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."

Felix knew he had to act. If this escalated into a city outbreak, the death

through three security checkpoints

bodies have been gathered together. We need your expertise, Mr. Zeller. Given the sudden

was

village, Felix immediately

deaths, yet there's no smell of blood here. Could

creatures drained blood and vital energy. As such, ordinary

coldly. "That's the strange part. You'll

area in the village. Xena stood there, her expression dark. While she hadn't been the primary lead on the Shadowmere case, she

Summers, Mr. Zeller is here," Alistair

anything. Felix didn't waste time on pleasantries and

examining them for over ten

I can't rule it out entirely. All these people are

it was considered the essence of life, derived from the transformation of nutrients by the spleen and stomach, and crucial to a person's

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