Chapter 517: Tides Of Fur

After mending her burns superficially, Alexander helped Kary back to her feet. They turned and nodded to David, who sported a look of both impatience and restlessness.

But as they were about to resume their trek, something caught Alex's eye, in a dark corner of the large opening they were in. Something moving.

He raised his hand to signal the other to wait and turned his head toward the movement he had seen. But nothing was there anymore.

"Why are you holding us up? We still have half an hour of walking to do. Let's get to it."

David was getting jittery with anticipation. Even if the goblins were smarter than his current target, they had also been in much smaller numbers. And that was saying a lot, given they had been almost fifty.

The rats would number well over a hundred, in this case. Of that much, he was sure.

"I saw something move fast in the corner. But It's gone now."