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Most of the Rainlords had already returned to Warrenhold, leaving only Matteo and a handful of lesser known members of the various Houses. It had been a bit of a pain to convince them to go back, especially Salvador, Mevox, and Zeff; but Hector was sure that this was for the best. They couldn't even get near him anymore because of all the attention he was drawing here. Better to have them back at Warrenhold, making sure everything was safe.

He had also finally received word from the treasure hunting teams--word which was filled with both relief and worry.

The good news was that the Vantalayan team had successfully recovered the Blackburn Triplets and routed Abolish from the town of Miro.

The bad news was that even after days of fighting, the so-called Killer of Krohin was still at large and actively harassing them, hindering them at every turn without actually engaging them in another direct fight.

It seemed he was a bit of a sore loser.

Also, they had found the treasure that the Triplets had originally gone there to find: the Sword of Unso.

Unfortunately, it was currently being used against them by the Killer of Krohin.

Hector would've been fine with it if they decided to simply return to Warrenhold, but they were apparently quite determined to complete their mission. If they left now, then not only would they be giving up on the Sword, but the Killer would almost certainly retake Miro. Hector told them that they could bring the Miroans back to the Warrenhold, too, if necessary, but they decided not to resort to that just yet.

Hence Hector's continuing worries.

But he had to admire them, too. And if he were the one on the mission, he would probably feel similarly. Letting the Killer get away and enslave more hapless villages--that wasn't a very appealing notion. Especially after hearing more of the details about the human trafficking going on over there.