Wizard: I devour the stars with swarms of insects.

"What?!"

Upon hearing Wayne's reminder, Holman quickly realized what was happening and took a few steps back, distancing himself from the leech monster's corpse on the ground.

Upon hearing Wayne's question, Holman realized something was amiss, raised his head, and said with a slight change in expression.

"You're saying... there are other wizards pulling the strings behind this?"

"Uncertain, just a guess," Wayne said in his usual calm and composed voice, his eyes burning.

"Normally, Nadeer leeches usually inhabit swamps in jungles, but your family's territory is on a plain without swamps or forests, so it's strange that it's here."

"Moreover, the most crucial issue is the necromantic aura attached to it. This could not have been formed naturally; a wizard must have been involved in its modification. Otherwise, it would never have turned into such a bloodthirsty and brutal form."

"I remember reading in books that although the Nadeer leech is large and belongs to the genus *Hymenochae*, it is gentle in nature and generally feeds on humus in swamps. It does not actively attack other creatures and is even classified as a 'beneficial insect' within the genus."

"But you saw what just happened. It was bloodthirsty, brutal, and it even spewed out sharp black spikes. This cruel and tyrannical appearance is definitely not normal. It also secretes those threadworms to spread the plague of drought."

"So I suspect this was a targeted attack, a deliberate act of revenge, and that a wizard might be behind it," Wayne said.

"this......"

Upon hearing Wayne's analysis, Holman fell silent, frowned, and paced back and forth.

"Offended others? I haven't heard my father mention it since I came back..." After thinking for a moment, Holman said, "I'm afraid we should ask my father about such matters."

"Normally, I'm not often in the territory. When I returned this time, the drought plague had already broken out to a very serious extent, so I was unaware of what happened before. I'm afraid only Father knows!"

Holman said.

Wayne nodded, his gaze sweeping over the leech monster's corpse in the puddles on the ground.

Next, Wayne suddenly used his thorny tongue to pick up the knight's longsword that had fallen to the ground and slashed wildly at the corpse of the leech monster in the puddle in front of him.

A large amount of pus splattered out and fell into the surrounding puddles.

"Junior Brother Wayne, what's going on?"

Seeing Wayne's actions of "whipping the corpse," Holman looked somewhat bewildered and didn't understand.

"Let's see if this thing is completely dead."

Wayne said.

Since a wizard is involved, we have to be careful. Who knows if this thing lying on the ground is truly dead or not?

So, I whipped the corpse a few times with my knight's longsword.

After confirming that the leech monster's corpse on the ground had not made any further movement, he felt slightly relieved and spoke to Holman.

"Okay, everything's alright now."

Next, as the two looked around, they saw the zombies that had been attacking from all directions through the water channel.

The knights have now cleared out most of the area, and the few remaining zombies are being killed one by one.

The canal gradually returned to calm.

"Lord Wayne!"

At this moment, Isabel also came over, her silver-white armor stained with mud and blood.

They were clearly left behind during the recent battle with the undead.

Isabel wiped the blood and bits of flesh from the cross-shaped sword onto the clothes of one of the corpses.

He walked over and stood beside Wayne: "Lord Wayne, what's next...?"

His lake-green eyes asked a question.

The monsters in the canal have been dealt with, and the undead have been cleared away. Now, Wayne is asked if he wants to leave.

"Do me a favor and collect some of these pink worms from the stagnant water, put them in a test tube, and seal it with a cork."

Wayne thought for a moment and then said.

"Remember to be careful when collecting them. The black spikes these things shoot out are very sharp, so be careful not to get hurt."

Next, Wayne took out several metal test tubes from the pocket of his wizard's robe and handed them to Isabel.

"Yes, Lord Wayne!"

Isabelle said respectfully.

Next, he distributed the metal test tubes to the other knights and guards under his command.

I started by scooping some pink worms out of the stagnant water, pinching them with protective gloves, and carefully placing them into a metal test tube.

Then seal it with a wooden plug that has a vent hole.

The reason Wayne is giving them metal test tubes instead of ordinary glass ones is because these pink worms can fire black spikes with astonishing power.

Ordinary glass test tubes were used because they were afraid the test tubes would break free, so now more robust metal test tubes are used.

Then, Wayne stepped forward and approached the corpse of the leech monster.

He used the thorny tongue to lift a knight's longsword and began cutting some scraps of flesh from it.

He took out a conical flask from his wizard's robe, put it inside, and a glass test tube, collected some pus, and sealed it away.

"Junior Brother Wayne, why are you collecting this disgusting stuff?"

Now, seeing Wayne giving instructions to his subordinates and what Wayne himself was doing, Holman, standing beside him, was somewhat puzzled.

"Hmm... I want to do some biology experiments. I'm quite interested in these pink worms that can shoot black spikes, and the mutated leeches in front of me."

Wayne replied.

"All right."

Holman shrugged and said nothing more.

Faced with these bizarre and disgusting corpses, a normal person's first reaction would be to stay away and avoid them at all costs.

However, this junior brother Wayne treated it like a treasure trove, dismembering the body to collect materials.

Well, to be honest, it seems like the world of academic geniuses is beyond their comprehension...

Next, Wayne cut and collected the corpse of the leech monster before him, cutting off subcutaneous tissue, spikes, blood vessels, pus, mouthparts...

They filled and collected everything.

And it was during the dismemberment process that Wayne's cutting blade suddenly seemed to touch a hard object.

With a thought, he used the blade to cut it out, and then... a scarlet eyeball rolled out from the flesh.

The eyeballs blinked, as if they were still moving, and then exploded with a bang, the smoke from the explosion forming a dark skull in the air.

"This incident is merely a warning." A venomous, sinister voice rang out as the skull's mouth opened and closed.

Then, accompanied by a strange scream, it disappeared, and the smoke dissipated again, as if nothing had happened, leaving everyone stunned in place.

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