Once the rangers had regained their composure, they resumed leading the students towards the canyon.
If it had been before, many would have marveled at the grand scene of the canyon opening up into a vast grassland, as well as the tall, imposing city wall not far from them, but now most of them just wanted to safely get into the academy before anything else went wrong.
Evelyn shared their sentiment, though not because she was terrified or anything like that. Although her probe had failed, as expected, it had managed to do its job of provoking the beast. In fact, it was far more effective than she imagined, but she couldn't be bothered checking a gift horse's mouth.
Regardless, she had harvested more than she ever expected, and she couldn't wait to get to a more private place to start checking things out. Hopefully, her guess was right, and she should now be able to help Bree out of her predicament.