart was closest to the ground then.” Elizabeth muttered as the muck began to rise further and further up.
She had no other choice but to swim down to the bottom of the lily pad and do what she could to destroy it. The teenager didn't know what exactly that would entail but she didn't have time to sit and think.
If the much got any higher she would suffocate and be respawned at the guild house. And she would not only leave Cathrine alone but she would lose her coat.
Taking in a deep breath the teenager searched through her inventory for a weapon. The girl needed something that wouldn't fail and screw her over.
{SELECTED 1 SNOW LION FANG DAGGER}
{SELECTED 1 MAMMOTH TOOTH}
Elizabeth figured using both was for the best. The mammoth tooth felt smoother than the snow lion dagger but was noticeably larger. The end of the tooth looked sharp so she didn't mind the size.
Plus, the muck was still rising and her forehead was getting sticky with sweat. The brunette didn't know if what she was planning would work. She could throw herself down into the thick liquid and then get stuck.
This would lead to her drowning and being devoured by the disgusting carnivorous plant monster. But she just had to risk it. The leaves were too thick and Catherine hadn't managed to do anything to the VENUS FLYTRAP since the teenager had gotten sucked into its stomach.
There was no other choice but for her to try and cut a chunk out of it's disgusting beating heart. She gave herself time to take in another deep breath, feeling her chest tingle as she did so.
Her body was shaking from the amount of energy it took to keep her neck upward. Everything ached and she knew that she needed to get out. She felt like the leaves were closing in on her and that left her terrified out of her mind.
“Oh god.” She whimpered to herself as the muck began to rise again.
Her shoulders felt like they were being crushed as the brunette dived down. It was hard as there wasn't too much room but she felt sinking down would be counterproductive.
Elizabeth needed to know where exactly she was going in this hell of a creature. The muck was thick and she was blinded, nearly going back up to get air. But the lily pad wasn't very deep as her avatar’s body was short and her knees had been bent the whole time.
Elizabeth hit the bottom of the VENUS FLYTRAP quickly and she instantly began to press her blades against the innards of the monster. The creature began to wiggle and the teenager was slammed full force into its side.
She was momentarily frazzled by this but she was too worried about drowning to focus on it. Instead, she used the daggers to help steady herself by sinking them into the plant's body. The flytrap kept moving with muck going in and out of not only her mouth but her nostrils.
It tasted gross and she was struggling not to choke on the liquid invading her body. Her arms moved robotically as she lifted the daggers and then jammed them down. Over and over with Elizabeth moving blind as she dug in deep.
The brunette was incredibly dizzy and she swore that in real life she had to be getting a major migraine. Her eyes were watering and her chest was burning as the muck was practically infecting her.
Elizabeth was amazed that she hadn't lost consciousness at this point. She was getting close as her body was floating and being thrashed around as she attacked.
Her arms felt heavy but she kept using them to stab the bastard as much as she could. It was hard to hear with liquid stuffing her ears but from what she managed the VENUS FLYTRAP was hurt. The beast was screeching in total agony.
“Ngh!” Elizabeth let out a gurgle of a scream as she was wrapped up in vines. The flytrap rapidly unfurled and thrust her airborne. “Oh my god!”
The brunette was soaked in the disgusting liquid but was able to finally breathe. She was gasping for air as the vines wrapped around her ankles and wrists. It was obvious that the VENUS FLYTRAP was trying to get her to let go of her weapons.
She refused, flopping around and kicking her legs in an attempt to break free. The beast's strength wasn't as strong as before but it was still stronger than her.
It was able to keep her subdued despite her hurting its heart. She could see that black ooze was spraying out from the stab wound she caused meaning this was its futile final strike to end her.
Something whizzed past her head, cutting off a lock of her hair. The girl gasped and saw that it was Catherine's hatchet. “Catherine!” She yelled out and turned to see the elf had pure bloodlust beaming in her eyes.
The elf opened her hand and the hatchet flew back into her hold. “Damnit.” The elf muttered as she looked at her captured and severely injured friend.
“I'm going to blast this bastard,” The light-haired woman grunted as she put both her hatchets away. She picked up her staff with a cold glance at the beast before addressing her again. “Try to move your legs out of the way!”
Elizabeth didn't have any choice but to use all the remaining energy she had to curl her legs up. Her entire body was shaking as she did this, her palms growing increasingly warmer as she sweated more and more.
The teen felt like she was about to pass out when a blast zoomed beneath her. The vines that held her weakened and she fell from the air like a sack of potatoes onto the snowy ground.
Catherine ran towards her as her attack landed square on the VENUS FLYTRAP and obliterated it. Black goo splattering everything. The impact came with a loud cracking sound that echoed throughout the forest and worsened the headache Elizabeth had.
A bright light filled her vision and she closed her eyes to avoid going blind. She felt her body being caught by her elf companion who was panting and shaking. Both girls had been exhausted beyond belief by their assault against the creature.
The girl could tell by the groaning the monster made Catherine had succeeded. But for now, all she could do was lay in her companions arms. She tried her best to speak but only could let out wet coughs that shook her chest cavity.
Dark spots appeared as she felt her weapons turn into pixels. Suddenly, everything became dreamlike and she felt her subconscious being pulled far, far way.
“Eliza? Eliza, try to stay awake! Eliza!”