The remaining verdlecks were dispatched quickly. The element of surprise helped the monsters first, but as soon as the Heroes settled and started coordinating their attacks, it was over.
And when the last snake fell, the silence that fell over the swamp was deafening—only the heavy breaths of the creeps could be heard.
The result of the battle?
Three creeps, dead. Ten remaining, including Adam.
Most of the creeps were tending to their wounds, while the others had already begun harvesting the parts from the verdlecks—scales, fangs, and anything they could get from the corpses.
Only Adam, however, waded through the swamp to collect the bodies of their fallen. No one else seemed concerned with the dead, too busy collecting their spoils.
Half of the spoils they gathered, however, belonged to the guild. But none complained, as they would still also be compensated based on their contributions in the exploration.
