The violent rain that descended at midnight had washed away the outer mud embankment of the charcoal-burners' camp, leaving a dark, suffocating mist hanging over the ravine. The fire inside the tent had gone out completely.
Tair's eyes suddenly opened in the pitch-black darkness.
He heard not a single sound—not a footstep, not even the metallic click of something striking leather. Yet the air had suddenly dropped by five degrees, and the obsidian ring on his left thumb was humming with a horrifying, high-frequency vibration.
System Interface: ASTRA
HIGH-THREAT ANOMALY DETECTED
ASTRA-SHADOW GUARDS: 3 meters