Daliku Jade Mine.
Sa and Long Na woke up almost simultaneously, and both were startled when they did.
"My injuries... they're all healed?"
Long Na lifted her clothes and touched her smooth belly as she spoke in disbelief. Meanwhile, her tail swept back and forth across the ground, showing no sign that it had recently been severed.
Sa, on the other hand, threw herself straight into Owl's arms beside her and clung tightly to his neck, as though he would disappear the moment she let go.
Only after a long while did Sa release him. Then the armor on her back slowly opened, and she took out Owl's snake double. "Owl, maybe I should give your double back to you. I thought I could protect it, but..."
"You should have woken it up then."
Owl glanced at his snake double and spoke with a touch of helplessness.
Although he didn't think his snake double could do much at present, if it had been awake, at least he could have learned what was happening immediately and used his newly acquired ability to help Sa.
Even if this new ability really consumed his lifespan or luck, he wouldn't have begrudged either of them at that moment.
"It hurts."
Suddenly, Trevor let out a low groan and woke from his coma.
In fact, Trevor and Jin Dong had been the unluckiest of them all. Both were gravely injured, and if the Coal-Eating Dragon hadn't treated them in time, they would probably have died from blood loss.
Even with the bleeding stopped in time, however, their injuries would still take a long time to heal unless they had access to special medical treatment.
"All right, stop yelling. Luckily, this dragon was sharp enough to sense something was wrong and hide ahead of time. Otherwise,