Lance stood near the center of the camp, his sword resting tip-first in the ground as he surveyed the aftermath. He scanned the area, taking in the wounded goblins being tended to by Mira, the charred barricades Kaeli had built, and the bloodstained spear Rynne carried as she barked final orders to the remaining warriors. The camp itself hadn't received much damage at all, save for some minor ones left by the beasts that had managed to break through before being hunted down right after.
"We did it," Zarra said, appearing beside him with her bow slung over her shoulder and her twin daggers sheathed. Her eyes held both exhaustion and satisfaction. "I don't know how, but we did it."
Lance nodded, though the weight of the battle still pressed heavily on his shoulders. "We won," he said, his voice steady. "But it wasn't easy."
Looking at the wounded, Lance could easily heal them all, but he chose not to following something that happened previously.
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