"Lead the way then." She threw a meaningful glance at Fang—one that clearly signalled the decision rested solely on his veteran shoulders.
"Lina, listen…" Fang sighed heavily. He had lived a long life, and what he hated most was having to douse the blazing fire of youth with the cold water of reality.
"This task… It isn't a game. It isn't some easy skirmish. The monsters we are going to face, the sheer scale of the entire task, the sheer number of those bears... Everything is on a level you haven't seen..."
"It is on a scary scale that has never been seen before, I know," Lina responded calmly, receiving his warnings without so much as a flinch. "But the more you speak about the impossibility of the scale, the more you prove that you'll need me. And you'll need the others."
"Others?" Fang's brow furrowed.
