The Narrow Pass was alive with tension. Fog hung heavy between jagged cliffs, curling around the trees and rocks like a living thing. From above, Ren could see the first flashes of movement—shapes shifting in the mist, the glint of armor, and the faint glow of arcane energy from Varik’s forces. The enemy had anticipated their approach, and the trap they had laid was as meticulous as it was cruel.
Ren’s chest rose and fell in steady breaths. He had faced overwhelming odds before, but this… this demanded everything he was. And now, more than ever, he needed the System.
He closed his eyes for a brief moment, the hum of the world around him fading into silence. Then he activated it.
[System Online: Full Access Granted]
A pulse of energy raced through him, making his vision sharpen, his ref
