Around an hour passed since Leon and Emilia entered the inn.
They didn't sleep, not really. In [Eternal Ascension], rest didn't work the same way as it did in the real world.
Their bodies simply slowed down, mana circulation stabilizing, fatigue steadily draining away as long as they stayed still and relaxed.
Leon sat on the bed, leaning back against the wall, while Emilia stood near the window.
Neither of them spoke much. Outside, the moon continued to change.
The color deepened, spreading slowly across the surface like spilled blood soaking into cloth.
The light coming through the window grew heavier, darker, carrying with it a strange pressure that pressed down on the entire city.
The streets below were quiet.
And eventually—
Ding!
[The "Blood Moon" has appeared.]
The moment the panel appeared, the moon finished its transformation.
It was no longer silver, no longer pale. It was completely crimson.
