"So, what now?" Anerias asked after the Underworld Exterminators dispersed. A couple of them had been a little dissatisfied with Zach's answer as to why he had agreed to Mursoth's ceasefire.
But it had been made clear earlier that the students held the authority over what happened with the Underworld and Basilia. If they wanted to complain or do something about Zach's decision, they needed better reasons than how they didn't like making a deal with the underworlders.
For now, they would wait and see what would happen. With Bruns gone, the Exterminators had to realize that they might have taken water over their heads with this mission. They would fight the Underworld if they stayed, but it wouldn't be much of a fight if Mursoth joined the fray.
It would turn into a slaughter. None of them wanted that.
Of course, there were some who were willing to die for the cause. But those were rare.
