Interesting. It seems that the wolves have found a way to make use of the flower's poison to catch prey easily. I guess that what the flowers get out of it is that animals coming around are unlikely to harm them, since they'll get preyed on, and perhaps the remaining carcass of the animals killed also provide some extra nutrients for those plants.
I wonder how the wolves knew Yajin was there, especially since he covers himself with mud and stuff to mask his scent. I guess Yajin's detection didn't pick them up so they're pretty stealthy themselves. It's not like he's been picking herbs for very long, so they must be checking the place repeatedly. I don't think there's a reason for animals to come around there a lot though; there's no water or fruits, though perhaps the herbs are still interesting?
I'm not too surprised about Yajin getting ambushed like this though. I mean, seeing him just walk through open terrain looked very dangerous. If you've got a team, then yeah, someone can go in and start working, but without it's probably best to monitor the situation for a day to understand what happens there. I guess he didn't want to spend too much time on it.
Well, it's time for him to karate chop his way out of this. He's about to get really lucky because, supposedly those wolves have taken down other adventurers who came here, and were therefore of similar ranking to Yajin, and it's 5 against 1. They'll have him surrounded and start biting his limbs and then his neck. I expect he's going to start by running for the trees on the other side because he needs something at his back or ideally to climb a tree, but wolves are fast so he might do something else.
In this episode, Yajin takes a well earned break from the relentless violence in which he normally indulges, instead he tries smelling the wonderful and totally peaceful flowers...
Talking of relaxing, I'll be travelling the world to join one of the many coups for the holiday season, so expect a delay in the release of next month's episode.
Have fun!
