In the barracks, Garan briefed the guards about the situations outside as well as some new monsters that they had encountered.
One of the things he mentioned was the reappearance of an intelligent monster. They had only encountered it once when they were a village, and this second one—a monster at town-level—had been far more dangerous.
If Althea and Garan hadn't dealt with it, it would've taken at least half a dozen other people at the monster's level to deal with it. It might even be more if one counted the 'lackeys'. They could even set traps.
The only comfort was that they were extremely rare. As for whether they'd encounter more, time would tell, but if it happened, it would likely be a bloody encounter than not.
Basically, unless one was absolutely confident to deal with an intelligent monster, it was better to escape.
While Garan's baritone voice echoed in the meeting room, another voice would sometimes combine with his.
