Jared forced himself back to his feet.

Cold sweat broke across his forehead as sharp pain stabbed through his chest, but he still shook his head.

“I won’t die.”

His gaze dropped to the monster’s corpse.

Something complicated flickered in his eyes.

A fused monster at the peak of True Immortal Realm Level Three…

If Lydia hadn’t cut it down with that final strike, he would have been the one lying here instead.