Allen looked at Marlowe and Hugo, recalling how they used to be at school, with mixed emotions.
These two boys became possessed by demons while practicing in the secret realm.
Eventually, it becomes a monster that loses its human form and most of its humanity.
What happened to Marlowe and Hugo is not a special case.
On the contrary, Sonia, who has maintained her human form and humanity to this day, is a rare anomaly!
Sonia, whose devil blood was detected in the circus, has excellent talent, and was sent to a secret realm for intensive training.
She has suffered too much and suffered too many sins since she was a child, and her will is much stronger than ordinary people. During her practice in the secret realm, she resisted the temptation of the ancestor spirits.
So far, Sonia has not been completely possessed, but she has also suffered from the sequelae.
He has an extreme personality, behaves erratically, and appears crazy.
Allen has experienced all kinds of weirdness personally.
Not long ago, Sonia came out of the secret realm and became a new member of the Surprise Circus.
Responsible for controlling Marlowe and Hugo who have become monsters.
In this way, Sonia became the circus's animal tamer girl.
"How do you control these two monsters that have lost most of their humanity?" Allen asked Sonia.
"'Phantom insect egg', a tiny parasite developed by the higher-ups of the cult."
Sonia revealed softly.
"It is injected into the human body with a needle, and along with the blood circulation, it reaches the brain and heart, and becomes parasitic in these two places."
"Orders, including circus personnel, must obey the orders of their superiors."
"Otherwise, the eggs in the body will break out of the cocoon and eat the heart and brain. The consequences can be imagined."
"This is how I control Marlowe and Hugo. In the same way, Captain Ethan also uses this method to blackmail us and help him abduct children!"
After listening to her story, Allen said calmly:
"Sonia, if you can provide some samples of phantom eggs for me to study, maybe I can help you release the control."
In fact, Allen can use his own blood now to try to help Sonia eliminate the parasite eggs in her body.
But he doesn't want to expose the secret of blood, even to Sonia.
"No problem!" Sonia agreed readily, "Brother Allen! I'll go back to the mushroom garden first and try to get some phantom eggs. I'll give them to you next time we meet!"
"The Mushroom Garden is the secret realm of time used by the Demonic Order to train magicians?" Allen asked her.
Sonia nodded, turned around and pointed it out to him.
"Did you see the huge mushroom circle at the back?"
"When you enter the mushroom circle, you will be transported to the mushroom garden."
"When we are not performing outside, our circus practices in that secret realm."
"Brother Allen! If you are willing to do one thing for me, I will try to bring you into the mushroom garden to practice together, okay?"
Sonia asked excitedly, her eyes full of expectation.
"Tell me first, how can I help you?" Allen asked cautiously.
"It's very simple, help me kill three people!"
"Which three?"
"Leader Ethan, puppet master, and Hercules."
"Aren't these three your companions in the circus?" Allen was surprised, "Why do you want to kill them?"
"Because the three of them are stronger than me, they are all stumbling blocks for me to climb up." Sonia made no secret of her ambition.
Allen shook his head gently: "Sonia, you are too ambitious and if you don't restrain yourself, something will happen sooner or later."
Sonia returned the smile sadly.
"Brother Allen, you don't understand that the environment I live in is full of cruel power struggles. People without ambition do not deserve to live!"
"The Surprise Circus is a subsidiary organization of the Demonic Order, which is an organization that worships devils."
"In the devil's world, even if others know that you are a murderer, as long as you are not caught, you will not be punished, and others will still admire your perfect criminal art!"
"Climb up by any means necessary and wipe your butt carefully at the same time. This is the devil's survival rule!"
"The struggle for power and getting ahead is a trial for me. Brother Allen, can you understand?"
Frankly speaking, Allen doesn't quite understand it, but he can respect it.
To show her sincerity, Sonia took the initiative to tell Allen that the six kidnapped children were hidden in a nearby cave.
He also pointed out the location of the cave very thoughtfully.
Allen expressed his gratitude for this.
