"There," Rose said as they observed the prisoner.The demon was still unconscious where they had tied her up right outside his tent. They had argued about whether they should keep her in his tent, but the idea was quickly shut down by all parties. No one wanted the demon to have easy access to Luke when he was at his most vulnerable. Also, the two prophets were intent on making her suffer in the outdoors.Around her neck was a rope that was attached to a wooden pole. There were also ropes around her arms and legs to keep her bound and prevent her from trying anything. Her wounds had been treated a little at Grace's insistence, but the others made sure she didn't completely heal the demon's injuries, so there were still visible cuts and wounds.There were several reasons for this, with one of them being the most obvious. They didn't want her to be in her best shape to escape or cause trouble for the camp. If she was kept weak, then they wouldn't have anything to worry about. The other

The hobgoblin stopped in its tracks as it noticed the humans crossing its path. Immediately, the humans panicked and started running. It didn't hesitate to give chase. How could it possibly ignore such prey when it was right in front of it? However, it didn't take long before he spotted another hobgoblin also chasing after the same prey.Unwilling to share its prey, it took the initiative to tackle the other hobgoblin to the ground, barely missing the humans who scrambled out of the way to avoid being crushed. The other hobgoblin retaliated by headbutting the first. It became a struggle as the two hobgoblins rolled on the ground as they fought to see who would get to kill the humans first.They punched, kicked, and clawed at each other like animals until one managed to get the upper hand and draw its sword. It stabbed the other hobgoblin repeatedly until it was dead. Satisfied that it had won, it ignored its aching wounds to see where the humans had run off to. The last thing it saw w

"Is that true?" Cedric demanded as he forced his way past the others to confront Grace.She flinched as she said, "Yes. He's been asking about everyone.""Lead us to him," Cedric ordered as he grabbed her by the shoulders.Before Luke could act, Theodore placed a hand on Cedric's shoulders and said, "Hey, how about you let her go first?"Despite how calmly Theodore said this, the tight grip on Cedric's arm made it clear that he wasn't going to accept no for an answer. It was actually surprising that he had asked nicely instead of punching the man, but perhaps Theodore was worried that Grace would get hurt if he did. Cedric glanced back to see the pain on Grace's face and quickly let go."I apologize. I'm just surprised to hear that he's awake," Cedric said.Grace nodded her head. "It's fine. He's still in shock about what happened while he was out, so be gentle with him."Cedric returned her nod as she led them to where Felipe was being kept. As soon as Cedric saw Felipe awake and sit

"I should have known the demon would try something," said Cedric as he tightened his grip on his sword.However, he didn't dare draw it as he didn't want to risk the demon acting on its threat. All he could do was watch as the demon held Grace in a chokehold with its filthy hand pointed at her head. Its nails scraped dangerously close to her eyes, threatening to pluck out her eyes for any wrong moves. Everyone else was doing the same as they observed the situation."What do you think you're doing?" demanded Luke.The demon countered with its own question. "Do you really think I'll let myself be killed without a fight? There's no way I'll let myself be killed by a bunch of humans.""Let her go!" demanded Theodore."You must be deaf. I just said that I'm not going to let myself be killed. Do you really think I would let go of my hostage?" the demon said as she slowly backed away out of the tent.Luke glanced away from the demon to study Jon and Rose. Their faces were blank, making it di

This seemed to have set off Theodore, who said, "Says the one who had been fine with shooting her out of the sky just to catch one measly demon."The two of them glared at each other before Chris interfered, saying, "This is so not the time for this. We have a literal troll coming our way, and the two of you want to fight.""He's got a point," Rose said. "We can argue about whose fault it is after we deal with the troll.""How are we supposed to deal with a troll?" someone asked. "Last time, it wiped out three parties.""It's impossible," another said.Those words caused everyone else to cower at the thought of dealing with the troll. A lot of people had died fighting the last troll, so it was natural for people to feel discouraged. The thought of fighting the troll seemed impossible. This would make it difficult to get everyone to work together to fight when many were probably thinking about running away."Calm down, everyone. We need to work together if we are going to take the trol