They stepped into the clearing with excitement written all over their faces. After all, it wasn't every day that someone stumbled across meat on this scale.
The two knights accompanying the group had gone on plenty of hunts before. Some had been alongside Darion, others with Garren.
They had tracked deer through forests, hunted smaller creatures near the farmlands, and occasionally brought down larger beasts when fortune favored them. But this was different.
Killing one large animal was one thing, finding six massive creatures together and successfully bringing down every single one of them was something else entirely.
Even Seren couldn't hide her satisfaction as she looked across the clearing. The dead Cteedles were enormous. Each one represented days of food, weeks, perhaps, depending on how carefully the meat was preserved and distributed.
