The broodmother was receiving a lot of attacks, but the Rift-Sprites weren't well suited to stop her with their bodies, so, despite the injuries, she was still pretty fast.
"I think there is only one thing to do here," Reidar said. He was not focusing all his firepower on the creature, because the Dread-Spinners, although now less than 80, were still there.
"We must gamble."
Lena's eyes widened. She knew exactly where this was going.
Reidar's jaw tightened as he locked eyes with her. "Get Jake out of here."
"Are you insane?"
The queen was getting damage attack after attack, second after second, but not enough to kill her before she would eventually reach them. There was a limit to how long they could escape her.
The Broodmother was eventually going to die, but that was if Reidar stalled her enough but at the same time increasing the number of attacks landing on her.
