They reached the cave system by midday on the second day. They’d encountered very few spiders and webs along the way. The ones they’d found had been dispatched with ease. It seemed that gutting the caverns with fire had been the right choice, and any creatures that managed to survive had fled in other directions.
Yulen stared at the low, nearly dome-shaped cave entrance and the flat stretch of ground that led up to it. Sliding off his mount, he walked over and peered into the darkness. The stench of smoke was still evident, but not overwhelming.
Mastin and Paxton also dismounted and walked up to join him. “Well? What do you think?” Mastin inquired. “Think it’s safe to go back in there?”
“I don’t see any fires still burning, but I don’t doubt there might be pockets here and there,” Yulen
