Lyric had much more to say, but the intense gaze Vyn was giving him silenced him. It frightened him. He turned toward his father instead.
Candence exhaled, nodding his head. "Vyn is right. Let's assess the situation first before deciding to report. As he pointed out, reinforcements would take time."
Only a paragon could arrive in time; anyone else would require an airship, which would take far too long.
Should a paragon arrive from the humans' side, the Vampyros would inevitably respond in kind. The thought made them shudder. It was well known that the cruelty of the Vampyros intensified as they climbed the ranks. The idea of a Vampyros paragon simply "forgetting everything" was impossible to imagine.
If a clash between paragons were to occur here, the entire terrain would be flattened.
It was a recipe for disaster.
It was the last thing Candence wanted to happen, so he killed the thought.
