I've come back from the Land of the Dead to kill you, Bastard! (1).
Cain saw darkness...
He couldn't tell for how long he had been in that darkness. Then, a spark of light filled his vision.
"Ha..." A sharp breath of air escaped from his lungs through his mouth. His eyes were blurry for just a second. It seemed his soul was still taking its sweet time adjusting after leaving his body for such a long time.
Or perhaps it was a short time. He couldn't tell...
First, his sight came back, and then his hearing. The first thing he noticed was that the sounds of a very heated battle still rang across true.
'They must still be going at it.'
Since there was no real way to judge the passing of time in the fragmented world, Cain had no idea for how long Stingè and the giant worm Aether beast had been fighting.
However, he had concluded that the worm was just as strong, if not stronger than Stingè, so it would last for a fairly long time.