Whoom!
Just as he caught sight of the crimson scene filling the streets, Ian was shocked to feel an intense, unheralded pain suddenly emerge deep within his brain, or rather, an organ that seemed independent of his body yet still undeniably his own.
This extreme agony was as if someone had placed a sea urchin soaked in seawater and poison inside his brain and was vigorously shaking it, causing Ian to struggle to breathe and promptly collapse to the ground without making a sound.
"Huff! Huff..."
The pain arrived swiftly and departed just as quickly. When Ian regained control of his body, he immediately began to breathe deeply, his entire being like someone who had been dragged out of the water, with large beads of cold sweat falling from his forehead and temples, dampening his collar.
