Chapter 167

Cassion's mouth fell open at the bizarre sight before him. A faint, wondering breath escaped through his parted teeth.

The people and monsters who'd been pulled into the sinkhole floated, each wrapped in a round, membrane-like bubble.

All of them were unconscious, but alive. Looking closely, chests rose and fell, and limbs occasionally twitched, as if caught in the middle of a dream.

"What even is this place."

Cassion lowered his eyes and looked around. The space stretched out like a vast cave, and something about it felt deeply unnatural.

An unidentifiable force flowed through the floor and the walls. Not quite something he could call mana.

Could he absorb it, maybe?

Cassion placed a hand against the wall. It sank straight in, swallowed up by the surface. Startled, he yanked his hand back out.

"This place is insane."

Cassion shook out his hand, which had come away with nothing…