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Axiolis, too, seemed like he might know, but the reaper was being obnoxiously cagey about it.

‘I can understand Melchor’s reluctance to come out with it,’ said Ax. ‘Depending on who it is, their identity could become a distraction for us, which is one thing that we most certainly do not need, right now.’

Zeff could only partially agree with that, considering how much of a distraction the mystery already seemed to be to some of the others.

But whatever. Personally, he didn’t care all that much. If Darktide trusted this imposter, then that was enough for him. At the moment, the only thing that mattered to him was getting everyone out of Logden as quickly and safely as possible.

And to that end, the freeing of the reapers was paramount. While certainly, all the frozen heads they’d retrieved were an important starting point, without the accompanying reapers, those fifty warriors couldn’t be revived just yet. No doubt, they would be in for a rude awakening when they started being resurrected in the middle of the fight.

The plan also became clearer as the Rainlords gathered more intel on the guardsmen--as well as the other servants that Vanderberk had brought with him.

They’d confirmed the presence of Raga Marda, Jorga Dahno, Riev Moros, and Mikas Cross among Vanderberk’s personal forces. The guardsmen were considerably less threatening by comparison, but the Rainlords were still quite wary of the ones named Longvin and Kortell.

Thankfully, Jan Cross and the Seeker were not here, having been confirmed to be leading the assault on Ridgemark. Those two would have complicated matters considerably.

But on the whole, despite how threatening many of these opponents were, Zeff actually quite liked their chances here. With the likes of Darktide, Leo, Evangelina Stroud, himself, Dimas Sebolt, Salvador Delaguna, Diego Redwater, and even the Linebreaker of Ridgemark on their side, he felt they were more than a match for the enemy.

Sure, the opponent had plenty of hostages, but the Rainlords could choose when and where to strike. While infiltration was obviously made more difficult with the enemy being aware of their Invisibility, it was still far from useless.

And so, their first assault was timed to be in conjunction with that of the imposter’s attack on Vanderberk. While the biggest threat was busy, the Rainlords were going straight for Cell Block Y, where all of the reapers were being kept.