– “Do you see that, mister negative? The flower didn’t wither after all.” Solus remarked cheerfully.

“You are right! It can still blow up in our faces! Yay!” Lith replied mimicking her tone. –   Being too paranoid to touch the red lotus with his bare hands, he lifted it with spirit magic before unsuccessfully attempting to store it in the pocket dimension.

“What the heck?” Examining it up close with Life Vision, Lith could notice that along a massive mana flow, the red lotus also had a tiny speck of life force.

Neither him or Solus had any idea how it could have survived after such long exposure to an Abomination.

– “This is great. We can’t hide it, only carry it around in a normal pouch, with the risk of it being destroyed or even worse, discovered when we go back. If this flower is some kind of priceless treasure, it could cause us a lot of troubles.” –   Lith sighed, the idea of being forced to drop his first loot was quite depressing.

– “Let me guess, we are above a mana vein, right?”

“Exactly.” Solus replied. “My hypothesis is the Abomination managed to stabilise itself thanks to the combined effect of the abundant world energy and that odd flower.”