Hajin walked at the head of the formation beside the Captain, as the group pushed deeper into the ruins.
The Captain walked in silence for a while, his claymore resting across his shoulder while his eyes tracked the shadows between the crumbling walls, and Hajin could feel the weight of the man's gaze shifting toward him every few seconds.
"You figured out the anchor plan," the Captain said finally, his voice low enough that the knights behind them would not hear, "I was watching you sprint toward that glowing tile before the statue intercepted you, you saw something I missed."
Hajin kept his eyes on the path ahead, his hands shoved into his pockets.
"Had a friend point it out to me," he said, thinking of Ashley's message about external anchors and weak points, "barriers like that always have a power source feeding them from outside, I just followed the mana threads."
The Captain nodded slowly, his expression unreadable.
