Chapter 4028

“No, please, no!”

Missed calls, frantic messages, and news of the attack on the Griffon Kingdom flooded the communication amulets, each new notification chiming in rapid succession.

“They’re everywhere! Meln’s everywhere! Nobody is safe!”

Yet none of that made Solus’s heart seize the way the missing runes on both amulets did. She screamed in despair, her thoughts spiraling into such chaos that Lith had to initiate a partial mind fusion just to understand her reaction.

“Fuck me sideways. There’s not a second to lose,” he said. “Call Grandma, Sinmara, and anyone else who can take our place and keep the family safe after we leave for Lutia.

“I don’t like abandoning the tower, but only Grandma can replace it without blowing our cover. And if she’s not the first to arrive, we can’t afford to wait.”

Griffon Kingdom, City of Lutia — a few minutes earlier.