They had met their first monster only a few minutes after they started walking in a northward direction on the fields of the forty- seventh floor. “U-uwaa!! Go away——!” The thing that appeared and was making its way through the bushes had a form that Silica would never have imagined. «A walking flower» would be the best description. The dark green stem was about as thick as a human arm and it stood up using its roots, which was split in numerous places. The stem or body supported a huge yellow flower that was similar to a sunflower. It had its mouth open, with teeth spouting out of it, revealing flashes of the red from the inside. It had two vines that stretched out from the middle part of the stem, which made one think of the arms an animal had. It seemed that those arms and its mouth were the bodyparts it used for attacking. The man-eating plant ran towards Silica with a smiling mouth while swinging its tentacle-like arms. This thing that looked like a grotesque caricature made Silica feel disgusted. “I said go away——!” Silica swung her dagger wildly with her eyes almost closed. Kirito, who stood next to her, said in a disconcerted voice: “It-it’s fine. That monster’s really weak. If you aim for the white bit just under the flower, then you can easily...” “Bu-but it looks horrible—!” “If that thing looks bad then this is going to be hard. There’s also a monster that has numerous flowers, and one that looks like a carnivorous plant, and even one that has lots of sticky tentacles...