The man quickly followed the command and started giving the groups directions to where he could see the troll. It didn't take long for the demons to figure out what they were doing and launch a counterattack. Basically, it boiled down to them also throwing rocks and rubble at the man giving out the directions. Fortunately, he managed to avoid being crushed to death.
Even if he had died, there were a few others who could also see through the illusion and tell the groups where they needed to go. They alternated to make sure the groups would have the directions they needed. Luke wondered what they all had in common that let them see through the illusions, but he didn't have time to think about it as he helped those that had been hurt by the flying rocks.
On some of them, he held a hand to the injuries to put pressure on the wounds until Grace could heal them. For others, the best he could d
After Jon barked out commands, he turned his attention to Luke and his party and said, "Come with me."Without hesitation, they and Cedric followed the man. Most people ignored them so they could carry out Jon's orders, though a few did stop to stare at them solemnly. It was honestly disappointing in Luke's eyes. They were supposed to be prophets, yet none of them could see that their future was doomed. There was no way they could come back from this.While it was true that they had left some people back at the camp, the majority had come with them to fight. They had created five groups to fight the demons. It was six if they counted everyone who hadn't been put in a designated group as its own group. Now they were down to two groups, with almost all their fighters injured or unable to fight.Luke couldn't see how they would be able to get out of this situation, and he knew Jon knew this. He wondered if the man would beg or blackmail him into staying, as he coul
"What? Why would you want to stay longer?" demanded Bobby, as everyone thought the same thing."The truth is that my healing magic has been getting stronger since I started learning under Rose," said Grace."You're talking about the old lady from before," said Bobby. At her nod, he said, "That's great and all, but why should we stay just because of that? I'm certain you can learn without her help."She shook her head. "Before coming here, all I've been able to do is heal minor injuries at best. It's been more than six months since we came here, and I've barely improved. After learning under Rose, I can now heal a little more serious injuries. I'm certain if I continue to study under her, I might even be able to heal fatal wounds."This news shocked everyone. Well, most of them. Luke had seen a little of what she could
Luke could still scarcely believe that Grace would do something so foolish without letting him know as soon as possible. She should have let him know about this earlier, and he would have done his best to make the best of it before things got to this point, but it was too late now. He could only see one way forward, and that meant reevaluating his plans."I say we stay," said Luke."What?" said Bobby."I know it's not ideal, but we don't want to risk Grace receiving a punishment. We don't know when she will receive it or what kind of punishment it will be. It'll be bad if she is unconscious while we are trying to leave the town," he said, reminding them of their previous ordeal.Everyone except for Jon grimaced at the reminder. None of them wanted to go through that experience again. It was the reason Grace had gotten
Chris made it sound like it was that easy when everyone knew the contrary. There were so many things to consider that it wasn't even funny. How exactly were they going to track her down? She had managed to avoid being noticed for this long. If Boyd hadn't survived long enough to tell them about her presence, none of them would have known she was there.All they would have known was that there was a troll roaming around. In fact, things might have turned out worse as Luke didn't think to tell them about her ability to use illusions. Then no one would have been able to actively look for the illusion hiding them and spot the troll in order to tell Santiago and Clayton's groups where to go.Also, if she was strong enough to control a troll, who could say they would be able to take her on even if they did find her? It was more likely that many people would die in the attempt, and they didn't
As expected, it wasn't easy trying to track the woman down. They had scanned the area where she was last heard from, but there wasn't a single trace of her. The heroes did find the corpse of the troll as well as the bodies of their fallen allies. They were able to safely bring the corpses back to the camp so they could be given a proper burial.Surprisingly, Clayton and Santiago weren't dead, but it might have been more merciful if they had died. Clayton's face had been so badly mauled that no one could recognize him if not for the armor he was wearing. The poor man couldn't see, breathing was difficult with a missing nose, and he couldn't talk with a missing tongue. It was an ugly sight.Santiago's fate wasn't any better. The bones in his legs had been broken as his legs had been twisted beyond recognition. With how messed up they were, they had to come to the painful decision to cut th
Luke was soon rewarded with the sound of clapping as a familiar voice said, "You really have sharp senses. I'm impressed. Should I reward you for your efforts?"He watched as the woman stepped out of hiding. She was exactly as Boyd had described her. With long black hair and black eyes, she really didn't look any different from a regular human. In fact, she might have been able to get away with pretending to be his sister if he really squinted. Of course, if he had a sister, he wouldn't let her get away with going out nearly naked.As he thought, the woman was a succubus, given how poorly she was dressed. What she wore barely covered anything, and if he were a young, hot blooded male, he might have been distracted by the sight. Obviously, the sight didn't bother him in the slightest. However, there was something about the demon that niggled at the back of his mind. She seemed familiar. H
That's when Luke noticed something strange. "Where's Cedric?"Luke heard Bobby's voice clearly through the stone as he said, "Cedric is catching up. He's lagging behind a little.""He couldn't catch up since he was the farthest away and was the last to start heading in your direction," Chris added.That was more in line with what he had expected of the others. They should all still be making their way to his location instead of already being there to support him. It wasn't that he was ungrateful. He was simply being realistic about the situation, which brought up another question. Why was Cedric lagging behind if this was an illusion? They should have all caught up at the same time."You damn humans. Get off of me," demanded the demon.Theodore just stepped on her head even harder as
The demon kept her mouth shut as Bobby whispered for everyone to hear, "Did you see that?""Yes," Chris whispered back at the same volume that everyone could hear.Luke didn't know why they bothered whispering, but this was something they would do, so he chose not to comment on the fact. Instead, he chose to focus his attention on Zona, who looked so offended by what was happening but was unable to do a single thing about it. He wasn't sure how he felt about being able to capture her so soon with such minimal effort. It made all their efforts in the other life a joke."So who's going to interrogate her?" asked Bobby as his eyes scanned the group.That was a good question with no easy answer. Luke immediately disregarded Bobby and Chris, since they were the ones most likely unable to carry out any torture. Technically, the group could let either one interrogate her. It's not like they had to use violence to try to make her talk. There were other ways to make someone talk, but Luke didn