[Location: The Abyss – Layer 1: The Ash Wastes]
[Time: Unknown]
Time soon passed, and after an unknown amount of time, Damien finally woke up.
No longer wearing his Zero mask, his eyes were sunken, his lips were parched and veins all over his body began to bulge
Even breathing was hard as he constantly felt like he was drowning.
Every breath he took felt heavy, oily, and wrong.
His chest heaved, his ribs straining against the leather of his suit, but no matter how much he inhaled, he couldn't get enough oxygen.
[System Alert.]
[Mana: 0 / 120,000]
[DP: 0]
[Status: Mana Poisoning (Stage 2).]
[Regeneration: BLOCKED.]
Damien stared at the blue window floating in the dark.
'Blocked,' he thought, his mind sluggish.
'My physique... it's trying to filter the air, but the air is poison. If I keep breathing this, I'll rot from the inside out.'
He tried to sit up. His arms shook uncontrollably. He fell back against the bone wall of the skull-cave.
"Young Master?"
