White Cave

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[Note: User restrictions have now been lifted]

[Note: User status will now return to normal]

[Note: Due to recent exposure to temporal mind haze, taking rest is advised before—]

I dismissed the system's notification, rising to my feet and rolling my right shoulder as I adjusted to the surge of mana returning to my body.

My chest pulsed with a subtle ache—still healing, though the worst of the wound had closed over.

My muscles resisted, adjusting to the strain of mana coursing through them, and I felt a slight restriction in my range of movement.

Not ideal, but my arm still held steady enough to grip a sword.

Expanding my mana sense outward, I scanned the surroundings.

'Empty.'