✦ ─── ❖ ─── ✦ "Running is not the opposite of courage. Sometimes, it is courage wearing patience. Only the fool dies protecting his pride. The wise return alive to claim victory another day."Chronicles of the World Scar: Chapter 14 ✦ ─── ❖ ─── ✦To many, running was the act of a coward.Standing one's ground... that was what most called courage.But Daren had carved a different lesson into Kalexi from the day he was old enough to understand.Running wasn't shameful.It was survival.When the odds were stacked against you, retreat wasn't admitting defeat—it was buying yourself another chance. Another chance to think. Another chance to grow. Another chance to return stronger than before.What value did pride hold when life itself was gone?Only those who survived lived long enough to write history. The dead could no longer argue against the stories told about them.Heroes. Villains.Sometimes, the only thing separating the two was who remained alive at the end.Daren would rather run a

✦ ─── ❖ ─── ✦"Victory is never decided by strength alone.Sometimes it belongs to the one who notices what others overlook.Every wound tells a story. Every weakness leaves a door unlocked.The hardest part... is surviving long enough to find it."Chronicles of the World Scar: Chapter 16✦ ─── ❖ ─── ✦---The Rift Fiend thundered across the clearing once more. Every earth-shaking stride sent clods of dirt and shattered grass flying in its wake. The gruesome wound beneath its shoulder continued to knit itself together—but slowly. Black flesh crept over torn muscle like molten tar, stitching the injury closed inch by inch.Kalexi noticed it immediately."...It's healing."His narrowed eyes never left the wound."...But not fast enough."The System let out a quiet, approving hum.《Observation. Excellent. Its regeneration consumes Vital Essence. The more severe the wound... the greater