BXBX NOVEL Chapter 284: A twisted reality-4
He looked to the side and saw Wang Jia\'s worried face, without a word Jayden turned and hugged her tightly, as he felt comfort in her warmth, Wang Jia hugged him back, she could feel his raging emotions.
She waited for him to calm down, while gently running his back, after several minutes passed Jayden finally composed himself a little he raised his head slightly and looked into her eyes and then he spoke:
" I- I\'m fine, I just had a nightmare. "
Wang Jia didn\'t ask any further questions and just kept him close to her trying to make him forget whatever he had seen in his dream.
" It\'s alright Jin, I\'m here with you. "
Jayden just hugged her soft body and didn\'t say anything, the scene of a man eating his own wife kept playing in his mind, and it was utterly disgusting and horrible, to say the least.
It was already morning, Jayden stayed in the bed for some time, but even after so much time he couldn\'t calm his mind, so he finally separated himself from Wang Jia and spoke:
" Mom, I want to go outside for a bit. "
Wang Jia wanted to stay with him but feeling his emotions, she just nodded her head and let go of him.
Jayden sat up and then climbed off the bed, after giving a nod towards Wang Jia he opens the door and walks out of the room.
Jayden\'s hair and clothes were a little messy but not caring about it at all, he walked out of the house, and then walks aimlessly.
" Jayden, what\'s wrong? " Anna\'s voice sounded in his ears. Jayden walked forward slowly, then after a few moments he replied:
" I don\'t know what happened either, it was like I was present in someone else\'s memory, and living through a nightmare. "
Anna listened carefully, then she asked in a serious tone: " Tell me everything that happened while you were there, right from the very beginning. "
Jayden took in a deep breath and then began explaining:
" I woke up because of a pungent smell, I tried looking for Jia but she was nowhere to be found and then I just became a spectator, watching and feeling everything my body was going through, that body was very weak, using a cane I walked down to the ground floor and at that place, I saw someone named Caleb, he- I saw him eating his own wife then he slaughtered the entire village, and after I ran out of the village, I saw the same stone tree I had seen during my test of breaking through to the Spirit Creation realm, after that that Caleb named monster killed me too, he tore both my arms and then thrust a tree branch through my chest and then...
"
Jayden gave all the necessary details, as Anna and Goddess Damuda listened carefully, because of his mind being a mess despite being in the open he wasn\'t talking in his mind but was speaking out loud, and to the onlookers, he seemed crazy.
After he was done Jayden asked: " So, do you have any idea who it might be? "
Anna pondered his story for a few minutes, as Jayden kept walking aimlessly, just dragging himself around, the things he went through last night had affected his mind greatly, he could feel a violent emotion in his mind, as if he just wanted to kill someone.
After some time Anna spoke:
" I think it has something to do with that Divine beast, the one sent here by Bael, I believe it has the ability to make you live through someone\'s memories, or you could say nightmares. "
After listening to her words, Jayden asked:
" Does that mean what I saw yesterday was something that really happened? "
It was Goddess Damuda who answered him this time:
" Yes, it all happened in reality some time ago and I am mostly sure who it might be whom you had seen in your nightmare. "
Jayden felt his headache increase as he heard her words, he found that everything he saw yesterday night was a reality, and someone had actually gone through it.
" Can you tell me who it is? " He asked, hoping that she wouldn\'t hide it.
" Yes, it was one of the generals in Bael\'s academy, out of the ten I think he was around 8 or 9, I\'m not sure about that. "
Damuda said, in an uncertain tone. Jayden was yet again surprised, the more he heard about it the Messier his mind became:
" Does that mean Bael was the one to turn him into that monster, since from what my body was speaking there, I guess Caleb had gone to meet him and after returning he changed and turned into a mindless beast, a devil. "
Jayden said, both Anna and Damuda listened to him, and after a moment Anna spoke:
" I don\'t know much about Bael or his general, but what I did know is that, the Divine beast\'s ability isn\'t as simple as just showing you nightmares to scare you, it was most probably trying to turn you into someone who wouldn\'t think twice before killing anyone, even people who are close to you.
And since it was only the first time the impact was just small, but that beast will definitely keep you showing different nightmares daily, and after some time even you wouldn\'t be able to control yourself. "
Anna concluded and her words made Jayden really worried, he didn\'t want to turn into something like Caleb.
From the injuries on Caleb\'s face and arm, Jayden was sure that he too tried to fight his inner devil trying not to kill anyone dear to him, he ate his own hand and tore the flesh of his own face and he probably wanted to kill himself, but in the end he lost himself and ended up killing everyone, even his wife and brother.
The more he thought about Anna\'s words the more he believed that it was all true since he could feel small changes in his mind, that were urging him to kill someone, but after a moment he asked:
" In that nightmare why was I feeling fear, even though I had already conquered all fears, was it because I was experiencing that man\'s emotions? And even with my mental level, why was that Divine beast\'s ability so effective against me? "
Anna spoke after a few moments: " Even though its abilities are very limited in this Kingdom, because of the long distance from Bael and the protection of the goddess, its mental strength is still a lot stronger than yours."
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