290 Demon Seeds (2/2)
However, he was also confused. The vengeful spirit spoke strangely like it was a different person and not the same one h had conversed with earlier.
Did it have a multiple personality disorder? A vengeful spirit has? How peculiar!
”Your Highness! You manage to find them?” Baron Grant greeted Leon with a pleasant surprise.
”Have a look. Are these your people?”
Leon dumped the unconscious bodies carefully in front of the Baron to inspect. One of the unconscious people have matching body proportion as his adoptive father, but the face was unfamiliar.
Considering his adoptive parents were both former disciples of the Illusory Butterfly Sect, they might have also been using fake faces like the Baron. Although Leon felt this was likely the case, he still had to wait for the Baron's confirmation.
How embarrassing would it be if he mistook a stranger as his adoptive father and acted all sentimental towards the person? Leon lamented that he had never used divine sense on his adoptive parent's face.
”No doubt about it, they are my people.” The Baron confirmed.
”And this person is…?”
”He is your adoptive father.”
Leon sighed. It was fortunate to get one of his adoptive parents back, but his adoptive mother was still missing.
”Something seems to be wrong with them.” Baron Grant spoke with unease as he surveys their expressions.
Leon nodded before sending out his divine sense to diagnose the problem on his adoptive father. Familial relationships naturally took priority.
It did not take long before a frown found its way on Leon's face. Dark miasma was found in each of their bodies as they were being contaminated by it. Apart from that, Leon made a more startling discovery. Everyone had a Demon Seed implanted in their heads.
If everything about demons before were just mere speculation, then it became conclusive that everything regarding the peculiarities of Lost Isle Alley was related to the demons.
A Demon Seed was something demons use to demonize other races to increase their population. However, it was a slow and gradual process.
Demon Seeds were like parasites that feed on the nutrients provided by its host. It would continue to nurture itself until it fully germinates and alter the physiques of its host. Only then would the host become demonized.
While the dark miasma and demon seeds were no problem for Leon, he had yet to recover his mental strength fully. He would need to exert himself a bit to remove all the dark miasma and demon seeds from their bodies.
More importantly, things have become serious. The demons were making a move, but Leon could not guess their intentions. Why don't the demons just send their army through the teleportation instead of capturing people and sending them back?
Did the Human Domain or the entire continent had something the demons were wary of that made it only resort to this to test the waters?
Leon wanted to ask what his adoptive father and other three saw on the other side of the teleportation array, but it would have to wait after they recover.
A group of palace guards, city guards, and shadowguards arrived at this moment and greeted Leon.
”Your Highness, the king has sent us to assist you. What are your orders?”
”I want this place sealed off and watched over. This place has become dangerous and full of uncertainty. I do not want any civilian entering this premise without my permission. The shadowguards are to enter Lost Isle Alley directly and observe the situation for inside.”
”There is a teleportation array hidden inside. If any unconscious bodies are appearing, you are to bring them out and inform me immediately. If anything else appears, you must also retreat and inform me immediately. The palace guards must hold their positions. Is that clear?”
”Yes, Your Highness!”
”Good, begin immediately!”
The group surrounded the area and got to work, using their earthen abilities to make the ground rise, and set up a temporary earthen wall to enclose the area.
At the same time, Leon got the Baron to help him to carry the unconscious people back to the palace to be treated.