The rough wooden door creaked as Tianlong pushed it open, his bare feet touching the cold earth outside the hut.
The morning sunlight hit his face, making him squint and raise his free hand to shield his crimson-gold eyes.
"Ugh..." he muttered, his voice rough and confused. "Where... where am I?"
His gaze swept across the fox tribe village with genuine bewilderment painted across his features. Curved huts dotted the landscape, their organic shapes blending with the forest around them.
His crimson-gold eyes darted around the fox village with genuine confusion—or what appeared to be genuine confusion.
The Beast Taming Aura did it work perfectly, given he could see fox spirits standing around the village while their faces were turned towards him as if protecting the hut he was in until now.
'System,' he thought, his mental voice sharp with focus despite his outward disorientation, 'Activate the Mask.'
