Aftermath

After the night ended the city's formation had held and the beast withdrew. Much to the cities surprise outside the gate was a bloodied mess of torn up beast. Had such a force not met its end here the situation may have changed.

As the experts cleared the area they noticed many of the stronger beast had been missing their cores and that at the center of the destruction was the remains of a strong fire formation.

"So that was the flame pillar we saw last night?" A guard asked an elderly man who was observing the ground.

Slowly standing up he confirmed the guards hunch; "Yes, it's quite the array - honestly it looks like the Qi was quite primal, almost beastial." Walking to the center he picked up pieces of Atoms long blade. "This was definitely done by a cultivator, I just don't know where such a formation master has been hiding?"

"Should we be worried?" The guard asked surveying the woods with his eyes.

"We should always be worried but this old man can't imagine he means us harm - especially if they went to such lengths to help us..." After a moment of looking around he finally spoke, "Inform the public, whoever comes forward with the formation that killed these beast will be rewarded with status, land and a celestial token. Don't mention anything about the sword, if they bring it up we'll have our cultivator elsewise it will keep back the impostors."

"Yes Sir.." The guard said respectively before the pair headed back into the city.