For the next few days, Jake spent all his time teleporting from one side of B842 to the other to rescue, find, and repatriate the scattered survivors of Lucia and Gerulf's army. He should have been training, preparing for his Fourth Ordeal, but this was a time-sensitive emergency.
Just as Jake had risked so much to save Kyle's sister, Lucia, who had spent two years of hardship and torment, had formed strong attachments with most of them. Even if he refused to help her, the young woman and Gerulf would have gone on a quest to save them all.
On the other hand, Jake's wholehearted help was not devoid of ulterior motives. Besides the undeniable appeal of increasing the number of subordinates in his faction, each of these survivors was the cream of the crop from his First Ordeal World.
