Both Alkimos and Minimus watched as dark black threads erupted out of the skin of the boy with no armor.
Alkimos thought with surprise. "What is that?! It looks dangerous!"
Minimus thought with shock. "Does Brother's body always do that?! Is that why he is always locked up in the castle?!"
Set looked at the dark black threads erupting out of the armorless boy's body and said. "How fascinating! I've never seen something like this bef-!"
Set was suddenly cut off by the dark black threads as multiple of them shot themselves toward him. He suddenly disappeared from where he was standing.
Set reappeared next to Nikator. He looked at his right arm and said. "I don't think this is gonna heal. Those things are more dangerous than I expected."
Minimus thought with a scared expression. "Brother's threads just attacked Set?! Is Brother in control of them? I don't understand what those are."
Alkimos thought. "Did I hear that, right?" He had a worried look on his face as he thought. "Did Set just say he won't be able to heal?!" He looked at Set.
Set had a deep wound on the upper section of his right arm. The wound began to become black within a few seconds.
Alkimos thought. "That doesn't look like an ordinary infection! Is that going to spread to the rest of his body?! Is Set unable to heal only that spot?! Or is he unable to heal any part of his body?!"
Set chuckled mischievously and said as he looked at the dark black threads. "How fascinating! They attacked me, but they left the girl alone."
Alkimos thought. "They left the girl alone?" He looked over at the dark black threads.
The dark black threads were wrapping themselves around the armorless boy's body as they paid no attention to Iva, who stood right next to the armorless boy and was looking down at him gingerly.
Minimus thought. "Do those things have a mind of their own?" He looked at the armorless boy's face and thought. "It doesn't seem like he is controlling them..."
Alkimos thought. "Why would they attack Set but leave her alone? Do they not see her as a threat?" He shook his head and thought. "But then why would they see Set as a threat? Set was trying to heal him."
The dark black threads wrapped up half of the armorless boy's body like a cocoon.
Iva stared at the half finished cocoon with curiosity and reached out her left hand to touch the dark black threads encasing the armorless boy's body.
Alkimos saw Iva reach out her left hand to touch the dark black threads. A chill went down his spine as he recalled what had happened to Set. He had an immediate feeling of concern and an even greater feeling of fear well up within his body. He yelled out as loud as he could. His voice echoed off the stadium walls as he said. "Stop! Don't touch it, Iva!"
Iva's left hand made contact with the dark black threads encasing the armorless boy's body. But, the dark black threads were not solid, and they were not a liquid either. Iva's hand went right through the dark black threads as if they didn't even exist. As soon as Iva's hands came in contact with the dark black threads, they disappeared for a split second as well as the boy with no armor and then reappeared again exactly the same as before.
Iva instinctively jumped back away from the dark black threads and then fell onto the ground. She looked at her left hand, then at the dark black threads, then at her left hand again. She had a startled and confused expression on her face as she muttered. "What... was that...?"
Minimus had a frightened expression on his face as he thought. "What... just happened...? How did she go through it...? How did she go through Brother? And how did Brother disappear and reappear like that? That was teleportation, right? Or was that something... different?"
Alkimos thought while confused. "She's fine? It didn't attack her? But... why didn't it attack her...?"
Olysseus said with intense hatred. "That thing is a monster! Alkimos, pass me my spear! I'll kill it!"
Alkimos said to Olysseus. "What spear? This one is mine. You gave it to me."
Olyssues said while annoyed. "I didn't have a choice! I-!"
Olyssues was interrupted by Set as Set laughed mischievously and said. "So it is capable of going into that state as well? How perfect. This might be the answer I was looking for."
The dark black threads continued to encase the armorless boy's body until his entire body was in the cocoon. When the last bit of the armorless boy's body was covered with dark black threads, all the dark black threads disappeared all at once. However, the dark black threads were not the only thing that disappeared. All of the armorless boy's injuries were gone as well.
It was like the armorless boy's injuries had all been erased. There was no sign that the boy was ever injured. The cut across his neck, the wound in his eye, and even all the cuts and bruises that were all over his body. It was all gone. His body looked perfectly fine.
Alkimos thought with surprise. "He is fully healed?! I thought only gods were capable of healing themselves? Is he actually one of the gods?!"
Minimus thought with surprise. "So that is how his body always healed? Those threads would wrap themselves around him and make all his injuries disappear?" He scratched his head and thought. "But then why is this the first time I'm seeing those threads? The guards never reported ever seeing those threads either. They said he would just suddenly wake up in the middle of the night and be completely fine. Were they lying?" He looked up at the top part of the stadium as he looked at Ismene.
Ismene had a look of confusion, shock, and surprise on her face as she had watched the armorless boy. Menelaos slipped out of her grip, and he fell toward the sand pit.
The boy with no armor groaned as he lay on the ground.
Alkimos thought with excitement and surprise. "Is he waking up?!"
Minimus thought. "Is Brother awake?"
Iva looked down at the boy with no armor and said with excitement. "Your greatness, are you finally awake?"