Name: Badaboomb Plant Rank: --- (Equal to an E-rank creature) Genus: Plant (Weed) Attribute: Wood, Gunpowder Traits: Plant (Weed)

Description:

The Badaboomb plant is a naturally-growing plant that, while not categorized as a monster, is still considered one of the biggest plant-based subjugation targets for low-ranked adventurers.

The plant grows by drawing a Gunpowder-type aether from the ground, which ironically makes the land it grows on safer due to the lowered risk of one suddenly stepping wrong and igniting an aether-based explosion right underneath one's feat. But all that firepower will accumulate in the unnatural fruits that these weeds grow over time, causing them to turn into "naturally grown" bombs.

Picking the wrong fruits in a field where these weeds thrive can lead to an explosive, and bloody, ending. This fatal fate leads most people living in areas infested with these weeds to have an inborn trauma against these dangerous plants.

Appearance:

The Badaboomb plants themselves look not that different from common weeds that one can find anywhere in the countryside. However, the "fruits" they grow look like cartoonish black bombs, with the vine connecting them to the main plant having the appearance of an unlit fuse.

Abilities:

Danger rank: G-/D+

Rarity rank: E++

Badaboomb fruits are extremely volatile, with just disconnecting it from the main plant being enough for the vine to act as a literal "fuse" for the bomb. The force of the explosion depends on how long the fruit has grown, and the amount of Gunpowder-type aether in the area where it was grown on.

Since it is quite possible to grow the fruits to only have non-lethal power behind them, some people tend to cultivate and sell them as relatively safe firecrackers. Only talented gardeners can handle this feat, however.

Garami's comment: If those goons had only thought of asking those experts instead of the moles, we may not have caught them.

Alf's comment: Seeing how the "mastermind" has an "inborn fear" against them, I doubt that would ever happen.