Scholar lvl 60 job quest - How to remove the debuff?

Hello!
I'm really sorry for probably asking a stupid question but I just can't seem to figure out how to cleanse the Tonberry sickness from the NPCs during the quest...
Esuna doesn't seem to work :(

I got through it by just killing the little plague worms that spawn as quickly as possible. The boss warns you before the creature appears via a long casting animation. Could try silencing it as well with Selene but idk if that would work since I didn't try it.

Been a long while since I did this quest but I remember having to quickly cycle through NPCs to cast leeches on ALL of them.

If anything spawns that needs to die bane should be enough probably

I don't remeber a lot about the DPS parts, what stuck to me was that leeches does work but you need to cast it fast and repeatedly whenever any of the NPCs gets a debuff, which is very frequent.

Yes I remember you had to cast leeches for his, could be a bug now that skill has been removed and replaced with Edina. My advice is contact help desk in game and see if it is indeed a bug.

Selene helps with the AOE Esuna she has, maybe try that! It's how I got through.

Hi, I just did this recently. Just cast Esuna on the npcs will do the trick. Be sure to check for the debuffs everytime worm spawns

Thank you everyone for your advice! :)
It was the worms. Esuna only works if all of them are dead.