Versatile: Alternate World

(The perspective will now return to Bladeheart)

With the two portals closed with the help of the mysterious guy whom I still don't know the name of, we are now progressing through the path that might be the only road back up to the surface. Compared to before when the monsters only appear when there is a portal, this time around, there are no monsters waiting for us.

"Oh, wait guys. Stop walking for a bit," the mysterious guy gestured for us to keep quiet and he crouches down. Since we don't know what is going on, we also crouch down and observed what the mysterious guy is staring at.

"You see that blue plant over there?" he then points out the small blue plant that looks like a daffodil to me.

"Yeah, what is wrong with that flower?"

"Watch this."

He stretches out his right arm and forms a finger gun before he points his forefinger at it like he was aiming at a gun. Then, a small fireball appeared on his fingertips. It was smaller than the usual fireball but it was slightly bigger than a normal marble. It swirled on his fingertips for a short period of time before he shot it out.

FWOOSH!

At first the small flame disappeared after hitting the daffodil look-alike but then, it started to wriggle before the small flower started to grow a head and hands in the form of leaves and roared in pain as if it was being burned alive. It took a while before the blue flower slowly turned brown before it wilts. A few more seconds later, flames engulfed the wilted flower and turned it to ash in split seconds.

"Mimic Plants?" I instantly recognized how the plant turned into something else. The only entity capable of doing that as a plant is the mimic plants. They look like normal plants at first but they will become carnivorous if they spot a prey and most of the victims most of the time are adventurers. Because most of the time they looked like real flowers, they are not easily discovered and they will only be identified once they attack.

"Looks like you are familiar with those kinds of plants."

"Yeah. Pretty common in the surface especially in jungles and forests. I didn't expect to run into one over here since there are barely any plants existing here."

"Nah, they are not rare. Pretty common actually. You guys just didn't saw them on your way here since I have weeded them out before they can even increase in population. But beyond here, they are pretty common. I have not ventured this far so I don't know how many of them might be in this place but trust me when I say they are hundreds of them around here."

We continue our way deeper into the path and soon enough a path that leads to the upper floors appeared before us.

"See? I told you. This path will lead you to the next upper floor of this hellish place. I am not lying."

"Fine, fine. Alright, it seems I can give you my basic trust already."

"Only basic? That's a bit harsh you know?" this guy is pretty chill and I don't know what is his deal.

"My master can't forget you tried to kill him you know. If I were him, I wouldn't even forgive you. But since you are an expert here, we still have no choice but to cooperate with you," Lina butted in while pouting, She is still in hostile terms with this guy after my close death experience.

"Easy there girl. Anyways, if you are now trusting me to a certain extent, then there is no problem now alright? Now lets get going!"

"Wait, before you go, tell us your name. I will introduce myself first. I am Bladeheart, while this is my Battle Maid and my trusty follower, Lina."

"Name? Well, you can call me whatever you want man."

"Huh? What are you saying?" Lina frowned.

"Well, I have been here for so long that I already forgotten my name. And since there is no one to talk here underground, names are kinda meaningless to me so I didn't even bother with it."

"Seriously?" I scratch my head. I didn't know you can literally forget your name if you stayed isolated from the world for how many years. But that should be pretty absurd. Even those who goes to isolation would keep their names memorized since that is their main proof of identity. This guy is just too carefree and he didn't even mind us naming him.

"Well, How about we call you Guts?"

"Guts? Why is that?"

"Ah, there was this character in the story that is very strong that he defeats enemies and demons easily. Although you and him don't look the same and that character doesn't have any magic abilities, your combat style kind of reminded me of his unorthodox method of fighting monsters especially if he doesn't have his weapons."

"Oh, alright then. I am fine with that. Now come! If you want to get home, then we will have to fight the monsters and close the portals as soon as we can!"

"Wait a minute. Why are you here anyway? I am quite sure you don't plan to help us in this. How come you seemed to be happy to join us in this fight all of a sudden?"

"HAHAHA, what a silly question! Simple! You guys are going to go to the place where the strongest monsters gather. That is big enough reason for me to follow the two of you to where you two are going from. I like to fight against strong monsters so if that is the case, I would gladly help you in getting back home! The journey is long and we don't know how long before we can reach the very top so take care on me on this one!"

I will admit he is a strong guy but I am also not sure if this guy is right in the head. All he wanted is to fight against the strong. It's kind of comforting and a bit uncomfortable with him at the same time.