For one breath nobody answered him, then every voice behind Hajin rose at once across the green-lit forest.
"What do you mean by completely screwed," Cassie asked as she pushed upright beside Jonas, "because that word covers a very wide range of outcomes."
"You promised nobody would die during this request," Jonas said while one hand covered the fresh scar on his chest.
Toby produced a thin sound instead of words, gripping his crooked walking stick like a proper warded weapon.
Juna appeared beside Hajin with both ears pinned flat, and her claws slid free beneath the corrupted canopy.
"Master, tell me what exact warning the system showed you," she asked while her tail stayed rigid behind her.
Hajin kept his eyes on the red panel while every companion waited for his answer.
The system had recommended fleeing when Maren mutated into a five-Shard Overlord, so escape advice itself was not new.
