Chapter 46: Corruption
>>Aelin
My voice shook a little as I asked, "T-twenty, only?"
"Yes, and that is why Ruoxy got away with her lie too." He said and I felt myself understanding things.
"I see..." Ariston had mentioned that there weren’t many survivors at the end of the war, but I couldn’t have thought that there were only this few. I stared at Draegon, the nervousness in me still not dying, "Um," Something that Ruoxy said bothered me but I wasn’t sure if I should ask
"Yes?" Draegon spoke, "Do you have a question?" He spoke softly
"I was thinking about what Ruoxy said in the dungeon."
"Yes?"
"There was something she said about corrupting," I asked, "That the Abyss had corrupted you, and you could never escape it."
Draegon’s steps faltered for a moment, but he didn’t stop walking. He let out a slow, heavy sigh, running a hand through his dark hair. "I’m not entirely sure," he admitted. "But... I have an idea."
I waited, sensing there was more.
"I felt it. Many of us felt it." His voice was strained, low. "And many... succumbed to it." He paused before adding, "The more you fight the creatures from the Abyss, the more they start to consume your mind. It’s like they seep into you—your thoughts, your emotions. Slowly, they unravel everything."