Noah's eyes widened the moment the voice sounded behind him, and he immediately turned around without hesitation.
His movement was quick and instinctive, driven by the sudden realization that someone had approached him without him sensing anything at all. That alone was enough to put him on edge.
When his gaze finally landed on the figure behind him, his body stiffened slightly.
Standing there was a humanoid figure, but it did not resemble a normal person in any way.
Its entire body was made up of black smoke.
Thick, swirling smoke that constantly shifted and twisted as if it had a life of its own. The outline of a man could barely be made out, but there were no clear features. Just a dense mass of dark smoke compressed into a vaguely human shape.
Around its legs, the same smoky black aura gathered and spread slowly across the ground.
