The creature's final, pitiful scream echoed briefly, then faded into the eerie quiet that followed. The air, once thick with tension and danger, now felt oddly still. Blackened ichor dripped from the remnants of the tentacles, staining the grass beneath our feet with dark, viscous pools that smelled of decay and corruption.
"Got the kid?" Liang Yu asked, her voice calm as she wiped a splatter of the foul substance from her robes, the pungent scent lingering in the air. She moved with the ease of someone used to cleaning up after battles, her demeanor composed, almost too casual given the chaos we had just fought through.
"Yeah, but..." I glanced down at the boy in my arms. His small frame had gone completely limp, his head lolling against my chest as if he'd collapsed from the sheer intensity of it all. "Looks like he passed out," I muttered, shifting him slightly to get a better look.
Okay... i know this is sudden but I'm thinking of taking a lengthy pause. (Not now! that's for sure) but I've been trying hard with PGH and I feel that the effort I'm putting isn't appropriate I would suppose... I'm thinking that once I'm done with this arc, I'll take a long break from PGH. I'm not going to lie, I'm tiered. We're 900 chapters in and trust me it's a hell of a road we took, especially since I always try and avoid doing anything that could be called a filler. like honestly I could have easily made this story 2000 chapters if I inflated it with fillers but that's not me. Coming up with plot after strong plot is really hard especially in this area. The powercreep is already exhausting me and growing stronger/finding strong foes is only making things worse. I'll be taking a break once I'm done with this arc and I'll focus on the new story I'm working on at the same time [Deus Necros] . I'll go back to my roots, to the Undead and craft a story while I'm mentally recouping to continue PGH. it wasn't an easy decision to make because that means that I'm basically going broke for several months on purpose just to recover a bit of my mental health. Thank you all for reading all the way here. So far we're not at the end and there are many chapters before the arc is concluded I hope you can encourage me to finish this arc flawlessly. thank you all
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