Finally sitting up, he brought his hand to his head, feeling the warm blood that still ran slick over his face from his mended wounds.
The silence allowed him to listen to his own heart, though he found nothing resonating in his ears; it was simply silent.
As he looked over, he saw the merciless emperor sitting in his throne with a gaping wound still through his stomach, sitting there with a tired look, though as proud as ever.
"...So, one yet still lives…" Emperor Jiao-Long said before coughing up blood.
Jeong-Hui picked himself up, looking around the room to find the bodies of his comrades around the room, invoking tears from his eyes, though he didn't weep.
It was more of a 'stunning anguish', as if most of it was simply utter shock with his mind realizing this wasn't a dream.
"You killed them…You did this," he said quietly.