Chương 41: Immortal!? (2) [BONUS CHAPTER]

The midnight moon bathed the forest in a ghostly silver, casting fleeting shadows through the tall trees as the wind stirred the leaves with a low, mournful rustle.

A bone-deep chill crept through the air, a foreboding silence hanging thick like the final breath before the storm.

The campfire, once blazing, had long since been reduced to smoldering ash, its embers soaked in the blood of a lifeless body.

The acrid scent of iron blended with the wet, earthy musk of the forest, creating a haunting atmosphere that made the night itself seem alive.

Out of nowhere, a blade cleaved through the stillness, gleaming ominously under the moon's glow.

It hissed through the air like a venomous serpent, aimed directly at Lucian's arm with surgical precision, ready to cripple him in one decisive strike.

Time seemed to slow to a crawl.

Lucian's blood-red eyes locked onto the advancing blade, his gaze as steady as the flow of time itself.