The battles still waged which surprised Lind. His party had gotten in contact with Ranger and there had been more than Soulmancers running rampant in the capital.
It appeared that agents of the Fiends had all risen up to breach the innermost security of the palace. Many people were dead or missing but the culprits were suddenly being ripped out of the shadows.
Chu was now very angry. She and Ranger were slipping from one shadow to the next while Bori either finished off or evacuated the civilians. Lind was cast aside back at the Strider with Mills and put into Lan's care.
Jur had lectured him but there was little else to be done. He began to cultivate and recover naturally as he had been warned harshly about pushing it. It was damnably slow but he began to appreciate the issues he found.
His body was fairly ok, just very tired. His meridians, dantian, and soul on the other hand were clearly stressed and showing signs of wear he had been ignoring.
