Veins bulged on his forehead, and each breath seemed unusually heavy and carried a sense of intense pain, yet his eyes burned with the fire of determination and resilience, never retreating a single step.
Hill noticed the commander's anomaly and quickly stepped forward to support him, only to see David firmly grasping his great halberd, with the force of a mighty storm, he swung it to sever the annihilating tentacles, dispersing his pressure throughout his movements.
"Commander, please restrain yourself—you cannot overexert like this, or else..."
"We have no choice," David replied decisively, "this path is perilous, but if even we, the pioneers, cannot withstand, how can we protect millions of living beings?"
Liliana stood by, lightly touching the great halberd with her magic staff, continuously infusing part of her own arcane energy into it, replenishing his depleted primal force. "Master, we will bear this weight together, not letting you endure it alone!"
