[System Notification]
[Passive Effect Activated: Blood-wreathed Sovereign (Minor Authority).]
[Effect: Party morale +15%.
Enemy morale -22%.
Team coordination automatically increases by 20% when the Host is leading in combat.
Duration: continuous.]
Ling Yu's voice cut through the system's hum. "Listen carefully. The third wave isn't like the first or second. The creatures wouldn't be just a bunch of mindless fodder anymore. They will come in organized groups, and some will even have leaders."
She crouched, picking up a chunk of broken brick and drawing crude diagrams in the dirt. "We are no longer survivors. We are a unit. If you fight alone, you die. If you rely on me for everything, you die. If you hesitate…" She let the brick snap in her hand, shards crumbling to dust. "You die."
A hush followed. Even Fluffy stopped thumping its chest.
Song broke the silence, his tone acknowledging the truth in her words. "Please lead us, Master. What's our formation?"
