Chapter 24: Shock Therapy

Chapter 24: Shock Therapy

"STAY YOUR HAND!!!"

Cedric sighed and looked at the source of that voice. He paused his movement but made no effort to change it either, meaning that if he really wanted to, he could still easily kill the man beneath him.

Several people appeared in front of him. Cedric figured that this should be a colleague of this poor excuse of a man.

Gustavio looked at Cedric nervously. When that pair of cold and emotionless golden eyes landed on him, the man couldn't help but feel a shudder running through his spine.

Behind him was a group of wardens who were just as nervous as he was. The moment they saw what was happening, they instantly knew that they were in deep shit right now. Inwardly, they were praying that Cedric wasn't as crazy as the rest, or else, things would be messy.

"P-Please! Can we talk about this? I don't know what my colleague did to you but please don't kill him! I-I'm willing to compensate in exchange for his life!" Gustavio pleaded while sweating a bit.

Cedric raised a brow and sneered: "Hoh? Is that so? Then, can you legally get me out of here as soon as you can?"

"..." Gustavio froze on the spot, unable to say anything in front of those demands. Even the guards behind him facepalmed at his stupidity.

They couldn't blame him though. Something like this wasn't an everyday occurrence, there's no way he could've prepared for something like this.

"...as expected, you can't right? Next time, don't be impulsive especially when you don't know who you're dealing with." Cedric sneered at the man.

"Release me, you bufoon! You! Wardens! What are you doing? Apprehend this fool! Can't you see what he's doing? Don't just stand there like idiots! Tell him to release me! I want to- no! I need to go! I can't waste time here! Emilia's waiting for me!"

"Fallon, you-!!" Gustavio was stunned, the guards behind him were also stunned. While the former was still confused, the latter was enlightened. Finally, they're starting to understand what's happening here.

"...this is getting annoying." Cedric droned. He then raised his foot and kicked Fallon in the temples, shocking the onlookers.

Fallon's eyes rolled at the back of his head, losing his consciousness. After doing that, Cedric lifted his foot and looked at them once more.

"I'm sure you guys understand what happened here." He then looked at Gustavo and continued: "You on the other hand might be confused."

"..."

"I'm pretty sure that nobody has informed you about this yet, but the woman you encountered, Emilia, her charm is a passive skill that is deadly to all men and men at heart. Its effects don't end even when she's out of your sight. It will linger and cause those who are already attracted to her, to go crazy. They will keep yearning for her up to the point of absolute desperation."

***

After that messy night, the Heavenly Seal crew spent the majority of the day undergoing shock therapy.

They raised quite a ruckus last night. They nearly reached the cell where Emilia was being held. If it weren't for Cedric's early warnings, they might've actually succeeded. Things would've gotten a lot more hectic then. Thankfully, it was averted.

After giving him such a headache, Gustavo unceremoniously threw them all into a freezing bath, shocking them awake after they got knocked out by the wardens. At first, they didn't know what was happening but nobody cared.

Gustavo, with the help of the guards, forced every single one of them to be submerged from head to toe under that freezing pool to clear their minds properly and completely get rid of Emilia's remaining hold of them.

The majority of the team 'woke up' after their first dip. Unlike the others, their attraction towards her didn't run deep so they managed to shake it off easily with the help of the Ice Bath.

Fallon and two other guys, however, needed to be drowned. Like, actually drowned, in the Ice Bath before they began showing signs of clarity.

When asked, the wardens explained that these three had it really bad and this was the only way. Gustavio then recalled the casual conversation he had with his team before.

They talked about their preference for women, and coincidentally, these three had the same type. Emilia happens to possess the qualities they're looking for so it made sense that they got instantly hooked upon seeing her for the first time.

These three idiots were deeply snared by her charms, that's why they needed more sessions in the Ice Bath.

Still, by the end of the day, everybody had enough. With their minds cleared once more, they shuddered after realizing what happened to them. And that only made them more terrified of this place. To think that this place was hiding something like that...

They were obviously relieved that Emilia was locked deep within the Isolation Chambers and would not be allowed to get out until they left this place.

Additionally, they were also glad that this whole fiasco wouldn't be blamed on them. Gustavio then asked the wardens why he wasn't informed about this earlier and the explanation he got was barely satisfactory.

Apparently, the wardens who were assigned to them the night Emilia got to them, were scheduled to have a vacation the day after. They were looking forward to that so much that they slipped up in their jobs, forgetting about Emilia's abilities altogether.

They assured him, however, that those two guards would be fired as soon as their paid vacation was over. Chief Lucas himself said so, so he could only let it go.

Because of this event, the team's stay in this place got extended for one more day despite their obvious displeasure. Nevertheless, it's to be expected that from that day onwards, none of them left without the wardens as escorts anymore.

Especially Fallon who nearly died at the hands of a convict.