"Beast hunting? You're new here, I forgot," Eric said, a coy smile tugging at the corner of his lips as he glanced sideways at Guilliman.
They moved without urgency through the winding streets of Kong Shi, their steps unhurried, almost lazy, as though neither had anywhere important to be. The city around them breathed with a strange rhythm, a blend of quiet tension and hardened routine. Buildings loomed tall and close, their shadows stretching across the stone pathways like watchful sentinels. Vendors shouted half-heartedly from the roadside, warriors passed in silence, and somewhere in the distance, the echo of clashing steel rang faintly before fading into the background noise of life within the stronghold.
