"Wait—Aether—" Lumine instinctively looked back.
"He won't die!" Mo Wang didn't even turn his head, dragging Lumine as he sprinted madly toward the camp. "Right now, we have to hurry and save people!"
Lumine bit her lip and said nothing more, following Mo Wang as they rushed down the mountain at top speed.
Aether struggled up from the ground and watched the two figures receding into the distance, then looked at the Wild Hunt surging in from afar like a tide. The expression on his face was painfully complicated.
"Damn it..." he cursed under his breath, then gritted his teeth and chased after them toward the camp too.
That bastard was annoying as hell, but right now...
At the very least, he couldn't let Lumine stay by that guy's side anymore.
At the same time, Furina was sitting in her tent, holding a cup of freshly brewed tea and taking an idle sip.
Then the ground suddenly shook violently.
"Ah—!"
Furina slid right off her chair, the teacup smashing on the ground and splashing tea all over her skirt.
She sat there in a sorry state, eyes wide and utterly bewildered. "Wh-what happened?!"
Noisy footsteps and shouts came from outside the tent.
Clorinde lifted the tent flap and rushed in, her usually calm face now marked with obvious urgency. "Lady Hydro Archon, this is bad!"
Furina struggled to get up, but her legs were so weak that she could only half-kneel on the ground. "What is it? What happened?!"
"The Wild Hunt is attacking the camp!" Clorinde strode forward and grabbed hold of Furina to support her. "There are too many of them. We're about to be surrounded!"
Furina's mind exploded with a buzz.
"H-how could this happen?!" Her voice was trembling. "Wasn't everything fine before?! Aren't we within the