Belladona, a new enemy

"You really got it! Now give me this!" She said as she was surprised and the attacks ceased, the vines had momentarily stopped moving. Which gave Nicola the chance to leap out of her domain. Something she cursed when she realized it had happened.

"Maybe I'll give it to you" Nicola said smiling. "But first you could tell me what it is. By the way, you didn't even say your name. I'll start with me, my name is Nicola...."

"You have no right to know what it is, just give it to me or you'll suffer the consequences. As for my name.... You seem like a worthy opponent for staying alive during this time, so I'll tell you. My name is Belladonna." She said, as her bloodshot eyes turned black and the flowers that formed her hair leaked an almost imperceptible yellow pollen that emanated danger.

"The poison that killed the village, I had thought was from the mold golems. But come to think of it, they wouldn't leave the place they were supposed to protect. Did you kill everyone here Belladonna?" Nicola had more questions than answers.

The branches that came out of her head, the vines between her hair and even the leaves that decorated her body were just remnants of the beautiful plant that were discarded with time. Her real power was in the production of toxins.

The vines attacked again, this time hitting Nicola's body and sending him bouncing against the wall of thorns again. The wooden spikes that only a magical plant could conjure up erupted from the ground trying to pin him in place.

'Sin Fox Song Style, second energy form, Ragtime'.

Nicola used his area of ​​effect attack, then that form conjured a shower of small elemental needles from the seven elements, attacking all the vines rushing towards him. The shower of needles fell, hitting everything on the field, even Belladonna, who protected herself with a shield of water magic. The rhythmic sound of a piano played as the needles hit the field, breaking the sombre mood that was taking hold.

"I like your abilities, demon. You should serve me, I promise you will never have any problems being by my side, once I enter the gold level, I will control a huge force. Come, give me the seed soon, I'm tired already of this game." She said with a smile trying to seduce Nicola.

"I must apologize, but I have no intention of accepting masters or joining any organization. I think I should say goodbye." Nicola didn't want to get involved in an unnecessary fight with someone so strong in an unknown place, he didn't even know if she had hidden allies. This talk time was just used to look for a gap in her attention.

'Sin Fox Song Style, Second movement form, Galop'.

Galop was created to ensure a powerful assault on the enemy, in a straight line, emitting the sounds of a cavalry advancing on the battlefield. But this time it was used to escape.

'Sin Fox Song Style, Third Energy Form, Laugh'.

It was a technique he had recently invented, a mixture of light magic that created holograms of his own body like clones, while hiding his auras with dark mana, creating a black mist in the air. The holograms could cast small spells using the mana conteined inside their bodies, but they were much more fragile than Nicola's real body. An enemy on the Belladonna Level could eliminate one with just one hit.

But the best part of this technique was the sound produced when released, all clones laughed mockingly, infuriating any enemy and causing them to lose control over their own emotions.

Nicola ran in the opposite direction to fairyland, he didn't want to show the direction of his itinerary to an enemy and spread his clones running in different directions. The sound of loud laughter echoed through the trees, some so loud they made even birds fly from their nests.

"Bastard! Don't run, I'll kill you and take everything off your corpse." She ran after one of the clones while Nicola used various disguise and illusion spells to disguise her presence.

A cultivator close to the gold level was a power that could not be underestimated, wave after wave of sounds of destruction spread through the forest, Nicola could see thousands of thorny vines growing above the treetops, wherever he went you could see the forest wither and lose color. The poison corroded everything he encountered.