I heard birds chirping and felt the sunlight on my face. I opened my eyes and saw the forest outside the mountain.
I am alive.
I survive again.
Rylan was just waking up like me, while the others are still unconscious.
"So, that lake empties here," he said.
"How ironic. It looks like the beast saved us."
I could hear what he was saying but my mind is clouded by my other things.
"Lucian let us see the fortress because he knew there's no way to destroy the demons," I said.
"... Yeah, it looks like it."
I can't think of any way to stop this. The fortress was my last resort.
I saw Maara who was laying on the ground still unconscious. I crawled to get to her.
"To keep the demons from multiplying, even more, Maara and I had to die."
Without thinking through. I jumped onto Maara and
