Finalizing this talk with both men, Astaroth walked back out of the tent, the two of them in tow, and headed back to the center of the cave. Next to the bonfire, the group that had chosen to stay with Kloud awaited their return.
Astaroth didn't like splitting the villagers up after they had endured so much together over so many years. But this place was soon to become the center of a war, and he didn't want all of them to be swept up in it.
Only the warrior and trainees, who wished to stay and fight, would stay here like this. The rest of the villagers, he garnered, had already said their farewells and made their way to the surface.
Reaching the group, Astaroth started bidding farewell to all of them, amongst which Korin and Aj'axx, who were smiling the widest, treated him like the little brother that had grown up so much.
