Great! I'm surrounded by villains!-Chapter 423 - 342: High-Ranking Demon

Duan Mingyuan understood just how much risk the Dark Night Witch took by telling him that piece of information, since theoretically, she had also revealed the means to solve this parasitic infection.

The parasites would obey the commands of a higher-level demon, and within the brain of the Dark Night Witch resided such a demon.

That was the reason she could control the parasites, commanding them to hide within Jean Saintfield’s body, using Yelena to collect Jean Saintfield’s memories and turning her body into a breeding ground.

This also meant that stopping the infection was much simpler than people had imagined.

As long as the Dark Night Witch issued the command for all parasites to leave their hosts, they would immediately detach from the hosts’ bodies, even though they might die from the lack of energy supply from their hosts.

However, this exactly matched the Dark Night Witch’s interpretation of war weapons.

Although they appeared to be living creatures from the Otherworld, they had no will of their own.

The Dark Night Witch’s final reminder made Duan Mingyuan recall the scene when the Baptism and the butler lunged at him, sensing the anomaly in their energies, which led him to the idea of "repairing" them.

In the witch’s words, perhaps unconsciously, he had issued a command to the parasites inside the two, ordering them to leave their hosts, and they loyally executed his command.

As for their death, it was because they couldn’t survive in an environment cut off from their energy supply.

The only thing that puzzled Duan Mingyuan was why the parasites attacked him.

If he was a "higher-level demon," then why would the parasites attack him?

To unravel this conundrum, he left the mansion before the choir performance began, following the traces of residual energy to find the sleeping Yelena in a hidden cellar within the church district.

The guards were two clerics, who approached him with a hostile look the second he came close, revealing a mouthful of fangs that didn’t belong to humans.

It wasn’t hard to see that for the convenience of feeding, the parasites would modify the hosts’ bodies to some extent.

A minute later, Duan Mingyuan made his way down the stairs, finding Yelena’s temporary residence.

This time, he didn’t order the parasites to leave the two people’s bodies, but instead, for experimental purposes, issued another command.

The experiment was very successful.

The two still glared at him with vicious looks, yet their bodies were entwined with each other, dancing an enthusiastic and intense social dance in the alley.

Duan Mingyuan was slowly understanding this special state.

These parasites still viewed him with hostility and saw him as food, but on the other hand, due to their racial traits, they had no choice but to obey every command he gave.

Thus, there was this strange sight of the two wanting to kill him yet dancing elegantly at the same time.

Duan Mingyuan also realized that the parasites seemed to lack a system of fear.

They wouldn’t back down due to fear; once they set their sights on prey, they had only two options: either hunt successfully or be killed by their prey, which made them even better war weapons, and he had no doubt that as soon as he canceled the command to dance, the two would lunge at him again.

Yelena, with her brows tightly furrowed, heard the noise in the room and opened her eyes wearily.

When she saw Duan Mingyuan, a hint of panic appeared in her eyes.

But she didn’t pounce on him like other infected hosts, which Duan Mingyuan thought was likely because the parasite had overeaten the night before.

Feasting on the Life Energy of 76 people was akin to overindulgence.

And after the appetite was satisfied, the host’s consciousness would return to normal.

Of course, her lucidity was temporary.

The Dark Night Witch had adjusted the hunger levels of this batch of parasites, making them fall into a state of intense craving for Energy after a short while.

"You are Duan Mingyuan."

Although this was their first encounter, Yelena recognized him at a glance as the Blue Star friend mentioned by the Baptism.

She also said that Duan Mingyuan was an excellent doctor and might be able to cure her illness.

However, she couldn’t hold on until Baptism returned, and when the butler entered the door, an uncontrollable hunger overtook her last bit of reason, and she remembered lunging at the butler and biting his neck.

"Are they... okay?"

Yelena asked weakly.

"They’re fine, the butler you attacked has also recovered normally."

After a whole night’s rest, today’s steward had obtained a small amount of Scorching Sun Power through faith, proving that once the parasites left the body, they could still return to being believers of the Ashen Church.

"That’s good, that’s very good."

Yelena breathed a sigh of relief, and then asked, "Was it Baptism that commissioned you to come here?"

"No."

Duan Mingyuan shook his head.

Although saying this might hurt Yelena’s feelings, when he had left the house, Baptism was sitting in front of the LCD TV with Jiuyue, thoroughly engrossed in a racing game.

Before he left, out of the corner of his eye, he saw Baptism firing banana peels frantically at other players, constantly flashing smiley cartoon faces at players who slipped on the banana peels.

"Then it is the Pope."

Yelena seemed to have been prepared, she closed her eyes, "I have committed unforgivable sins, please do it, this is my last request."

Duan Mingyuan noticed a broken dagger by Yelena’s bed, its blade snapped and flung towards the door.

It appeared that after briefly regaining consciousness, Yelena too had attempted to end herself, but the parasite had stopped her actions.

The Dark Night Witch had also thought of this point, she did not doubt Yelena’s resolve as a Judge, yet she also did not worry about Yelena using suicide to stop her plan.

Once the parasitism was complete, the host would be thoroughly stripped of even the right to end their own life.

"I am conducting a medical experiment."

Duan Mingyuan said, "The believers you attacked have not died, they have only been injected with the same parasites that are in your body."

"...Is this good news?"

Yelena felt this sounded even worse than if those believers had died on the spot.

She understood the terror of that hunger, even the firmest of faith could not resist that most primal desire.

If what Duan Mingyuan said was correct, before long, the whole Holy City would be overwhelmed by creatures that bite at the sight of people.

"It is good news."

As he spoke, Duan Mingyuan took out a glass jar and opened it in front of Yelena.

As she looked on in confusion, he commanded in an unquestionable tone, "Come out, and then go in."

Before she could even speak, she witnessed a scene she would never forget.

A strong sense of disgust surged to her throat, and she couldn’t help but retch violently.

She saw a black and bloated worm wriggling out of her throat, then rolling its body, it fell straight into the glass jar.

It coiled itself into a ball inside the jar, and Duan Mingyuan immediately sealed the lid.

The parasites could not survive without an Energy supply, so he had developed this Energy storage jar.

The inspiration came from the story of the Dark Night Witch.

She had said that in the past, some witches used this method to confine other witches in jars, turning them into sources of Magic Power supply.

Only now, he had extracted some Life Energy to keep the parasite in the jar alive.

"It’s done."

"...Done? What exactly is this?"

Yelena raised her voice.

"This is a parasite."

"A parasite?"

"I am researching them."

Duan Mingyuan explained, "You know, a doctor who doesn’t want to be an entomologist, is not a good doctor." ƒree𝑤ebnσvel-com

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