Chapter 60: Resurrected

A sharp intake of breath filled my lungs as my eyes snapped open.

I was lying on the cold, damp ground, my body feeling strangely light despite what I had just gone through.

The scent of soil and blood filled my nose, and a distant rustling of trees told me I was back in the forest.

Back where I had fought Fen.

I pushed myself up, my limbs sluggish but functional.

There wasn't a single wound on me, not a single trace of the battle that had killed me.

I was alive.

Again.

My gaze drifted forward, and there he was.

Fen.

He was already walking away, his movements unhurried, as if everything that happened here was nothing more than a minor inconvenience.

His aura was oppressive, a constant reminder of the vast gulf between us.

But this time, I wasn't going to let him walk away so easily.

I pushed myself up, the sound of my foot on the ground catching his attention.