Chapter 80: Brain Hunter

With Jacob's slighting attitude, Rosalia couldn't help but grit her teeth, but she had this dangerous feeling about this man, so she had no choice but to give up any idea of attacking. She didn't want to reveal her strength here and startle some wrong people.

Disgruntled, she replied, "Fine, you can remain stubborn. But now that you know about this information, I don't want any rumors floating around, or trust me, you'll regret it!"

Just as she arrived, she jumped the wall and left without caring about Jacob's reaction.

Jacob sneered, "She's overestimating herself."

He picked up the crates and take them to the basement. He was planning on hiring a horse carriage in the morning and leaving this place.

But there was one last thing he needed to take care of.

As he entered the basement, and place the crates in a corner and moved toward the back wall. He suddenly starts plucking the old bricks from a point and kept going until a bonny figure appeared with a pig head.

It was indeed Jacob's first 'companion' who escaped Decker's clutches and fell into his.

If Jacob felt any kind of emotions for anyone in this world, it would be none other than Pig Head since he also lived in the same environment and they travel together and Pig Head has protected him many times.

But regretfully, without those special liquid tanks, Pig Head was as skinny as Jacob when he first appeared in this world. Now, their roles completely changed, as Jacob now had the same physique as the Old Pig Head.

He had hidden Pig Head here in the hope of finding those liquids, but he didn't encounter anyone who knows about them. Not even the Star Mercenary Agency warehouse has them. He had seen the list of goods in their shop.

Now, not only Jacob was as strong as the Old Pig Head, stronger even. He found it more convenient to move alone. He didn't need a bodyguard anymore, especially a bodyguard who had a completely unknown mechanism.

Pig Head didn't have a beating heart nor did it breathe, but it can move and follow every kind of command and Jacob mused, that it was probably some kind of bioproduct of Decker's research.

He still had Decker's journal, which he didn't get the time to complete yet.

Jacob looked at Pig Head's completely dried-up body as some kind of black pigment was leaking from its orifice and it was only standing because Jacob hadn't removed the bricks from its entire torso.

"Sigh... it seemed you're already dead." Jacob sighed with a hint of regret as he looked at the gem bracket in his hand. "I should take his parasite gem as well. It was probably a higher level than mine. Don't worry, I'll keep this parasite gem as a remembrance of yours."

He draws his short sword and cradled its dark blade horizontally, just slightly below its pig ear and eye socket.

"Goodbye."

Finished saying, his hand instantly moved in a blur-like motion and flashed past its entire face like it was a piece of butter.

The very next moment thereafter, a clean black line appeared, which was black blood.

Jacob pushed its head slightly with the blade and the head slide down like a cap and opened half of its face!

Jacob didn't want to damage the gem so he simply cut half of Pig Head's skull, separating the brain with it at the top as well.

Now it was very simple to retrieve the parasite gem.

However, when Jacob was about to crouch down to search for the parasite gem, his eyes opened wide slightly when he noticed the movement in that dark brain matter on the floor, which looked extremely rotten.

Thereupon, he saw tiny tentacles before a seven inches worm-like thing crawled out of that dark matter!

'A centipede?!' Jacob instantly recognized.

This centipede was pitch black, seven inches long centipede with thirteen body segments. It was eyeless and instead; it has two pairs of red antennas, on each side of its head and 24 pairs of black legs.

Strangely, this centipede stopped a few inches away from Jacob while keeping its red antennas swaying.

This strange action also stopped Jacob from stomping on it.

"This?" His eyes suddenly widened before a strange idea appeared in his head. He couldn't help but look at the gem bracelet, which he thought was some high-level parasite gem control.

"Move back." He said as he looked at the centipede with a hint of uncertainty.

The very next moment, that dark centipede instantly followed what Jacob said and move back in a straight line.

"Stop!"

It stopped!

"Form a circle."

It turned into a centipede ring!

Jacob's eye shimmered with astonishment and elation, "Just what kind of insect is this? It can understand and follow my command and it can probably control a dead body as well. That's why I never felt Pig Head's heartbeat or breathing, nor did I discover its existence. I wonder how that bastard (Decker) got it and from where?"

He had no information about the insects, and a tiny group of extremely dangerous insects was noted in the book he had on beasts.

'I should ask the expert. I need to know more. Cursed Immortality!'

He knew if anyone in the world had unparalleled knowledge about the living; it was probably this book.

The moment Immortika appeared, strings of words appeared.

"Hahahaha... you finally found it and here I presumed you'll leave this little toy somewhere or will kill it accidentally. But I have to give you credit for precisely extracting it."

Jacob's face turned dark when he read it and couldn't help but cussed, "I have urged to shoot a bullet in your wily-ass. Now, cut the nonsense and tell its specie in detail."

"Hahaha... try it!" It wrote impetuously first, which made Jacob even more exasperated.

But he didn't rebuke anymore, since he knew this sadist book will just keep going on and on with its sadist laugh.

Then it finally answered the real question:

"Tsk, tsk, you're no fun. Anyway, that centipede is called Eclipse Alipes Imhoff. You can simply call it a Brain-Hunter as well. It's a Tier-9 species.

"As for why they called the Brain Hunter, it's because they lived inside brains for the most part of their life and can't live more than a month without a healthy brain. They not only slowly consumed the rich brain matter, but they can control their host bodies' every action and they are extremely intelligent!

"A completely mature Brain Hunter has already changed over twenty hosts in its life. As for this one, it's only half mature and can only take control up to tier-6 species, any higher and it'll die.

"A mature Brain Hunter had over thirty body segments and they're extremely deadly as they control up to tier 12 species and lived for almost two hundred years if they keep changing their hosts. They can even speak the language of their host and mimic their heartbeat and breathing habits.

"That's why it's extremely hard to identify mature ones. You might be living with one and having passionate intercourse with it daily, you would never know. Hahahahaha..."

Jacob's expression turned dark from astonishment when he read the last comment.

But he was more aghast as he glanced at the obedient Brain Hunter a few inches away from him.

'According to Immortika, Rarer species fell into tier 6 to 9 group, which means this Brain Hunter is a peak tier Rarer species. Although this looks just like a harmless centipede, no one would ever know this thing is highly intelligent and can even mimic other behaviors.

'So, this is what a Rarer species can do! But how the hell does that fucker (Decker) get his hands on it and have it under control?' He felt a faint chill in his spine just thinking about it.

"Then how is it under control of this gem?" He couldn't help but ask.

"That's for you to find, remember I can't answer questions other than those related to the scripture. Hahahaha..."

Jacob sneered, "You just want to keep yourself entertained. Nonetheless, just tell me if it'll die in the pendant space after a month or if it'll remain in this state as long as I keep it there?"

"Oh, what a cunning question. You want to research how it was controlled and wanted to see if it'll escape out of your clutches if you let it consume more brains. You are quite predictable.

"Hehehe... nevertheless, the answer to your question; yes, you are right about the pendant space. As long as you keep it there, it'll appear outside in the same condition you put it in. You should be thanking..."

"Scram!"

Jacob instantly closed the book after getting his answer. He simply can't endure its antics for long.

He finally looked at the Brain Hunter and crouched down with cold light in his eyes. "Come here."

He put his hand on the floor and the Brain Hunter instantly zigzagged and crawl on his hand and the very next moment it vanished into the space of Infinity Pendant!