The dungeon has been parasitized

Chapter 85 The Mysterious Man

The smoke and dust were blown away by the wind, revealing the blue-haired witch's figure on the rocks that had fallen onto the lava surface. She had lost one of her right arms, and a huge gash had been cut into the right side of her body.

"Haa...you guys have really angered me."

She looked up, and a bewitching blue light suddenly appeared in her eyes, brighter than ever before, even... blinding.

"Oh no! Get away from here!"

Everyone felt a chill run down their spines; it was a tremor that came from the very depths of their souls…

knock.

Suddenly, the blue light disappeared, and a man wearing the same robe appeared beside the blue-haired witch, holding a book with a winged pattern in his hand.

He had just tapped the blue-haired witch on the head with the back of a book, and then the blue-haired witch suddenly collapsed to the ground.

"How did things get like this? Didn't I tell you to be careful? And what are we going to do after using this trick?"

The mysterious man sighed, picked up the blue-haired witch around the waist, and then glanced at the tense crowd.

"I said, have you seen the dragon?"

Silence fell; no one answered. They were all too tense to breathe.

A blue-haired witch had almost driven them to the brink of despair, and then another person who looked even more like an enemy arrived. At this moment, all that remained in everyone's hearts was despair.

"I said, have you seen the dragon?"

He asked again, but his tone seemed a little harsher.

"No, we're just about to go back."

After regaining her composure, Qiao Jinna answered the mysterious man's question.

"Hmph~ Well, it seems it was a misunderstanding."

"Misunderstand?"

"Yes, I originally just wanted her to tell you not to go looking for the dragon, but I didn't expect it to turn into this. It's really good that I finished my work, otherwise things would have been much worse."

"What...does that mean?"

"Don't ask about things you shouldn't know."

The mysterious man spoke with a serious tone, and he raised his arm—everyone was startled and tensed up.

But the mysterious man simply put his hand to his face, seemingly using his fingers to support the bridge of his nose.

"Well then, we'll take our leave now, without wasting any more of your precious time."

He touched his right index finger and thumb together.

"Oh, by the way, I advise everyone not to go near the dragon!"

Hey.

With a crisp snap of his fingers, the mysterious man and the blue-haired witch vanished.

"Haa..."

Anna, who has a weaker mental fortitude, slumped to the ground, supporting herself with her wand, and let out a deep breath.

"W-what the hell is this?"

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief once they were sure they were really gone. Spinka and the Slime Slayer left the lava surface together and returned to the group.

"Spinka, are you alright?"

"I almost died, cough cough."

No joke at all; Spinka had barely finished speaking when he spat out a mouthful of blood.

"That kick triggered my amulet; I didn't expect her physical skills to be so strong..."

As he spoke, Spinka pulled out the necklace around his neck; the green gemstone was now dull and lifeless.

"then."

Cassius had already sat back down on the ground, then tossed a bottle of potion to Spinka, who caught it, opened the cap, and took a sip.

"What should we do next...?"

"Should we turn back? Let's find a place to rest. I don't want to run into any more monsters like this..."

Qiao Jinna sighed and picked up a bottle of medicine, taking a sip.

"Captain, what do you think?"

"go back."

"Um."

The Slime Slayer adventure team embarked on their journey home.

………………

On the plantation, Klein was completely unaware of what was happening in the lava cave.

Klein approached the sleeping fishman, made a small incision on his back, and then inserted a seed deep into the wound.

If parasitism is to occur, the deeper the seed is located, the better; otherwise, if the seed is damaged, the parasitic effect will be lost.

Activate skill: Accelerate growth.

The seed sprouted and grew roots. Klein could clearly see the tentacle-like roots wriggling beneath the fish-man's scales, piercing deep into the flesh like blood vessels and connecting with the nerves.

Okay... now it's time to parasitize.

Activate skill: Parasite

Success rate: 87%

What a high success rate! Could it be because Yanami's hypnosis put him to sleep? If he doesn't resist mentally, maybe that increases the probability of parasitism?

According to the description of the parasitic skill, the weaker the target, the higher the success rate. Maybe being asleep is equivalent to being weak?

Launch successful.

However, he had at least succeeded in parasitizing him. Klein loosened the vines binding him and gave him a command.

"Stand up."

But the fishman remained motionless, his sleep quality as poor as that of a dead person.

"Stand up."

Klein repeated it again, but he remained unmoved.

Huh? It's not moving... Is it asleep?

"Yana, can you break the hypnosis?"

"Ah, no problem."

Yanami was grilling crab legs with a smile on her face when she heard Klein's call. She quickly looked up, stood up, and went to the fishman's side.

Then, she raised her palm, which glowed, and gently touched the fishman's forehead.

"alright."

"Oh, thank you."

"You're welcome, Klein."

The merman groggily opened his eyes and looked at Yanami with a look of panic.

"Wara-ka!" (Human!)

Yanami was also startled. She had only followed Klein's instructions to engage in hypnosis and hadn't expected that the fish-man wasn't under Klein's control.

They both looked at each other warily, Yanami still holding the sword lion knife she used to cook crab legs.

"Ah, don't be nervous, we're all on the same side, on the same side."

Uh… Klein tried to give it instructions, and the murloc’s expression changed. Then it prostrated itself on the vines where Klein was, just like other murlocs did when facing the bronze dragon.

"Klein, wa la ka wa la la." ("Lord Klein, I understand.")

Huh? I think I heard him call my name? But even though I'm controlling him... I still can't understand him, even though he seems to understand my commands. It must be a skill effect, right?

However, Klein still explained Yanami's existence to the fish-man, basically telling him to treat Yanami as his second master.

"Lady Yanami, my apologies for what I said earlier."

In Yanami's eyes, the fish-man suddenly prostrated himself before Klein, and then before her, calling her "sir"...

"Klein, you mean he's on our side now... right?"

"Yes, that's right. He's completely loyal now, and you can order him around as you please."

"Klein, you're amazing..."

However, Yanami felt something was off; they had just been fighting each other to the death.

"He's very useful; you should get along well with him."

"Okay, Klein, but I need to continue grilling the crabs. Call me if you need anything."

"Ah... I might need your help with the translation."

"I translated while I was baking!"

Yanami nodded, smiled, and continued running to grill her crab legs.

This girl is really... she doesn't understand at all what being parasitized by a fish-man represents.

Now, not only has it parasitized the fish-man, but it has also retained his self-awareness, which means that it is possible to communicate with him!

I wonder if he has any memory of it?

Do you remember who you are?

"Wara kawa, karakara".

"Klein, he said he remembers who he is, his name is Clark."

Yanami was flipping crab legs over on the campfire, while also translating the fishman's words for Klein.

He still remembers his own name, which means he must remember other things, right?