The King of Fairies is now a Demon Lord

211  The Once In a Cycle Bloom
Rael walked alongside the guards toward the direction of the sound, The closer he reached the source the more his eyes widened in a quiet surprise.
"What the…."
Rael muttered aloud in exasperation.
A huge ninety-foot plant grew from the soil, It wasn't too long since most plants in the lower world and even the realms above would generally be bigger but the reason why Rael was surprised was not because of its sheer grandiose size but the fragrance that the plant was emitting.
'This fragrance…. It's sweet and a little musky.. reminds me of an extremely rare ingredient, shavings of Woollyshore wood… no… no… It's similar but that's not it, this smells like an ancient version of it and….yes… and perhaps... mutated as well…'
Suddenly Rael's dao of guessing senses tingled. This plant was dangerous and he knew it.
Not only was it a primordial version of one of the most intoxicating materials but a complete version and mutated on top of it.
'After all, how can shavings of the Woodyshore compete with an entire tree of it? Just the remnants are extremely rare… and this… this is crazier!!'
From all of his experiences with his teacher Tian Yue where he learnt all about alchemy, Rael knew one thing…
'This may be one of the legendary once in a world cycle blooming plants… only a handful of it are ever born in a world cycle… however it hasn't bloomed yet, merely in its birthing stage…. it could take hundreds of years or even millions, it's always a little hazy with these things, it can even happen now…'
If Rael's guess was right, this plant was just born… probably a few months old, it would grow taller… bigger… and it would eventually cover the entire lower world and suck away all of its energy and then attach itself to more worlds until it has enough energy to bloom…
…And once it would bloom…. Rael truly had no clue what would happen, after all, he truly did not know what plant this was… despite his extensive knowledge…
'Whatever it is… It's extremely precious… It's going to attract entities from every dimension, entities of every level… and once it has bloomed they will all fight over it… that's how much it's worth it….'
'No wonder…. This must be why my mother came to this lower world… it may have been to pluck this plant away and store it somewhere safe where it would attract no one and help her faction gain the fruits of it… literally and figuratively…'
Rael shook his head and stared at the growing plant in astonishment, he gulped his saliva.
This lower world was one hell of a lower world, filled with so many anomalies that he could never begin to imagine.
'If a fallen angel at the ranks of Lucifer was not enough, the coffin of Qida… a sleeping dragon prince… and above all the birth of ME! And now! THIS! WHAT THE FUCK!'
Rael took a deep breath in. He was in the past. Eventually from what he knew about it, his mother had regained her memories… perhaps looked at her two children with disdain… and according to the hidden history analysis, she mostly took away the plant safely.
If she had not, the lower world mayhaps had been destroyed already.
Or… Rael brainstormed a little, 'The other analysis is that this plant may be causing all the anomalies…'
'Or it could even be that it has already taken over the lower world and has been influencing people's memories… mine… and that ever memory may be a lie… I may not even be in the past… everything could be a fabrication from my identity to anything else…'
"Maybe that's a stretch…"
His Dao of Guessing senses tingled, Rael laughed wryly, "It could also just be a huge paradox…"
"Aren't you gonna tingle or something? Why'd you stop scared?"
"Hey-!"
"….."
*….tingle-tingle….*
"..."
"My fucking go-"
Rael sat down on the grass as he watched the other people who approached it, making an analysis of everything that was happening.
"So it seems that this plant nourishes on people's memories… seemingly devouring them if someone touches any part of it…"
Rael pondered. That explained why his mother had lost her memories.
'Although they may be temporary, the memories may have been devoured by the plant but for high-level beings, it is a little different, higher-level entities can regenerate their memories, the longer a person has lived, and depending on one's regenerative speed… it could take longer…'
The silver-haired man glanced at the guards and servants who had surrounded the plant in a trance and nodded to himself.
'It is different for lower beings. Their memories are small, they don't live long enough for it… There are many emotions they have not experienced… hence the plant not only wipes their mind clean but the fragrance enters into their body and spikes different kinds of hallucinations to create a memorable experience… and then devours those memories…'
As for why the fragrance did not work on Rael? He was sure it was because the plant was still a newborn. It was very much possible that it could not thrall him yet.
Though his body, flesh, and cells were still that of a lower being, his constitution was not at the very least.
'Those guys, however, they are too weak… they are already charmed…'
No wonder, it made a lot of sense to Rael. The reason why the Gleaming Garden was in a lockdown, closed off to the world.
'Knowing Avari enough, he probably wants to take over the world using this…'
Half of the people who were spewed all over the grass after touching the plant had gone insane being succulently toyed with by the plant to extract as much nourishment as it could from their brain… creating different kinds of memories.
While the other half stood in a line to touch it.
Rael however lay back calmly observing everything. After a few minutes had passed, from the corner of his eye, he noticed an illuminating carriage made out of gold coming nearby.
As it came nearby, it stopped away at a pretty far but near distance. From out of the carriage, Avari plopped down… he held his hand up for the other passenger inside to come out but was seemingly ignored.
Rael scrunched his face in cringe as he observed the embarrassed Avari as his mother came out of it.
Along with the duo, there were four elite-looking guards, and their entire entourage including Avari and Rael's mother were wearing oxygen masks to block the deadly fragrance as a precaution.
The silver-haired man rolled his eyes nonchalantly as he observed them slowly approaching the plant.
'Let's see what these idiots are up to.'
could I get a supergift pls lol