Reidar glanced back. Jake's face was pale. Lena's hand rested on her blade, but she didn't draw it. She knew as well as he did—fighting would ruin everything they did.
Another battle here would draw the attention of all the monsters heading toward the battle they created.
The horde surged forward. They didn't slow. They didn't turn. The noise of the battle ahead called to them like a siren. Reidar held his breath.
Time stretched.
Then the tide thinned. The last of them vanished around a corner, drawn by the distant clash and burning fire.
Silence returned, but Reidar and the others kept receiving the various notifications that signaled the Rift-Sprites were killing the monsters and that they had never abandoned them since they started all this.
[Level 97 Monster Chitinous Ravager defeated.]
[Level 102 Monster Glimmerfang defeated.]
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[Level 107 Monster Grimfang defeated.]
[Level 102 Monster Glimmerfang defeated.]
[LEVEL UP! You have reached Level 97.]
