Elsa and Valeria were overwhelmed by the number of people that were inside the tent and the healer was not exaggerating not even a bit. There were indeed a lot of children and old people afflicted with dark magic and all of them had it on their arms.
"How did this happen?" Elsa asked the mother of the child they first checked.
"The witches board our ship after the rebel werewolves ambushed us. There were also some demons with them and they helped the witches to affix the magical worms into the palms of our children and elders. They said that if we don't go back to Arcanis and obey the king, our children and parents will die once the worms reach their hearts.
But if we go back, the worms will just stay in their arms and will not move. We were all about to transfer to their ship but Prince Christopher arrived and wiped out the enemies. He had difficulty in defeating the witches and demons at first but he did it.