ZERA felt every tick of that thirty seconds were worth lifetimes until the counter clocked to zero. Her surroundings glowed, engulfing her into a white light. It was so bright that she closed her eyes so as not to be blinded.
When she opened her eyes again, she was back in the small teleportation platform near the Vermis Lake. She was still blinking the blinding light away as she ran fast towards the bridge… just to crash into something.
She was expecting herself to be knocked back, but its arms snaked around her.
Wait… arms?
She shut her eyes and opened it again. Her clearer vision was greeted by that dragon-scaled, black and blue coat.
“K-Kin! What happened? Where are the enemies?”
She tried to look up at his face, but his hand grabbed her head and pushed her face on his chest. His
