As soon as Nicolas answered, everyone in the room turned to look at the man lying on the bed.
"Why—why did you not say such a crucial thing earlier?" Gilderoy spluttered, his eyes widening as he looked at his son. Was this something that he should have kept to himself?
Nicolas, whose face was paler than the moon, breathed heavily. He turned his head to the side and answered, "No one asked me anything, I thought —I thought it was not of significance."
Gilderoy wanted to say something but was interrupted by Damien.
"It is a good thing that you are not feeling any pain," stated Damien. "Because now you certainly will."
As he spoke Damien summoned the scalpel from his inventory and without giving a chance to anyone he made a long slit on Nicolas's leg which was bleeding.
The wound which was bleeding turned even more mangled because of his actions.
"What do you think you are doing!?" Gilderoy demanded but his words came to a sudden halt when Wistoria shrieked and Xavier gasped behind his back.
As Damien cleanly made a slit, the numerous thorny-headed worms came into view.
The thick black worms with bodies similar to caterpillars but with the shell of a beetle, were embedded in Nicolas's flesh.
Sharp little thorns protruded out of their bodies with which they tore and cut Nicolas's flesh. It was a bloody feast for those disgusting things.
[Boreal Worms]
[Parasitic worms that feed on the flesh and blood of Beastmen.]
[Symptoms: Upset bladder. Exceptional slow rate of healing of wounds, weakening of the bodies of the Beastmen.]
[Caution: They reproduce really quickly causing the bodies of their host to turn into empty vessels.]
It was taking revenge on him for ruining its feast.
'Damn— who would have thought that saving a life would come at the expense of putting mine in danger!' Damien cursed as he rolled on the floor while trying to avoid the attack of the Giant Boreal Worm again.
However, that beast was like a dog that had tasted blood. It did not let go—
"Fuck this fucking life," Damie yelled as he got up from the floor and almost lost his head when the thing swept his tail. If not for the fact that Damien flexibly arched his body backwards, he would have lost his head.
"Xavier! What are you doing!? Shouldn't you be protecting me?" Damien yelled at the man while fending for his life.
Xavier exasperatedly turned to look at him and pointed to his sleeves, "I am trying my best, Lord Damien."
Damien looked at him and he then looked at Luke whose pants had fallen on the floor revealing his shaggy hindquarters and a little tail. The man stomped his hoofs on the ground nervously.
His giant hindquarters seemed quite heavy as Xavier could not pull himself away from Luke.
When Damien saw what was happening, his eyes popped widely as he looked at Luke who was clutching onto Xavier's sleeves and stopping him from coming over. "You better let him go or else you will be very sorry indeed."
"You seem to be holding really well—"
Damien hurled his shoe at the face of the man, holding really well. His ass. He was on the verge of getting skewered by a gigantic worm.
"Ack!" Luke let out a startled scream. "It got me! It got me!"
However, no one cared about him. Xavier rushed forward to protect Damien while Wistoria and Gidleroy tried their best to protect the weakened Nicolas.
Roar!!!
The Boreal Worm let out a loud squeal before turning to look at the window of the room. It glanced at the people in front of him with its multiple black eyes and then rushed towards the window.
"It is trying to run!"