'Fuck it, I can always just disconnect if it comes to it..' Eldrian thought, this was also a large part of why he wanted to go alone. If he went with NPCs then he would feel obligated to stay and help them fight. Alone, he could just log out if things headed south.
"As long as you manage to react, you just need to break this crystal. We have linked it with another we will be carrying. We will maintain a distance of a kilometer from you, Kydone will be following 200 meters behind."
"Once you crush it, we will be there in around a minute. You have to survive until Kydone can reach you. She will just take five to ten seconds."
Nodding, Eldrian wondered again if this was worth the risk. However, thinking of the centaur who was writhing in pain, he resolved to go through with this.
"Wait, how do I crush this?" Eldrian asked, having tried just now and failed miserably.