This sent many of the scouts back out again. They had to be sure that there was nothing left around them. The fact that five lord earth slimes had been seen was a major deal. Even though they had been defeated, they had not been transporting anything. That just meant they had roamed the desert with a group potentially.
There were also those that thought the demons were just setting the slimes up in random places to distract them, but since the slimes had been moving away, it was a more important delta. That was what sent the idea home that the slimes had already done their job.
"I hate to say it out loud, but, if they were somewhere near here and even checked an outer tower then I bet they were here for false death runes." Gil really felt that this was the best guess. There was his own desire not to say it though, it was worse imagining what the three criminals could do with this knowledge.
