The deeper we moved, the more the city resisted. It wasn't just illusions rearranging cobblestones or conjuring walls to funnel us into dead-end alleys—no, it felt like the entire mass of Kael'Thorne had begun a deliberate, tangible fight against our presence. Each step demanded my full concentration. The breath in my lungs felt sharp at the edges, the dryness catching in my throat every time I inhaled. There was no room left in my mind for caution or fear, only precise movement and grim determination.