Death’s Door [3]

"Ugh…"

A dim blue light shone through Damien's eyelids and forced his consciousness awake. Slowly but surely, his eyes managed to glitter open.

"Where am I?"

The last thing he remembered was trying to escape Acier with Feng Qing'er and Qing Tan, but now he was in a mysterious space that didn't even look like it was part of the Trial World at all.

He was currently inside of a shimmering blue harrier shaped like a soccer ball. The space around him was completely dark, like a sea of emptiness. In the distance, he could see many floating islands that looked like broken chunks of earth floating in the void.

'Did I die?'

It was the first thought that came to his head. He clearly remembered how his vitality left his body and how his mind was on the verge of collapse. It wouldn't be too surprising if he had died. 

'No, that's impossible. I refuse to accept it.'