A pill to fix the pain

"I know you are hearing me. Get up now father, it's starting to get harder by the day. I-" He was about to continue but suddenly his tongue halted upon seeing something. 

"Call the physician!! Hurry up!" He roared, standing up abruptly.

The physician hadn't passed through half the corridor yet when the guards came running behind him to fetch him once again. Upon coming back to the chamber he saw Eric bent over king Bastian which was blocking the view of his face but as Eric stepped away his eyes witnessed the sight which slipped the earth from under his feet.