The Rise of a Master: It Starts With Rejection

Chapter 729

Snapping back to his senses, Felix quickly picked up his phone. He was relieved to find it undamaged. Alistair's voice was still on the line.

"Alistair, I'm here. Go on," Felix said.

"Mr. Zeller, since you're considered one of the involved parties and also a master healer, Lady Summers has granted you special permission to access the site." Involved party? Special permission? Felix suddenly realized something.

"Do you suspect it's Skybound Revenant? But that doesn't make sense. Didn't Candace confess? Didn't you handle it?"

Alistair's response brought Felix a small measure of relief.

"When we arrived, there were no signs of Necrobound at the place. Either they got word

and relocated beforehand, or the Elder Revenant evolved into a Skybound Revenant earlier than expected."

"Understood. I'm heading over now."

If this escalated into a city outbreak, the

Felix passed through three security checkpoints before reaching the village entrance,

Zeller. Given the sudden nature of the incident, our forensic team's capabilities are limited," Alistair

detect anything unusual, which was likely why Xena had agreed

village,

there's no smell of blood here. Could it really be

blood and vital energy. As

the strange part. You'll

expression dark. While she hadn't been the primary lead on the Shadowmere case, she had

Summers, Mr. Zeller

Felix didn't waste time

over ten minutes, Felix walked

to be the work of Necrobound, but I can't rule it out entirely.

was considered the essence of life, derived from the

was clear they needed an expert like Felix. The forensic team hadn't noticed this critical detail, and while autopsies might have revealed it later, the lost time could