Raiden moved with growing sluggishness, his boots grinding against the ground while his hands coiled away on instinct whenever he tried to grasp the darkness.
But he held his head high, ignoring his pounding heart that echoed through his entire body, pulsing even in his palms, ignoring how his head twisted restlessly from side to side.
He had only one thing in mind—saving Noelle.
The moment he stepped into the thick darkness, his body ran cold. His heart beat faster than before, and the dark marks across his body began glowing in the complete blackness, his hair floating in his invisible dark aura.
Raiden began sweating, his mouth opening as the air within felt thicker than he was used to, his chest growing slowly tighter and worse. He couldn't see at all.
He could feel his body absorbing the darkness around him, filling every nutritional void within himself. But he paid it no attention. He understood the pain Noelle might be going through, and all he wanted was to save her.
