Bab 132: A Prophecy

Pain!

Unbearable Pain!

Aldrich couldn't raise his hands to hold his head, nor could he open his mouth to let out a scream. Yet, the pain was all he could feel at that moment.

The Black Veil had saved him from turning into a monstrosity, but it couldn't filter out this feeling. Because this feeling hadn't originated from the thing on the archaic altar, but it had come from a place no living being must go.

The hole which had vanished after his resurrection ripped apart his forehead and returned. And a blurry shadow of a dark single-leafed sapling towered within the emptiness behind Aldrich.

Hissss!

Aldrich's immovable eyes, throbbing with pain, saw the White Snake hissing in madness upon seeing these changes. He couldn't pity the Will of the being on the altar, as his mind was already being devastated by a Call. A Call urging and imploring him to say the familiar words out loud.

Crack!