The old man trembled, pain and fear compounding. Every instinct of his was screaming at him to run away, and yet he could not. His only solace was to answer the man in front of him, hoping to gain freedom from this torment.
"T-they… are… at… UGH!" But just as the old man was about to speak, his words halted in his throat.
COUGH COUGH COUGH
Instead, what came out was blood mixed with bits of flesh.
The old man continued to cough, unable to speak.
"Shit." Lin Mu tried to stabilize the man with his own vitality, but it was not working. 'His own vitality is going haywire!' he sensed.
His heart was beating at a crazy pace, and tears had already started appearing on its surface.
PWESH
And sure enough, a second later, those tears bore fruit to a stream of blood, his heart ripping itself apart.
"GAH!" The old man's life drained from his eye as it grew dim.
"Dammit!" Lin Mu cursed, seeing that he might just be losing his chance.
