As the lowest-level species in the demon army, the "infected beast" itself has a strong ability to survive. Infected animals change differently after ingestion of different species, so older infected animals are almost always very different in appearance if they are in different regions.

The "specimen" in front of them was a "mummified" infected beast that had been evaporated by a spell, and Taria and Nefi were startled by the demon with a hideous expression behind the glass, because the other party opened his mouth wide, and when he looked over, he could clearly see two rows of triangular teeth on display, and there were gill-like gaps on the dry skin on both sides, which at first glance looked like some kind of shark with long legs.

"Whew, is this an infected beast? it's much bigger than I thought..."

Nephie almost leaned her face to the glass to look at it, but after not hearing Talia speak back for a few seconds, she turned her head and asked, "What's wrong? What are you thinking?"

When she asked this, Talia's eyes stared at the infected beast in a daze, her hands trembling slightly, and some strange emotions were surging in her heart - she wanted to raise her hand and touch the top of the infected beast's head.

At this moment, Taria didn't notice that Nefi's right hand had reached into the pocket on her side, and the dozen or so figures on the surrounding street who seemed to pass by unrelated were all slowing down...

"Taria?"

"Huh?"

She finally came back to her senses and turned her head sharply, "I, I... I just remembered something..."

"What's going on? Is there a voice?"

"No, it's just that I suddenly have some strange thoughts in my head, and I want to reach out and touch it. Tarya shook her head as she spoke, looking down at her palm: "But I can't remember the reason, I don't think I've seen this thing before, except for the pictures in the newspaper - this thing is not from the demon plane..."

At this point, she froze suddenly.

Nefi in front of him had a serious face: "Maybe... Is this also the performance of being affected?"

"Possibly. ”

Taria was a little apprehensive in her heart, but she didn't realize that if she had just moved a little more aggressively, she might have been controlled by an overwhelming amount of spells at this time.

And now that it was clearly not that far, Nephie secretly breathed a sigh of relief and talked about other topics.

But without saying a few words, a team suddenly passed by. The sound of prayers was heard, and the others around seemed to be quieter, and some even stopped to pay attention. Nefi and Taria also looked over and saw that it was a team of "Rosicrucies" wearing all religious robes.

Today is the "Rosicrucise" routine "Square Mass" event, this team should have finished the ceremony and is on the way back to the church, about fifteen people before and after, including a priest dressed in blue and white like Sally at the beginning, a bishop, and a few women dressed slightly differently.

Seeing this, many of the believers bowed respectfully, and some even knelt on the ground and whispered a prayer.

But Tarya's eyes were fixed on the few figures in the group wearing black and white robes—because the four women who accompanied them were none other than the Tuk priests from the country of Eskar!

They now have doctrinal exchanges and discussions in the Rosicrucifixion. After coming to Hollier, they have diligently adapted to life here and participated in every religious activity.

At this time, the Tukh priests were walking forward earnestly reciting the prayer, completely oblivious to the fact that Tariya was standing in the corner. But the latter noticed these people and was visibly stunned.

"That's the priest of the Rosicrucifix, I've seen it elsewhere. ”

Seeing that she was staring at her, Nephi quickly said: "There are really people everywhere in Holier City, these priests' skin is so white, you see that guy over there, black as a bear." ”

But those words didn't bring Tarya back to her senses as usual. She stared blankly at the priests' backs, and felt a strange sense of familiarity—even the sound of prayers floating in the air made her feel at ease.

Taria didn't know why, her eyes turned to the ground beneath her feet, trying to recall the details in her mind's depths, but suddenly, a strange force took control of her body almost completely from top to bottom.

"Taria?"

Nephie asked another question next to her, and Taria wanted to answer, but then she found that she couldn't even open her mouth, or even turn her head—she struggled desperately after being wrapped in strength all over her body, even to the point that her fingertips were trembling, but her body didn't move, and then... Little by little, she felt her face twist in the other direction.

"Tariya, are you listening to me?"

Nephie didn't notice anything unusual at all, and watched her slowly turn her head and stare straight at the infected beast, and said, "We have a chance to see this thing, let's go to Master Ethan first-Tariya... Taria?"

At this time, Talia's body leaned forward, her head getting closer and closer to the window, and Nephi finally noticed that something was wrong, and quickly reached out to hold her, because if she didn't catch it, she was afraid that Talia's head would directly break through the glass.

"Shhhh

Taking a sharp breath, Taria felt that the power finally disappeared in an instant, and her body that she was trying to fight instantly went limp, and she leaned directly into Nefi's arms, who was almost taken to the ground, and after staggering two steps to stand firmly, she quickly asked anxiously, "What's going on?"

"It's that guy... I've just been controlled, controlled..."

Talia, pale, legs limp, whispered, "Get out of here... I feel like it's all about that demon!"

Nephi didn't talk nonsense, and immediately helped her away from the street—and after they left, an old man standing in front of the newsstand with a pipe not far away slowly raised his head.

Krups narrowed his eyes and breathed a sigh of relief.

He didn't clean up, but just walked after him, and the inconspicuous crowd around him followed Nephi and Taria in all directions...

After greeting Mage Ethan, who had come to the inn, Nephie helped a pale Taria into the room. The two of them shared a room because of the high cost of the room - and Nephie, visibly worried about her condition, poured water for Tariya and asked, "Do you feel better now?"

Tarya was trembling, not because of the pain, but because of the fear of the irresistible power - she was so afraid that she would lose control of her body, and her hands were still shaking: "... I, I'm afraid that I will suddenly lose control, you and I couldn't control ourselves just now, will it be next time..."

"Don't panic yet, don't panic. ”

Nephie whispered comfortingly: "Master Ethan is going to hand in the magic circle later, let's go over together and ask where to treat this symptom, okay?" Look out the window - there may be hundreds of mages around us, I saw the dragon clan just now, it must be fine, believe me." ”

Hearing this, Tariya also knew that it was useless to be simply afraid, so she took a few deep breaths and nodded in agreement.

Both of them breathed a sigh of relief, and Nephi picked up the free newspaper on the table and flipped through it, and Talia began to simply put the salute she had brought. But within a few minutes, she heard Nephie exclaim, "Look at this!"

"What's wrong?"

Tarya leaned over and glanced at the newspaper, a look of excitement on her face...

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