Two days had passed since the incident. Today they will release 'it' but I still had no idea what it was. I had informed the warden about the details and he had mobilized even more guards.
I had no idea where Elea was but I hope she had left after finishing her mission. While I was walking down to the cafeteria of the prison, I noticed a group of men fighting each other over maybe something inconsequential. It doesn't bother me because today something will happen and I have to say hypervigilant.
As I took my seat, I noticed Warsha walk over. He first broke off the fight and then came up to me.
"Time for solitary confinement." He said as others took notice of it and started murmuring amongst themselves. This was part of the plan. Going to basement is forbidden and if the prison starts talking about warden taking someone to basement on a whim, it could lead to rumors. He wanted to make sure prison stayed as calm while this all took place to avoid any unwanted commotion.
I sighed and got up. He escorted me to the basement but to our surprise we saw no guards. The basement was a massive hall with roughly 50 solitary confinement rooms and another massive room for gathering criminals that were held in the rooms. There was no place to hide in the basement but somehow there were no guards?
"Quick, check the rooms." Warsha handed me a key before rushing to rooms on the right side. I moved to the left and upon opening the doors, corpses faced us. All guards. There was a certain smell in the air too. It was slightly acidic in nature. I walked over to the corpses in one room to check what had happened but the skins were burned off.
"This is bad." Warsha sighed before rushing over to the assembly hall and burst open the door.
I followed him and saw a man standing on the other side with his followers. All of them turned around to look at us in eerie manner. They all wore a rather strange smile on their faces. I can't help but feel uneasy and unsafe given the fact that I possess no magic to defend myself.
"Oh? The warden came quicker than expected." Jacob nodded to himself over something. He was wearing a brown coat covering his entire body. This scene looked like it came straight out of some cult related movie.
He took a glass of some strange blue liquid and drank it.
"What...?" Warsha charged towards Jacob but the followers stopped him. "Stay out of this!" He punched up in the air and a wave of ice followed creating a wall between him and the followers. The ice walls were made in such a manner that it made a small aisle that lead straight to Jacob who was currently having a hard time standing straight. Almost as if he had poisoned himself but soon, dark purple lights started emerging from underneath the ground as Jacob levitated in the air. His body was changing form. It was quite traumatic seeing a man turn from a human to a monster. Wait- is this the same liquid that was used for that kid back during the tournament?
Final form of Jacob was in front of us in its full glory. Purple body with black long coat. The face no longer resembled human-like... he had no eyes... mouth of nose... It looked like some sort of helmet that a knight would wear but from how it reflected light, it was definitely his skin. His four hands held four grimoire.
"I will cleanse your soul!" Jacob announced as he aimed towards Warsha, a ray of lighting emerged from mid-air that charged towards Warsha who created another wall of ice.
I'm useless here but I need to find out what is the secret of this basement. I started looking around the hall and found a trapdoor. I quickly snuck past them into the room underneath the basement and found a fuck ton of bombs. I had no other way to describe the sheer number of bombs in front of me. It was enough to level a city... or maybe even a small kingdom of this world. I decided to investigate the entire room and see what was truly going on and what the liquid he drank was. As I looked around, I came across a table hidden in the corner of the room. On it was a single piece of paper. It was written in English... a language these people can't really understand. Upon reading it, it was some sort of experiement.
Date: 16/10/20XX
Time: 12:54AM
Description: Code Name: Holy water to be used on the newly born experiment.
Abstract: Holy water was first discovered in The Thar desert, India. The liquid appears to be blue in color. Upon research, the ____ concluded that the liquid was ____ and hence, catastrophic to humanity. Upon further experiment by ____, it was concluded that the liquid, Code Name: Holy Water, contained ______ which as similar to ____ but that nutrients are so dense, it results in ____ of humans. The liquid is transported to ____ for further research. Human experimentation will continue.
Method: The liquid was injected into the veins of the experiment 7065.
Result: No changes in the experiment.
Conclusion: Experiment: 7065 is immune to mutation of Holy Water.
Discussion: The experiment 7065 is _____ and so, _____ happened. More research is required. Control group had ____ and so they died but experiment 7065 was born with ____ and so, it results in immunity. Eradication of _____ may be possible.
That time and date... it matches exactly to my birth date and birth time... even the minutes. Is it some sort of coincidence? Also India? That country doesn't exist in this world. As I kept looking around, I found a map. It was a different map. The nations marked on the map were not of this world but instead the map marked the kingdoms as countries from my world?! Where I was standing right now was in Europe!? More precisely in Scotland. As I scanned the map, it seems as though all the island nations had been destroyed and the Earth was terraformed. Almost no island nation was mentioned on the map.
This confirms it that I'm still on Earth but in future... in far future. Something must've happened and it is related to this liquid that person drank. I quickly ran up to see that the fight was still going on but Jacob seemed more worn out than Warsha.
"Haha! The warden can not kill an inmate, right? It's against the law!" He tried defending him but Warsha was not having any of that. He charged towards Jacob and punched right into his chest and instantly massive icicles emerged from back of Jacob's body. He coughed onto Warsha's hand before passing away.
The followers were stunned and started looking at each other awkwardly.
"U-uh... But how...? Wait! WHO IS GOING TO SAVE US NOW?!" A woman screamed as she fell onto floor crying.
"Warden! WHY?!" A man spoke up while cowering behind a crowd.
"We... all of us... we will all die because of you!! We don't deserve to die!! The... the prophecy will come true!!"
While the people were having a mental breakdown, I noticed someone jump into the room underneath.
"WARSHA! RUN!!" I shouted and without thinking the two of us started running. Whoever had jumped in set the bombs off. Not only are the bombs an issue but the collateral damage too. Warsha shot ice shards at the buttons that were used to operate the mechanical doors. Three in specific and once he was out he started to release as much ice as he could to keep the damage as minimal as possible.
"Kara! Go ring the alarm!"
I quickly left the basement and rushed to an officer.
"Get the prison evacuated!" The entire prison started shaking as I told them. Under normal condition, officers would've ignored me but the earthquake was too strong. Chaos soon ensued but there was no sign of Warsha. I can't do anything about it but I need to protect this kingdom. This too is part of prophecy and we keep playing into it. Prophecy will kill everyone and as days pass, more and more people will die.
After a few minutes, Warsha exited the basement too and looked around. Most prisoners and guards had left and now it was our turn to leave. Upon exiting, the entire establishment sunk to ground. We barely made out of it.
"This damned prophecy!" Warsha kicked the ground in anger.
"Even that person entering and triggering the bombs manually was part of prophecy too. Jacob must have manipulated those people. It is not out of ordinary for cult members to partake in suicidal rituals or whatever."
"I need to check on the guards and prisoners. You should go check on the woman you were with." He left.
"Right... I should actually go back and tell Elea and others what had happened." This kingdom may have answers as to why I'm here and why I can't get magic no matter how hard even the Gods try.
'It won't take long. Give me another chance.'
Huh!? Again?! I wrote what I had heard in notepad and kept on my business. Another chance? I can't make head and tails of this. I'll meet the Duke and head back to city of Furrina. I have a feeling that I've heard this voice before now that the statements are becoming clearer.