Crazy Laughter

"Note their Mouthparts, serrated limbs, and sprayed bodily fluids; these all contribute to the efficient spread of plague. Deal with them while avoiding direct attacks."

I'll destroy the hive; you deal with the smaller creatures.

After saying that, Knight Priscilla headed straight for the insect hive deep in the alley.

The Proliferating Tissue and small larvae in the alleyways were immediately entangled in a dark curse as they approached the cursed knight, causing his body to disintegrate and break down in a short time.

At the same time, the adult bloodworms summoned back by the nearby insect nest immediately revealed their ferocity and attacked in full force.

"Mia, I'm leaving this place to you! I'll be back for a bit."

"Okay..."

In crucial moments, Mia is still very reliable.

With a gentle wave of his left hand, Han Dong used a wisp of yellow sand to ensnare the plump bloodworm, then turned and sprang onto the roof.

It wasn't just slacking off.

According to Han Dong's observation, these mature bloodworms were not particularly difficult to deal with, and were even less difficult than the lowest-level evil spirits outside the city... Mia alone could kill them all, not to mention there was also a Junior Schoolmate with decent strength.

Han Dong left because he needed to carefully analyze and test what exactly the "Red Plague" was.

The bloodworms, completely bound by the yellow sand, were utterly unable to move.

The sharp Mouthparts hidden beneath the smooth skin constantly extend and retract, and will quickly suck the blood out of any living creature that gets close.

A metal-rimmed syringe appeared in Han Dong's palm.

The needle pierced the insect, which was about half a meter in size, and it immediately shrank.

Han Dong's special syringe has an 'extraction' effect, which can directly extract the most essential part.

The drained insect body yielded less than 1 ml of blood... but that was enough for Han Dong to conduct research and analysis.

[Portable Prison - Biological Laboratory]

One milliliter of blood is placed in a test tube, and its properties are directly analyzed using a testing instrument.

Just as Han Dong returned to the lab with a drop of blood... the Clown Arm, bound to the testing device, struggled wildly, and a huge red mouth split open on the surface of the arm.

"What is this thing?! Where did you get this [Laughing Blood]?"

"Huh? Laughing Blood, what is that?"

The mention of the Clown Arm piqued even Han Dong's curiosity.

The strange plague that broke out in the Holy City, and the clown Pennywise even used a term that Han Dong had never heard of before...

"Yes! You heard the laughter too, didn't you? This 'maniacal laughter' mixed in with my blood has the Same Origin as mine... Could you let me taste some of your blood?"

As he spoke, the Clown Arm couldn't help but stick out a long gray tongue.

Splat!

To his surprise, Han Dong grabbed his tongue with one hand and gently pulled it outwards.

"Hey, what are you doing?"

"Don't think I don't know what you're thinking... Tell me in detail what 'maniacal laughter' is, and if you behave well enough, I might even give you some of that blood."

As Han Dong spoke, he inserted the test tube containing blood into the testing instrument.

The Knight Order' information on the "Red Plague" only attributes this insane laughter to a side effect caused by an infection that compresses the hypothalamus.

However, judging from the Clown Arm, this strange laugh seems to have a deeper meaning.

"Mad laughter... is a branch of [madness], and my main body is the [townspeople] with the madness attribute."

The reason my physical form is so powerful is because of my constant, maniacal laughter.

He was trapped in Mad Abyss before he was able to break free from the shackles of the Inner World and escape through the Underground Sewer.

The blood you brought contains this component, but it's very diluted... It's far less potent than my own body.

I simply wanted to taste the blood of other living beings' mad laughter; that's all.

"A crazy branch? You mean that life forms mixed with this blood can grow simply by laughing incessantly?"

"That's pretty much it. Hey! Nicholas, when are you going to get me some blood... Ughhhh!"

Before the Clown Arm could finish speaking, Han Dong used the restraint bandages to gag the mouth on his arm.

"Mad laughter... Interesting information."

At this point, the test report was also generated.

[Blood of a low-ranking insect servant (from the Scarlet Villa)]

Blood wine content: 0.03%

Pathogenicity in the host: 0% (cannot cause infection in the host)

Description: These insect servants, born from infected ordinary humans, contain only trace amounts of blood-based components and pose very little threat.

Special Noun Explanation:

"Blood Brew" is a cursed blood (possessing mental pollution) produced by the Scarlet Villa, capable of directly affecting any living thing.

Blood brew will endow an individual with a strong thirst for blood and the attribute of maniacal laughter.

Blood modification can grant individuals unimaginable regenerative abilities, mutations, and immense power.

The evil formed by drinking blood wine is stronger and easier to grow than ordinary evil... but in the end it can only move towards the Mad Abyss, and it is difficult to maintain the sanity it should have during the growth process.

"Blood Brew... Scarlet Villa? The ' Faceless Head ' really knows a lot."

And the clown wasn't lying to me; he really does have a "maniacal laughter attribute"... Things are getting interesting.

Han Dong was released from prison.

The situation in the alley has been dealt with.

The cursed female knight plunged her hand directly into the target insect hive.

"Withering Curse"

The insect nest quickly withered and died.

In addition, Mia and her Junior Schoolmate also dealt with all the surrounding swarms of insects... Of course, Mia could handle it all by herself.

The Protective Suit everyone was wearing were intact, and there was no blood intrusion.

"Pretty good..."

Knight Priscilla was somewhat surprised by the performance of the group of Knight-Errant.

From her own perspective, she could never have achieved such efficient reconnaissance and enemy elimination during her student days.

Moreover, this incident was of Knight-class, and the pressure was completely different from that of ordinary incidents... Yet these students were able to handle it with ease.

Just then.

Standing on the rooftop, Han Dong continued to provide reconnaissance intelligence:

"At four o'clock, the second floor of a 98-meter-tall bungalow... at nine o'clock, inside the Underground Sewer at 189 meters... and at twelve o'clock, inside a 319-meter-tall shop building."

Han Dong reported the locations of three insect nests in a row.

"How... how did you do that?" Prisla asked in astonishment.

"If you rely on your perception to make a living, you naturally have to be better than others."

This is more than just impressive; the perception-type knights that Prisla knows might only be able to achieve this level.

The handling was exactly the same.

The knight was in charge of dealing with the main body of the insect hive, while the three of them were responsible for eliminating the bloodworms... After half an hour, all three insect hives were dealt with. Prisla took out a piece of concentrated Blood Crystal from the insect hive wreckage as a reward.

Just as everyone was preparing to continue their actions, Han Dong frowned.

"There's something strange in the Backyard area, about 300 meters away at seven o'clock..."