141 Brown Petal?!

At this point, everyone but Ozul thought that the man would be able to take the Lotus. 

However, they did not take into account the density of Mana surrounding the plant. Although Ozul wasn't sure, he figured that even an average Rank-7 Mage would find it challenging to touch the Lotus!

As Ozul had imagined, the man suddenly flew back and hit the wall just when he was about to get closer to the Lotus. 

For a moment, the mercenaries thought that the man had finally triggered some trap that had sent him flying back. Only a few seconds later, when they felt the Mana pressure increasing with each step taking near the Lotus did they realize what the cause was.

"Now what?" Clive asked. He had instinctively addressed his question towards Ozul as he knew nothing about what all of this was.

The people had given him a proper routine to cross the whole forest beforehand, and encountering such a dangerous treasure was not in the plan!