A strange ceiling.

As I lifted my heavy eyelids, the unfamiliar ceiling greeted me.

"...Ugh..."

It had been a long time since my body felt this heavy. At least, this was the first time since I had reached the pinnacle.

‘I feel like throwing up.’

Was it because I had used too much internal energy yesterday?

On top of that, I hadn’t even managed to retrieve it; I let it explode.

I felt a strange sensation in my dantian. Would this count as a form of muscle ache?

I endured the intense discomfort and raised my creaking body.

Only then …