"Bait them out?"

"Yeah, as long as you can converge a good amount of mental energy close to the three, then the hatchlings who have probably grown well enough to fly would leave their hosts' bodies and head towards the richer amount of mental energy, only then could I collect them using my 'Ancient Mental Mark' bag…"

"Is that how you retrieved the bugs the first time? Then why not just collect them using the same method instead…?"

"It's because the hatchlings' sensory system isn't that great in their first growth stages, so the attraction of the 'Ancient Mental Mark' bag isn't even visible to them, that's why a much bigger light that could attract even a man who is almost blind is needed…"

'That does make sense…'

At this point, it was obvious that this former demon was very familiar with these 'Ancient Bewitching Marks' as he constantly spewed out one piece of information after the other, it seemed like he at least had access to a great deal of information on it, not to mention that he was given the right to use this 'Ancient Mental Mark' bag…

"Then… would they wake up as soon as the hatchlings are removed…?"

After all, I still had a few more stuff to take care of, like deciding what to with the half dead Overseer and the sprout human, I also still had to find and destroy the corruption core to get the quest reward as well as the ticket to leave the base so having them wake up instantly would mean that I would need to explain the current situation which seems like it would be a lot of trouble…

"Of course not, but they will just be in a state of normal sleep… they will just need some sort of a mental shock to wake up though… something like a 'Mental Message' or whatever you call it as…" the sprout human replied in a sarcastic tone as if it was normal for me to know this already…

'Is he showing off his knowledge about bugs… Whatever…'

"Then what are you waiting for? Let's remove the bugs from their minds for now…" saying this, I walked towards the sleeping trio….

"Gimme a sec…" the sprout human raised his hand to tell me to wait as he headed towards the slimy and disgusting pile of remnants that were part of his demon body as he put his hands into the mess, seemingly searching for the 'Ancient Mental Mark' bag of his…

"Here it is…" taking his hand out as half of his arm already got covered in purple slime, the sprout human took out an object that was similarly also submerged in the vicious purple matter…

"Here…" seeing that the object that we needed to use now was in such a pathetic state, I create a small ball of water with my elements which had mostly recovered in the time I was sleeping as I moved towards the sprout human using telekinesis, removing the purple slime from his arm and the object at the same time…

"Thanks…" the sprout human said awkwardly…

"Let's just get this done with…"

Finally walking to the sleeping trio this time, I allowed mental energy to leave my mind space in a similar way to how I usually used my Telekinesis, moving it out of my body, but without using it to hold something or even as a pushing force… I simply allowed it to accumulate and converge into an orb shape above my hand…

"Do I have to do something else other than putting out a mass of outer mental energy?"

I already got the mental energy out, but I still wouldn't be able to see the bugs even if they left the trio's minds, so I asked the sprout human who suggested this procedure to begin with…

"You have to move it to be very close to the three's heads, but before that…" the sprout human spoke before pausing a little as he held the bag that I just cleaned with both hands, opening it from the two sides as…

'Oh?'

A dark colour submerged the area… however, it didn't actually come from the bag, it just seemed to be influenced by it instead…

"This is?" I asked.

"Here we go, though I'm not sure of what that dark screen is, but it should allow us to observe the hatchlings as they leave the minds of these three so that I can collect them without much trouble…" the sprout demon explained… vaguely…

'Why is it that I'm being exposed to such vaguely known powers as of late…?'

Not only was I first exposed to my second close death experience to this unknown ability called as the 'Demonic Sovereign Sacrifice'... but here I was, seeing a strange dark smoky screen surrounding me which seemed to have come out of nowhere…

'This is not a priority, for now at least…'

I simply decided to give up understanding these unknowns when I had other tasks to do, I was still going to milk this sprout human out of information as soon as I was done with the whole trouble that this base venture has caused…

Moving the mental orb closer and closer to the sleeping trio, I maintained its current structure as I waited for any reaction…

"There they are!" the sprout human exclaimed as about a dozen or so shining dark light points seemed to leave the head of each of the sleeping trio…

'Is this why this unknown atmospheric state is needed?'

The dark spots seemed to be quite distinguishable in this state, but using my perception provided no feedback, as it was indeed not able to sense the microscopic bugs, so despite the unknown dark screen acting as another mystery to bring me headaches, it was still quite useful…

"Oh!"

As the dark spots reached my mental orb, I could suddenly feel a slight drain as it seemed that the hatchlings were taking a taste of their new plate…

"What…? The 'Ancient Mental Mark' bag isn't working?!" the sprout human exclaimed in confusion...