Nero lay on a bed in the infirmary of the Red House's medical wing.
He was wrapped head to toe in gauze, so he couldn't move at all.
He felt pain almost everywhere and numb in the places he didn't feel pain. He had not thought much of it, but the fight with the Piece of Corrupted Flesh had really done a number on him. The blood of the creature had been far more terrifying than he had ever imagined.
Some of it had mixed into his own blood and gotten into his system, so the first thing Lyon had done after rescuing him was trying to flush it out as it was dangerous.
For now, he had been reduced to a near vegetative state.
After staying in silence for so long, Nero sighs.
"And I didn't even get any Seals." He mutters to himself.
Besides the Seals he gained from slaying the guardian, Nero realizes that he gained absolutely nothing from killing the Thralls. He doesn't know why that is, so he decides to ask the Oracle.
The Oracle replies:
