By now, they had been in this damn place for only a bit over two weeks. Even in the beginning, Jacob had been well aware of his own lack of combat prowess, but it had only become more apparent. He wasn't the lowest level among his peers, but far from the top.
Out of the original ten, there were seven, maybe only six, left, as he had neither heard nor seen anything of Jake since he left their group.
Theodore had been the first among them to die. They had been fighting some more of those cursed badgers when he got unlucky and nearly tripped, allowing one of the beasts to bite into his neck. He had not died instantly, but they had run out of health potions. With no healer in sight... he’d bled out on their way back.
Caroline, the premier healer in the entirety of Richard’s group, had not b
