Chapter: 898
They were close to cutting it open.
"Now… let's see what the head does once we cut off its precious white liquid."
Red had been in the portal for a long time, though there was no experience notification of it killing, and no death notifications of the skeleton.
It made Jay curious, but he stopped himself from poking his head through. For all he knew, the other side could be filled with poisonous gasses, or something there had encase the skeleton in ice. Trapped and helpless; unable to move, unable to die.
Without knowing what was on the other side, Jay would not so much as breath near the portal, let alone stick his hand through.
"I wonder if my [Host] ability would even work through a portal. I can't even sense Red anymore." he thought, watching the shimmering silvery surface.
Lamp and Handy finally cut open the root, while Jay watched from a safe distance.
However, his caution was for nothing.
The deep gash they made didn't erupt in a deadly high-pressure jet, but it slowly seeped out.
Whatever the fluid was, it was thick, viscous and sticky. Globs of it slowly pumped out, though most still went through, towards the head.
"Hmm. Maybe they would cut through it faster with their own weapons?" Jay thought.
Climbing onto the root, Jay temporarily let them stop cutting and formed a small pile of bones. None of the floor roots could hope to steal these bones up here, and the skeletons forged their own specialized weapons without worry.
In the meantime, Jay analysed the cut they made.
"Hmm…" he drew his hand near the milky-white fluid, his finger outstretched - but ultimately, he decided not to touch it.
"Not worth the risk. It could be vitality for the head, but poison for me. Besides, I don't want that sticky shit on my fingers." He nodded.
After a moment, Lamp and Handy finished crafting their weapons: a shepherd's crook, a gut knife, and a two-handed sword. But before Lamp and Handy could make a wider, deeper cut, more knights appeared, sprawling over the blockade of Ova.
"Hmm, all lesser knights. Looks like the intelligent knights are sending them all in first." Jay thought.
Five of them made it past the Ova, two without weapons, lost in the desperate scramble of bodies. Again, they charged directly towards Jay.
Jay shook his head. "What is an army without a commander?"
*BOOM!~*
Merciless as it was, the root caught them.
It crushed two knights, turning them into a disgusting paste between metal plates.
It knocked backwards a third, sending a knight falling to its back.
The tentacle reeled back, preparing for another attack.
The knights didn't turn to attack the tentacle and kept their focus on Jay.