The Dead Who Remember
Kael woke screaming.
His body was whole.
His mind was not.
The pain replayed itself perfectly—every fracture, every second of terror burned into memory.
[Resurrection Detected]
[Unauthorized Return]
He froze.
"I… died," he whispered.
He remembered dying.
That wasn't normal.
Ash drifted down around him as if nothing had happened.
Then something moved.
A creature crawled toward him—gray flesh stretched tight over crooked limbs, a mouth where its face should be.
[Entity: Ashbound Scavenger]
It lunged.
Kael didn't even have time to scream before claws tore into his chest. Teeth sank into his soul, ripping at something deeper than flesh.
He was dying again.
And then—
The creature shrieked.
It recoiled violently, convulsing as if burned from the inside.
[Passive Skill Unlocked: Death Echo]
The scavenger fled.
Kael lay there shaking, blood soaking into the stone.
He stared at his trembling hands.
"…You felt it," he whispered.
Death wasn't just happening to him.
It was staying with him.
Watching him.