Fathomless Scope

Ryu frowned when he heard this. He didn't think that Sarriel was the type to fearmonger without reason, and right now, he could hear something very distinctly… not like her in her voice.

Fear.

He could feel it almost palpably, as though she was only able to say so much because she was holding him right now.

Just what could put Sarriel in such a state, and what had she been doing this whole time keeping such a thing bundled up for so long?

Ryu became several points more serious, even to the point of tripling the defenses in the region. He was pretty confident in his abilities, but this time he threw everything he had at the wall before looking down at Sarriel seriously.

"What's going on?"

Sarriel opened her mouth to reply, but it seemed that even she didn't know where to start.