Halfway back as Xiauyue began to recover little by little from the excessive effort she underwent to deal with the assassins, Desmond on the other hand looked worse and worse, his face increasingly pale and his breathing increasingly agitated; Not only had his body been subjected to a lot of stress, he had also lost too much blood.
The lack of mana in the environment didn´t help either, as it prevented his body from taking advantage of the energy provided by the mana to heal more quickly.
Xiauyue noticed her partner's condition so she helped Desmond by letting him lean on her shoulder as they ran but when she saw Desmond continue to get worse she dragged him into a desolate alley out of sight of the guards rushing to the place where the explosion came from.
