The Guardian gods-Chapter 243

They were no longer scattered as before; instead, he noticed how they were being clumped and guided together in one place, far away from ordinary people.

He was very tempted at the time to command the puppets to cause chaos and break the fragile trust Erik had built with his people.

But after some consideration, he didn’t do that. Instead, he adjusted his plan, one which worked even better for him and one that would bite back at Erik’s plan.

This plan included the walk he took over his territory. Opening his mouth, a big worm the size of a hand crawled out. After clawing out, the bug squeezed together and fell asleep.

This bug is the queen and birth mother of all the parasites. Parasites born from other parasites all hold a strong connection to this bug. As Silas stated before, these parasites in the abyss were beings being stomped over, and no demon or existence in the abyss paid attention to them.

Yet there is always an exception, which is a parasite that has managed to host a demon at its weakest moment, showing the abyss demon and race the exceptional talents of these parasites.

These parasites, after taking a host, gain the ability to devour each other to grow stronger. Of course, if this was all, then the demons wouldn’t be impressed as devouring is the basic ability of all abyss residents.

What impressed them was how, with numbers, the talent of these parasites shows its full capability. Elites can be grown in a day as long as there is enough energy, and these are not the usual cannon fodder elites, but elites with high battle IQ and decisive strategic decisions. This level of coordination and intelligence was unheard of among the lower life forms in the abyss, and it was this very trait that allowed the parasites to stand out. They were not just mindless creatures; they were an organized, ever-adapting force.

Now the question is why such a race is taken for granted in the abyss. It all stems from the inherited memory, as at one point, a parasite queen was close to becoming an abyss lord but unfortunately fell, and memories of this race were grafted into the inheritance memory.

After the memory appeared, the weakness of this race became apparent to the demons, which was that if there was no element of luck, the parasite would continue being a parasite as it normally had no power to take over a demon on its own.

The demons, being a race that adapts, learned from the memory, so it became even harder for the parasites. Now, even at the moment of weakness, most demons ensure that the existence of the parasite is never close to them.

But that wasn’t the case for humans, which Silas took advantage of. The ashes he dropped all over his territory was a magic circle he was going to activate once the moon came out. This magic circle with the cooperation of the parasite queen will induce the state of devouring all the parasites in the circle.

Even his army will be involved in this process, only his generals were left out in this process.

The magic circle is set up in stages, the outer part will include all those humans who have been parasitized but their parasite is laying dormant in them when the magic circle activates so will the parasite and the devouring will take place.

The inner part of the circle includes the elites of the human in his kingdom, in the world power setting these include those of the second and third stage.

The last part of the circle is for his army, where those stronger can become stronger, if he is lucky a new general will grow out of it, possibly reaching the fourth stage like other generals.

This magic circle is also half sentient and can make accurate judgment, for example a normal human who has grown to the elite level will be pushed up a stage where he can continue evolving, So this time everyone has a chance of going to a higher stage.

Seeing that the sun was about to go down, Silas closed his eyes with a smirk on his face.

Back in the territory of lord Eldric. One of the humans stationed to be quarantined stood up and began walking, the same happened as another group of humans stood up as they began walking irregularly.

This caught the attention of those who were stationed to keep an eye on those quarantined. Erik and Jonas have long made their way back to the kingdom as their station can’t be left open for long.

So except for the general Roland, his few selected soldiers who were disguised as healers, since it was already understood that there was no saving of those quarantined. It was all just an act to calm their family and them down so the process of elimination can be done quietly and humanely.

General Roland stood on a makeshift platform, his eyes scanning the quarantined area. He noticed the strange behavior of some individuals who had started moving with an eerie, purposeful gait.

"Lieutenant," Roland called out, his voice laced with concern, "have you noticed those people? The ones moving differently?"

Lieutenant Mara, a sharp-eyed officer, followed his gaze. "Yes, General. They’ve been acting strange for the past hour. It’s as if they’re being drawn towards something."

Roland frowned. "This isn’t normal. We need to understand what’s happening before it spirals out of control, also informing your highness of this. I am guessing this has something to do with Silas"

Roland relayed an order to his soldiers who immediately took action as they tried to stop those moving weirdly. The movement of the soldiers caught the quarantined humans’ attention who began murmuring amongst themselves.

"What’s happening?" a worried voice asked.

"Are we in danger?" another voice chimed in.

Roland raised his hand to quiet the crowd. "Remain calm! We are investigating the situation. Stay where you are, and we will ensure your safety."

"Damn it" Roland cursed after he distanced himself. This was exactly what Silas wanted. He knew not to take over all the quarantined humans, instead he selected a few to disrupt the peace depending on the actions we take from now on.

Roland was tempted to order his soldiers to cut those moving weirdly down but Looking at the scared look of the humans looking at him. Roland looked toward the capital city, all he could hope for is that the king makes the right decision.

The selected humans continued their eerie movements, their paths becoming more synchronized and deliberate. Despite the soldiers’ efforts, they seemed almost unstoppable.

Mara approached Roland, her face tight with concern. "General, they aren’t responding to our commands. It’s like they’re in a trance."

Roland frowned as he looked toward the humans, he enhanced his eyes with mana. It was small but he noticed the mass of the humans were thinning the more they walked also from their body, dust like particles falling to the ground.

Roland frowned, he knew something was going on and it was not good. "This isn’t good," Roland muttered. "We need to stop them before they complete whatever they’re doing."

He barked orders to his soldiers, who attempted to physically restrain the selected individuals. But as soon as they touched them, a surge of energy repelled them, sending the soldiers stumbling backward.

As the sun dipped below the horizon, by now it was a new group of humans walking strangely as those from before all of a sudden fell down dead with their body thinned out like it was sucked dry. Almost on command another group took over what they were doing.

Back in the capital city, Erik who already got the message tried contacting Roland to immediately suppress the humans. This wasn’t time to be naive or nice but this time the communication between them was cut off.

It was one way, he could only receive what they were saying but he could respond back. Knowing that Silas was doing something, Erik immediately suited up and mounted his horse.

The whole kingdom was taken back when they saw their king speeding through the street heading for the gates, before he left. Erik managed to leave a small message behind, hoping for Jonas and the queen to take over.

Back at Eldric territory, One of the soldiers, a young man named Aiden, approached Roland with a report. "General, I’ve been monitoring the movements of those affected. They’re creating a pattern—a circle, I think."

The moment, the soldier’s word’s fell. Roland was no longer in his position, scream can be heard as heads flew to the sky. Eerily one of the head halted mid air looking at Roland who was covered in lightning holding his sword.

"I like you, decisive, but you were too late" the head said before dropping down. By now the whole city fell into chaos and screams as people were backing away, scared that Roland and his soldiers would attack them next.