"You heard me... The guardian beast was killed by the Halflings. That is the kind of monsters you are dealing with," Kong'gong repeated, his voice carrying none of the humor from earlier.
Ka'z staggered backward, his mind racing as he desperately tried to make sense of everything he had just heard. For the past several months, he had been building toward a very specific goal. If he wanted Vaal'kor to claim ownership of the entire southern region, he had already calculated that he would need roughly three years to prepare his warriors, strengthen their cores, develop their magic and eventually challenge the guardian beasts occupying the regional hills. It was an ambitious plan, but one he had considered achievable.
