I appeared back in the exact location where I had originally been fighting the ant.
I quickly assessed my situation and didn't find any trace of it nearby.
I was no longer consumed by the raw anger I had felt initially, but I was most certainly petty and wouldn't let that ant escape if it was still alive somewhere.
I had luckily kept a portion of its blood stored in my pendant, and my new Blood Trail trait would help me locate it.
I drank the ant's blood, hoping to activate my tracking ability.
Suddenly I felt an intense pull indicating the creature was somewhere to the north of my current position.
A smirk formed on my face, and without delay I began moving toward the north.
I was absolutely hellbent on killing that ant before leaving this forest.
I didn't think too deeply about why it was positioned to the north. Either it had simply ignored the portal and remained in this realm, or it had entered and activated its mana to return just as I had.
