Free Web NovelChapter 89: Recruits [Part 11]
After knocking out everyone inside the small mansion, Hana searched through the property and got as much incriminating evidence as she could. It took her a little over half a day to completely search through the mansion and by the time she was done, it was already nearing evening.
She had already called for assistance and a bunch of witches who were absolutely loyal to Richard (sexfriends) had arrived.
They transferred all the passed out individuals to different prisons.
Regular workers were all placed in simple prisons where they were interrogated, those that were not really part of any corruption or had a connection to the network of corruption were segregated to separate, more decent living spaces.
The rest were placed in damp, humid and extremely dark prisons.
There were lights and the space was not really that dark but a curse was placed in the cells to make it appear as if the imprisoned individual was in complete darkness.
While this happened, Richard and Cindy took the opposition leader while leaving the witch to Hana.
The witch was not going to be treated as a guest though, instead, Hana was responsible for neutralizing the witch.
First thing Hana did was blindfold her, then she gagged the witches mouth before crushing limbs to ensure that she couldn’t use any spell.
Fortunately for the witch, Hana was not a tyrant and she used a curse that numbed pain.
Some would question how a curse to numb pain could even be called a curse but the spell originated from the "Berserker Curse".
Pain was something people believed was bad, but it also helped people survive.
If you can’t feel pain, even if you get cut up, you won’t realize that you were bleeding to death.
If you can’t feel pain, you’d push your body to its limits and break down attempting to do impossible things.
Pain was a survival tool, removing it was a curse that would lead a person to death.
But like poison, it’s use could be both good and bad.
In this case, Hana using it on the poor witch was a kind of mercy.
After she finished neutralizing the witch, Richard called for her to bring the unfortunate woman to the office for interrogation.
Although Hana had not shared a single word with the witch, she still felt a bit empathetic towards the witch.
While she didn’t know the full story of how the witches in the Philippines escaped the hunts, she was well aware that the nation was one of the few that were not affected by the chaos of the witch hunts.
"Richard’s going to meet with you, you probably won’t get a chance to directly speak or see him. All he’s going to do is ask you questions and all you need to do in response is nod your head to answer yes and shake it for no"
Hana explained, she was already told by Richard about the set-up of the interrogation and she did brief towards the witch herself.
While Richard could do it, Hana felt that it was her duty to do at least this much given how she treated the woman.
After the explanation, Hana dragged the witch to the office like it was the most normal thing in the world.
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Samantha was unable to walk, instead she was placed into what felt like a wheelchair.
It was an unfortunate thing for Samantha, who would have thought that the witch doctor who had control over a fifth of the Philippines was now left a cripple.
It’s been a few hours since Samantha woke up but the moment she did, she was already blindfolded and her mouth was covered by what she could only assume to be a ball gag.
At first, Samantha worried that she’d be subjected to all sorts of evil sexual acts.
After all, blindfolded + gagged, the only thing she could think of was a man licking his lips as he flipped up her skirt, pulled her panties down and started to thrust into her.
But such a fate was not what awaited her-
Though she wished it was that fate instead of what happened next...
For the next several hours, the things Samantha experienced were not the typical torture and torment that she would expect given her situation.
But it was truly horrifying to think about.
She did not know what was done to her but Samantha knew that she was being subjected to torture.
Why?
Because she could feel the things being done to her body!
There was no pain, nothing that would have signalled her to panic. But she could tell-
Are my hands supposed to twist in that manner?
Did I hear bones getting crushed the moment something enveloped my hand?
Samantha was unaware of the spell used by Hana but in less than an hour, she knew that it prevented pain.
While the pain and adrenaline did not come, the scent of blood, the sound of bones getting crushed, the sound of twisted limbs and the sensations of her own limbs being handled... freewebnovёl.ƈom
Samantha could only wish that what she was experiencing was nothing more than an illusion.
After all, no one would want to open their eyes to the world and see their limbs twisted unnaturally or hands crushed to a pulp.
But the darkness that enveloped her world made Samantha imagine the scene.
Without sight, her imagination ran wild.
The sense of touch was heightened, the sense of smell became more sharp and her hearing could gather more sounds.
But what nearly broke her was the moment another person entered the room-
"Are you a master of torture? This looks like a scene straight out of a movie..."
"She had to be neutralized, the blindfold is cursed with darkness, she won’t be able to see and any visual spell won’t get past it. The ballgag prevents her from talking and also has a curse that blocks any verbal spell cast even with mere sounds rather than words. Her hands were crushed to prevent sign based spells and other tricks and her legs were twisted to prevent her from running"
The familiar voice that answered the man who commented on her state was the same voice she heard in the mansion before passing out.
It didn’t take a genius to put two and two together.
Samantha understood that her "treatment" was being administered by the same woman who caught her.
"Well, take your time, make sure she doesn’t die, we still need her for information"
Those were the last words the man left before Samantha was subjected to another round of horror.
But, what truly frightened her was the fact that the woman doing it to her was unaware of her own actions.
She went on and on about how the man was even worse, that she did her best to ensure that Samantha was not placed into any undue pain.
It was then that Samantha learned that a curse was placed on her to prevent feeling of pain.
Before this, Samantha would have thought of how "useful" the curse was but now that she was subjected to it, Samantha felt that it truly was deserving of being called a curse.
But what truly horrified her at that point was the unanswered question of-
"What if the curse was lifted?"
Unable to speak, Samantha could only pray that the curse is not broken, that she remains unable to feel pain until her injuries are healed-
Then it hit her-
Will they heal me?
Samantha was not stupid, she knew what her status was and the situation she was in could only mean a few things.
She wasn’t an important person who would be kept alive and even if she was-
Was there any merit in healing her injuries?
At that moment, Samantha realized that the curse she was subjected to was a blessing and at the same time, she realized the absolute hell that was her current state.
With her injuries, the fact that she was still alive meant that her captors could at least heal injuries with magic.
After all, aside from blood, Samantha did not get a single whiff of alcohol.
She wasn’t treated through regular medicine but through magic.
Though that did little to lift her spirits up as she could only see a future where she was bound to a wheelchair being forced to live under the support of others.
Even if she does get the right to talk and see the world once more, all she would see are her broken limbs and bleak future.
Was that her torture?
A psychological torture meant to break her down mentally?
Samantha did her darndest to delude herself into believing that it was all an illusion.
But-
Reality was cruel and Samantha was wheeled off to meet with "Richard".
Hana said that she wouldn’t get a chance to meet him eye to eye but the moment she entered a room which she knew based on the sound of doors opening before her and closing behind her as well as the change in the scent of the air-
"Remove her blindfold, we got enough information, the witch doctors didn’t have any special spell they could cast with their eyes"
With those words, Samantha was allowed to see the world and the thing she saw was-
"..."
Unable to speak for now, she could only stare at the man who had once laughed at those suffering in poverty. The man who treated his fellow countrymen as nothing more than mindless sheep, pigs who could be slaughtered at any moment for money.
That same man, the one who stood atop others with pride and greed-
He was now tied on a golden throne, his state not any better than hers- in fact, he was in a worse state.
His chest was torn open, his gust spilling out and his head cracked open to reveal his brain.
Yet-
Blood was not pouring out and his organs were simply functioning as if there was nothing wrong.
It was a macabre sight and one that made Samantha a bit more thankful of her own state-
Still, she did not dare look down at her own limbs, less she lose the small bit of sanity she had remaining. freewёbnoνel.com
The man called Richard stared at her, his eyes showing a look of of surprise as he said-
"A witch getting shocked over this? Are you a trainee?"
