Chapter 108:

Psychological Contamination

Because the pendant slipped from his hand, the scene in Aiden’s imaginative and prescient instantly twisted together with the encompassing mist, quickly fading till it disappeared. His workplace reappeared earlier than his eyes as soon as once more.

Abigail’s voice, which had been pouring into his ears, abruptly ceased, however the phrases she had spoken continued to echo in Aiden’s thoughts. They had been like an inexplicable melody that all of a sudden emerged and could not be stopped, repeating over and over.

Aiden could not comprehend the sound that got here out of Abigail’s mouth, but he might clearly determine it as a languagea language that no human might probably utter or perceive.

Nonetheless, this sentence carried a terrifying energy, forcing his thoughts to grasp it.

It was like an undecipherable garble forcefully inserted into easily operating code, unattainable to take away, making it troublesome for him to assume correctly…

Incomprehensible… Incomprehensible… Error… All errors…

His head throbbed in waves, and a nauseating sensation surged up from the depths of his stomach, relentlessly pushing upwards.

How might this sense be described?

It was as if a thousand cockroaches had been crawling densely on the floor of his mind…

It was as if a thousand needles had been being slowly inserted into his head, penetrating deeper and deeper…

It was as if he was submerged in numerous bloody limbs and physique elements, with a basin-sized spider pouncing on his face, and an uncountable variety of worm-like parasites being poured into his mouth, squirming their manner down his throat and roaming by way of his bodythis psychological contamination, which was akin to such an expertise, was piercing his consciousness like a barrage of bullets, leaving it riddled with wounds.

He involuntarily let loose a scream, sweeping his hand to knock all the things off the desk onto the ground.

Nonetheless, this launch didn’t present him any reduction. His ideas shortly grew to become fully entangled on this painful whirlpool, torn aside into fragments.

Why is that this taking place… What has occurred… What am I doing… I need to put an finish to this… What ought to I do… I have to determine one thing out… I have to discover a option to break away… Sure, that is what I ought to do…

When he lastly regained some sense, he discovered himself holding a gun, forcefully aiming it at his personal chin.

A small fragment of his remaining sanity reconnected simply in time, jolting him awake, and he shortly positioned the gun again on the desk.

What was I nearly to do?

suicide!?

Aiden all of a sudden broke out in a chilly sweat.

No, wait…

There’s somebody, is not there!?

Aiden all of a sudden remembered.

In the course of the latest gathering, when Abigail uttered this eerie “incantation,” all the opposite witches current ought to have heard it too.

Nonetheless, they did not appear to be affected, which suggests the witches eligible to take part in that gathering know how one can adapt to this language.

And Dailey was initially one among them.

With this realization, Aiden instantly stood up from his seat and feeling a sudden ache in his decrease again.

It appears he went a bit too far with the bodily transformation that made him previous and weak.

Confirming that he has regained his composure, Aiden tried to return his physique to its authentic state.

Suppressing the discomfort, he straightened his apparel, walked over to the workplace door, and known as out to a passing jail guard.

“Take a couple of individuals and go to the core space to retrieve the prisoner…” Aiden paused for a second as a result of, whereas dividing his consideration to withstand psychological contamination, he could not readily recall Dailey identification quantity. “Go… go and convey Dailey right here, straight away.”

“Understood!” The particular person instantly saluted, then hesitated earlier than talking once more, “Warden… you do not look effectively! Are you feeling unwell?”

“I am superb, no want to fret,” Aiden replied, forcing himself to reply, urging, “Go shortly.”

After closing the door, Aiden sat again in his seat, anxiously ready.

Time appeared to crawl by, after which the workplace door was knocked once more.

“Are available!” Aiden known as out urgently.

The door opened, and Dailey walked into the workplace below the surveillance of the jail guard and riot squad.

Upon seeing the chaotic scene within the workplace, Dailey hesitated for a second, then observed she had stepped on one thing onerous and instinctively appeared down.

The pendant, which served as proof of being a Grand Witch, lay at her ft. The mist that had been sealed inside it had vanished, and a crack appeared on the floor of the black crystal. Aiden realized that within the midst of the chaos, he had forgotten to retrieve the pendant.

“So It has certainly come to this…” Dailey nodded all of a sudden, then turned her face to look into Aiden’s eyes and stated, “Warden, have you ever already heard Abigail’s ‘teachings’?”