When Kane, still wearing a simple, whitewashed gray scholar's robe, leaning on a cane and with a gray beard, appeared in the teleportation formation, I happily greeted him.

"It's okay, it's okay. I also want to see what it is like to make that stingy old man helpless."

He smiled kindly, and after my persuasion failed, everyone went directly to the Mages Guild. As soon as they met Old Farah, these two old enemies who didn't look at each other immediately aroused fierce sparks in their gazes.

In the evening, when Kane and Old Man Farah finally finished their research and came out of the laboratory with tired and solemn expressions, I hurriedly greeted them.

"Wu, you did a good job this time. If it hadn't been discovered in time, the alliance might have suffered huge losses."

Kane, who looked tired, patted me on the shoulder seriously and praised me.

"what happened?"

Normally, I would be happy and humble, but now hearing this kind of words makes me feel inexplicably panicked.

"Let's talk somewhere else."

Old Man Farah winked, and a group of four people, including Jeluka, arrived at a soundproof study room in the Mage Guild.

"Grandpa Kane, what exactly did you find?"

"this……"

The two looked at each other, and finally, Kane coughed a few times.

"The situation this time is very serious. If you hadn't discovered it in time, then it is very likely that this place would be directly attacked by a monster with the power of the world. By then..."

The voice paused, but everyone present could imagine that although the adventurers in the Demonic Fortress of the Second World were very strong, they were still far from the level of World Power, not to mention how many people there were in this castle.

Tens of millions of civilians and a world-level enemy would be a catastrophe even if placed in any area of ​​the third world.

"But...why, a monster at the level of World Power? I don't quite understand what you mean. How are you sure that that piece of crystal shard can definitely summon a monster at the level of World Power?"

I shook my head and tried to get rid of the confusing thoughts in my brain.

"I'm not sure. The summoned monster is not at the level of world power." Kane's slightly narrowed eyes flashed with a hint of solemnity.

"If you put it like that, I don't understand it even more."

"Hahaha, don't be anxious. Listen to us slowly and you will understand. Wu, you must still think that the crystal fragment is still latent and has not exploded, right?"

"Don't you think so?"

I asked back: "If it had already broken out, wouldn't the monster show up? Where exactly is it? Or is that girl really turned into a monster?"

Jeluka, who had been sitting on the side and listening attentively to our uihua, when she said this, her little finger holding the tea cup couldn't help but start to tremble.

"No, that little girl is an ordinary human being, definitely not a monster."

Kane took a sip of tea, gathered his thoughts, and then continued.

"Let's start from the beginning, Wu. You should know that there is a monster in Harrogas called the Stinking One."

"Smelly and filthy people, well, of course I know, I have dealt with them a lot." I nodded.

The Odorifer is a unique monster of Harrogath. The appearance of this monster is as if it is assembled from several different types of parts. The head is a demon skeleton, connected to the body like a rugged fish bone.

And what should have been the tail of the fish was replaced by a wriggling round belly. Such a weird and twisted body floated in mid-air. To describe it in one sentence, it was disgusting from beginning to end.

Of course, the most famous thing about this monster is not its appearance. In terms of the disgusting corpse-spitting monster and the ugly monster, it is not the boss. The most memorable thing about this monster is its ability to make the devil

Also the ability to retreat.

From its round belly, a kind of life form called pain worm can be produced. These life forms will be secretly implanted into the body of the devil by the foul smeller, and then quickly penetrate into the brain, relying on absorbing the evil of the devil.

It feeds on consciousness and negative emotions and continues to grow. When enough power is gained, or the parasite dies, it will eat away the brain without hesitation, then break out and look for a new host.

It is natural to find demons to hate such behavior, and although pain worms cannot be implanted into the adventurer's body under normal circumstances, they can still cause considerable harm, especially mental cannibalization and impact, so

, this kind of monster is still not liked by adventurers, it can be said to be a monster that wanders within the boundaries.

As soon as Kane mentioned the Stinker and the ability of this monster, an answer vaguely emerged in my mind.

"You mean..."

"That's right, it's the pain worm. The little girl was taken in by a pain worm." Following my words, Kane said slowly in a heavy tone.

"Why is this? Aren't these pain worms only looking for demons as hosts?"

"That's not absolute." Kane shook his head.

