"Haah!" I gasped, jolting awake.
Huh?
What just happened?
"Ugh..." I tried to move, but I couldn't.
Something restrained me—tight, unyielding. It felt like I was tied to something.
What the hell just happened?!
I remembered—getting the dragon's core, escaping the cave, running. I had been searching for a way out, but… I had gone too deep. Too far. The way out had blurred into an endless maze.
I must have collapsed… The dragon's poison.
But then—where am I now?
Am I dead… or still alive?
Gruuuu—
A deep, grating sound scraped against the floor. A door. Someone was coming.
Who?
"Who's there?! Where am I?" My voice came out hoarse, laced with confusion.
Then, a mana bulb flickered to life, casting eerie shadows across the dim room.
I froze.
No.
