Looking up at Sil, Wevil couldn't believe it. The thing that had caused him so much pain, this whole time, was floating about and it was there outside. A strange rush was felt, the agonizing small pain he consistently had in his stomach was gone. He couldn't even remember when the last time he felt like this was.
The tears of anger had suddenly changed to tears of joy. The first words that came out of his mouths wasn't how, what, or why. Instead, it was...
"Thank you, thank you..." Wevil said, uncontrollably sobbing more so than he did before.
"Wait!" Hana shouted, so loud that Quinn thought his eardrum was going to explode. "You can extract the poison, but how? Paul was a level eight poison ability user. Even if you can copy abilities, surely it should take some time to learn something like that?"
'Maybe for an ordinary person, but not for a Blade.' Quinn thought.
"When Mantis removed it from me, I just felt what he did and tried copying it. It's easier than it looks." Sil said, smiling.
Quinn was relieved now. It looked like they finally had a way to remove the poison from his friends. With Sil having just copied the ability, they would have twenty four hours to remove the poison, which was plenty of time.
Walking away, Quinn was ready to head off back to the base and Sil started to follow.
"Wait, Please!" Hana shouted. "Help us, you have to help us. And I'm not just talking about me, but the whole faction. We're all infected by the poison and if it's not removed, we will all die."
At first, Quinn felt like he had no reason to help them, they were the ones that had caused so much trouble, not just for him but for the whole of their group, but after realizing what Mantis had done, it wasn't really their fault, but he couldn't just help them with getting nothing in return, right?
"And what's in it for me, why should we help you after what has happened to us? You've set us back quite a bit," Quinn said.
"Can't you just be a decent human being!" Hana shouted.
But, at that point, Wevil stood up and pushed her to one side.
"No, he's right, even if we were under Mantis's orders, that still doesn't change the fact that their faction was affected by our actions," Wevil said, bowing down.
"I can't speak for everyone in the faction, but if you do us this favor, then I'm sure everyone would be in your debt. We have seen your power, the things you are able to do, and I would like to join you. Join the Cursed faction. I don't mean as part of the Parasites either."
"With Mantis dead, the Parasites will have died with him. Isn't that right, Tony!" Wevil shouted.
"Argh, yes please, just fix my legs and remove the poison, I promise, glathrium, crystals, whatever you want!" Tony shouted.
Although Wevil seemed to be admirable and loyal, there were certain people that didn't seem to be the type like Tony. However, they really could do with their resources and people, and as long as Quinn didn't give them a reason to betray him, why would someone choose to move over to the other side.
Seeing Quinn thinking about it, Wevil thought he could give one more push. freeweɓnovēl.coɱ
"The word that you killed Mantis will get out to those in Daisy and the Graylashes. His Traveler Rank will no longer appear on the system. If this is found out by them, then they will Blacklist you. I know you might think this was justifiable, but truthfully, everything Mantis had done was during the fight with the others. He didn't actually break any rules."
"You were the ones that attacked us, and I'm not blackmailing you. I just wanted to let you know, either way whatever happens, I will put in the word, tell them that Mantis had started it."
There were nervous looks all around, and all that could be heard was Tony groaning on the floor.
"Fine, if Sil is happy too, then I will get him to remove the poison from everybody. But there are some conditions. I will be taking all of the resources from this Shelter. Everything that did belong to the Parasites now belongs to us.
"However, I will only accept those that wish to come over to the Cursed faction. No one will be forced. If they want to join after helping them, then that's down to them. Quickly gather everyone you can and we'll get to work."
The first one Sil went up to was Hana, and he had done the same to her, moving the green liquid and then throwing it out on the floor.
"There are around a thousand faction members that have been poisoned. Removing it all at once. Won't that tire you out?" Hana asked, "What if you can't remove it from your friends after that?"
"Don't worry about me," Sil replied smiling. "I have more than enough power to remove it from everyone."
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