Ethan's POV
Silent frustration simred inside as I prepared to seek guidance from the Eterna Nexus but before I could voice my query, a response appeared abruptly as if the Nexus had anticipated my thoughts already.
[Shutting down due to low energy.]
The ssage left perplexed but before I could process its aning, a sudden wave of exhaustion swept over .
My form wavered as if all my energy were being siphoned away. Alard, I yanked my feeler out of the basin and broke the connection in the process.
The instant the energy out flow stopped, my jellyfish-like body deflated and collapsed like a balloon punctured with a needle.
My vision darkened, and I felt myself sinking into an abyss. The last thing I registered before losing consciousness was the vast and consuming silence of my soul space.
When my eyelids fluttered open, I was imdiately greeted by a storm of darkness swirling around . Horror gripped as I realized I was falling. I was plumting endlessly into a void with no light or support visible in any direction.
As for my magic power and soul energy, I could invoke neither of them and I experienced a long-forgotten sensation.
The oppressive silence was absolute but it was broken by a sudden high-pitched screeching sound that pierced through the darkness.
It was of a different frequency and my mind buzzed on hearing it. I vaguely discerned winged silhouettes darting toward at impossible speeds like jets slicing through the night.
The shadows closed in but their forms were indistinct yet nacing in a way.
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I felt their oppressive presence crowding around as their high-pitched shrieks resonated like a blade scraping against the glass. My instincts scread at to run but there was nowhere for to go.
I wasn't even able to keep my balance and just as panic threatened to consu , a jolt of adrenaline surged through and I woke up with a start.
I gasped for air and my chest heaved as sweat stread down my forehead and my whole body, leaving sticky and uncomfortable.
My wet hair clung to my forehead and obstructed my vision. By habit, I ran my fingers through it and pushed it back from my forehead with both hands.
The sticky sensation beca unbearable, and I peeled off the thin black shirt clinging to my torso. The cool air kissed my bare skin and it brought an instant relief to my soul as I let out a deep and contented sigh.
As I breathed in the damp, refreshing air, I finally noticed my surroundings. At first, everything seed hazy and unbearably bright which was a stark contrast to the dark and bizarre environnts I had recently escaped from.
After a few monts of adjustnt, I realized I was back in the underground room where I'd first spotted the wolf head.
I was sitting upright on the king-sized bed that had initially caught my attention upon entering this space.
Wait… that wolf head! The mory snapped into focus and I glanced up from my vantage point on the bed. To my confusion, there was no trace of the ominous wolf head that had lood there before.
I frowned in puzzlent but concluded that Master Nyx must have either removed or destroyed it.
I was uncertain about how long I had been unconscious. I rose from the bed and a feeling of residual soreness filled my limbs.
It seems that the duration in which I had remained unconscious and inactive had been long otherwise I wouldn't have felt such discomfort considering my strong body.
I slowly walked to the short door beside the almirah as I assud that it led to a restroom.
The room I entered was expansive from the first glance. It was constructed of smooth black rock and had a large pool at its center.
There were bloodstones embedded in the walls that emitted a dim red glow lending the space an ambiance akin to a nightclub.
But unlike the bustling noise of nightclubs, this place was serene and utterly silent except for the gentle sound of water flowing into the pool from the bat-shaped spouts carved into the uneven walls around the pool.
The room's irregular structure resembled a natural cave to but unlike a cave it was not primitive but was both functional and elegant and the subtle adjustnts heightened its allure.
Without further delay, I stripped naked and stepped into the dark pool that shimring with a bloody hue. As I subrged myself in the pool whose waters were surprisingly hot, its vapors enveloped and shrouded my figure in an obscuring mist.
A contented sigh escaped as the hot water eased every trace of fatigue, stress, and tension that had accumulated in my body over the battles in the past few days in both the astral and the real world.
For the first ti in what felt like forever, I allowed myself to relax completely and silently soaked in the serene warmth.
Velcy's POV
It had been almost a week since I arrived at Scarlet Hollow Castle. At first, I had been deeply nervous when the blonde lady with those big breasts escorted to my room.
Due to the things I had faced in my life, I was not able to believe so easily that such good treatnt was provided to out of generosity and a creeping wariness always existed within my mind.
The dark and oppressive environnt had felt suffocating at first as it reminded of the dark dungeon where I was imprisoned for so many years. But over ti, I slowly adjusted.
The eerie quietness had beco a companion and I found comfort in the rhythmic stillness of the castle's underground halls.
My room was located even deeper within the castle's underground well than the one where the dragon lady's disciple nad Ethan slept.
Before leaving, the busty lady had strictly warned not to get out of the bed and my room as a whole after the night settled in.
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