Small footsteps drew her attention.
She quickly wiped her tears, drawing her daggers as she spun around, ready to strike—but paused.
Two fluffy thunder bunnies with fur crackling with contained lightning, a delicate white wind fox whose ethereal form seemed to dance with the morning breeze, and a massive frost tiger whose very presence crystallized the air around it—Li Wei's spirit beasts had returned.
She relaxed, sheathing her daggers. Their eldest brother's precious companions, who had fought so fiercely just moments ago, now approached with an almost timid air, their usual majestic presence diminished by shared loss.
"Come here," she whispered, her voice soft with understanding.
The four spirit beasts padded over, their movements heavy with grief. She could see her own pain reflected in their otherworldly eyes—they too had lost their family today.