The Princess And The Lord

When Lory freed Lazarus from his cage, the demon granted her the power to hold the God's Sword. Lazarus also tried to infest Lory's soul at the same time but Girsha ruined his plans. Girsha used all his power to protect Lory's soul from Lazarus' darkness. Girsha's actions made him lose consciousness and fall into a deep slumber inside Lory's soul. While Lazarus has no choice but to wait in his cage until the agreement between them is done, when Lory dies he will claim her soul and this time no one can't stop him.

Lory soon discovered something crucial when she obtained Lazarus' powers. She got to know why beasts changed, acted out of madness, and why they became very powerful. The beasts were like that because they were infected by external forces. Lory immediately shared this news with the scientists and the mage head in Harland.

The two teams' investigation revealed all beasts were controlled by something they called Demon Parasites. The entity had no form, unlike other animals that had organs. Demon Parasites were like leeches covered with dark miasma. Scientists tried to dissect the parasites but it was like dissecting a shadow. The parasites would only split up for a moment but quickly reform at a high speed. The parasites did not die no matter how much one tried to cut them up.

This discovery frightened many people because they could only kill the host but the Demon Parasites could live on and infected another host. Many had tried to kill the creatures by burning, freezing, and even slashed them up with divine weapons but nothing worked.

They only managed when Lucas used God's Sword to kill the parasites as they evaporated into thin air. The people were bewildered by the new discovery but it made them regain hope. The only problem was the God's Sword could only be wielded by the King of Harland and they couldn't expect their King to kill all the parasites for them.

It was Fredhard who raised the question of why the parasites only infected beasts and not humans. Was the human mind more complex than a beast's or was the reason something else? Harland gathered their best scientists and mages to research the Demon Parasites and to answer the question.

They soon discovered the answer lay with the magic amulet many humans wore. The population wore magic amulets or pendants and even the Gift controller had a magic crystal in it. The crystal stored a little power of light. It didn't kill parasites but it was able to shove them away as the parasites were allergic to them.

The God's Sword was immersed with the power of the pure holy light which went against the darkness. The power purified evil. Although it was impossible to mimic God's divine power, the research done on the amulets allowed them to conclude they could create something similar to God's Sword's holy power. The new weapon would not give them immediate results like the God's Sword but it was able to kill the Demon Parasite in the long run.

It took them months to find the right ingredients and another month to find the right proportions to use. They were able to find a solution after countless failed experiments. They created vials that allowed people to contain the Demon Parasites. The vials were then taken to the provision headquarter where they had created a special furnace to kill the parasites.

Lory who at the time wielded Lazarus's power could feel the similarity between the Demon Parasites and Lazarus's power. However, she was clueless about how Lazarus released the Demon Parasites. She wondered if Lazarus was connected to Nazareth since it was believed Nazareth was the one who broke into the demon's realm and summoned the Demon Parasites. Although this also begged the question, where did the Dragon get his power. The Dragon, like Girsha, was a First kind. However, Nazareth was much older and stronger than Girsha.

Lory had overlooked this in the past as her mind was focused on saving Lucas. There was also the fact that Lory's mind was not right at the time as her father had died and the kingdom was in ruins. She was drowning with the fear of losing her only brother. She had psychological issues that included PTSD, survival guilt, and depression, among others.

With her mind now stable, Lory was suspicious about one thing, 'Did Nazareth collude with Lazarus?' The next question was 'How?' since they were both trapped in different cages. When did they have the opportunity to meet?

[Lory what are you thinking about?] 

[No, it just… I think I am missing something here…] Lory snapped out of her thoughts and massaged her temples.

[There's no point of making guesses now] Girsha tried to calm her down and he redirected her focus [We have to act on what we know. How is all this connected to Mo Ning Yuan? I don't care what her level of cultivation is but what I know is the woman has no ability to control Demon Parasites unless someone else is helping her do it]

[Yeah, you are right…] Lory sighed and slowly nodded. Anxiety filled her as she worried the parasites had evolved somehow. [We should figure out how many people have been infected by the Demon Parasites and when did the parasites start infecting the humans. This never happened in Verrion]

Girsha tilted his head with contemplation and said [Have you forgotten what the research team discovered?]

Lory furrowed her brows at Girsha [Oh yes, the magic amulet… It was very common in our world. People sold magic amulets and pendants like it was candy. They even bought them like crazy after the research team released the news on the parasites being allergic to magic amulets]

[But people in this world know nothing about Demon Parasites. Do you understand Lory? Things will get ugly if the Demon Parasites are released here like they were in our world. The people here have no way of going against the parasites] Girsha narrowed his eyes. Lazarus fangs seemed to be getting closer to him.

[Damn! I should make more amulets for the Hei Shen Sect people, General Fu, and our allies. Sadly, I don't have enough power to create them] Lory's thoughts became frantic. She passed out while creating six amulets. She could decrease the amulets' quality, but she still needed the power to make many more. Every nation in Verrion had put aside their differences and worked together to handle Demon Parasites matter as it was not a one-man show.

[Calm down, Lory. There is no use fretting about it now. This is out of our league. What we can do is find the perpetrator. If the person is Mo Ning Yuan, we should first figure out what her motive is and where she got the damn parasites from. If Lazarus is involved, this is our chance to figure out where the demon is hiding and why?]

[You are right… You are right – you are right! Damn! I would have gone crazy all by myself!] Lory plopped her head on the table. She always lost her cool when something involved the people she loved.

[But you are not alone. I'm here and so is the boy. It's time for you to convey everything to him. He deserved to know and you need his help. Heck girl, you need all the help you can get this time around]

Lory shifted her head and rested her cheek on the cold table. She muttered [Will he blame me? I put his world in danger]

[I don't know. If you were him, would you blame him?] Girsha sighed.

Lory went quiet and muttered again [I'll be worried for his safety though…]

Girsha stifled lightly [Now, you understand… Let us do this together this time around…]

Lory heaved loudly [Yeah…]