Firearms in a Fantasy World

Chapter 131: Brain Parasite

Translator: Cinder Translations

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Duke Fraule, having fainted due to suffocation, Bennet released his grip from around the Duke's neck.

He sighed in relief; Fraule had shown quite a burst of strength just now. Luckily, the enhancement spell he had previously cast on himself hadn't worn off yet.

After confirming that the guards outside hadn't noticed any movement in the bedroom, Bennet began his next action.

The wizard's lips moved quickly, silently chanting a spell.

After several repetitions, he gradually felt a strange sensation arising in his stomach.

The sensation grew stronger and slowly turned into a nauseating feeling.

He suddenly covered his mouth, trying not to make any noise.

"Urgh!" He couldn't hold it back any longer and vomited a large amount of filth onto the floor.

Bennet looked at the vomit, and something inside made him almost vomit again.

The scene before him challenged his vision; wriggling within the vomit was a creature, thin and white, its body indistinguishable between head and tail.

This eerie creature twisted and struggled as if in agony exposed to the air.

Recently, a master of mental manipulation in the Arcane Order successfully experimented with a spell capable of rapidly controlling the minds of people. Unlike previous mental spells that required long preparation times and had uncertain outcomes, this spell's effect was extremely rapid, completely subjugating the target's mind in a short time, turning them into obedient slaves.

However, it still had flaws; the spell required a specially cultivated parasitic organism as a medium. This artificially cultivated parasite, called a "brain parasite" by the inventor of the spell, just as its literal meaning suggests, burrows into the target's head to stimulate the brain.

The brain parasite must absorb nutrients from the host's head to survive and numb the host's pain perception. Consequently, the host becomes increasingly dull, sluggish, and numb, and generally does not live long.

Brain parasites cannot survive for long in external environments. Besides the host's brain, they can survive in specially made liquids or temporarily in a person's intestines.

To evade the guards' searches, Bennet smuggled the brain parasite into the Duke's castle and chose to temporarily house it in his own belly.

This was an extremely challenging task, but for the grand cause of the Arcane Order, Bennet, who was highly committed, ultimately suppressed his nausea and swallowed the creature whole.

Of course, wizards had their methods to prevent the brain parasite from moving around in their stomachs or burrowing into their heads.

Bennet knew that this spell had undoubtedly involved numerous "live" experiments to achieve such progress, but he didn't care how many "lives" had been expended; contributing to the advancement of magic was their honor.

In the bedroom, the wizard tore off a piece of cloth, bravely grabbed the squirming, eerie creature, and forcefully placed it on Duke Fraule's mouth.

Sensing the Duke's faint breaths, the brain parasite suddenly stopped wriggling and, with incredible speed, plunged one end of its body into the Duke's mouth. In less than a second, its entire body had disappeared inside.

Released from the wizard's suppression, the brain parasite quickly began burrowing towards Duke Fraule's brain. Unlike ordinary brain parasites, its speed was extremely fast.