How to Live as an Illegal Healer

102. Wave parasitic plant 1

Kang Seung-hyeon swung the knife once again and cut off the stem.

At first glance, you might mistake it for a parasite, but

wow!

What spurted out of the cut stem was not blood, but thick bodily fluid.

“I knew it would be like this.”

Kang Seung-hyeon picked up the stem that had fallen to the floor.

It looks like an ordinary plant on the outside, but this guy didn’t grow from soil or water, but from the head of a fish.

“What is that?”

“A parasitic plant monster. Among them, it is a wave parasitic plant.”

The wave parasitic plant is an aquatic plant with dark green stems and lives mainly in fresh water such as lakes and ponds.

If you look at it like this, it looks like a normal plant, but

“It looks like this guy was controlling a kamapan fish.”

“control?”

This guy is an internal parasitic monster that parasitizes the body of other creatures.

It is also a dominant parasitic plant that controls other organisms.

“He’s a pretty vicious guy.”

“Is it vicious? What are you doing?”

“The wave parasite robs the body of its host to find its prey.”

Kang Seung-hyun muttered as he brushed off the bodily fluids from his silver glory.

I feel bad, so I washed it clean with lake water.

“Wow, that’s really vicious.”

“Once it enters the body, it immediately takes control of the brain.”

Because it looks so ordinary, it usually disguises itself as a normal plant, but it starts working the moment the host ingests itself.

“If you stretch the stem all the way through the body and put the root in the brain, you are ready for infection.”

A host infected by this creature loses its self and becomes manipulative.

In a word, it becomes a living zombie.

“The wave parasite uses its host to hunt other creatures and feed itself, but the host dies without getting any nutrients.”

Of course, the water parasite doesn’t care if its host dies.

If the host’s body rots or is damaged and becomes useless, it can go in search of a new host.

It can be said to be a typical parasitic monster that thoroughly uses its host and causes only harm. Ho-jung Kim, who had heard the story, said

, “Huh-uh-uh…”

and stepped back in disgust.

With a really sad face.

“Then that! Are you manipulating people too?”

“I don’t have the ability to parasitize people.”

“Oh, I’m glad.”

Kim Ho-jung sighed with a relieved face, but

said, “I can eat the brains of corpses, but.”

“Ouch! More terrible!”

Hearing the back story, he screamed in fright.

Either that or not, Kang Seung-hyun continued.

“As I just said, water parasitic plants cannot parasitize people.”

The wave parasitic plant itself has no special abilities other than its parasitic ability. But controlling an infected host is a different story.

“This was a cannibal plant…”

“That’s why it belongs to the monsters hostile to humans.”

It’s also a case of a fairly aggressive attack.

To the extent that they refuse other prey and attack people.

Rumor has it that the favorite part of parasitic plant monsters is the human brain.

“Then this guy parasitized on Kamapan Fish…”

“Of course it was to attack people comfortably.”

This is because a large-sized kamapan fish can easily prey on humans.

“The problem is…”

It was the moment Kang Seung-hyun was about to say something.

Rurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

dissipating the corpse of the Kamapan Fish.

Tseueueueueueueueueueueueu

sjwaak.

Aaaaaaagh!

As the body was torn here and there, the stems of the wave parasitic plants were protruding.

I thought he was dead, but he seems to be still alive.

“Wow!”

“It was still alive.”

The water parasite wriggled with a truly repulsive exhilaration.

“Mr. Kang’s repellent!!”

“You should use herbicides on plants.”

[Summons Freea’s crossbow.]

Kang Seung-hyun smiled and took out the crossbow.

“It’s a natural herbicide!”

[Fria’s bond pouch]

[Generates ice potion arrows.]

Ripp!

A cold ice arrow pierced the stem of the wave parasite.

Great!

Blasphemy!

Most plant monsters are weak against ice attacks. In the aftermath of the ice arrow, the stem began to freeze.

shredded!!

Soon, the stem of the wave parasitic plant was shattered with strong freezing damage.

“It’s weaker than I thought.”

“The wave parasite has no special abilities other than controlling its host.”

It’s threatening when it controls its host, but it’s just a waterweed when it’s not.

“I don’t have the strength, so I’m parasitizing others.”

If you burn it, you die, if you freeze it, it dies, and if you cut the root with a knife, it will die.

It’s not poisonous, and it’s good for your body if you don’t eat it raw.

“They say that if you boil it in boiling water, it will be chewy and edible.”

“Who thought of trying something like that?”

Kim Ho-jung stuck out his tongue, saying that he would not eat even if he died of starvation.

“Are you dead anyway? It won’t move again, will it?”

“That’s it.”

Kang Seung-hyeon picked up a piece of frozen wave parasitic plant with a thoughtful face.

“The wave parasite’s ability to control its host is amazing, but it usually doesn’t work against powerful monsters like Kamapan Fish.”

It’s not like you can control anything just because it’s a parasitic monster. It’s because if you try to manipulate a powerful opponent clumsily, you will be reversed.

That’s why you can’t control humans.

‘I don’t know if it’s a corpse that has weakened or lost its resistance.’

However, the guy controlled the kamapan fish and even tried to parasitize Kang Seung-hyeon and his party.

‘What is the purpose?’

Seunghyun Kang was deep in thought.

I guess I shouldn’t just skip it.

‘The more meticulous the enemy, the more he won’t attack without reason.’

Seunghyun Kang used the [Eye of Observation].

His eyes lit up blue and he began to read the information.

[A stem cut from a wave parasitic plant.]

[It is a parasitic plant monster.]

[It seems to have just been created.] [

It is in a state of being parasitic to a kamapan fish.]

[A mutant exposed to powerful magical power.]

[Current status If it is, it seems that it can parasitize on humans.]

[Activity stops when the main body dies.]

