Raegar and Yuki were sitting in front of the fire as the others slowly made their way back to the camp. By the time Jasper appeared, he looked tired as he slumped down next to him with a wary smile.
''Little brother, did those things truly scare you?'' the older man asked with a sigh.
''Yes, they were unlike anything I've met apart from the Devil Lord,'' he answered. ''The leader sent out a child to distract me as the rest surrounded me, only to be stopped by the Tier Five.''
He looked toward the Black Gorge and knew the creature was watching the camp before continuing. ''It was deciding whether to kill me or not and decided on leaving me alone so we could travel through there. I'm not certain that we'd be attacked, but that's how I felt.''