Drumming echoed continuously, each beat resonating with Lumian's heartbeat, making him feel like he was about to vomit blood.
Enduring the discomfort, Lumian pushed through the cold liquid like a sudden downpour, under countless watching eyes and strange, soft chuckles, steadfastly moving forward.
One step, two steps, three steps, suddenly a blood-red color lit up his bandage-wrapped vision.
It was a reddish plain, with an army of undead in iron-black armor advancing.
My first nightmare after I started studying? The thought flashed through Lumian's mind. He then noticed the scene before him fracturing, overlaid with images of burning palaces, forests of thunder, mountains of corpses, and rows of blindfolded experimental subjects marching.
These were all from his recent nightmares.
Lumian realized it wasn't the bandages losing their effect but a powerful hallucination induced by something, blending reality and illusion.