Chapter 168 - The One Who Was Devoured (2/2)
She believed that the bishop would certainly gain something… After all, the current Gawain Cecil was no longer at his prime, and sleeping for seven centuries had weakened his flesh and spirit. For a nightmare bishop that had close to legendary strength in the spiritual aspects to contest with a ‘pseudo-legend’, it was impossible for the bishop to be at a disadvantage.
However, what arrived wasn’t the information of great success from the Eternal Sleepers’ bishop but a shrieking howl that echoed from the bishop’s soul and also the extreme horror from the spiritual connection.
Immediately after, the spiritual response from the Eternal Sleeper had vanished. It felt as though something horrifying had devoured his soul and digested it completely.
Beltira had also felt the surprise and panic concealed in the horror. But she wasn’t able to imagine what was inside Gawain Cecil’s consciousness world that could devour a bishop-class Eternal Sleeper. It was even able to make the bishop experience such horror before his death. These heretics who were adept at playing with people were experts that created and enjoyed nightmares. How could their willpower be so fragile?”
With these doubts, Beltira chose to visit the other minds that were connected with her. Those were the Eternal Sleepers’ spies who were in the upper echelons of the Anzu Kingdom. They were also people that maintained contact with the fallen Eternal Sleeper bishop.
But after establishing a spiritual connection, before she could even inquire, one of the nightmare bishops gave the information first. “Bishop Roderick has fallen.”
“He was devoured after making contact with Gawain Cecil’s consciousness.” Another nightmare bishop supplemented.
“What exactly happened?” Beltira couldn’t withhold her curiosity and asked, “Did he release any information before he fell?!”
The spiritual connections between the Eternal Sleepers were far closer than with outsiders. Beltira didn’t hear any dying words from Bishop Roderick, but the other Eternal Sleepers that maintained connection might know something.
There were a few seconds of silence in the spiritual connection before one of the nightmare bishops finally replied, “He was only in time to release one sentence…”
Subsequently, Beltira’s mind exploded with the yelling from Roderick that contained intense feelings and emotional imprints.
“Do not pry into this inhuman soul!!”
……
Gawain opened his eyes and realized he was still standing in that small house that imprisoned captives.
That sacrificial mercenary leader who was treated as a springboard for the Eternal Sleeper was already dead on the ground. The sturdy mercenary leader was bleeding from all his seven orifices, and his entire head was flushed red as though it had been boiled, and was even fuming with heat. His distorted expression was enough to show what kind of horrific pain he experienced before death. The Mage mercenary was still in a daze as he sat by the side and was seemingly ignorant about the things happening around him.
Heidi, Pittman, Amber, and the others were standing around Gawain and looked at him with nervous and concerned eyes.
“What happened?” Gawain shook his head and eliminated the remaining uncomfortable sensation in his mind before letting out a long breath and asking, “Did I lose consciousness earlier?”
“Ancestor, it is great that you’re fine!” Heidi finally let out a breath while cold sweat rolled down her forehead the moment she relaxed. She disregarded everything and rushed over to inspect Gawain. “Are you okay? Are you okay? That mercenary abruptly burst out with powerful magic, and you were immobilized. All of us were frightened!”
“I’m fine, I’m fine.” Gawain consoled his overreacting great-granddaughter and immediately frowned. “How long was I unconscious for?”
“Not long, just a few minutes.” Pittman had also wiped off the cold sweat on his body and said, “It is fortunate that you are fine. Otherwise, I might have to be carried out. Someone would certainly say that something went wrong with my ‘bogus’ medicine.”
Amber immediately glared at the little old man and said, “It is really unrelated to the suspicious ointment and incense that you made?!”
“It is indeed unrelated to him.” Gawain shook his hand and confirmed that the flow of time in the consciousness world was indeed different from the outside world. He felt he had stayed there for at least half a day, but it was only a few minutes on the outside. “Earlier on, a heretic from the Eternal Sleepers attempted to invade my consciousness.”
Everyone was shocked: “Eternal Sleepers?!”