"Leader! You're awake! Thank the heavens!" The elders immediately rushed to her side after noticing her open eyes.
The leader, a beautiful woman with flowing red hair and sharp facial features, slowly sat up on the bed and turned to look at the group with a puzzled face.
"Where… where am I?"
"You're back at the Rising Phoenix Clan, mother." Feng Haoyu said, pushing the elders aside so he could see her.
"I see… I made it back…" she muttered in a low voice.
"What happened out there, mother? Why did you come back injured? Who attacked you?"
The leader gritted her teeth and clenched her fists in frustration as she responded, "It was that damn freak, the Fate Maniac!"
"Fate Maniac?" Yuan raised an eyebrow upon hearing this weird nickname.
The leader continued, "That bastard attacked me out of the blue, claiming he was merely following fate's command! I don't know what he did to me, but he left after placing some curse on me, and I was barely able to make it back!"
