Chapter 239
The door to the palace opened to show Iris with her wings spread out, holding a small golden plated chest. Erik, seeing that, immediately walked down from his throne before he quickly asked "Is that it?"
Iris nodded but she didn’t look to happy "Inside the chest is the culprit but before we start, I have to Inform your majesty Erik that those who have been compromised can’t be saved"
Erik heard her words but didn’t pay much mind to it as he was too drawn to the chest ready to find out the source of his trouble, Taking the chest away from Iris.
Erik took a deep breath before opening it, looking inside the chest all Erik found was something similar to a piece of hair. Enhancing his vision with mana, Erik noticed it was hair but a creature that looked like a hair and this one is dead.
Iris chose to speak up this time "What you see there is what I call a parasite, most living beings have some kind of parasite in them which lives in symbiosis with them"
"The parasite you are holding, I can proudly proclaim, is very uncommon in our world except for those compromised by Silas. Silas somehow got his hands on such a creature that is able to live in symbiosis with its host, altering their behavior and making them loyal to him, Worst part is that nothing is out of the unusual until Silas decides to activate the parasite" Iris explained, her voice tinged with frustration and a hint of fear.
"My comrade made a hypothesis that Silas relationship with the creatures are similar to a hive mind like bees and their queen. In this case Silas is the head of the hive mind able to easily influence other parasites’’
Erik’s brows furrowed as he looked at the tiny, lifeless creature. "So, Silas has been using these parasites to control my people, activating them at will?" he asked, a mix of anger and disbelief in his tone.
Iris nodded. "Yes, Your Majesty. Those who have been compromised by these parasites are beyond saving. Once the parasite integrates with the host’s nervous system, it becomes impossible to remove without killing them."