Neville followed Grayson's line of sight downward—and froze.
A massive, blue, earthworm-like creature sprawled across the floor, still twitching with residual nerve impulses. The thing had to be three meters long and as thick as his thigh. Blue fluid pooled beneath it, seeping from the ruptured segments where it had hit the ground.
"That fruit's called Buah Phruan[1]," Grayson said, tone low and resigned—like he had seen this before.
"The hair-like skin causes intense itching, and the flesh has to go through heavy processing before consumption. But the seed…" He paused briefly. "Touching it directly can cause paralysis. Eating just a small part of it will end your life within minutes."
"Eh?!" Neville's gaze darted from the innocent-looking fuzzy fruit to the twitching corpse of the earthworm. "Then why did that big blue squirmy thing throw itself at it?"
