Momonga wanted to say something about Loa's bloodthirsty remark, but he found himself at a loss for words.
Loa was the only one who could reach Town for now. Momonga's side had learned what was happening only through their communications, so Loa had made every decision himself.
For now, Momonga would be better off thinking about how to break through.
Even Tony hadn't expected this. The Blood Marrow Worms had told him this direction had the fewest Poisonous Insects. As two beings sharing one life, they wouldn't lie to him.
But who could have imagined there would be so many Blood Worms here? And every last one was a giant, mutated adult!
Blood Worms weren't Blood Marrow Worms. The former were an older creation the Bibi Family had been researching; those were what had infested Hansa. The latter were a new species the Bibi Family had bred by combining their research on the ancient insects Shura had brought back.
They could also enhance their hosts, though not as much as Blood Marrow Worms. Their advantage was that they could survive after leaving a host. If necessary, you could have them burrow into an enemy, then retrieve them once that enemy died.
And besides...
As Hansa had shown Tony before he died, even a Blood Worm living inside a human body could grow enormous!
Worse, the ones they had encountered now were mutants, larger still.
Under Momonga's strange look, Tony was mortified.
No wonder there were so few other insects here. A whole group of these monsters had gathered! They weren't about to let anything else settle nearby. The Poisonous Insects had either been eaten or driven off.
They hadn't lost anyone, but the delay had cost them plenty of time. They were still trapped at the island's edge, unable to