The Regalons did not linger after consolidating their decision.
They moved immediately, but not recklessly. The shift in their approach was evident in the way the formation tightened and redistributed. This was no longer a group advancing through unknown territory with curiosity. This was a hunting unit navigating a hostile battlefield where every encounter could decide survival.
Rudra led them across a different branch of the ruins, one that descended gradually into a wide basin carved by ancient collapse. The terrain was layered in broken stone platforms that overlapped at uneven angles, with narrow connections that forced controlled movement rather than free flow. Jagged pillars rose unpredictably, some leaning across pathways and others fractured into sharp fragments that created natural choke points. The water itself carried a faint distortion, thin streams of unstable energy drifting between structures and interfering subtly with perception.
