The lantern at the mouth of the alley flickered against the stone wall, casting a weak yellow light that barely reached inside of the alley. Beyond that, the dark swallowed everything. This was a darkness that people in White Gale City knew not to walk into, especially behind this particular inn.
Alpha stood against the wall, perfectly still.
He had been standing there for almost two hours now. His robes were plain, his posture careful, and his weight rested lightly on his good leg. The other one was almost healed
..almost.
It would have been fully recovered by now, since a Peak-Stage Qi Condensation Realm cultivator like him healed faster than mortals could believe.
But the damage hadn't been to muscle or bone, it had been to his meridians, and even a minor injury there took an absurd amount of time to mend.
He didn't resent the wound though. He had earned it, and the man who gave it to him had given him much more in return.
