Hajin followed Juna through the opened quarry gap until Hans's red signal rose above the siege road below.
Juna turned back toward Corven's northern route while Hajin descended beside Hans and the militia reserve guarding the pass approach.
One hundred twenty Flint soldiers occupied the road ahead, arranged across three shield layers above a reinforced support trench.
Iron bridge shoes connected separated stone lanes only when each rank advanced, preventing an ordinary ground strike from reaching the whole formation.
Rear winches controlled those shoes from the siege road, letting the wall connect for impact before dividing against a counterattack.
Loccy waited beside Hans's forward marker with her hammer grounded, flexing fingers that still carried numbness from her previous Burdenfall release.
"They rebuilt the separation," Hajin said, following the bridge shoes through Divine Eye, "but every advance connects the wall to those rear winches."
