Gabriel's body relaxed, head tilting against the stone.
Sophie stepped closer and checked his pulse. "Stable. He's really just… sleeping."
Ragnarok peered at him. "Should I draw a mustache on his face?"
Anna looked at him like he was an idiot. "Do you want to die?"
"Joking, joking," he coughed.
Sophie stepped away and raised her hands, and green vines started to rise from the ground, forming small barriers around Gabriel.
Samantha kept her skeletons spread in a rough semicircle.
The gunlingers were also spread out so it would be easier to detect any monster.
On paper, it was a solid camp.
They really could handle a random monster wave.
The problem was — their next visitors were not random.
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Some floors above and a few corridors over…
Andrew, Garth, and Yumi walked slowly down a bloodlit hallway.
