Karl led Dana to the far wall of the city as the team spread out, replacing the guards, who were eagerly awaiting their relief teams, though they all looked half dead.
Sometimes in the literal sense.
They had been healed, but Karl saw that many had damaged auras, marking damage to their life force or possibly their minds after the battle.
They were mostly Overlords and Totems, so a prolonged fight against monsters above their rank had been more than they could take, and now all that they wanted was to hide in bed for a week and forget it had ever happened.
That was perfect for Karl and Dana, as it let them send out the Dark Elven Kings to patrol the wall, while the lesser Golems and the Epic Guards assisted.
There was nobody else along that side of town until a few more dragons arrived to settle in for a rest, so they could spend a bit of quality time together, just relaxing with nothing to do but wait, and laugh at Rae’s mental narrative as she hunted Crocolisks.
[One croc, two croc. Red croc, blue croc.] She sang as she made her way through the swamp.
[Oh, look at that one, the patterning, those muscles. What an absolute beauty. I’m going to grab its tail.]
For a moment, Karl wondered if the stress had finally gotten to her, then realized that she was quoting a television show from the Golden Dragon Nation.
But she did still grab its tail.
There weren’t many Crocolisks left in the area, they had spread out, or had gone into hiding when their master was killed. But she was still finding enough to keep her busy, and to keep the city clear.
However, Karl’s group were the only ones aware that not everyone from the team was on the wall, and the rest of them simply thought that there were no further attacks by the Crocolisks after the main battle ended.
They couldn’t see the threat, and they didn’t have Cara using [Chaotic Foresight] to try to guess where the next challenger would appear.
She had horrible accuracy, and most of her visions were of other continents, or other centuries. But every now and then she would see things happening around them.
Rae just had to watch the sense of the others, and when their thoughts registered a threat, she could [Shadow Step] to the location and hunt it.
That greatly increased her hunting efficiency with the team spread to both sides of the city, but it was a shame that Karl was in Cat Demon form and not in dragon form, where he would be large enough to see further.
His priorities were all wrong, and he was just cuddling with his Dana Mage instead of helping her hunt.
[I can see far enough. I’m looking in the right direction.] Karl countered.
[But you’re not even paying attention. How are you supposed to give good warnings?]
Karl pulled Dana onto his lap, facing him. [Fine, now I’m more focused on the appropriate direction.]


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