Yulen kept to himself as they left the compound. He needed some time alone, and he wasn’t the only one feeling that way. The others remained quiet as well, lost in their thoughts as they moved single-file along the path the two Mutah hunters had taken yesterday.
Brady held point, with the battle lord a few yards back. Behind Yulen was Renken, Paxton, then Fortune, with the other four soldiers guarding their rear. Each of them carried three unlit torches to burn whatever nests they came across. Yulen hoped those would be enough. If it wasn’t, at least they could do major damage before returning to Alta Novis to re-arm themselves, as well as recruit another dozen troops.
The results of their search were sporadic. So far they’d encountered less than two dozen spiders. Yet, they knew the cre
