“Six people injured just to kill one.”Ryan stood beside the Razorclaw Drifter’s corpse, counting the condition of his group.The student who had lost an arm was in the worst shape. The bleeding had been suppressed and the wound wrapped as tightly as possible, but his face was still pale. Five others had suffered cuts of varying severity, while the student who had eaten the poisonous fruit earlier was conscious again, though still too weak to walk on his own.They had won.But the victory hadn’t come cheaply.After making sure there were no other monsters nearby, Ryan finally allowed everyone to rest beneath the shadow of the cliffs. The temperature was still brutal, but at least the massive rock wall

“Don’t waste time looking for the body.”Ryan stopped Leon Barrett, who had been glancing toward the place where the flying creature had fallen.Leon lowered his bow. “I was just curious what that thing actually was.”“So am I.”Ryan put his notebook back into his bag.“But if it really was one of Stormveil’s scouts, we’re already several hours too late to stop it from seeing us. What matters now is that we don’t stay in one place long enough to give away our new position.”The group started moving again.Ever since the black bird had been shot down, no one complai