Chapter 3 — Crimson Symbols Evening didn’t arrive.It collapsed.The mountains should have been glowing gold — soft, fading into night. But instead… the sky rotted into a deep, infected red.Like blood… diluted across the horizon.No wind. No birds. Just fog… slowly breathing.The crew set up base in the village square.Portable lights flickered on — but their glow felt weak… fragile. It barely stretched a few feet before the fog swallowed it whole.As if the darkness was… eating light.Kenji’s voice cut through the silence:“Rule is simple — no one walks alone.”A pause.Ren, without looking at anyone:“…That rule came too late.”No one argued.No