"This taken-for-granted view is, first, because adventurers have strong mental power and strong will, so it is difficult for pain worms to invade; second, pain worms feed on evil intentions and negative emotions, and adventurers obviously cannot

Provide it with too much food, and the demons are all evil-hearted guys. Of course, the pain worm will not do the thankless thing of parasitic adventurers."

"Then why is it parasitic on that girl?"

"Yes, why? At the beginning, the miser and I were puzzled, but we soon found the reason."

Having said this, Kane glared at Old Man Farah, as if to say, it's your turn.

"Ahem, what we discovered is that this girl has very good spiritual potential hidden in her body. In other words, her spiritual power is very strong. If she can be properly cultivated in the future, she will definitely become an outstanding mage..."

"Don't go off topic!"

Seeing that old man Farara was talking non-stop, giving us a whole series of lectures on how to become an excellent mage, Kane and I quickly stared and shouted angrily.

"You guys, don't you care about the future of the alliance at all? Excellent young people like these will be the backbone of the alliance in the future."

Dissatisfied with Kane and I's interruption, old Farah also blew his beard, but soon stopped and let out a long sigh.

"What a pity. He is a great talent..."

"What is the reason?" I couldn't help but frown when I heard this sentence.

"The reasons why the pain worms are lodged are, first, it is very likely that the little girl was relatively close when the outbreak first occurred. Second, the little girl has no resistance at all and can be easily invaded. Third, the little girl has a strong mental power.

, it is possible to cultivate delicious food.”

Pointing his fingers one by one, old man Farah spoke in full.

"However, there are still two problems that neither I nor the old bookworm can explain clearly. If you want to know, you probably have to work hard."

"what is the problem?"

"First, that pain worm, you must have noticed the powerful power contained in the crystal fragments."

Last night, old man Farah, who was idle and bored, borrowed Jeluka's skull biscuit to work on it all night. He didn't return it until early in the morning. I don't know if it was malfunctioned.

"I feel it. At least it's on the same level as Kurast and Reborn Demon Selson." I nodded and said indifferently.

Yes, you really don’t need to worry about it. Pain worms are just a very low-level monster. Their power is not even much higher than that of flesh and blood beasts. Even entities in the third world only have the same intelligence as beasts. In other words, this kind of

The monster is not a combat type monster at all. Therefore, even if it has the power of Regeneration Demon Selson, its own racial disadvantage cannot be compensated by anything. Moreover, I have killed Regeneration Demon Selson.

Painful worms of the same level are even less of a problem.

"Monsters like pain worms are the anger of both humans and gods. Even other demons cannot tolerate them. They will kill them quickly. Therefore, generally speaking, their strength is low and they will be easily killed and will not become a big phenomenon."

"You mean..."

"Well, I think it's absolutely impossible for this pain worm to grow to this extent just by luck. Don't be careless and underestimate the enemy."

"I understand, what about the second one?" My expression changed from contempt to caution.

"As for the second one, the old bookworm just said that the pain worm uses evil consciousness and negative emotions as food. The strong mental power can only provide excellent and abundant food production tools. If the host does not have evil consciousness or has

Negative emotions cannot become food."

"Wait a minute, you mean that little girl has a strong sense of evil or negative feelings in her heart?"

"Yes, that's probably it." Farah nodded.

I lowered my head and thought, if there is evil consciousness, it is impossible for it to appear in such a little girl, but if it comes to negative emotions, being abandoned by her parents and suffering so many years of suffering, it is not surprising even if it exists.

"The devil's thoughts are evil and turbid. Even if he has strong evil consciousness and negative emotions in his heart, to the pain worm, it is like a pot of porridge mixed with sand. However, although the human mental power is weak, it is very pure. To the pain worm,

It is like a small plate of delicacies. Perhaps it is for this reason that the pain worm chose that little girl as its parasite."

"Is there any solution?"

When I raised this issue, there was silence in the study room.

In fact, I also know what the simplest way is, but is it really necessary?

"Can you think of a way to force out that damn pain worm?" I asked with a glimmer of hope.

However, what he got was a disappointed shaking head.

"If the little girl were stronger, for example, an adventurer, there might be a way. In addition, if the strength of the pain worm was lower, it would not be impossible to give it a try. However, a powerful pain worm invaded

In the brain of a weak girl, the result of this is that the two are completely integrated into one, which is beyond our ability. If we force it out, it will only make the little girl's life disappear."

Putting down the empty tea cup, Kane's apologetic eyes fell on Jeluka and I who were in a daze.
Chapter completed!