He checked his inventory quickly. Three Corruption Cores glowing faintly among his other items. Rare materials. Probably valuable. Definitely worth investigating later.
[STATS INCREASED][STR: 27 → 28][SPD: 36 → 38][INT: 12 → 14]
Marcus dismissed the notifications. Right now, he needed to find the others.
He oriented himself north and signaled for his horse. The animal emerged from where it had been waiting in the trees, trained well enough to stay nearby during combat. He hopped on and started moving through the forest at a quick pace, the horse navigating the undergrowth with practiced ease. His Soul Reading stretched ahead, searching for familiar emotional signatures.
There.
Five signatures gathered together. Vera, Dain, Mikael, Tobin… and one more. Unfamiliar but calm, analytical. Someone new.
Not Corvin.
Marcus picked up his pace. The sun had fully set now, darkness settling over the forest. But his Soul Reading guided him better than sight ever could.
