“Heh, quite audacious. What, you want to parasitize me too?”
Violet chuckled, not dodging or avoiding, letting the creature bite her hand.
However, under the faint golden light covering the priestess’s palm, which isolated the blood, the seemingly sharp mouthparts of the monster couldn’t penetrate even the slightest. Instead, they broke inch by inch, causing it to emit a scream that could be described as mentally polluted!
“Squeak, squeak, squeak, squeak, squeak!!!”
“A bit noisy... Hey, can you be quiet! Wait, can this thing understand human speech...”
Considering the possibility of a language barrier, Violet directly chose to use a form of physical expression. She warmly grasped the sides without covered thorns and applied a bit of force.
The monster immediately underwent a significant deformation, much like rubbery clay.
With its mouthparts firmly clamped, it naturally couldn’t make any sound.
“It still works like this. How does that saying go? Violence isn’t everything, but without violence, nothing is possible. Indeed, that’s absolutely correct. Now, what comes next...”
Violet really wanted to pull this thing directly out of the female adventurer’s body and examine it slowly. However, judging by the looks of it, it seemed to have deeply rooted itself throughout the girl’s body like tree roots. Forcibly pulling it out might result in a gruesome scene.
Even though the priestess could resurrect her using resurrection magic even if she died, using such magic, considered a miracle or taboo in the eyes of ordinary people, should be avoided whenever possible.
Casually casting a healing spell, it landed on the parasite after it was forcefully removed. The girl’s heart, where fresh blood was continuously gushing out, needed stabilization. Though Violet quickly repaired the wound on the heart, the roots of the parasite still remained inside the girl’s body.
Speaking of which, in a situation like this, without taking the shortcut of resurrection magic, how should one go about treating it properly?
Violet, actually facing such a strange situation for the first time, quickly thought of the surgical procedure used on Earth to remove tumors.
“Leila.”
“Lady Violet, what are your orders?”
The black-haired girl pointed to the mass of vines extending from the spherical parasite and connecting to the girl’s body, expressionless.
“Cut all of these off.”
“Huh? Uh, okay, I understand.”
Although surprised by this seemingly rough action, Violet’s words were highly convincing to her. Leila immediately drew out a spare melee dagger and swiftly cut through the small gap under the spherical object, between the girl and the vines.
Swish.
These fine veins were not as tough as their tips. The dagger, of blue quality, easily cut through all of them.
“Squeak...”
The strange sphere convulsed violently, wanting to let out a mournful scream. However, it, nearly deformed by Violet’s grip, could only produce a faint sound like a mosquito.
As for the roots that were cut, there was no splattering of the creature’s blood. Instead, a large and dense amount of 【Calamity】 spewed out from the cut ends!
This gray mist was different from the previous ones. Not only was the color deeper, but it also seemed to possess a certain intelligence. It immediately rushed towards Leila’s face, the nearest target!
“Uh!”
The winged girl, caught off guard, instinctively tried to dodge in shock. However, a magnificent holy staff moved faster than her, positioning itself between Leila and the gray mist, unfolding a small golden barrier.
Upon contact, the gem at the top of the holy staff immediately emitted dazzling radiance. The barrier extended, enveloping the gray mist in the opposite direction, producing a sizzling sound as they made contact.
The purification process lasted only a few seconds. When Violet resolved the gray mist, she lowered the 【Eternal Scepter of the World’s Heart】, turning her attention back to the peculiar parasite held in her other hand. To her surprise, it had deflated completely like a deflated balloon.
The severed vines, the surface thorns, and the second pair of arms on the female adventurer quickly withered and turned into decaying ash, leaving only the weakened essence of the girl.
“Lady Violet, just now...”
Leila looked a bit shaken, but the priestess comforted her with a glance and discarded the now-worthless item in her hand, turning her gaze to the girl lying on the ground.
The adventurer’s vitality had almost been drained. If she maintained the parasitic state, she could probably survive for a while, even becoming stronger. However, once released, she would rapidly succumb.
But for Violet, this was not much of a challenge. It was just a state of empty health, accompanied by extreme weakness and rapid HP loss.
After casting a standard healing spell and adding [Slow Healing] to the girl, the priestess clapped her hands and stood up.
There were no more issues here. More than the elementary healing, she was concerned about what she had just witnessed.
It seemed that the sinister parasitic creature in the spherical form was not the core of the 【Calamity】 . The true source was likely the deeply colored gray mist.
Starting with a cluster of 【Calamity】 , it continuously produced more 【Calamity】 through transformation.
Everything else, apart from that thing parasitizing the human body, is nothing more than extensions created for the convenience of manipulation and absorbing nutrients and energy from the host.
Otherwise, Violet would find it hard to imagine how something as intricately entwined throughout the entire human body, like veins, was formed in a short period.
But if its initial form was airflow, it makes perfect sense.
Moreover, the fact that it just attempted to parasitize Leila indicated a certain level of intelligence, at least a survival instinct.
In other words, that mist was some kind of living organism.
Violet turned her head and glanced at the group of people who were still motionless due to Xiao Guang’s dragon coercion, and those unfortunate individuals in the temple priest attire who had just entered the room and were affected.
“Enough, Xiao Guang.”
At Violet’s words, the dragon lady gave a cold snort, retracting the pressure she had been radiating.
People looked at each other, covered in sweat as they slowly got up, seemingly a bit confused about the situation.
“Miss Violet, your companion is really...”
Edgar, the guildmaster of the Anilo City Adventurer Guild, walked over to Violet with a complex expression. As a hybrid tiger-person with some beastman blood, he had a keen intuition for strong enemies and crises.
Just now, besides the pure energy oppression, the mental pressure this blonde girl exerted on Edgar was even greater, like standing in front of a terrifying dragon that could easily crush all of them with a casual move.
However, it had been a long time since pure-blood dragons were known to appear in this world, especially in small places like the Criv Kingdom. Therefore, Edgar could only assume that the blonde girl possessed some kind of “aura” type ability and was extremely powerful.
Violet raised her hand, indicating that they could talk later.
“Now is not the time for small talk. I also need to resur...treat those two infected individuals over there. Leave this to me. Mr. Edgar, if you’re okay, why not go outside to handle the chaos? I have a companion helping there as well, you should have seen her, right?”
With a few brief instructions and without waiting for a response, Violet went towards another adventurer who had already been subdued by Leila and sealed by her personally.
Some things needed further confirmation.
From various indications, it was highly likely that the gray gas called 【Calamity】 was closely related to her current target, 【Southern Calamity Illusionary Cloud】, if not one hundred percent, at least eighty to ninety percent.
“............”
Edgar did not follow the priestess’s suggestion to handle the aftermath outside, but he also did not stop her actions. He quietly followed behind Violet after instructing the priestess to purify the remaining 【Calamity】 in the area.
Seeing him like this, Violet didn’t say much more.
He can watch if he wants to.
As for Edwin and the others, naturally, they hurried to check the condition of the female adventurer after Violet treated her.
Next, using a similar method, Violet extracted the same peculiar parasite from the heart area of the second man.
However, she had a bit of disdain for men, so she directly pulled out the surgical tools she had prepared in Courage City, tore open his chest, and grabbed it.
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Anyway, it could be restored, and as long as he didn’t die, it didn’t matter.