Black silk threads spew wildly from between Taylor's mouth and nose.
Legendary Peak Wizard Roland's voice rings in Tutor Mafaga's ears.
"Mafaga, keep an eye on Taylor. Someone has breached the outer defense layer of the research institute. The targets are two individuals, suspected to be Dark Wizards. Do not open the research room for the 'Ancestor' project."
"Understood, my Lord."
The voice disappears, but what he does not notice is a blood-red severed hand taking advantage of the door that is not yet fully closed, transforming into a shadow and slipping inside.
Taylor, who is with his back to it, does notice, but just as he opens his mouth, he is abruptly rendered unconscious by the vigorous extraction method of the detection box.
How unlucky.
Blood Thumb Quintuplets curse under their breath. Their shadow thread witchcraft is integrated with a type of parasitic worm that can respond to the parent body they have in hand.
