Mardinal: The Assassin's Adventure
Chapter 6: Parasitic Plants

“You are almost an emotion just because of being mocked by a dying person?” ask the plant with a heavy voice typical of adult men.

Mardin sighed, raising her head while pinning her red hair back. His silver eyes had now turned back to blue, and the black color of the eyeball had disappeared.

“Ah…. Sorry, Dros.” Mardin smiled at the living plant on his left shoulder. “Shouldn't I be provoked by emotion.”

“As your late father said, do not let you be provoked by your own enemies. It will only cause a gap and make you easier to beat,” advises the plant named Dros. “Lucky your enemy is dying. Otherwise, you might have been injured. Stay calm while you're fighting, okay? You can enjoy the fight, but don't get carried away emotionally.”

“By-good…. I understand, plant wise.” Mardin shook his hand at Dros. “So go back inside my body. I'm fine.”

Dros did not enter, instead he flinch with his head facing toward Mardin for a long time.

“You why?” ask plain mardin.

“Hmm…. I can't believe you're okay.”

“You ‘kan always thought I wasn't okay. Hurry up, get back in..!”

“OK. But, remember! Control your emotions, Son.”

“Good…. I puters— Ouch! Pain, Dros...!”

Mardin felt pain in his left shoulder as Dros hurriedly entered his body again.

Mardin had Dros in his body for a long time. He experienced a rare curse that made him have to contract with the parasite plant, which is a condition where he has excess production of Ru Energy in the body.

Ru energy is known as the energy that resides within the body of a living being. The concept is almost similar to Mana magic as in fantasy works. Ru energy can be used as a source of one's strength in increasing physical abilities as well as the use of Element Ru.

Element Ru itself was part of the kind of power formed from the production of Ru Energy, this one was more like magic. Each creature that has Ru Energy has different elements, depending on a user's interest in an element or object that he sees when he has new Ru Energy. However, there is also the same if the Ru Element that is owned seems common.

Not all living things have Ru Energy. Only those who are familiar with the processing of physical strength and elements can produce Ru Energy. Those who were able to fight were not necessarily possessed of Ru Energy.

Every being that had Ru Energy had the same amount of production, no matter what the state of his body was. If the energy is reduced, then how to restore it by resting until the body is felt fitter. However, it is different from the situation experienced by Mardin.

Mardin has an excessive amount of Ru Energy production. Even if he had expended a lot of Ru Energy for the use of Element Ru, it would still be that energy would continue to grow. Excess Ru Energy is not a good thing. If left unchecked, then his body would be destroyed or worse.

Therefore, Mardin needs parasitic plants such as Dros to suck up more Ru Energy to keep the amount stable. Excessive use of Element Ru in order to reduce the amount of Ru Energy was also a bad way, it would cause prolonged side effects to his body.

In essence, the user should be wiser in using Ru Energy. Don't overdo it even if you have a situation like Mardin.

“Haaah..”.

Mardin sighed. As his feelings get better, he begins to move from above Boomer's dead body. Mardin stretched several parts of his body first so as not to feel tense.

After stretching the body, Mardin's waist even meandering itself like another person jog dangdut. Apparently, the phone inside his pants pocket rang, signaling an incoming call. Mardin reached into the phone, reading the name of the caller.

“Woalah, phone. Nih waist has already suffered from dangdut syndrome like.” Mardin patted her own waist. “Halo, Bruh!”

“Mard, flickback! The children of Laen have come out of the rubble. If not behind the chips, you will be caught wandering out of school,” said Dimas across the street.

“Lah? Are you out?” Mardin scratched his red head. “This is you again why?”

But at that moment, Mardin felt a strange vibration from the ground. As the tremors grew louder, the ground in front of him shattered creating a huge hole. From that hole, came out a large centipede monster, the stomach is gray, while the top is black.

As a result of the appearance of the monster right in front of Mardin, Boomer's corpse was pierced by one of its horns, stuck there until the legs, hands, and chunks of meat fell.

“Iyuh...,” said Mardin pretended to be disgusted to see the leg pieces until the meat fell.

The centipede stood towering with sharp-looking legs, moving rapidly in place. Some of the black fangs outside his side mouth moved on their own, ready to rip apart their prey. And part of his body was still embedded in the ground.

The centipede's eyes began to stare at Mardin. Seeing that there was a potential prey in front, he screamed with a shrill voice.

“Nyeerrreeeeet!!”

“Mard? Mards! Mardin budek's! What is that sound?! Monster again?”

Mardin was dumbfounded for a moment in a looked up position to pay attention to the head of the centipede monster. After that, he replied, “I'll be back soon, kok.”

Then, Mardin disconnected the phone call unilaterally.

“Oh, jeez!” Mardin put his phone in his pocket. “Why should come this kayak creature, anyway?”

Mardin sighed. This time, he was twirling his own machete not for a fad, but to create something.

“Hologram Gauge.”

From the turn of the blade, five blue hologram machetes floated in the air. The five machets flew up, taking positions surrounding the centipede monster.

“Activate Pistol Blaster mode.”

The burlesque was transformed into a hologram gun with each muzzle pointing at the monster.

“Launch Laser Cutter.”

The five pistols shot laser lines around the centipede monster, so the creature was confined there.

“Cut!”

The five laser lines instantly cut, chopping the centipede monster into pieces. Large pieces of centipede meat fell, blood flowed a lot to wet the streets until it became a puddle.

Once enough was felt, Mardin raised his hand, giving the cues to his hologram weapons to stop cutting. Then, the holograms simply vanished in the air.

When the centipede's head piece fell off, Mardin casually stepped on it using one leg.

“In a moment, surely the Gamma came here to check the situation,” muttered Mardin for a moment. “Sorry, cute friend. I don't have much time to deal with you. I still have activities to do. Keep that old man in hell, okay? Drug!”

After all he had done, now Mardin went from there while back skating on skateboard, leaving the streets that were already very dirty filled with pools of blood and chunks of meat monsters are very disgusting.

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