"Ugh... it hurts..."
In a large hall on the top deck of the Silver Gull ship, that was fractured in various places due to the fierce fight just now, Ron woke up from the ground, grabbing his head.
As soon as he regained consciousness, he found that his head hurt like never before—far worse than the abdomen that had been pierced by Ian earlier.
"Ugh... what... what happened?"
He couldn't help but ask deliriously while trying to calm himself down.
However, his struggles remained futile as he suddenly felt his headache once again, but this time from within, as if something was forcefully invading his consciousness, drilling into the depths of his mind like an unseen parasite burrowing into his very soul.
A sharp, drilling pain pulsed through his skull as if something was clawing at his mind, trying to tear it apart from the inside.
"Ahhh....."