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."

knew he had to act. If

mentioned, Felix passed through three security checkpoints

expertise, Mr. Zeller. Given the sudden

was likely

the village, Felix immediately

smell of blood here. Could it really be Skybound

creatures drained blood and vital energy. As such, ordinary killings couldn't

"That's the strange part. You'll need to see

been the primary lead on the Shadowmere case, she had been deeply involved and was now

Mr. Zeller is

brief glance without saying anything. Felix didn't waste time on pleasantries and

for over ten minutes,

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

it was considered the essence of life, derived from the transformation of

clear they needed an expert like Felix. The forensic team hadn't noticed this critical detail, and while autopsies might have revealed