174 Chapter 166 - Stickman Worms.

Before Sky entering the underground space, he peeped in from the hole to examine the place even more to prevent any unwanted troubles. As Sky schemed through the whole space which the area is about ten meters square. The floor around the experiment subject is filled with some stick-like thing.

"Those are stickman worms." said Chris who suddenly appeared at Sky's side.

"Chris? I thought you weren't supposed to be here, how about Ben?" Sky asked, rather surprised.

"Don't worry, this is just a *mind projection of my consciousness, my real self is still out there with Ben." said Chris.

"Wow! That's some crazy multitasking." said Sky.

"Well, basically I just stood there maintaining my cleansing magic, not a big deal." said Chris in a rather casual manner.

"Ah... Hahaha..." Sky awkwardly laughed.

*mind projection, a type of magic that allowed the user to create a 'hologram' double of themselves that don't have real form. Most of the time, the real body user will be in a blank out state when they send out their mind double, but Chris is a special case.

"I wonder when was my last time seeing this creature? But then I'm not surprised anymore as they had even brought back an extinct species like Kirin Demon." said Chris while carefully observing the surrounding of that space.

"Seriously, with their heads and torsos hid under the ground, I totally didn't notice that those are stickman worms. But then, with such a big number of them, it can be quite troublesome." said Sky.

"I have two suggestions, want to hear me out?" Chris asked.

"Yes, sure! It will be great if you can help." said Sky.

"First suggestion, I'll seal that experiment subject, thus totally sealed the formation of foul auras but at the same time it will 'activated' those stickmen and they will all start attacking at once, and so you will need to eliminate all of them to prevent any damage to my seal on that subject." said Chris.

"Uh..." obviously, Sky is not satisfied with that answer.

"Second suggestion, you jump in and activate those stickmen and they will attack you all at once. I'll seal that subject once you cleared those stickmen." said Chris.

"Uhm... Is there any difference?" Sky asked.

"Of course it's different, the attacked subject of the stickmen are different. Either you or that half Kirin." said Chris.

"Uh... Can you give a better suggestion that is less exhausting?" said Sky which Chris respond with a leer.

"How about you take my position out there and I'll do it in your stead? Seriously, I am just a mind projection, what more do you expect from me?" said Chris, a bit annoyed.

"Haha! Sorry, I totally forgot about that." said Sky.

Actually what Chris said are not pure nonsense, he put a lot of consideration in those seemly useless suggestions.

And so, the second suggestion would be a better choice, but as Chris said, what can you expect from a mind projection?

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Meanwhile, on the street, Seito, Itsuki, Junior, and Bob are strolling on the street, while observing the surrounding.

"Ah... Finally, they allowed us to come out for a short walk." said Seito, while stretching his torsos.

"Mind your volume and movement, we don't want to get any extra attention." said Itsuki.

"You really act more and more like Chris." said Seito, then they noticed Junior and Bob are staring at a butterfly that stopped on a white lily flower.

"Anything special about that butterfly?" Seito asked while looking at that butterfly with them.

"Yes, have a look at its eyes." said Junior.

Seito did as Junior said and indeed, that butterfly's eyes look different, instead of having typical insect compound eyes, its eyes look hollow and don't even feel like real eyes.

"Hmm... Could this be one of the trackers Chris mentioned that day." said Itsuki, in a rather low volume.

"Most likely... So it is true that they are monitoring the moves of the residents here." said Seito.

"I wonder why would they did that?" said Itsuki.

"I don't know... But I have an interesting thought." said Seito.

"I'm listening." said Itsuki. "Let's catch and collect some of these trackers, I believe Dr. Ben will be interested." said Seito with a smug.

"That sounds like a bad idea, but... I like it." said Itsuki.

And so, the four of them start collecting all the weird animals and things they encountered and might be the rackers, with no doubt, they had successfully gained some 'extra attention'. Just when they about to catch a one-eyed cricket in a rather deserted alley, they are 'greet' by Dominic's personal assistant

"You weren't supposed to do that, did the magic herbs effect worn-out?" said the clergy with a polite yet disturbing smile.

Then he summoned four other men in black robe who have a few bottles of brown liquid with them.

"Go, 'renew' the magic herbs for them." said the clergy.

As commanded by the personal assistant of Dominic, the men surrounded Seito and others, which caused them to step back a bit, however they don't seem to be surprised and panicked by this sudden occurrence, except for Bob, as if they are expecting this to happen since the beginning.

"Dan, open up a way, His Grace is looking for them." said *the boy in clergy outfit who suddenly appeared behind Dan, the personal assistant of Dominic.

Seeing the boy, Dan is a bit surprised, then, he waved his hand instructing the other men to leave before bowing to the boy and opened up a path for Seito and others.

"Followed me, I'll lead you to His Grace." said the said, Seito and the others did as he said, they seem to be a bit confused, obviously they didn't expect this instead.

*that boy is the same boy that lead Sky and the others to Dominic when they first reached the town.

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Abandoned building.

"Hey Chris, I will jump in now." said Sky.

"Mhmm... Go ahead." said Chris.

"Uh... I'm really jumping in now." said Sky.

"Yes, go ahead." said Chris.

"I'm serious about it." said Sky.

"So am I." said Chris.

"Ah... Alright then."

Sky gives out a long sigh before jumping into the underground that is filled with those mysterious stick-like creatures, as soon as he landed, the 'sticks' on the floor starts moving and pulled out their heads and torsos out from the ground, forming shape that is similar to stickman that usually drawn by little kids, just that they don't have eyes and have a big, bloody sucker-like mouth with tiny fang, and their torsos that are actually sharp spikes...

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*Something out of the story

Sky: "Dear readers."

Chris: "Hmm?"

Sky: "As what Chris said. Right now, this story is free on the authorized platform, so please read it from authorized platforms as mental support for the writer."

Chris: "Mhm... There are two authorized platforms. One is webnovel.com. And another one is that messy and half-dead Weebly site that she uses for draft and backup... But not recommended."

Sky: "Ah... Haha. Yes, as Chris said."

Chris: "But look out, those scums might change this note to their own website link. So, be cautious.

Sky : "By the way, if the cover page is the old cover page that shows two stickmen, stop reading it, it's cursed and might caused the writer to stop writing."

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