[Akhon POV]
Darkness is usually defined as the absence of light.
Well, I did confirm that when I ended up in a void.
Now I was shrouded in darkness, and it really was something else. I had forgotten how darkness felt. Not just a lack of sight—but a suffocating silence that wrapped around my mind, my body, my soul. It was like floating in regret.
"Where am I? Did I die again? Shit… I hope not. Shit… Aegle. I hope she's right."
I thought of her face—defiant, worried, luminous—before everything went to hell.
I could feel I was drifting through nothingness. No ground. No sky. Just that oppressive black that felt deeper than any night I had ever known.
"I mean… what the hell happened?!" I said aloud, though my voice sounded muffled, like shouting underwater. "Last thing I remember… there was that glowing light with Hermes on the battlefield. He looked terrified. Not at me. At something else. And the next thing I know, I'm here, floating like a damned soul in the Styx."
