Experiments proved that Sanders's speculation had been entirely correct.
There was indeed a connection between the duration of infection and the removal of the Living Threads. The longer one had been infected, the higher their compatibility with the role, and the harder it was to extract the Living Threads.
It took Sanders forty minutes to remove the Living Threads from Iva's younger sister. But two hours had already passed for the dancer, and there was still no movement.
However, with the continuous supply of Nightmare Realm aura, the frequency with which "confusion" appeared in the dancer's eyes was increasing. This suggested that the dancer's condition was improving. Still, if she wanted to completely break free of the Living Threads like old Ham and Iva's younger sister, she might need more time.
Releasing the Nightmare Realm aura within the Nightmare Stone did not require Sanders to do it personally. He released a Demon Falcon-shaped golem from the Gravity Garden and used a thread of mental power to control it in releasing the Nightmare Realm aura, while he followed the others to the hall.
Besides their group, there were now two more people in the hall: old Ham and Iva's younger sister, who had been cured.
The others were questioning the two of them.
Sanders had previously said that old Ham's brain might have suffered some shock and that he could not think about overly complicated matters. As the name implied, old Ham's physical condition was not very good.
By their estimation, if old Ham was already in such a state, Iva's younger sister was likely in even worse shape.
Yet reality ran contrary to their expectations. Iva's younger sister was indeed not in great condition—she would feel unwell if she overused her brain—but compared to old Ham, she was much better