“I’m fine. Aidan gave me good armor.”
She accompanied the statement with a tap at the place where her armor had a streak in it. A tusk had scraped along her well-protected torso but was unable to break through. That brought his attention to the armor that he hadn’t really examined until now. It only covered the woman’s vitals and left her extremities otherwise exposed. She had a dangerous fighting style that he didn’t exactly envy.
He withdrew his blade with a heavy pull and looked to the rift after checking the blade for damage. A slight draw on the repair rune fixed some problems that he couldn’t see with his eyes.
Liz and Aster caught up with them shortly afterwards, and they waited for another few minutes before Malcolm finally came back into the clearing.
“Hey, good news! I found
