Chapter: 845
- The parasite communicates through pheromones.
[Diluted Life Force]
- The ultimate blessing, or the ultimate curse
- No longer alive, but undying. This being found a new life force.
[Cranial Lodging] (Parasite)
- The parasite grew upwards into the skull, and now controls the associated organs.
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[They told us our shift would be over soon. It was fun at first, but now it’s kind of draining. I feel so tired all the time.]
“Ugh. Staff? Poor bastards. Someone lied to them.” Jay shook his head.
“I wonder if I would do the same?” He scratched his chin.
“Fifty health? Probably for the bodies of the knights and not the parasites controlling them.”
“So, the diluted life force must keep them alive. I’ll be it’s that green liquid they have for blood… huh, more people pursuing immortality. I wonder what drove them to it, though.”
“The Helvetians were driven by revenge, but clearly knew the downside of being immortal, or at least they learned it. I guess these knights didn’t exactly gain it, although their bodies did. Seems like something always goes wrong with the minds; the Helvetians lost them and so have the knights. I’ll bet that’s why the immortal book attempts to change my mind first? Hmm.”
“Maybe the mind itself is perishing along with our bodies.” Jay ponded, then shook his head. “It’s not the time to think about this.”
Suddenly, the knights below moved, however it wasn’t the knights on the inside of the gate - it was the ones outside.
It surprised Jay, as they could do nothing to him; there were no other ways into the castle than through the gate which he had sealed.
Moving to the arrow slit in the wall, Jay watched a large group of them march out through the small outer buildings.
Jay looked towards where they were going and saw lights in the forest. Dancing flames of torches; more appearing with every second.
Still, it was nowhere near the size of the knight army. About thirty in total. They were a force of malnourished men, susceptible to fear and pain, and unreliable allies in battle.
“… Landen? Oh no, you idiot, please don’t tell me.” Jay frowned.
It was hard to see, as it was so far away, but there were faint gleans of recycled knight armor among the band of foolhardy humans carrying torches. They had followed the trail of destruction Jay had left, and after getting themselves some fresh metal suits, they saw the knights were not all-powerful, and it reignited their battle spirit.
However, Jay had quite a different opinion.
“You fucking idiots. You will all die. For nothing.”
Jay watched the awkward human battalion slowly emerge from the root-covered forest and ascend the mounds of roots.