The purple lens above the wall held its aim while Maren stepped from the rubble with both shoulders lowered into a corrected charge.
Hajin kept the Overlord between himself plus the hidden shooter, though his right arm hung numb after the Demonic Density transfer.
Three guards rushed down the maintenance road behind him, where the injured workers had crossed beyond the northern warning bell.
"Stay behind the overturned cart," Hajin called as his left hand tightened around the chain. "The wall carries a second attacker with a prepared firing angle."
The nearest guard dropped beside the cart, then pulled both companions down before any of them searched the battlements.
Maren launched from the breach as purple mist rolled behind him, turning his improved balance into speed that broke stones beneath each step.
Hajin waited inside the charge while the sniper's lens tracked over Maren's moving shoulder toward his chest.
