Devil's Bible

Chapter 25 Silencing
It takes a period of time for the hive beast's fur to parasitize a human and turn that human into a hive.

Generally, during this period, you can see some small black dots by pressing on various parts of the body.

As long as the nearby priests are skilled enough, and the black hairs haven't been there for too long and aren't numerous, they can all be cured.

However, once a certain period of time has passed, the black hair will penetrate the brain, and the individual will be controlled by the Nest Beast and officially become a Nest Beast. At that point, unless one is a god, there is basically no way to save them.

However, this incubation period is no longer present.

"How is this possible?" Benjamin wished he had more legs. He ran as fast as he could, fleeing for his life while waiting for rescue.

The current situation is completely beyond his common sense. Although the nest beast is dangerous, it is after all just an animal with a unique parasitic method. Its parasitism and spread take time.

"This can't be right. Even a deeply mutated nest beast shouldn't have this ability!" Benjamin turned his head and was immediately terrified. At that moment, the seven or eight parasitized people all moved in unison and chased after him.

And these people even used 'long-range weapons' and tactics.

Someone picked up the scattered flesh and blood of the previous person and threw it at him.

There were also black lines wriggling inside, clearly indicating that there was still some of the nest beast's fur residing within.

As for tactics, someone chose to take a detour and flank him, driving him towards the edge of the village. If Benjamin hadn't been an experienced salesman in the gray area, he wouldn't have even noticed.

And in just a few seconds, these people's bodies underwent different changes; their speed and strength all changed, and they entered a kind of temporary power surge state.

"The person behind them, that person can control the nest beasts!!" Although unwilling to believe it, this is the only explanation for the current situation.

The danger of controlled nest beasts has increased dramatically.

There was still hope if I was parasitized before, but now that I'm parasitized, I'm afraid those black hairs will instantly burrow into my brain and I will be controlled in an instant.

"Is the water in the whale skin mine really that deep?!" Benjamin tried to increase his speed with breathing techniques, but the sin nail in his chest restricted his breathing, which gradually put him in danger.

This puzzled him greatly. The problem with whale skin ore wasn't too serious. Although it was a controlled resource, compared to other non-renewable resources that fundamentally damaged the floating whales, this stuff was renewable.

As long as the excavation is not excessive and the floating whales are allowed to adapt, the worst that could happen is that the floating whales become somewhat unstable in flight, and perhaps dozens or even hundreds of people could die as a result.

However, considering the scale of millions of people on the back of the floating whale, this matter is not worth making a big fuss about.

Is it worthwhile to use a superhuman like the one who controls the nest beasts, whom I never even considered, for this kind of thing?

In the eyes of some, this thing is far more valuable than a few whale skins.

"There's no escaping it!" Benjamin caught a glimpse of black light out of the corner of his eye, and felt a sharp pain in the back of his calf. Clearly, he had been hit.

“We were too passive after the intelligence was exposed.” Benjamin felt despair, and this despair led to his calm.

Neither Isabella, Jacques, nor he expected to be exposed so quickly, and that the other party would seize the opportunity when he was not near the two of them and launch an attack so decisively.

And it was an attack of extremely high danger.

He could feel the thing rapidly burrowing into his body from his calf.

“There must be a big secret in the village of dorsal fins. What Opu has done is definitely not just about mining whale skins.”

"In this situation, if Isabella discovers some secrets, Op might very well take the risk of murdering the clergy!"

"I...I absolutely cannot let Reverend Isabella be in danger!" Benjamin's mind flashed back to the scene of Isabella rescuing him after he was in danger, and gently asking him if he was alright. Then, steeling his resolve, he reached out and grabbed a nail from his chest, forcefully pulling it out.

In this chaotic era, everyone is like a floating whale, carrying a burden and living under this sky with various restrictions.

Their hearts are also adrift, finding it difficult to find people who care about them or whom they can care about.

Perhaps it is only at crucial moments that people can truly see what kind of person they are.

"I, Benjamin, grew up in the slums and always thought everything was a transaction, all about profit. But I never imagined that in the end, I would choose love!"

As one of the nails was pulled out, Benjamin trembled all over. A surge of electric current coursed through his body, stiffening his limbs and freezing even his thoughts.

The black hair was also affected, its upward movement was stopped.

However, at this moment, Benjamin himself was still miraculously still moving.

He suddenly plunged the sin nail into his thigh. The power of the sin nail erupted, immobilizing everything around him, including the hive beast's hair, while causing minimal damage.

The pain made him groan, but it also pulled him out of his numb state.

Covered in cold sweat, Benjamin took a deep breath. With one of the sin nails removed, and his breathing technique now unleashed, he activated it with all his might.

At that moment, he quickly felt the power spread throughout his body, his face became rosy like a baby's, and the pain in his thigh seemed to have disappeared.

He rolled away to avoid a controlled parasite, then quickly ran to the other side.

He needed to inform Pastor Isabella, to make her understand the seriousness of the situation, and to prepare her to flee.

The belief in my heart became exceptionally firm at this moment.

"My thigh is torn apart..." The thought flashed through his mind. The nail had driven into his thigh, and this was a natural consequence of his violent running, but Benjamin no longer cared about such things.

"I'm almost there, I'm almost there..." Various thoughts flashed through Benjamin's mind, and gradually only one thought remained.

“But something brushed against me…” Benjamin felt a slight sensation on his neck.

At the same time, I felt very weak, as if I were flying and couldn't feel my own body anymore.

"Is it an illusion?"

"No, I really flew."

"But it's just the head..."

The flying head spun in mid-air, and Benjamin's gaze followed it.

He saw his own headless body fall behind him.

Behind them, a thin rope stained with blood was twitching slightly before quickly disappearing.

Standing in the shadows, Nemus flicked his fingers slightly, and the blood on the rope of oath was wiped clean.

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(End of this chapter)