Sinking...
Falling...
The violent pain in his chest gradually faded into endless darkness as his consciousness scattered.
This was something Xia Nan had never experienced before.
He could clearly feel the life force within his body flowing away with the blood gushing out of the wound at the center of his chest.
A bone-deep chill, like the cold of midwinter, spread inward from his fingertips, devouring the last of his warmth.
He could even hear his heartbeat growing slower and weaker, as if it would stop completely in the next second, along with the thunderous rush of blood surging through his veins.
Xia Nan could feel everything about his body, yet he could not control so much as a single finger.
"Am I going to die?"
That was what he thought.
Perhaps it was because, in his previous life, the truck that had sent him to this other world had given him a similar experience once before.
At this moment, facing a life that had already entered its countdown, Xia Nan was shockingly calm.
He even began to think about what he should think about in this final, tiny stretch of his life.
Reviewing the battle no longer had any meaning now.
"Looks like Barn won't be getting the Remaining Payment for reforging my Longsword. But with his personality, he'll probably see the process through anyway... When the time comes, if he sends the finished product to the auction house, it should sell for a pretty good price."
"Judging by the strength that Devil showed, those two adventurers probably won't survive either. Looks like these magic items on me will have to lie underground for a while. I wonder which lucky kid will end up getting them."
"Damn it, Fate Coin still had one use left. If I'd known, I