Under the golden radiance, [King's Footsteps] activated, and Qin Ran took a step.
The scenery before him shifted repeatedly. When his foot touched down again, he was already beside Mimosa.
Surrounded by a guard of Werewolves, Mimosa had collapsed to the ground. Even so, Mimosa still clutched the pack tightly, supplying A-Fu with tiny threads of power.
Mimosa clearly sensed Qin Ran's arrival.
Mimosa tried desperately to lift a head to look at Qin Ran, but that weakened body made it impossible.
Qin Ran bent down and lifted Mimosa into his arms.
"You've done more than enough."
"Now..."
"Leave it to me."
Speaking softly, Qin Ran set Mimosa down beneath a relatively sturdy building, with a back against the wall and a view of the sky.
"Mm."
Mimosa answered with a smile.
Mimosa watched Qin Ran's back as he turned away.
Granny Kara also watched the figure enveloped in golden radiance.
The rampaging bloodline had robbed the elderly Werewolf elder of all her strength, but her memories remained.
"The prelude to eternal life?"
Granny Kara murmured to herself, then gave an inexplicable, bitter smile. "That really is your style. The successor you chose is just like you."
No one clearly heard the Werewolf elder's words.
Everyone around her had their attention fixed on Qin Ran.
They watched him raise his head to observe the battle in the sky.
They listened as he praised the giant dog overhead.
"A-Fu, you've done well."
"And you, whoever you are! Whatever you are!"
"Will pay the price!"
"I keep my word!"
His voice was quiet, but it brooked no doubt.
All of Dawn City heard him.
Then everyone in Dawn City felt that A-Fu, the giant dog of unknown origin, had done well.
Gratitude rose from every heart, becoming power in its most fundamental