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The noise of her chanting was the first thing he heard. Esandra was loudly saying phrases in a tongue he didn’t understand. Even if he knew the language the muffled sounds reaching his clouded mind would have meant nothing. The last events that had happened to him slowly returned, Esandra revealing part of her plan, that she was going to summon a demon, and then drugging him. He didn’t know what she had done to him, but he felt completely sapped of strength. His entire body felt as if it was burning, and even without his sight returning yet he could tell he was dripping in sweat.
Leoric tried again to open his eyes, but they were too heavy. He barely got them halfway open before he had to give up. He could see the blurred silhouette of Esandra in front of him, still seemingly naked. The cave was brighter now but he couldn’t make out anything else. The next attempt to open his eyes was even more difficult than the first and he wasn’t able to see anything before darkness took him again. Instead, he tried to speak, his mouth was dry, even his tongue. All he managed was to mumble out an incoherent sound. What had the witch done to him?