My eyelids felt heavy as I pried them open bit by bit, my vision blurring at first before clearing into focus. What the hell was happening? My mind groped for answers, piecing together the last moments—the fall, the endless drop into that split ground, the screams fading above me. But this wasn't what I expected. I wasn't buried under cracked earth, no rubble pressing down on me, no dirt filling my lungs like I'd feared. Instead, everything was... clean, almost too orderly. The noise from the battle had vanished completely—no more growls, no clashes of claws, no desperate yells from warriors. It was totally quiet here, an eerie stillness that made my skin crawl.
Where was I? Had I hit my head harder than I thought during the fall? My thoughts spun in circles, trying to latch onto somethi
