Nero, Silas and Bael were brought to the camp built outside of Lumina where a great number of soldiers were moving about, brimming with confident and excited energy. Their numbers were not as great as Nero expected, considering the number of Neophytes that entered within the ruins.
But the grinning faces of the soldiers and general buzz that filled the camp led Nero to believe that the others had just been evacuated from the camp rather than lost in the ruins. But considering the obstacles Nero faced within the ruins, he expected the losses to be incredibly high.
So did that mean there was another reason for the excitement? He looked around and tried to listen in to the chatter, but it was not so easy to make out a single conversation within the buzz of the camp.
Nero turned to give Bael a look, as if judging his actions, while the teenager was frowning, lost in thought.
