Hajin tested the fractured Gate archway with his chain, keeping a ward between its violet pulse and the settlement behind him.
Hajin stood before the fractured archway of the dimensional Gate, his chain resting coiled against his sleeve.
Behind him, runner sheets carried by garrison messengers detailed the orderly evacuation of the frontier settlement.
"Commander Hans reports the second shelter is fully secured!" Aria whispered from within his spiritual consciousness.
"Lady Vella reached the clinic pavilion with the wounded headman, while Juna watches the cleared field lane with her wings folded close."
"The town functions without me standing over their shoulders," Hajin observed, feeling a steady sense of quiet assurance.
"That means we can venture into this subterranean abyss without looking back every thirty seconds..."
"The three-shard rating has lost all diagnostic meaning!" the system guide cautioned, projecting a shifting structural layout before his gaze.