But it will take some time to consider whether to cooperate or not.
"I have to send the kidnapped children back to Griffin Island first, and give you an answer within a month, how about that?"
"At most a month, I can wait!"
Sonia reached out and hooked him.
"Brother Allen, don't forget our agreement."
"Don't leave yet." Allen raised his hand to stop her, "Lend me your whip."
Sonia was stunned for a moment.
Without asking any further questions, he quickly took off the whip and handed it to him.
Allen lifted the "copper skin and iron bone", picked up the whip, and took a deep breath.
He suddenly swung the whip and hit himself twice hard!
Crackling!
Crackling!
There are two very conspicuous blood marks on the back and arms.
Sonia looked at him silently, her eyes becoming a little strange.
"I am chasing you alone. If there are no obvious wounds on my body, it will inevitably make people suspicious after I return."
The circus side is firmly guarding the entrance to the secret realm.
Hercules and the puppeteer were slightly injured.
The magician and snake charmer were seriously injured, but they escaped unharmed.
Only the snake charmer's python servant "Piedmont" died in the hands of Uncle Ryan in order to protect the mistress.
On the Griffin family's side, the casualties were even more severe.
Felin's two cousins, Neil and Laurie, were killed in action.
Ryan, Felin, Julie, Charlie and Parker also suffered varying degrees of injuries.
At least their work was not in vain, everyone successfully rescued the six kidnapped children and also found out the secret of the "Mushroom Garden".
Allen trimmed the information provided by Sonia and claimed that it was a confession extracted from the Joker after defeating him.
It only says that the Circus of Surprise sends the kidnapped children to a secret realm of time codenamed "Mushroom Garden" to train them to become killers.
No other details have been disclosed.
Just this part of the information is amazing enough!
Ryan and others all believe that the situation has developed to this point and is no longer within their control.
Everyone retreated along the original route and returned to Griffin Island.
Father Felin sent a griffon messenger to seek support from the top management of Warlock Academy.
Five days later, I received a reply.
The airship from the academy has already set off.
It is expected to arrive at Griffin Island in four days.
There is another not-so-good news for Allen.
The investigation team sent by the academy, including ten warlocks and twenty high-level apprentices, was responsible for hunting down the Surprising Circus and taking over the secret realm.
The Griffin family must provide all necessary assistance to the investigation team.
There are six first-level warlocks in the investigation team, including the early and late stages.
The three second-level warlocks are all from the Natural Branch.
And they are all old acquaintances of Allen.
The first person in the early stage of the second level, black-hearted loli Angela.
There are two people in the late second level, one male and one female.
The man's name is Papp, and he once tried to blackmail Allen's winery.
The girl’s name is Tao Na, a talented girl from the natural department.
Allen made a deal with her, and some unpleasant things happened later.
From this lineup, Allen saw the clues.
When I asked Uncle Ryan, it turned out to be true.
The leader of the investigation team is Han Ning, the instructor of the Department of Natural Science.
The cultivation level has reached the late third level!
After learning that the person in charge was Han Ning, Allen couldn't help but recall the past grudges and immediately became alert!
Allen feels that his situation is very dangerous!
If Han Ning knew he was here, would he kill him and put the blame on Marvel Circus?
With Han Ning's character...he can definitely do this kind of thing!
Now, Allen is not capable of confronting Han Ning head-on.
The safest thing to do is to leave before Han Ning reaches Griffin Island.
However...
I obviously discovered the mushroom garden by myself, but people like Han Ning picked peaches. The more I think about it, the more angry I get!
What's more, Han Ning had tried to poison him and murder him.
Allen has never forgotten this old debt!
Repaying evil with kindness is not his style.
If someone offends me, I will repay him twice as much - this is his creed!
Once upon a time in the academy, I had no chance to take revenge on Han Ning.
Now Han Ning leads the team to the Mushroom Garden, and there will definitely be a conflict with the Human Demon Cult.
Thinking of Sonia's invitation to cooperate, Allen realized that the opportunity had come!