Emery's sudden arrival did not draw much reaction from the battlefield.
After all, he was only a Two Cosmos Grand Magus. He possessed neither the status nor the cultivation realm necessary to influence a battle of this scale directly. Even his Group Nine teammates put little hope in him.
Under such circumstances, his arrival should have changed nothing.
Perhaps only Julian saw it differently.
Relief flooded his face.
"Emery... thank you..."
The reply came with a teasing smile.
"You look awful."
His eyes swept across the faint purple webbing creeping along Julian's hand before settling on the darker, more advanced corruption spreading beneath Cassian's collar.
Without a word, he opened his palm and produced two small pills.
"New batch," he said simply. "Take them."
He tossed one to each of them.
