Hajin reached the capital guild the next morning while Cassie kept the completion testimony beside the pack of remaining supplies. Jonas held the shield strap clear of his wounded shoulder as Toby checked the reception counter before following them upstairs.
Juna, Loccy and Vella waited near the market approach, guarding the packs nobody needed inside an office.
'One night outside, one closed Gate, and these vultures already want to argue about which pieces came back.'
He reopened the broadcast before climbing the stairs toward the job's final accounting.
[ Broadcast | On | Soul Energy and Fragment recovery resumed ]
"The same three who left yesterday?"
A swordsman on the waiting bench lowered his cup, squinting as Jonas trudged past without a new shield.
"The same three," Hajin drawled, pausing at the bench so the answer reached its second occupant, "and the same host, so if your rumor killed us earlier, it owes everyone a damn correction."