‘Mutation?’

Some pretty shocking information has been revealed.

There is nothing to worry about with ordinary parasitic plants, but a mutant that can parasitize on humans is a different story.

‘Was this child mutant?’

variant.

It is a kind of mutation with characteristics not found in normal monsters.

‘It’s good that I listened to Mr. Lafay.’

Because of the small number of variants, few people know about them, and there are very few related data.

If it wasn’t for Lafay, who was mad at the remains of the monster, he wouldn’t have known this information.

‘This guy’s characteristic must have been his parasitic ability enhancement.’

When Seunghyun Kang realized that fact, the information in front of him changed.

[A stem cut from a parasitic plant mutant.]

There is no reason to think about the cause.

‘The large amount of mana leaked from Camar must have affected the wave parasitic plants in Pitsta Lake.’

Most of them would have died without being able to handle the magic.

It seems that one of them has endured the magic and transformed into a mutant.

‘If the people of Kamar hear it, there will be an uproar.’

What kind of uproar would have happened if such a thing was exposed to the general public.

‘What kind of mess is this because I can’t manage even one magic tower? Haibe, I should have changed that bastard.’

Kang Seung-hyeon recalled the contaminated areas all over the Azul continent.

Mana is obviously a convenient energy, but it can cause serious accidents if handled incorrectly.

Dark magic is far more dangerous than magic, so needless to say.

‘It’s a pity that Camar is closed.’

Now, people do not go in and out of Pitsta Lake. It’s just fortunate that the mutants can’t reproduce.

After organizing the information, Kang Seung-hyun opened his mouth.

“There was a corner where I believed in this kid. It’s long to explain, but if you’re curious, I’ll tell you.”

“I won’t listen because I think my mental health will deteriorate if I listen to it.”

Kim Ho-jeong muttered with a confused face.

If this man hears it, he will cry and scream, so I decided to briefly explain it.

“To sum it up, it’s the culprit that made the monsters in Pitsta Lake flee to other places.”

If it was a parasitic plant that knew how to control not only kamapan fish but also people, it would be easy to dominate other monsters.

“What the hell, how strong is he?”

“If something like that appeared in front of my house, would I be able to pack my things and move?”

It seemed that the monsters were also desperate.

There is a monster like that, so a silent protest to do something. Unfortunately, the people of Camar didn’t understand.

“Hmm? Then why do squid and fish remain?”

“Are those guys really stupid…”

Kang Seung-hyun shut his mouth for a moment.

‘Come to think of it, why do Sequoia squids remain? They’re not that stupid.’

It would be normal for those with even a little bit of intelligence to run away from the wave parasite.

Somehow the squids didn’t leave the northern part of the lake.

‘…wait.’

Kang Seung-hyun hurriedly used his observation eyes.

The information I read came to mind on the cut wave parasitic plant.

‘There was one thing I just skipped because I was crazy.’

[A stem cut from a wave parasitic plant.]

[It is a parasitic plant monster.]

[It seems to have just been created.]

…[It will cease its activity when the main body dies.]

Kang Seung-hyun looked at the last information that came to his mind. .

“Mr. Kim Ho-jeong.”

“huh?”

“I don’t think it’s time for us to rest.”

Kang Seung-hyun clicked his tongue and muttered.

I had a hard time catching it, but the body was different.

“This guy is not the body. We worked in vain.”

“Then what is this? Baby Parasitic Plant?”

“Mutants can’t reproduce, so it’s probably an alter ego.”

Did he uselessly drain his strength to catch the alter ego?

Kang Seung-hyun muttered with a dissatisfied face.

‘Somehow the achievements didn’t come out.’

It seems that the administrator clearly distinguishes between the main body and the alter ego.

‘A thorough guy in a useless place.’

He’s really always a no-nonsense guy.

Seunghyun Kang clicked his tongue and looked at the lake.

“Well, we don’t really need to catch it.”

“I can’t live without such an ugly thing.”

“If left alone, it might spread to the surroundings.”

I don’t want to imagine what the bottom of the lake would be like now if the wave parasitic plants were enough to create clones.

‘Because of the Mage Tower guys, another annoying monster has appeared.’

A wave parasitic plant that not only parasitizes on humans, but also creates an alter ego.

It may not have been intentional, but a terrifying monster was born because of the Crimson Mage Tower.

“The fortunate thing is that you can hit it with one blow if you hold the main body.”

“Oh, I’m so glad. What is the principle?”

“Because the main body and the alter ego are connected by magic, or they will communicate with something like telepathy.”

So if the main body dies, the clone dies as well.

On the other hand, when the clone dies, there is no damage to the main body.

“Then why did you send the alter ego?”

“….”

Kang Seung-hyeon glanced under the lake without answering the question.

It seemed that something ominous was approaching from beneath the cold, frozen ice sheet.

“I will return this.”

Kang Seung-hyun, looking at the lake, returned the golden shovel he had borrowed earlier to Kim Ho-jung.

“Well written.”

“Because earlier, I really thought it was a meteorite impact.”

After receiving the golden shovel, Kim Ho-jung smiled and tried to put it in the inventory.

“Oh, you don’t need to put it in.”

“why?”

However, Kang Seung-Hyeon

stopped Kim Ho-Jung [Summons Freea’s crossbow.]

He also summoned a crossbow and held it in his hand.

“Because I have to write it right now.”

shit.

Damn it!

Before long, a powerful vibration was felt along with the sound of cracking ice.

“What is this?”

“You asked why I sent the alter ego earlier?”

The main body does not take any damage even if the clone dies, but it is possible to know where the clone was before it died.

“It must have been bait to catch us.”

“Me bait?”

Pagaaaak!!

At the same time, something broke the ice sheet and appeared on the lake.

“Because the main body came to meet us.”