When Murphy received the emergency signal from Orion, he was quite alarmed.
Given the recent reports of supply routes, grain depots, and food warehouses being destroyed by the enemy, his reaction was warranted.
It wasn't surprising, though, that such actions would be carried out by the enemy. For they were in the middle of the war — arguably the greatest war to take place between the Haynam Empire and the Sovereign Union.
What truly surprised Murphy was the fact that Orion's life was in danger.
Orion was a Mana Core Magus, and the only threat to his life could come from another Mana Core Magus.
This was what alarmed him. He didn't think the Union — or the Twilight Brotherhood, for that matter — would be bold enough to send a Mana Core Magus deep behind enemy lines. Their Mana Core Magi were few in number, after all.
But the truth was clear to him. An emergency signal from Orion meant he was unable to handle it alone.
