Grugnyr was now treated as an essential informant and was guarded with several orcs because of what he had shown. In addition, the bodies of the vampire orcs, including the head of the large vampire orc, were being carried as evidence.
The group was escorting him to give a first-hand account of what had happened. The marching armies that were supposed to attack Airom Vagat had stopped as the threat of the Blood Calamity appeared. And when news that this Blood Calamity was defeated and that a being known as Cracky Batcheeks has appeared and raided the villages killing the Balefire Butcher, Dryklash.
And then, everyone felt the surge of power that could be linked to dragons. The power that erupted caused everyone to speculate just what that source was. The most common speculation was that it was related to Cracky Batcheeks.
