Ambush

The group spent the next few moments catching their breath, their hearts still pounding from the narrow escape. The image of the ice dragon circling above lingered in every corner of their minds, like a shadow they couldn't shake.

Vale, remembering the countless human corpses, found it hard to believe that such a high number of people had survived long enough to make a group that large. The memory of half-shredded corpses scattered in the snow flashed through his thoughts, dragging a single, chilling question to the surface.

"Where did they hide?" He frowned slightly.

A place big enough to shelter that many people, shield them from the cold, and stay hidden from the danger above... What kind of place could that even be?

"We should head this way," Dain's voice echoed through the cavern, snapping Vale out of his thoughts.

The giant student was already moving, pointing confidently toward the widest tunnel branching out from their current chamber.