As the seabird moved higher and higher, the crow jolted at great speed in the direction of the bamboo forest, flapping its wings and bouncing the sea sand into the air.
The black skin on Kai's left side—from his shoulder to his chest—stopped moving, turning back into a healed wound scar.
Salty wind splashed on Kai's body as the speeding waves stopped the moment they reached his foot.
There, a black glow seeped out of Kai's eyes as his eyes cracked open.
Seeing his friend's blue and red eyes turn and glow in an obsidian color, Jude kept on stumbling back, almost as if he'd seen a ghost.
He stopped the moment he bumped his back on a jagged rock that was as tall as his height.
"What's happening to him?" Jude's face tensed as he tilted his gaze from Kai to the entrance of the Bamboo Forest.
Not seeing anyone, his chest heaved so fast that thick sweat began to drip from him like blood.
