The old man was a silver level powerhouse for some time but was stagnant in his cultivation, having only reached level 30 during that time. The larvae temporarily increased its power so that it could match a cultivator at level 40. His son had a lower strength, only at level 23, which increased to level 30 and the least improved was Augusto, who had not yet entered at the silver level all this time and was now able to reach that power and move up to level 25.
This tactic to raise levels could only be granted by a superior being forcing his own energy into the bodies of others, just as Mantael, the lord of the flies, did. The problem with this method is that it would completely cripple the cultivator who received the benefit. The meridians inside the body would be destroyed, preventing the mana from circulating, be it mage or warrior, would be trapped forever at that level. Even destroying the crop itself and starting again would not be possible, since the body would be destroyed internally.
Finally, the old men known as lord of the flies looked at the cloud of flies that circulated around him, signaling something to them, so they consumed all the corpses of the Balta Family relatives and then got together again and went to Emanuel, who took two steps towards him.
They are taken aback with frightened eyes, but the demon was true to his promise, the flies came close to Emanuel and entered his mouth, the whole swarm at once and disappeared inside his body. Emanuel knelt down coughing and almost threw up when he remembered the scene.
"There it is, I gave you the power to take revenge, this last one is a small army of flies that will come out of you at the right time and help you with your attack plan. It's up to you to use that power correctly, hahahahaha ! " He said, repeating the past scene of fluttering his wings inside his overcoat before turning into another wave of flies and leaving through the portal that was still open, back to the demonic lands.
Augusto looked at his father and grandfather before saying, "It is finally time for revenge." His grandfather nodded as they rose from the floor.
"Put on the armor and prepare your weapons, we are leaving now to kill the demon." He said as he returned to the main quarters and passed an order to the spy squad leader to retreat on the spot. The man found it strange, but still obeyed the orders of the head of the family.
They quickly organized themselves and cloaked out of the Balta Family's territory. The three ran to the location of Nicola's base, passing through the City of Opus and into the forest. It took a few hours, but they were finally there. The three were facing the open space inside the florest, large trees had formed a beautiful garden around the small magic tower that was still under construction, the day was already beginning to turn into night at that time.
Magic herbs were seeded everywhere while little undead monkeys collected them systematically. Next to it there was even a mine where more undead went out and entered with trolleys of ore. Around them, they saw two squads of more undead, wolves and birds patrolling the territory. The rest of the staff were inside the tower.
Then they lowered the hoods of the robes and Emanuel opened his mouth, releasing a huge swarm of flies, they seemed to have multiplied inside him, somehow reproducing quickly. Part of the forest went black with that, even before attacking the defense matrices of the territory the flies found something hidden among the trees of the forest watching over them and tried to kill them quickly. Soon six carcasses of dead beetles were placed at the feet of Emanuel, who stepped on and crushed their bodies. Beetles were the basis of the food chain in demonic lands, many predators like flies have developed techniques for finding and killing these insects.
That alerted Nicola that he was still in the process of strengthening the lineage far away, he never took all of his beetles when he left, and this time he left six of them and took only three, their death severed the mental link they had and woke Nicola from the trance he was still discovering his new modifications. "I have to go back, quickly!" Nicola got up and ran towards the base again, it would take him some time to get there but he believed that the base would endure until his arrival.