บท 52: The price of living

'It seems the master has been having fun all by himself,' thought Tesse as she walked over the butchered goblin corpses that littered the hallways.

She followed the blood trail that her master had left behind, walking all the way up to the roof.

"N-no, master. Please no," shouted Tesse, tears already rolling down her cheeks as she looked at the state that Gray was in.

She walked slowly towards his blood-covered naked body, hoping that it was all just a bad dream.

"H-he's alive," sighed Tesse in relief as she saw Gray's chest lift, however even then his breathing was laboured, like he was being suffocated.

She tried healing him but he wouldn't wake up, and his breathing remained ragged.