The remaining Seekers—eight of them—immediately set to work. Four men were installing the spheres in four directions, encircling the vortex.
Claude's hand eased off his sword hilt. He leaned in and whispered, "Let's wait until the spheres are installed."
"Are we going to attack them?" I whispered back. My gaze darted to Kenneth, who then noticed it and grimaced.
He murmured, "Lan must already be aware of my actions by now. Do you think they'd believe me if I suddenly jumped out of nowhere, saying I lost the two of you?"
"Gather the corpses of our fallen comrades and burn the monster's carcass!" The leader's voice resonated throughout the place.
Some began dragging the dead bodies into a line, others worked silently to move the monster's carcass, grimacing at its own wing and crushed skull.
