He didn't know when it started, but around him, it seemed like all sound had ceased.
Occasional insect chirps in the woods, even the breeze seemed to have stilled...
It was as if, after he slowed down, the world around him had become this silent; he had just been too anxious before to notice.
Although he didn't know what had happened, he had his suspicions about the outcome.
Sure enough, in just over ten seconds, the trees around him began to show anomalies.
A layer of pitch-black Shadow began to creep overhead, then it spread to the low shrubbery, and lastly enshrouded everything around him in darkness.
Not until the Shadows drew close did he see clearly that they were not Shadows at all, but rather layers of black writhing Blood Flesh!
"Hello, nameless sir, I invite you on behalf of the Grand Judge of Eternal Life City to be our guest."
The sudden voice from behind, already filled with terror, startled him, and he quickly turned around.
