"That crown is what will send us to the next round, so I cannot let you leave with that," Issi said.
Ning wanted to stop him from blocking her because he understood her problem a little, but Issi was right. If they let Nova leave right now, then there was a chance they wouldn't pass at all.
Ning didn't worry about dying, but rather about what would happen if he were to be killed. There was a reason the system had cautioned him after all.
"The-Then I won't go far away," Nova said. "But I do need to be away from here so that I don't ruin everything."
Ning thought for a moment and asked, "Do your powers work while you're asleep?"
Nova nodded.
"What exactly will they do?" Ning asked curiously.
"Only bad things," she said without missing a beat. "It always leads to people dying around me regardless of my wish."
"Seriously?" Issi asked as he took an unconscious step back.
