The mother of Orchid, Cattleya, she looks pretty much like Orchid with the difference that her petals are violet color, she gives off a menacing aura with a fierce look in her eyes. Being an experienced alraune she learned how to germinate plants at free will, create magic vines and predator plants from other plant based objects.

A month ago at the Azalea’s Forest.

Cattleya gave birth to Orchid, the way alraunes give birth is different from humans, they reproduce asexually, at some point in their lives from the chest area a small bulb appears, from this point the alraune has to extract nutrients from other living beings, sometime later the bulb grows some petals at the base in this point the mother can remove it and plant it in the earth so it can blossom as most plants do.

The bulb grows as big as a ten years’ old kid before blossom and bringing a new life in the world, the newly born alraune has the appearance as a ten years’ old girl and enough mental capacity to speak and survive by their own, but has the mental age of a five years old child.

After Cattleya planted Orchid’s bulb she fell sleep because of the exhaustion the remove of the bulb causes, during this time a group of human adventurers run into the bulb and took it to sell it as a rare item, but they need to know what they were selling so they depart to Haze City north of Ballis to meet with someone that can give them the information, but they were stop by Alice who took the Bulb and implant Samanta’s soul in it.

The present at Verol Town outskirts,

From a safe distance right at the edge of the border with the Psion Empire an army satay in standby near their location is a watch tower at the top a male figure wearing a full black armor is watching the chaos unleashed at Verol, from below a knight ask the man.

Knight: General Hasec, your orders.

Hasec: *jumps from the tower* Be prepared, if Cattleya crosses the border it will be an ALL-OUT WAR were most of you won’t make it back.

The knights shiver, the thought that just one being would be able to make General Hasec say something like that gives them the portrait of how strong Cattleya is.

At Verol.

The fight continues with the adventurers’ side being at clearly disadvantage, the town was completely covered in flora making it to look more like a jungle than a town, the humans keep losing numbers due to Cattleya summoned predator sentient plants, their bodies are made of vines, they look like a serpent with a Venus flytrap as mouth.

The humans thought that fire attacks would be effective, because of that Elluet ask for a vast majority of scholars specialized in fire magic, but it was pointless the plants and the vines were absorbing the fire magic to increase their strength.

Cattleya: Why you keep fighting? You have no hope of surviving.

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Elluet: Silence monster, I will slay you just wait and see.

Ryckna’s team location.

Bors: Is there a way to stop it.

Sugar: Give her what she wants.

Sugar a powerful Witch, far more than Katrine, she looks like a young girl, wears a pink polka sweatshirt with sleeves that cover her hands and long skirt, she has pink braided hair and a pink witch hat with a swirl candy ornament.

Mirna: What she wants?

Bors: Her daughter.

Sugar: Yes.

Ryckna: Elluet won’t allow us to get near her.

Victoria: But we don’t need his permission to do it.

Gustav: We were order to stay as backup, so we need to wait for orders to act.

Victoria: You can wait, but I will save my friend.

She runs back at Orchid location.

Kori: Wait… Ryckna we have to do something.

She takes a moment to think.

Ryckna: Mmm… screw Elluet, we have to save the little flower and everyone at the town.

Everyone except Gustav: YES!

Ryckna: Kori take Victoria parents to a safe location, you too Gustav.

As they hurried to catch up with Victoria, Gustav ignored Ryckna orders and wait for Elluet’s ones, soon a messenger from Elluet met with him and told him to move to the frontlines and secure Orchid.

At the path to Orchid, Victoria and the others are intercepted by some predator plants.

John: How are we supposed to kill those things, they are immune to fire.

Bors: But no to slashes.

He slashes a plant, cutting it in two.

Ryckna: We have to hurry, if she gets tired of this she will release a poisonous cloud killing us all.

Victoria: No time to lose.

She stretches her hand pointing at the road full of monster plants and vines, that leads to Orchid, then she starts to gather mana in her hand and shape it into fire.

Mirna: Wait it won’t work they are immune to fire.

Ryckna stops Mirna and tells her to leave Victoria handle it.

Victoria: They are not immune to fire, they have a Wind Coat, that deflects projectiles and redirects the explosion of the fireballs.

John: Then what are you trying to do?

Victoria: Burn them in a vortex. Vortice di fiamma!

With the spell name, she released a vortex of flames in front of her, the flames are intense the constant swirl surpassed the wind coat burning the plants and turning them in ashes.

Bors: Nice job kid.

Victoria: *pant* Thank you *pant*

Ryckna: She learned a mix spell in such a short time, no doubt why she was chosen by Sugar.

Suddenly a plant monster burst out from the building beside Victoria almost reaching her, everyone could only watch as the plant get near her with it mouth ready to gobble her.

*SPLAT*

With Elluet.

Elluet: Why we can damage her.

Elluet: I need more power to finish her.

Elluet: I don’t care what it cost… I will slay her and become a Hero.

???: So you want to be a Hero.

A voice calls Elluet in his mind.

???: If you’re ready then sign the contract with a YES and then I will give you the power to fight against the alraune in from of you.

Elluet: YES, give it to me, allow me to fight her.

???: Very good, you will be able to fight the alraune known as Cattleya.

A light envelops Elluet, the adventurers can only look amazed their leader has achieved a great power, he has now a new gear, a red armor that cover him complete and a single long sword imbued with the power of fire and wind.

Elluet: Yes, this is it. Prepare yourself monster I the Blaze Knight Elluet will slay you and become a Hero.

Cattleya: Foolish human, a Contract with a Witch will not save you, especially if it’s with her.

She looks up in the night sky, a shadow stands with the moon behind, it’s the Witch that gave Elluet the armor and sword.

The [Ash Flower Witch] – Houhua. The right hand and main strategist of Ivana Blitzchter the Empress of Psion.