It wasn't a cross, it was... someone carrying an injured person on their shoulders?
Julius made an unintelligible sound of confusion and surprise, the kind of noise that escaped when the mind struggled to process something completely unexpected.
It was the unmistakable mana of his father.
The energy signature was impossible to mistake... But feeling it here, now, in this desperate moment, seemed like wishful thinking made manifest.
Dragarion emerged completely, carrying Zhao with the casual walk of someone who had never experienced the need to make haste before.
But there was something strange that Ren recognized immediately thanks to Mooshito's analysis.
The professor had an extreme case of mana poisoning; not only were the energy lines in his body visibly damaged, but he also showed severe signs of medicine toxicity.
