With a sense of having just awoken from a very long slumber, I stumbled out of bed, disoriented. My body felt stiff, and my head throbbed as I tried to piece together where I was. The scent of herbal incense filled the air, and the room’s decor resembled an inn straight out of a martial arts novel. This had to be Yuha’s place, Cheonsangru.

The last thing I remembered was getting hit by the claws of a Blood Wolf in the Forest of Red Night. I figured that Lin must have brought me here, thinking Yuha could heal me. It …