More than they thought

Several scouts opened dimensional rifts to report firsthand to the raid participants, while the rest returned by more conventional means while staying alert.

"Shiro, we've found the nest. It's a rift, a deep valley in the earth... it stretches for several kilometers, forming a sort of star... between one cliff face and the opposite wall, there shouldn't be more than 100 or 150 meters..." The scout expressed concern; they had set out thinking they'd find an enemy in the sky... but this changed everything...

"Have you counted how many there are?" Belius asked.

"It shouldn't be more than ten or twelve, but with the shape of the cliff, there may be many more that we haven't seen, sir." That formalism had spread after the Battle of Newhope. When the players addressed the warrior, he had shown some command skills and strength worthy of the best soldier.