Sole Wolf was frustrated at their lack of finding. “D*mn it! Could that Dullioud be lying to us?”
Zeke, why don't we call Ares and get him to kill that Dullioud? How dare he trick us in this way? Death will be too easy for him!”
Zeke hummed. “I don't think so. In fact, I don't think the village is just a normal village.”
Sole Wolf asked, “Zeke, what did you see to make you think that?”
“It's not about what I saw but about what I feel. Let's go. Let's enter and take a look at it. Remember not to make any loud noises that will alert them to our presence. Maybe Dullioud's members are already watching us.”
Sole Wolf promptly replied, “I got it.”
Zeke and Sole Wolf then easily jumped into the compounds of one of the houses.
The inside of the house was absolutely silent, and they could even hear the occasional snoring from the bedroom.
Zeke then scanned the area and found nothing strange about the place.
After that, he quietly led Sole Wolf to head nearer to the villagers' bedroom.
It was then they saw a young couple sound asleep and snoring away in the bedroom.
Right then, their one-year-old child woke up.
The moment the child woke up, he began crying loudly.
However, no matter how loudly the child cried, the young couple never showed any signs of waking.
Seemingly hungry, the child then reached out to grab the food by the side of the bed. However, a slight sway made the boy fall off the bed and toward the ground.
Zeke was swift. He quickly released a wave of energy to catch the child in time.
Furthermore, the moment he released the energy, he sensed something familiar—cursed parasitic worms.
This is strange. Why are there scents of cursed parasitic worms here? What does Dullioud have to do with cursed parasitic worms? Things are getting weirder and weirder. Is the cursed parasitic worm in the child?
Zeke then used his energy to check the child's body, but he found nothing peculiar there.
Therefore, the cursed parasitic worms were in the young couple's body.
With that thought in mind, he used his energy to check the young couple.
Indeed, he found the worms in the young couple's body.
The sly and aggressive Dullioud knows about the art of cursed parasitic worms as well? Dullioud's already hard to deal with. If they really know how to use cursed parasitic worms, it'll become even harder to deal with them.
As Zeke used his energy to bring the food to the child, he gave Sole Wolf a look. “Let's go.”
Sole Wolf then quickly followed Zeke out of the small house.
Just as they exited the compound, Sole Wolf blurted out, “Zeke, did you sense something familiar just now?”
Zeke turned to him. “Cursed parasitic worms?”
Sole Wolf nodded. “That's right. Zeke, say, the kid doesn't have the worm in him, does he?”
Zeke shook his head. “The worm isn't in the kid. The worms are in the young couple's body.”
Sole Wolf tilted his head to the side in contemplation. “Zeke, who do you think poisoned them? Are they asleep because of the poison? Does it have anything to do with Dullioud?”
Zeke sighed. “The only thing I can be sure of is that they're unconscious because of the poison from the worms. However, I don't know if Dullioud has anything to do with where they came from.”
Sole Wolf inquired, “Zeke, what do we do then? Do we help the villagers get rid of the worms in them?”
Zeke quickly shook his head. “Don't do anything to alert them. They'll be active when night comes, so let's go with the flow for now. We'll find out what they're actually trying to do.”
“Zeke, how do you know that they will be active at night?” Sole Wolf curiously asked.
Zeke explained, “There is fresh soil on their shoes, and they have morning dew on them. Clearly, it hasn't been long since they came back. Therefore, I assumed that they must be active at night while resting in the day.”
Sole Wolf raised his brows. “I see. They must be doing something bad, so they can only work at night. Therefore, are we going to patiently wait until the sun goes down?”
Zeke shook his head in disagreement. “No. No one is caring for these children. They might end up in danger. What we do next is to go separate ways and feed the children.”
At that, Sole Wolf dropped his jaw and stared at Zeke in shock. “Zeke, I didn't mishear you, did I? Did you just ask me to feed the children?”
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