A Monster To Hunt
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eil frowned as he listened to the cheers of the many soldiers. The fort’s inhabitants in the courtyard below didn’t join in but instead began getting to work like it was just an everyday occurrence. They gathered their tools and went to fix the walls, with Neil overhearing comments about how the fight was a bit shorter today than usual.
He and his comrades hadn’t had to interfere at all… in fact, the soldiers had won the fight just before their help was needed. The timing of the fight ending was so… perfect. What is going on here?
Jake stared into the horizon, toward where the herd had come from. He squinted, seeing nothing but more hills for hundreds of kilometers. It was sloping slightly downward, making him unable to see as far as he would like.
Something had de
