Darkness wrapped around Woyu like a thick blanket. He could feel himself drowning in an impenetrable umbra. There was no pain and fear in there. If there was something that irked him, it was the rapid and unceasing blinking of something ahead of him.
Slowly, ever slowly, Woyu's eyelids fluttered open. A blast of dazzling light instantly seized its chance and flooded into his eyes, causing him to close his eyes once more as tears began running out. Then, he gradually returned to full consciousness.
By the time he opened his eyes again, the light was gone. What laid ahead of him was a starless dark sky. Woyu blinked his eyes a few times, and his memory slowly returned to him. He remembered that before he passed out, he'd ordered Silas to bring him to the open-air garden and then...
Ignoring the pain ripping down his body, Woyu raised his head. Then, he saw the light.
