Chapter 2: Awakening in Stone
Crack!
A loud crack reverberated throughout the dark hallway, disturbing the cold, hollow silence present there.
Bones shifted, and a single finger twitched inside a dug-out, open stone casket, scraping against the lining in an irritating tone.
A moment later, the bones of an entire skeleton shook violently, swaying away the dirt present on it and regained their previous luster.
Immediately after, flesh bloomed across bare white bones, like smoke reversing back into the skin, veins threading through the marrow, muscles weaving in fast.
Following that was the skin, which crept up the muscles out of nowhere, covering the entire body, and regained nails, hairs, and other remaining body parts.
This entire process took less than ten seconds, and the body was whole again.
The body belonged to none other than Remiel St. Clair, the Strongest Exalt of the Era of Dusk.
Naked. Weak. Breathing.
Alive.
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