Limitless Path

"Okay," Beth said, clapping her hands as she moved to the center of the room. "Well done. What could we have done better?"

The other girls thought for a few moments as Blood walked up to Beth, Beth stroking the wolf’s ears and neck while the others pondered. Finally, Kim spoke up, "I think we did pretty well. Maybe we should have let them come to us?"

"I think that wouldn't have really made much of a difference. That would be letting them dictate the pace, but with their single file charges they wouldn't have really gotten an advantage from that. Anything else?" Beth responded.

"Maybe have Sabs and Blood split to help cripple both?" Soph asked.

"That could also work, but the two teams you made did just fine. My only other observation from standing back and watching was you need to move better, Soph. You shifted left when the fighting started, which put Kim and the ant you were fighting between you and Sabs' group. If they needed a quick hand from you with some kind of spell, you would have had to sprint around the ant you were fighting. Everybody needs to try to keep their positioning in mind when fighting in a group," Beth answered.

Deciding not to give them another rest until after the next room, Beth led the group through the tunnel to the last room on floor two. This room was the same as the last, and Beth stood aside to let the others plan their attack. The group kept the teams the same and led off the same way. The fight went the same in nearly all points, this time with Soph staying toward the center of their formation, circling to Kim's right as she engaged the leftward ant.

After both ants had been felled there was general excitement and some fist pumping among the group. Even with the experience being split four ways, they were only level twos, apart from Sabs, who had spent more time with Beth at the start of the week hunting. Kim and Soph popped their new points in, Soph following Beth's suggestion to pump Strength and Endurance for now, while Beth pulled up Blood's stats.

None of Blood's stats had gone up when she hit three, but she had six free points, confirming Beth's suspicion that Blood was gaining just as many free points per level as the rest of them got in total points. Beth dumped two points each into Strength, Dexterity, and Endurance for Blood, focusing on her physical stats as well. She took a glance at Blood's sheet afterward, indicating for the group to take a short meditation break while she stood guard.