Finally, she steeled her heart and said, “Okay, Mr. Jeremiah. I'll give you my word. I'll bring Mr. Williams to surrender to the Black Muraco Clan.”
Mr. Jeremiah scoffed, “Now that's a smart choice.”
However, Zeke spoke suddenly. “I'm sorry, Erwen. The word surrender doesn't exist in my vocabulary. I'm afraid I can't go with you to surrender to the Black Muraco Clan. Don't worry. I'll make sure all of you won't be harmed today.”
Hearing that, Erwen explained hurriedly, “Mr. Williams, you're not a part of the White Muraco Clan. You have no idea how scary Myriad Worm Formation is. When it is summoned, people of the White Muraco Clan will activate their Life-Bound Worm that'll form resonations with Progenitor. Once that happens, Progenitor's consciousness will be added to Life-Bound Worms. With the great number of Life-Bound Worms and Progenitor's consciousness, they'll work seamlessly with each other. Nothing will be able to defeat them. No matter how great a person's physical strength is, it'll be insignificant when they're faced with Myriad Worm Formation.”
Upon hearing that, Zeke chuckled.
Truth was, the key to Myriad Worm Formation was Progenitor.
However, at that moment, he was already the owner of Progenitor. Hence, they were basically trying to use Progenitor to attack its owner. That was literally the biggest joke on earth he had ever heard of.
When Erwen saw him laughing, she could not help but doubt herself. Not only is Mr. Williams not afraid, but he's also laughing. Did I not explain it clearly or did he misunderstand?
Zeke waved his hands and said, “Bring it on, then. Let me see how powerful Myriad Worm Formation is.”
Erwen was dumbfounded. “Mr. Williams, please reconsider—”
Zeke assured, “Don't worry. I know what I'm doing.”
Jeremiah snickered. “Wow. You're really fearless, aren't you? Very well. If that's what you want, I shall fulfill your wish. Folks, attack!”
Seeing the matter had no room for retreat, Yazmin grabbed Erwen and Mona. “Hurry. Let's go back into the room. It'll be able to keep out the worms for the time being. We'll think of a solution once we're in there. There must be a way out. There must be—”
However, Zeke said, “There's no need for that. I can protect all of you.”
Sole Wolf then yelled, “Since Zeke has already guaranteed, then there's no need for all of you to worry. All you have to do is just watch them being humiliated.”
They've lost it. They really have lost it!
Yazmin realized that Zeke and Sole Wolf could not be persuaded. Furthermore, they were running out of time. Thus, they had no choice but to hide in the room first.
Once Myriad Worm Formation was activated, it would launch attacks on anyone indiscriminately. This meant that Yazmin and the girls would be attacked by the parasitic worms, too.
Buzz! Buzz!
Countless buzzing sounds lingered in everyone's ear as though there was a helicopter circling above them.
Truth was, it was the sound of vibrations produced by the White Muraco Clan's Life-Bound Worms.
Within seconds, the vibrations combined with Progenitor to form resonations. Immediately after that, Progenitor's consciousness was transferred onto the countless cursed parasitic worms.
Of course, Zeke instantly used his consciousness to communicate with Progenitor.
Although they could only perform simple communications, Zeke was still able to give his complete order to Progenitor.
Attack the elders! They must not be forgiven!
As soon as Progenitor received his order, the Life-Bound Worms got furious and prepared to attack the elders.
At the same time, Zeke could feel their anger through their consciousness.
Right then, Jeremiah commanded, “Everyone! Kill him!”
Upon hearing the command, the villagers immediately ordered their Life-Bound Worm to attack Zeke.
However, a strange scene happened.
The villagers' Life-Bound Worms did not launch their attacks on Zeke. Instead, they began attacking their owners.
Being caught off guard, the villagers fled from the scene while howling in pain.
“What the hell? What's going on? My Life-Bound Worm has lost control!”
“The Life-Bound Worms are attacking their owners! My Life-Bound Worm is actually attacking me!”
“Why is this happening? We've never mistreated our Life-Bound Worm. Why would they suddenly retaliate against their owners?”
“It's not the Life-Bound Worms that are retaliating against their owners. Their consciousness is being controlled by Progenitor, which is also giving them instructions for their every move. Hence, it's Progenitor that's attacking us.”
“That's right! It's definitely Progenitor's doing. What on earth is it up to?”
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