[System Message]
[New Quest: Kill the Snake and Save the Nobles]
Reward: ???
Noel stood beneath the warped shadow of an ancient tree, hand on the hilt of Revenant Fang, jaw clenched.
The battlefield was a fucking disaster.
Screams echoed through the clearing. One noble flew through the air, slammed against a rock and didn't get back up. The others flailed, casting spells that barely scratched the thing, scrambling like mice with broken legs. No surveillance orbs in the sky. No safety barriers kicking in. No magical artifacts lighting up like they were supposed to.
Just chaos.
'What the fuck system, what the actual fuck,' Noel thought.
He stepped forward, boots pounding against the dirt. One of the nobles nearly crashed into him while fleeing—Noel shoved him aside without looking.
"Fall back!" he barked.
No one moved.
