"Am... am I still alive...?"
When Diteben hazily opened his eyes, he felt as if his head no longer belonged to him. His thoughts drifted and scattered like ink spilled into water, while his mind was filled with pain and an empty void.
In fact, when a somewhat dazzling magical light shone upon Thunderstorm's face, the Legendary Warlock, forcing himself to keep his eyes open and observe his surroundings, could see only a bright silver disk floating directly above his head.
Almost instinctively, he realized that the exquisite disk covered in energy runes was an Alchemy Tool containing powerful magical force, but he had no idea what it intended to do by hovering so close to him.
He had already forgotten that he was receiving treatment inside the Morningstar Magic Tower.
"Who is it? Who is beside me? That damned thing is too bright. I... I feel like I'm about to die..."
There was no logic, no reason. Diteben weakly conveyed his feelings through mental fluctuations, and his blurred perception of his condition was not exaggerated at all.
Yes, he truly could no longer feel the life energy that should have filled his body to overflowing, nor could he feel the exhilarating sensation of his bloodline's call boiling within his soul. Now, he could only lie silently atop the hard metal experiment table, helplessly watching the disk of unknown purpose slowly rotate in midair.
One circle, then another, then another...
As if it would never stop.
"Am I... already dead?"
Muttering the question to himself, Diteben, engulfed by waves of darkness, might not even have realized what he was saying.
However, for the sake of observing the experiment, the Bright Moon Mage standing beside the experiment table with a metal tray in hand managed to make out the Legendary Warlock's